PACE EIGHT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, i9sj
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Youngsters
Languages
Ry VEKNA SIIMAVOMAN
"linn Jour, mulamp,'' chorvscd
to fourth grado students recently
vhn Mrs. Marian Walter visited
tluir class at Hillcrcst Sc1hh)1 in
IJurllnv:ton.
This incident la the result of a
riw development on the North Car
olina public school scene: elemen
tary school children undertaking
the study of a foreign language
and showing good grasp of the sub
ject. The Burlington students and sev
eral other North Carolina school
groups are becoming bilingual
through the efforts of Mrs. Walter
ind the staff of WUNC-TV, the
Mate's pioneer educational telcvi
vif'il station.
Since late September Mrs. Walter
has been conducting "Rendez-vous
en Francais," a language course
foi children, given on Channel 4
every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day mornings at 11 o'clock.
Kmphasii is on the spoken lan
guage, and everything said on the
program from the first day has
been in French. This differs from
the usual high school or college
French course, in which beginners
are drilled on reading, writing or
grammar exercises.
Never Translates
Mrs. Walter does not translate
and she as underlined heavily her
instructions to classroom teachers
"rever to translate." Thus the chil
dren le:irn French the same wry
Hat they learned English, hearing
words and phrases and then repeat
ing them.
Mrs. Walter u.-;es songs, games,
pictures and puppets to make clear
what she is saying. Two of her most
xaluabie teaching aids are puppets
JeaM and Marie, who also "speak"
on!y French. She also illustrates
much of her conversation with
clever sketches on the b!ackbo:,rd.
Although Mrs. Walter often repeats
a word or plir.ue. the context and
t!,t sn vnrui that t, e program course on television next year,
remains fresh nr.rt inicresiin j Wcll Qualified
For inst.ir.ee. boys and uirls Mrs. Walter is very well qualified
v. arching "Rrndcz-vous en Franca-! to teach both French and Spanish,
is" through December w ill learn to j She has a knowledge of 10 languages
talk in French about Christmas pre- j trd has taught French over a pe
scnts and tree, the Nativity, and riod of years to kindergarten, elc
about cloihus for the holirhys. They mentary school, high school' and
will also learn n French Clin , trims college students. She learned
carol. Uut interwoven with this ex- j Fiench as a child, studied in France
citing fare will be a study of arith-'on a Fulbright grant, taught Eng
rtutic combinations, vocabulary re- lish in Nicaragua and has cooper-
view, and several new verbs.
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One Of Several Shows
The program is one of several
"school-related" shows telecast by
WUNC-TV every week. It is on the
suggested viewing list for principals
f.nd teachers who wish to introduce
foreign languages to their students
via television. With this kind of in
formal arrangement, that is no of
ficial registration, it is difficult to
know how many schools are taking
advantage of this unique opportu
nity. However mail response has
been encouraging from teachers,
students, and from adults who are
following the series at home. From
Sanford, one mother writes:
"I have only just begun simple
conversations in French with my
own four children. They have never
heard any foreign languages spoken
and think it strange coming from
Mother whose only apparent accom
plishments are cakes and cookies . .
With the world growing smaller by
the hour, we Americans are foolish
indeed not to prepare our children
properly . . . Sanford schools don't
carry "Rendcz-vous en Francais,"
but I am going to talk to the prin
cipal and teachers, and perhaps
even to the PTA .... May I com
pliment you on your presentation of
"Rendez vous en Francais." You
have the most cheerful an refresh
ing smile. The children must love
you." j
From a fifth-grade student at
Hillcrcst School came the following
letter: "I sure did enjoy your Visit
to my room. I'll keep on watching
you on television and try to do what
you told me about trying not to
think in English to speak French,
but to think in French to speak
French."
Mrs. Walter and the staff of
WUNC-TV hope that the response
to "Rendcz-vous en Francais' will
be great enough to warrant a re
peat of this first-year course, and
possibly an intermediate French
i curse and an elementary Spanish
ated in setting up language labora-!
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PORTER COWLES Assistant Director of University of North Caro
lina Press stands beside bookshelf containing some of the hundreds
of books published at flhapel Hill in her 25 years with the Press.
Miss Cowles is holding "I Rode With Stonewall" by Henry Kyd
Douglas, the first best seller produced by the UNC Press.
tories at several colleges. She cur
rently is completing the require
ments for a Ph.D. degree in Rom
ance languages at the University of
North Carolina. "Rendez-vous en
Francais" is a course she has writ
ten especially for children from the
second to the sixth grades.
Best Time For Learning
In answer to the educator's argu
ment that there isn't time in the
elementary schools' for foreign lan
guages, Mrs. Walter says, "Not on
ly is this period recognized as the
most economical time to learn lan
guages, but, far from competing
w ith other work, a recent study has
shown that children studying for
eign languages in elementary
schools register higher in all sub
jects than those not studying it. It
must be recognized that words iu
any language are the most facile
material for thought; that they rep
resent ideas. For example, a child
learning arithmetic combinations in
Frenc, or making the acquaintance
of geographical, artistic, or social
phenomenon in French, is not only
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By PETE IVEY
Porter Cowles has spurned many
offers to take jobs in the non
academic publishing world. In
stead, she has chosen to stay in
Chapel Hill, with the University of
North Carolina Press.
On the occasion of her 25th year
with the Press in the University,
the board of governors this week
made formal acknowledgement of
her work here since 1933.
Miss Cowles, who in private life
is Mrs. C. N. (Pickell of Chapel
Hill, has had a part in the publish
ing of 584 books, supervising the
manufacture of most of them.
The University of Noith Caro
lina Press was established in 1922
with Louis R. Wilson as director.
It was 11 years old when Porter
Cowles came to it in 1933. During
these 11 years it had published 161
books. Today it has published 745
books.
She is assistant director of the
Press and the business manager..
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She has served with three direc-
tors: W. T. Couch, Thomas J. Wil
son, now director of the Harvard
University Press, and Lambert
Davis, the present director.
The Resolution follows:
"The Board of Governors of the
University of North Carolina Press
takes this occasion, the 25th anni
verary of the beginning of her ser
vice, to express its appreciation to
Porter Cowles for her many con
tributions to the success of the
Press. She began ' her work with
the Press in the summer of her
graduation from the University of
North Carolina in the class of
1933, and she has served with dis
tinction in every area of its pub
lishing activity, including two ex
teded term as Acting Director and
her present office of Assistant Di
rector and Business Manager.
"While it is difficult to single
out individual achievements in her
career without appearing to neg
lect others, it does seem fitting to
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in bringing it to its present state
of professional efficiency and high
morale. Also of importance to the
Press have been her successful re
lations with printer in developing
high standards of book production,
and especially her friendship with
E. D. Fowler, which has been the
basis for a collaboration between
the Press, and the Seaman Printery i
in Durham from which the Press
has profited greatly over the years.
"The Board is proud that Miss
Cowles' attainments have been
recognized by her colleagues in
university publishing, signalized in
her election as Secretary-Treas- ;
urer and Executive Committee
Member of the Association of
American University Presses. The
Board is happy to know that, al
though she has received flattering
offers from other organizations in
the publishing world, '
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