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MOV ft, WW fWttMEPOflffiR, TUESDAY, OCT. 1988 Guide to College Selection How to Analyse Catalogs By ELLA MAZEL NEA You have narrowed the field Of choice, and have written to the director of admissions of each of your possible colleges for Its bulletin. Your first impression as you start reading the catalogs may be that all colleges sound alike. More or less lyrically, they do spell out similar lofty aims to help you become a well-balanced, inquiring individual of strong moral character, considerate of others, useful to your community and country. Once you get past the general statement of purpose and the history of the college that usually precedes it, dive into the section on student life.

Here you may get a clearer picture of some of the differences among the colleges as you note the geographical distribution of the students. The proportion of men and women if it's coed; what per centage of the students actually live on campus; the rules gov erning dress, behavior, cars am curfews; dining facilities anc regulations; religious, guidance health, psychiatric and place ment services; on-campus em ployment opportunities or for mal work-study programs; hov and when the library is used and the details on the various types of extra-curricular organ izatlons and activities are usual ly listed. If none of this has turned you off, you are ready to get down Art Mrs. Robinson WASHINGTON In the movie, "The Graduate," the hero, Dustin Hoffman, is seduced by a Mrs. Robinson.

Thanks to a hit song written and sung by Simon and Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson" has now become part of American fol Wore. I hadn't realized the impact of the film or the song until I started talking the other day with a friend of mine who happened to have the same name. This Mrs. Robinson, a middle- aged lady, said that because of "The Graduate" she's had a new lease on life.

"I didn't realize what was going on at first," she said. "But then one day as I paid my bill at the grocr's with a check, the young man behind the counter winked at me and started singing, 'Jesus loves you more than you will know wo, wo, wo. 1 "A few days later, as I was getting gas for my car, I handed over my credit card and when the young man looked at It, he whistled and said, 'Where are you going tonight, Mrs. "At first I was going to complain to the-manager, but then I thought to myself, 'If I got 2 passes in one week, there must be something more to this than I'm aware "I discovered what was up when my teenage son said, 'All the guys want to meet you, 'What on earth "He just laughed and said, 'Heaven holds a place for those who pray hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, "I got mad and said, 'Stop this drivel.

What's going on with you kids these "He brought down the Simon and Garfunkel record and said, 'coo coo ca-choo, Mrs. Mrs. Robinson continued: "When I heard the record 1 was flabbergasted, and when 1 went to see the movie, 'The I was dumbfounded. I wondered how many Mrs Robinsons were being defamec because of one Mrs. Robinson who had gone astray." "What could you do about It without changing your I said.

"I gave it some thought, and I decided the worst thing to do was fight it. So now when the grocery boy winks at me, I wink back; and when the gas station attendant starts getting fresh, I just start singing, 'Where have you gone Joe Di Maggio, a nation turns its lone ly eyes nnnn ou, ooo, ooo, ooo. "What about your son's friends?" "They're around the house all the time. Before the film came out they never talked to me. Now they invite me to join all their conversations and they are interested in everything I have to say." "What does Mr.

Robinson have to say about all this?" "That's the amazing thing. With all his hubbub going on with the kids, he's suddenly taken a new interest in me, and for the first time in 10 years he's jealous. Every time someone sings, 'Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes. It's a little secret the Robinsons' he seethes with rage. It's nice still to be wanted when your kids are in high school." "I guess in the long run then, this has been a good year for the Mrs.

Robinsons of this world." "Let's say it was a bonus that none of us expected. God bless you please, Simon and Garfunkel." As I shook hands with her an amazing thing happened. For the first time I noticed that Mrs. Robinson looked very attractive, almost, I might say, beautiful. "Well, goodby," she said in a lovely, lilting voice.

Somehow the magic had worked. As I walked away, I started singing, "What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson? Joltin' Joe has left and gone away. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey." Boyleing the News Hal Boyle NEW YORK (AP) Memory Is a thought garage.

We park in it our ideas and recollections of the past. They are wonderful vehicles and take us on the most magic journeys. They do have only one reverse enables us to travel in only one direction: backward to vanished days. But in a way isn't that a blessing? It can be greatly comfort- Ing. We all enjoy a return to the past, because we have survived the past, and can review in our thoughts those portions of it that please us and renew our strength to face present problems.

How awful it might be if, when we pushed a mental button, our thought garage delivered a vehicle that would take us only forward into the future. What terrible rides, what fearful journeys, we might take upon that one-way speedway No road signs to guide us, no telling where we'd end up. No, memory is more to be trusted than the crystal ball. It Is better for our peace of mind. And the thought garage of your own memory is pretty crowded if you can look back and remember You thought that you picked up a toad you were sure to break out all over with warts.

All a woman needed to do to win a reputation as a bohemian sophisticate was to smoke her cigarettes in a long silver and holder. If a boy's mother wouldn't let him get a short crew haircut he'd sulk for days and threaten to run away from borne. Xoot suits were in fashion with pant! to flappy that a young fellow had to take steps in them before the pants began to move. At Christmas, you could make a kid delirious with joy by giving him a big dollar pocket watch, which he promptly tied to a belt loop with a string. Railroad men and coal miners might go on strike, but teachers never did.

