News Scrapbooks 1977-1979

Aindfolded Pupils Learn What it's Like To Live In Another World: Friday, November 3, 1978 THE SAN :>l(G-\., . IVh

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ESCONDIDO - Pupils in a second grad class at Juniper Elementary School h re have been living 1n two worlds th last two weeks - the arid or the I hled and the world of the blind The world of the sighted ls not new to th m, but the blackened domain of the blind was something totally dlflerent - and, at first, something totally ary. wearing blindfolds during part of th Ir hool day, th pupils learned a new way to read and write - through the Braille system - to walk run and play, and even master such 'a simple task as g tung a drink or water from a fountain . Tb lei a for the dual world experi- ence came from Ce! ste Silsby, a stud nt t acher who assists regular cla m t achcr Billie Read The star pupil was Stev Vandagriff , 12, a fifth grader at Lincoln Elementary School - a youngster who Is totally blind, but who ts overcoming his handicap marvelously. "Th purpo is to d velop an awaren tn th pupils of the prob- 1 m th handicapped race each day," Sllsby said. "I u II len K 11 r as a model for th unit and we began the unit by r adlng a book about Bel n Keller, who was d a!, dumb and bhnd," said 1Isby, 22, who will be gtaduated in cem r from th Uruv rslty of San Diego w1th a major In education and a minor In special education. Silsby hOpc som day to teach here. On of the fU"st things the pupils 1 •arn d wa th Braille alphabet. Th n th y 1 arn cl to read and write tn Brallle. On his first vL~lt to Juniper, Steve was introduc d to the second grad rs as •ach handed hJS or her name wntten out in Bram . To help th m learn not only the Braille alphabet but also to Improve their n.se or f Ung, a "feelle box" was u . Hal w re cut Into the des or the wooden box, and each pupil would reach 1n to f 1 and declph r not only Braille letters but certain obj cts, whlch they also had to 1d ntlfy - hke andpaper. The pupils said It was a lot more difficult to read and wr t.e usm th

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Second grade students earn that there is a new way .o do just about everything U you are blind. Dyan O'Don- • 1ell 1 7 years old, learns from Celeste Silsby bow to feel tbe Nater coming from a foun- aln before taldng a drink. \nd Steve Vandagriff, a 12- ear-illd blind youth from :.i.ncoln Elementary School, ead a book in Braille to luniper Elementary School ;tudents.

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six minutes left The JoS('rs are 0-3. Palomar had only Ivan Hamilton and Duane Gat- son in double figurC's - they each had 10 points - in lt1; los.c; S11mmaries LAVERNE (63) Roe 3 0-16, Rol)lnS()n J 0·16, Emberv 3 lr7 12, Garnica 1 2.J ,, Vosquez 20-0 4, olzelis 0 J.21, Jorvls8 78 23, Moon 2 l·H, Knight 0 2·3 2 Totols 2219-29 63 USD (107) Cookl2·28. Pierce30-06 Jackson48•11 16, Walsh 3 0-0 6 BarthOlomew 7 1 2 15, Cunn1119hom 2 2·2 6, Whilmursh 7 0-0 4, c 2 opener 7 0-0 14. Mdoles o 1 t 2, Hfli 115 be 7 rv,_e~ 0-0 4. Boumgor eoe, "" '· vo "" 14. Totals 4' lS-19107 LOVtrne •..••,. · ............,.... 30 33- 63 USD, .............. ............ 5' 51-,01 Fouled out - Garnlco. Total 10\Jls - Lav.,,,. 1< USO U. · 2·26, Wallace 20-1 4, SulllYan 10-02, Abrams 9 3·4 21, Vest 2 0-0 4, Duff 10-0 2, ChOmbhs J 0-0 6, Price 1111 23. Totals 3710-13 84. SOUTHWESTERN (75) Foss 9 1-119, Flores 8 3-4 19, Sm1rh I 0-0 2, Lee 2 2·2 6, Tavlor 7 1·2 15. Scott 2 0-0 4 Malone 2 0-0 4, AIYarez 20-0 4. Tolols 33 7.9 75 G· ossmottt ..............- ....... 46 38-14 SOvthw~stern ....... , ....... 34 41-7S FOUied out-Lee (SW). Tectv11col$-Sccll (SWl. Tolol touls-Grossmonl 14, Soulhwestern 20 P=f ~}. Talum 10-02, Babin 20·44. Galson 50-1 10, Sanders 2 O-t 4, Hamilton• H 10, Ma,well I 2·2 '• Boles 2 0-0 4, Lightner t 0-0 2, Lang, 30-2 6, CalvIn l 0.j) 2, JenUns o 2·22. Totals 246·1254 L.A. PIERCE (6S) Bell 6 1·213,Brvon181-417. Marquez Jl-7 9, Dlsnev 41·39, Sondv 41·29, Currie 27-2 6, GIies O 2·22. Totals 2711·22 65. PaJomar...........................24 21-54 Plerce..............................35 30-&l Fouled out none. Total fouls - Palomar 21, Pierce 15. lrlang 2 In other contests. Palo- mar College meets Mesa at 6:30 and MiraCosta takes on Southwestern in the nightcap or a doubleheader at MiraCosta. Tomorrow, the doubleheader moves to Southwestern, where Mira- Costa will face Palomar al 6:30 and Mesa will face Southwestern at 8:30. Additionally, San Diego City makes but lOJJighl at 7:30 against Compton at the San Diego High gym. /.

