PAv TWI THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 13, 1966 ,,,. PA iE1TWOTE'CIA AL ENSA.ARL1,16 No Sharp Barbs Hit By Going Barefoot RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE: Regents To Act on Proposed Curriculum ,1. By JAMES SCHUTZE "Barefoot in the Park" is as much fun as sister's boyfriend who knows four and a half hours worth of Reader's Digest jokes. With each succeeding cute-ism, one yearns a little harder to go drink black coffee somewhere. Playwright Neil Simon doesn't know that a genuinely light and delightful play must display quick sharp insight and general purpose. if it is to maintain its own gaie- ty. His "Barefoot" comes across as a marathon of barbershop wise- crackery pasted together with soapy philosophy and homely fa- marity JoaritMcall'faithfully commu- nicates all the cuteness and flight written into her role as a young lightweight newlywed, and she should probably be praised for mi- tigating the role's sweetness wher- ever possible with her own easy personal charm.. A few broad brays indicate that husband and wife are dissimilar emotionally: they consider divorce: they are reunited. That's fun. And, of course, the play devel- ops against the background of a third rate apartment and a Jewish mother. That's fun, too. Woody Romoff saves the entire production from anemia with an ingeniously effective treatment of middleaged dilettantism and attic dwelling eccentricity in his role as Victor Velasco, the mountain climber who lives upstairs. Mr. Velasco never ascends to his attic home unless by scaling up from some open window, an arrange- ment which both satisfies his ath- letic tastes and conserves his sparse rent money. Velasco very nearly extinguishes newlyweds and mother with a pro- gressive dinner of Albanian deli- cacies found only in a few widely separated corners of New York. Romoff's frivolous aplomb and charming off-handedness suffer only for their undistinguished company in this play. We in the audience are persist- entlyinvited to lean toward each others' ears' and whisper, "isn't that just like . . oh, it sounds like something . . . well, that's you at the breakfast table." Unfortunate- ly, two and one half hours of mu- tual smirk and giggling rib poke leads to boundless hatred for all mankind and for dramatists in particular. (Continued from Page 1) course taught in their foreign lan- guage after they have attained proficiency. Intensive Language Experiments in intensive lan- guage courses are now being car- ried on in the plot project, in preparation for the residential col- lege language program. Marcia Winik, Grad, a pilot project In- tensive French instructor, says, "This is definitely the way to learn a language." One of her students agrees. learn a French Prof. French faculty dential "I never thought I could language, but pilot project is great., Jean Carduner of the department, one of the planners, says that resi- college students will prob- in the core program by giving stu- dents the freedom to select semi- nar sections and to pursue indi- vidual topics in their classes. The core program will take ap- proximately the same amount of time as the present literary col- lege distribution requirements. At the end of the sophomore year all students will take a core- course comprehensive examina- tion. Concentration programs will be flexible and will be "adjusted to suit the student's interests and aims." Concentration in the Col- lege will consist of studies in dential college students should be nature, rather than "mechanical completion of a certain set of courses," according to the faculty report. In some cases formal classes for a student would be eliminated en- tirely and replaced by directed reading programs.rThe calendar will also include regular periods when students could be released from formal classwork to do inde- pendent reading and writing. Prof. Bradford Perkins of the history department, a member of the faculty committee, says, "No student whom I teach in the resi- dential college will be able to get Faculty planners visualize com- along without doing independent prehensive e x a mi n a t i o ns as work." "broadly-construed essay exami- A second comprehensive exami- nations that will give students an nation will be required in the stu- opportunity to show the results dent's field ofsconcentration by of both their formal course work the end of his senior year. and their independent study." House Bill Proposes To Give 'U' Budget of $45 Million Hill Auditorium Fi ably not receive grades in intro- ductory language courses. They will simply have to pass a