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By Joan War<'l Most people visualize Superman as a man in a red cape and blue body suit who goes abo ut t he world performing astonishing deeds. However, San Jose City College Superman Clyde Herrick has brown cu rly hair, wears a brown checked sports iacket and a string t ie . Herrick is known as the Superdean of SJCC since he now holds the combined position of Dean of Occupatio nal Instruction and Dean of General Education. His rise to the top is a real success storv. When Herrick started teach inS~ electronics at SJCC 16 years ago , he di_d n't even have an A.A. deQree but taught on ~n occupation al teaching credential. During those 16 years he managed 1o get an A.A. at SJCC, a B.A: and Masters at San Jose State University of San Fra ncisco. During this t iml he a lso served as a consultant iq admi nistration to other colleges and was the author or co-author of a pproximately 42 t echn ical books and 20 self-pacinQ .teachin$1 units. One of his teaching units h as been translated i,.nto Spanish and o ne of his books will 'be translated into Japanese. Although he enjoyed teaching'
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and writing, his consultant work in administrat ion for other colleges led him into more an~ more administrative work and to his .present position at SJCC. According to Herrick the posit ions of Dean of Occupation al Instruction and Dean of General Education have alwavs been separate but were combined by the college this year in an attempt t o save money. The administrat ion will decide in Janu arv or February whether to continue with one dean or to separate t he positions again. "Personally I hope we w ill keep it in one position , because for me it works better in a si ngle posit ion. What I am trying to d o basically is bring it all together so we have one oollege and are in the bus;. ness of educat ion." Herrick feels that some f aculty members are concerned since he is from the occupatio nal area the college will beco~1e occupation al but he said, " I'm iust as concerned about one area as I am about another. What we become to 1 great extent depends on the students - our clients: T hey are Qoing to tell us what they want to take.
Herrick Is especially proud There's not a great deal of control new com pu11er center the · they what take will They we have. campus because as a faculty want to take and they set the play ber he worked with t he ,.n•.,........... for the college. And I think that's to develop the proposal for rioht because we are realty_ a service organizatio n and .we are here . computer center and as an admi trator he designed the center. to do the training for what stuis also looking forward to d ent s see is t he need." He also sa id he thinks of himself - completion c:>f all the ,-,nruT,, ,....,n,,.. on campus. He hooes most of as a facultv member who has come work will be done by the serrleSt:arl into administrat ion and that he break. still _relat~ more to the fac:Uitv Although Herrick is happy in hl1 members than he does to adminisposition as Superdean , he ad mit. tration. "What I would like for he is a person who likes to get everybody to understand is that we ne instantly and th are still in the same business al'\d we · things do isn't always possible with have the same goals whether it is projects because they have to administra tion or faculty. So what 1 have the approval of various comperceive the organizatio n under the mittees, t he district office dean is a service organizatio n for board of trustees. "We try can turn in they so t he faculty, best t o be a problem solving offi serve the students." but sometimes you have to depend " My real plan for the college too many people." on is to S~et everybody involved in im- . proving, not only the facility, As far as his personal plans, he but the educationa l cl imate and to intends to take a triQ to HawaU and • have everyone feel they are part _ me twice-divorced Herrick said "I to find mvself a qood wife in ' of the decision making function. My 11oal is to have everyone on the next couple of vear!';. But then he are they what in happy ruefully admits he pro~ly doesn't campus be _have time for that. ~o i_n_g," Herrick added.
