District of Columbia Tenclrs College Buildings: Wilson (1100 Harvard St. N. W.) BREAK-INS AND THEFTS 1970 Date Unknown Unknown Time Unknown Incident Iris Harris' wallet stolen out of bag outside 207. Piliering Dollar Bill Machine in Cafeteria Wilson. New typewriter from Ra. 300W. Room locked. Attempted break-in to Cafeteria in Kiner Building R. C. Allen typewriter stolen from Student Lounge Pocketbook stolen (Secretary, Dean of Students) 1 Smith Corona elec. typewriter Secretary 315 stolen Juke box broken into, discovered at 6:10 Display case broken into, two African art objects Tape recorders (2) taken from Booth #2 in Speech COMPARISON WITH VANDALISM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mr. SCHERLE. Are there any public schools surrounding the 14th Street area where the college is located? Dr. COOKE. There are three high schools and there is one junior high school. Meyer is at 11th and Clifton, Bruce at Kenyon and Sherman, Tubman at Irving, Monroe is at Georgia and Columbia Road. All of those are public schools within a few blocks of the college. Mr. SCHERLE. The glass breakage in public schools last year in the District, totaled $732,000. Maybe this figure will astonish you like. it did me. It is interesting that vandals break windows in the District's public schools but they do not break them in the college buildings. Dean SWINDLER. That is true. That was true when we were under the public schools and I marveled at it. Mr. SCHERLE. Are you indicating that the District of Columbia Trojans should be hired on a district-wide basis. Dean SWINDLER. We never had broken windows before we developed this program, which came from the crime in the streets public law funded by the Justice Department. INTEREST IN COMMUNITY Dr. COOKE. I would say, Mr. Scherle, we help to send the children to Marshall Hall, neighborhood children, by a modest contribution from the college. At the end of the last day of school we had a big picnic in the college yard and had hot dogs and hamburgers, and many of our administrators went out and ate the hot dogs and hamburgers and we helped to pay for them and bought the punch and the kids in the neighborhood know it. We require them to prepare a committee report. We require them to buy the food. We require them to figure out how many hot dogs they need for how many children so they get an arithmetic lesson. They have to figure out how many rolls. They have to come with a written report showing how many hot dog rolls and hot dogs they are going to need and they are going to show where they will buy them. They have to come back with the receipts. We think it is a learning experience for the children in the community. They are also eating, which they like to do, and we stand there and eat with them. We think we reap the benefits by not having the broken windows. Mr. SCHERLE. Perhaps you should talk to Dr. Scott in regard to this. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. NATCHER. Mr. Myers. COMPARISON OF GYMNASIUMS Mr. MYERS. If I understand the testimony this afternoon, last year this committee had the opportunity to approve a permanent building for a little over $900,000 which included a swimming pool; is that correct? Mr. STAROBIN. It was also a building of this type but considerably larger size. It was 50 percent larger. Mr. MYERS. Was it also temporary? Mr. STAROBIN. It was the same prefab type. Mr. MYERS. But it did include a swimming pool? Mr. STAROBIN. Yes. Mr. MYERS. If I remember correctly, one of the junior high schools is hoping to have a swimming pool but it ran $400,000. What was the difference between that swimming pool last week and this one for a college, beside the dollars? Mr. STAROBIN. The size, fully enclosed, permanent structure. Mr. MYERS. This would not have been fully enclosed last year? Mr. STAROBIN. It would, but the structure is quite different. This is a temporary type structure, the prefab type. Mr. MYERS. You just testified that the structure requested last year was temporary, too, with the same type of construction. Mr. STAROBIN. Now you are comparing it with another school where we are talking about a permanent masonry type construction. When we put it into that permanent type building and the type of volume involved here, the square footage cost for that structure is considerably more. The swimming pool itself would be more, also. Mr. MYERS. As I recall, about twice as much. Mr. STAROBIN. Yes. ATHLETIC FACILITIES Mr. MYERS. Dr. Cooke, do you have a swimming pool now? Dr. COOKE. No, sir. We make use of Cardozo swimming pool which is about 4 blocks from the college, as we have the use of many facilities all over the city for our athletic program. We have no football field, we have no basketball court, we have no swimming pool, we have no bowling alleys as many colleges do. We go around the city to make sure the students get these athletic and learning experiences when the facilities are not at the college. Mr. MYERS. I am not sure my analogy is right but those other schools have the many great things for the community and they have all the damage. Maybe we ought to take all the athletic fields and swimming pools from the other schools and stop crime. COMMUNITY RECREATION PROGRAMS Dr. COOKE. One thing we do run late at night. The program for these children is run into 8 o'clock at night during fall and spring and summer. It is part of the college. I think we benefit. The Kenyon Backyard Youth Center called yesterday for some first aid books from the college. We were able to provide those from the college as a community service, and we get it. It is the college doing it, not the swimming pool, which is a recreation project. Mr. MYERS. I have always been a supporter of recreation programs thinking this is a way to keep children from being mischievous and destructive. Frankly, this has set me to thinking from your evidence. maybe we are approaching this from the wrong direction. Maybe we ought to put work benches in there and put them to work and maybe they will not misbehave. Dean SWINDLER. They play in the fields. They chain our parking lots in the weekends to provide a recreation area there. Dr. COOKE. To keep the cars off? Mr. MYERS. That is interesting testimony, and you do not have the high crime rate and yet you do not have all the athletic facilities usually associated with preventing crime. Thank you. Mr. NATCHER. Dr. Cooke, we want to thank you and your associates for appearing before our committee on behalf of your budget request for the fiscal year 1972. Dr. COOKE. Thank you very much. We appreciate the opportunity to present our statement. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1971. FEDERAL CITY COLLEGE WITNESSES DR. HARLAND RANDOLPH, PRESIDENT DR. SATISH PAREKH, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE LAWRENCE GOODWIN, DIRECTOR OF SITE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT JOHN GREEN, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DR. JOSEPH PAIGE, DEAN OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMER S. COPPIE, BUDGET OFFICER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GILBERT HAHN, JR., CHAIRMAN, CITY COUNCIL STANLEY J. ANDERSON, MEMBER, CITY COUNCIL Activity (Amounts) 1970 Obliga- 1971 tions (actual) Allotment 1971 Adjusted 1972 1972 1972 Other 1972 Federal Grants or Re- Total Changes (1972 Base) Increase Estimate Grants imbursements Resources tions (actual) Allotment Changes (1972 Base) Increase Estimate 8,154.6 8,209.2 2,414.6 10,625.8 3,192.1 13,817.9 positions 5,683.2 7,769.4 611.6 8,381.0 3,335.9 11,716.9 ... 11,716.9 170.5 73.1 ... 6,143.9 8,013.0 611.6 170.5 73.1 8,624.6 77.7 35.6 3,449.2 248.2 108.7 12,073.8 248.2 108.7 12,073.8 Agency Federal City College Page 19-1 REV. |