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SUMMER NEBRASKA
JULY 2, 1959
Grade Schoolers
'Come to College'
During Summer
From room 319 of Burnett
Hall each summer afternoon
comes the sound of about a
dozen eager young voices
singing "Frere Jacque."
' The students are 6 to 9
years old and are taking be
ginning French under a new
University program. The pro
gram is designed to teach
foreign languages to young
sters while they are most re
ceptive to language instruc
tion.
The teacher, Madamoiselle
Genevieve Rebsomen, teaches
two afternoon French classes.
The first is for students with
one semester s experience or
untrained but particularly
capable students. The prelim
inary class, attended by about
12 students, is verbal with
student"! repeating words and
learning pronunciation.
Advanced Class
An advanced class has
three pupils who have had
more extensive experience
with the language. Reading
and writing are taught along
with conversational ability.
Students learn the names of
classroom objects by pointing
to them and repeating in uni-j
son their names in French.
Students identify animals and
household articles by calling
out their names when the in
structor holds up pictures.
For variety, the class knows
three French folksongs which
they enthusiastically- sing
from time to time.
Many of the students in the
preliminary class received
their first training in grade
school. A community-w i d e
program was inaugurated two
years ago to teach children
Spanish and French. The bet
tes students are then given
advanced instruction during
the summertime at the Uni
versity.
The brighter children occa
sionally become impatient
when a picture is held up
which they can identify. Some
youngsters gasp, sigh, wiggle
or jump up and down with
excitement when they know
the answer to the teacher's
question.
Students have workbooks in
which they paste pictures of
objects for which they know
the French names.
"Usually it's the parents
who urge their children to
learn a .foreign language,"
Miss Rebsomen says, but I
find that once they're intro
duced to French they like it"
Quite a Request
To ask a class of 12 to 14
children aged 6 to 9 to sit
still for a full hour while try
ing to learn a language which
troubles many college stu
dents is quite a request. Often
some of the youngsters be
come restless. They begin to
whisper and talk to their
neighbors.
Is it a discipline problem?
I only wish they d use
their French, instead of whis
pering in English," com
plains Miss Rebsomen!
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Calendar
Thursday. July 2
"Our Dynamic Skies',"
2:45 p.m., Ralph Mueller
Planetarium, Morrill Hall,
14th and U.
Superintendents' Rond
Table luncheon, noon, Student
Union.
Union Tour of the Nebraska
Penitentiary, 5:30, Student
Union.
Friday, July 3
- "Our Dynamic Skies,"
2:15 and 3:30 p.m., Ralph
Mueller Planetarium, Mor
rill Hall, 14th and U.
Saturday, July 4
"Our Dynamic Skies,"
2:15 and 3:30 p.m., Ralph
Mueller Planetarium, Mor
rill Hall, 14th and U.
Sunday, July 5
"Our Dynamic Skies,
2:15 and 3:30 p.m., Ralph
Mueller Planetarium, Mor
rill Hall, 14th and U.
Monday, July 6
"Our Dynamic Skies,
2:45 and 8 p.m., Ralph
Mueller Planetarium, Mor
rill Hall. 14th and U.
Elementary Education
Club Luncheon, noon, Student
Union.
Secondary Education Club
Luncheon, noon, Student Un
ion.
National Affairs Preview,
"U.S. Spotlight on the Far
East." Sneaker. Paul M.
Clyde, 2 p.m., Student Union
Ballroom.
Tuesday, July 7
"Our Dynamic SMes,"
2:45 p.m., Ralph Mueller
Planetarium, Morrill Hall,
14th and U.
Union Bridge Lessons, 4 and
5 p.m.
Union Artist Series, "Sum
mer Chorale Concert,'' 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 8
"Our Dynamic Skies,"
2:45 and 8 p.m., Ralph Muel
ler Planetarium, Morrill Hall,
14th and U. -All
Teachers College Con
ference, t and 6 p.m., Muaem
Union.
Union Artist Series, "The
Boston Concert Ensem
ble" featuring four distin
guished artists, 8 p.m. Stu
dent Union Ballroom.
"Meet the Artists After the
Show," Student Union Ballroom.
Problems Great in Teaching Gifted
Time
Changed
The t o n r of the Nebraska
State Penitentiary scheduled
for this afternoon at 4:30 p.m.
will not begin until 5:30. Stu
dents are to meet at the
Union. The tour includes din
ner and entertainment by the
inmates.
No Movie
There will be no Sunday
Night Movie this week due
to the Fourth of July holi
day weekend. There will be
a movie next week as usual.
"The problems and issues
involved in teaching the
gifted child are great," said
Miss Jeanne Delp, coordinat
or of the Gifted Child Pro
gram at Modesto, Calif., in
a talk before educators and
parents of gifted children.
Miss Delp listed several
issues involved in the educa
tion of gifted children:
group Identification, the
problems involved in de
ciding who is gifted and
what criteria to use in judge
ment. nature of group, meet
ing the criticisms "of those
who think special education
for the gifted is not neces
sary or those who think that
all children should receive
the the same . opportunities
as the gifted.
size of group, the emu
culty in giving the gifted
child the individualized, spe-
cal help that he needs be
cause the classes are too
Masters Accepts
Campus Position
Eugene II. Masters, assist
ant chief and 32-year veteran
of the Lincoln police depart
ment, will assume the direc
torship of security and safety
at the University of Nebraska
upon his retirement Aug. 1
from the Lincoln department.
In m a k I n g the announce
ment late Tuesday, Chancel
lor Clifford M. Hardin said
that Mr. Masters, 55, will
succeed Sgt. John Furrow,
who resigned last month as
bead of the campus police.
As director of security and
safety, Mr. Masters will be
in charge of 13 campus po
licemen whose duties involve
traffic regulation security,
and safety on the City and
Agricultural campuses. H e
also will have liaison with the
College of Medicine campus
in Omaha.
A native of Malvern, la.,
Mr. Masters joined the Lin
coln police department in
1927 as a patrol driver.
large.
teaching the gifted, the
problem of finding the qual
ified teacher and of creating
undei standing on the part of
the regular faculty of a
school.
parents, communicating
with the parents of the gift
ed as well as the parents of
the normal children so as to
create understanding.
curriculum, the problem
of the class materials not
utilizing critical thinking in
the gifted child.
"There is no ideal program
for the education of the gift
ed child," Miss Delp said.
"The program depends on
the community and on the
readiness of the schools to
accept a program for the ex
ceptional child."
Miss Delp is on the campus
for the summer session and
with 20 Nebraska teachers is
working with a group of
25 selected fifth grade youngsters.
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