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Vol. 50, No. 13 ALFRED, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963 Phone 5402
Drake Asks to Cancel Baccalaureate Service
The traditional baccalaureate service for graduating sen- iors may not be held this June. According to a letter sent to members of the Senior Class by class president Alan Mandel,
Dorms and Dining Hall to Open At Start of Second Semester
\t is the wish of President M.
Ellis Drake that the service be
•eliminated.
The letter stated that President Drake hopes that each religious group could hold its own Individu- al religious service at the appro- priate time if they so desired. In this way, graduation exercises
would be over by 1 p.m., instead of the usual 4 p.m.
The letter indicated that the early completion of graduation ex- ercised would allow "those fam- ilies facing a long drive home'' .to leave Alfred shortly afterward in- stead of remaining overnight.
In the past, the baccalaureate service was held in Alumni Hall
on the morning of Commencement Day, with the graduation exercises following after lunch. Last year Commencement was held on Mer- rill Field.
Mandel requested the seniors to indicate their opinions on the can- cellation of baccalaureate on the back of his letter and return them to the Caimpus Center desk by Monday, Jan. 14.
Publications Board
The Alfred University Board of Student Publications will hold its fina! meeting of the se- mester on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m.
Dr. George Gardner to Discuss Role of Egypt in Modern World
The Political Science Club will present a talk by Dr. George H.
Gardner, associate professor ofj sociology, on the role of Egypt in the modern world, on Thurs- day, Jan. 10, .at 8: 30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
Dr. Gardner, who recently re- turned ta the United States after spending 25 years in the Middle East, was on the faculty of Amer- ican University in Cairo from 19- 49 until last year.
Working for various U. S. and U. N. organizations, (Dr. Gardner has spent much of his time in Greece and the Balkan area. At one time he was attached to the American embassy in Athens.
A native of Mercehsberg, Pa., Dr. Gardner speaks and reads French, Greek, and Arabic, and has studied the Italian and Jugo- slav languages. He received his doctorate from Princeton Univer- sity in 19€1.
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Two new men's dormitories and the new dining hall will open as scheduled at the beginning of next semester, Edward K. Leboh- ner, Alfred University treasurer, has announced.
The yet unnamed buildings, which cost $1,750,000, are nearing completion on Pine Hill above the present men's dorms. Except for minor details, the moving of the kitchen equipment is all that is necessary to rea^y the buildings for occupancy and use.
With the opening of the new dining hall will come a change ia the men's dining procedures.'Ev- ening meals and the Sunday af- ternoon meals will be served; all other meals will be served in the conventional cafeteria style, as is presently done in'Bartlett Din- ing Hall.
The new dining hall, which My.
Lebohner considers the finest he has seen on any college campus, can serve 500 people cafeteria style and up to 700 for banquets.
There is a large lounge which pc- cupies the entire first floor.
Bartlett kitchen equipment will be moved to the new dining hall
One of two new men's dormitories set to open at the start of the new semester,
during the last three days of fi- nal exam week. Dormitory men will eat at the Brick on those days. The first meal to be served in the new hall will be the Pre- sident's annual banquet on Feb. 5.
The new dormitories will house 96 men each in 48 rooms on the top three floors. The first floor will have an office, trunk room, card room, laundry, lounge, and
house mother's suite. Each floor will also have a typing room, a television room, canteen room, and ping pong room.
The new dorms will he occu- pied primarily by men now trip- led up in the other dorms and by the residents of Bodies, with the exception of Phi Epsilon Pi fra- ternity men, who will be allowed to remain in Rodies.
Dr. George H. Gardner A question and answer period will follow Dr. Gardner's talk.
The Orchestra San Pietro of Naples will play in the Men's Gym at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, as the second Forum program of the year.
The orchestra, which ma,de its American debut with a successful itoujr last year, will be presented under the auspices of the Alfred University Cultural Council. The concert of chamber music will be open to thè public as well as fac- ulty and students.
The distinguished Italian en- semble's appearance at Alfred is
Buffalo State Topples Saxons, 55-48;
Cagers Unbeaten String Ends at Five
A dream vanished last Satur- day night for the Alfred Saxons, a dream held by players, fans, and coaches alike. The dearm: an undefeated season. The dream came to end Saturday as the hustling Orangemen from Buffalo State darkened the skies of Al- fred with a 55-48 victory to give Coach Bob Baker his first col- legiate loss.
The Saxon dream was inspired by a perfect record for the first five games of the season. But as all streaks do, this one had to come to an end. The breaks of the game are such that they had to fall against Alfre sometime.
The ball won't always go in the basket when it should. A one- night let-down by the team and the other team can take away the game and the 'dream.
So it was against Buffalo State on Saturday. All looked well for the Purple and Gold in the early 6tages of the game. The Saxons Jumped out to a 9-0 lead after the first five minutes of the game.
But the Orangemen hustled their
•way back into contention as they trailed 10-7 a the 12-minute mark.
T h e Saxons opened the lead again
at the end of the half and walked off the court with a 24-13 advan- tage. But it was not as promis- ing as It seemed as the Buffalo Staters were outhustling the big- ger Saxons off the boards!.
The Orangemen found their shooting eyes in the second half and staged their 'big comeback.
Both teams played even ball for awhile but Saxons could not find the range and were tied at the 12-minute mark on a pair of foul shots by State's Jack Walko.
Baskets by Tom Macipcha and Keith Tombs and a foul shot by Loren Eaton gave the Saxons a
Italian Orchestra Appears Here January 19 at Men's Gymnasium
one of 77 engagements scheduled during a four-month tour of the United States and Canada. The Orchestra also has been signed to a recording contract by Decea Re- cords and the first releases are expected to appear In conection with the group's current tour.
