Friday. November 30, |962 RETURNING TRAVEL-SERVICE scholars Cora Lee Everett, ’62 (left) and Gretchen Sclliele, ’62 (center) dis-l play to Ellen Pearce the costume and musical instrument SCARLET AND BLACK t Parsons. Schiele, EvereH Page Three of Indian, Greek, 7716i life By Karen Adkinson 5&3 Stan Writer In Bangkok Gretchen Schiele, sings to a class of young Thais, “Hear the lovely song oi the hog in yonder clong," (canal). es on a breadlikc doughnut ( Carolyn Parsons, ’60, nlunchs thought from a street vcndor in tlstanbtll. , in India Cora Lce Everett, i’til, records the voice of a .‘tarmcr singing to his cattle as .the huge beasts draw water ‘ll‘om a well. . Separated by thousands at miles, these three graduates lir'tve a common bond. They they brought: with them from India and Thailand where, are lml'licirflfing In GI'inflell‘s they have been teaching. (8&1; Photo) Fifth Year Abroad viewed as valuable learning experience By Sally Wagner , 5&1} stair Writer l sons, and Cora Lce Everett, ioi mei- Travel—Service schola holders, returned to last week to report‘on their ace: tii- ies of the past year. t At a coflcc hour Thursday altsi crnoou, the three girls discussed the benefits and problems of lie-i mg Flftlt Year Scholars 1 Cora Lee spent a year teach- t ing English in the central part l of India, and Gretchen Schielc ; taught English in Thailand. Carolyn taught English in Tur- key. ' She said that one advantagel of the program is that it gives! the scholar an opportunity to survey many dilicrent varieties oi interpretations oi life. scholar is there to learn other countries and to them to understand him, continued. l Gretchen iclt that the grcat- r‘ est benefit of the program was that, as a teacher in the Fifth Year Abroad program, she had an opportunity to use all the l The} about help Shel years of education. , Travcl~Service scholarship pro— gram. Returning to campus to re- port on their activitics. the ‘gll'lS analyzed one facet at the particular Country to which they had been sent, t GRETCHEN said, “ln contrast She added that she uas ottcnlto “‘0 Swim-i owlcms °I ”‘0 Gretchen Schicle, Carolyn Pare called upon lo d0 many things "N 0‘ AMI Tl‘a‘lan‘l ‘5 “‘ mplbut which she usually managed Crinnell 1L0 do anyway. Carolyn discussed what she felt were the greatest m‘ub- lcms or challenges racing a Tl'avclsScrvit-e s c h o l a i-. She said that the basis or most problems between peoples of diirerent cultures was that of a lack oi communication. She explained that words and ac- tions oiten mean dihcreut things in diflercnt cultures, which causes much confusion. The concepts and assumptions at these various groups are also dirtorcnt, she added. ‘ Gretchen mentioned that ans other problem lay in understand- ing the dirtcrent customs oi hos. pitality in foreign countries Workshops for tskaiers to begin lce skating workshops will has , . t . . _ .l\\l]lCll she felt unqualified to tln,]umq‘mly fouunflle lmsmon. Hm lland is rich and supports ade- lquately hcr largo peasantry. Hcr population has a homo ,gencity whith provides stability. land, unlike many other undcl's developed nations, she has a nucleus of trained natives." 1 “She has never been colon- ‘ized by the western powers, so she does not have the hostlltties and problems which accompany indcucndertce. l ”However. there is an appal- .1ing inentia among many of the ipeople. They are fond of the ydemocratic facade and pay lip service to progress but. continue to use the traditional methods to solve modern problems." i IN lNDlA, nationalism per» lmoates all sectors at life. The ifirst greeting I received at :Ahmcdnagar College was not lhcllo, but the Indian cquiralent, ‘lllctol‘y lndia,” said Cora Lee, win the western mind lndion luattonalisiu seems to run along- ,the lines of Ghaudrs nonviolent methods and that is why we This process is held back today only because she is not agrccd as to what she wants" i In thelr respective counll'ics leach of the girls served in a ;girls’ school as an English teach- or t,’ “I taught beginning English to children who could only say l‘hello,’ goodbye: and ‘I love you, By the end we were able jto carry on discussions, some of which were rather heated,” Cars ‘01le explained. l GRETCHEN added, “Teaching ‘nften took all the ingcnu v i lcould muster. Classes wcrc vel'v large and equipment was not plentiful. The Their children twere very shy so I first had to lbuild their confidence. 