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The Daily Nebraskan Page 3 Volunteers Here For Ten Weeks- u u cuDu u Friday, Oct. 4, 1963 By Marv McNeff Ag News Editor What makes the average Peace Corps volunteer tick? An answer to that question Is as close as the Nebraska Cen ter for Continuing Education, Last spring the University of Nebraska contracted with the Peace Corps to train vol u n t e e r s for developmental work in Colombia, and the training program got under way on August 31, and will continue until November 16, D. D. Axthelm, Director of the training project at the Center, said 50 young men and women are undergoing training presently. Fifteen of the volunteers will serve as Agricultural Extension spe cialists, seven will be working as Home extension and nutri tion specialists, eight will be working to develop farm co operatives and expand credit sources for Colombian farm ers, and 20 will be doing land surveys to determine bounda ries and allow new land areas to be cultivated. The life of a Peace Corps trainee at the Center is filled with one form of training or another for most of the time he is awake. The typical day of the trainee may run some thing like this: 6:00 a.m.-30 minutes of physical training and exercise. 7 a.m. break fast. 8 a.m. to noon, classes in Spanish, world affairs, Amer ican history, and Colombian studies. The afternoon is flevoted to studies and refresher courses in the trainee's area of spe cialization, according to Mr. Axthelm. From 4-5 p.m. an other physical training period is held. After dinner at 5:15 p.m. Spanish classes and labs are convened at 6:30 p.m. fol lowed by guest speakers and authorities from the area the trainees are destined for. At 9 p.m. the trainees are fin ished with formal training for the day and may study or go to bed. Regular academic Saturday morning classes are also held, and Saturday afternoons are reserved for technical proj ects in each of the four areas of specialization. For in stance, the girls in the home extension section spent one Saturday afternoon in the Ag engineering woo d-working lab, building towel racks and learning to use wood-working tools. "Field trips are also planned for Saturday after noon to broaden the trainees in their technical skills," Mr. Axthelm said, mentioning that the volunteers will be strictly on their own when they reach Colombia, and all training i s intended to en courage individual initiative. Sunday mornings are free, and the afternoons are devot ed to learning supplemental skills which will be neces sary In Colombia. Examples of this type of training include the three Sunday afternoons the 20-man surveying class spent practicing boating, re quired because some areas of Colombia are most easily accessible by water. Others have been riding and caring for horses, another main means of transportation. Campouts have also been held to acquaint trainees with more primitive living condi tions and to allow them to adapt to the same types of conditions tbev will find in Colombia. Trainees represent at least 25 different states, according to Axthelm, including a Ne braska girl. A necessary part of t h e program is the complete med' ical and physical checkup giv en during the training period at the center. All inouclations are given during this time, and any corrective medical work is completed because after a short home leave up on completion of training, the volunteers will be flown di rectly to Colombia. Since the Peace Corps has contracted with (be Univer sity, the project leaders are members of the University staff, and so are the major ity of the course instructors. Volunteers presently in Co lombia, numbering around 260, are presently paid from $105 to $110 per month, which would handle all living ex penses except medical treat- NSA Seeks Demonstrations For Birmingham Incident Philadelphia (CPS) - The United States National Student Association (USNSA) called for a national vigil to occur on all college and university campuses. The vigil, originated by a group of students at the Uni versity of Illinois, is current ly being conducted at more than fifty schools across the country and is designed to demonstrate the profound feelings of compassion felt by the American student commu nity for the oppresive condi tions that exist within the Ne gro community in Birming ham as demonstrated by the recent killing of four innocent children attending