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May 20, 1964 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Five Grads Continue Study, Begin Service Corps Sends Volunteers To Iran, Ecuador, Ghana by Diane Sargol 29 Earn Recognition Seniors Merit Fellowships First-class travel, exotic foods, luxurious living, accommodations, with pay Does this sound attrac tive? Then the Peace Corps is not for you. Modes of travel range from a bike to a donkey, and vol unteers must acclimate themselves to a variety of native foods. Living accommodations vary according to the country. Pay? Yes, there is a salary. But in the Peace Corps a mone tary renumeration is almost non-existent. Self-satisfaction coupled with the joy and appre ciation of others is the finest reward. With conditions such as these, why would anyone be interested in Peace Corps work? Sue Schevers, senior art major, who has recently been accepted as a Peace Corps trainee, says, It will be a fasci nating experience to know the way of life of those less fortunate than ourselves. Sue will begin train ing this summer at an American university for Peace Corps work in Iran. There are 100 Americans in Sue's program, but some may be dropped from training. At the com pletion of the 11-week session, Sue will have a short vacation before taking her position in Iran as an English teacher. Since the people of the area do not speak English, Sue must learn the native language, Farsi. While in Iran, Sue will also put her artistic talent to use work ing with the people in metal craft and with art projects which utilize the available resources of nature. Regarding a monetary sub sidy, Sue explained that Peace Corps volunteers are given an allowance which is determined by the living standard of the in dividual country. The United States Government also lays aside 75 per month which each volunteer receives at the com pletion of two years of service. The Peace Corps has no basic re quirements for admittance. Appli cants must file a questionnaire stat ing qualifications and take an exam which serves as a placement guide. Each candidate submits the names of six persons who may be con tacted to comment on tbe char acter and potentialities of the can didate. A physical examination is also called for, but the final selec tion of Peace Corps volunteers is based on the candidate's perform ance during training. Is the Peace Corps work worth all of this? Definitely As Sue Schevers says, Getting to know the people is most important. Moving from the East to South America, another Mundelein senior, Anne Stephen, an economics major, will begin her job as a high school teacher in Ecuador next September. Anne, who is one of 175 Americans in this program, will spend ten weeks in the United States and an additional four weeks in Puerto Rico for her formal training. When asked why she had joined the Peace Corps, Anne replied, I'm a follower of Dr. Dooley. The Peace Corps is Anne's answer to continuing Dr. Dooley's work. During her two years, Anne will have 45 days leave. Most volun teers spend this time in their as signed country and save other trav eling until completion of their terms. Mundelein math major, Maureen Burns, has also found a place for her field of interest in the Peace Corps. September will find Mau reen teaching high school math in Ghana. Beginning sometime in June, Maureen will train for Peace Corps work. Sixty hours a week for ten weeks, Maureen will spend studying the techniques of teaching in the classrooms of Ghana. In addition, she will learn the local dialect of the village where she will work. Maureen thought about Peace Corps service for some time, but the week at Mundelein (when Peace Corps representatives were on campus) clinched it. She filed her application and within two months Mundelein's president of the Young Demo crats had been accepted as a Peace Corps trainee. Sound interesting? Students no longer need wait until completion of college to begin training. The Peace Corps has begun a Senior Year Program, divided into three phases. Qualified college juniors train for six-eight weeks during the summer for such projects as teach ing, rural and urban development, and language specialization. In September the trainees return to college to complete their degrees. Following graduation, participants complete their training and begin their work as Peace Corps volun teers. Carol Walanski has been ac cepted in this program and will study this summer for her post- commencement assignment to French Africa. Twenty-nine seniors representing 12 major departments have been awarded fellowships or scholarships for graduate work. Math major Lois Graff, who is completing her under graduate work in three years, merited an NASA pre-doctoral traineeship from New York University. SAC members Made line Hammermeister and Marianne Littau, also math majors, have received one-half time teach ing assistantahips from Purdue Uni versity. Four home economics majors, in cluding John Harper, Mundelein's sole claim to co-education, have re ceived internships. Susan Meyers will intern at the University of Wisconsin, Beverly Erb at Hines Veterans' Hospital, Mary Swain and John Harper in the Army Medical Corps. Attend Medical School Three biology majors, Patti Tighe, Diane Tate and Geraldine Gaik, have been accepted by the University of Illinois Medical School. Paula Copack merited a public health fellowship from the University of Illinois Medical School and Elizabeth Zygowicz earned a biology assistantship from Wayne State University. English majors Milena Taych- man and Terry Tarrant have been awarded assistantships from the University of Maryland. Marquette University has awarded a theology scholarship to Gertrude Schoepko, an English ma jor. Chemistry major Maureen Wai-- nock has been accepted as a re search assistant at Iowa State University. Diane Kovacic, also a chemistry major, has received an assistantship from Ohio State Uni versity. The University of Illinois has awarded an assistantship to Joanne Miks, a music major. Wins Scholarships Drama majors Lynne Bjorklund and Carol Ryan have been awarded scholarships. Lynne will study pro gramming at the University of Chi cago; Carol will work toward her master's degree in television at the University of Denver. Winifred Culkin, a psychology major, earned a fellowship for edu cation psychology from the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Two speech correction majors, Darlene McLaughlin and Pat Wens- kus, have received assistantships from Northwestern University. The University of Illinois has awarded an assistantship to Audrey Ouimet. Pat Appleby has received a scholar ship from DePaul University for work in education of the deaf. Spanish major Peggy Clements has received a Fulbright for gradu ate study at the University of San Carlos in Guatamala. 