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TUTORING
It’s Only One Hour.. Twice A Week.. But..
Tutoring in Middletown: What
kind of an image does that trigger in
your mind? Perhaps it’s that of a
group of elementary and/or secon
dary education majors who are get
ting some experience with “problem
children.” Maybe you have the idea
that the tutors are a bunch of ideal
istic college students who are ready
to change the world.
There may be a little truth to both
of these images, but the experience
of even one of these tutoring sessions
will show that there is something
more to it.
It’s dark when you arrive at Olm
sted Air Force Base at seven o’clock.
Already there are about thirty kids
running around outside the building,
waiting for the doors to be opened.
This is Wednesday night, so it is a
grade school session (Monday and
Wednesdays are for elementary stu
dents,. while Tuesday and Thursday
are secondary students’ nights). They
are mostly black. As some of the
tutors get out of their cars, they are
greeted by “hi’s” and hugs.
Someone unlocks the doors and
there is a wild scramble for the in
side. One boy runs for the piano.
His dog is following him. An im
promptu game of tag is started by a
few of the boys and girls. More dash
to the tables and chairs with their
books.
Kathi LaMonaca is calming her
two charges down. One of them,
Gay, is crying because Kathi is show
ing Leslie how to write the alphabet.
In a few minutes everything is calm
ed down again. Kathi remarks that
you have to be careful in giving your
attention, “If I let one read an extra
paragraph, the other one gets upset
because she thinks I don’t like her as
much.” Tonight is a little more dif
ficult than usual because she has two
extra students to tutor. Their’s
didn’t show up.
Marylin Coriell is tutoring a little
boy. He doesn’t seem to need much
help, but he still likes to come any-
Wimmer To Head Revision Committee
one of the first major tasks that
this year’s Student Senate will under
take is to re-write the SGA Constitu
tion. A new, re-written Constitution
was submitted to the Senate last
year, but was never approved by the
Senate nor the student body. Presi
dent Lee Levan, in reporting to the
Senate at their meeting on October
28, stated that the proposed Consti
tution was too complicated and need
ed to be re-examined. With the ap
proval of the Senate, Levan appointed
a new Constitutional Commission,
with Junior Senator Terry K. Wim
mer appointed as Chairman.
After a meeting with Levan, and
Arfst. Dean of Student Affairs Jerry
South, Wimmer announced the fol
lowing timetable for Constitutional
revision:
A) November 30 A copy of the
revised Constitution will be issu
ed to each residence at Meade
Heights, Church and Wrisburg
by Tom Hagen
way. It seems that it’s quieter than
at home. Between arithmetic prob
lems Marylin asks, “How’s football
going?” Bob says, “0.K.”
Erwyn Vertlieb is sitting alone for
the momeht. His little boy is walk
ing around the room because he got
tired of reading. This demonstrates
a basic rule that most of the tutors
observe: The child has to want to
learn, but the teacher must be aware
of the short attention span. Things
are going slowly with this boy be
cause it’s his first time with Erwyn.
It’s best if you can get the same child,
each week, so that you can get to
know him.
Stan Saltzberg is helping Richard.
“The main idea is to win their friend
ship.” I ask Richard what his favor
ite subject is. He says, “Math.”
Then with a big smile he says, “I like
Stan, too.” I guess Stan has suc
ceeded in winning his friendship.
At the other end of the table is
Barry Sugarman. He’s helping a boy
with his reading. “Just try it.” He
gets it right. Barry tells me that if
he can get the child to relate the word
in a context he knows, he usually gets
it right. There was one instance
where a boy learned his numbers by
counting the pushups his tutor could
do.
It is approaching eight o’clock and
the session is over. Darlene Jackaway
ushers seven kids into her Volkswag
en and takes them home.
As the tutors leave, you realize
that there are as many approaches to
tutoring as there are kids. They
seem pleased with the hope that at
least one of the children may have
been helped. Some seem worried,
however. There aren’t enough tutors
to give a hand. It may be even more
frustrating because they feel that if
some people came only once, some
thing could be accomplished, for both
the kids and themselves.
Maybe, just maybe, some students
will hear about it and come to the
next session.
Halls, and will be available to all
commuting students.
B) December 7 and January 11
Campus meetings to discuss the
proposed Constitution.
C) January 13 Campus referen
dum to approve or disapprove
the proposed Constitution.
“There is a great necessity to total
ly revise the proposed Constitution”,
comments Wimmer. “It is much too
complicated for a relatively new
school such as Capitol. In our initial
meetings, the Committee has also
discovered that certain articles of the
Constitution are questionable as to
University policy. As far as the
timetable goes, we will be working
under extreme pressure to complete
the job by the established dates, but
the job has to be done. The Senate
has been operating with an antiquat
ed Constitution for too long. It’s in
deed time for a change.”
THE CAPITOLIST
THE COLUMN
SGA Reacts To
H.B. 2594
by Terry K. Wimmer
Since coming to Capitol in Septem
ber, one of the first things I discover
ed was the amount of apathy and
sheer disgust the student body has
towards its Student Government. I
wasn’t surprised, for this same feel
ing was prevalent at my alumnus,
Peirce Junior College in Philadelphia,
where I was a member of the Execu
tive Cabinet. I was amazed though
to discover how much of the student
body feels this way. The feeling is
quite vast.
I think that you will find though
that there is a change in your SGA,
especially in the newly elected Junior
Senators. We truly give a damn, and
we’re going to prove to you that we
indeed care, and are willing to work
for you. I know, you’ve all heard
words like this before. I’m not mak
ing any promises, but you’ll see ac
tion. That’S the primary reason for
this column; to show you that the
SGA is taking action on issues that
directly affect you, the student.
During the past few weeks, many
of you have heard about a piece of
legislation in the State General As
sembly that could affect visitation
hours in the dormitories. The legis
lation, House Bill 2594, states in part
“No State funds shall be paid to any
college or university, the administra
tion of whi,ch permits the living
quarters in dormitory to be open to
members of the opposite sex.” The
bill, sponsored by a coalition of Con
servative Democrats and Republicans
is just another piece of “pork barrel”
legislation designed to cut back need
ed funds to colleges and universities
within the Commonwealth
Believe it or not people, we do have
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