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Students use bulletins and microphones to publicize their actions.
The epidemic of student protests sweeping this nation is a familiar spectre in Latin American countries, a group of Latin American professors agreed in an interview last night.
There are, however, various differences between the two movements.
THE LATIN AMERICAN is more political-minded than the average American student, Director Campos said. Many protests concern political problems and issues, as well as university problems.
ON MANY LATIN AMERICAN campuses a larger proportion of the student body participates in protest movements than in the United States. In El Salvador, as many as 25 per cent of the university students may participate in a protest, according to Director Manuel Guillermo Campos of the Salvadoran Government's Superior Normal School.
There is much organization involved also, he continued.
Of course this amount varies according to the university and the country, he said.
The Latin American students have a larger arsenal of protest weapons than students in the U.S., the professors agreed. The strike is very popular and in many cases an effective protest tool, Rector Alfonso Martinez, of Ecuador's University of Guayaquil, said.
Strikes take place when students are in disagreement with some class or examination. They refuse to attend classes until their
demands for change are met, Rector Martinez said.
THE DURATION of the strikes varies; most of them last about three days, but some may last several weeks, he said.
"Students in Ecuador see their protest movements as working with various civic tools that strive to improve the country," he said.
Student demonstrations and strikes in Latin American countries are much older than American student protest movements, according to Father Jaime Heraclio Amadeo, director of studies at the Catholic University in Cordoba, Argentina.
"Parents find it difficult to maintain authority in these cases because of the students' initiative and nationalistic fervor." he added
Student demonstrations on American campuses are much quieter and more orderly than those in some Latin American countries, he said.
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Students were first granted voice in university affairs in 1918 during the reform of the University of Cordoba, he said.
LATIN AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS are not extremely dangerous, but they are very noisy and more intense. There is, however, a greater repercussion because of the influence of the universities. An effect is felt throughout the nation, Campos said.
AT THAT TIME they were given votes on the university council which determines the university policy, he continued.
This practice spread throughout South America, and since, students have had an active part in the election of chancellors and presidents of the universities, and
the deans and professors of the various colleges, Father Amadeo said.
Thus, students have felt a deep obligation to be active and responsible to the school. Argentine students don't march like the students do here, he said. They participate in strikes, as in neighboring countries and the strikes may last for weeks. Father Amadeo said.
According to Father Amadeo, when the students dramatize their opposition to something, they enter a building, lock to doors and hold it for a day or two until their demands are fulfilled.
The group is usually a very active one but only a small part of the student body, he said.
ANOTHER PROTEST TOOL that Argentine students employ is occupation of a university building to show seriousness behind a cause.
AT THE UNIVERSITY of Euenos Aires, which has about 70,000 students, a protest group may be as small as 500, he continued. Sometimes they win; sometimes they lose, he said.
At the University of Costa Rica students have two votes and two representatives on the university council which manages the affairs of the school, Dean Fernando Montero Gei, of the University of Costa Rica, said.
"WE DO NOT HAVE an army so we depend upon our students to lead and to protect our country as they are the leaders of tomorrow," he said.
"We are a very poor country and we feel it is very important to teach our students to demonstrate their responsibilities for the future."
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The 50th anniversary of Kansas Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi, national honorary engineering society, will be celebrated in connection with the KU Engineering Exposition and Kansas Relays April 17.
Secretary-emeritus Red Matthews of the national fraternity will be the speaker for the 50th anniversary initiation of new members following the Kansas Relays in the afternoon. Matthews was present at the installation of Kansas Alpha at KU Dec. 17, 1914.
Invitations to the observance have been sent to about 1,500 Tau Beta Pi alumni, according to Frank L. Scamman, chapter secretary and anniversary chairman, Tarkio, Mo., senior.
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