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Staten Island Community College © S.I.C.C. VOL. X — No. I 401 SEPTEMBER 24, 1965 Uproar On Willowbrook College Acquires Schoolhouse On Thursday, September 9th, Senator Robert F. Kennedy went before a state legislative committee to report on the conditions he had observed at two New York State mental institutions. The Senator had City To Rent S.I. Academy Building made surprise visits to the State School in Rome, upstate, and to the staten Island Community College will soon be expanding into another building, located at 45 Wall Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. Street, St. George. The City Board of Estimate approved a measui^e to rent the 3^2-story, brick building from the Staten Island Academy. The building is to be used by SICC. In a strongly phrased I'eport he The city is paying $23,400 a year accused the state of not providing CUNY Gets Record for a two year lease. Under the proper care for mentally retarded Enrollment contract, the city will also pay for children. The i^eport was backed heat, hot-water, electricity, main- By Frederick Hohnan up by a study prepared by a state tenance and real estate taxes. appointed team who spent four This year's enrollment in the The Academy is awaiting the months investigating state mental City University of New York's completion of their new school in eleven colleges is an estimated Dongan Hills. They are expected institutions. The study went be- 142,000 students compared with to move within a month. Right fore the Joint Legislative Com- last year's 130,699 in ten colleges. now, classes are still being held at mittee on Mental Retardation a A new addition is the College of the old building. year ago and has remained confi- Police Science, which will enroll The school was built in 1896, and dential. Senator Kennedy is re- some 1,400 students. The 142,000 occui)ies the entire corner bordered figure includes 53,000 full-time questing that the findings be made by Wall Street, Academy Place students. public. and Stuyvesant Place. It is a large The largest enrollment increase building and its roof has five steep The Senator expressed shock at will occur at the six community gables. There are 14 classrooms, a the inhuman and overcrowded colleges which expect 26,500 stu- library, a gym, offices, a labora- dents this year, up twenty-seven tory, kitchen, dining room and conditions at Willowbrook. One percent over last fall. auditorium. ward for men unable to care for ACADEMY BLDG.: Ivy covered main entrance on 45 Wall Street. This year, a qualified high school (Continued on Page 3) I themselves was described as a graduate attaining an average of "snake-pit type of chamber." eighty-two percent or above was able to enter at least one of the The Neiv Addition At a press conference, Dr. Jack Student Nurses Begin senior colleges. Admission to the The best way to describe the Hammond, director of Willow- community colleges varies accord- By Bill Phillips architecture is "turn-of-the-cen- brook, admitted that the school ing to requirements of the indi- tury Public School." The front of By now SICC's 30 nursing students should have a good idea of what was severely overcrowded and in vidual programs. Students with the building is covered with ivy and will be expected of them in the next two years. This is the first term desperate need of additional staff. averages in the seventies were ad- over the main entrance is a mouldy that the nursing curriculum is being offered at SICC. Hopefully, the plaque reading, STATEN ISLAND He emphasized that Senator Ken- mitted to these programs. girls will earn the necessary 68 credits for an Associate in Applied ACADEMY/ ESTABLISHED nedy had spent only 90 minutes Among the problems facing the Board of Higher Education this Science Degree (AAS) and take the New York State Licensing Exam 1883." touring the hospital and had not fall are finding presidents for two for Nurses. The interior is a little compli- made a fair evaluation of the en- senior colleges, the College of cated since there are three stair- tire operation. Police Science and the new Upper To head the new Department of Nursing is Professor Harriet ways and numerous blind corridors Division College to be opened on Levine, a registered nurse with a Master's Degree from New York and back doors. Throughout the Controversy over Willowbrook Staten Island in 1967. Presidents building are windows and panels arose when the Willowbrook Board University. Her office and secretary are located on the ground floor must also be found for New York boai'ded over. The paint is not peel- of Visitors and the families of of the Borough Hall. ^^ City Community College, Borough ing, but the walls are very dirty. some patients defended the hospi- to begin with a small group. Next of Manhattan Community College, The lighting is poor almost every- tal's care. The BoaixJ of Visitors Originally there had been nearly term 30 more girls will be accepted and Bronx Community College. where. is an unsalaried panel of local 200 applicants to the program. The for the program. The board is also negotiating for a number was cut down to 30 on the citizens appointed by the governor As an integral part of the course, The library is on the first floor, World's Fair building that would basis of academic standards from to review hospital policies. One the girls make regular visits to a near the entrance. It is a musty be used for a College of Special High School records. According to hospital official said that Senator local hospital for practical training. room lined with wooden bookcases. Skills, extending the opportunities Mrs. Levine, the class size had to Kennedy had "distorted out of all These visits are considered lab ses- Although it is not very big, it available in the career programs be kept small to avoid problems in proportions" the conditions at Wil- sions, as in any other technology would make a good place to study. in the community colleges. the starting class. "This is the first lowbrook. Families of patients course. Prof. Levine emphasized Next door is the president's office. class in a new program in a school spoke out in favor of the hospital's A list of the anticipated enroll- the position that the girls maintain It is carpeted and has a fireplace. that has never had it before." care and attention to their chil- ments for each of the eleven City during these visits; "They are not The gymnasium is on the ground Therefore she felt it would be safer dren. There was mention that the colleges on page 2. apprentices, they are students . floor; a balcony encircles the gym Senator was trying to stir a politi- and the school, not the hospital is on the floor above. If you enter cal issue. responsible for them." After finish- from the first floor, the gym ap- ing their work at SICC, the student pears to be set in a well, since the It is known that Mr. Kennedy Greetings From the President nurses will go to the U.S. Public balcony runs along all four walls has a mentally retarded daughter Health Service in Stapleton, S.I. of the I'oom. There are two small locker rooms on the upper level who has been institutionalized. The curriculum was established I am happy to utilize the columns of the Dolphin to with a narrow stairway in each The following Tuesday a closed- welcome new staff members, returning students and the after a survey in the community showed a need for more nurses. A leading down to the gym floor. The door session was held by Dr. entering freshmen of the class of 1967 of the Staten girl's lockorroom is clean and in Hammond to hear complaints b Island Community College. survey of the college faculty indi- cated a willingness to offer the good condition, but the boy's is non-professional attendants, kitch- (C'ontinued on Page 3) en and laundry help and mainten- We regret our crowded conditions and look forward new program. The prescribed pro- ance workers. Union employees to a few weeks hence when we can expand into addi- gram can be found in the current claimed that many doctors treated tional space which will become available at the Staten school bulletin. Included are 35 Sfudenf Deferment credits directly connected with the them with contempt and often i^e- Island Academy building. The Selective Service will defer nursing career. fused to answer their calls for aid By common consent of all concerned at the college, students who are fully matricu- for a sick patient. Also, doctors we have accepted the crowded conditions in order to A representative of the New lated and are in good standing, pro- were accused of requiring main- make possible the education of additional students. The Yoi'k State Education Department vided that they are taking at least tenance workers to care for their assisted the college in planning the 12 credits. Students who have not own residences on the grounds and crowding does create problems, however, for both our- selves and our neighbors. We ask the full cooperation, courses. Without state approval yet been classified should make of saving the best summer job the students could not take the sure that the registrar, Mr. Boll- positions for relatives. therefore, of everyone in observing such rules and regu- lations as have been established in an attempt to relieve State Licensing Exam to become weg has filed Form 109 with their registered nurses.

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