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Faculty Members Study When Costa Rica Lures
Eight University of Kansas faculty members preparing for a trip to Costa Rica next month are finding little time for anything besides Spanish this summer.
The group will spend August and the summer of 1961 in Costa Rica in an experimental exchange program with the University of Costa Rica at San Jose.
In an effort to obtain a competency in Spanish, the professors, their wives and children are enrolled in one of five special Spanish classes this summer.
Melvin Mencher, assistant professor of journalism, is executive secretary of the group.
"Each of us is spending three hours each day in class and another three to five hours studying in the evening," he said.
"Professors who were able to take Spanish I and II classes last year are enrolled in an advanced class this summer. The rest are just beginning."
Two separate courses are set up for the wives. One meets three hours daily; the other, three hours each week. A special class for children meets one half hour daily.
"The families are an essential part of the program," Prof. Mencher explained.
"The wives will be cooking Costa Rican foods and shopping in the markets. The children will be playing with Costa Rican children.
"By taking part in the daily life of the Costa Rican families, we expect to gain a better understanding of the people themselves." he said.
Prof. Mencher said the faculty members do not plan to make the trip together nor will they live as a group in Costa Rica.
"Each of us is planning his own trip and is making his own contacts within Costa Rica," he said.
"When Americans get together, they tend to speak English instead of Spanish. We don't plan to establish a little Kansas in San Jose. Each of us will go his own way," he added.
Dean James R. Surface of the School of Business and Dean George R. Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will offer their assistance at administrative levels.
"The rest of us will speak to classes, serve as consultants and in various other capacities," he said. "Because the program is in the experimental stage, it is uncertain what we'll be doing."
but it is far-reaching. We'll probably get more than we give."
In addition to their study of Spanish, each of the families subscribes to La Nacion, the leading newspaper in San Jose; Espano, a magazine published in Mexico, and other materials.
During the past year they attended frequent seminars for briefing on the social, cultural and political life of the country.
The program is being financed through a grant from the Carnegie Corp. of New York to increase the cultural understanding between the United States and Costa Rica.
"The program has a specific goal,
It also includes a "junior year abroad" program at the University of Costa Rica for KU students. Thirteen began their study at the beginning of the spring semester, 1960, and have been assigned to specific faculty members and special projects in addition to their studies.
Others who will participate in the faculty program are Peter Caws, associate professor of philosophy; Oscar M. Haugh, professor of education; George W. Forman, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Charles E. Staley, assistant professor of economics and Jack D. Steele, professor of business administration.
The student program is directed by Seymour Menton, associate professor of Romance languages.
Deans Waggoner and Surface will leave Lawrence July 23. The remaining faculty members and their families will depart a week later.
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