The Orchestra San Pietro was founded in Naples >by Renato Ruo- tolo, who is its conductor and mu- sical director. He explained that his purpose was to create a vir tuoso ensemble capable of doing Justice to masterpieces that were written especially for such small groups but which have been large- ly neglected in an age that has put emphasis upon the solo artist and the massive symphony orchesr tra.
Conductor Ruotolo assembled a group of 2l' accomplished Instru- mentalists and welded them to- gether in an ensemble that was hailed by critics from the very beginning as a major addition to the musical life of the city of Naples. An extensive and success- ful tour of Italy followed.
Duriing the second American tour. Maestro Ruotolo has select- ed characteristic programs from an extensive repertory embracing music from all periods and schools
37-32 lead at midway point of the half. But the Orangemen's press- ing defense bottled up the Saxon attack and they again tied the score at 43 all with four and one half minutes remaining. A layup by Ed Mandell and a foul shot by Loren Eaton countered a jump shot by Roy Roberts. But Roberts put the Orangemen In to the lead for good with a jump shot. The Saxons tried to regain the lead but to no avail as fonil shots by Bob Banaszak put the Stateirs out of reach in the closing seconds of play, and Buffalo state clinch- ed its 56-48 victory.
Next Round of Flu Shots Coming
qualified to receive the shots may go to the infirmary at any time during the hours listed.
The dean also declared that some students' still haven't receiv- ed their first flu vaccination, even though their parents have return- ed the consent slips and payment for the shots. He urged those stu- dents to take advantage of the protection offered by these injec- tions.
The second round of flu shotrf will be given next week, Dean Paul F. Powers has announced.
All students and staff members will be able to get the injections at the infirmary between 8 a.m.
and 3 p.m., from Monday, Jan. 14 through Saturday, Jan. 19.
According to Dean Powers, ithere will be no scheduling of housed and dormitories on specific days to receive the shots. All those
Painting Exhibit Shown at Center
A special exhibit of award win- ning paintings from the past three Rochester-Finger Lakes Shows opened at the Exhibit room of the Campus Center on Jan. 7 for three weeks.
The exhibit has een assembled by the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery and is sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts. It will be shown locally from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. dally, under auspices of the Alfred Uni- versity Cultural Programs Coun-
Fiat Lux Elects New Staff Editors
Three new members were elect- ed to the editorial board of the Fiat Lux at a meeting of the Board Saturday morning. In ad- dition, two editors were elected to new positions and the acting advertising manager was con- firmed in that position.
Rosemary Broccoli, sophomore from Utica, was elected news ed- itor to replace Carol Jaeger, who resigned. Miss Broccoli, a sister of Theta Theta Chi, has been the associate news editor. Freshman Howard Paster was elected to Miss Broccoli's old position. Pas- ter hails from Sea Cliff, Long Island. >
Carol Neustadt, former copy editor, moves into the new posi- tion of international editor. A sister of Pi Alpha Pi, Miss Neu- stadt will head a staff charged with bringing significant items from the International scene to the Alfred campus through the Fiat Lux. She is a sophomore from Eastchester, N, T.
Replaceing Miss Neiustadt as copy editor is Donald Simpson.
A Junior transfer student, Simp- son was an editor of his Junior college newspaper. He is a pledge of Kappa Psi Upsilon.
Freshman Andrea Mastrocola was elected circulation manager to replace the resigning Yield Klein and Susan Martin. Miss Mastrocola lives in Ashland, Mass.
Michael Delman, who has been acting advertising' manager since October, was elected to the fall position of advertising manager.
He is a senior from New York City.
ell.
The Rochester-Finger Lakes shows annually feature the work of area artists at the Rochester Gallery. The nine paintings In eluded in the special exhibit are the work of four artists and In- clude oil and water colors.
PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, JANUARY 8,1963
Editorials . . .
Misogamy?
In the past the Alfred University administration (like most other college administrations) has been called many things: narrow minded, contemptous toward students, ultra- conservative, unrealistic, etc. But now a new charge has been level, that of misogamy.
The dictionary defines misogamy as hatred of marriage;
As sex is a basic element of marriage, it may be said that in some respects hatred of marriage could be based on opposition to sex.
Now, what has this to do with Alfred? In the last two years 16 units in Saxon Heights have been closed down. This means that accomodations for 16 married couples no longer exist. Furthermore, the University has not provided replace- ments for the condemned facilities.
With decent housing as scarce as it is in Alfred, married students have regarded the closing of these living quarters with some concern. There are some couples presently living in Saxon Heights who believe that other existing housing units are slated for demolition in the near future, and they see nothing being done to replace them. These married students have actually suggested that this is indication of the administra- tion's opposition to marriage, which they claim is based on opposition to what is termed "sex on campus."
Opposition to the sustaining principle of life seems some- what ridiculous. It is difficult to believe that anyone, least of all the administrators of an institution which exists to pre- pare young people for future life, would negate the role of
•ex in modern life.
What, though, are the reasons for eliminating living ac- commodations for married students? We certainly recognize that much of the housing facilities in Alfred are sub-standard, and that many living units are not as desirable as they should be. We know that the administration is very much aware of this situation and that it has taken steps to correct it. But it does appear that married students are going to face an acute housing shortage in the future, and their just concern has been growing, now to the point where it manifests itself in the incredulous idea that housing units are being torn down to prevent "sex on campus."
In all fairness to those students who are married or plan to get married before completing their Alfred education, we think they should receive some indication as to what consid- eration is being given to their housing needs. Not only are they entitled to know, but with a knowledge based on facts they will not resort to what should prove to be unwarranted accusations.
