LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATORS from five
countries, selected by their governments for
study here, learn modern elementary teaching
methods in one of the classrooms in Engineer
125 Latin American Educators
Train.ed Here in Recent Years
,
By DOTI DRASHER help the participants gain a good social studies, language arts, and
(This 4 the first in l a series of knowledge and broad understand- elementary schdol reading instruc-1
articles, about the various inter- ing of the history, organization tlon, he explained.
national programs. on campus.) and philosophy of the American' I .
• l school system,'
of ," Dr. Gerald Bosch., l ! THE EDUCATORS NOW train-
AbOut 125 Latin Ameridanthe program, said ing here have no prior knowledge'
I
school supervisors have been recently,
of English, Bosch said. They are
i • '
trained l over'
the past six years' There is only one similar pro- Chosen by their respective govern-,
1 - i gram in this country in Geneseo, I
on ' campus in a program N.Y., Bosch said. The project is meets according to geographic,
jointly sponsore d by the C o l -, financed partly by the country.areas in which trained people are,
- involved and partly by this coun- Most needed, he added. 1
:flege of Education and the Aid try, Bosch said.
1 1 A full time interpreter has been
f 0 r International Develbp-i I
• THE PARTICIPANTS 08. employed. since all their classes
went, formerly the Interna- SERVE SCHOOL supervision and-are in English, but the partieW
tional Cooperation I Adminis- classes in session's at various areaiPants are learning English in their'
• schools and also have a five or six
tration. 1 '. '
. other studies, he explained.
t ' - __ week internship" at one specific'The countries represented in the
_
At the preent time theie are 15 current group now studying here
school. but the majority of their
educators ,from five Latin Anieri- are Honduras, Ecuador, Guate
training/time is spent in class in- ii
can countries who are studYing . mala. Colombia and Fern.
struction, Bosch said: ,
elementary ; education, modern 1
teaching methods and administra-' . Tit* headquarters for the project
tion here. 'are_ 'on the•second floor of Engi-' .
,fieering , - .E" and in a nearby class-'
ONE OF THE PRIMARY 08-,room. The educators are currently .-
JECTIVES of the project is "to having classes in mathematics;
30 . Coeds Drop Ou t Formal Rush
, • ,
. About 30 co-eds have dropped-i These rushees may, pick up and
out of formal sorority' rushing as answer invitations to Bermuda
of last night. • ,junction from 10:30 a.m. to I p.m.
i. .- ! 'today in the Iletzel Union main
• "There are about - 1,050 rushees ;lounge. she said. They may accept
itill in the rush program," Mrs. three, invitations to this rushing
Nancy M. Vanderpool, Panhellenic event which will take place to
advisor, said. i morrow night. .
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BALLENGERS
Pet & Hobby -Rama
. 0 "1,A I e I • I
And See a Crowd of Animals
• 200 Varieties of Fish
• Parakeets and Canaries
• Harpsters
• Guinea Plgs
• Puppies • Kittens
• Alligators • Chameleons
I
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PEACOCK DORSALS 31c
RED WAGTAILS 47c
Complete Line of Kits &
Supplies for the Hobbyist
1104 N. BEAVER 0. AD 84401
ing "E." The program is sponsored by the
College of Education and the Aid for Inter
national Development. Only ono other program
like this exists in the United States.
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Former Student Dies ,
• 'Freshman Fined $23
(Lawrence
Shoplifting Charge
:Following I ll ness - Kauffman, freshman
Susati Moyer. 19. sophomore in' in chemistry and physics from
.the division of counseling f ri i m , York, was•fined $25 Saturday alf ter
'Plattsburgh. N.Y., died Dec. 31 he Pleacreti
after a 'tong tUness.guilty to removing a
pipe' from Woolworth's without
, ‘
I Miss Moyer, who lived in McKee paying for it
Hall,
dropped out of school mid-I Kauffman was apprehended
way through the fall term and er a Woolworth's employee
underwent two major- operations.' him take a 5.79 pipe and leaf
She Was a member of the Out-;store without buying it last T'
,
u Club and secretary. of the skoa.V.
llvLsion.
Surviving are her mother
zither. ; a brother and a sister;
Funeral services were held Jan
in Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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TODAY ... 7:00 p.m.
at Collegian Office
Basement of Sackett
Justice at .the Peace - Cu
Milts ALSO , fined Kauffman
court emits and imposed a 5'
jail sentence on him. The jail
was suspended. -
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