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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1966)
Peace Corps Successes Mean Work ny nuii.r.n K«ilur« Kill tor In a small town in Venezuela, twelve dark, somewhat ragged kids who had never seen a foot hall before were running pass patterns with an Americun foot ball In Caracas, Venezuela, not very far away, fishermen families lived on tish and bananas in a slum near the edge of the city What connected these two dif ferent situations together was the involvement of the Peace Corps; to be exact, two Peace Corps members now visiting the ( diversity in a recruiting drive for Peace Corps Week, Jan, 10 21 Discipline Goal In the small town the 12 ragged kids were playing football for one main reason: to establish disci pline. Discipline, says Steve Knaebel. former Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela, is almost non exis tent. especially among the young Standing in line is almost tin heard of So it was up to Knae bel to not only establish a YMCA in the town, but also to combat the poverty and suspiciousness of its inhabitants, particularly t h e young. Knaebel arrived in Venezuela after training for service in the summer of 1963 He had just graduated from Stanford Univer sity as an English major. In train ing. he had been sent to a col lege in Massachusetts to be train ed as a physical education teach er. "But 1 quickly convinced them (the Peace Corps) I was a spas tic; so they put me in a YMCA project," said Nnaebel. In Caracas Only When Knaebel arrived in Vene ztiela the YMCA had been estab lished in Caracas for a little over 17 years But that was all Four teen volunteers, the first to ar rive in that country, had started five more centers in five other cities in June. 19*»2 For a while he worked with McFee to Talk On Arts, Society ‘‘The Art in Society" will be Mrs. June McKee’s topic during a public lecture at 4 p in. Friday in 106 Lawrence Mrs. McFee is di recting a program in art edu cation at the University's School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Mrs. McFee joined the Univer sity faculty this fall She has taught at Arizona State College, Yakima Junior College, Stanford University, the University of Illi nois, and the University of Arizo na. She holds degrees from the University of Washington, Cen tral Washington State College,! and Stanford University. iwo 01 tnc original 14 volunteers, but later wan sent to a neighbor ing town, Moron, about 15 miles away, to begin a new YMCA. After several months of making contacts with local businessmen and organizations, Knaebel ac cumulated the grand total of two donated warehouses. Unfortunately, anything that was or was not nailed down in the buildings was stolen within a week after he had secured the property. All the windows were broken. Enetire bathrooms were literally uprooted. European Study To Be Explained The European exchange pro gram of the School of Business Administration will be explain ed to interested male students at a meeting at 4 p m. Friday in 138 Commonwealth Opportunities offered to Oregon students and the exchange pro gram itself will be discussed. Col or slides will also be shown. The program is open to all male students who will be in their junior year or beginning their senior year during the aca demic year 190087 Full credit transfer to the University for a junior year abroad is available for participating students. An illustrated brochure may be obtained from advisors. W. Dwaine Richens, Don P. Reming ton or Mark R. Green, faculty members, may be contacted for further information. Lund to Show Slides Ernest H. Lund, associate pro fessor of geology, will show col ored slides of Australia and New Zealand at 8 p m. Friday in 150 Science. I.und spent the academic year of 1964-65 on sabbatical leave, and was a Fulbright professor at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. During the summer months he visited Australia and New Zea land. PL-3 Program Thursdav, Jan. 13 6:30—HUNTLEY - BRINKLEY REPORT 7:00—ARTS, USA: THE AMERI CAN THEATER: Part 2 7:30—HISTORY OF THE NE GRO PEOPLE: ‘ Our Country, Too." 8:00—PRESIDENT'S MEN: An in-depth look at a member of the Johnson Cabinet. 8:30—KALEIDOSCOPE: The Arts in Oregon. 9:00—POET'S EYE: Kester Svendscn reads Gwendow lyn Brooks. 9:30—OPEN MIND CORKY'S TOP QUALITY STEAKS 1.29 (Salad & Fries Inc.) 