The Peace Corps
In this issue University students will find a special sup- plement devoted to the Peace Corps. As one of the most ef- fective arms of U. S. foreign policy and human understanding, the Peace Corps offers Americans the opportunity to devote part of their lives to bettering our would on a person to per- son basis with people in far-off lands. The Peace Corps is worth your full consideration. Read the supplement, and if you think you have a place in the Peace Corps, clip the cou- pon or see Dean Powers, Alfred University's liason officer with the Corps.
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Alfred, New York, anuary 8,1963
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF — RONALD BERGER MANAGING EDITOR ROBERT JOHNSON
ASSOCIATE EDITOR — RANDA BERG ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR — HARRIET FAIN
Associate News Editor — Rosemary Broccoli Copy Editor — Carol Neustadt Feature Editor — Lin Bessett Sports Editor — Joe Rosenberg Proof Editor — Carol Stelnhauser
Photography Editor Carl Spoerer Business Manager — Yvonne Small Advertising Manager — Michael Delman Circulation Managers — Vlckt Klein, Sue Martin
NEWS STAFF B. Bretllng, P. Brewster
CUB REPORTERS: M. Abelson, M. Baltor. J. Diamond, B. Gardner, H. Paster, M. Richards, A. Singer, J. Smith, R. Wojsiwllo
FEATURE STAFF
K. Amsterdam./J. Karaslk, P. Riley, S. Skeates
CUB REPORTERS: K. Dale, K. Brlgham, A Buell, R. Felnberg, D.
Frank, P. Grant, J. Hoffman, S. Manning, P. Relben, R. Widdlcombe
Campus Pulse
by Karen Amsterdam
QUESTION: Do you think that the legal New York State drinking age should be chang- ed to twenty-one?
El lie Perry, Towanda, Pa.
Sr., Nurse
I come f r o m Penmaylcania where the drink- a g e is 21, a n d I h a r e lived in New York State where the age is 18. I think t h a t by a g e IS, people a r e old enough to m a k e this decision themselves, a n d most of them have already done bo. Anyway, even if the age w e r e
21, these people would find a way of evading the legal restrictions if they really wanted to.
Rosemary Veras, Bronx Fr., L.A.
As a resident of New York City, I've seen
the| a t t e m p t s made by those younger t h a n 1$
to elude t h e drinking laws. Any a t t e m p t by the s t a t e to impose an even stricter restriction by raising the drinking a g e would only incite them to more insolent and dras- tic actions. The responsibility should lie with t h e parents f o r their children's upbringing not with the state.
Mike Weiner Brookyln Sr. L.A.
I think a per- s o n 18 y e a r s old who c a n b e drafted a n d h a s enough respon- sibility to h a v e a country's life in his hands also h a s enough re- sponsibility to decide w h e t h e r to drink or not. A person of 18 Is little less responsible than one of 21. Anyway if the a g e were 21 now I wouldn't be able to drink, a n d this would sorely distress me.
Larry Fish, Lawrence, L. I.
Jr., L.A.
I really don't c a r e w h e t h e r the a g e is 18 or 21, but I think t h a t It should be uniform. E i t h e r all the states should conform to New York or we should conform to the Test of the country. "We would be b e t t e r off if we changed our legal a g e to 21, since more a n d more states have t h a t limit.
Stephen L. Cohen, New York Sr., L.A
T h e important thing is not to allow people in J e r s e y who a r e u n d e r 21 to come into t h e state to drink.
If that problem were solved, there would be no reason to change the legal New York age to 21.
You could prevent the influx of underage drinkers by checking drivers' licenses or d r a f t cards a n d not allowing people under 21 from out of state to drink In N e w York State.
One effort to resist temptation strengthens the will for the next encounter.
Walter M. Galllchan
From the Chair
; by Fred Silverstein ; The position of the international student on our campus and at universities all over the nation has became a subject of increasing importance in the past few years. Changes in transportation and communication have brought the students!
of one nation closer to the students of other nations. This sub- ject was the topic of discussion at a "People to People" con- ference held in Albany, which A1 Mandel and I attended.
Aside from the facts that the speeches were redundant and that the agenda, was neyer distributed, thfe lectures pointed out some of the problems involving foreign students, many of which apply to our campus. The committee cited sev- eral of these'problems and suggested possible solutions. The first was that of the isolation that a foreign student feelsi when he arrives in our country.This isolation may stay witb him throughout his stay in the United States, and may make him bitter and resentful. The proposed solution was that each school assign a student to each foreign student. This student would contact the foreign student in advance, and advise him what type of clothes to bring and what to expect. This stu- dent would then meet the foreign student when he arrived, and help him get used to our country.
This type of friendship should continue throughout the student's stay in America. However, the counselor warned against the patronizing sophomore who lumbers up to 1 bi- or tri-lingual student who has probably been around the world two or three times, and offers to help him "adjust."
These students want to see America as it is, and not only the false front that people often put on when a foreign student visits.
Vacation homes and decent jobs are also essential to any school's international program. It was pointed out how all too often a student of agriculture will return to his country without ever seeing an American farm.
The last point stressed was that we should be sure to make our foreign students a part of our student community, and not force them to isolate themselves. There are many pos- sible ways to share experiences through discussion groups and well planned international programs.
The major objective of the People to People program is to improve America's image in foreign countries. In addition to the program in American universities, the committee also sponsors a student ambassador abroad program. This pro- gram is run in close connection with the Peace Corps.
The council pointed out that it is also the responsibility of the foreign student to seek friends and to be willing to par- ticipate in student activities.
Many of the above ideas apply to our campus as well as any other college where there are foreign students, and should be considered by everyone.
