May 1979
Compass
Page 9
Crow Jed Rooms Military Plans for
Students and Faculty Face American Education
LivingConditions Seriously
How many of you, as
students have, at one time or
another, said“I’m sickof the
overcrowded conditions.”
It’s creating all sorts of
problems. It’s really a hassle
just living in the dorms. Why
doesn’t someone do
something about it?’
Well, there a long list of
complaints, ranging from co
ed visitation to the “johns”,
but over-crowded living
conditions rank number one.
As a matter of fact, there
are plans to remedy the
situation. Accordng to Dr.
Eloise Horton, Vice-
chancellor for Students Af
fairs, plans have been drawn
up for a two-story housng
complex. This complex has
been approved for two-
hundred units where two-
hundred students can could
live. The apartments are
designed for five bedrooms -
which will be single
bedrooms, a living room, and
a bath. There was a thought
of having kitchen facilities,
but it was decided against
because of the rule that
boarding students are sup
posed to have meals at the
University dining hall.
When asked whether or not
any money, if any, that the
University will be given by
the federal government
would go towards the building
of the new housing facility
Mrs. Horton responded,
“probably not, because the
school cannot use state
funds for this. The only way
money can go towards the
building of residence halls is
through special approval by
legislation.”
There may be a possibility
of additional space for off-
campus housing in the fall.
According to a spokesman at
the Base Public Works at the
U.S. Coast Guard Air Base,
the Coast Guard housng on
Weeksville Road is scheduled
for completion in June of this
year. There will be fifty-four
units avail- able. This
means that the families of
Coast Gaurdsmen who are
now living in the city
housing will be moving to the
new area.
Real estate brokers are
skeptical as to apartment
vacancies for next fall for
Elizabeth City State
University students. As of
now, they say they don’t
have any apartment
vacancies at all, because they
explain, money-is so tight
and interests cost are so high.
So nobody’s moving.
Be as it may, there is also a
number of other problems in
the dorms right now that are
worth giving mention to, for
example, there is a lack of
consi- deration for others.
According to many students,
the telephone is a problem
or inconsideration in its use.
Many times the wrong person
takes the call and isn’t
considerate enough to page
the person being phoned.
There are also problems of
extremely loud music, lack of
hot water, theft, uncleani-
ness of bathrooms, the need
for more washers and
dryers, telephones on each
floor, and many others.
Even so, there are those
who enjoy dormitory living.
They say, it’s quite an ex
perience but they do feel that
dorms should be more
decorative, to create a home
away from home image. You
are able to get help for
classes and get to know your
fellow vikings.
Residence Hall directors
say that even though these
problems exist, they find
that students make their jobs
rather nice. They say that
students are nice people to
work with. There has been an
improvement (they say) in
the men’s mannerism, and in
the resident’s attire. They
also went on to say that the
outside appearance of the
dorms could be improved.
The bush surrounding dorms
should be trimmed. There is
also the problem of litter,
which could be improved.
One stated that residence
halls could use some
assistance. They could be
students that could volunteer
to work at the desk, at certan
times, to answer the
telephone and so on while the
dorm directors are doing
paper work. This desk duty
could be done at the students
leisure time. They could
serve as a host or hostess,
whatever the nature of the
situation may be.
Tutorial Program A Success
By GAYLE PLUMMER
The Alpha Gamma
Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority in conjunction with
H.L. Trigg Elementary
School participated in a 10-
week tutorial program for
fifth and sixth grade
students with learning defi
ciencies. The areas of con
centration are Language
Arts, Social Studies and
Mathematics. These
students are given
assignments to complete
which. ,wi|l ^abk thppi ,tp,
intelligently participate in.
their regular classrooom
discussions. Mr. Billie J.
Reed, principal of H.L.
Trigg Elementary School
feels that through giving in
dividual attention to
students (twice a week)
with special needs will
enhance their learning
abilities and make students
feel that education is not
only important but essential
in being successful in our
changing society.
Invasion of the Little Peo
ple? No,, just nine of
Trigg i .Elementary' School
students visiting the G.R.
Little Library in accordance
with National Library
Week, April 2-7.
As an extention of the
tutorial program sponsored
by the Alpha Gamma
Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, the students
visited the library to get a
better prospective of college
education. While browsing
through the library students
read from various books
and rented. theii; readings.
in an open discussions.
“The armed forces are
producing hundreds of
thousands of cynical and
bitter veterans each year”
says Dr. Robert I. Rhodes,
Director of the Committee
on Militarism in Education.
In a statement hailing the
Beard Report he explained
that young people go into
the armed forces for educa
tion and useful training but
receive neither. As a result,
he charged, the armed
forces are “destroying their
credibility with America’s
youth.”
The Beard Report, a staff
research study on the all
volunteer army carried out
for Congressman Robin L.
Beard (Rep.-Tenn.) found
that “90 percent of these
personnel who had applied
for college coursework were
repeatedly turned down by
their Unit Commanders.”
According to the study of
majority of enlistees,
whether they were in
terested in high school or
college work, “stated that
they would not have
enlisted had they known
that their educational op
portunities would be
denied.” Dr. Rhodes sug
gested that the ability of
the military to recruit effec-
tively was seriously
threatened by its fraudulent
strategy. “How long,” he
asked “can our armed
forces continue to make
promises that can’t be
kept?” According to Dr.
Rhodes, even if the military
did offer the educational op
portunities claimed in its
recruiting campaigns, most
enlistees would still be
disappointed with military
service. He pointed out that
because many military jobs
are unskilled, “military ser
vice often leaves young
veterans with no useful
career training.” At the
same time, he suggested,
“where real skill is re
quired, the young veteran
usually finds that there are
few civilian jobs available
that require similar skills.”
Dr. Rhodes went on to
cite a number of studies in
which at least 85 percent of
the veterans questioned
reported that their military
training was of “little or no
use” after they left the
military.
The Committee on
Militarism in Education is
afraid that the military will
use our public high schools
in order to solve its
recruiting problems. Dr.
Rhodes pointed to Cincin
nati’s proposed military
academy, the first public
military high school in U.S.
history, as an example of
the Defense Department’s
new strategy. “The
military’s fradulent
recruiting campaign,” he
argued, “has had such
discouraging results, that it
now hopes to entice
youngsters into military in
stitutions before they learn
too much from older friends
and relatives.”
Education, said Dr.
Rhodes, requires that
mutual trust and respect
exist between educators
and students. But how, he
asked, can this relationship
be maintained if educators
put the convenience of the
military recruiters above
their responsibility to their
students?
Persons wishing to learn
more about the military’s
plans for American educa
tion may subscribe to
Militarism Memo, which is
published three times a
year by the Committee on
Militarism in Education,
Box 271, Nyack, NY, 10960.
Subscriptions cost two
dollars a year.
Barbaina Houston and Gayle Plummer prompt sixth grader,
Anthoay Smith to utilize Uie library facilities, especially the
dictionary. ' ' ' ’