 | The Cavalier daily Friday, December 12, 1969 |  |
Peace Corps Seeks Students
For Volunteer Work Abroad
By Debra Kroner
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
"Make America Beautiful - Leave the
Country." This is one of the slogans of a
peace movement, but of a movement of a
different sort that the MOBE. It is a
slogan of the Peace Corps which will be
recruiting at the University next week, on
the second floor of Newcomb Hall.
According to two Peace Corps recruiters,
Clem Burroughs and David Poole,
joining the organization would be one way to
avoid the draft. The two-year assignment would
merit an occupational deferment, afterwards
renewable for one year periods. This may be
the solution that some people are looking for,
they indicated.
College Graduates
Volunteers should preferably be college
graduates. However, if a person has acquired
such non-academically oriented skills as farming
or mechanics, the Corps would welcome him.
Mr. Burroughs, 26, has been associated with
the Peace Corps since December 1966. An
elementary education major from Alabama
State College, he served as an agricultural
advisor in the city of Bankura in the state of
West Bengal, India.
Rural Areas
While in India, Mr. Burroughs did community
development work in rural areas a
portion of his efforts being directed toward
assisting 4-11 clubs. In addition to these duties,
he taught English as a second language.
While with the Corps, Mr. Burroughs learned
to speak Bengali and Hindi. He has been
recruiting for the organization since September,
1969.
Mr. Poole, 25, completed his undergraduate
studies at Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.,
receiving his B.A. in Psychology. A member of
the Peace Corps since October 1966, he worked
in Kenya for two years.
Land Reform
While in Africa, he participated in land
settlement (land reform) programs. Under such
programs, African farmers were settled into
parcels of formerly European farming estates.
Mr. Poole worked in a 20,000 acre complex
settled by 350 farming families.
The two recruiters will be on the Grounds
all next week, answering questions and
distributing pamphlets. Any organizations or
professors who would like to have the two
ex volunteers speak at meetings or classes can
contact them either at the Peace Corps booth,
or through John Herring, Director of Newcomb
Hall.
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