0 k s a n a Sasyk merited an out-of-state tui tion scholarship from the Univer sity of Wisconsin. Studies Physics Barbara Tryba, a first-semester senior, has been awarded an all- expense paid scholarship for ten weeks study of planetary physics at the University of California at Los Angeles. Judy Salzinsli, who merited hon orable mention in the Woodrow Wilson Fellow competition, has re ceived a full-tuition assistantship in American literature from Purdue University. is estab- exchange Sargent alumnus, Class of '64 Presents Outlook To the Classes of 1965, 1966, 1967: It's not often that we glean from life something really individual and permanent. Our four college years have been both for us. They have been a special time of preparation, maturing, really search ing and experimenting. We have succeeded in these four years to clear and straighten a little the path that leads to discovery of ourselves. The time was joyful, sometimes very sad, some times tinged with failure, tedious, but rewarding and fulfilling. Filled with activity, people, thoughts, the four years went quickly, almost overpoweringly. Looking back now, we fit the experiences into a proper perspective that makes a beautiful picture of what college has been to us individually. Our goal has been movement towards fulfillment as lib erally educated women. We have succeeded. In attempting to discover the persons we are meant to be, each of us has looked within herself, has attempted to know the potential there. But we have gone much farther than that. We have learned and we firmly believe that only in looking out beyond ourselves do we find ourselves. In rec ognizing what is real around us, we discover the reality of ourselves. We know the world of Mun delein is not the only or the biggest thing in the universe, but we have recognized that it is our world, our raw material, our means, our providen tial means of right now becoming who we are meant to be. It is this means, Mundelein and all it has to offer, which the class of '64 feels we have used so well. We know how a student can get bogged down in petty difficulties, busy work assignments, etc., etc. We know how often we are tempted to forget that all the aspects and events of each day constitute an opportunity to move closer to our goal. We Russian Scholars Plan Visit to Soviet Union Miss Gloria Callaci '61, assistant to the academic dean, is making final arrangements for her summer stay in the Soviet Union as part of The Experiment in International Living. Gloria will be an unofficial ambassador of the United States and will live with a Russian family separated from other members of the Experiment. Each participant receives an opportunity to appreciate as well as assimilate a foreign culture by becoming a member of the basic unit of society. The Experiment, whose headquarters are in Putney, Vt., Iished in 38 foreign countries and is the oldest functioning organization of its kind. Shriver, an Experiment calls it an asset to the Peace Corps movement even though its program is of comparatively short duration. Gloria plans to tour Poland, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in ad dition to her five-week stay in Russia. Even though an exact itinerary of her stay has not yet been planned, Gloria will sail from New York to Le Havre June 29 aboard the S.S. Aurelia. Last summer, Miss Callaci at tended Georgetown University's In stitute of Languages and Linguist ics. Also bound for the Soviet Union is next year's senior class president, Virginia Finnegan. Indiana Uni versity has awarded Ginger a 500 scholarship toward their ten-week Slavic Workshop summer program which includes intensive study at the university, June 18 to July 25. Ginger is scheduled to leave from New York on July 26 and fly to Copenhagen. From there she will proceed directly to Moscow. The exact details of her stay are not fully arranged, but the tour will include all ma jor points of interest within the Soviet Union. The purpose of her trip, Ginger says, is to gain a historical, cul tural and linguistic approach to Russia. She is one of 116 under graduate students who have pledged to speak only Russian throughout the tour. After final exams in Hel sinki, Finland, Ginger will return to New York, Aug. 26. She plans to apply the credit hours she will earn toward a double major in Rus sian and English. know how easy it is to neglect this commitment. And all this knowledge has taught us that the tendency of the modern college woman to withdraw from life her present total life must be over come. She must recognize that life is personal in volvement a commitment to living here and now. And so we have tried to make use of the oppor tunity of every moment. We have become involved in our class, in Mundelein and therefore in life. We have tried to come outside ourselves, to partici pate in the world of which we are a part, to live life and love it. We have tried to cooperate, to work as one, to show genuine and good enthusiasm. We have made no revolution but we truly believe that we have succeeded with a commitment to living. And so we are four years closer to Christian womanhood to thinking, judging and acting like mature women. We intend to keep what we've received from these four years, to use it and to make it grow. We feel we are ready and eligible for any and everything the world has to offer. We believe that with our ideas and desires we'll find what's there for us. We intend to serve and receive to the fullest. Each one of us was meant to suc ceed, to fulfill herself as a person, a woman, a member of the Mystical Body. We are not far ahead of you, so we do not have many more answers than you have. But we do have these ideas and these beliefs and it is these that we offer to you. We give you our very fondest wishes for success and the best possible in the whole world. We are confident that you, too, will try to live up to what you are becoming, to what you have, to what you are. No matter how far and how long you move through life, may you go always, always with God. The Class of 1961
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1964-05-20 (5)
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