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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1983)
Milkmen may deliver It's not often a band throws a party in celebration of their first an niversary and in honor of its fans — but that's just what Eugene's Milkmen plan to do Tuesday at B.J. Kelly's. The cover charge is only $1 and there will be door prizes given away. Probably the highlight of the evening will be a twist contest. The Milkmen want to show their appreciation to all the fans who have supported them during the year in the only way they know how, by holding a dance. The Milkmen are Henry Cooper, Randy Jack Haines, Boyd Small and Mike Miller, a four-piece combo that plays '50s and '60s Rock'n'Roll like no other band in Eugene. In the year since they first appeared they have gained a steady following and the band wants to give back some of what their fans have given them. ^German AUTO SERVICE _ Since 1963 VWs - MERCEDES - BMWs DATSUN - TOYOTA - AUDI Reliable Service For Your Foreign Auto 342 2912 2025 Franklin Blvd. Public Notice FUCHS’ BUSINESS LIQUIDATORS 30 E. 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Language enrollments parallel University enrollment, which dropped from 16,645 in Fall 1981 to 15,405 in 1982 and rose to 15,478 this year. “The languages really are in pretty healthy condition,” says Perry Powers, romance languages department head. This year, 514 students are enrolled in French I, as compared to 474 taking the class last year, Powers says. The first-year Italian program is surging ahead with 110 students taking the class, up from 87 last year, he says. Spanish I enrollment has jumped from 300 last year to 336 this year. A front-page Wall Street journal article in September, 1983 called languages "languishing," but Powers disagrees. "Our enrollment does not justify any such adjective as languishing," he says. In the Russian department, 258 students are enrolled in classes as compared to 212 last year, 222 in 1981 and 208 in 1980, department officials say. "First year is an important year. You've got to get the student interested in the language," says John Beebe, professor of Russian. University students meet weekly in a Russian conversation circle with Soviet immigrants who live in Eugene, Beebe says. "Language is used to communicate in a cultural context," he says. First-year German enrollments have jumped from 200 last year to 244 this year and department head Peter Gontrum partly attributes the increase to a language emphasis in secondary education. "I notice a more serious type of student coming to the Univer sity," he says. Gontrum also credits some of the increase to a language study the state did recently. Several University professors served on the Governor's Com mission on Foreign Languages and International Studies, which recently submitted a report on the importance of foreign languages in Oregon education, Gontrum says. Second-year German enrollment increased from 144 last year to 157 this year as did first-year Norwegian, from 23 last year to 32 this year. First-year Swedish rose from 21 last year to 27 this year. Japanese professors were pleased with the 100 percent in crease in students this year, says Stephen Kohl, East Asian languages department head. During the past ten years the program has increased by more than 300 percent, he says. "Before, we were an exotic language," Kohl says. Interest in the language may be increasing partly for economic reasons. Kohl says. China provides Oregon a potential market and Oregon sells more goods to Japan than it buys from them. Kohl says. "Oregon is benefitting immensely from its relationship to Japan," he says. Some 65 students are taking Chinese this year — a figure the department expected, Gontrum says. After Nixon visited China, more students took the classes, but the figures have leveled off now, he says. Prof. Yoko McClain, author of a Japanese grammer hand book, is an asset to the Japanese program, Gontrum says. The book, now in its sixth printing,is "used all over the world," he adds. "It's not suprising that she (McClain) generates enrollment," he says. As for the classics department, of the 30 people who signed up for first-year Greek, only 10 students stayed the course, accor ding to Bennett Pascal, department head. In Latin, 20 out of 40 students remain in the first section and 14 out of 17 in the second section, he says. But Pascal says enrollment figures in the classics department are very different from other language enrollment figures. "We are exempt from educational fads that come and go. Foreign languages can go up and down and we remain fairly steady because our students have a unique kind of motivation," Pascal says. Language professors attribute some of the enrollment in crease to new requirements for the bachelor of science degree that began this fall. Students must now take math for the B.S. degree, not just social science as in the past But they can avoid the new math requirement by taking a foreign language and receiving a B.A. degree, Beebe says, i "Maybe a language s,eems easier than calculus." Come to Evergreen for your Kodak Film. Compare our Kodak Film Prices. Consistently lowest in town Compare our Quality Processing You’ll pay a bit more for our processing — we think you’ll like the difference. evergreen film service 2872 Willamette, Eugene 1416 West 7th, Eugene 5th & Q Streets, Springfield
