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SCUTTLEBUTT ~ SCIENCE AT BREAK TIME
IT LOOKS AS IF Koreo.. II, 0,nx ( In the last issue there was a br .f
Lously 1;:ai t l. n.15 in the wings with ,capsulo summary of thG state of the
:rossed fing ers and nails bitten !science prograra in Korea~ and an
:.own to the cuticles, will be train~optimistic state:ment by Roger Wil-l
ng here in Korea for slx we e lm nextjder on the future of sciance here.
:iummer! This last piece of infor- This month there is a more complete
:nb,tion came via the Korea II r£ ws- report; submitted by Glen and Diq.n
letter, 11 Would You Bel ievo, ;e for... Odell to the PC Office and released
warded by Our Ga l in Washin;; tonv for summa riz ation here,--Ed.}
Hiss Paulo, 1\.ronowi tz. More details PCV' s Glen and Dian Odell re-will
follo1:I later as plc:.n s cryst.a l- port tha t at t he time of the winter
lize~ Poor kids: no Hawa ii! •• D workshop in T~ejoh, only six vol­Woulcf
You Believe, 11 by the way? is unteers were teaching any science
a cute, chatty thing editc~cl by the at all; the remainder were teaching
Misses Maxine Slavin and ~-o Ann Enr!.lish. However, 16 of them ex-
Joseph, two /~TP-ers. Al though it's pe~ted to be teaching science at the
masterful, it doesn't h a ve tha 1:. ope n ing of the spring semester .
sober dignity of YOBOSAYO!, t h e An estimated half of the group
.1:i gh li tero.ry quality cmd .pomp ous reported a lack of facilities for
airs of us old, established and now doi:~13 any la.bor::i.tory worl{, but most
secure veteratis ••• DAN HINTON com- of those reporting were improvising
pl ~i ins of stones in his rice •. The equipment for use in the new term.
nasty th:Lncs have meant the demise Nost of . tha science group in­~
f one of his teeth. A stray ~tone dicated a willinsne$s ta teach one
split it in half, e.nd Dan lost both or .two Enc;lish classes extrac-ur­-
ia.J. ves to t t1 e dentist ••• The officia,ricular1y, althouo; h they overwhelm­;
ount of poundage lost by DIAN BAR- ine;ly prefer to teach only science.
COW st c1,n ds at 24, confirmed by her- The Od,ells also submitted to
rnlf v.rhen she was in Seoul late the science 2;roup the l"'_esul ts of the
La st month. She looks perfectly survey they too.l{ last fall, _ hi c; h-m.
rvelous smd says she feels just li::i;hted by the note that laboratory
; reat •.• Add RO N MC LElN to the list classes ~re practically non-existent
)f' typhoid victims ••• KAREN M:IDDLE- in sc ools presently covered by the
['QN cau.g..1. t a sl~in germ of the sc a lp Peace Corps. Statistics also showed
rar.i.ety, and al though she had to that class sizo could be cut by ·
3pend three days in 3eve ren ce Hos- 20% or more if students move from
Jj,tal get.tine; rid of it, the doc.. . class ·to class, thereby using fac­sorr
s prescription h 3. d her humming ilities more ~fficiently, .and that
10,ppily. Karen must go to a reput- the 1iationwide science curriculum
1.ble beautician once a ,-rn s k 1:1here _. in;cludes o.n. average o_f two hours a · 1
she can dry her hair quickly under,,, weel<: o_f· sc!iepc o per year.
J. dryer! And at PC expense, to.o! · Di'rector Chun of the Science
{aren dislikes beauty parlors, so and Techno.loc;y Sectioh 0£' the Econ-it
won't be unal loyed bliss... omic Planninc Board, a fter outlining
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