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'Rural A one-day clinic for educa tors and rural residents on the developments in rural education will be held Mon day, July 20, at the Student Union and Love Library Auditorium. The clinic, designed to acquaint participants with the changing scene in rural living and education, will feature speakers from Min nesota and North Dakota. Dr. . Sherwood 0. Berg, chairman of the department of agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota, will address morning and afternoon sessions on "Changes on the Rural Scene" and "Rural Education and Economic Opportunities." Speaking at noon and eve ning sessions will be Dr. M. L. Cushman, dean of the college Expert Presents Lecture Series On Red Schools An authority on Russian ed " ucation, Columbia Prof. Rich ard Rapacz, will give the last of a week-long series of lectures in Room 415 Admin istration at 11 a.m. tomor row. Prof. Rapacz has lectured this week on the history, goals, structure and techniques of education in the Soviet Un ion. The ' ability to read and speak Russian greatly assist ed Prof. Rapacz on his recent tour of the Soviet Union where he studied his subject first hand by interviewing educators and students. His observations, plus study at the Munich, Germany Insti ' tute of Soviet Studies, form the basis for his current lec ture series. Labor Shortage Prof. Rapacz has suggested a shortage of laborers as a major reason for Russia's new education reform which is to be inaugurated less than two months from now. In an earlier lecture he said that a low war time birth rate has caused a shortage of la borers. Laborers are needed to help Russia catch up with western nations in heavy in dustrial production. Khrush chev's solution, planned since 1952, is the forthcoming re form which will require stu dents to work in factories dur ing the day and attend school at night. Understandably,' there is a total lack of enthusiasm for the new program among So viet students, especially those 15 to 20 years old Prof. Rapacz said. He characterized the pro gram as "a giant trade school movement." Skeptical of Success The professor is skeptical of the reform's chances for success. He noted that a sim ilar program was attempted shortly after the 1917 revolu tion and failed. The Bolshe viks sought radical changes Education' Topic For Clinic of education at the University of North Dakota. He will speak on "Rural Education Then and Now" and "Through the Archway of Experience." The clinic, is sponsored by the University's Summer Sessions, Teachers College, the state congress of parents and teachers, and other edu cation groups. Dr. Berg was American agricultural attache to Yugo slavia from 1951 to 1954 and held the same post to Den mark and Norway from 1954 to 1957. During the summer of 1958 he visited departments of agricultural economics in the universities and colleges of a number of Far Eastern countries, including Korea, Formosa, and Thailand. Dr. Cushman, while on the in a tradition-stagnated na tion. Under . Lenin's wife, Krupskaya, a wave of pro gressivism influenced by Marxism and the Russian cul ture swept Soviet schools. A form of polytechnical edu cation introducing the child to technical means of produc tion with emphasis on collec tive labor was promoted until the collapse of the So viet economic system in the 1920's, Prof. Rapacz said. . There was simply no indus try prepared to receive stu dents with this type of edu cation. Also, the tradition of elitist, academic education under the Czars remained in fluential. System Centralized As a result, Stalin central ized the Russian school sys tem and gave teachers the scientific, scholastic, yet ut flexible program which has remained in force to the pres ent and has prompted Krush chev s reforms. In informal discussion, Prof. Rapacz also told of his experiences ana obser vations in the Soviet union. One of the best model schools is a "crumbling, patched building with the bricks falling out of . walls, small windows, narrow desks, wooden, unre-inforced stair ways, jammed classrooms and has four daily shifts." Uncritical Acceptance Many of Proi. Rapacz's ob servations contrast sharply with the idealized picture of Soviet education which Americans received in the post Sputnik scare. This he attributes to an uncritical ac ceptance of Soviet propagan da and statistics. "Many Americans only looked at the structural out lines of Soviet education," he said, "when actually the only way to judge objectively their school system is to pry and poke, study and, if possible, visit the country." staff at Iowa State College, directed the work in rural education specializing in problems of school adminis tration, finance, and school district reorganization. Ke has participated in many conferences on rural education and for seven years was the Iowa representative on the Midwest Conference Committee on Rural Life and Education. 