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University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 19, 1962
KU Latin American Project Promising, Says Local Expert
A local expert on Latin American affairs says KU sponsors one of the most ambitious and promising educational programs in Latin America.
John Augelli, professor of geography and chairman of the Latin America Area Studies program, recently attended the Midwest Council of the Association for Latin American Studies (ALAS), and spoke to the group about KU's accomplishments in Latin America.
"THE MEETING gave me an opportunity to compare our Latin American program with those of such Big Ten universities as Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois and that of U.C.L.A." Prof. Augelli said.
"The comparison suggests that KU has made greater strides in its Latin American effort during the last few years than most of the institutions represented at the ALAS meetings," he continued. "Many directors were surprised at the nature and extent of our involvement in Costa Rica and elsewhere in Central America."
The U.S. State Department sponsors a junior year abroad for 10 to 15 Kansas students and the Carnegie Foundation subsidizes a faculty exchange with Costa Rica as part of the KU program.
KU IS ALSO the first school to sponsor, administer and train candidates for a Peace Corps project. KU is training Peace Corps specialists to teach English and basic sciences in Costa Rica.
"As the result of the Costa Rican exchange we have had requests for other programs in Panama and possibly other Latin American countries," Prof. Augelli said. The Panama program will also be sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
The interest shown by foundations in the success of the KU program has made these other projects possible, he said.
One of the problems of the program is acquiring additional staff
Theatre to Give Tests to Children
The University Theatre is planning a research project to determine the attitudes of a child audience toward certain characters and events in its coming production of "Alice in Wonderland."
Approximately 100 Lawrence children will participate in the research project. The children will be given a series of rating scale tests designed to show their attitudes toward selected characters and events and to evaluate the meaningfulness of these concepts to the child.
Jed Davis, technical assistant in Theater, and William Birner, Lawrence graduate student, will carry out the project.
The program of research in children's theatre was begun two years ago.
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"RECRUTINING new people is going to be difficult because the explosion of interest in Latin America by the federal government places a high premium on Latin Americanists." Prof. Augelli said.
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members with Latin American training to enable KU to take advantage of its Latin American opportunities without neglecting its Latin American Area Studies program at home. Already KU is using some of its staff for the Costa Rican program.
Another problem is that the University of Costa Rica has no formal financial arrangement for sending its people north, he said.
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"It's called an exchange, but we are sending more people than Costa Rica has been able to send," Prof. Augelli said.
Some Costa Rican professors have been brought to KU and paid for by regular university funds as visiting professors. Others come to pursue an advanced degree, Prof. Augelli said.
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