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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 5-8-1979 The BG News May 8, 1979 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News May 8, 1979" (1979). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3619. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3619 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. The Gftews Bowling "Green State "University tues- day 5-8-79 Myth of teacher excess causes shortage by Mary Dannemiller for the Ohio Association for School, The areas of English, music, men's The teacher shortage is being felt not teacher shortage, according to Ron College and University Staffing and the and women's physical education, home staff reporter only in Ohio, but across the country, as Dristle, a recruiter from the Lake Students receive Ohio Association of School Personnel economics and elementary education evidenced by comments of out-of-state Forest school district. Editor's note: This article is the first Administrators to study the teacher i females I, combine to produce about recruiters who visited the University Reams Fellowships of a two-part series explaining the supply situation in Ohio. 46.5 percent of the seniors graduating Placement Center on April 10 to in- HE SAID HE did not encounter effects of a teacher shortage on The results of this survey, released in this year from 35 Ohio institutions. terview education graduates. problems finding teachers, but finding enrollments in colleges of education at early March, indicate a 30.7 percent Elementary education boasts the Four University students were good teachers is becoming more dif- universities across the state and job drop in undergraduate enrollment in largest percentage of those graduates named the recipients of {1,000 LOREN BARGMANN, a recruiter ficult. He added he has had competition vacancies in elementary and secondary colleges of education since the 1972-73 with 19.88 percent. Frazier Reams Fellowships, the from the San Bernadino, California with other school districts in the schools. school year. The 27 institutions AS INDICATED by 35 institutions in school districts, noted oversupplies in Chicago area in recruiting teachers. most prestigious scholarships reporting this information had only 69.3 awarded at the University, ac- the survey, less than one percent of the areas of social studies and physical Shortages of paper, energy, oil and percent as many students enrolled last cording to Dr. James H Wilcox, their education graduates were education. Teachers are needed in Like Bargmann. James Mitchell, a gasoline have run their course in the year as in 1972-73. selection committee chairman. prepared to instruct in the areas of fields of special education, speech recruiter from Shelby County in Ten- American consumer market. A new foreign languages, chemistry, earth therapy and school psychology per- nessee, said mathematics and science Scholarship recipients are shortage can be added to this list- THE NUMBER OF 1977-78 graduates Donna Brauer, nursing; Therese science, physics, comprehensive and sonnel. teachers are in demand. teachers. with bachelor degrees in education general sciences, geography and M. Potosnak, public relations- One major reason for the shortage is showed a 45 percent decline from 1972- He said of 350 education majors who journalism; Thomas M. Sample, special education at the high school "the myth of the teacher oversupply," 73 and the statistics for this June do not level. graduated from one of the state Tomorrow's article will deal with the elementary education and according to Jerry L. Richardson, look much better, Richardson noted. While there were fewer education universities in California, not one was University's shortage nf education Margaret Ann Weingartner, assistant director of Career Planning The key to the teacher shortage is the graduates in the state last year, the trained to teach math or science. graduates and several reasons that elementary education. All ap- and Placement. need for persons to teach in specific number of teaching vacancies in- I.ast year was the first time the might explain why students are plicants had to be rising seniors He volunteered to conduct a survey critical areas, he explained. creased by 62 percent, Richardson said. Chicago area felt the effects of a choosing other careers. with at least a 3.2 accumulative grade point averages, who have demonstrated public service in the community, Wilcoxsaid. Council OK's This is the sixth year for the award which was started in 1974 by the Frazier Reams family in fire protection, Toledo to recognize the late Frazier Reams, Sr. who had extensive experience in broad- street repair casting and also was a member of the University Board of Trustees until 1957. by Keith Jameson All applicants were required to staff reporter complete an application, com- pose a 1,000 word essay on the Bowling Green City Council last night role of public affairs, submit passed resolutions authorizing a con- supporting materials to their tract for the city to provide fire field of interest and submit a protection for the Wood County maximum of five letters of Agricultural Society, and also recommendation. authorized contractors to prepare plans Will ox said the applications and specifications -or improving were reviewed and several streets. candidates were chosen to be The resolution authorizing fire interviewed by a selection protection, introduced by Richard A. committee consisting of faculty Newlove, Councilman-at-Large, would from political science, speech require the city to supply the communication and journalism, Agricultural Society firefighting a representative of the Frazier equipment and men in the event of a Reams family and a university fire. The protection would cost (4,424.94 vice president. a year for three years. He added that the committee The resolution constituted an looks for excellence and the emergency measure because the ability of the person to relate his existing contract expired May 5,1979. own goals in public service when The city failed to renew the contract making the final decision. because the Municipal Administrator's stall photo by Tim Westhoven office was in an appraisal period and More than 3,000 students spent Saturday watching the 16th annual Little Beta 500. In failed to start the contract renewal, between races, beer and ice cream cooled the spectators' thirst. Wesley K. Hoffman, municipal ad- Sentinel-Tribune ministrator, said. publisher dies COUNCIL ALSO passed a resolution authorizing Lester H. Poggemeyer to BOWLING GREEN (AP)- prepare plans, specifications and Katherine Haswell, 80, publisher contract documents for improving city of the Daily Sentinel-Tribune died streets, alleys and other public ways. yesterday after an illness of Hoffman said the city usually im- several months. proves streets during the University's Mrs. Haswell succeeded her summer break in August and Sep- husband, Gaude M. Haswell, as tember. publisher of the family-owned, Dr. Roger Anderson, Ward 4, said he 13,500-circulation daily. She was would like to see the streets upgraded the third publisher in the 73-year during July because only about 5,000 history of the paper, taking it students are enrolled in summer over in 1963 when her husband session during that time and, died. minimizing problems with students, the Surviving are son Thomas M. upgrading would not hamper the traffic of Bowling Creen president of the for football games. Sentinel Co., and a daughter, After discussion, Hoffman set a Virginia Pf outs, of Custar, Ohio. target date of July for the im- A memorial service will be held provement. tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Dunn Funeral Home in Bowling Green. In other business, Daniel C. Rodesky There will be no calling hours. explained that an ordinance es- tablishing rates for recreational ac- tivities was needed because summer is Festival celebrates nearing and the recreation department needs the funds to publicize summer anti-nuclear stance youth activities. Council passed the photo by Kalhy Borchers ordinance unanimously. A "Festival of life" rally Mayor Alvin L. Perkins, in the Weekend festivities: aimed at protesting nuclear mayor's report, expressed his thanks to power and emphasizing what its the Inter-Fraternity Council for their Bacon, Beta and beer help in the city-wide clean-up cam- organizers called "the idea that While thousands of persons were at Churchill life is worth living" attracted paign- "Sometimes we quickly point out the Downs watching the Kentucky Derby Saturday, more than 250 persons Sunday on more then 3,000 University students spent the negative aspects (of students), but we the grassy knoll between daj watching the 16th annual little Beta 500. Williams and University Halls. should be just as quick to point out the good side, too." Perkins said. sponsored by Beta Theta Pi fraternity Students and families attended In the fraternity division of the push-cart race, the rally, which lasted from noon PERKINS ALSO STRESSED the fact Pi Kappa Alpha outran Sigma Phi Epsilon to win until 5:30p.m., according to their second straight Beta. Crista M. Peters, one of the that his administration is pushing hard for Dow Jones and Co., publishers of the Alpha Phi narrowly defeated Delta Gamma in organizers of the event. the sorority race to take their second straight Wall Street Journal, to become an The emphasis was on having Beta crown. fun, Peters said. Clowns and active member of the community. The city has had only one face-to-face Alpha Chi Omega sorority was the winner of musicians performed and other the spirit award.