1961-07-20; Central Michigan Life

              UME 42
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, THURSDAY, JULY"
20, 1961
NUMBER 36
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The enrollment limitations
set by the State Board of 5200,
plus or minus 100 for Central
Michigan University in the fall
Graduate Change
Ii Fall Regisfratioi
Dr. Riley Gaskill and his family are shown looking over their past experiences
.aos in the last two years. The Gaskills were there on December 13, 1960 when
ting began.
i
a teacher training institution
started, Dr. Gaskill had a staff
of three Americans, which was
later increased to seven. The
school was located about five
miles out of the city and had
one building when he arrived.
Before he left, the plant had
been finished, complete with
dormitories and food service
units.
associate professor of ed-
i at Central Michigan
•sity, Dr. Gaskill and his
have just returned to the
-sity from a 30 month
, States educational mis-
i Vientiane, Laos.
Gaskill is quick to mini-
he hardships and dangers
le three days of heavy
g which began on De-
r 13,  1960,  that necessi-
he-evaeuation of his fam»
Bangkok in August 1960
hich saw his automobile
red by shell fire. He also
vacuated and went to
Dk in January. He is
r quick to comment upon
ucational needs of Laos.
: big need is the prepar-
)f teachers," he said. At
ine his major responsi-
vas to organize a teacher
g institution.
:h for employment dur-
e summer of 1959 and
•ncouragement by CMU
ior Frances Martin, who
-ved on a similar mission
iland several years ago,
the   Gaskills'   work  in
ras  primarily   concerned
teaching or consulting
r  the  summer   of  1959,
than serving on an edu-
1 mission when I filed an
tion   with    the   federal
ment," Gaskill explained,
ihone call from a Wash-
official in the early fall
inquired about his will-
to   go   to  Laos.   "You
where it is?" the official
"Well vaguely," Gaskill
a little time to talk it
ith his family and some
earching, the decision
ide and the Gaskills left
iasant on November 17,
•t really certain of what
ad.
first   impression   upon
at the Vientiane Air-
is that it was the end of
•Id," he said, "and maybe
for where do you go
ere," he hastened to add.
iane, Dr. Gaskill de-
as a city of about 35,000
ed of a collection of vil-
'Some estimate the city
ng a population of about
he said, "but a census
er been taken." The city
hopping center but most
American shopping was
rough the U. S. commis
sary where frozen foods were
available. But when it came to
clothes, the Gaskills had to rely
on the seven-week service of
American Mail Order houses.
Dental care was nonexistant
in Vientiane and the closest
place for such services was
Bangkok. However, there was
an American physician assigned
to the Embassy.
"Fortunately we had very few_
There were 550 students en-
rolled in the school selected by
examination from all parts of
Laos with the help of the Laos
Ministry of Education.
French is the official language
in Laos and all instruction in
the school was done in French.
"One of the big problems in
the school and in the education
system is getting the people to
assume responsibility," he said.
According to Dr. Gaskill the
United States government
maintained four operations in
Vientiane. They were the Embassy, U. S. Operations Mission
(Education Division), United
States Information Agency, and
the Military Mission.
In addition to the educational
mission, the Gaskills managed
to travel around the world before returning to Mt. Pleasant.
They left Bangkok for Hong
Kong on March 19, arrived in
Naples by boat April 20, traveled through Europe and arrived back in the United States
on June 5.
Graduate students will no
longer have their registration
cards signed by their advisers
before their elections of courses
for any semester or summer session it was announced this
week by George H. Nelson,
Dean of Graduate Studies.
Graduate students must accept the responsibility of working on their programs with their
advisers immediately after admission to the School of Graduate Studies. They are then
held responsible for making
their selections of courses during each registration period and
for sending the registration
cards directly to the Registrar's
Office.
Nelson said that All graduate
registrations should be made
with great care if students are
going to qualify for a graduate
degree on the basis of the minimum requirements.
NOTICES
A Summer Graduates Lawn
Party honoring summer graduates will be held this afternoon,
Thursday, July 20 from 4:00 to
5:00 P.M. on the Mall.
President Foust will address
the graduates at this time. In
has been reached President Judson Foust announced this week.
As   of   July   1,   the   given
deadlina for a deposit foe of
>•> 345, 5300 students had been
accepted for entrance in iho
fall   enrollment.   Since   this
date,  however.  President
Foust said ihat some of theoo
had io be cancelled bocouso
of low marks.
Since the July 1 deadline, applications have been trickling
in at a rate of six to 20 a day
and these students have had to
wait their turn for acceptance
as the list of students already
on the list have dropped out.
According to President Foust,
there has been a continued
waiting list of approximately
200. As the top of tr-'<s list has
been accepted, others have been
added to it.