You could buy a decent lunch for only a little more than you now have to pay in sales taxes on one in some U.S. cities today. A business executive rarely saw his secretary's kneecap, and she generally wore a rubber-tipped eraser thrust through her bun of long hair. Fish was especially prized as a brain food, and few dared drink milk with" if'for fear that the combination would poison them. In rural areas the children would assemble outside the home of newlyweds on their honeymoon night and "shiva- ree" on tin pans and making other loud noises until the bridegroom came the window and threw down! some coins to break up the mock serenade.

Ailing old people, when theyj felt the miseries, usually first; consulted the druggist on whatj patent medicine to take, as then I they wouldn't have to pay or $2 to the doctor. Quite a few survived. A father was the head of the family, and his word was law, no more to be questioned by a child than were the Scriptures. Much earlier in the century, fond parents worried if daughter went for a Saturday night ride with her suitor and wasn't home by li o'clock. "Her beau drives so fast," fretted Mother.

"Do you suppose the horse could have bolted and wrecked the buggy?" to what college Is really all about the educational "banquet" available to you. A selection of "appetizers" gets you off to a good start. These are generally called "distribution requirements" and are designed to force you to taste of a variety of subjects In different areas. It's important to examine thi part of the "menu" carefull; because these requirements en be very rigid. Just as you migh not want to be made to eat ca viar when you prefer smokei salmon, you may not want to locked in with a prescribed se quence of required courses.

In another college you may given considerable leeway In se lecting a specified number courses within certain groups with the freedom to choose fo yourself between the salmon and the caviar. Then comes the "main course." You may elect a majo immediately or, in some cases as late as the junior year. I you have a clear idea on this now, you will want to study the department's course descuip lions and requirements. For "dessert" you have i choice of electives. This i where you can browse freely among a wide variety of offerings, and If you are an academ ic glutton you will want to have room to stuff yourself.

There is a tremendous vari ation in what colleges consider a "balanced diet," just as there are mothers who make you ea what they think is good for you and others who let you ea whatever you like. Depending on the college's ca- endar (quarter, trimester, 01 semester), the number courses you can carry per term (anywhere from 3 to 5), and the number of credits allocated to major and distribution requirements, you may be left with a lot of room, or very little, foi electives in your program. If the college's curriculum whets your appetite, read the section on admissions to make sure you have the necessary en trance qualifications. Don't worry if you haven't taken every single high school course that's listed. These are often described as "recommended 1 rather than "required" and most colleges will make exceptions if they especially want you on the basis of your total record.

Do pay particular attention to the test requirements, though, and be sure to take whichever ones are specified. Advice In this scries along with a system of working selections down a few specific schools Is contained in the newly published, "The lUlde to College Selection." To get send name, iddress and check for to College Selection Guide, care of Times-Reporter, P.O. Box 489, Dept. 622, Radio City Station, New York, N.Y. 10019.

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nunv Telephone MINERAL CITY A baby shower was in the fire station In honor of Mrs. William Homnn. Mrs. Freemond Noble Mrs. Robert Davidson and Mrs.

William Jones were hos- Itsses. The gift table was deco- inted with large umbrellas covered with baby pictures. Game prizes were won by Mrs. Clarence Powell, Mrs. Frank Capes and Mrs.

Marga- ret Grusky, Others present were; Mrs. H. L. Human, Mrs. Gary levengood, Mrs.

C. A. Lewis, vSnndy Jones, Kate Harsha, Mrs. Solvey, Mrs. Les Houze, Mrs.

Curtis Jones, Mrs. Paul Oliver, Thelma Jones, Mrs. R. V. Jones, Mrs.

Robert McNutt, Mrs, Paris Handy, Mrs. Jess Carte, Mrs. Sam Swinderman; Mrs. William Tomer, Mrs. Thomas Davidson, Mrs.

Ben McNutt, Mrs. Freemond Noble Mrs. Gerald Noble, Mrs. Ufcorgo Gibson, Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs.

Kenneth John- mon, Mrs. Densel Mollett, Mrs. Jim Brunner, Margaret Bmey, Mrs. Edwin Burchel and Mrs. Kent Ferrcll.

Refreshments Included a cake lopped with miniature booties. Golden Rule Club met In Mrs. Bessie Bldykoffer's home at Somerdale with 7 members present. Hostess Mrs. Ottls Stro- I hers served birthday supper.

Game prizes went to Mrs. Clara Hardwldgo, Mrs. Ora Bldykof- f'-r and Mrs. Bessie Bldykoffer. Next meeting will be In Mrs.

Mae Nohl's home. There will be a silent auction. Mrs. Earl Jadwln has re turned home after a week's stay in Good Samaritan Hospital at Zanesvllle. College at Alliance.

Winners nt a St. Catholic Church public card party were Mrs. Charles mer of Magnolia and Roy Newman of East Snrla, euchre Anola Wldtler and E. Brown oC Bolivar, BOO, and C. L.

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