Sunday School on September 15. At most campuses, the vigil is taking the form of five minutes of silence at noon, Hel Wanted Nebraska Union Relief Cashier M-F 8:30 am -1:00 pm Good Opportunity For Student Wife Contact Mr. Barnes Nebraska Union Adm. Office 111 followed by ten minutes of speeches by the leaders of various religious and civil rights groups as well as cam pus officials. ' The USNSA also requested that all student governments "make their feelings on the Birmingham crisis known to the President, their Senators, and their local Congressmen." The students at Illinois have also called for a boycott of the ten national corporations which employ over 35 of the Birmingham labor force. These ten include: United States Steel, Republic Steel, Union Carbide and the Mar tin-Marietta Corporation. 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Over the two year period which vol unteers serve, they accrue 45 days leave, with pay of $7.50 each day during the leave pe riod. Axthelm said this is the first time a team approach has been used in Colombia. The Colombian government requested team training for the volunteers to be part of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization's (FAO) and Colombian gov ernment's Project of Integrat ed and Applied Nutrition. Technical specialists from FAO will supervise the vol unteers carrying out the proj ect, which is designed to im prove the general nutrition al level of the area's inhabi tants. The volunteers will be sent to a coffee growing area in Colombia. Coffee is a cash crop, and although it is a surplus commodity, the farm ers still devote most of their land to production of coffee, with the result that the av erage diet of the people is composed mainly of a few starchy foods, with no vari ation, causing deficiency dis eases and malnutrition to de velop. The soil in the area is fer tile and could be used to grow a wide variety of nutritious vegetables and tropical fruits, which would greatly affect the deficiency disease rate. The goal of the volunteers is to get the farmers to plant, and the people to eat, a wider range of foods. Before the volunteers can hope to persuade the people to change their eating habits, they must be accepted as members of the local commu nity by the people they will be working and living with. To gain this confidence from the people, trainees are taught local customs and sports, the national songs and dances, and children's games. One training method util ized by the Project staff is to deliberately not plan a speci fic method to accomplish a certain goal, thus placing the trainee in a situation whereby he has to depend upon himself to solve the problem. Mr. Ax thelm said after one recent hike the trainees returned to the camping area expecting to find dinner waiting, but to their surprise the food they found had to be prepared and cooked by them before they could eat. The educational level of the people in the area they will be workingin may range from semi-ilterate to 7th .or 8th grade. Therefore the vol unteers will have to use train ing and instruction methods which doesn't depend upon the printed word to communi cate meaning. Demonstrations will be used, as well as other aids in symbolic instruction which the people can grasp. Mr. Axthelm, Who has trav eled in the area the project will work in, said the high birth rate would be no prob lem in the underdeveloped areas of Colombia if the lard would be used for Useful and varied food production. The birth rate is a problem for in dividual families who find it difficult to support ten chil dren on five to 20 acres of land, most of which is devoted to growing coffee. A land reform movement is underway in Colombia, and Social Calendar After two weeks of initially hitting the books campus organizations turn their attention to social life this week-end. Fourteen activities are planned for today and Saturday. Today Alpha Gamma Sigma, Hayrack Ride. 8- 11 p.m. Benton House. Hayrack Ride. 7:30 10:30 P.m. Sigma Alpha Mu, Hayrack Ride 9- 12 p.m. Saturday Acacia, Hay Ride 7-12 p.m. Alpha Gamma Rho, House Party 8-12 p.m. Alpha Omlcron Pi. House Party S-12 p.m. Alpha Tau Omega. House Party 9-12 p.m. Beta Theta Pi. House Party 8 12 p.m. Delta Sigma Pi. House Party -12 p.m. Delta Tau Delta, House Party 8-12 P.m. Delta Upsilon, Stable Stomp 9-12 p.m. Kappa Sigma. House Party 9-12 p.m. Pi Kappa Phi. House Party 8-12 