1 red ranged many of the comp songs ‘I knew to leliite to the activitic lot the young Thais, and this helped” She continued, ~ny ingcnuity ]\\'as really bed when I ues tasked to organize a square do one evening. It had been yc since I’d square danced, but called up my low steps of 'Tl - ,kcy in the Straw‘ and comhi ,‘them with the Virginia Ree “We had no square (lame music so I had to make (16 with ‘Oh Susannall’ which my students knew. Somehow It worked out, and everyone had it wonderful time," . i In summing up her exp' ,ences Cora Lee commented, janything, I learned tolei-ani There were times when I was . ritatcd with things down to the lvery marrow of my bones, h l 11 had to accept the source o Elation and act constl’uctiv "The vast differences in cll ,ture tested my ideas about peo- :ple and gave me a new insight ,into them, as well as a broads Ipetspective on the challenges or lour world.” iii‘r’ii’ititii liters help menial illness. l‘t’dlitleii‘ieii tells science group , "A revolution in medicine has ,bcen occurring in recent years," istuted Dr, Calvin VauderWeri in a talk at an American Chcnr ical Society meeting last TueSs ‘day The revolution to which he ,was reicrring was the increasing use of tranquilizers, especially in the treatment of mental dis ease. i ‘SlX years ago, for the iii-st time, there were empty beds in ;the mental wards ol our hos— ,pitals, with the increasing use ‘ot tranquilizers in conjunction with psychotherapy, brain sur gery and shock treatment disappearing as methods or treat. ing mental disorders," eontinucd ‘Dr. Vandci-Wcrt. Trmiquilizers are compounds which have the ability to calm t a person without making him drowsy and without robbing him or his mental etilcioncy. This year, $300,000,000 will be ze‘ would iind wide acceptance by the general public. This need was tilled with the discovery of the propaucdiol type, :- musclc relaxant. A discussion of tranqui ‘testillg on animals was tollow ‘by advice on who should tare tthcse drugs. l “ONE POINT should be inai ttranqulliz s are wonderl‘fl Idrugs . . . for animals.” remai .— ted Dr. VanderWerf. “The target tdose given was to a whale b , iore’ an operation on its hear A small per cent oi humars will reel sidesetlects irom t lusc oi tranquilizers. it is tor th- ll‘evson that even the mlldtt' ‘ti-anquilizci-s can bc purcli . only by prescription, The drugs are not habit tori ,ing, and the milder oncs ha a very high saicty margins. The social and moral im ingenuity and creativity which lgin soon on Barber Plaza, giving she had learned during many lintcrcsted students an opportu- ' ,, ' ' ilnity to learn skating techniques or practice with individual in. struction. lwcre so outraged over Goa. ‘Ghalldi is only an ideal of In- pxanlplc,” (llan nationalism rather than all CAROLYN sllid, ”After being Itions of the use of trnnqtl . , concluded Dr. Vandei-Wer 20,000,900 WW” “"11 We 0'“ ltalk. Many objections have been 0‘ "‘0” ‘l'aised to their use It is a popu— Dr. Valldchcrf discussed thc.lar Icellllg that without “divi . Spent on tritnqullizer pills, and would not Program I (School figures) will be Iron) 3 to 4:30 p.m. and will include basic strok- in sing, stops ii crossovers i the first ship. Three more 1 sessions will follow. Program ll (ice dancing) will begin with the same program and will progress in four more sessions to dance fundamentalsu tThiS program is scheduled ironi‘ {4:30 to 6 pm. . A Tnutn program will meet, ,trom 7 to 8:30 p.m and will in-l lcltlde irce skating moves with individual instruction. 1 l Those desiring to participate ishould sign the list on Miss tGeoi-gia Dentcl's uiiice door on ‘the Union first floor. ,in a mid—eastern nation, 1 have ,bccn troubled by the question of thaw much westernization is do. sirable, Turkey chose under At taturk to tllr’n West and gain thc advantages of a technologi» cal society. “To do this she also assumed many or the nontcchnical cuss toms of the West and l'elJudi~ iitcd some at her own heritage, but the old ways die hard and there is still only a veneer of westcrnization. “In the luturc Turkey will probably use westcrnization only as one \"ay ol achieving what she wants, to supplement rathcr than to supplant hcr her age SALES 16 REPAIR a RENTAL history oi tranquilizers by tra . ling the development of the three mall) typcs, ‘dissatisfacticn” man be able to cope with this world jot injustice and inequity. DR. VANDER \VERF, howevcl, THE FIRST type to be isolated‘ , ,wos Rauwoliia, a drug found in‘feelS that he and other charms - India and shown to be an ellCcA , ”king 1" ”‘15 field “are Ops» tive compound tor the rebel offinglthe door to the Chemistry hypertension. Soon alter its in,“ “Helllgsnce. ‘troductiun, it was lound to have: it has been estimated that another piopcrty it could only five milligrams or ccrtah calm its user. This discovery led chemicals separate morons iron. to thc lorination or the ti~an.,Einsteins. Dr. \[andci-Wei-t in. quillcer industry. vited the chemists oi tomorrow J , :to enter this iicld, a field whic'l ‘ lllemthmzlnet the 5690M typehncludes the study of drugs s ,czi ol tranquilizcr, was iii-st use-digs “unquiISMS‘ leliectii-c tr'tnqtlilizcr Uiilik'ei?nlIy “‘° ”Elma" 0‘ ”‘9 “Fe“ lilauwoltia ll‘ is a sin'iple—sti-uc-t5.”y 4e9mn‘e‘“ t” “‘5 Um‘ turcd drug that can easily bels‘ty ”1 Kansas and “‘1‘? ‘V gynthmzad inext year assume the presidency ‘ . . ‘ot l-lope College in Holland, Although these first types ‘Michigan. was it Grinncll und t . were excellent for treatment a Ford Foundation grant [01‘ * Smith - Corona ‘k Olivetti * Hermes of mental patients, mauuiac- , turers still wanted n milder , drug ta ‘school-teacller special,’ l as Dr. Vaudcerci-t put it) that lltlllg scientists. He is thc author of scvcrfl textbooks, including one on the ynthesis ot tranquilizers. 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