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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 13, 1968
Photo by Mike Waiker
“SMALL WORLD” ENGLISH CLASS
Mrs. Alma Sauer helps the wives of KU foreign students learn the English language and become more familiar with American ways of life as part of a "Small World" program.
English is taught to foreign wives
Women from 26 foreign countries are learning to speak English in Small World.
Small World is a program begun at KU last semester to help wives of foreign students learn English and become familiar with American culture.
Fifty-six wives are participating in the program, said Mrs. Barbara Groginsky, wife of a KU graduate student and member of the program's administrating committee.
The women are divided into three groups according to their proficiency in English. The groups meet at the First Presbyterian Church, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday mornings.
Youths charged for vandalism
While one group is learning English, their children are cared for in a nursery provided at the church. The women rotate, helping the regular staff to care for about 50 American and foreign children. The children range in age from a few months to five years.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) — Four young men were arraigned in Magistrate Court late Tuesday on charges of vandalism resulting from destruction of property at a Blue Springs, Mo., cemetery.
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A preliminary hearing was scheduled for March 19.
The four, Donald Ray Smith, 21; Thomas M. Newton, 17; Gary Lee Wolfe, 19. and John A. Walker, 17, were charged with misuse of burial grounds and held in lieu of $3,500 bond each.
instruction is used in the program, Mrs. Groginsky said. The program gives the women a chance to speak English without the formality of classes.
The charge is a felony.
Total damage at the Lobb Cemetery has been estimated at more than $20,000. A sledgehammer was used to destroy some small sand-stone markers, officers said.
Participants are chl en on the basis of need. Mrs. Grosinky skied. Those women who speak little or no English and cannot afford to attend the Intensive English Center on campus have priority.
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The biggest problem facing the program is lack of funds. The women pay 15 cents per lesson, to cover the cost of the nursery staff, coffee for themselves and juice and cookies for the children.
The program has applied to the United Fund for money to expand the project but has not received word on the application, Mrs. Groginsky said. The group received $105 from the University when the project was begun, but no further University aid is available. Clark Coan, dean of foreign students, is trying to find more funds for the program, Mrs. Groginsky said.
Ottawa dorm all wet
A group of Ottawa University students that is attempting to set a new shower marathon record passed the 325-hour mark as of 1 a.m. Wednesday. They are shooting for a 500-hour world record.
The record to beat is one set by an Oregon school, Steve Dailey, Amityville, N.Y., freshman, said.
The men, living in Price Hall, run half-hour shifts so that someone will be in the showers at all times. "We'll stick it through for at least another 175 hours—if not more," Dailey said. The students can conceivably run up 900 hours before the dorm is closed for spring break.
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