Excalibur [December 2,1975]

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Volume 15, Number 5 Montgomery College-Takoma Park Campus-Takoma Park, Maryland 2001 2 Tuesday, December 2, 1975
Day Care Is Suffering
Ann C o ld ste in , Child Dev e lo pm en t
-Center d i r e c t o r plays right along side th e ch ild ren
By Diane Carp
Since the establishment of the
Child Development Center, for­mally
called the Day Care Cen­ter,
on the Takoma Park Cam­pus.
there have been many
changes.
The center has found a
slightly larger location at 7714
Takoma Ave. The new facility
has three rooms for the varied'
activities as well as a larger out­door
play area. Along with this
new facility, the maintenance
staff under Harry Packard,
Business Manager, has built ex­tra
blocks, a slide, bookshelves,
monkeybars, and a housekeep­ing
corner with stove, sink, and
radiator covers.
Staff changes are also evident.
Ann Goldstien, a graduate stu­dent
at Bowie State College and
the former assistant director,
has assumed the director posi­tion
after Ruth Gump, the origi­n
a l director, moved out of state.
Marlene Nochumowitz, a U.'of
Md. graduate, has filled the as­sistant
director position.
Enrollment and
Program Changes
Also, the enrollment has-grown.
At first there were only
13 children. Within six weeks it
grew to 30 and now the center
boasts 42. Attendence varies
during the day with no more
than 17 children at one time.
The program is basically the
same, although it changes and
grows with each idea.
Change in
Financial Status
The biggest change is the fi- M.C. Tuition Is Highest In Md.
By Jean Bowyer
Montgomery County has the
highest tuition of any o f the 16
community colleges in . Mary­land
for in-county residents.
Maryland residents, and out-of-state
residents.
The schools which most
closely follow M.C.’s in-county
residency rate of $20 per semes­ter
hour are Anne Arundel
Community College and Chesa­peake
Community College with
$17 per semester hour.
Two commu n ity ' colleges,
Frederick and Garreft. compete
for the lowest tuition and have a
$12 per semester hour rate. Al­legany
Community College is
not far behind with $12.50.
The school which compares
closest to Montgomery College
in Maryland -residency tuition
(outside of the county where the
Chanukah Party Is
A Big Hit With All
school is located, but in Md.) is
Anne Arundel Community Col­lege
with $38 per semcstei hour..
Montgomery College chafg£§
$45. The least expensive Mary­land
residency tuition is Garrett
Community College with $20
per semester hour.
People , who live outside of
Maryland pay $70 per semester
hour to attend M.C. Anne Arun­del
follows with $68 per semes­ter
hour, and the lowest is Gar­rett
with $40 per semester hour.
It may be interesting to note
that only three o th e r schools
require their students to pay
parking fees — Chesapeake.
Hagerstown, and Howard Com­munity
Colleges. The tee at
these three colleges is $ 1.00 per
semester, compared to M.C.’s
$ 10.00 per year.
The activity fees for full-time
students at Montgomery College
($ 1 2 per semester at Takoma
Park and $15 per semester at
Rockville) are about average
compared to the other com­munity
colleges. The highest ac­tivity
fee is $25 at Allpgany
Community College; the rest are.
either $10. $12 or $15 per
semester.
Ten of the community col­leges
charge lab fees, which
Montgomery college does not.
nancial status of the center.
When it first opened, the center
was given initial financial sup­port
from the College’s Office of
Community Services and th e ,
Campus Student Ac tiv itie s
Fund. After that, it was to be
self-supporting.
Referring to the Center’s, fi­nancial
statements. Ann Gold­stien
reveals that the Center
went from very large monthly ‘
losses to a small p ro fit.
However.-she continues to ex­plain
that the profit never
reached above $20. Therefore,
the Center -is constantly under
heavy pressure to break even.
Financial Strain Makes
Itself Evident
In a memo sent to Dean Wiley
and Director of Student Ac­tivities.
