Complexity of women’s life shown
By HARRIET FOTIS
Of the Emerald
“Remember how simple life
used to be for a woman—but how
complex it really is” was the
overriding theme of a Women’s
Liberation multi-media show
Friday afternoon and evening in
the YWCA.
The combination tape and slide
show was sponsored by the
campus YWCA and called “Look
Out Girlie, Women’s Liberation
Is Gonna Get Your Momma.”
After the 30 minute show guest
speaker Anne Schwiesow,
professor of education at the
University of Washington spoke
to the gathering which consisted
both of men and women.
The slides were of ad
vertisements, illustrations and
pictures representative of how
our society’s values and norms
force the woman nto a certain
role. The tape was a mixture of
monologue and music. One of the
songs, “I am Woman, You are
Man” emphasized that a woman
is taught to think of herself only
in terms of a man.
Women are expected to do only
women’s work. In one monologue
a little girl who is interested in
medicine is told she has to be a
nurse, “boys are doctors.”
The slide show was put
together last year by a women’s
group at Oberlin College and
distributed through the YWCA.
The show basically emphasizes
that our society teaches that a
woman’s place in this world is
subordinate to man. Women are
not to use their brains—they have
to use their body to catch a man.
They are to be seen and not heard
and they are the most expendable
on the job force. p
In another monologue, a
woman with a B.A. in French
literature said that the smartest
thing she ever did was take
typing in high school. A woman is
only allowed to perform certain
jobs even if they have the
qualifications for a much better
position that only males are
allowed to fill.
There is no place in our society
for a single woman according to
the presentation. When a girl is
no longer a daughter she is ex
pected to become a wife. When
she is a wife her interests are
supposed to be limited and so her
husband becomes bored with her.
The slide-tape presentation
showed that even radical
movements are discrimatory
against women. Women’s lib is to
be put off until after the
revolution. Every great black
man has his women standing
behind him.
In conjunction with this media
show, there will be a general
information meeting and panel
discussion at 4 p.m. today in the
YWCA lounge in Gerlinger.
Students and faculty members
are invited. Joan Acker,
professor of sociology, will
moderate a panel on the status of
women and a study of em
Reading and Study Skills Center
offers help to slow readers
By JOYCE BRIDGES
For the Emerald
“They come in in a state of shock after a couple
of weeks.”
That’s Mrs. Jacquie Bonner’s description of
students loaded with five or six texts or extensive
required reading lists for one class. “And when that
is multiplied by four of five classes, you simply
can’t negotiate that much reading.”
It’s her job, along with Mrs. Nancy Reynolds
and Mrs. Daisy Reed, as instructors at the
University’s Reading and Study Skills Center, “to
help student read more efficiently and be able to
take time out for fun without feeling guilty about
it.”
The center, an extension of the University
Counseling Service, offers group accelerated
reading courses, individual programs for students
with schedule conflicts or who want help with
specific texts, vocabulary development, or special
tutoring, and a study skills program.
“If a student brings in his books we help him
find an approach to the texts, discover short cuts to
comprehension, and help him budget his time,”
Mrs. Bonner said.
“Next term we plan to offer separate mini
courses in textbook reading, listening and note
taking, examination skills, and reference papers,”
she added.
Located at 1627 Agate Street in a cramped
three-bedroom pre-fabricated house (now minus
two dividing walls), the center is negotiating for
more space, Mrs. Bonner says. Since Air Force
ROTC’s move to the former music annex, the house
on 18th Street where the center was located last
year has been taken back by the Music School. “We
lost about half our space in the move,” she says.
Although there are rows of paperbacks along
the walls, there are few machines, besides the
shadowscopes. Calibrated for a particular reading
speed, the device shines a band of light across the
page, which the student is to read along with.
Little equipment
“We try to teach the student to be independent,
which is one reason why we are using fewer pieces
of equipment,” she explained.
The program stresses pushing the eye to move
faster, pacing with the finger, speaking the main
ideas while reading, and frequent reviews.
The student usually sets his own limits on how
fast he reads, Mrs. Bonner said. “The student’s
potential is limited largely by what he is willing to
do. How fast he reads a particular book depends on
the knowledge of the vocabulary and concepts he
brings to it. He can’t expect to read everything at
the same rate.”
“One of our big struggles is getting students to
change their habits. To start we accelerate the rate
and it’s necessary to sacrifice comprehension to
make that initial gain. Then we bring com
prehension back up. But some students panic. They
just aren’t gamblers,” she said.
A very small minority go away disgruntled
"because something doesn’t happen magically. We
focus on practice, flexibility, and change of habits,”
she maintained.
The chief habits that hold back speed are word
by-word reading, subvocalizing or lipreading, and
regression, she said.
Idea reading
“We emphasize idea reading. Parts of words or
whole words can be skipped without loss of com
prehension,” the director of the center said.
Sub-vocalization retards reading because the
mouth cannot form the words as fast as the eye is
capable of taking them in, she explained.
“Regression is a sign of poor concentration. We
encourage short periods of intense concentration,
then reflection.”
Many students are reluctant to give up old
habits because of misconceptions such as the idea
that rapid reading means lower comprehension.
Using the analogy of “a slow driver who is careless
because he gawks around,” she said, “likewise
the slow reader who has time to think of other things
is inefficient.”
The idea that a student can’t read faster
because he isn’t smart enough is equally false, she
maintained. “People with very low IQ’s can in
crease their reading rates if they practice.”
As for the notion that rapid reading won’t help
in reading Shakespeare, Mrs. Bonner says,
“Probably not. But it will double or triple the
student’s base rate depending on how much he
practices.”
“Although some people claim they just don’t
enjoy reading,” she laughed, “you should see the
smiles on their faces when they break over a
reading rate plateau.”
In a demonstration session Mrs. Bonner had
students read at their normal rate for com
prehension. Then after three one-minute trials of
pushing for faster reading without regard for
comprehension and then reading again for com
prehension, initial student rates were doubled in
several cases.
Running with weights
“It’s like running with weights on,” she ex
plained. “When you take them off, you find that
going faster isn’t so hard after all.”
Currently 315 students are enrolled in the non
credit morning and evening classes. “We have one
night class in Commonwealth,” Mrs. Bonner said,
“but the atmosphere isn’t right. Reading is a very
personal thing and each individual has different
feelings about his habits and what he wants to ac
complish. We need a specific place to answer his
needs.”
The three part-time staff members work within
a limited budget. “We sweep up the place, clean the
kitchen, teach a class, and wash the chalkboard,”
laughed Mrs. Bonner. “It's a totally different ex
perience,” said the director who formerly taught
six years in Eugene area high schools before being
named director of the center in September.
Offered on a term basis, the $7.50 fee entitles a
student to a full calendar year of courses. Students
may register at the Counseling Center in Susan
Campbell Hall, at the center itself, or during winter
term registration at McArthur Court.
ployment statistics for women.
Participants include Shirley
Terreberry, CSPA; Ann
Shoemaker, student; Cathryn
Lauris, editorial assistant Old
Oregon; Eleanor Meyers, state
equal employment office; and
representatives from the Law
School and PE department.
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