Word: schuyler
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Died. Philippa Schuyler, 34, Harlem-born pianist with a strong journalistic and humanitarian bent, a onetime child prodigy who performed her own compositions with the New York Philharmonic at 14, in later years made concert tours to many of the world's troubled areas, recounting her impressions in newspaper articles and several outspoken books (Who Killed the Congo), also helped found the Amerasian Foundation to aid the mothers of illegitimate children fathered by U.S. soldiers in Viet Nam; in the crash of a U.S. Army helicopter; near Danang, South Viet Nam, where she was doubling as entertainer and correspondent...
...Schuyler is not an ordinary high school, nor is Becker an ordinary principal. Located in Albany's slum-ridden east side, it is an academy for hard cases-40% are Negro, many of the students come from broken homes, still others are dropouts from other schools. But Ben Becker is a hard case himself. A onetime amateur boxer who was Cassius Clay's manager at the 1960 Olympics, Becker has a broken nose, scar tissue around his eyes-and a brain-jolting jab in his fists. A boy who abuses a teacher will be challenged by his principal...
...Problem Kids. Backed by the Albany Board of Education, Becker has proved that tough but fair discipline is a remarkable impetus to learning. There are no broken windows at Schuyler High School, and rarely is disrespect shown to teachers. None of the students are permitted to sport Beatle haircuts or far-out clothes. Becker tells them sim ply: "The other students are not in school to look at you. You're here to learn." Schuyler High will even accept potential reform-school candidates. One such student was recommended for enrollment by the Albany police after he had stolen...
Place in the Sun. A graduate of the State University College at Cortland, N.Y., Becker was assigned to Schuyler in 1934 as a physical education teacher, eventually became principal in 1962. His working theory is that a slum school must be parent and guardian as well as teacher to its students, a combination that demands tough but unmistakable discipline. His goal, he says, "is to try to give them academics and help them find a place in the sun as valuable members of society who can earn a good living. If we can't do both, we will...
Thanks largely to Becker, Schuyler unquestionably does that. About 20% of its graduates go on to college-a high percentage for a slum neighborhood school. Beyond that, Schuyler has proved to be an educational magnet for what Principal Becker calls "drop-ins." One recent graduate was a married and divorced mother of two who returned to finish high school after a 13-year lapse. Still another was a 17-year-old Negro boy who had quit a New York City high school and entered Schuyler four years later after he had been sent to Albany by his parents to live...