Miss Kelley. Ms. Gold­stien
reported. “During the
month of October, the Day Care
Center suffered a loss in enroll­ment.
This was due primarily to
extensive illnesses among the
children/and the withdrawal of,
several parents from the college
for personal reasons. To al­leviate
some of the financial
strain caused by the drop in en­rollment.
I cut my Dwn h o u rs -
from 40-31 hours per week, and
my assistant Ms. Nochumowitz’s
hours from 22 to 17 per week.
.This was done in a manner that
insured that no loss to the
quality of child care would be
suffered." This cut in hours is
still in effect.
Although the center is fairly
well stocked with donated toys,
there are still supplies needed.
See DAY CARE, Page 2, Col. 2
By Michael Maier
The Jewish Student Alliance’s
well-publicized Chanukah Party
held in the'cafeteria on Novem­ber
25, included many young
tots, their parents, great food,
and top-notch entertainment.
Chanukah, also known as the
Feast of Lights, is first men­tioned
in the Book of Macca­bees
where it is told: “Now
Maccabees and his company, the
Lord guiding them, recovered
the temple and the city; but the
altar that the heathen had built
in the open street and also the
chapels they pulled down. When
that was done they fell flat
down, and besought the Lord
that they pome no more into
such troubles; but if they sinned
more against him, that he him­self
would chasten them. with
mercy, and they might not be
delivered unto the blasphemous
and barbarous nations. And they
kept eight days with gladness, as
iri the feast, of tabernacles, re­membering
that not long afore
they had-held the feast of taber­nacles,
when they wandered in
the mountains and dens like
beasts. They ordained also-by
. common statute and decree, that
everj; year those days should be
kept of the whole nation of the
Jews.”
Two Ideals
Today. Chanukah stands for
two ideals: first, for the achieve­ment
of religious liberty and,
secondly, in the minds of large
masses of Jewry, for a revival of
sentiment for the n a tio n a l
development of the Jewish
people. The Chanukah lights
which were kindled in the large
menorah on Tuesday night
could almost be felt in the
spreading festive spirit about the
room, a spirit which was heigh­tened
by the addition of tra-ditional.
latkes, a potato pancake
that is eaten with apple sauce
and sour cream. A truly special
treat courtesy of Russ Hersh of
J.S.A., an accomplished potato y
and onion peeler, and his bevy
of helpers, including Pam Ham­burger,
Leah Friedman who
worked into the-wee hours to
come up with the winning
See CHANUKAH, Page 2, Col. 4
G.S.A. Dinner Is Held
By Michael Maier
The first- Gay Student Al­liance
dinner-dance on the
Takoma Park Campus to raise
-funds for the Gay Awareness
Week December 8-12 was a
rousing success. The guests and.,
members of the GSA who co­ordinated
the affair paid a dol­lar
for a scrumptious dinner
featuring Janson’s Temptation, a
potato casserole named for Eric
Janson a Swedish religious re­former
who preached rigorous
asceticism to his followers no
liquor and a diet that barely sus­tained
life. One day, according
to legend, a zealous Jansonist
discovered the prophet feasting,
secretively on a casserole of an­chovies
and potatoes bound to­gether
with golden butter and
rich milk; hence the dish be­came
known as Janson’s Temp­tation.
Other tasty morsels, all pre­pared
by the participants, in­cluded
pilav (rice blended with
shrimp and chicken) with
pignon nuts, candied sweet
potatoes, Boston baked beans,
cowpoke beans, glazed baby
carrots, an authentic Mexican
chili con came, and for the
piece de resistance, delectable
poached - chicken . with lemon
sauce.
A delicious fresh garden salad
of mixed green varieties in­cluded
chopped chives and scal­lions.
a small head of endive
and for dessert a pumpkin pie
See DINNER, Page 3, Col. 1
P h o to b y J e a n B ow y e r
Laurie Freelove entertains at G.S.A. dinner