ego Tm SCARLET AND BLACK Buoy Describes liberiun Soiourn; ‘ Cuttington Stay Provides Insight By Kris Nash Liberia, West Africa, is a na- tion of sharp contrasts, From the modern coastal city of Monrovia to the unexplored bushland of the interior, from the educated stu- dents and teachers of the colleges to the tribal natives who have nev- pr seen a white man, from the numerous areas exhibiting West- orn influence to the primitive cus- toms of the bush which are often steeped in magic and superstition ~ in these and in various other segments of Liberian life are found constant reminders of the great paradox which the culture of this country currently repre- sents. Liberia has been the home of Dirk Baay (German) for this past 11 months. Easy and his wife and family lived on the campus of cuttington College, 120 miles from the coast. Though said to ha lo- cated in the village of Suacoco, Cuttington is actually situated in the open bush, With primitive na- tive settlements existing perhaps a mile from the campus. Serving as I Fulbright-Hays Visiting lecturer, Baay taught freshman English and American literature at Cuttington, one of Li- beria’s two colleges. Baay described Monrovia, the Liberian capital, as “a sizeable city,” containing several super- markets, and large office build- ings in the downtown sector. Traf- fic in Monrovia resembles that In western cities, with taxis the chief means of transportation. Cuttington is a liberal arts col- lege offering a degree in agricul- ture, as well as the standard 3.5. _tnd BA. certificates, The school’s li-member faculty serves an en- rollment of about 200 students, three-fourths of which are Liber- llow to spend l weekend rusr asap-la Wilttrn CNIOII enters, ouio i mu. m stud-Mr ml n orwomunmal any at IGI 0'. mca'ttotsi . ha emoy a weekend for ism. Here i. W I did My Dinner at mca ttatai ms chime Symphony no tun .i v Hotel in .sl ris- us It'sariari at v natal An infill)!- low [with tsl Ihitflu'x Nat. Hist. Moi-uni tour In- V Mei us dents, r Kelsi .I5 As lull It 1 Motel us is at v not-l w hip at Central Christi lunch at v net-i no .st tun, am. last l- mu le stall MIN - wears - MMMIEI Stay at Chicago's Y M C A H O T E I. on South Web-sh at the edge of flu Loop min,” - mun-est- wms for nurv‘tionnw tail ill-sill ians. While most students come from high schools in Monrovia' there are some enrolled who re- ceived their secondary level edu- cations at mission schools in the bush. Such pupils lack the cultural development of the Monrovlans, but otherwise are scholastically competent. Since there are no utilities, Cut- tington has a generator and pro duces its own electricity. There is a college dining room, though Baay and his family lived in a separate three-room unit contain- ing a refrigerator and electric range. Baay revealed that the wa- ter throughout Liberia holds the threat of dysentery and typhoid fever, and is therefore unfit to drinlr. Classes at Cuttington are not overcrowded with the student body still relatively small, but the dor- mitory facilities are definitely cramped. Four students are its ually forced to occupy a room scarcely spacious as a Grinnell "double." Occasional concerts by visiting groups are also presented in Mons rovia, and plays are staged from time to time by amateur groups The amateur theatrical group at Cuttington recently presented a Gilbert and Sullivln operatta, un- der the direction of a faculty ads visor on dramatic: and assisted by Mrs. Buy. On an even larg< er scale was a production of “Mars der in the Cathedral," which was put on not only at the college, but in Monrovia and other cities in the upland interior. The studant who played the lead in “Murder in the Cathedral” is a native boy, president of the stu- dent body, whom easy is ins terested in bringing to Grinnell next year as a senior. Baay was active in the athletic scheme at Cuttington by serving as chairman of the athletic com- mittee and coaching the soccer team. Soccer is the most popular game in West Africa. Baay em- phasized that the quality of Liber- ian play in such contests as bas- ketball and track has been greatly increased as a result of better or- ganization in these areas at Mon- rovian high schools. Just as in Monrovia, the scat tered expanses of native quarters — with their rnud huts, capped by corrugated-iron roofs —- supply blatant contrast to the metropoli~ tan flavor of the downtown office buildings, so in the interior the na- tive tribal villages clash with the atmosphere of Cuttingtan. These natives live as their ancient anv cesters did. wringing an existence out of the bushland by farming and small-scale livestock or poul- try growing. Because of the ani- mals’ propensity for contracting lethal tropical diseases, there is an astonishing dearth of Wild game in the Liberian interior. The natives supplement what little fowl and fish meal is available by raising ducks, goats, and chickens in their villages. Most of the primitive tribes hava members who have never seen the white man, but have only heard stories. The general tribal image is of a “kind of superman with all kinds of magic,” Baay says The tribal native has no concept of the world as it exists; even those who have seen maps or II‘ lasu are unable to accept a hori- mn which stretches beyond the coast or further than Monrovia. There are villages in thl deep bush still to be reached; than is a job in Liberia that is gargantuan in scope. Buy believes that many of the native customs, such as closeness of family and tribal ties, an ones which could be better employed by our more civilized cultures. Needless to say, there are endless benefits which modern methods could bring to the natives. Theirs is a whole story in itself as they continue to live, simply and primi« tive, in contrast to the broadening horizon of modern influence in Li- beria, West Africa. } Thomas (Continued from Page a) Pakistan economics since so little research has been previa ously undertaken, but also that for an underdeveloped country, Pakistan’s economy “is doing well" and the economic policy is performing “s good job." For All Your SMOKING SUPPLIES Hustle Down To The VAR SITY 917M Friday. March 20, [965 Dunforill Spends Seven Months in Paris Under Universal Science Foundation By Pam Clay From July until the end of January, Joseph Danforth (chemistry): his wife, and his four children lived in Paris, where Danforth was working with the UNESCO Science Teaching Section. Danforth actually had two re- sponsibilities. Through his pro- fessional connections he was able bi) work with UNESCO sec- tion, the head of which is Albert Baez (father of Joan Baez). In this capacity Danforth aided in the development of films and teaching aids for UNESCO teachers to use. “It is difficult enough to teach chemistry at Grinnell," said Dsnforiih, “and hero almost everyone has the same general backgroun ." UNESCO has a great prob- lem with 115 countries all hav- ing different cultures, religions, teaching methods, and teaching aims. ”It strives for the most worthwhile objchVes in sclen» tific education but the difficul- ties of accompiishment are many," he said. In many of the Eastern coun- tries chemistry is necessarily more practical; in d us t r i ll chemistry is stressed. The lib oral arts concept does not exist, and students are trained mainly as professional scientists Daniorth also taught a begin- ning chemistry laboratory at the American College, a two- year liberal arts college in Par- is. The American College has students from all over Europe and several from the Rice Insci< tuta in the United States its stu- dents also have quite hetero- g e n e o u 5 educational back- grounds Danforth said that for a fam- ily of six who did not know French, living in Paris was hard and expensive. They lived at the Pension de Famille (sime ilar to a boarding house) “The French cooking was very good at first but they always had so much garlic in the meat!" he exclaimed. “Also, we were not accustomed to some of their delicacies-such as cow's head, which is all fat,” Daniorth explained that Paris has virtually no suburbs mod that the population density is about three times that of New York City because everyone lives above the many small shops. The French have a much greater time involvement in education than do Americans. They travel to school (some- times quite a distance), they go to school for is long time, and they take many subjects A large number of them know two or three languages. As a difference from the American situation, Danfotth cited the definite lack of what seems to be efficiency accord ing to the American conception, it was more difficult to ac- complish things which Ameri- can: think should be don. im< mediateiy. 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