profi- ciency examination some time be- fore their junior year. "By being able to take advan- tage of techniques of individual language training and not having to worry about grades, all resi- dential college students should ze able to pass the language profi- ciency exam with relatively little trouble," Carduner says. Flexibility will be maintained (Continued from Page 1) Montgomery said that the bill to be reported out of the Senate might contain some of the pro- visions of his bill. He indicated that Sen. Garland Lane, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and himself were in agreement on "how these Univer- sities should be handled." As one legislator put it, "This bill shows the Legislature just what they could do to the Univer- sity if they ever wanted to." Under the intricate and con- fusing provisions, no funds are appropriated for parts of the bud- get where, in the view of the legis- lature, the Universities did not MAY NARD K LEINV Conduc/ing ARTS CHORALE MOZART ... Requiem HAYDN ..."Lord Nelson" Mass BRAHMS. .".Nachtwache" FRIDAY 8:30 Admission Free provide adequate breakdowns of costs. However, the final total of the bill includes the figures. But a pro- vision in the bill states that acti- vities of a certain department shall not exceed the amount of money actually appropriated in the sub- totals. Thus, funds for the President's office is appropriated "$0" in the subtotals, but funds are included in the final totals, thus explaining the $65 million figure. The Office of the President would actually be appropriated no funds whatsoever. GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Special Noon Luncheon 25c MRS. LE-TH I-AN H Vietnamese Writer-in-Residence: "Viet Nam-Historic, Geographic, and Ethnic Background" 8225 John C. odge Lbs. N.N. of Grand 81. Just 25 min. from campus 872-4990 April 26th-May 8th Paul BUTTERFIELD and his blues band ODETTA May 13th-May 22d. Make your reservations NOW! Now appearing thru April 24th TOM PASLE plus PHIL MARCUS ESSER N 0 """"e MOMMI IN SIXTH YEAR: Peace Corps Plans Further Expansion WASHINGTON - (P) - "My problem is that I'm 23 years oldd andIve already had the experi- en of a lifetime." The Peace Corps, as it entersv its sixth year, is in much the samet situation as the Peace Corps Vol- unteer who said this. The volunteer had Just retur~ned2 from two years in a rural villaget in Colombia feeling, that while hee had helped make the world a lit- tle better, he was about to em- bark on an uncertain future. e Soaring Success Few federal programs have ex-t perienced- the . soaring success ofa the Peace- Corps, both abroad and at home. But it, too, is now em-d barking upon an uncertain future, with a new leader.e After supervising its creationt and running the Peace Corps for the first five years, Sargent Shriv- er has stepped out to devote full time to President Johnson's "war( on poverty." Except possibly for John F. Kennedy, who proposed the Peace+ Corps during the 1960 campaign } and created it five years ago with an executive order, Shriver prob-r aby was the main inspirational force behind it. New Leader Thiswas the man Jack Hood Vaughn has replaced at a time wien the -Peace Corps is plan-t ning: new training programs, new o v e r s e a s programs, including sending volunteers behind the Ir- on Curtain into Eastern Europe, and, a reverse Peace Corps which could bring thousands of foreign1 youths to serve in this country. Vaughn is aware of his problem. In his. fitt speech as director, he said-*,.,-,"hollowing' arge Shriver. aro id the Peace Corps was brae- ing. Following him as its leader is a bit shattering." While officials plan furtherex- pansiloon, there are some signs the Peace Corps may be reaching its limits as far as numbers are con- cerned, and will level off. "Nation Building" There is a new emphasis, which Vaughn supports vigorously, on trying for a maor impact in a nation-"nation building is what top officials call it. And there is a continual fer- ment among the volunteers, en- couraged by Peace Corps leaders. Possibly it is best typified by a letter from a volunteer in Iran. It said, in part: "There is the distinct possibilityi of a preoccupation with a 'senti- mental mishmash of success anec- dotes. Why? Because we are be- ing enslaved by our dangerously misleading public image. We are trying to keep the. original glamor untarnished, a glamor that never really was, ironically, by demon- strating expansion and success - yet it is these two preoccupations that may ruin us. "Our American public . . . can no longer be mesmerized by the image of