Pinned:
Ward Briggs, Phi Gam '64 and Shelly Lorber, Theta '65 Jay Goldman, Tau Delt '65 and Linda Gruskin
John Shea, Klan '63 and Sue Ellen Alberts, Theta '64 Dave Prey, Klan '63 and Mary Costa
Jerry Quinn, Kappa Phi '64 and Sheila McLaurin, Sigma '64 Lee Dueringer and Barbara Mornhinweg, Sigma '63
Don Platte and Mary Jane Kreuger, Sigma '65 Alan Rosensweig and Sue Martin, Theta '64 Cindy Charlton '66 and John Reinhold '65
Engaged: } Joe Cesare, Delta Sig '64 and Ann Goodyear
Bob Wade, Lambda Chi '64 and Carol Steinhauser, Theta '64 Bob Miller, Kappa Psi '63 and Judy Keller, Omicron '63 Roger Sherman, Kappa Psi '61 and Karen Merley '64 Marty Klein, Phi Ep '62 and Jeanie Ciplijauskas, Theta '61 Ellie Hahn, Sigma '63 and Dick Lowery
Grace Roberson, Omicron '63 and Charles Williams '61 Barb Tripp, Pi '65 and John Krump
Anita Dankle, Theta '63 and Jerry Kellog Social Synopsis This weekend, parties will be held at:
Delta Sig—Beer Party, Saturday Klan—Prohibition Party, Friday Phi Ep—Beer Blast, Saturday
Tau Delt—Japanese Night Club Party, Saturday
PEACE CORPS NEWS
VOL. 1 NO. 1 A Special College Supplement WINTER, 1962
Peace Corps Plans to Double in'63
Mounting Requests Follow Volunteer Achievements
PEACE CORPS TEACHER Kenneth Baer of Beverly Hills, Calif., instructs a class of Ghanaian students in Accra. Baer received a Master's degree in American history from the University of California in 1961. He now teachers general arts subjects at the Ebeneezer Secondary School in Accra.
Tribal Dances, Chants Spark Ghanaian Nights
(Editor's note: Newell Flather of Lowell, Mass., is a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher in Winneba, Ghana. The following is from a letter he wrote.) Six months ago my future seemed settled and secure. Fresh out of college I had been accepted by the University of Virginia Law School, and except for a superficial spring course, I hardly knew where Ghana was.
A late June telegram from the Peace Corps, two months training at Berkeley, two weeks indoctrination at the University of Ghana, Legon, and three and one half months of residence in Winneba have considerably al- tered this circumstance.
I find my school, my town, and my job all very interest- ing. The school is deep-seated and saturated with Ghanaian revolutionary tradition. As His- tory Department Chairman, I have been asked by the head- master to write a history of the school, a fascinating undertak- ing with which I am currently occupied.
Here a beautiful hospital func- tions. side by side with active fetish priests and powerful Afri- can Jaju. My house is within hearing distance of the cere- monial grounds, and I can catch
(See 'Tribal,' page 4)
Colleges Give Academic Credit
Ohio University will award academic credit to Peace Corps Volunteers, announced Dr. Rog- ers Finch, Chief of the Division of University Relations for the Peace Corps.
"This is an unprecedented move which we expect will be followed by other universities,"
Dr. Finch said. The program applies specifically to a teaching project in the West Cameroons, sponsored by the Peace Corps and administered by the Uni- versity of Ohio.
Currently, three types of ac- tivities for which academic credit may be sought on an individual basis by a Volunteer are:
1) The Peace Corps training program for whibh full or partial equivalency to regularly estab- lished academic courses may be given by some institutions. Plans are now underway at Columbia Teachers College, the University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse Univer- sity and New Paltz State Teach- ers College to give credit for the training program.
2) Some colleges will give course credit for the cultural, job and language experience, gained abroad.
3) A third potential area of academic credit exists in indi- vidual study, provided it does not detract from the basic pur- poses for which the Volunteer is serving overseas.
College Grads Best Qualified
All college students are urged to complete their de- gree requirements before entering the Peace Corps.
Although a degree is not a prerequisite for all proj- ects, the possession of a degree is definitely consid- ered an asset by Peace Corps officials.
Corps Allotted
$59 Million
Congress has voted a $59 mil- lion Peace Corps appropriation for fiscal 1963. The appropria- tion, supported by both parties in Congress, almost doubled last year's funds.
Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, said the second year goal was to increase, the number of Volunteers overseas to 10,000.
Praise for the Peace Corps has come from all sides of Congress including some of the more con- servative members.
Amid conflicting views of optimism and skepticism, the Peace Corps launched a scant 18 months ago a new experiment in United States aid to developing nations.
"A boondoggle," some cried. "Overseas junkets for beatniks,"
said others.
"A noble undertaking," countered the optimists.
While the debate continued, thousands of young Americans, (and some not so young) quietly volunteered their services to help people in need around the world. Nearly 5,000 Volunteers are already at work in more than 42 countries. By the begin- ning of the next school year, 9,000 Volunteers will be on the job.
Liaisons Serve 2,000 Campuses
More than 2,000 Peace Corps liaison officers are assisting the Peace Corps on as many cam- puses across the nation. Ap- pointed by the university presi- dent, these faculty or administra- tive officers are the direct link between the Peace Corps and the colleges.
Serving as advisors and pub- licists, the liaison is usually in contact with Volunteer alumni serving overseas. Interested stu- dents who do not know the local liaison officer may find his identity by calling the college president's office.
Student-faculty or all-student Peace Corps committees have been organized on many cam- puses to help the liaison officer.
The committees promote special Peace Corp events, disseminate information and support alumni Volunteers in the field. Further information about such support work can be obtained by writing Public Affairs, Peace Corps, Washington 25, D. C.