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nro llm ent sho ws pet. inc rea se students than last tall, tne·mnu ., . . District Registrar, Robert:Bro wn, FALL Phone 298-2181 Ext. 3,4 6 Friday, •Sept. 30,_1977._ Voi. 29A#A0. ·2 ·,. said that the decrease in enrollment last fall had the district concerned over this years POSSible enron-' ment. But t hat a last minute fl urry pf registration s put them well _ahead of last year's figur~s. Mos of the increase was in the' vocational areas. It appears that people are returning for retrai ning or to obtain skills in a relat~ By·D.iape_we55Qil ' field, said Brown. the editor-In-chief of the school ; If you ask Leonard o ·. ·washin!lThe solar and Laser t echnology newspaPer and also worked as the ton what one of his greatest . editor for the 9raduate newspaper, areas as well as electronics and achievements has been at City business classes are at full capacity. The TSU Clarion. college, -he would say that it .w as ''The academic areas aren't as full," In 1,956 Washingto n joined the beinQ the colleges first district Brown said. "We're not in tro uble, U.S. Navy. Whi le in t he Navy and coordinator> for Black Stud ies. To- ·aboard t he USS Shangri-La, he but they're softer." Tim Vartice has bee~ elected day, he is still innovatinS~ by startFinal enrollment figures·wiJI not nt of the Black Student be~me the sh ips news editor. After ' ing the college's first Black Jo urnalbe available until the first week leavfhg- t he Navy, Washington beism class. in October but Brown ·said that tieofficers. «:hosen l_ast week a .reporter and sports editor came As an English and Black Studies Anna W•Uaam11, v1ce- PresJ:;.-:.:- did expect some ·increase from the in San Francisco for the Bay Area • · instructor, .WashinQton began teachf irst week Rochelle Banks, Secretary, tndependen t Newspaper. ing at SJCC in 1969, after leaving Brown ·also commente d t hat one Linda Porter, Treasurer. Although Washingto n said he a teaching position at Pioneer of the reasons for the df!C(ease In order to become a BSU enjoyed h is career as a reporter Pioneer High, Washington joined High. Washington said, he left ex~erienced last fall was due to an ber, one must simply register and editor, he decided to leave the San J<*! Communit y College enrollment limitation placed on all . :.Pioneer High because he had an ~ochelle Banks l(lt . the BSU journalism in 1960. Washington District as the district coordinator · opportunit y to work directly with community colleges in the state m t he Student Umon Bldg., re<:oQn ized that it was becomina B'lack StUdies. As t he district for Black students. Not having been by Gov. Edmund G. Brown, J r. more and more difficult to supPa_!' a sm~ll fee ~ one dollar. r, he organized courses, coordinato of teaching involved in t he act ual District Registrar Brown said that "'Presadent T1m Varttce states that port his family and survive f inancourse requiremen ts, t eaching -and School, High .In and Studies lifted been ithnic had limitation the hope there will be no split cially in t hat field. learning QOals and objectives for Washington's decision to loin Blacks he re a nd ask for the that fall catalogues were sent out Wash i_ngton began a new career nearly all Black Studies courses SJCC facu lt y was an im portant in plenty of time to 'prospective of the defeat ed cand idates in teach ing at Pioneer High _$.chool. · oresently offered. While organizoersonaJ decision. It has led him making this the areatest ever students In addition to being an Engl ish . . the BSU." to new heiQhts in his teaching and ing courses, Washington had an instructo r at Pioneer Hioh Washorofessiona l experience. opportun ity to use his personai ington W.{IS also responsible for WashinQton is -a 1955 graduate philosophy of educat ion in the getting P.ublic relations info rmaof Texas Southern University. Dur- tion about Pioneer High in the Sun building of the academic area. ing,llis undergradu ate years at TSU . "Education is the backbone and Newspaper s. he maiored i journalism. He was foundation of f ruitful living," he After teachinQ nine years at
Preliminary f igures show San Communit y College District lment up 7% over last fall. The districts t otal day enroll· is 8,422 students,,.an increase 248 students or 3%. Evening is 11,008 students, up students or a 9% increase. San J ose City College has a enrollment of 4,902 students, less than last fall, evening e nor 721 more nt is up
