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February 20,1973 The Gold Bug Page Three apply for a three-year position at another college, preferably in the San Francisco-Berkely area or else in New England. - Asked about his likes and dislikes in music, he enjoys progressive rock; particularly Grateful Dead, Santana and the Allman Brothers (before Dwayne Allman died). He also likes modern, baroque and Renaissance chamber music, com- posers such as Mozart, Bach and Berg, and an East Indian group, Mahavishnu-- "some guitarist freak- ed out on Eastern religions." He hates Chica- go, Blood, Sweat & Tears, the new DY~AN album, "Blonde on Blonde", most 19th century Romantic music, and top 40 rock. Professor Fieberling doesn't have too much time to pursue hobbies since he is busy with his dissertation. However, when he can, he enjoys playing sports such as baseball, basketball, jogging and squash. His favorite spare-time reading in- cludes histories of social and political thought and various kinds of poetry. Among his favorite poets are Chaucer, Shelley, and Yeats. "I like poetry from the intellectual viewpoint. I guess I like to criticize it," he says. Talking a little bit about religion and politics, he said, "I'm anti-religious, a secular person. I just don't have any patience with mysticism. I do enjoy reading religious poetry though." As for politics, "I'm a Eugene McCarthy Democrat. I like his intellectual arrogance. Some of his poetry is good too." I asked him if he had any interest in working in politics. He replied yes, but that he is "not an activist. I'd rather work for a candidate than an New requirements issue; Sometime, I'd like to write for political journals." Finally, asked what kind of person he thought himself to be, and what his generaoutlook is, he in deaf education replied, "I guess I'm ·a reserved person. Skep- ticism and a certain amount of pessimism are my personality traits. As for my outlook, I'd say that, take more time without drastic changes, major problems can't be solved. Most American people don't care anyway." by Nellie Arrington In the future, he hopes to settle down to live in California, but to also do some traveling in Europe, Students.in the deaf education program will have particularly Sweden', since he's heard so much to start making room for new course requirements to be certified to teach in deaf schools under new has just become the father of a baby girl, about it. He wants to study languages and explore national standards. new types of music in his spare time. He especially that he likes it at Western Maryland, wants to live in California, because it is a The new pre-requisites were outlined last year by that' is hard to begin a teaching job and "progressive state" and also because "where you the Council on Education of the Deaf as national a daughter at the same time. He ~i11 be grow up is generally w~ere you go back." standards, and will probably be adopted as state completing a semester here, then he intends to requirements. Now, students who wish to teach a certain subject in a deaf school must meet specified Extension programs offer having twenty hours of courses in the teaching area competancies instead of certain courses as well as and Maryland c~rtification standards. Britt Har- Maryland's Western deaf greaves, education div~rsity in' participation program coordinator, says this will mean students in- early and receive must enter the program creased counseling for schedule planning. They will also have to choose a major which allows room for requirements have been completed, all graduate- the electives necessary for' certification. The other study candidates must also take the National major impact is on deaf education students who Teachers Exam in both common and teaching want to go into elementary education. Hargreaves areas. These exam scores, transcripts of previous says they will probably have to take a master's college work, references, and grades in the first degree in elementary education to get the required nine credits of work at Western Maryland College courses for certification .. He hopes Western must be submitted and accepted before a student Maryland can form a Hasen with another college may enroll in a master's degree program. for these requirements. Hargreaves explained the revised requirements A student is eligible for the degree after com- stem from an earlier period in deaf education when pleting 30 credits' worth of graduate course work teachers for deaf schools were practically "pulled with an average of B or better, 18 of these credits off the streets" with little or no qualifications. The having been taken on campus; submitting a CED revisions of 1972mean an upgrading in quality satisfactory thesis; receiving satisfactory scores standards for these specialized instructors. Har- on a comprehensive exam, if required; and com- greaves calls the changes excellent, since [hey pleting the program within a six-year period. will enable deaf high school students to graduate Dr. Bowlsbey foresees no future conflicts of the from accredi ted schools and get into colleges. graduate program with the future community Dr. McKay Vernon, who has been intensely in- college planned for the Carroll County area. The volved in the deaf ed. program, says the revisions deaf education program offered at WMC is the only will mainly affect those students graduating after one of its kind in the state, and annually draws 1974. He says there are more openings than ap- people from all over the country. This, coupled with plicants, so job-hunting will still be good for deaf ed. the fact that Western Maryland is the only college graduates. However, they may have to promise to in Carroll County, explains the large enrollment in take certain courses for proper certification after graduate studies. Alarge response also comes from they are hired. Hargreaves agrees the future is the Rockville area; roughly 500 graduate can- bright for deaf ed graduates, especially those didates come from Pennsylvania: and candidates meeting new standards of the CED. also come from Baltimore and Frederick counties. Both professors agree the main problem for .Western Maryland's students in the deaf ed. Western Maryland's own graduates make up a program is to those interested in elementary minor part of the graduate program because most education because of the lack of such courses here. students get their master's degrees elsewhere. They also said the revisions do not mean Western Credentials are better if received at two different Maryland is no longer accepted as a deaf education schools. But Dr. Bowlsbey emphasizes that any college. In fact, it is the only one in Maryland to Western Maryland College student, if he so desires, receive national approval for its deaf education Before more than one-third of the course would be more than welcome in the program. program.