Springfield News-Sun from Springfield, Ohio • 17

l1 i' "S' d-w gf bO'' WO' nt i Vfc VI iV -v 4v' SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN Second Front Second Front SPRINGFIELD OHIO SUNDAY JULY 16 1978 By DAVID WECKEK Major changes on Wittenberg campus will begin taking shape this summer with the acquisition of the Synod-Learner Hall complex formerly occupied by the Hamma School of Theology Plana call for a series of departmental moves which will pave the way for the demolition of four of older buildings: Ort Hall Gray Hall Sculpture House and the Alumni House Additionally the relocation of departmental and classroom space to buildings which have more to offer in terms of energy efficiency and structural soundness will be coupled with an extensive renovation program As an example the university will have spent $13 million refurbishing Koch Hall by the second term of the 1978-79 school year i lit 7 1 1 1 -I ii' i i i i i 1 i Furthermore university officials hope to launch a program of new construction keying on a $13 million undertaking to build a uew library and physical education building The package also would include renovations to Thomas Library and Wittenberg Field House theater The converted area shown here as an artist's projection will be distinct from the Tower Hall dormitory and will have its own entrance on Woodlawn av Among changes planned for the Wittenberg -campus is a move of the theater department from Blair Hall to Tower Hall where a dining area will be converted to a combination workshop- CETA Works Locally Some Say9 But Some Others See Problems ity to become professional middle he said (the CETA program) created a personnel office for the Sellards said adding that many personnel techniques and management systems employed by CETA managers now are used by the county in personnel practices City Personnel Director Robert Burnett also gave CETA high praise waits Of all the manpower acts seen in 124 years this one Burnett said He added that CETA helps the city in its affirms-' tive action programs puts the unemployed in entry level jobs and creates programs on an experimental which provide a service to the community: The Neighborhood Crime Watch program is one such service In addition to the criticism that CETA does not affect the majority of hard-core unemployed nationally there are the complaints that the cities area agreed that the public service Jobs program is not the best way to flight unemployment service employment is only a short-term solution to a long-term said Sellards who now is the personnel director Without federally subsidized jobs the national unemployment rate would bearouiid 7 percent instead of the current 8 percent Sellards however prints to the positive side of the CETA program is a whole not just the Public Service Employment (PSE) jobs program but also the adult training vocational education youth jobs program and special projects providing sendees for the city and county Sellards said programs such as the juvenile center would not be able to exist right now without the CETA program There currently are 19 CETA personnel in that service "It also has helped sir affirmative actisa program We've been able to recruit qualified women and minorities who have been denied access in other parts of town and Oils gives them the mobil Changes in the campus will be based on two master scenarios one formulated by Dober and Associates a Massachusetts-based education consultant and the other by the Commission on Mission and Priorities (CMP) a 15-member group comprised of faculty members students and university directors The two studies list essentially the same goals Both emphasize a need to systematically upgrade existing buildings which are sufficiently sound to merit the effort and both call for the removal of inefficient structures as hew ones are added The latter point in particular is central to the planned changes "Many schools having budget difficulties have added a lot of new space without removing old said Wittenberg President William Kinni-soti puts a tremendous burden on their annual operating A prime consideration in deciding which buildings to raze was energy efficiency The energy costs are expected to Increase in 20-percent increments annually and Wittenberg officials say they will spend $510000 on energy during the coming school year The first step in the plan for change will be taken later this summer after the Hamma School of Theology moves to Columbus to consolidate with the Lutheran Theological Seminary At that point Wittenberg will acquire Hamma's Synod-Learner Hall complex for $150 million The complex part of which currently is occupied by the Wittenberg Department of English also will be used to house the university's history political science religion language and philosophy departments The move will make it possible to tear down Ort Hall a 70-year-old building in need of new wiring and plumbing At the same time the psychology department will move from Gray Hall to Zimmerman HalL Gray Hall which has served in capacities ranging from a student union to a mess hall for soldiers during World War II then will be demolished possibly in early autumn The art department is expected to move into the renovated Koch Hall during the winter term next year clearing the way for the razing of Sculpture House situated across Stoughton Place from the Student Union Sculpture House is an old frame structure which university officials say is not sound enough to warrant restoration Campus changes will continue when the theater department shifts its operations from Blair Hall to Tower Hall where little-used dining facilities will be converted into a workshop-theater Projected for