Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Frlday. October 9. I9“ Three Grime/l Students In South America By Sue Johnson /“This is one of the greatest experiences of my life,” writes Jeri Langham, one of three Grinnellians who are currently doing research in the Costa Ri— can tropics under the Central ' American Program of the As~ sociated Colleges of the Mid- west. Langham, a biology major, Willard Van Horne, a Grinnell graduate who majored in Span- ish Literature and minored in sociology, and John Pojman, an economics and Latin American studies major, are three of the sixteen students from the Mid- west who will carry on such research during the 196465 Se- mesters, The Associated Colleges of the Midwest, founded in 1958, is an association composed of ten coeducational, liberal arts colleges: Beloit, Carleton, Coe, Cornell, Grimell, Knox, Law- rence, Monmouth, Ripon, St. Olaf. It is designed to increase the educational effectiveness and operating efficiency of its members by means of such pro- grams as me Central American Program. The Central American Pro- gram is a cooperative, interdis- ciplinary program of advance training and research in tropi- DISCOUNT CENTER S PIC E AFTER SHAVE LOTION Retail 2. DO 114 plus m l P A N A FAMILY SIZE TOOTH PASTE Retail 81: 59‘ GIBSON' 5 DISCOUNT PRICE GIBSON'S DISCOUNT PRICE cal ecology- and related scien- tific fields It includes separate but related studies of the tropie cal environment from t h e points of view of biology, geolo- gy, anthropology» sociology, and economics. Theaims of‘the program are to provide an effective means by which faculty members can obtain background for contin- ued research in Latin America and to introduce able students to field study in the tropics while their plans for fields of specialization are still fluid The ACM began developing this program several years ago because of the feeling that the development of tropical science and scientists is an important but negleéted aspect of United States higher education, Drr Kenneth A. Christiansen, (biologY) and five others com- prised the original survey team which made a tour of Venezu- ala, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Southern Mexico in search of the best area for study. Costa Rica was determined the most acces— sible, diversified tropical en— vironment with the most gov- ernment cooperation, and eight faculty members from the ACM went down to determine the type of program most suitable for the purpose. FLETCHER’S . COUGH SYRUP Retail 1.19 72‘. VIC KS SINEX SPRAY Retail 1.49 90‘ DRISTAN INHALERS Retail 75:: d3“ GIRSON'S DISCOUNT me: . GIBSON'S DISCOUNT PRICE GIBSON'S DISCOUNT PRICE The general design of the pro» gram was worked out. by Dr. Robert F. Voertman, associate professor of economics at Grin— nell. A fieldrresearchrseminar program provides for investiga- tion, and a group of tropical scientists with significant ex~ perience'is available to serve on the resident staff. The pro— gram'is financed by a grant from the National Science Foundation, which is matched in part by funds from non-Fed- eral sources, The entire Central American Program lectures, basic reading, and interviews of peo- ple in the fields — is conducted in Spanish, in which all three Grinnellians are exceptionally fluent. The participants begin the program with preparation on campus in the language, a study of the area from the point of view relevant to their fields of interest, and outlines of their research projects Upon arrival in San Jose, they begin a six weeks orientation program, af— ter which they begin their field Work and analytical reports, Five students are in Costa Rica for the first semester (July 8-December 18, 1964), six will be in Costa Rica for the second semester (January 18- June Ill), 1965), and five of the students will participate in the program for the entire year. All but two of the students are living with Costa Rican fami- lies; the remaining two elected to live in the pension. The first project of field re- search this year was a study of biological and economic fea— tures of pasture dairying as practiced in Costa Rica. For his individual project, Langham, who will be in Costa Rica for this Semester, chose designing a field of methodoloe gy for a reconnaissance study of vegetational cover and land vegetation in a series of eight life zones Van Horne, who will remain for the whole year, is doing a sociological study of the "hu- aquero" in Costa Rica. aquero" are men who engage in excavating the contents of pre-Colombian Indian graves, “Hui with or without government liv censes, for gold and saleable articles. Pojman, while doing an ana- lysis of the pasture dairying study, is examining the possi- bility of a research project on meat production in relation to the life zones. Pojman will also participate for the full year. Members of the ACM hope to expand the Central American program, both in numbers and in the variety of work to be done, and to begin a series of on-campus research programs to assist or correlate with the field of studies. 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