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Show I I recently visited my son and his live-igirlfriend I am a person and have made a Dear Ann Landers Landers: I n broad-minde- n Ann 'Gypsy Rose' Upsefs Her Everywoman's College Guide d point of keeping my mouth shut. The girl wore a very scanty bikini around the cabin from morning till night. I never said a word although I thought she looked vulgar. When we went out in the boat together she removed her top. It was apparent to me that her made my son uncomfortable. I was flabbergasted but said nothing. This is going to occur again I am sure. Should I speak to my son or to the girl11 Or to neither? They are both 25 years of age old enough to know betKev West. Fla. ter semi-nudit- y Dear K.W.: Tell vour son vou were embarrassed when Gypsy Rose did her number in the boat and vou hope he wiil ask her to keep her top on in the future when vou are present. He will probablv he glad you spoke up heratise the implied criticism will have come from vou. not him. Dear nn Landers: Last Sunday our pastor, who never could win first prize for tact, decided to honor the oldest mother present. At the close of his sermon he said. "All mothers between 60 and 70. hold up your hands." Then "Now how about all the mothers between 70 and 80?" Next. Sunday. August 22. 1982 flow about those over 80''" then the mothers over 80 were asked if they were 81. 82 and so on Finally they broke the tie when two were asked to tell the month they were born thought this was in very poor taste and wonder what you think about it. N Name. No City Dear N.Y: Since most women in their fills and 70s don't wish to tell their ase. the minister should have asked mothers over 80 to raise their hands and gone on from there. I'll bet the winner was elated, however. My belated 1 'oncratulations. Hear nn Landers: Your advice to " By United Press International This September, for the third straight year, more women than men will sign up for college. The statistical tilt to women, first noted by the National Center for Education Statistics in 1980, ' roughly figures out to 6.2 million women vs. 5.8 million men. If you prefer percentages, it works out 51.4 percent females; 48.6 percent, males. One reason for the shift: more women than men in the age bracket are going reaching for a a first-tim- e degree, or returning to finish up one, or to earn new training as they retrofit for a new career. "Are today's colleges and universities meeting the needs of today's woman?" asks Dr. Florence Howe, feminist and scholar, who is professor of humanities at State University of New York. College of Old Westbury. and director of research and publishing at The Feminist Press. She and others asked the question repeatedly during a conference at Wellesley College's Center some two years ago. Dr. Howe recalled. The result: a book was born. Called "Everywoman's Guide to Colleges and Universities." it was funded by the Fund for the ImproveEducation and the Carnegie ment of Corporation. Dr. Howe said the guide rates colleges in three categories: 1. Women in leadership positions in student body, faculty, administrators. 2. Women and the curriculum. 3. Women and athletics. "the size of a big city The big paperback to Title IX "on its is book" dedicated telephone tenth birthday." Dr. Howe said. (It is published by The Feminist Press. Box 334. Old Westbury, N.Y., f iPWsPWpw ' WJy&i """ ." ?'' THE HERALD. Provo Utah-P- age 35 the 17 vear-olin Madison whose parents fought constantly was right on d target My parents have had a rotten marriage for over 50 years I am now 35) and it's a darned shame nobody told me when I was 17 that their problems were not my fault and it was OK to talk to a counselor. How I wish all battling parents knew how much damage they do when they fight in front of their kids. My sister and I have both had extensive therapy and are still struggling to get our heads straightened out. Mom was one who "stayed for the sake of the kids," not realizing how miserable we were- ' " " ' ' !r IT ft ft ft n n t mi Hi o Leather - it's a natural sensation v. 11568.1 Title IX. a Federal law passed by Congress in 1972. says: "No person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in. be denied the benefits of. or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." The law covers workers, in addition to students. Among other things, it gives female students and workers on campus equity with males equal rights. "Everywoman's Guide," said Dr. Howe, "profiles public, private, doctorate-grantinnearly 600 institutions . g four-yea- r and state-by-sta- two-ye- order. "It provides the facts about the status of women a suband specific services for women on campus ject that is rarely discussed but a reality that female students must confront from the first day." Nut? and bolts information between covers of the questionnaire sent guide came from an schools and drawn up with help from the publishing project's sponsoring organizations and advisory board. Dr. Howe gave this sampling of "meat and potato" questions on the forms: Will I be the only woman in my engineering clas- s? Is there an escort service for late night trips from the library. How many assaults were reported on campus? What intercollegiate sports are available to me? Are there any courses on women writers? On women artists? Can I request a woman physician at the student health center? Is childcare available on campus? Where do I go with a sexual harassment problem on campus? Schools are rated on a star system. "No school is perfect but a couple of women's colleges come close." Dr. Howe said. More than the enrollment shift to more females than males was involved in the startup of the guide. Dr. Howe said there was concern because records showed 47.5 percent of female students transfer after their sophomore year. That is based on a study done by the National Center on Education Statistics. r or Twenty-sevepercent go from two-t- o school. But the rest are in four-yeanother two-ye.schools that also supposedly, aren't meeting their four-yea- n ar needs, "Everywoman's Guide." its sponsors hope, will help females on their academic way to make choices that fit their academic, family, career and personal needs in a more satisfactory manner, "We began this book less than two years ago with a set of questions in our minds." Dr. Howe said. "These questions were not ours. They came from thousands of women who had asked where they and their daughters should go to college. 'Where The questions began in the same way would a woman get the best education? What kind of an education is healthy for women1 What kind of campus really welcomes women students? What campuses want to prepare women for the real world of work? On which campuses can women expect to take charge of their own lives'"'" Other questions. Dr, Howe said, were more specilic. To wit: Where could I major in marine biology, in women's studies, play soccer, and edit the campus I - " V;-- ' 'Ik Jfr W . -- - newspaper? . ; ; ' will I find childcare on campus and counseling so that I can complete the college education interrupted 10 vears ago and find the career that will help me to rear my children and provide them with an education? She said the concept of "educational health" for women was used early on in producing the book. "It came from an appreciation for the peculiarly Western idea that the university educates the whole " man,' his' bodv and mind. she said. of a "The catalog prestigious university, for examas its announces purpose "to develop the whole ple, man. the sensitive, cultured, openminded citizen who grounds his thinking in facts and who is concerned with socii'tv and the role he will play in it'. This man' studies the history of the nation's lathers and lawmakers He learns appropriate leadership and group behavior through participating in team sports and in other student activities. II this is normal and healthy' for the 'whole" col- -' lege man, then what might be 'healthy' for the woman silting beside him? Is it licalthv' for minority women as well as white women'1 What would this concept of educational health' prescribe for women1" Dr Howe said the answers to the questions provide the Irame lor the book and lor choosing a college "They are. like most answers to questions raised during periods ol social change, tentative." she said. . ! ; ' iti: " -- - CM '' (I i 5MC Ftofographed at IDS Business Col(o '; ;. "' - |