completion early next year the theater will be a separate facility from the Tower Hall dormitory and will have its entrance on Woodlawn av One feature of the theater's glass-enclosed entry will be a ramp for easier access for handicapped persons Alumni House which fronts Wittenberg av as a wing of Feracliff Hall also will be leveled to make way for landscaping Officials said Alumni House is a frame structure with a brick veneer and consequently has become too expensive to heat and maintain The Office of University Advancement now in Alumni House will move to Recitation Hall The campus rsdio station WUSO will shift its quarters from the Alumni House basement to Sprecher Hall Because of landlocked locale and the high cost of new construction officials hope the changes will go a long way toward meeting the needs of the university community through the 1980s (See CETA sa Page SB) By BRIAN FRIEDMAN Gary Anderses opens the door to the pen area balancing two black puppies in his arms There is a lot of yelping and barking from the other inhabitants as 55 pairs of expectant eyes focus on the people who have walked into the room And of course there is the odor of well dogs doing what I like to Anderson says of his duties of cleaning up after and caring'for the the dogs and cats occupying the county Humane Society's Pet Center on Dayton rd' always loved animals and somebody's pit to care for the pets" Anderson is one of 725000 persons nationwide who bold Public Service Employment jobs through the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) His salary of approximately $8000 is a little under the average wage for Clark County CETA employees (Springfield city CETA employees average about $9400 a year) but he says it still helps feed his wife and two children The CETA program was enacted la 1973 by Congress to reorganize past government employment services and in a few weeks Congress will vote on a bill designed to reauthorize and amend the entire program Anderson has worked as assistant manager of the Pet Center for 14 years now under CETA Prior to that he was employed part time at the cen ter outside of the CETA program like to be manager someday learned kit on the job and I think it would be no problem Anderson said On the national level though there are those critics of CETA who claim the public service jobs program is going to the dogs They say the jobs program is not reaching' the neediest layers of American society quoting statistics that show last year only half of CETA jobholders were poor by the criterion of poverty and only 15 percent of CETA workers came from welfare rolls Kevin 8e Hards former head of the Clark County Employment and Training Office (ETO) which administers the CETA program for this Project Proposed Land Use Study Needed? By WILLIAM NORMAN A proposed one-year land use study in Clark County overseen by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources would benefit both Springfield and the county according to Dale Christie of the Clark Soil and Water Conservation District The $24000 project however is contingent on the sharing hinds The request presented by Christie to commissioners has been taken under advisement The Ohio Department of Natural Resources would provide the remainder of the hinds for the project The proposed study is referred to as an Ohio Capability Analysis Program (OCAP) which is a com- puter information storage and mapping system used for land resource management Object of the land capability analysis process is to translate detailed resource maps available within the Ohio Department of Natural Resources into maps that local agencies can easily use he said Christie emphasized the importance he attaches to the proposed study by commenting: a developer in your county submitted plans for a subdivision to the planning commission for approval what would the commission consider? it would evaluate the adequacy of schools fire and police protection roads or streets But would it consider the soil bedrock or ground-water on the site as well? examining natural resources homeowners in the subdivision could be plagued with septic tanks that do not function wet basements or cracked foundations" Information from the study would be placed on a computer system and evaluated for resource information that would include current and future land use geographical ground water land cover that would include woodlands or crops and flood plan information City and county planning departments could use this information for example In determining if heavy industry could be located on certain areas of land Christie said Many other agencies and county officials can use capability maps besides the planning commission and planninng staff according to Christie county auditor can use the detailed soil information to evaluate soil productivity and determine the preferential tax for agricultural he said county engineer sanitary engineer or health department can use the aril maps in evaluating highway and waste disposal problems Soil conservation Service and Cooperative Extension Service agents can use the' maps in their work with local formers and homeowners Private firms and individuals including investors developers fop men contractors and homeowners could use the maps When the Hamma School of Theology moves to over the Learner-Synod Hall complex a portion ot and philosophy will occupy the complex This will Columbus next fall to consolidate with the Lutheran which is shown here The university departments of allow for demolition of four of Wittenberg's older Theological Seminary Wittenberg University will take English history political science religion language buildings and reduce energy consumption.