4 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 10 July '85

Site, Library Loom as College Hurdles

(From Page 1) we will have courses at all time slots. Some will be at the vo-tech center. Some will be at other county sites. We can schedule around Mr. Kistler's needs." Henry pointed out that the Cumberland proposal leans heavily on joint programming with the vo-tech school. "Some of our programs will be built around courses he < Kistler) is offering," said Henry. He said 18 of Cumberland's 24 programs are "technical" and "almost threequarters of our technical programs will involve joint programming with the vo-tech center "We don't want to emphasize our main campus at^il," said Henry. "It's a major inconvenience for someone to come to either of our campuses. We want to stress the fact that students can take courses in the county." THE i.IBRAK Y QUESTION. like several others including finances and chargebacks, remains up in the air because of lack of guidelines from the state Department of Higher Education, which will have final say on any branch camptis recommendation. 1

Dr. Edward Goldberg, assistant chancellor for Academic Affairs at Higher Ed., called the library "one of the significant factors that needs to be looked at. There is no specific quantitative measure. We do look at numbers of volumes, but it is not just numbers that are important. It is the nature of the collection and the material relative to the types of educational offerings." Chelius said Atlantic's "thrust is that we would work with (county Librarian) Tom Leonard, as we have in the past." "That depends on how the site, material and services relate to a total package of library services," said Goldberg. "One can't rule it out, but just saying it is available does not mean that that is adequate." ATLANTIC'S PROPOSAL also said there would be a local "core, linked electronically and by courier with our main campus library " Goldberg said "approaches like that, if done exceptionally well, can and in fact have worked. It depends on how much material is actually at the branch, and how fast it takes to get material from the main to the branch."

Cumberland's proposal said the vo-tech library "provides an adequate library base" and the college would "expand the collection over four years to 50,000 volumes, including books and publications." "That's one helluva investment of money." commented Chelius, suggesting that college texts easily average $20 apiece and would bring the tota] to $1 million. VO-TECH HAS 5,000 volumes in the votech center and 1,500 in the career center, according to Kistler's office.

"Our library could function both for the present vo-tech and a branch campus," said Kistler. "I think it would meet standards. We don't have a sufficient number of volumes, but we have the space to house them." Henry said in an interview that professional library associations recommend' 40,000 volumes for a main campus and 20,000 for a branch campus. But he said 50,000 was "the ultimate goal, no matter what it costs."

'Hospitality' Brings Out Hostilities

( From Page 1 ) approval" would include pastry arts, dining room management, restuarant and hotel design, restuarant and hotel law, club management, recreation management. catering management and facilities management. CUMBERLAND'S ANSWER to Atlantic's apparent lead, according to Dr Thomas Henry, dean of development, is a joint (col lege- vo-tech) program since both hospitality management and culinary arts "currently exist at the vo-tech center... and very little would have to be done to set up a program "The county already has those programs. and had them long before Atlantic did." said Henry. "We believe its culinary program is an excellent program which meets the needs of the restaurant owners in Cape May County.

"And it would take very little to establish that program as a degree program," he added. AS FOR CHELIUS'S suggestion that state-favored "regionalization" gives Atlantic a lock on the program, Henry said "the regionalization study they (Atlantic) are quoting is not yet completed and already there are indication it's breaking . down..."" As an example, he cited "legal technology" which Cumberland offers and. he said, Atlantic is asking to offer. Atlantic's proposal also included, in a section devoted to the possibility of a "joint community college," a "look at the potential for joint programs between ACC and Cape May Vocational Technical School" in a number of areas including hospitality management and culinary arts.