Diego scored its first victo- ry but U.S. Jnternattonal t:mvers1ty dropped its sec- ond game in as many nighL<; m small-collPge basketball &r;tlon last nigul The TOrt!rOS teppcd past La Verne College 107-63 in the University High gym, placmg five players in dou- blt> llgur . and evening tl:<>ir a n record at 1-1. Junior Russell Jackson, the team s leading scorer, and sophomore Bob Bartho- lemew showed the way with 15 points ea-ch. USIU lost at Cal Luther- an 78-72. In junior college games, Grossmont held off a rally to defeat southwestern 84-75 on the loser's floor and Palomar lost to Los Ange- les Pierce 4&-54 in the open- mg pound of the Antelope Valley tournam nt in Lan- caster. Gros monl (2-1), aided by 21 points from Mark Price opened a 22-polnt lead on the Apaches, thPn saw it sliced to eig.it with

Braille system than It 1s to use their eyes. But it was on the playground that the pupils really absorbed the idea of what ll Is like to be blind . Again blindfolded, they were taken on "blmd walks," road slides, played games and got drinks of water. Steve, who lost the Sight of one eye at bn1.h and the vision from his second weakened eye about a year ago, advi.Sed the pupils on bow to get

around campus and the playground. gests keeping both hands circling. "Run your one hand along side the K.C. Owsley, 8, recalled what it wall of the building and keep your was like the first time be was blind- other hand about 10 mclles in front of folded and taken for bis "blind you," Steve said. "Make sure your walk." K.C. said, "Every time I took hand makes contact ~;h something a step, I thought I was going to run before your head does. Into a wall. And, when I ran, it was Out on the open playground, St.eve like I was in space, and I was going demonstrates he already has devel• to fall a 1,000 feet." oped that extra sense . that warm Dyan O'Donnell, 7, related her him that Ile is app~ching an obsta experience going up and down the cle. But for the ururutated, he sug• slide. "It was really scary going up

I.lie steps because I was afraid I would miss a step. Going down the slide was even more scary because it seemed I was going so much faster and further." Dyan also demonstrated that get- ting a drink or water from a fountam - while blind.folded - is no easy matter. First she has to find the fountain, and then feel for the water to see how high the stream is. Her

first try, she came up with a very wet face. Also as part of their SCKall.ed Helen Keller unit, the pupils were asked to list the three things they would most miss If they lost their . sight. Television and movies, of course, were high on the list, but so were such things the sighted also take for granted, like colors and butterflies - and Disneyland.

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CHAMHI:~ ORCHESTRA, lhe USO J t'f Chamber Orchestra, under lhe direction of Henry Kolar, will perform works of Haydn, Elgar, Veracini, Suk, and Boyce, Sunday, December 3, 4 p.m., Camino Theater, USO, f,lcala Park. 291-6480 x4296. No" lo, 117"6 1<.~o..i.u-

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No,,- , .2.J..f 1 lo/71 A four-team tournamPnt tonight marks the opening of basketball sPason for area small colleges and jun- ior colleges. The University of San Diego Triton Classic will be played at UCSD's gym at 6:30, when Chapman facps Fresno Pacific. UCSD meets Pomona al 8:30. The winners will meet tomor row for the title following a consolation game l)('twcen tonight's losing teams.

workers field . Yet, rn the President ap- proved funding for schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry and ve~erinary medicine, all fields which are predominately male. No other interpretation but sexual discrimination on the part of the President can .be applied. In addition, studies indicate there is a surplus of physicians. . . . . The President m his hm1ted wisdom saw fit to veto a bill which bad the overwhelming Congress, as well as his secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, on the grounds that the measure inflationary, and which affected primarily women. Three days later this same . President asks for $2 million for Civil Defense. For shame! was the entire health support of both Houses ~f

Edit.or, President Carter has vetoed the Health Professions Act which was an authorization bill and would have provided $208 million for nursing in the fiscal year 1979 and $209 million in 1980, on the grounds the bill was inflationary. Let us set the record straight. l) Ever Since the Federal Government has been funding nursing, the amount of money actually appropriated has been less than half the amount authorized. Clearly, no in- flationary factor was involved srnce the money which would have been appropriated would have been at least half the amount authorized in each fiscal year and pegged at a million dollars. 2) Mr. Carter wanted a bill with a maximum of $20 million. But, HEW Secretary Califano. certain White House advisors and staff, and the Congress wanted the $208 million bill because of the services it would have provided. 3) Current 1978 funding is at $117 million. Assuming the appropriation for 1979 was $100 million (based on our past ex- periences of funding levels), there really would have been no inflationary factor or increase in Federal spending. 4) The Senate passed its version of the bill, S 2416 by a unamimous voice vote; the House passed the bill, HR 12303 by a vote of 393 to 12; almost unanimous. Is the President's veto action a chastisement to the Congress? Clearly, the intent of the people's representatives in Congress has been ignored and overridden by the Chief Executive. To what purpose? How does this square with Mr. Carter's "Human ·Rights" platform when by his veto a~tion he is denying the American people the services of nurses who would be prepared under the force of this legislation? And i not providing health care one of his platforms also? ls the Pre ident's action di riminatory? Surely, the world knows that the nursing profession i compo. d almo~t entirPlv of women · an that this -~'"•'-'C' "t• - ,, l 1t-:r JOB QUEEZE: ThE ·· If op- portumtl out there, even for philosophy majors At USO, Prof. Jan Via' relt ous tudles cla wa Interrupt d by a birthday song from a Call•a-Gram m nger: on.e, of her la y ar's graduate .,,av,~ ) 1'1J'( 1t, bu11

