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, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE--f14 ADM. BIDG. MINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 APRIL 1, 1960 Pr f t";...f~.. r' ( ! /1 (i ~~ 'f':) (; 'BOTTLE' THEME OF 'u' GIRLS' WATER SHOW (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) "In the Bottlei1 will be the theme of the University of Minnesota Aquatic League annual water show Friday and Saturday (April 8-9) at 8 p.m. in the Cooke hall pool. The 26 girls, members of the University Women's Athletic association sponsored swirmning group, will use precision swimming patterns and elaborate costumes to depict the ':OOttle" theme. Included will be perfume bottles, a baby bottle, ink and milk bottles and a ship in a bottle. Two University students, both holders of the state senior women's diving championship titles, will do exhibition diving at the show. Going off the high board will be Mary Mero, 235 Robie st"St. Paul, 1959 champion and University junior, and Claire Sorenson, 1846 Asbury, St. Paul, University sophomore and champion in '56, '57 and '58. The first Aquatic League performance in the Cooke hall pool was given in 1932, according to Helen Starr, former director of the University organization. It was at this time that the famous I1 synchronized swi.rnmi.ng" that later evolved into the many water follies was developed by Miss Starr and league members. Miss Starr now is director of health, physical education and recreation for the Minneapolis Board of Education. Public admission to the water show will be 75 cents. -UNS- t '\ ", \.1, t·/.:1"} ,',. ;" r UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEllIS SERVICE--2l4 ADM. BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 APRIL 1, 1960 GROUND WATER EXPERT TO TALK AT fU' THURSDAY (FOR IMMEDIATE RElEASE) One of the country's outstanding experts on the geology of ground water, Professor George B. Maxey of the University of Illinois, will address a dinner meeting of the University of Minnesota geology department at 6 p.m. Thursday (April 7) in Coffman Memorial Union. Professor Maxey, head of the ground water geology and geophysical exploration section of the Illinois State Geological Survey, will speak on liThe Geology of Water and Its Importance to Our Industrial Civilization". -UNS- J ~ I ,I UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE--2l4 ADM. BIDG. HINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 APRIL 1, 1960 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF 7-STATE AREA ELIGIBLE FOR U.S. COUNSELING, GUIDANCE TRAINING PROJECT AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Mirmeapolis --- Secondary school teachers and counselors from a seven-state area are eligible to apply for two National Defense Counseling and Guidance Training institutes to be conducted by the University of Minnesota during the academic year 1960-61, according to Willis E. Dugan, University educational psychology professor, institute director. The area comprises Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, western Wisconsin, northern Iowa, .Nebraska and the eastern half of Hontana. The program. will be financed by a federal grant of approximately $220,000 allocated by the United States Office of Education under the National Defense Education Act (NnEA) of 1958. The first institute at the University of Minnesota will be held Sept. 5 to Dec. 23, 1960. The second institute will begin Jan. 30 and close June 9, 1961. Thirty students will be enrolled each semester. First semester enrollees may earn 18 graduate credits toward counselor certification and second semester students may earn 21 credits, Professor Dugan explained. Minnesota is 0 ne of 22 colleges and universities which will conduct NnEA guidance training institutes next year, according to Lawrence G. Derthick, United States cOIlllll.issioner of education. The program. is aimed at providing counseling and guidance training for top quality teachers and improving qualifications of present counselors, said Derthick. (HORE) t t • GUIDANCE INSTITUTES _ 2 - Enrollees at the University of Hinnesota will attend academic classes three days a week in psychologyt educational psychologyt child development t counseling and guidance and a seminar on c'Education and Guidance of Youth in a Changing SocietyC~. Two days each week will be devoted to field practice in testing, identification of talent and supervised counseling in cooperating schools in the Twin Cities area. Colleges and universities conducting the institutes were selected by the Office of Education with the help of consultants from counseling and guidance programs at institutions of higher education. From funds appropriated by Congress, a -u>tal of approximately $9 million has been allocated nationwide by the education office over a two-year period for (",ounseling and guidance institutes. The University of Minnesota will conduct one of 84 previously announced institutes this summer. Public school teachers who attend the institutes will receive stipends of I ~ $75 a week plus $15 a week for each dependent. Private school enrollees will attend the institutes without charge but receive no stipends. Teachers, counselors and school administrators who,desire further information and application blanks may obtain