ecial for Grandparents' Day' - Local History Archives
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Where are<br />
dogs' belly-<br />
buttons?<br />
Imponderables are life's<br />
small enigmas. They're the minor<br />
puzzlements often preceded<br />
by grumbled musings '" "If<br />
they can send a man to the<br />
moon ... why can't they .. "<br />
. . . make airplanes out of the<br />
same stuff airplane black boxes<br />
are made of, <strong>for</strong> Instance.<br />
Imponderables can't be<br />
solved. The answers can't be<br />
looked up somewhere. They're<br />
just - something to be pondered.<br />
• Like, who counted the peo_<br />
ple who were allegedly not<br />
counted in the 1990 census"<br />
After fretting Rnd fussmg<br />
about the vast uncounted <strong>for</strong><br />
months, U.S. Commerce Secretary<br />
Robert Mossbacher finally<br />
said that even though the census<br />
bureau estimated It had<br />
missed 5.3 million people, the<br />
government would not revise<br />
Its numbers<br />
Why, one muses, doesn't the<br />
government Just add 5.3 mJllion<br />
to the total?<br />
• Like, why are Slskel and<br />
Ebert on so late?<br />
Two highly respected, intelligent,<br />
witty, topIcal, entertammg<br />
guys with a simple,<br />
straight<strong>for</strong>ward TV show _<br />
that people like - are on at<br />
12.30 a m. Monday morning,<br />
while snore-fest stuff like<br />
"Monday NIght Football" IS<br />
blasted in our faces right m the<br />
middle of prime tIme. This<br />
Grosse Pointe News<br />
Change.<br />
It's the watchword of 1992,<br />
politically, sociologically, educatIOnally.<br />
We're fed up with<br />
everything, and sometimes<br />
ready to throw out the good<br />
with the bad<br />
Matthew Hanly, the new<br />
headmaster at University Liggett,<br />
quotes the dean of the education<br />
school at Harvard as<br />
saying that we tend to pick on<br />
the schools when we're unhappy<br />
with ourselves.<br />
Nancy<br />
Pannenter<br />
A provocative thought. Amer-<br />
Icans have certainly maintained<br />
a steady, VICIOUSattack<br />
on their public schools, though<br />
private schools have tended to<br />
be viewed more favorably And<br />
Liggett has always held a more<br />
or less pre-eminent poSItIOn.<br />
But even at Liggett, the last<br />
decade hasn't been all roses.<br />
1'he school has had five headmasters<br />
in nine years, counting<br />
Interims (though Hanly says he<br />
can think of schools that have<br />
had even more hands on the<br />
helm). And nobody at ULS will<br />
say so, but rumors abound that<br />
the road under the last head<br />
had, shall we say, more than<br />
Its share of bumps<br />
ULS plunged wholeheartedly<br />
mto dIVersifymg its student<br />
body; like many independent<br />
schools, it is way ahead of pubhc<br />
schools In its ethnic<br />
makeup But that hasn't been<br />
accomphshed without difficulty<br />
- black stUdents there complained<br />
a couple of years ago of<br />
feeling inviSible, and the result-<br />
I:;S~y<br />
'II ( I I<br />
Margie Reins Sniith<br />
I 'll<br />
doesn't make sense .<br />
• LIke, why, every SIXweeks<br />
or so, do I go to bed lookmg<br />
normal and wake up needing a<br />
haIrcut?<br />
• LIke, why do some purchased<br />
envelopes have "After 5<br />
days return to" printed In the<br />
upper left-hand corner?<br />
Does the U S. Postal ServIce<br />
need to be reminded to put letters<br />
WIth illegIble addresses<br />
and Insufficient Postage aside<br />
- let them rIpen <strong>for</strong> five days<br />
- then return them to their<br />
senders?<br />
What if they're returned in<br />
four days? Or SIX?<br />
• Like, where are dogs' bellybuttons?<br />
• And hke, why do dogs bark<br />
at nothing?<br />
On a quiet summer evening,<br />
one small Lhasa apso-generated<br />
woof can set off a cham reac.<br />
tlOn of arfs and yips and bowwows<br />
that lasts 10 minutes and<br />
fans out across the Umted<br />
States like ripples in a pond<br />
Ron Blauet of the MIchIgan<br />
Humane Society recently offered<br />
an answer to this imponderable<br />
on his "Pet of the<br />
Week" spot on Saturday mornmgWJR-AM.<br />
Dogs bark, he said, because<br />
they hear other dogs barkmg<br />
Somebody dId a study, he<br />
saId, countmg the barks generated<br />
by a cocker spamel m Peo.<br />
ria (or someplace). She barked<br />
907 tImes m 10 minutes<br />
ThIS important research<br />
could be subcontracted to postal<br />
workers who are waltmg the<br />
reqUired number of days to reo<br />
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ing discussion and disagreement<br />
rOlled the campus <strong>for</strong> a<br />
whl1e.<br />
But even the students who<br />