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(2) Mr. Carter wanted a bill with a maximum of $20 million. But, HEW Secretary Califano, certain White House advisors and staff and the Congress wanted the $208 million bill because of the services it would have provided . (3) Current 1978 funding is at $117 million. Assuming the appropriation ~1979 was $100 million (based on our past experiences Of funding it vels), there really woµld have been no lnfiationary factor or increase in federal spending. (4) The Senate passed its version of the bill, S. 2416, by a unanimous voice vote; the House passed the bill, H.R. 12303, by a vote of 393 tt> 12; almost unanimous ls the President's veto action a chastisement to the Congress? How does this square with Mr. Carter's "human rights" platform when by his veto action he is deny- ing the American people the ser- vices of nurses who would be pre- pared under the force of this legisla- tion? Is the President's action discrtmi- natory? Surely, the world knows that the nursing profession Is composed almost entirely of women; and that -~

this group comprises the bulk of workers in the entire health field . The President in his limited wis- dom, saw lit to veto a bill which had the overwhelming support of both Houses of Congress, as well as his Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, on the grounds that the measure wa.s inflationary, and which affected pn- marily women. . Three days later this same Presi- dent asks for $2 billion for Civil Defense. For shame!

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Loyola Beats San o·ego Forward David Knox scored 22 points to )ead Loyola.to a 72-66 nonconference win over the mvers1ty of San Diego Monday rught at Loyola. San Diego led, 19-11, midway J.hrough ~he first half be- fore Loyola rallied to take a 32-~ halftune .lead. Loyola led by a point, 61-60, with five minutes left m the game, then scored seven unanswered points. Reserve forward Bill Johnson scored 12 for Loyola, and USD center Bob Bartholomew led all scorers with 25. Both teams are now 1-1.

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Handmade dolls and homemade cookies will center the tables a t the University of San Diego Aux ili ary holiday luncheon scheduled for 11 a .m. on Tuesday at the Kona Ka i Club . Co-chairwomen of the event are Mrs. Lou Brito and Mrs. John Rippo. Auxiliary president, Mrs . James Mulvaney, has invited members to bring guests . A highlight of the day will be the presentation

of a check to Dr. Author Hughes , president of the university . The check will represent the earnings from the aux iliary' s recent "Fashion Flash" style show. The money will benefit students in need of financial aid.

Special guest speaker, Bur l Stiff of the San Diego Union , will share his experiences working as editor. For information, call Mrs . Kenneth Brown, 273-5014, or Mrs. Frank O'Connor, 295-2349.

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e,1rly music ought to be performed. The Early "1usic Ensemble ofSan Diego isa i;mup of vocalists who have dcvoled their en,•rgies spec, flea lly tot he re-creation of this music fhey have pertormed lhroughout California, and haw made three concert tourc;toFurope, where they have been very well received , A S"'iss newspaper spoke of their "au thPntic sound, !hat one has not heard before in such perfection . The t•nsemble dt'wl,>ped thl' polyphonv in pt>rll'ct inton,,tton ,\II fi,·t• ,·ocalists h.1, l' an .1b11ity to sh,1pt: and rnodulatt:' m c.1

seemingly 1nexhaus11ble way. '" The upcoming Christmas season will 6e greeted by a pair of concerts given by the group. In keeping with the season. there will be a number of Christmas carols, wh,ch lend to be the only examples of early music many people are at all acquamfcd with. In addition, there wil l be molets (many-\'oiced liturgical compositions, usually 1n Latin) by v,irious Rcnc1ii...sancc- ,1nd B,uoque composers, including J,1wbus Gallus, Edmund Iur '"' G10, .,nni anino, and. Henrich Schutz \1osl of thc~l~ wl,rk!-i ~ue on tt•xts connected

with Christmas, so that the ,•ntire program will be timely. The Early Music Ensemble's program of Med,eval ar,d Renaissance music for Christmas will be prest•nted on Fnday, December 1, ate1ghl p.m m Foundt•rs Ha ll, Uni versity of San Diego; and on Sunday, DL•cembc r 10, at eight p. m. in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Parish Lane, Del Mar. For lu rth<'r information, call 88-9524 or 75 -1408. - Thomas Ame