University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 19, 1962
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Interest in Peace Corps Has Increased at KU
Interest in the Peace Corps has picked up, according to Clark Coan, secretary to the university committee on international affairs, and assistant dean of students.
Dean Coan said that he has averaged five people per day since March 1 coming into his office to inquire about the Peace Corps, and to pick up literature about the program.
Last October 17, only eight KU students inquired about the Peace Corps program while field representative Frank Kiehne was on the campus holding interviews.
That figure, Mr. Kielhne said, was "disappointing." He said that 400 students at St. Louis University, and 90 per cent of the graduating class at the University of Kansas City had attended speeches he made at those schools.
Thomas Gale, assistant professor of history, who will direct the training program for Costa Rican Peace Corps volunteers here next fall, also expressed optimism about increasing interest in the program.
PROF. GALE SAID that he feels "the Peace Corps has gained considerable prestige in the last month," and that he believes "any-one will benefit by being associated with the program."
At least three KU students have been notified of their acceptance by the Corps. Ron Gallagher, Fort Scott senior, and David Livingston, Independence, Mo., junior, are scheduled for the Liberian project. Terrance Brungardt, Hays graduate
student, will go on a special project to Borneo.
The next acceptance examination will be given at 8:30 Saturday in the Lawrence Post Office building at 645 New Hampshire. The examination requires no prior registration William H. Bamber, local civil service examiner, said. The tests are given on a "first come, first served" basis. He said that he has received about 20 test packets from Washington, and that he expects 8 or 10 people from this area to take the tests.
BAMBER EMPHASIZED that this is only an estimation. Since there is no registration requirement he has no way of knowing for certain how many will show up. The complete test, including the teacher qualification test, takes about $6\frac{1}{2}$ hours.
Applicants who pass the entrance test are assigned to an eight-week training course at a U.S. college or university. From there they get further training in the host country, if necessary, before their permanent assignments.
The KU training program, directed by Fro, Gale, will begin next October 26. The eight-week session will emphasize training teachers for secondary education. The program will cover English and basic sciences, counseling and guidance, and five members will be trained to assist in university education at the University of Costa Rica in San Jose. Peace Corps members will assist in the instruction in chemistry, English, library science, and will work with the University press.
IN ADDITION to subsistence allowances, Peace Corps members will have $75 a month held for them by the U.S. government which will be paid to them in a lump sum of $1800 at the end of their two-year terms of service.
Prof. Gale, speaking specifically of the Costa Rican program, said that Peace Corps members will have almost no expenses of their own. They will receive free medical care and a clothing allowance, and will receive the minimum pay of a secondary school teacher in Costa Rica.
"The standard of living for Peace Corps members in Costa Rica should be good," Prof. Gale said.
THE KU PROGRAM will be set up to train 45 persons from Kansas and other areas.
Peace Corps members on the Costa Rican program will spend the month of January in Puerto Rico on the way to Costa Rica. Prof. Gale said that this month will probably be devoted chiefly to physical training.
Kansan Classifieds Get Results
Twelfth Night' Next In Theater Series
Tickets for Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" or "What You Will," the fifth and final production in the Major Theater Series, are now on sale at the University Theatre box office.
Four performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. April 25 through April 28 in the University Theatre.
"Twelfth Night" is one of Shakespeare's late comedies, written after his talents as a dramatist had fully matured. The plot turns on an improbable set of coincidences and mistaken identities.
A synopsis of the play:
Duke Orsino loves Olivia, but she does not return his love. He is served by Viola, a girl posing as a young page by the name of Cesario, whom he sends to court Olivia for
Chemistry Student Gets Brewster Award
Mical Conroy Renz, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, has been named the Ray Q. Brewster Scholar of 1961-62 for past excellence and future promise in his major study of chemistry.
The $500 scholarship, first given in 1958, honors Ray Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry at KU for 43 years and chairman of the chemistry department for 16 years.
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him. Olivia falls in love with Viola-
Cesario and the plot thickens.
To complicate matters, Viola-
Cesario falls in love with the Duke.
All the threads are unravelled when
Viola's twin brother Sebastian, presumed dead in a shipwreck, appears.
In the subplot, there is Olivia's steward, the pompous Malvolio, who thinks there should be no more cakes and ale because he is virtuous. Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's uncle, is a lovable ne'er-do-well who drinks too much, but loves life for life's sake.
Toby's friend and supposed suitor to Olivia is Sir Andrew Augecheek. A devilish minx named Maria and a sane clown named Feste makes the picture complete.
The University Theatre box office is open 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on performance nights. Tickets are also available at Bell's Music Co. downtown. Students are admitted with identification cards.
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