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VOL. 5 NO. 33
Old Bethpage
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From
The Publishers Desk
' Strikes by teachers and the
closing of schools by parents
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a m°st disruptive and
harmful influence on the minds of
students in this state who must
conclude that force, legal or
mmeithSod? 6to* gai?nS dtemh ea nd^sc "e pted
With this statement the
Temporary State Commission To
Study The Causes of Campus
Unrest reported to the 1971
Legislature today that it had
found teachers* strikes and
disruption of normal school
operations by protesting parent
groups to be two of the leading
causes for tremendous problems
within secondary school systems
in the state.
The Commission's Chairman,
Assemblyman Charles D.
Henderson of Hornell, released
the 272 page report, explaining
that, under the Commission's
mandate from the 1970
Legislature to continue the work
it started in 1969, a majority of
the attention was focused on the
secondary school level because of
the obvious corollary between the
college campus disturbances and
what was taking place at the high
school level.
"There is a greater potential of
unrest in the secondary schools,
where education is compulsory
than in higher education," Mr.
Henderson remarked in this
report." Schools have become the
battleground of teacher unions to
secure better working conditions,
benefits and security; of parent
organizations seeking greater
accountability of the school
system for better results in the
education of their children; and of
administrators who use the
schools in their pressure for more
money from the state and their
promotion of increased tax
burdens for all to gain their
demands."
The following is a summary of
the Recommendations in the
Second Report of the Temporary
State Commission To Study The
Causes of Campus Unrest. The
Recommendations were divided
into two parts -- one for Secon­dary
Schools and one for Higher
Education. In some cases.
Recommendations were similar
for both, and are so indicated. (+
similar for both)
SECONDARYSCHOOLS
1.) Parents and the public
should refrain from setting a bad
example and contributing to
student unrest by violent or
disruptive acts that, deprive
students of the use of the schools.
2.) Faculties should reject
teacher strikes as a means of
solving problems, and those who
participate should be prosecuted.
3.( Use of schools should be
encouraged as a community
center and not as a battleground
for factional disputes that disrupt
the school.
4.) Parents and others in­terested
are urged to attend
school board and school budget
meetings and to become fully
aware of the activities of the
school by visiting and observing
and conferring with members of
the administration, faculty, and
guidance personnel.
5.) All school districts in the
state should be required by law to
file with the state rules of conduct
on school grounds and buildings
used for secondary education.
(Legislative Proposal)
6.( Revise the teacher tenure
system to prove for longer
probationary periods and
periodic evaluation of, teacher
effectiveness. (Passed the
allow secondary schools to
remove students over 17 who are
disruptive.
8.) Teachers and school ad­ministrators
should make every
effort to establish and maintain'
an individual relationship with
students wherever and whenever
possible.
9.) The Board of Examiners in
New York City and examiners in
Buffalo should be abolished.
10.) Pending new construction,
immediate action should be taken
to relieve overcrowding in
secondary schools.
11.) Current reports of unrest
and the severity of unrest in
schools in the state should be
available in the Department of
Education.
Every school district should be
required to provide current
financial reports and these
reports should be available to the
Legislature.
13. Regents Scholarships
should be made available to
students entering any certified
post-secondary school or com­munity
college.-
14. Students preparing for
elementary and secondary school
teaching careers should, while in
college be required to undergo a
period of teaching internship in
each of three years or an
equivalent thereof. +
15.) Students in secondary
schools should accept the basic
educational system and where
needed work through legitimate
means for change.
16.) Schools should consider
establishing drug counsellors
with whom students with drug
problems can consult in con­fidence.
17.) The dignity of the manual
arts and trades should be
renewed through new programs
and the strengthening of the
present occupational and BOCES
programs.
