The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1999 Page: 4 of 6
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Wesleyan students help local children realize potential
Donna Hanky
Staff writer
Each day after class, education
major Brenda Thomas and her
friends tutor children at the Ripley
Arnold Housing Projects. They are
members of the I Have a Dream
Foundation, a national organization
dedicated to helping children in the
inner cities graduate from h«gh
school.
After the children graduate,,
I HAD awards them a scholarship to
attend a college or vocational
school of their choice.
"This is a group of very special
children," said IHAD program
coordinator Daphne Harvey,
"Sometimes people are too quick to
label them ' at risk' or low income.
These designations make the chil-
dren really angry. The Projects' are
where they live, not who they are. 1
prefer to think of them as 'at poten-
tial' rather than at risk."'
Fifteen-year-old Porsha August
is a 10th grader who wants to
become a lawyer and then a judge
on the Supreme Court. Currently,
she is taking 11 classes and main-
tains a straight 'A' average. Eighth
grader Thao Nguyen wants to
become a medical scientist, and 12-
year- old Dolores Gutierrez plans
on becoming a veterinarian.
Recently, as part of a writing
exercise, the Dreamers were asked,
What do you want people to know
about you?" Fourteen-year-old
Tiffany wrote, "Just because we
stay in a place nicknamed "The
Projects' doesn't mean that's what
we are like. Some people from the
Projects have gone very far."
Twelve-year-old Jessica Garcia
wrote, "1 want people to know that
just because 1 grew up in these
apartments doesn't mean that I am
violent or harmful. I also want peo-
ple to know that 1 am respectful and
have manners."
. "I love working with these kids,"
said Thomas. "I am constantly chal-
lenged to find new ways to keep
them involved. It is not mandatory
that they attend the center. They
have just come from a long day at
school, and the last thing that they
want to do is sit and do more work-
sheets."
The tutors work together with
the program director and the educa-
tion coordinator to come up with
innovative ways to make the learn-
ing fun while they reinforce what is
taught in the classroom.
After helping those students
who have homework, the five tutors
lead games, such as Multiplication
Hot , Potato," "Blackboard
Football, and 'Dreamer Jeopardy."
The children have fun while they
strengthen their skills with syn-
onyms and antonyms, state trivia
and parts of speech.
• "I have gotten so much from my
time with these children. This is
why I am studying to be a teacher,"
said Thomas. "There is no feeling
like the one you get when children
finally understand what you have
been trying to teach them, or when
a teacher tells you that a child has
made significant improvement
because of your efforts."
Program director Daphne
Harvey is very enthusiastic about
the contributions of the Wesleyan
students. "I would love to see an
even stronger tie between I Have a
Dream and Texas Wesleyan. It is so
important for these kids to be able
to picture themselves on a campus
someday," she said.
To help facilitate this, the
Dreamers were guests of the
Wesleyan Athletic Department at
the Jan. 16 basketball game. The
children were invited to serve as the
towelpeople during time-outs and at
halftime.
When fifth grader Myra Juarez
saw the women's team on the court,
she said, "I've got to come to this
school! They let the girls play!"
Education coordinator for
IHAD Ella Colley said she is
thrilled to have the Wesleyan stu-
dents working with the Dreamers.
"They bring a sense of excitement
and enthusiasm for education that
they have passed along to the chil-
dren. It is an added benefit that the
children are exposed to people who
are actually going to college.
"The ultimate goal of our pro-
gram is to help these children get
into college. Unfortunately, too
many of them believe that college is
something that is only available to
rich people," she said.
In addition to the students,'
there are sev-
eral other ties
between
Wesleyan and
the I Have A
D r e a m
Foundation.
Wesley ah
president Jake
B. Schrum is
a member of
t h e
Foundation's
Board of
Trustees and
participated in Bernard Howard,
last year's Howard, 10, play
Celebrity Readathon.
"The children really responded
to him," said Harvey. "He sat down
on the floor and got eyeball to eye-
ball with them."
Education professor, Lisa
Jenkins has conducted several read-
ing workshops for all of the IHAD
personnel.
Harvey said she is grateful for
the contributions by various
Wesleyan people, but would like to
see even more involvement in the
future.
Photo by Niki Simic
12, Thuy Nguyen, 10 and Jo Anna
a game of "Dreamer Jeopardy."
"It would be great to have other
university students or professors
become mentors to the Dreamers.
The more exposure that these chil-
dren have to the university, the
greater the chance that they will
feel that they can become a part of
it someday,'' said Jenkins.
For more information about the
1 Have a Dream Foundation, or
becoming a mentor, contact Harvey
at 332-3678.
A cut-out of Bobby
Bragan stands in
front of the display
in the West Library.
Bragan played for
Fort Worth's old
minor league team,
the Fort Worth Cats,
was a utility player
for the Brooklyn
Dodgers, and
attained a higher sta-
tus as upper
management for the
Texas Rangers .
Bragan's exhibit Was
kicked off on Jan. 17
and will be on per-
manent display on
the third floor of the
library.
Photo by Jon McKenzie
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West Library displays
Bobby Bragan collectibles
E.H. Oringderff
Staff writer
The Second Inning, an exhibit
from Bobby Bragan's major league
years, is currently on permanent dis-
play on the third floor of the Eunice
and James L. West Library.
The exhibit was kicked off by a
reception Jan. 17 with "Mr.
Baseball" Bragan and former mem-
bers of Cowtown's old minor league
baseball organization, the Fort
Worth Cats.
This view of baseball history
focuses on Bragan as the central
character and covers his career start-
ing as a utility player with the
Brooklyn Dodgers, all the way to his
upper management position with the
Texas Rangers.
Included in this collection are
two paintings by Opie Qperstadt:
one features Roberto Clemente and
Bragan in the dugoui of Forbes Field
and the other depicts Hank Aaron
and Bragan in County Stadium in
Milwaukee, when Bragan managed
the Braves.
Operstadt also has a third piece,
a lithograph of Aaron that includes
the slugger's autograph. In addition
to Bragan's collection of jerseys and
letters of the famous players he asso-
ciates, there is an extensive
collection of Nolan Ryan memora-
bilia.
Bragan's pictures and memora-
bilia of Ryan as a Ranger form an
interesting and humorous array, as if
Bragan gathered all of the pictures
and historical pieces he used to dec-
orate his office, and allowed the rest
of the world to understand how
much respect he has for Ryan.
The centerpiece is an artist's
proof drawn by James Record. The
piece was presented to Bragan as
Baseball's Goodwill Ambassador
and signed by Ryan.
The most eye-catching and,
possibly, historically relevant piece
though, is a picture of Ryan pitching
with a bloody nose. It too was
signed but with a more personal
emphasis on the friendship between
Ryan and Bragan.
The Second Inning is a continu-
ance of The Bobby Bragan, 1st
Inning, The Fort Worth Cats
Collection which showed at the
West Library, June 28 - Aug. 28,
1998.
Bragan exhibited more than 70
items that he collected as a minor
league player and manager.
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Pfaffengut, James. The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1999, newspaper, January 27, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth287721/m1/4/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Wesleyan University.