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November 1973 POLEMIC Page 3 NEW COURSE CHILDREN'S LITERATU RE CLASS Because of student interest, a new course is to be proposed to the Cu rricu- lum Review Committee for the spring semester of 1973. This course is to be called Children's Literature, and will be a one semester course, worth three credit hours, and taught by Mrs. Maxine Coombs. No requirements will be 11ecessary for this new course ; however, it is one of the requirements for an elementary education course, and will count toward that end. In addition to being in itself a require- ment for elementary education, Children 's Literature is also a "must" for anyone interested in psychology, social work, or those planning to be parents some day. This course will be beneficial in these areas, because it will attempt to cover the following: *terms analyzing children's literature as to what response it is intended to create in children. S.A.O. CALENDAR Concerts of the past.. ... "Butch Whacks and the Glass Packs", October 31, at Alpena High School; brought the roof down in an outstanding concert of the fifties. The audience, which rose to 750 people after the intermission, thoroughly enjoyed the concert. Mr. Albritten is looking into the possibility of having the group play again in the future at A.C .C. Concerts to come ..... "Who Killed J .F.K?" on November 27, at the A.H.S. auditorium at 8:00 p.m. This presentation brings up many of the questions that have been asked in the last decade concerning this matter. Gerry Grossman, "135 Pounds of Sheer Terror," will be presented at 8:00 o.m. on December 11, at A.H .S . auditorium. Grossman, a singer-guitarist-comic, is continually called upon to defend his claim that he can perform ninety-five per- cent of all pop songs recorded since 1955! Movies ..... The series of movies will continue to the end of the semester with the following films: "Sacco and Vanzetti", November 29 - December 1. "Superman", December 6 - 8. "Super Fly", December 13 - 15. The movies are held in the "CAVE" at the Student Center. The show times will be posted and also listed in the "Log" and "Splinter." *va rio us ways t o present child re n's lite ratu re (with reference to Dr. Suess and other popu lar chi ldren's w rite rs). *research on why children read what they read . *study of the illustrations and artwork within children's books that most dis- tracts and attracts them. When asked his opinion of this new course, Mr. Terry Quinn, an Engl ish teacher who is involved with the planning of Children's Lite rature, responded, "One of the values of th is cou rse is that in looking at children's literature, y ou can learn alot about children's matu- rity levels and what their interest areas are ." Bookstore Reminds Students As students know, or will know very s-oon, exam week is just around the cor- ner. Along with all the finals that week, students also have the added problem of returning books from the first semester and picking up new books for second se- mester. To make things easier and elim- inate some of this confusion the book- store would like to make a suggestion that pertains to each student during this time. Books from first semester can be sold back during exam week only, after that time students must wait until the end of the year to sell back their books . This is very important because the bookstore needs to have the books back from first semester for inventory and be- cause those returned books will give stu- dents a larger supply to choose from for second semester. Also there is just too much confusion for the bookstore as it is with selling books to be taking books in at the same time. Mischley's Shoes Downtown Alpena & Gaylord • featuring • BE H IND THE SCENE§ Margaret Amlotte This year at A.C.C. we have in our pre- sence two Assistant Head Custodians. You might want to know what is so highly ir regular about that . Well, the fact of the matter is that they are women! It seems that women's lib has hit Alpena, Michigan in another phase . I had the pleasure of interviewing Margaret ~mlotte, the Assistant Head Custodian at Van Lare Hall and the Fisheries Building. Margaret describes her attainment of her present job as a very simple task. She pre- viously was a cleaning lady, then she bid for the job along with another man and because of her seniority, Margaret got the job. Previous to this job, Margaret had never filled a man's position in society. Al- though this is the case, Margaret admits that she had done work just as hard before. Margaret has been a cleaning lady for 8 years, 4 years at A.H.S., and 4 years at T.B.J.H.S. This year is her 9th. year in the Custodial Profession. She started work this year October 5th ., and was on a t hirty-d ay probation . Some of the unusual tasks of the job are cleaning out the men's human excrea- tion room. One time she accidently shut off the lights and a poor male was left in the dark. She has all the responsibilities of a male custodian; locking up buildings, changing lights, waxing floors, removing ashes from the incinerator, etc. Margaret feels that she has been dis- criminated to some extent, but would not release any specific information. She said and I quote, "I know now what it's like for a Black person to adjust in a 'White Society '. " Margaret gets the same wage a man gets in the same position , and has 5 custodial aides (student work study students), which have on an average of 8 .5 hours a week each. Margaret comments that she I ikes working at the college better than at A.H.S. and that the work is no more de- manding . She said things were rough in the be- ginning, being that she was new at the job and got little help from anyone. Surpris- ingly so, the students did not seem to notice the change in face but are much more friendly than students at previous work. As long as Margaret does not get fired or decides to change jobs, she will be a welcome and familiar face at A.C .C. and all the male chauvinists will have to sit back and eat their hearts out! Studying 1s Dangerous! (CPS/ZNS)--Warning to College students : Cramming for exams may be hazardous to your health, according to a study by medical students at Volgograd in the Soviet Union. The medics measured the pulse rates and electrocardiograms of students who were ill-prepared for their tests and found the pulse rates of students who had B Students find it hard enough to pick up after themselves, but imagine having to clean up after 160 students! Betty Mischeley, Assistant Custodian at Alpena Community College and Head Custodian at Russell Wilson Hall, has this job. The position of head custodian in the past was always held by men. Mrs . Mis- cheley is one of two ladies who now hold such positions at A.C.C . When asked if she thought she was discriminated against, she replied, "That she had no reason to feel that she was ." Mrs. Mischeley has been an employee of the Alpena Public School System for ten years, and has worked all ten of those years at A.C.C. In working at the college, many unusual and interesting incidents have occurred. One such event was the touching-up of various walls in the dorm in which tape used on the walls had peeled some of the paint off . A work-study stu- dent was assigned to the job and told to touch up the walls with the same color of paint as the walls were already. After the paint job of yellow spots on green walls and green spots on yellow walls, it was found that_ tjl_at s!__udent was,c,.o\Qr-l;>l i11.dl _ An embarrassing moment occurred while Betty and some work-study students were waxing one of the floors in the dorm . An unsuspecting male resident step- ped out of the shower and, within a few seconds, was out in a freezing hall with some help from his friends! Along with this full-time job, she is a mother of six, and a grandmother of four. She views the job as pleasant because of the kids and also likes to watch the fads of the students . However, she does find a few situations somewhat awkward, such as leaky toilets that demand repair . Along with Mrs. Mischeley, there is one other lady custodian and a few work study students to assist her with her job at the dorm, which she calls "one big happy family." CAP "N" BOTTLE STORE the store with all your needs Phone 354-5282 your favorite wines and liquors 525 State Ave. crammed were raised to levels of up to 180 beats a minute, and that intense ner- vous strain persisted through the exam and for a long time after. The study concluded that too much cramming for exams might actually short en a student's life!