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Wednesday, October 2,1974
University Daily Kansan
Eudora samples Pearson Latin
By RAFAEL SANTOS
Reporter
Who says Latin is a dead language?
Two KU students are using a new approach to teach 7th and 8th graders how to
Jim Leek, and Ron Klassen, the Latin teacher are teaching Latin to 32 students.
The educational method is part of the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program. The program provides a curriculum.
between the instructor and the students.
Taking notes and using texts and dictionary are forbidden. Lectures are given in printed form. Students familiarize the student with basic words.
Students in the program actually speak Latin as the living language, and according to a study of 20,157 students, 63%
PHP was introduced four years ago at KU and so far it has been very successful, according to Dennis Quinn, director of Pearson College.
The four-semester program consists of readings in Greek, Roman, Biblical, Medieval and modern literature and discussion sessions. Students aren't allowed to take notes on lecture material but listen and then discuss assigned readings.
The project at Eudora, initiated by Leek, is being funded by a $9,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Leek was invited by Charles Hill, Eudora superintendent of schools, to bring the program to Eudora.
Local movies start film careers
Sheldon, who is a theater major, said she got the part when she auditioned for it after bearing a woman in Murphy Hall say Centron needed a woman for a film.
Although they may not attract crowds the way Linda Lovevelle does, several University students and faculty members are really stars in their own right.
"The only requirement was that you had to be able to read," Blair said, "and you got paid $10. That was pretty exciting for a second grader."
help develop reading skills. Blair and about 10 others read "The Thrills Billy Goto"
Ronald Willis and Torn Rea, associate professors of speech and drama, and Charles Lowen, professor of speech and drama, are marked for Contras as actors and narrators.
Kathy Sheldon, Ottawa senior, played the part of a girls' athletic coach in a Centron film made two weeks ago. Sheldon said it was one in a series of educational films about how people react to changing situations.
Centron was founded in Lawrence in 1947. Every career must have a starting point, and even though an industrial safety film may not sound too promising, three recent graduates who are now working in Hollywood started in Centron films.
Kuhike said one of the first productions he acted in was "Children of the Colonial Era."
Far from being X-rated, the films they are educational and industrial films produce.
Richard Kelton has had several parts in movies, Kip Niven has appeared in television shows such as "Owen Marshall," and has appeared in the television series, "Chopper One."
Centron recruits many of its actors from the theater department. William Kuhike, professor of speech and drama, has acted in several Centron productions.
Centron makes films for industries to distribute and use for promotional purposes but has its own distribution service for educational films.
Ross Copeland, associate director of child research, has narrated some films for Centron but said his experience wasn't extensive.
Leek said the main purpose of the program was to search for the ancient roots of American culture by being in contact with Latin.
"our purpose is to reestablish the classic roots—classic heritage—that lies behind American culture," he said. "One of the reasons we learn something is to learn the roots first."
"They make 100 films for every one I've narrated," he said.
Karen Blair, Emporia junior, appeared in a Centron film when she was in second grade. She is the subject of a new book.
The Latin program is just one option available to the student who enrolls in PHIP. Other options are poetry and rhetoric, but in addition the program was trying to revive Latin.
"Schools are in great problems because
schools don't aren't interested in
giving" he said.
One of the problems that the program has encountered, Leek said, is the lack of any other support.
"We have no real precedent to imitate," Leek said. "It's darkness."
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If the program at Eudora works as well as it has so far, Leek said, there will be an opportunity to try and do it.
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