photogenic young dyna- mos surrounded by smiling na- tives. Likewise, we must abandon that galling bit of naivete, the idea of young men and women far afield, erecting gleaming struc- tures and passing on the torch of knowledge to eager foreign popu- lations. Most important, we must be patient with the inconclusive and intangible type of efforts that volunteers are often engaged in. "It is ironic that we who strove so hard to win our acceptance by selling an image are now becom- ing its victims .. Looking back on his Peace Corps days, Shriver has said: "We prov- ed that the common man can play a role in foreign policy. This was the biggest thing the Peace Corps has done." Reassure Americans It was so greatly admired in this area that 49 other nations now have set up service organizations, either for domestic or foreign work, similar to the Peace Corps. Also, Shriver said, "We reassur- ed America about her own people. You remember that in 1957-59 there were articles and books about the softness of American youth. People still remembered the defections in Korea. We re-estab- lished our faith in ourselves, prov- ed Americans can measure up in tough times, live under crude con- ditions, that they are resourceful. "There was a great deal of complaining about our reacting to communism, a feeling that we ought to do something positive. This was something positive." Turn To Youth Finally, Shriver said, the Peace Corps turned the thoughts of many American youths for the first time to public service, teach- ing, social service Jobs and for- eign service. Vaughn, his successor, is a tough, 45-year-old veteran of the foreign aid program and the Peace Corps. "He is one of our own re- turned," said one Peace Corps staffer when the appointment was announced. Vaughn spent a decade with the U.S. Information Agency-and the foreign aid program, where, along with his deputy Warren Wiggins, he was ranked among the "Young Turks" striving for less checkbook. aid and more concentration on the problems of people., Vaughn Steps In As Peace Corps Latin-American regional director, Vaughn develop- ed most of the programs in that area. In March 1964, after the riots in Panama, President John- son tapped him as U.S. ambassa- dor to Panama. Within 11 months, Johnson ele- vated Vaughn to assistant secre- tary of state for inter-American affairs and coordinator of the Al- liance for Progress. It was this job he left to return to the Peace Corps. Vaughn has scheduled extensive overseas traveling this spring to visit the farflung Peace Corps op- erations-something Shriver has- n't been able to do the past two years., "There is some doubt of my po- licies," Vaughn said, in an inter- view. "I need to reassure the vol- unteers on my aims, my plans for the Peace Corps." See Increase He took over an organization with some 12,000 volunteers in 46 nations. Plans call for an increase to 14,500 this summer and 16,000 in 1967. Vaughn said five more nations will be selected for Peace Corps programs from nearly two dozen applicants. There-are some 6,000 returned volunteers in the United States. They are just beginning to have an impact that will grow as the alumni ranks swell to 50,000 by 1970 and. ,200,000 by 1980. Impact at Home Shriver has long contended that the greatest impact of the Peace Corps, in the long run, will be at home. But the first reaction of the re- turned volunteer often is frustra- tion. Wiggins puts it this way: "They've been important people in the lives of their villages. They- ve caused change. Almost without exception, they want a better, more important job than they have. Frustration is one way to describe the attitude of the re- turned volunteer, but just watch him seven or eight years after he gets back-when he has gotten that important job he is looking for." Government Infiltration Although most already are col- lege graduates, 40 per cent of re- turned volunteers go back to col- lege, usually because their life goal has changed and they need to prepare for a new field. Anoth- er 40 per cent enter some type of service career. Shriver's policy of "in, up and out" for the Washington staff al- ready ha sresulted in much gov- ernment infiltration by the Peace Corps. Ideally, this results in a staffer moving up to a top Peace Corps job, then out to a better government job. Staffers who did- n't measure up were eliminated. As a result of Shriver's policy, former'- Peace Corps staffers now are ambassadors, U.S.I.A. officials, Labor Department officials, and hold down dozens of top jobs in Washington. 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