complained said they beheved<br />
the school admmistratlOn was<br />
well-intentIOned about diversity,<br />
but Just didn't know how<br />
to go about achieving harmony.<br />
That's an illustratIOn of the<br />
change that Hanly hopes to<br />
bring to the school.<br />
Hanly, who started his duties<br />
officially in July, has a background<br />
in counseling (be<strong>for</strong>e<br />
serVIng as ULS middle school<br />
head). He's planmng to listen<br />
to the kids.<br />
"I hope to create a community<br />
of spirit," he said ''That, I<br />
think, has been lackmg at our<br />
school."<br />
Unity has been a popular<br />
theme at ULS, but <strong>for</strong> the last<br />
several years, it was focused on<br />
phySIcally umfying the campus<br />
Plans to sell the middle school<br />
property dIdn't work out <strong>for</strong> a<br />
variety of reasons, though Now<br />
the concept of umty IS refocused<br />
- on emotional unity.<br />
"I've seen us operate as virtually<br />
four separate schools,"<br />
Hanly said "I'm frustrated<br />
that we give so much play to<br />
our differences and so little to<br />
our commonality.<br />
"We are all young adolescents<br />
"<br />
And not necessarily nch adolescents,<br />
either Hanly is eager<br />
to make the point that about a<br />
quarter of the 6th.12th graders<br />
receIve financIal assIstance -<br />
and that almost all (98 percent)<br />
of the assIstance is need-based.<br />
And he'd hke to see the assistance<br />
base WIdened to mclude<br />
some of the younger kIds<br />
As to ethnic diversity, even<br />
Hanly was surprised when he<br />
looked at the numbers After<br />
attending a conference on diversIty<br />
while he was middle<br />
school head, he returned to examme<br />
the enrollment hsts He<br />
discovered that about 28-29 percent<br />
of the students '''~re chzldren<br />
of color, including blacks,<br />
Asians, HIspanics, and Middle<br />
Easterners But, he said, he<br />
was so accustomed to just<br />
seemg them as kids, he had<br />
hardly noticed.<br />
An emotIOnal community<br />
needs stabihty, whIch Hanly<br />
also hopes to provide. With<br />
luck, the school won't be lookmg<br />
at any more rounds of revolving<br />
headmasters. And<br />
Hanly, who has known since<br />
April that he would be headmaster,<br />
had a hand in selecting<br />
his successor at the middle<br />
school, as well as the new upper<br />
school head and dean of<br />
students (a new positIOn).<br />
That dean IS part of the new<br />
approach. There has been a<br />
great "perceived need," as Hanley<br />
put it, <strong>for</strong> Increased empha.<br />
sis on values and ethICS, as well<br />
as order and consIstent disciphne<br />
at the upper school Dean<br />
Dana Boocock WIll handle those<br />
areas - and superVIse a brandnew<br />
program of community service<br />
Commumty servIce isn't new<br />
to LIggett, of course, but thiS<br />
year, <strong>for</strong> the first time, It WIll<br />
be required <strong>for</strong> graduation.<br />
"There are both pros and<br />
cons to making it a requIrement,"<br />
Hanley conceded The<br />
Idea has been floatmg around<br />
the school <strong>for</strong> some time, but It<br />
was Hanley who gave the impetus<br />
to <strong>for</strong>mahzmg the re<br />
qUlrement.<br />
Students Will have to do 25<br />
hours of servIce during school<br />
breaks or after school hours,<br />
WIth the mtent that the mvolvement<br />
wzll heIghten their<br />
sense of belongIng to the larger<br />
community It's part of the increased<br />
emphasis on values and<br />
ethiCS that Hanly hopes will be<br />
mculcnted both by example and<br />
by new content In eXlstmg<br />
classes<br />
Portraits<br />
Wayne State UniverSIty's<br />
Department of Neurological<br />
Surgery recently commissioned<br />
portl'aits of <strong>for</strong>mer department<br />
chaJrmen Dr. Murray<br />
Thomas of Grosse Pointe Park<br />
and the late Dr. Stephen<br />
Gurdjian.<br />
The portraIts were painted<br />
by Harry Hammond of Panama<br />
City, Fla., and dedIcated<br />
at a reception held in honor of<br />
the chairmen and their famihes<br />
at the Renaissance Club<br />
Dr. Fernando Diaz, chairman<br />
of the neurolOgIcal surgery<br />
department, dedicated the portraIts,<br />
emphasizing the commitment<br />
to excellence in education<br />
and the contnbutlOns to neurosurgery<br />
of GurdJlan and<br />
Thomas.<br />
Tasters' delight<br />
FoOd from the kitchens of<br />
more than 50 of Detroit's finest<br />
restaurants wIll be ready <strong>for</strong><br />
sampling from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday,<br />
Sept. 20, at Schoolcraft<br />
College's Waterman Campus<br />