4 For five years he was a member of the executive com mittee of the 'Department of Rural Education of the Na tional Education Association. Also participating in the clinic will be Dr. Merle Stone man, professor of school ad ministration at the University, Dr. Frank Sorenson, director of University Summer Ses sions, Dr. Wesley C. Meier- Lincoln, Nebraska Perfect Average Earned By Four; 140 Students Receive 8.0 or Better Four University of Nebras ka students did the seemingly impossible task this past se mester of earning perfect scholastic averages of 9.000 for 12 hours or more. Another 140 students earned a semester grade av erage of 8.000 or better, put ting them in the top two per cent of the approximately 7,-' 000 undergraduate students. The "perfect" scholars were: Walter Akeson of Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ake son, senior in College of Agri culture. Carole E. Crate of Lincoln, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur B. Crate, senior in Col lege of Arts and Sciences. Larry Dornhoff of Heart well, , son of Mr. and Mrs. Missile Story, To Be Related By Specialists Three important chapters in the story of missile devel opment in the United States will be related by missile spe cialists from the Air Univer sity at Maxwell Air Force Base at Montgomery, Ala bama. The officers, Major An thony H. Richard Jr., and Major John H. Garrison, Jr., will present their program at the Love Library Auditorium, Tuesday, from 9 to 12 a.m. The presentation will be di vided into three units, the first, from 9 to 9:50 a.m., is geared to the upper elemen tary and junior and senior high level, the second unit, from 10 to 10:50 a.m. is es pecially for the teachers and the last hour is open to the public. However, anyone may attend the full three hour ses sion. - : i . . henry, University professor of j school administration, and Dr. Madison Brewer, chair-1 Slierwood Berg Melvin Dornhoff, sophomore in College of Arts and Sci ences. Roger G. Williams of Johns town, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Williams, sophomore in College of Arts and Sciences. Completing the "top ten" are: Fifth, James A. Wees of Omaha, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wees, senior in. Col lege of Engineering and Ar chitecture, with an 8.947 av erage. Sixth, - Wayne H. Phillips of Humboldt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phillips,' sopho more in the College of Arts and Science, with an 8.941 av erage. Seventh, Dennis B. Nelson of Loomis, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Nelson, junior in 1 flPMf ff QiW 'Laura' Will Be Directed By New Faculty Member Dr. William R. Morgan, as sistant professor of Speech and Dramatic Art, who joined the faculty of the University in June, is directing the sec ond summer play offered by University Theater, it was an nounced today by Dr. Joseph Baldwin, acting director of Theatre. "Laura," a sophisticated mystery melodrama, is the production which Dr. Morgan is readying for performance July 24 and 25 in Howell Theatre. - Professional Experience For the past two years a member of the faculty of the University of Minnesota at Duluth, Dr. Morgan has acted and directed in professional repertory and summer stock theatres, and holds degrees from the University of Texas and the State University of Iowa. man of the University's de partment of elementary edu cation. . $ .' H V 1 . Martelle Cushman J4JLY, 16, 1959 College of Engineering and Architecture, with an 8.895 av erage. Eighth,. John F. Haessler of Leshara, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Haessler, sopho more in College of Law, with an 8.846 average. Ninth, William E. Holland of OvertoH, son of Mr. and Mrs. John .Holland, sopho more in College of Enginerin? and Architecture, with an 8.833 average. Tied for tenth. Fred D. Swaim of Lincoln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Swim, sen ior in College of Engineering and Architecture; and Mi chael R. Voorhies of Orchard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Voorhies, sophomore in College of Arts and Sciences, both with an 8.824 average. Dr. Morgan began his ca reer in the theatre as a child actor in the Arthur Casey Stock Company of Indianapo lis. He adopted Texas as his home state when the company became insolvent in Houston. During World War II he di rected musicals and reviews for the 18th Special Service Company which played to the G.I.'s in the jungles of India and Burma. At the close .of the war, Dr. Morgan spent a year with the Paramount Theatre's Repertory Company, present ing three plays in various theatres throughout the South west. In this experience he became associated with Mar tha Hyer and other yowig, budding actresses. Dr. Morgan has also served as director of community the atres in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Duluth, Minn. T, ,mt " j ) J i J: