European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse English studies Friday june 17, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 High schools have Small expectations of students who shun great literature academically elite Lowell High school where 12 foreign languages Are taught read very no Pope. ". Eliot is rarely on Reading lists said Maurice englander head of the in gush department. As for George Eliot be said we dropped Silas Marner years ago. We still have an occasional student who says Sotto Voce i want to study Clas sics but we Don t have High school English class in Hiu Date. Nj., was assigned to read Conrads heart of the students spun out discussion of the tale for several Days,.but according to one student who had sounded out her classmates at most three among the 20 had finished the Novella. Of 10 students interviewed at spectrum High school in new Orleans a special pro Gram for students unable to get along untraditional classes none had Beard of Chaucer one had head of Dickens. Non had Beard of Jane Austen or . Eliot or Yeats or Kurt Vonnegut. An English teacher at John f. Kenned High school in new Orleans said that out of his 112 students one had read a Book by Dickens great on the basis of interviews with teacher Sand students at More than 30 Public High schools in 15 cities and suburbs it is Clear that tomorrow s Renaissance men Are feeding on escape fiction not Chaucer on seventh Avenue not Bleak Brevity is the soul of lit and Many teach ers say they have Small not great expectations of their students. The spot Check by the new York times while not a scientific National sampling showed clearly As educators at All level shave been saying that Reading of euro Pean and american classics has decline Din the Public schools. What difference does it make if today High school English Stur tent slide by on pm summaries and escapist romances in Stead of More challenging Reading in the abort run. Those who go to College face inevitable difficulties. In the Long run Many educators say they see a weakening intellectual grasp that could have devastating effects on adults trying to survive in this society. You Don t build up your Muscles by lift ing 10-ounce weights said Stephen Schon Borg who teaches English at the selective Bronx High school of science. A High level of concern about student Reading ability developed after the Denver based National assessment of education Progress found recently that one of every eight 17-year-Olds tested across the country was unable to read Welt enough to perform tasks necessary to function i american in the face of a finding like that it goes without question that a major reason for the decline in High school Reading of Seri Ous works of literature is that students Are often not Able to comprehend them. But a teachers Point out the problem Perpetu ates itself students Don t read because they can to and because they can to they will never learn is the Bete noir for Many teachers who try to stimulate the Reading of literature not Only because it removes the need to learn to read for entertainment but also because it saps the students ability to of the declining Quality of High school Reading also attribute it to two re lated trends that developed from the Stu Dent unrest of the late 1960s. One has Bee toward relevant Reading in the sense of the relevance of everyday life rather thana strict diet of classics the other toward elective courses in effect giving student greater control Over the curriculum. Many authorities see an inevitable Lin Between the decline in Reading of the Clas sics and the widely publicized decline i Reading skills. Why should students want to read serf Toke Odd Ontog of the stars & stripes Home delivery service in most government housing areas. Delivered to your Mailbox every morning for $4.50 a month. Please Complete this form and mail to stars & stripes Apo 09175 Alan sales promotion act fit my wet Unpi to w Iton a. Kami i am mini Filfilu with 1 will Whin sign lid w0 inf 0 Pathi Hoaf of limit to or i comfy to Collif Cut Apt no Houvig aria Ous literature when they can t even read asked Harriet w. Sheridan Dean of Carle ton College in Northfield minn., and chair Man of the committee on Public literacy of the association of departments of English. In most schools checked Lith and 12thgraders now choose among courses including Black literature mythology poetry and drama film making indians mysteries and news major criticism of the elective system in which popular courses usually nine to 12 weeks Long Are repeated and in popular ones dropped is that it can deny Choice to students who wish to read serious books. Last september Only four students at Sandia. High school in elixir Guerque nah signed up for a course on the English novel including works by Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte and Conrad. So the class was the elective system s favor however is the fact that it has opened the door twosome Quality works of science fiction and minority literature and it has sometime been responsive to cultural trends. Courses on women s literature for exam ple have brought Henrik Ibsen s play a doll House into the mainstream. Jeffers of the editor getting Clear of those quarters Clearing quarters is a problem a Large majority of service members and their spouses Are concerned with. This can be particularly trying time Here in Germany As one lives in a hotel and dines out while cleaning quarters or paying a cleaning team to perform the chore. With a port Caf Date looming ahead what if you fall inspection according to a radio report Vii corps has experimented in Aschaffenbur with system which will soon be corps wide. Under this plan quarters occupants con tract with an approved firm pay the specified cleaning fee and occupy their quarters right up until the Day they leave. Their quarters Are cleaned after they have departed eliminating much of those moving took advantage of a similar system when departing fort Knox by. In 1975 audit was wonderfully simple and worry free. My question can t v corps and Allu Sarteur implement this system surely it would be a a Hotschl Tsoa Frankfort editor s note col. Jerome b. Hilmes chief engineering Aid Usa eur replies for some time. Department Al the army has permitted can Maiden to establish procedures wherein Cha bits could Boow u pre Fey or having their Quarter Dea aed by a give Romeo Afi paved Custo dial contractor. Imer this procedure de parting capants Are cleared Bat no terminated Tram quarters assignment Fol lowing inspect for damage and lavatory. The dealing contractor May be either a army and air Force for Range service concessionaire or a government approved installation have a successful system such As the oae the writer mentioned. Other installations have tried and failed for a majority of reasons such a contractor response tune and service costs which the majority of occupants could not afford u pay thereby resulting la Termina Tion of contract approximately four Aid a half years ago Headquarters Usa eur initial quarters contract cleaning service la Sev eral communities for possible tin Klementa Tiki throughout the command. Far reasons similar to those mentioned the test was abandoned. A Vii corps housing representative has indicated that the service being tested la Aschaffenbur is still in toe Early stagehand numerous details must be worked out before the system can he considered for adoption la the to corps area. At the present Lime. Headquarter Susareu does not intend to direct Stab of a command wide contract cleaning service. However current policy does permit local commanders to provide the service. This office will give in corps any assistance needed and encourages the other major commands to try such a thes european edition cot Billy e. Spangle. . Edmer Lutchm maj. John c. Taylor up. Deputy your us Tomme to Proctor men Ealing Pojur Elmer d. . Production Mina Ajr Henry s. . Ctr Cumah Winawer tins newspaper u in mar Ltd unofficial Publ Kallon Tor . Armed Force overseas. Tim Stan and stripes a published in conjunct in with in armed forces information program of the department of detente. 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