Overseas, too, college profes- sors are making their contribu- tion. In addition to the teachers serving with the 12 university- administered projects, there are
(See 'Liaisons,' page 3)
Thailand Bout Ends in Draw For Volunteer
For the first time in known history, an American fighter re- cently came out of the ring right side up after a match with a Thai. The American fighter was Bob Pitts, a Peace Corps Volun- teer, from Redbank, N.J.
Pitts, who teaches physics at Chulalongkorn University, did not go into the ring unprepared.
He had been a boxer at Yale University where he received his B.A. degree. He had trained for three weeks under a former Thai champion, studying the vagaries of Thai boxing which permits kicking, kneeing, elbowing and gouging.
The fans applauded gleefully as Pitts performed the pre-bout ritual of drawing symbols and making incantations to down the spirit of his opponent, Wooth Barbos. Although the incanta- tions didn't completely succeed in downing s Barbos' spirit, they at least subdued it. The match was a draw.
Athletic training ranks high in the needs of developing nations, in part- because it helps develop health and physical fitness. But even more important in the minds of country leaders is the feeling of national pride and unity that comes from creditable performance of their teams at Olympic or regional games.
How are they doing? One measure is the response of the nations where they have gone.
Every country has asked for double, triple or quadruple the number of Volunteers already at work.
Said Colombia's President Valencia in his inaugural ad- dress: "The mission which they (the Volunteers) are furthering is truly extraordinary and meri- torious, worthy of Colombia's gratitude. They make direct contact with our most humble people in our towns and vil- lages; they hear their complaints, understand their anguish and stimulate their hopes.
"There is no other action more effective to the service of continental integration than this Peace Corps which allows a young man from Chicago to know the thoughts of a man from Sabanalarga or Firavi- toba."
President Valencia has scored part of the Peace Corps' basic objectives-;—human understand- ing. Congress defined for the Peace Corps these primary aims:
1. To help developing nations meet their needs for trained manpower.
(See 'Mounting,' page 4)
Nancy Tanner, 22, a Peace Corps Volunteer from Henderson, Ky.f
cavorts with some of her Chilean friends. She is teaching pre- school children in San Gregorio, a low-income housing develop- ment in Santiago. Miss Tanner attended HoJIins College in Virginia.
New York Slum Is Testing Area For Training
From The Director
By Sargent Shriver
America has always expected much from its youth. Alex- ander Hamilton was 31 when he wrote the Federalist papers, and Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
More importantly, the young men and women of the world are on the move. The President of the Central African Repub- lic is 31. The Chief of State of Guinea is 39. Mauritania's Prime Minister is 37. The Prime Minister of Morocco is 32.
In this world it is an asset to be young — and to be committed to responsibility.
The Peace Corps has already spoken to the heart of a young nation -— a nation in which 45 per cent of the people are under 25 years of age.
Students from more than 800 of America's colleges and universities have provided the Peace Corps with almost 90 percent of its Volunteers. Therefore, it is to the future Vol- unteers that will come from campuses of colleges and universi- ties throughout the nation that we are dedicating this special section.
The world is coming alive. New countries are bursting with activity. In Latin America and the Middle East, in Africa and Asia, there is an urgent desire to leap into the twentieth century.
The Peace Corps is part of our effort to help make that leap forward a success. It is a part of our effort to help in the world-wide assault against poverty, hunger, ignorance and dis- ease — a grass roots, rice roots volunteer effort of free men.
There has been an important missing link in our existing programs of foreign assistance — and the link was well described by a student from Pakistan, who said:
"We are not ungrateful for the aid we have received . . . but it would be infinitely better if it could be done in a more direct and personal way."
It is important to emphasize that Americans working abroad as members of the Peace Corps will receive as much as they give, and perhaps more. I want to make it clear that when our Volunteers go to other countries they will go to learn, not just to watch.
So, we must combine to work together — our Peace Corps Volunteers imparting some of the technical knowledge we have learned in the last few generations — and in turn learning something of the cultures that have developed in other nations over many generations. It is a two-way street.
From Fishermen To Profs;
The Peace Corps Trains All
"Any Sigma Chis in the area?"
Reprinted courtesy of General Features Corp.
Sacrifice? 'Hogwastf Says Volunteer in Philippines
How do you prepare a Volun- teer who will be a fisherman in Togo?
On the other hand, how would you train a Volunteer who will be a university professor in Venezuela?
These are the questions that the training division of the Peace Corps mijst face and answer.
The major part of the training is usually conducted at an Amer- ican university. This lasts ap- proximately ten weeks. Lan- guage, customs, history and cul- ture of the host country are em- phasized. Refresher courses are given in the work skills that the Volunteer will be using.
Following the university train- ing, most of the Volunteers go to Puerto Rico for an additional month. Contrary to some re- ports, this is no muscle factory.
Physical conditioning, a large part of the camp's training, is adjusted to the individual's age and abilities. The program is aimed as much at the mind as the body. It is intended to s t r e n g t h e n s e l f - c o n f i d e n c e through challenge and reveal to the trainees their own unex- pected capacities. Language training is continued at the camp.
In most cases, additional train- ing is given the Volunteer when he arrives in the host country.
In preparing the Volunteer for his work, there are several basic objectives:
1. To improve previously ac- quired technical or academic skills.
2. To insure that the Volun- teers will be able to speak the language of the country of their assignment. Instruction averages as much as five hours daily.
3. To teach the geography, economy, history, traditions and customs of the country to which the Volunteers will be assigned.
4. To insure that the Volun- teers have an adequate knowl- edge of their country and herit- age.
5. To inform the Volunteers of Communist ideology and tac- tics.
Slum neighborhoods of New York City are the testing ground for a new concept in training Peace Corps Volunteers to work in community development in Latin America. During October, 90 trainees for Colombia served on a field-work program in Man- hattan's lower East Side and in the East Harlem and Chelsea districts.
