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THE SUMMER ECHO
Monday, July 24, 1967
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SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHERS—Participants in the National Science Foundation for Teachers of Science and Mathematics are enrolled in
* n biology and chemistry. Top row, from left, J. R. Butts, a member of the Faculty, demonstrates procedures for simple
distillation to Sister Zoenita. Center, Mrs. Mary McAfee and C. E. Seale set up fractional distillation equipment. Lab assistant Henry Jordan
1 Right. Mrs. Thelma Glen and Everett Goldston check laboratory notes. Bottom row, from left, Jessie Mills, Meredith Robinson
and t rank bcott examine James McCall’s experiment dealing with the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle in nature. Center, Robert Sanders, laboratory
assistant, observes Sister Mary Kenneth as she adjusts a slide on her microscope. Right, James Littler and Daniel Freeman check samples dry
ing in an electric oven. ^
Educators Study Poverty Problems
Secondary
Instructors
In Institute
North Carolina College’s
eleventh Summer Institute for
Junior and Senior High School
Teachers of Science and Mathe
matics has 81 participants en
rolled from 13 states and the
District of Columbia.
The participants, teachers of
science and mathematics in
grades 7 through 12, have on
the average less than two years’
training in science and mathe
matics.
The Institute, sponsored by
the National Science Founda
tion, offers seven courses. They
are “Topics in Modern Biol
ogy,” “Laboratory Procedures
for High School Teachers of
Biology," “Introduction to Mod
ern General Chemistry,” “In
troduction to Modern Organic
Chemistry,” “Basic Concepts in
Mathematics,” “Introduction to
Mathematical Concepts with
Emphasis on the Laws of Alge
bra,” and “Characteristics of
Axiomatic Systems with Em
phasis on Geometries.”
Participants are enrolled in
two courses, with three hours
of non-graduate credit offered
for each course. The courses
are selected on the basis of
field of interest, previous train
ing, and teaching assignment.
The students receive weekly
stipends for themselves, with
additional stipends for de
pendents.
Among the faculty members
for the institute are Dr. Mary
M. Townes, director of the In
stitute and associate professor
of biology; Vernon Clark, as
sistant professor of biology;
Dr. Michael J. Phillip, assistant
professor of biology, John Car-
r 0 11 University, Cleveland,
Ohio; Dr. Ezra L. Totton, pro
fessor and chairman of the De
partment of Chemistry; James
E. Butts, assistant professor of
chemistry; Dr. Abdu Bardawill,
associate professor of chemis
try; Dr. Marjorie L. Browne,
professor and chairman of the
Department of Mathematics;
Chavis Renwick, assistant pro
fessor of mathematics; Dr.
W. M. Whyburn, professor of
mathematics, Southern Metho
dist University, Dallas, Texas;
and James R. J. Wadkins, as
sistant professor of mathema
tics, North Carolina Wesleyan.
Federal Internship
Earned By Student
A North Carolina College
junior from Durham has been
appointed as a Summer Repre
sentative Intern in the United
States Department of Labor’s
Office of Manpower Develop
ment.
Reginald Suitt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Suitt, 803 Piper
Street, will work in the of
fice’s accounting department in
Washington.
Some 44 teachers, principals,
and school administrators are
enrolled this summer in the
NDEA Institute for Teachers
of Disadvantaged Youth, under
the direction of Dr. Joseph P.
McKelpin of North Carolina
College’s Bureau of Educational
Research.
The educators, representing
public and parochial schools in
15 states, are examining
through a six-phase program
the various aspects of poverty
as they relate to education.
Six Phases
In the first phase, Mrs. Vivian
J. Beamon leads the group in
a study of psychological and
sociological aspects of the cul
turally disadvantaged. The acti
vities in this program were de
signed to provide a general
understanding of the influence
of a child’s environment on the
way in which he sees the world
around him, describes it, and
learns about it.
Dr. Charles M. Culver and
Dr. Nicholas Anastasiow are
instructors in the group’s study
of interpersonal relationships
and personality development.
They examine the manner in
which the child’s relationship
with others affects his beliefs
and attitudes about himself and
other people and helps in
determining the means he will
use to achieve his goals.
In the phase dealing with
intelligence, experience, and
academic competence, C. James
Dyer assists the participants
in developing “a conception of
intelligence in terms of inform
ation processing and action”
and in extending their aware
ness “that intellectual develop
ment and academic competence
can be enhanced by maintain
ing an optimal level of incon
gruity between school tasks and
tasks involved in previous en
vironmental encounters.”
In a phase led by Mrs. Bea
mon, Dyer, Mrs. Hilda F. John
son, and Dr. McKelpin, the
group develops plans for work
ing on aspects of disadvantage
which they see as problems in
their schools or communities.
In school practicum, Mrs. 0.
Mervene Couch assists the
group in observation and parti
cipation in a model school with
its share of disadvantaged
learners, with conventional and
newer instructional media in
use.
In home and community
practicum, the group observes
marginal and non-marginal
home and community circum
stances to develop greater ap
preciation of the influence of
out-of-school environment on
in-school behavior. Mrs. Hilda
F. Johnson directed this aspect
of the program.
Techniques, Methods
Among the newer techniques
and methods used in the pro
gram, the group uses an experi
mental science education pro
gram developed under the au
spices of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Science, designed to provide
discovery experiences in sci
ence teaching.
The technique of microteach
ing provides the opportunity to
learn specific technical skills in
a threat-free situation.
In addition to the Institute
faculty members, resource per
sonnel include representatives
of Atlanta’s Urban Laboratory
in Education, Duke University,
the University of Michigan, the
3M Company, NCC’s Data Pro
cessing Center, Phonovisual
Products, Inc., and McGraw-
Hill publishers.
Approximately half of the
participants are from North
Carolina. Other states repre
sented include Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Missouri, New
Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pen
nsylvania and West Virginia.
In addition to teachers and
principals. Institute partici
pants include Mrs. Rebecca
Bingham Carnes, music super
visor for the Durham County
Schools; Sister Martin de Por-
res, supervisor of elementary
parochial schools in Louisville,
Kentucky; and Gerald Ham,
coordinator of target schools
for disadvantaged youth. Bowl
ing Green, Kentucky.
Yarborough
Student At Work
In City Offices
Dwight A. Yarborough of
Durham, a junior at NCC, is a
summer intern in the Person
nel Department of the City of
Durham.
The internship is part of a
summer project sponsored by
the Institute of Government in
Chapel Hill, placing students
in municipal government posts.
The son of Mrs. Claire H.
Lawrence and the late Clarence
Yarborough, he was a candi
date for the student body presi
dency at NCC this spring.
Yarborough plans to attend
graduate school in public ad
ministration at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill, preparing for a career in
city management.
He is a member of the politi
cal science club at NCC, the
graphic arts staff of Ex Umbra
magazine, photographer for the
NCC Eagle yearbook, member
of the advisory food service
committee, ex-chairman of the
Student Party at NCC.
Yarborough is a political
science major, a graduate of
Hillside High School, and a
holder of Hillside’s Scholastic
Art Award.
Disadvantaged Youth Institute