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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 19S9
EIGHT PAGES
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- theme of this years school week program, sponsored by the
dciiool or Lciucation, now in its second day on the Univers
ity campus.
Last night, Robert J. Havighurst, professor of Educa
tion at the University of Chicago addressed a body of pre
dominently students on "The School's Responsibility for
the Academically Talented Student." The meeting in Car
roll Hall auditorium, where all the conference sessions
will be held, was presided over by Arnold Perry, dean of
the School of Education.
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on
'Identifying the Gifted" tonight
at 8 p.m. A. K. King, director of
the summer session, will preside.
"A Feasible Program for Edu
cating America's Talented
Youth," will be the topic of Pro
fessor Havighurst's address,
Thursday morning at 10:30. Ar
thur Jordan, professor of Educa
tion here, will preside - at the
terminal meeting.
"The program was geared to
I the students this year," said Dean
i Perry. The general idea of school
: week has been to aid North Car
, olina's teachers and school ad
ministrators and to present them
with a challenge. Because of such
a large attendance from the sum
j mer school students in past years
this conference topic was chosen
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The two speakers, Professor
Havighurst and Professor Thur
stone, are not only educators but
have both conducted research ana
State high school students at- j authored books in the field. Pro
tending the ninth annual North
Carolina High School Radio-TV In
stitute will have the instruction
of University faculty members
plus speeches by some of the out
standing radio and television men
fessor Havighurst after research
in the field of human develop
ment at all age levls, wrote or
co-authored "Who Shall Be Edu
cated?"; "Father of the Man";
"Adolescent Character": "Older
in the North Carolina Association People"; "Society and Education"
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DR. THELMA GWINN THURSTONE
UNC's specialist in education of gifted children
Ford Foundation Sponsors
Educational TV Training
of Broadcasters.
Elmer Oettinger, lecturer in the
Radio, Television, and Motion Pic
ture (RTVMPt Department of the
University, directs the two-week
"workshop, which began Sunday
and ends Sunday, June 21, under
j nd "Educating Gifted Cniiuren "
Professor Thurstone who has
been here since 1952 has publish
ed "Learning to Think Series";
"Tests of Primary Mental Abili
ties"; "Factorial Studies of Intel
ligence"; "Primar yMental Abili-
the co-sponsorship of the North . l'es
Carolina Association of Broad
casters and the University Exten
sion Division and department of
RTV'MP.
The Institute will offer courses
(Se RADIO-TV, Pg 4)
best teachers and make them
available to every crossroad in
North Carolina," said Dean Per
ry, "The problem concerns get
ting good teachers to more stu-
an eleven day workshop in the dents, and good teachers are hard state's "cross roads.
new educational TV program.
By JANE McCORKLE
"On Camera" educational TV
secondary school teachers from
all over the United States will
arrive here on June 15 to begin
to find."
Teachers from 42 North Caro
lina school systems will take back
the formation of an educational
telecast program back to the
Professor Havighurst first
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Campus
Sees
Crowd of high school students
standing on steps on Morehead
Planetarium, all talking. Frus
trated photographer, trying to
assemble group, finally gives up
and whistles loudly. Silence. Ap
parently stunned by the sudden
silence, photographer hesitates j
before beginning to give more J
directions.
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PROP. ROBERT HAVIGHURST
This Inter-School TV Program
is being sponsored by the Fund
for the Advancement of Educa
tion and the Ford Foundation.
UNC's many facilities for telecast
ing are credited for its selection
as the conference site.
Alexander J. Stoddard of the
Ford Foundation will direct the
program. He is the consultant and
director for the national Inter- j
School TV program for youth edu-'
cation. He will be assisted by Dr.
Lyndell Welbourne and other!
members or the Ford Foundation :
staff.
Speakers at the sessions will be
Dr. Alvin C. Eurich. vice presi- :
dent for the Fund for Advance- '
ment of Education; Charles Siep
man, noted authority on educa- '
tional TV; professor Lesllie Green
hill of Penn State, director of re- j
search investigating the effective- -t
ness of educational TV; and Clif
Mitchell, former UNC professor.
Alter the conference 140 of the
teachers will stay for three more
weeks as graduate students.
"Educational TV ui'.l take the
Summer President
Gives Appointments
By SUSAN LEWIS
Angus Duff, acting as president
of summer session Student Body
as appointed by the regular ses
sion Student Body President Char
lie Gray and confirmed by the
student legislature. h3s announced
committee and board appoint
ments for summer school.
Hank Patterson was appointed
Thompson, Wayne Anderson, El
liot Swartz, Davis Young and G37
Shu ford will serve on the Men's
Honor Council. No chairman has
yet been announced.
The Women's Honor Council will
be headed by Libby Johnson. On
the Council are Patty Faires,
Claire Hanner, Rose Hawk, Alice
Kent. Gayle Melton and Judy
by the Student Body President. ! Rock.
will serve as summer school secretary-treasurer.
Duff and Patterson will serve
as chairman and secretary-treasurer
respectively of the summer
school Student Government Board.
Also serving on the committee will
be Jerry Fisher, Dewey Sheffield.
Mania Taylor, Richard Olive and
Mover Smith.
The judiciary will consist of the
Men's Honor Council and the
Women's -Honor- Couacil Jimmy
Duff announced thst there
would be a meeting of the Men's
and Women's Honor Council and
the Student Government Board
next Tue.-day at 2 p.m. in Rolaad
Parker I.
Acting as president of summe!
schooL Duff will have the power
to appoint the chairmen and mem
bers of temporary committees; to
call and preside as chairman of
the Student Government Board; to
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