Organized by the New York School of Social Work of Co- lumbia University, the training program provides for seven hours a day of community work with New York City welfare agencies, in addition to classes in social work and in Spanish.
This phase of training for the Colombia project followed eight weeks of training at the Univer- sity of New Mexico and four weeks in Puerto Rico. The total training program of 16 weeks is the longest ever undertaken by the Peace Corps and the first to include field work in a specific- ally urban environment.
The New York training is designed to prepare Volunteers for community development un- der the auspices of CARE in eight cities of Colombia.
Assignments in Colombia will include work in initiating and developing neighborhood self- help projects.
Questionnaires Due For Grads
Students who are inter- ested in joining the Peace Corps at the end of Jan- uary or June semesters should submit Question- naires now.
Completing the Ques- tionnaire is the first step;
it precedes the Peace Corps test. Six to eight weeks are required to process the Questionnaire.
Questionnaires may be obtained from your cam- pus Peace Corps Liaison Officer, from placement offices, post offices, United States Senators or Con- gressmen, or directly from the Peace Corps, Washing- ton 25, D. C.
(Editor's note: David Szan- ton, 24, is a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching in the Philippines. A native New Yorker, Szanton wrote a let- ter describing his life in the Philippines to the Harvard Peace Corps Advisor. Follow- ing are excerpts from that letter.)
At least in the Philippines, the Peace Corps is not introducing cultural imperialism; quite the reverse, most of the Peace Corps Volunteers are working to erase that evil.
I and another fellow (an An- tioch graduate), have a house of our own in the town of Numan- cia of the province of Aklan.
That puts us just about in the middle of the country in the region known as the Visayas.
Cocoanuts, fish and rice are the three major products of the area, though income is relatively low in comparison to some other parts of the country. Our house is partially of wood construction, but mostly bamboo and nipa palm. It's got a living room, kitchen, pantry, and bath. The floors are split bamboo and the house in general is quite airy, light and comfortable. It is not as ornate as the homes of a ma- jority of the teachers we work with. Physically there are no problems whatsoever and all this talk about the great sacrifices Volunteers are making is just so much hogwash.
Teaching Teachers Most of our waking hours are spent one way or another work- ing in or through the schools.
Specifically, I've been .in the Central School, grades one to six, 19 teachers, approximately 650 kids. The Bureau of Public Schools requested that we work largely in the fields of second language (English) teaching and science. Those in fact have been our focal points, though an oc- casional class in water safety or social studies is also to be ex- pected. Like most of the other Volunteers, I've spent most of
my time working with the teach- ers, helping them develop their lesson plans, teaching them the general science they are to teach their classes and doing demon- strations for science classes and of second language teaching techniques for which we were trained at Penn State and the training center here. Have also been building various science demonstration equipments, as they are called here.
Now not all of the Volunteers are focusing so strongly on the teachers, and I, in fact, intend to shift emphasis myself when the new school year begins in June.
Am going to put in several hours a week working on remedial English with a small group of the slower students and on ad- vanced science programs with about a dozen of the brighter kids who are more apt to go on to high school.
The almost universal reaction of the Volunteer, once he gets to know his community, is to attempt to do something about (See 'Sacrifice,' page 4)
Language Plays Placement Role
Prior knowledge of a language is not essential for many Peace Corps assignments but language often is a factor in geographical placement of Peace Corps appli- cants. Students well-versed in French probably would be asked to train for positions in the French-speaking areas of Africa.
Similarly, a knowledge of Spanish particularly qualifies an applicant in a project for a Latin American country.
Applicants are not expected to know the more exotic languages.
An intensive language training program, patterned after the suc- cessful laboratory methods de- veloped during World War II, produces remarkable progress in learning a new language or in improving a basic knowledge of French or Spanish.
James Welcome, 24, from Bloomington, III., a n d two farmers are inspecting wheat samples from the village farms. W e l c o m e is an agricultural extension agent in Colombia. He attended the Uni- versity of Illinois where he majored in agronomy.
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Liberal Arts Grads Requested by Emerging Nations
Math, Science Instructors In Demand
The liberal arts graduate has a wide variety of Peace Corps opportunities in teaching, since more than half the Vplunteers are serving in classroom situa- tions.
The majority of the requests for teachers come in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology, or for the teaching of English as a second language.
If new and emerging nations are to achieve and maintain a competitive position in the con- temporary world, they must de- velop their own cadre of tech- nicians and scientists, trained to cope with an increasingly com- plex society.
English, the language in which some 90 per cent of the world's technicàl writing is available, is a prerequisite, as are the physi- cal sciences. Therefore, Volun- teers who have had a sufficient grounding in these areas will un- doubtedly be asked to take teaching assignments if they are otherwise qualified.
Qualifications for teaching in the Peace Corps include a bach- elor's degree. While the Peace Corps looks for experienced teachers, and seeks the graduate who has been trained in teaching for some overseas programs, for- mal education courses are not mandatory in all projects.
35,744 Persons Complete Forms
Merit alone determines ad- mission to the Peace Corps.
Since the Peace Corps began in 1961, 35,774 persons have filled out Questionnaires, the first step in becoming a Volunteer.
When a Questionnaire is filled out and sent to Washington, the listed references are contacted.
While this is being done, the potential Volunteer usually takes the Peace Corps Placement Test which serves as an index of a trainee's capabilities in relation to the job he is selected to do.
No one "passes" or "fails" this examination.
Peace Corps growth has necessitated automation of one phase of the selection process.
Coded information is now re- corded on a computer tape. A similar tape lists specific require- ments for all Peace Corps posi- tions.