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Me organized baseball, basbetball, volleyball, and soccer tournaments He established a soapbox derby with the cars be ing built by the kids themselves in the YMCA carpentry program he started. I>ug-up Tubing He started weight lifting pro grams with some steel tubing that took months to dig up. baseball and soccer fields were built. A basketball court was built. Membership grew to 250. Campus Briefs Announcement* for Campus Brief* must be turned in by 3:30 p.m. the day before publication. Because of space limitation*, no announcements will be run more than twice. The medical admissions committee from the University Medical School will l>e on campus tor lay and Friday to conduct in terviews with students who have applied for admission next year to the Medical There is a SI* Recorded Classic* meet in# at 12:15 foday for those members who didn’t come last week. The Angel Flight meeting is at norm to day in 104 French, and will l»e followed by the Little Colonel Reception at 1 p.m. Gamma Alpha ('hi will bold a business meeting at 4 p.m today in 307 Allen. AH memlrers please attend. The SI* forum committee will meet at 4 p m. today in 315 St*. There will be a Hawaiian Club meeting at 6 p.m today in 214 Friendly. All those interested in helping with the iuau in the spring arc urged to attend. The Baptist Student Union will have a vespers service at 6:15 p.m. today in the SC All interested student* are invited to attend. There will he an imi»ortant organ iza t tonal met ring of all Frosh 200 member* at 6:30 pm. today in 150 Science. Mem l»ers of the t*a*ketbal] team will l»c intro duced. Bring mitten* and please be prompt. There will !*e an imj»ortant jazz commit tee meeting at 6:45 p.m. today in 206 SC. AH member* and prospective members are urged to attend. Young Republican* will hold their first meeting of winter term at 7 p.m. today in the SC. Representative Joe Richards will !*e the featured speaker. AH members should attend and any interested students are also invited. Room number will be posted. The model CN will meet at 7 p.m. to day in 201 Yillard. The SC movie committee will meet at 7 p.m. today in 308 SC. The OR EGAN A staff meeting scheduled for 7 ;30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday has been moved to the same time todav in the (> REGAN A offices, M 110 SC. The Faculty Student Committee to Stop the War in Vietnam will hold an organi ration meeting at 8 p.m. today in 138 ('ommotiwcalth. All who are interested in, and support, this committee arc urged to attend. Family memliers of faculty and student supporters are as welcome as full participants. College Life will meet at 9 p.m. today at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Bud 11 ink son will speak. WRA representatives please turn in your badminton sign-up lists to the WRA box in Gerlinger by Friday. The Y steering committee on race rcla tions will meet at 4 p.m. Friday in the SC. The room will l>c posted. Interested in art? The Sl* arts commit tee can provide the opportunity to work with other students in the area of your interest. Applications available in Room 301 SC. HURRY! ONLY MORE DAYS cDONALD HI - 344-430 5:00-7:35- 10:10 JAMES BOND DOES IT EVERYWHERE! THUNDERBALL” MUVIMM FICHNICOIOB iwiia until He built a library with books he bought himself—mostly classics. The other battle, winning the confidence and cooperation of the youngsters involved, also pro gressed, slowly, but it was still steady progression. “When I arrived, these kids had no discipline at all,” Knaebel said, “but later, when I would leave the building, I could leave all the equipment in the open with one kid in charge and when I returned it would all be there— not even a ping pong ball miss ing.” Accepting Blame Furthermore, “The kids would accept the blame if something happened; before, they wouldn’t do that.” To help insure that he got co operation from the youngsters, Knaebel immediately established six basic rules, such as no throw ing of equipment and no swear ing, before any youngsters were allowed to use the facilities. If a youngster didn’t follow Knaebel’s rules he was suspend ed from use of the facilities for two weeks. "Essentially it was a center of justice;” Knaebel commented, “it was a place where there was fair ness. This was probably the first time where these kids could par ticipate in the democratic pro cess.” Goal Found When Knaebel left Moron and the YMCA, a sign was hanging on the wall in the basketball court; 1C Sale Shake or Malt for Only 1c With Purchase of Deluxe Burger FRIDAY ONLY DAIRY QUEEN “Our goal — courtesy, respect, sportsmanship.” For the fishermen in Caracas, the situation was different. They didn’t need a YMCA, they needed a guaranteed year around supply of food for their families when fishing was poor. So former volunteer Chuck But ler, also at the University this week, convinced the fishermen in the slum to pool their fish and sell them to buy a refrigerator. The fishermen did. Butler, in his efforts not only to show the slum dwellers how to keep an adequate food supply, also con vinced them “to come as a group to solve a common problem. 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