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Peace
By FRED THOMAS
DTH Reporter .
'I really don't know how I
got interested in the Peace
Corps. I just decided to drop by
one of the meetings last year.
I took the test and applied for
the summer training program."
This was the comment of
Don Eatchelor, senior history -political
science major .from
Sharpesburg, N. C, who will
tie one of the speakers at an
open meeting on the Peace
Corps in Howell Hall tomorrow
at 8 p.m.
(Representatives from the
Peace Corps office in Washing
ton, D. C, and UNC veterans
of overseas service will be
speaking about the program
and offering criticisms.
Everyone is invited wheth
er they're planning to enter the
peace Corps or not. There will
be discussion from the floor.)
Batchelor passed the test,
participated in the first segment
of the training program last
summer and, after graduation
from UNC this spring, will be
bound for Africa with the Peace
Corps volunteers.
For two months last summer,
Batchelor studied at Dartmouth
with over 150 other colle jun
iors from across the United Sta
tes as a part of the Peace
Corps' Advanced Trair Jig Pro
gram. The preparatory session
will conclude with t'o more
months of study . th' s summer.
Then in September or October,
he will - embark for Guinea,
where he will se e as an En
glish teacher for the next two
years., ;- -
. Explaining iast summer's
training proy am, he pointed
out that the greatest emphasis
Advance Training Program
Gorps For
was placed on the language of
the respective countries in which
the volunteers will be working
in his case, French.
"All the trainees in my group
agreed to speak nothing but
French for the duration of the
two months. We even had
French music piped into our
dorm rooms.
'We also spent time familiar
izing ourselves with Guinean
art, politics and culture in gen
eral," Batchelor said.
French class, 8 a.m.; lectures
and discussion on American His
tory, U. S. foreign policy, Com
munism, world affairs and tea
. ching methods.
A typical day might run
something like this: .
French class, G a.m.; 9-11:30; .
9-11:30; lunch; French classes,
1 to 3 p.m. lectures 5 to 6 p.m.
dinner; lectures, 7 to 9 p.m.
However, he was quick to em- -hasize
that the work was neither
- boring nor burdensome.
"It's just not like regular
college life. People you meet
are so involved with each other
and with their work. No one
tells you that a certain amount
of work will be due on a cer
tain day. You do things because
you want to." Batchelor noted
with a smile that dormitories
were co-educational.
Just to insure that there is no
place for monotony, the schedule
provides for a rigorous six-and-a-half-hour
4 per week physical
education program. Activities
range from easy - going games
such as horse shoes to the more
grueling work of mountain clim
bing. ...
He cited one particularly me
morable four-day camping trip.
The campers, over half girls,
. staked out an . area along a
JuiniorB
mountain slope- just outside Ca
nada. " "
"It. was July, but it was as
cold as (ice). Our group includ
ed a lot of New Yorkers peo
ple you'd think had never had
any camping experience. It was
amazing to see what they
could do. We had to kill our
own food birds or fish or
pick berries, and we slept in
tents."
During the training program,
volunteers received a $75 mon
thly payment, which was plac
ed in a bank for them, avail
able at the end of the session.
In addition room and board was
furnished along with $16 per
week spending money. , . " ,
" Batchelor, whose English stu
dents, will range from sixth gra
ders through high school seniors,
pointed out that teaching meth
ods will emphasize" oral, rather
than written, English.
"We are interested in helping
the people of Guinea learn to
speak English so that they
may communicate with people
of surrounding countries where
this language is spoken."
When he goes to work, the
monthly payment will be the
same as it was during the
training program, as -will "the
lodging and meals arrangement.
"It's not as bad as most
people think. They won't try to
make us starve, although I don't
think I will be able to afford
an air-conditioner." . .
He summed up the summer
training program as "an extre
mely emotional summer for me.
The people I studied with are
some of the finest I have ever
met, and I am looking forward
to working with many of these
same volunteers in Guinea."
Blame Shifted
To Wrong People
Editors, The Tar Heel:
Perhaps the greatest error
made in the past week at UNC
was in shifting the blame for
an incident past the responsi
ble individuals to the entire or
ganization of which these per
sons are members.
For example, Mr. Gardner,
blamed the precipitating inci
dent not only on the individu
als responsible but on the entire
SAE fraternity. He then expan
ded this guilt to include the Inter-Fraternity
Council and ulti
mately the entire . Chapel Hill
community. Surely the actions
of a few persons can not be us
ed to condemn an entire town!
Similarly, the "opposition" to
Gardner seems to have expan
ded Gardner's perhaps irrespon
sible actions to include such or
ganizations as SPU, FSM, NA
ACP and CORE. This is unfair
to the individuals of these or
ganizations because it forces
them to choose a side in an is-,
sue in which it would be . bet
ter not to be involved.