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100 New Projects Slated in '63
More than 100 new Peace Corps projects will enter training at U. S. colleges and universities in the next 10 months, additional information on any of these projects, please fill out the coupon on the back page.
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NUMBER DATE TO OF BEGIN VOLUN- TRAINING
ACTIVITY COUNTRY TEERS (1963)
EDUCATION
General Malaya 35 July
North Borneo/ 15 February Sarawak
North Borneo/ 3 5 July Sarawak
Thailand 80 February Barbados 20 February
Elementary Ethiopia 75 July
(includes all Liberia 50 February
subjects) Liberia 50 June
Sierra Leone 30 June Philippines 100 April Philippines 150 June
Secondary Ghana 80 June
(includes all Ethiopia 75 July
subjects) Liberia 50 June
Nigeria 250 June
Sierra Leone 80 June
University Nigeria 30 June
(subjects include Nyasaland 25 June math, sciences,
and physics)
English teachers Cameroon 25 March
(elementary, Gabon 40 July
secondary and Guinea 20 June
university levels) Ivory Coast 20 June university levels)
Morocco 30 June
Niger 20 June
Senegal 30 June
Tunisia 25 June
Thailand 20 July
Educational TV Colombia 30 March
Physical education Morocco 25 July Physical education
Indonesia 30 February
Pre-school Tunisia 30 February
Vocational Thailand 20 July
HEALTH
Doctors Malaya 4 February
Nurses Malaya 17 February
Tunisia 2 0 February Dominican 6 0 February
Republic
Nutrition Peru 5 0 July
Sanitarians and Ceylon 30 July
public health inspectors
Nurses aides and Thailand 30 February
social welfare Panama 20 February
workers
Rural community action Bolivia 5 0 July
" P E A C E G E E S E " is the name given these birds by Peace Corps Volunteers in St. Lucia.
They were sent to the Island by Heifer Project, Inc., which is helping administer the project.
The birds' progress is checked by Volunteer Merlin Skretved.
includes workers in nutrition, first aid, hygiene, rural envir- onment, sanitation, mother and child care, nurses aides, techni- cians, and social wel- fare workers
General health projects (includes all fields)
Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican
Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Venezuela Nepal Pakistan Afghanistan Ceylon Ceylon Malaya North Borneo/
Sarawak North Borneo/
Sarawak Thailand Ethiopia
100
3 4 50
July April March undetermined
20 July undetermined undetermined
50 March undetermined
50
100 42 3 0
100 50 35 15
July March August July February July July February
ACTIVITY
Cooperatives
Agricultural ex- tension work
COUNTRY
NUMBER DATE TO OF BEGIN V0LUN- TRAINING TEERS (1963)
AGRICULTURE
Rural community action
includes agri- cultural engi- neers, agricul- tural co-op workers, agrono- mists, foresters, conserva- tionists, home economists, horti- culturists, irri- gationists, fisher- men, extension ists, equipment operators, general farmers and 4-H Club workers
Colombia 50 August
Panama 20 February
Guinea 20 July
Morocco 40 July
Senegal 2 0 July
Somali Republic 50 July
Togo 15 July
Tunisia 12 February
Brazil 70 March
Colombia 50 August Dominican 20 February
Republic
Guatemala 50 July Guatemala 4 0 April St. Lucia 15 February
Uruguay - 30 March
Morocco 3 0 July Sierra Leone 50 July
Malaya 18 February
Malaya 35 July
North Borneo/ 15 February Sarawak
North Borneo/ 50 July Sarawak
July Thailand 4 0 March Thailand 4 0 June
India 4 4 February
India 26 March
Nepal 4 2 March
Bolivia 5 0 July
Brazil 100 January
Brazil 100 July
Brazil 2 0 0 August
Chile 34 April
Chile 50 July
Colombia 50 March
Colombia 50 July Guatemala 50 July
Honduras 30 March
OTHER SKILLED AND PROFESSIÒNAL FIELDS
20 July
60 15 July July
Geologists Ghana 20 February
Lawyers English-speaking 40 July
West Africa
Public Works Tunisia, 2 0 February
Nyasaland 4 1 July
Mechanics Tunisia 15 July
Togo 15 July
Social welfare Thailand 25 June
Iran 20 June
Electrical workers Thailand 20 June
Savings and loan Bolivia 25 July
specialists Peru 30 February
Art Foundation Peru 20 July
Urban community Iran 50 June
action Brazil 50 August
includes skilled Ecuador 50 August workers, engineers, Guatemala 40 February backgrounds in busi- Peru 20 July draftsmen, survey-
ors, architects, building and con- struction trades- men, financial backgrounds, etc.
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Total Volunteers needed for projects from January 1963 through August, 1963
Initiative, Versatility
Aid Volunteer
A liberal arts major who doesn't want to go into teaching, but who would still like to go into the Peace Corps may serve in community development proj- ects.
Community development is a term often heard but seldom understood.
In the usual sense, it means the effort of people in groups to raise their standard of living through democratic procedures.
Above all, community develop- ment workers must be able to inspire others to initiate and par- ticipate in social action. They must be able to serve as catalysts.
Volunteers work on the pre- cinct level with rural and urban people, helping them define and place priorities on their needs and desires, helping them to har- ness their resources and capabili- ties to achieve their goals.
For community development workers the decisive qualifica- tions are versatility, a broadness of experiences, a collection of knacks gleaned from hobbies, participation in sports, or sum- mer jobs; in short, traits which many liberal arts students have gained in the process of growing up.
To the previous experience of the Volunteer, the Peace Corps adds special training in rudimen- tary technical skills.
Liaisons...
Ccontinued from page 1) at least 15 professors serving as Peace Corps Representatives abroad with the Volunteers.