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The car 000 ana number ltas Because of the c:onstruchio n ot recently been reduced to two. Child Developme nt Center, reCan with at least two people will rning San J ose City College be admitted jnto lot E, on Bascom oarkin!l Eight instructors in the San Jose the finding are Avenue, f ree. .Communit y College District will be ' even more difficult than The most d ifficult t imes for a 'taking sabbatical leaves in 1977-78. 1 was befo re. · student to find a parking place is · Instructors who will spend the "Everybod y bitches, but nobody between 7 :30 am and 12:30 pm 11ext year increasing their knowlanyth if!Q about it ," said Kent I . edge in their particular field, in~. captain of Campus Security, and m the e~ninps. talkioo of. the • oarking problem. clud e Roger Cutler and Lawrence the site for a The Chifd Developme nt Center SJCC have been ,E. Morris 6f Evergreen Valley of parking bein!f built 'in lot B, is c urrently numerou~ amount Communit y College, and Jeanne ners, homeow the of Several ticketS. spots. parking 400 C. Green, taking up almost Machado, William ' between SJCC and Poi ndexter, Steve ·Salisian, One hWldred spaces will be sandwiched Edward Fruitdale Avenue, complained to regained after it is finished. Friedel Volz and Betsy Wood of ciw·· that they couldn't get the Currently, there are 775-800 ' Jose City College. San , driveways. A city ordint o ~elop new text plans r · ots in SJ'CC's official parking into their Cutle was made forbidd ing dr iven lots. SJCC has approxima tely 5,500 ance material for Speech 10 and Speech in SJCC's back streets park to and students, night 7,~ 55. Morris will make study visits dav and 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays. manv of them use t he spaces. from to rnaior botanical gardens and·
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research areas. Instructors on leave f rom SJCC, will undertake stuqies in a wide variety of fields. G reen will make a compre he nsive study of t he va rious ' major fields at the community college level. Visiting both early childhood centers and early teacher training programs in ten European countries is t he goal of Ms. Machado. Salisian will be designing and developing a series of un ique container forms' sudl as teapots and other Iidded and open containers, u~ing tech.n iquec and elements derived from· both ancient craftsman · and modern industry. This project
said. As he planned the Ethnic Studies courses, he tried to make sure that they were designed t o educate ethnic minorities about themselves and to educate Anglo -Americans about other Americans. Bob Rouse, Psychology instructor here at City said, when asked what he though about WashinQton and his new jou rnalism class, "He has such a good relationshiP with his students and with the faculty, I think he will do very well in any course he attempts."
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STEEL WORK R ISES- Constructio n progresses o n the new Child Developme nt Center being constructe d in the old parking lot B located in the back of the
past campus. Steel beams were erected during week, giving passen-by an idea of what to expect when the constructio n is completed. (Photo by Rafael Martorell)
The child developme nt center will be operating f rom a new buildin!l with the beginning of the ~~~ semester of '78. The program ofterea to the children of SJCC parents is designed to promote developme nt in areas of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual skills. The educationaJ PrOQram is planned to meet the needs of each child and to help them function within the Qroup. The student teac her receives experience in on-the-iob training as well as recei ving exposure with the ch ildren which they couldn't rece ive in the classroom. It serves as a convenienc e to t he parents who can leave their children while attendino cl~sses. Children may be enrolled for ~. 3, or 5 d ays a week. The center is open daily from 7:45 a.m. t o 4 p.m. but because it is an instructional p rOQram t he center does not o perate on a droo-in basis. Parents are required t o enroll in an Adult Child 1nteractio n class. T~ey are also encouraged to
observe and participate in the operates within state guidelines. Fees are charged o n a slidinq scale center. dete rmined by the State Departas present the with The problems Child Developme nt Center could ment of Educat ion. With the added space, and' · only be handled with expansion . Director proper facilities the new Child Developme nt Child Achsah Davy says her staff has Care Center should be of helo done a remarkable job with the to student te achers, a convenienc e facili ties o n hand. One of the main • to more student parents, and an problems is that the cent er Was not education for the children. erected for child , care. It was oriainallv a classrOQI'n which was converted t o a center. In addition . there is no kitchen, and the restrooms are not in the same build· r ing. One of the bigqest reasons T he students in the d~awinQ for the change is the new center d•sola~ is expected to handle about 50 classes of Joe Zirker are 10 "Work called exhibit an ing a is there more chi ldren. Presently thro~o~ long list of parent s waitinQ to get Paper" in the li brarv into the orooram. With the limited Oct 3 Included with the exhibit The space allowed many middle income is ~ photo documenta tion. students the by made was paper parents have to be left out. After submitting an application f rom cotton pulp. In the pr~ss parents are screened and on a non- of the paper-maki ng cloth , twJOE: , discriminat ory basis priorities are drawinas, reproductio ns and other given. Because the center receives disparate materials were assembled partial state funds, the center between p lys of the wet pul P.
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