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National And College •• Fricials Emphasize. Latin- -Studies
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Commissioner Makes -
Faculty Committee .
1,111 Get Degrees . the_ Huichol and Za:potec Indians,
native Mexican tribes.
Three Suggestions Starts Campus Program The . campus Latin - American
At Commence men The expansion by the College of studies committee is headed tern
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In an effort to •bolster Pan- iR porarily by Raymond E. Murphy,
Latin-American studies is in line American relations by educational associate professor of geography.
faculty committee
June commencement activities with a statement made by John W. means, a specialOn the committee are H. H. Arnold,
has been set up to promote Latin
had a new significance this year as, Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner professor of Spanish; Dr. Bruman;
for the first time in the history of American studies on the campus. P. R. Daugherty, professor of Span
of Education, in which he urged As a result of the committee's
the College, 93 commissions were ish; F. M. du Mont, head of the
granted to seniors for service in American public schools to aid in work, two three-credit courses in
Latin-American subjects are being department of Romance languages;
total defense by "prompt enlarge
-the army and navy. Dr. Gray; C. W. Hasek, head of the
Thirty graduating men were ment" of Latin-American instruc-
session and at least one evening offered during the main summer department of commerce and fi
commissioned as ensigns in the tion. nance; A. E. Martin, head of the
Commissioner Studebaker said lecture, "The People of Mexica,"
navy—an entirely new note in department of history; Jacob Tan
commencement"Adequate defense must be hemi- has been arranged.
procedure. Other ger, head of `the department of
commissions were in the Reserve spheric and it must be total—im- The courses: Geography 441, the political science; and M. R. Trabue,
Officers Training Corps. mediate and long-range—military, Geography of Latin America, deals dean of the School of Education
A total of 1,112 persons received economic, and educational. Con- with a description of each region and director of summer sessions.
baccalaureate and advanced de- tinued peace in the western hemi- in Middle and South America and Professor Murphy pointed out
grees from President -Ralph D. sphere demands greater under- an explanation of its patterns. of that, in addition to Latin-American
Hetzel. One hundred and five de- standing and knowledge among the , _ distribution and utilization. The studies, courses in other fields, such
grees were advanced and the re- people of North and South Ameri-
LATIN-AMERICAN relations on course includes daily recitation as economics, political science, so
maining 1,007 were baccalaureate ca." • the campus will be eagerly watch- during the third period and will ciology, and education, sometimes
degrees in arts or science. Seventy- In order to make possible a wide
ed by a committe of which Prof. be held in Room 121, Mineral In- devote as much as a third of their
nine undergraduates were gradu- field of studies on Latin America
Raymond E. Murphy, above, is dustries Building. time to study of the Spanish-speak
ated with honors. in American schools this fall, he -
head. He is acting chairman of the History 23, Latin-American His- • ing countries of the western hemi
asked immediate adoption of three tory since 1820, includes instruc- sphere. ..
committee, which seeks to pro
steps: tion in the origin, political growth, He also said that indirect con
mote interest in Latin America international relations and e tibti totheram include
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It Would Look Like Heck 1. Schools should plan to form
units on Latin America in social- and an associate professor of aeo ' ,-g
graphy.
nomic status of the Latin-American lectures on people and activities in
.
if He Had A Wreck studies courses, running from six
weeks in grade schools to a semes- effort you make toward Latin- present-day conditions. Classes are from Middle and South American
Amos E. Neyhart, College driver ter in high schools. Such courses American study,"
scheduled daily during the third countries, forums and conferences
training expert, will travel over would not only utilize maps, news Studebaker told school officials. period in Room 19, Sparks Build- on Pan-American relations, and the
14,000 miles this summer to con- sources, and books but would also Among these agencies he listed the ing- acquisition of more books on Latin
duct intensive courses in driver be related to music, English, art, Fan-American Union, the National The instructor in Geography 441 America by the College library.
education from coast to coast. and other subjects. Education Association, the Ameri- is Dr. Henry J. Bruman, who has
Neyhart, who is head of the Col- 2. Commissioner Stude b a k e r can Library Associ a t i o n, the studied at the University of Cali
lege's Institute of Public Safety, urged schodl officials to assign American Junior Red Cross and fornia at Los Angeles and at the Geography Professor On
just finished teaching a seminar at teachers to such subjects this sum- the U. S. Office of Education. University of California. He has
the University of Washington, mer so that they may prepare for traveled and studied extensively National Planning Board.
He also reported that the Coun-
Seattle. Recently he conducted the courses by special study or cil of National Defense, 11 West in Latin America, particularly Raymond E. Murphy, associate
similar courses at the University travel. 54th Street, New York City, will Mexico. The instructor in History professor of geography, has been
of Pennsylvania, lowa State Col- 3. The third suggestion was that be of assistance to state and local 23 is Dr. William H. Gray, who has appointed as consultant to the Na
lege, and the University of Texas. superintendents set up faculty departments of education, teachers' corn- studied at Trinity University, tional Resdurces Planning Board
Neyhart has returned to the Col- mittees to correlate arts and crafts, associations, and all schools. • Texas, and at the University of, at Washington, D. C.
lege to teach at the summer ses- music, literature, and other sub- Chicago. Professor Murphy is carrying on
sion, but in August he will add jects with Latin-American empha- - The lecture on "The People of field studies designed to try out a
6000 more miles to his travels'by sis and to provide for special as- lowa State Teachers College cam- Mexico" will be given by Dr. Bru- planning technique recently devel
journeying to the University of sembly programs and for visual panile, which each morning bongs man in Schwab Auditorium •at 8 oped by the board. This method is
California to direct an advanced aids. out a musical greeting to 8 o'clock p. m. on July 15. He will illustrate to be tested by other consultants
course for adults in safety educa- "You may count on vigorous as- class-goers, i s m a d e up of 21,625 the lecture with slides and, if pos- throughout the 'United States, each
Lion. sistance from many agencies in any pounds of copper and tin. sible, play records of the music of working an assigned area. --- --
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