HIGHER EDUCATION
1.) That colleges and univer­sities
should make a greater
effort to inform the public and
(Continued on Pttge 16)
Thursday, June 2 4 , 1 9 71
Youth
Opportunities
Unlimited
By Chuck Johnson
Another facility to assist the
young people of Bethpage has been
established by Youth Op­portunities
Unlimited (Y.O.U.) of
Bethpage with the setting up of
an employment service. The
Youth Employment Service
(Y.E.S.) is now open from 9:00
AM to 5:00 PM daily, Monday
through Saturday at 326
Broadway. Young people from
ages 14 through 21 who would like
jobs this summer may get furthr
information by calling the em­ployment
center at. 822-6466. The
Employment Center is the second
service set up for area
youngsters following the opening
of the Hot Line Service several
months ago.
The President of Y.O.U., R.
Gordon Schaetzel, satd4he young,
poopl» ^tfl v operate :'.1im*MMh>
(Continued on Pag* 16)
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Richard Lauman Elected Chairman
Of LI. Water Conference
Local Girl Wins
Simon Cohen Award
Mrs. Marjorie Diehl, 65
Eastwood Avenue, Deer Park,
L.I., received the Simon Cohen
Memorial Achievement Award
during the annual Pinning
Ceremony of 84.graduates of the
Nursing Department at State
University at Farmingdale last
Thursday night at the college's
Little Theatre, with 400 guests in
attendance.
A fromer Hicksville High
School graduate, Mrs. Diehl, who
also delivered the class address
at the'colorful ceremony, said,
upon receiving the scholarship
award, that "being a graduate
nursf is a fulfillment of a
childhood dream." Her mother,
Mrs. Anna Kramer, 48 Brigs
Street, Hicksville, has been a
Registered Nurse for more than
two decades and "I have always
looked forward to following in my
mother's footsteps."
Mrs. Diehl will continye
working at the Huntington
Hospital following her graduation
last Friday from the University
and hopes to become an RN like
her mother shortly.
The criteria was a rugged one
in selecting the Deer Park senior
as the winner of the Simon Cohen
Memorial-Achievement Award.
This $150 scholarship is dedicated
to the memory of Mr. Simon
Cohen of Lawrence, L.I., a for­mer
Trustee of State University
at Farmingdale, Executive
Director of Mid-Island Hospital,
philanthopist, businessman and
educator.
A top-flight student with a near
perfect average of 3.8, Mrs. Diehl
received the scholarship over her
classmates for her (1) high
academic ability, (2) ability to
function in clinical area, (3)
leadership ability and potential,
. (4) ability to relate to peers and
instructors, (5) self-directedness,
and (6) creativity.
Richard H. Lauman is the new chairman of the Long
Island Water Conference, elected' to succeed Michael
Zihal. The Water Conference is an organization com­prised
of representatives rrtmwffflwl^wiwr sup-population
of about 2*4 million people.
A Vice president of the Lauman Company of Beth­page,
Mr. Lauman is active with national and local
organizations in the field of water supply. He has been
president of the National'Water Well Association and
the Ground Water Resources Institute; He is presently
a director of these two national organizations as well as
the Empire State Water. Well Association and The
Ground Water Institute. He is a member of the
American Water Works Association, the Institute of
Drilling Research and the Long Island Association.
The 43-year old Lauman is a graduate of Villanova
University and Garden City High School. He served in
the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He and his
wife, Joane, live in East Willistbn with their two sons,
Richard Jr. and Thomas.
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER: Mrs. Marjorie Diehl.Deer
Park, recipient of the Simon Cohen Memorial
Achievement Award, is pinned during the annual
ceremony of the Nursing Dept. at State University at
Farmingdale by Mrs. Barbara Steinbaum, Chairman
of the Aggie Nursing Dept. Looking on, le*t: Dr. James
F. Nihan, Vice President of Continuing Education at
Farmingdale, which launched the first Evening
College Nursing Program hi the State last year. The
$150 Scholarship Award is dedicated to the memory of
the late Mr. Cohen, philanthropist, businessman and
educator, a Trustee of the College, and Executive
Director of Mid-Island Hospital, Bethpage.