them by writing to Professor Willis E. Dugan, 139-B Burton hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 14, Minn. -UNS- ~ ~ [---- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEW'S SERVICE--214 ADI'!. BLOO. mNJIl'EA;POLIS 14, MINNESOTA FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 APRIL 1, 1960 LIST-. OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAi"PU~ LECTURES AND PUBLIC Ffi. JaRA' 'S -- \JEEK OF APRIL 3-10 l1 Sunday, April 3---Color film, "Hinnesota Wildlife Tour , 3 p. m., Hinnesota HuseU!lt' of Natural Histor,y auditorium, open free to the public. Monday and Tuesday, April 4 and 5 ---Conference on "'lhe Challenge of Connnunist China", free public sessions at 2:)0 p. m. in Coffman I~morial Union and 8 p. m. in I\'Iayo Hemorial auditorium, both days. Wednesday, April 6---1ecture, liThe Style of Criticism", Sir Herbert Read, British poet and literary critic, ):)0 p. m., Minnesota Museum of Natural History auditorium, open free to the public. Thursday, April 7---University of Minnesota convocation, lecture by Tom Patterson, founder of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ont., Canada, "Are We Losing the Cultural lilar?", 11:)0 a. m., Northrop Memorial auditorium, open free to the public. Thursday, April 7---I.ecture, "The Geology of T'Jater and Its Importance to Our Industrial Civilization", George B. Maxey, University of Illinois geology professor, 6 p. m. dinner meeting, Coffman Memorial Union. Thursday, April 7---"The Temper of the 20 1s" lecture series begins, Frederick Hoffman, University of Wisconsin English professor, 8 p. m., Nicholson hall auditorium, series registration closes at first lecture, admission by series ticket o~. Thursday through Saturday; April ---Sixth Annual Conference on Consumer Information, Governor 7-9 Orville L. Freeman speaks at opening session at 8 p. m. Thursday in Room )20 Coffman Memorial Union, sessions Friday 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., Saturday 9 to noon. open to public. Friday, April 8 ---Illustrated lecture, "Finland as a Frontier Land", Hilliam l1ead, University of London (England) geography professor, 1:30 p. m., 240 Chemical EnGineering building, open free to the public. Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9 ---University of rfinnesota Aquatic League annual ~ater show,8 p. m., Cooke hall pool. Sunday, April 10---Sound recordings in wildlife research, 3 P. m., Minnesota Museum of Natural History auditorium, open free to the public. -UNS- ,-----------------------~- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE--214 ADM.BWG. MINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA Ex-Journalist- FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 S'IRATFORD FEST APRIL 1, 1960 FOUNDER TO TALK AT 'U' CONVOCATION (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Tom Patterson, founder of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival at Stratford, Ont., Canada, will speak at an 11:30 a.m. University of Minnesota convocation Thursday (April 7) in Northrop MEITlOrial auditorium. His topic will be IlAre We Losing the Cultural War?" The former journalist is now director of planning of the Canadian "Stratford-on-Avon:r , which has gained international fame since its founding seven years ago. With no theatrical backing and no money, Patterson attained the help of British actor Alec Guinness and theater director Tyrone Guthrie in pioneering the beginnings of professional theater in Canada at Stratford. (Guthrie, theater company director at Stratford, recently has considered establishing a repertory theater in the Twin Cities, possibly on the University of lunnesota campus.) A native of Stratford, Patterson was associate editor of a trade publication before he started to promote his theater project in 1952. His tent-theater opened in July, 1953, starring Guinness and Irene Worth. Since then the Stratford company has performed on BroadwB3 and at the Edinburgh Festival. Patterson also founded The Canadian P1B3ers, a touring company, in cooperation wi.th Douglas Campbell. He is associate producer of the film 'lOedipus Rex\) and a director of Avon Productions, Ltd., a company set up to film the entire repertory of Shakespeare. Patterson also has taken an active interest in international politics. The 37-year-old theater promoter was graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor of arts degree in 1948. His talk will be sponsored by the University's department of concerts and lectures. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVlCE--2l4 ADM. BIDG. lI MINNEAPOLIS 14, MINNESOTA I I 'TEMPER OF 20's' FEderal 2-8158 EXT. 6700 I LECTURES AT U OF M APRIL 1, 1960 TO BEGIN THURSDAY (FOR IMMEDIATE REIEASE) Minneapolis --- tlThe Temper of the 20's", University of Minnesota general extension division spring quarter liberal arts series opening Thursday (April 7), 'Will be dominated by the work of men identified with Minnesota, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Allen Tate and Robert Penn Warren, according to William Van O'Connor, University English professor and serles adviser. Opening Thursday 'With the series title lecture, "The Temper of the 20's", by Frederick Hoffman, University of Wisconsin English professor, the seven-week series 'Will be held at 8 p.m.