Center.<br />
TIckets to the event, called<br />
the Culinary Extravaganza, are<br />
$35<br />
"Workmg together," he saId<br />
"They're words I honestly believe,<br />
that we need to get all<br />
the groups pullmg in the same<br />
dIrectIOn<br />
"1 hope my style IS one of inclusion<br />
The headmaster can't<br />
do it alone"<br />
Fortunately <strong>for</strong> Hanly, the<br />
headmaster Isn't haVIng to do<br />
It alone. He and the rest of the<br />
ULS communIty are already<br />
plungIng ahead with a $7 million<br />
capital campaIgn, have<br />
completed a new hbrary, and<br />
are deep in work on a new prekindergarten<br />
building The<br />
largest portIOn of the campaign<br />
funds will be allotted to the en.<br />
dowment (to Improve faculty<br />
salaries) and to student aid,<br />
Hanly said.<br />
So change is all over the<br />
place at University LIggett and<br />
all Hanly has to do IS control<br />
Its dIrection.<br />
He appears to be up <strong>for</strong> It<br />
"There's tons of energy and enthUSIasm<br />
around the school,<br />
waiting to be unleashed," he<br />
saId.<br />
Watchmg political claIms<br />
and counter-clalms on TV the<br />
other day, Bob said, "You<br />
know, these guys can claIm<br />
anything - and we have no<br />
way of knowmg whether it's<br />
true"<br />
Bill Clinton had JUst saId<br />
there are 72 countnes in the<br />
world that have figured out<br />
ways to give parents some time<br />
off work <strong>for</strong> various family reasons,<br />
but that the United<br />
States has failed to step up to<br />
the challenge<br />
Well, we checked - and Chnton<br />
was wrong There are more<br />
than 100 countries WIth man.<br />
dated maternIty leave <strong>for</strong> work-<br />
109 women But ClInton also<br />
was TIght. We should get \'vlth<br />
It<br />
•<br />
Guests will get to graze, tasting<br />
and testmg a varIety of<br />
hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, entrees<br />
and desserts prepared by<br />
the likes of The Whitney, the<br />
Golden Mushroom and Joe<br />
Muer's restaurant<br />
Some participating Grosse<br />
Pointe eat shops are One23 and<br />
Tom's Oyster Bar.<br />
Grosse Pomter Tom Schoenith<br />
of the Roostertall Catering<br />
Club will be among the caterers<br />
represented at the food fest.<br />
Schoemth, hIS WIfe, Diane, and<br />
their son, Michael, will CJrCulate<br />
in the crowd carrying silver<br />
trays laden with hors d'oeuvres<br />
<strong>for</strong> hungry guests.<br />
This will be the fIrst gourmet<br />
taste event of the Schoolcraft<br />
Culinary Arts program, whIch,<br />
by the way, has graduated<br />
more than 1,000 students since<br />
it was established in 1966.<br />
The money raISed at the eu<br />
linary Extravaganza IS earmarked<br />
<strong>for</strong> student scholar-<br />
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1-800-272-5270<br />
Three 10canOn.lo ,erve you:<br />
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turn lost lettet''> It might even<br />
Improve post office employee/<br />
canine relations, whIch hlStol'!<br />
cally have been le::.s than amicable.<br />
Blauet's answer also explazns<br />
several other Imponderllbles,<br />
hke why teenagerb wear TIpped<br />
Jeans and hang out zn shoppmg<br />
malls<br />
• Today's final imponderable<br />
What is the Hair Club <strong>for</strong><br />
Men?<br />
Is thiS a community service<br />
club? A speCIal mterest group?<br />
A chaTlty organizatIOn? A sup<br />
port group? Are women excluded?<br />
If so, is there a Ladles'<br />
Auxlhary? Do the men have<br />
meetmgs? What do they dl~uss<br />
at thelr meetmgs?<br />
Do they have an annual dm<br />
ner dance?<br />
If so, they could call It the<br />
Hair Ball<br />
Margie Reins Smith<br />
ships <strong>for</strong> the program<br />
Joe Muer of Grosse Pointe<br />
IS honorary chaIrman<br />
Tickets are avaIlable by call-<br />
Ing Schoolcraft's InstitutIOnal<br />
Advancement office at 462<br />
4417 VIsa, MasterCard, DIS<br />
cover and personal checks WIll<br />
be accepted<br />
Apple facts<br />
MichIgan WIll produce ap<br />
proximately 17 8 millIOn bush<br />
els of apples thiS year, accord<br />
mg to a USDA projectIOn<br />
There are 1,500 apple glOwers<br />
in the state.<br />
MIChigan IS the largest pro.<br />
ducer of Jonathan apples<br />
Apples are low-fat, sodIUmfree,<br />
low-calone. They'l e full of<br />
fiber, vitamins A and C, potas .<br />
slUm and other good stuff<br />
The average Amencan eats<br />
more than 18 pounds of apples<br />
a year<br />
Here's<br />
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<strong>Grandparents'</strong><br />
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