If Carolina students, suppos
edly the most "enlightened" of
North Carolinians, can partici
pate in such injustice, will it be .
surprising if the people of North
Carolina people whose taxes
support UNC begin to doubt
the rationality of supporting a
. mob of irresponsible children?
Will our parents and alumni
ENOW that the : 2,000-member
mob was.' not representative of
the majority opinion, or w i 1 1
they, too, shift the responsiblity
and the guilt past the individu
als to include the entire stud
ent body?
Sandra Cathryn Edwards
306 Whitehead
UNC Slavic Club
Still Functioning
Editors, The Tar Heel:
In October of 1963 the UNC.
Slavic Club held its first meet
ing. By last December students,
in economics, history, political
science and Russian began at
tending the meetings. Over 50
students attended the Slavic
Club's first annual Christmas,
party. Response from the facul
ty has been just as enthusiastic.
Despite the various chuckles
that the name Slavic Club has
engendered from the Student
Legislature to the DTH, our
purpose is not to somehow by
pass the Speaker Ban Law. In
stead we are trying to unite the
students Of the Slavic languages
with students interested in So
viet,. Russian and East European
studies; including the econom
ics, politics, geography and his
tory of these countries. We also
hope "to increase student aware
ness of the resources available
on this campus in Slavic studies.
Our programs vary widely,
from lectures by UNC profes
sors to films, poetry and play
. readings. After the main pro
gram is over, refreshments are
served. The refreshment period
provides an opportunity for the
students to meet the faculty
members informally.
The Slavic Club will hold its
first meeting of this semester
March 3 in the faculty lounge,
fourth floor, Dey HalL Dr.
Walter Arndt, noted translator
of Eugene Oneffin, will speak
on "National Stereotypes in
Russian Literature."
On March 30, Dr. J. H. Black
man will speak on "Recent So
viet Economic Reforms." Then
April 28, Dr. John Schnbrren
berg of the Art Department will
speak on a topic still to be an
nounced. Slavic Club meetings are open
to the student body and faculty.
Jack Tate
Homestead Rd.
. Chapel Hill
Name Changer
Hits Chapel Hill ;
Editors, The Tar Heel:
One dreary Thursday after
noon as our usual rainy winter
weather hit the Hill . and as I
was attempting to cram for
history, my thoughts slipped to
those coming days of warmth
and weekend treks to the beach.
-Picture if you will, pulling
into Ocean Drive :- after a week
of quizzes to search for a coed
with whom to -tip a few, dance,
etc. I walked into the Pad to
find myself surrounded by Caro
lina gentlemen or at least they
seemed to be such.
A slob in red overalls with
UNC lettered across them ap
proached. I asked, "Are you
from Carolina?" .
"Yep, UNC-R," he replied,
finishing an ear of corn. . '
"Oh," I gasped, looking away
at a small brunette in the cor
ner, wearing a green sweatshirt
I approached her, shoving
empty cans out of my path, and
questioned her, "Are you from
Carolina too?" noticing she did
not look like the typical Hill
coed. - .
"Why, yes, Greensboro," 'she
responded, sheepishly as if ..she
had not spoken to a male in
. years. . '. v. . .
'f!rnt- how about a beer." I
offered, still pondering over the
past few minutes.
As we moved through th
crowd, I bumped against a short
kid wearing a gold blazer with
an emblem depicting Mecklen
burg County with letters UNC
across it. Another one, I thought!
JJe must have noticed my tee
shirt as he yelled, "Hey, buddy,
you from UNC-C?" ;.
"Nope, UNC-CH, kid," wer
the words I uttered in disbelief.
. Making It to the counter, I
ordered two Blue's and turned
to find a friend from school in
front of me. "Say. Bill, just like
a party on the Hill, isn't it?" he
commented.
"Right, just like the Hill!"
Then I dreamed of having the
name UNC-CH chmged to just
plain ole CAROLINA!
William L. Wicker
412 Winston
Bare Ankles
(Continued from page 4)
tv that washes, man. , Note the
white on his jeans. That's net
paint, daddy, that's him. Ain't
that the digginest?
Watch him stride . . . oh, too
cool, too cooL See the flutter.
That's his shirt tail, baby. Grab
all those wrinkles above the
flutter. The greatest, man, and
watch out you don't smooth that
rag with an iron. No belt, dad
dy, please. Let 'em hang loose.
Let 'em be hip and almost
slide. .
See the crust on his fingers?
Under that lies the real him.
Too much. Watch him smile.
Nice, huh? How about his, neck,
did you catch that? Hair, , cur
lee, baby-o, all the way down
to nobody-knows-land. Grab the"
: cheek lining. Swingeroo, huh?
Leave the blades go, cool one.
And" his pad's seen no roll-cn
in many times five days. Don't
crowd him, baby, he's too cocl.
and you can't nose, the same
atmos he does. He's way out . .
the further the better.