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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 11, 1965
Communication Vital to Corps
The real success of Peace Corps projects depends on the personal relationships volunteer works can establish with foreign peoples, Thomas M. Gale, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and past director of the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, said last night at a KU Peace Corps banquet given in his honor.
"The three main attributes of a successful Peace Corps volunteer." Dr. Gale said, "are his abilities to communicate, to adapt and to do technical work useful to the people where he is stationed."
DR. GALE has just completed a three year term as director of the Contractors Overseas Representatives program in Costa Rica and Latin America, which recruits and
trains Peace Corps volunteers, determines where they will be stationed, pays their allowances, and keeps constant check on their progress.
"An obvious problem in making U. S. foreign aid more effective is the improper relations that exist between American technicians and the peoples abroad with whom they work," Dr. Gale said.
"The Peace Corps has collected much information on the cultural changes and the social systems of foreign countries, and this knowledge is used to equip and send young people abroad to do valuable and successful jobs," he said.
IN THE ORIENTATION programs of the Peace Corps, Dr. Gale said,
Freshmen Study Budget Techniques
The technique of managing a successful budget and the qualities of a good leader were discussed at the ASC-sponsored Freshman Leadership Program last night by Vice-Chancellor Raymond Nichols.
Nichols said that a treasurer will not have financial problems if he will estimate the income of his group, tailor his budget to meet this, and keep his records in balance.
"If you accept a job," Nichols said "you should carry it through . . perform, don't just promise."
Leadership, Nichols said, demands a leader able to communicate with and inspire confidence in his subordinates.
Following the vice-chancellor's speech, the 40 freshmen were divided into three discussion groups, each headed by a treasurer from a campus activity.
Heading the groups were Ray Myers, Dodge City senior and ASC treasurer; Bob Burkhart, Kirkwood, Mo., junior and business manager of the Jayhawker; and Bill Henry, Kansas City junior and business manager of the Rock Chalk Revue.
In addition to answering the freshmen's questions, the group leaders discussed budgeting in general, pointing out how it applied in their own cases.
Concluding the meeting, Bob Stewart, Vancouver, B.C., senior and student body president, passed out questionnaires to learn which type of format was most helpful to the
freshman in learning to accept the responsibilities of student leadership.
Pat Kelley, Kansas City freshman, said, "I think this meeting has been a great improvement over the others. I felt that the speaker had something important to say and something which I could apply in a leadership position."
"Actually, this kind of program," George Whitman, Kansas City freshman, said, "has more points which actually get down to discussing campus organizations."
To Staff of AMA
volunteers are given a general background in the languages, histories and cultures of the countries where they will work. They are also prepared to adapt other communication tools in their work, he said, such as developing work projects outside their teaching areas.
Larry Boston, of the office of university relations and an instructor of journalism, will join the public relations staff of the American Medical Association in Chicago March 15. He is a 1958 graduate of the School of Journalism.
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Chancellor W, Clarke Wescoe said at the banquet, "I know of no one who has served this university so well under trying circumstances as Dr. Gale. He has the necessary charm, enthusiasm and tact to make the programs in Costa Rica so successful."
Senators Voice Doubt On Succession Bill
WASHINGTON — (UPI) Two GOP senators voiced misgivings today about a proposed constitutional amendment on a transfer of power to the vice president if the president should become disabled.
The strongest statement came from GOP Senate Leader Everett M. Dirksen, Ill. He said it might be ill-advised to pass the amendment because the Bayh proposal contains too many specific details to be included in the Constitution.
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