During muncr 00. eX-
fa'cd by � am in oollabcndon
with 1he UIi ty of New
, York Health Sde� Cenrt, fbr
eXBq)1e, tlxbt Jeamcd my
by tdJIng a � tudml
work 00 a cadaver am by obseJv ..
, . �tartSUlFY. Atam
, SUI1lIta'OO\IIC dred by � am­
flCrarx1lBMBroo yn, thcst\XkUs
too apart aM led a per­
�ulert>�tow
it�.
Durlng�sdml year, �am­
tel' lUllS a trodel bridgc-building
contest wi� support from the
, Triborough Bridge am Tunnel
AuIOOdty. The coo t .,
woo, \&ingspecj6ed mueriaIs, can
. bWd the Ugh bridge OOIds
, the nat weight. \Bing her or her
own c:alcuIatiom.
STUDENnALSO labs
. am wortcstqB in \dl mjeas
robotks, geology, �mJstry, biol­
Ogy, mlalpla. Some faCultyaae
tJadltlooal ccluaOOJs, but odm ale
JoIDlon. a dcd1catcd sdence
cd\x:ak)r, Black )Outm often
see their t\Jtlm limited k) the "fast
buck," 8pOI1I or m He
to make it dear k) them that 1hey
haYC � cmioe ci becoming
"engineers, doctors, and space
, ac:ientB "
And he wan1t k) blep them
: 1m1ivatcd by the exdantnt of
� 80 by'll CCOIinue bir
ac:kn.'e edt.alion bo� ccD •
: Alolof�aIe�b
: mOllalo, Judging from the
: ptOgilm's cuaent �
: 10tal ci about Dl at two tea.
MIlly � perdcipIte fbi'
two,tme,lDdfbur�aM �
. a waiting lSt k) enroll.
'I1IEONL y q�cationstu­
den need k) pII1idpe1e is an inter­
, est in science. Although
, elf-selection for the program
" lOOn UIlt many panidpenls me
good stOOenls, DO one at �cenIer
&boW ICbx>l lUX)1ds, says
· JohnSon. "We work on t�
�1batourcJildrencan
do 8Il)1Iq, " � says.
In 1919 whm JOOmon started
bcemer.aSaturdaypropm in
, the bIIeI1'mofafdml's� he
I.t a !Iud tID atIIaCtiIW girls bOO
� : � program. OYer yeam, mw-
"ever, t bills "8ip-floppcd," says
.JoInon. Now tbcIe are rmre girts
tIBl bo)-sat � cent:r,ml glrBaIe
� mam aOO engineering
courses. Last)Ul', he says, girls
wooall thetoplWlldsinbbrldge­
�CXXlat
Jolnon' worried about the
boys. "lfs oot j t 0\1' program, ",
he ys. "Ws the woole cul� of
Black males. They're under
�rxkMaodal pn:ssure."
The center B working with
teachers, churches, and other
k) � boys for � plO-
811fit 1rip8 k)spodI
C\a1II8IJ1 otbttaodal acdvitiea
part ci i 0\iIe8Ch.
MF.ANWHILE. after gang
to ICbod III day, the adare stu-
Y mme k) the k)
O\U mJc:roecqa in 1bc
bioIo&Y lib b8ll bouror two, ex' k)
p\IZ2Ie OYer 1bc priJdpks of artifi­
cial in1elligerx:e in � robotics
"I lDcc coming heR;" )'S
one st\dem wOO hM set her sighas
OIl becoming an om1etrician. "It's
6m. I DCYrl bcxed."
IOOlt COIDCt .
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