There are people like William J. P. Mangin, associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Syracuse University, who is serv- ing in Peru. Dr. Mangin had been a field director in Peru for Cornell University, after receiv- ing his B.A. from Syracuse and his Ph.D. from Yale.
William F. Unsoeld, the Peace Corps deputy representative in Nepal, was assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Qre- gon State University in Corvallis.
An expert mountaineer, Dr.
Unsoeld has been selected as
"Chef d'Attaque" for the 1963 American assault on Mount Everest.
Hazel V. Clarke, an instructor in commerce' at North Carolina College in Durham for 13 years, is the deputy representative in British- Honduras.
3,569
R O A D S U R V E Y I N G techniques are explained by Volunteer Eu- gene Schreiber to co-workers in
"Tanganyika. Schreiber, 21, is a civil engineering graduate of Purdue University.
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LIBERIA VOLUNTEERS Carol and David Smith visit with village parents of students in their classes. Both are graduates of the University of Puget Sound and are from Seattle, W a s h .
S O N G S E S S I O N of rural youngsters in Chile is led by Volunteer Joseph Keyerleber, 22, of Cleve- land, O . A graduate of Notre Dame, Keyerleber is one of a group of 106 Volunteers in Chile working in community development. He is helping farmers at Chilian set up rural cooperatives.
Mounting Requests Follow. . .
(continued from page 1) 2. To help Americans under- stand people of other countries;
and
3. To help people of other countries better understand Americans.
Geographically, the Peace Corps' major thrust is in Latin America and Africa, with those continents scheduled to have 3,100 and 2,400 Volunteers by the end of next year. The Far East will have 2,000 and the Near East and South Asia,
1,500.
Teachers Needed While teachers — of all sub- jects at all levels — continue to top all skill requests, a major emphasis in many countries is in community development, a program that calls for workers in agriculture, public health, construction, social welfare and engineering.
i -A Volunteer in Colombia de- fines Community Development as "a system of group education . through physical projects." Vol-
unteers live and work in the villages, not only to help the people build "physical projects,"
but also to introduce the con-
cept of local self-reliance through democratic group ac- tion.
Into this program the Peace Corps is placing liberal arts stu- dents who have no developed professional skill. Training pro- grams are designed to develop Volunteers' abilities to lead communities in self-help pro- grams.
Draft Boards Give Deferment
Military service obligations are not met through Peace Corps service. Volunteers can', how- ever, be deferred for the period of their overseas service and, on returning home, could qualify for further deferment at the dis- cretion of their local Selective Service Boards.
Peace Corps service is "within the national interest," said Lt.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service.
Volunteers will be classified by the Selective Service like all other registrants "engaged in ac- tivities in the national health, safety or interest."
Fast Facts...
Married couples are eli- gible for the Peace Corps if both persons are quali- fied and they have no de- pendent children under 18.
• • •
Georgetown University in Washington has set up a series of scholarships for returning Peace Corps Vol- unteers. Two full scholar- ships, covering the entire course of a recipient's studies, will be offered each year. Other universi- ties, including Michigan State are now working on similar proposals.
Tribal Dances, Chants
B I O L O G Y STUDENTS at the O p o k u W a r e Secondary School in Kumasi, G h a n a receive instruction from Peace Corps Volunteer Ophelia DeLane of Hollis, Long Island, N.Y. Ophelia, 26, received her BS degree in 1 9 5 7 from Johnson S. Smith University.
Sacrifice...
(continued from page 2) the most pressing, obvious prob- lems he finds.
We in Numancia have become extremely involved in a wide ranging program trying to en- courage people to build and use toilets, build pigpens, and fence their gardens when they have them (though more often the problem is to get them to grow a garden), all of which should contribute to the health of the community.
The problems you run into when you become involved in such a campaign, the knowledge you gain of the local political structure, economics and psy- chology could fill several vol- umes. And this is probably the most fascinating aspect of the work, especially for someone with a background or interests in the social sciences. Here you are given a position of leadership and great respect within a com- munity. Suddenly, what you say and do really counts. The prob- lems you face are no longer aca- demic, but real and personal.
Quite clearly, there are already indications that these two years in the Philippines will be one of the most valuable and educa- tional experiences of my life.
Perhaps even more so than four years at Harvard.
(continued from page 1) a late show and a late, late show of magnificent dancing, drum- ming and chanting three or four times a week.
Real privations have been at a minimum. My house, a two mile walk from the school, is without electricity, refrigeration, and transportation; but it is com- pensatingly located on the beau- tiful, grassy, warm-wind-swept plains of Winneba and faces the distant and lovely Mount Man- koadze. Never before have I seen so much sky, eaten such good fish, or breathed so much good air.
My work has fallen into a sat- isfactory semi-routine. In order to reach school for the morning service and the first class at seven, I rise each day at five- thirty. Classes are completed at two, at which time I return home for lunch except when I remain on duty until nine, or for student meetings which last the afternoon. My teaching, 28 hours a week of English language, French language, English litera- ture and British history, 1066-
1485, demands many extra hours of preparation as well as correc- tions, since I majored in Ameri- can History. Thus I cannot usu- ally retire before ten or ten- thirty.
, Extra activities not already mentioned include additional classes for the upper forms in English and history (often for students not officially in my classes), and being a Form Mas- ter, the Entertainments Master, and the Debating Union Master.
It has been interesting to give a few Saturday night lectures to the school. The last, a planned hour and actually three and one- half hours talk on Berlin, has been the most successful.
I consider my supreme achieve- ment of the term to be the re- orientation of the school's his- tory program from British to West African. This job was left entirely up to me and it involved a good deal of reading and study
•in order to find the right books for the students and the right syllabus for the teacher. I am looking forward to teaching West African history next year.
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