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By DIXIE L. ANDERSON It's hard to believe, but gulls do take time for a nap. or a close, wide-eyed scrutiny of the happenings around them They will even leave the pursuit of food for an occasional flight or a swoop over the sea just for the screaming heck of it! other wise a gull, any gull, is a pig. a predator and a theif ! It is constantly looking for food, and it will eat just about anything! this gull with all of its brother and sister breeds. They all have a most greedy appetite. showing how much food means to them by even playing games among themselves as they "tag" and try to capture food from one another, passing it along, and swooping, screaming with joy. as the prize is torn to bites Then, when the game is done, they settle on the beach to strut and preen, their pomposity revealing confidence in their good looks Although there are many varieties of sea gulls who I pass through this area. [ three are primary They all nest here and they are the Laughing Gull, the Great Black Backed Gull, and the Herring Gull THE GREAT BLACK Backed Gull measures about 29 inches in height with a wingspan of 65 inches It is a giant of a gull, mostly found on the coast, and is one of the only two black backed gulls in the east. There are various colorings for the Great Black Back Gulls as they mature Colors range from light brown mottle with dark brown flight feathers with a black beak for the one-year-old. to the lighter spackie of the immature gull during its second winter. Finally, the beauty of the magnificent mature adult is seen. Both the male and the female are the same in this breed, and their heavy, dark black backs and wings edged with snow white flight feathers are lovely. A white belly, rump, tail and head are accented with a bright yellow beak with one red spot. The feet are webbed for gull swimming, and they can be heard harshly crying their "owk" sounds as they hunt for food.

THE LAUGHING GULL is smaller than the other locals .we speak of. and it too is a predator and a pig. It cackles or gleefully laughs a racous "Har-har-har" as it flies, and its return in the spring is always noted when its laughter creates a hysterical sound throughout the area The Laughing Gull, like other gulls, doesn't dive, but rather swims, and flies swiftly over the waves to capture its food from the water's surface. Always near salt water, the Laughing Gull is 13 inches tall with a 42-inch wingspan Its black head, white neck, breast, rump and tail are elegantly complimented by its red beak and feet The beak is hook ed and the Laughing Gull is a snatcher. known to take food from barbecues, picnic tables, and pelicans pouches. The Laughing Gull shares the ability to drink salt water with all other gulls, because it has well developed nasal or salt glands that filter out the salt content to the proper level for safe bodily elimination THE MATURE Herring Gull is the fellow you see around here and any other part of the world. Not quite as large as the Great BlacR* Backed Gull, it too has a large, curved yellow beak with one single red spot on the lower bill and long skinny legs that end in flatfooted webs. The bird boasts snow white feathers on its breast and head, a grey back, and its wings are edged with black and white. This bird, measuring about two feet, can be from 4 to 20 years old. Well insulated. the Herring Gull lives in any climate, and braves the cold with a downy covering beneath its feathers. It's another interesting sort of old bird. The first breeding time for the male or the female Herring Gull is four years. With much meck-arching. gurgle sounding and swaying they perform a lovely dance of courtship. Together they build their

nest. Generally the Herring Gull meets and mates with the same partner ever year. The female is especially attentive to her husband, showering him with caresses and talking to him in a low. throaty chuchle to indicate her pleasure and desire To satisfy this pur suit, the male will give the begging laday her "courtship feeding" by disgorging food from his crop for her to eat. FOR SOME REASON this gourment treat, (you know the old story, "wine her and dine her") is the culmination of the mating The trumpet of the mating call down to the softest burble of love between parents is heard over the area. When the eggs have been laid and are ready to hatch, the small gull babies peck at the shell, and push themselves into the world In only a matter of hours from its pipping the small, wet baby bird becomes a fluffy little ball of down with a black bill. Instinctively the tiny bird picks at the red spot on the mother's bright yellow bill The mother disgorges her ever-filled crop and the youngest eats. Herring Gull chicks can gain as much as two pounds in 40 days, and/n six to eight weeks the babv gulls, mottled brown in color. fly and hunt alone as they join their brothers aqd cousins as the garbage men of the beach. OVER THE NEXT four years they will merge from their juvenile brown and tan mottled appearance with black beaks into a grey and finally to a stunning white with the trim of a fully mature Herring Gull The gull's cries, though all different, are of the sea : joy. pride, search and success. Their quest for food (any food at alD is endless as they fly and perch, head ed into the wind to catch the smell of a possible meal. Their appetites are voracious, yet be you a rich man or a beggar man. those thieves, our gulls, are a part of joy in a stop at the seashore.