Students accepted from this
waiting list are not necessarily
accepted on a first-come, first-
serve basis. According to President Foust, the Graduate Students and Seniors have had first
priority to being accepted from
the waiting list.
Students   on   ihe   accepted
list have until August 1 io request refunds of their S45 do-
posit fee. After this date, no
refunds will be made and iho
student will be classified no
enrolled at Ceniral for iho fall
semester. Exceptions will bo
made in granting refunds io
students on ihe waiting list
who are not admitted.
It is hoped that the regulation will cut down on the number of duplicate admission requests  that  students  make to
various institutions,   and allow
a realistic and reliable count on
ihe number of -applicants—that—
problems with our health," Dr.
Gaskill said, "just a few brushes
with fever and infection." Water had to be boiled before it
was used, but the Gaskill's
quarters proved to be satisfactory with kerosene heat and refrigeration.
"The main thing was for the
entire family to keep busy," Dr.
Gaskill said. There were about
200 in the American community
when they arrived and at one
time before they left this had
been increased to about 600.
About 100 of these were children, and with no American
school available, one was
founded with grades ranging
from one to twelve.
The children were taught by
volunteer members of the
American community with Dr.
Gaskill being elected president
of the school board. "The biggest problem here was not
finding instructors but materials," Dr. Gaskill said.
With the problem of getting
case of rain, the event will take
place in the University Center
Ballroom.
are definitely planning on attending this institution in the
fall.
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icenes IFrora Four Plays to la Presented
Scenes from four American
plays written before 1900 will
be presented July 25 by Central
Michigan University's department of speech and drama. The
members of the play production
and American theater history
classes will perform the rare
and not often presented group
of scenes.
The earliest play is "The
Contrast" written in 1787 by
Royall Tyler. "Fashion," written in 1845 by Anna Mowatt
Ritchie, is one of the earliest
social satires.
A romantic tragedy set in
Italy in 1300, "Francesca da
Rimini" was written in 1855 by
George Henry Boker. This play
has been called the best written American play in the nineteenth century.
The last play, an outstanding
domestic play with elements of
melodrama, is "Hazel Kirke,"
written by Steele Mackaye in
1880. It represents a movement
toward using in the plot everyday people and their problems.
In all four scenes the players
will attempt to recreate the acting style in which the play was
first performed. Ideas on costuming, makeup and lighting
will be related to the methods
used when the plays were first
presented.
The plays, presented through
the courtesy of Appleton-Cen-
tury-Crofts Publishing Co. and
Samuel French, Inc., will begin
at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The
scenes will be directed by Dr. J.
Alan Hammack, associate professor of speech.
By Mary Ryilewski
Dr. Carl A. Scheel is director
and coordinator of a summer institute for teachers of secondary
school biology supported by the
National Science Foundation. It
runs from June 19-July 28, 1961.
Dr. Scheel is director and coordinator of the Institute which
is supported by the National
Science Foundation and runs
from June 19-July 28, 1961.
The program offers six hours
of graduate credit in Cell Biology, Problems of Microbiology
and a Radiobiology Seminar.
These credits will apply at Central Michigan on either a master of arts degree in biology or
a master of arts degree in the
"Teaching of Biology in Secondary Schools".
The participants in the Institute are graduate students who
are teaching biology in grades
7-12. Each receives a stipend
for attending and many have
brought their families along
with them.
"Our purpose is not based
on how io teach but on what
io   teach,"   said   Dr.   Scheel.
"Teachers loarn ihe recent developments in life science. Of
course   we   can't   know   ihe
latest ihing as new theories
and concepts aro being discovered daily, but we hope io
modernize the techniques we
acquired some years ago."
The institute also brings the
participating teachers in contact
with other experienced biology
teachers   and   researchers.
Through discussion with fellow
teachers  ideas  are  exchanged,
problems solved, techniques examined and new friends made.
"Seldom do teachers get an
opportunity to keep up to date
during the regular school year,"
said Dr. Scheel. This summer
institute provides the opportunity for the biology teacher to
up-date his study.
The 41 students taking part
in the institute hail from all
parts of the country and Argentina. The majority of the students are from Michigan, but
students also come from Florida, Colorado, California, Louisiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Inez Vignes of Argentina has
the distinction of being the only
student from a foreign country.
"Our work helps them to do
their work," remarked Dr.
Scheel. The institute emphasizes what the Biological Curriculum is doing and the participants are studying one version
of the Biological Sciences Curriculum.
Teaching from ihis book requires special training and
these teachers are getting ihis
training ai ihe institute.
The Biological Science Curriculum is supported also by National funds. New concepts and
theories of biology are scrutinized by a group of teachers in
Colorado. From their studies
they have written a modern
version biology book.
This book has been tested in
a large number of high schools
throughout the United States.
Comments and criticisms from
these schools are examined and
the book was rewritten.