P.m. RAM. Record Hop 8-12 p.m. the movement into the east ern plains and the river val leys will be most beneficial for the country's future, Mr. Axtehelm said. Columbian organizations al so exist which are working with the problems the Peace Corps volunteers will be grappling with. The volun teers will be working with these local organizations as much as possible. TODAY UNION FILM COMMITTEE will present "American in Paris" at 7 and 9 p.m. in the Nebraska Union auditorium at 25 cents per ticket. SATURDAY DELIAN-U N I O N LITER ARY SOCIETY will hold first party program in 332 Ne braska Union at 8 p.m. UNICORNS will hold abowl bowJing party at Plaza Bowl at 7 p.m. SUNDAY PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE will hold a coffee hour for all for eign students in 332 Nebraska Union at 4:30 p.m. American students are invited.' UNION FILM COMMIT TEE will present "American in Paris" at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union auditorium. The Church . . . For A Fuller Life . . . For You CALENDAR OF CHURCH SERVICES . BAPTIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP UNITED. CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Evansellcal United Brethren ft Disciples of Christ) Alan J. Pickering, Ralph Hays, Dennis W. Patterson, Pastors 10:45 a.m. Corporate Worship 5:30 p.m. Forum Discussion ST. MARKS ON-THE-CAMPUS (EPISCOPAL) 13th and R Sts. 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. SUN.-FRI. 5:00 p.m. George H. Peek, Vicar Holy Communion Holy Communion Nursery & Church School EVENING PRAYER UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL (The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) 15th It Q Sts. . A. J. Norden, Pastor A. P. Vasconcellos, Vicar 9:30 a.m. WorsWp 11:00 a.m. Worship 5:30 p.m. Comma DeltB ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH (Catholic Student Center) Uth ft "Q" Sts. Rev. R. Haln, Rev. T. Pucellk, Chaplains Masses: 7:009:0011:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m. Newman Study Series Tues. ft Wed. 7:00 p.m. ADVENTIST FELLOWSHIP Dr. Cunfher Paullen, Advisor Perry Green, Chaplain Meets at Noon First Monday, Monthly Friday : 7:30 p.m. Youth Meeting Saturday: 9:30 Sabbath School Saturday: 11:00 Worship College View Church, 4015 S. 49th St. Piedmont Park Church, 4M1 A St. North Side Church, 7321 Lexington Arthur L. Slalkou, Pastor H. M. Burner, Director of Student Work 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 8:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 5:15 p.m. Dinner 6:O0 p.m. Fellowship Hour 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship First Baptist Church 14th & K Sts. WESLEY FOUNDATION (Methodist) 4t No. Hth St. Duano Hutchinson, Minister C. Richard Morris, Lair Associate 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 5:00 p.m. Forum 6:45 p.m. Vespers 7:00 Study In Religion LUTHERAN STUDENT CHAPEL 535 NO. Kth Diana Graham, Assistant (National Lutheran Council) Alvln Petersen, Pastor 10:30 .m. Worsnlp 5:30 p.m. Luthern Student Association MIDWEEK WED., 7:00 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION THOMAS FAIRCLOUGH Tuesdays at 12:15 Chapel of Cottier College of Religion 1237 R Street is v z 1 v 1 "Z ' ' Art 1 V I J ft i 'mm WHY DOES GOD CARE? We are so tiny in the vastness of space, so drab in the grandeur of nature. Why does God care about each one of us? This question has always plagued the min4 of man. It will probably never be completely answered to his satisfaction until he sees and believes the evidence of man's importance to God: Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. ' . , It remained for Jesus Christ to reveal the love of God. Sunday - World Communion Day Christians will unite in the sacrament which is their richest experience of the glory and honor God has given. The world over, men will rejoice in the Divine' Love, so far-reaching, that God gave His Son for humanity. Copyright 196S, Keietcr Advertising Service,. Ine., Stnuburt, To. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Psalms John - John Romans I Corinthians Hebrews I John 8:1-9 3:16-21 14:15-24 5:1-8 11:17-26 2;l-7 8:16-21 PATRONIZE DAILY NEBRASKAN ADVERTISERS EDHOLM BLOMGREN Portraits Placement Photos HE 2-6686 318 South 12th Patronize Daily Nebraskan Advertisers TKE EVANS LAUNDERERS CLEANERS 333 No. 12 Selleck Quad. 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