a new accent for the three r's

690 SCHOOL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

A NEW ACCENT FOR THE THREE R^SThe 148 successful candidates selected for the first postwar exchange of

teachers between the United States and Great Britain were announcedtoday by John W. Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner of Education.Boys and girls in 74 schools in this country will hear this fall for the first

time accents and pronunciations entirely new to them when they listen totheir new teachers from England, Scotland, and Wales. And overseas,British, Welsh, and Scottish children will come in contact with the Ameri-can language at first-hand as teachers from Maine, Tennessee, Californiaand other States begin work on this new international assignment.The suggestion for the exchange came to the U. S. Department of State

from the British Foreign Office for the Committee on the Interchange ofTeachers in Great Britain shortly after V-J Day. Because of the limitedtime in which to arrange for the first interchange, the Committee for theUnited States announced the plan to school officials chiefly in cities of20,000 to 200,000 population and asked for the nomination of teachers.The 74 teachers finally selected from several hundred candidates are repre-sentative of all fields of education from nursery school through high school.The same method of selection in Great Britain resulted in 1700 applicationsfrom which 74 teachers were chosen.Each teacher concerned assumes all traveling expenses incident to the

transfer from his present post to the new one. Each teacher has beengranted a year’s leave of absence with pay from the school district inwhich he is regularly employed.

JOBS IN AIR CONDITIONING SERVICEVocational counselors, ex-G.I/s, students and anyone interested in

entering the air conditioning industry as a service and repair man will findhelpful information in a new six-page leaflet on employment in this fieldjust published by Occupational Index, Inc., New York University, NewYork 3, N. Y. Single copies are 25^, cash with order.The abstract is entitled Air Conditioning Service and covers postwar

prospects, nature of the work, unions, qualifications, discrimination, prep-aration, entrance, advancement, earnings, number and distribution ofworkers, disadvantages, advantages and an appraisal of the available lit-erature. Selected references for additional reading are included.

JOB INFORMATIONPostwar employment prospects in 6 occupations are described in 6 dif-

ferent six-page Occupational Abstracts just revised and published byOccupational Index, Inc., New York University, New York 3, N. Y., at25^ each.The occupations covered are:

Barber Electric LinemanDentist General HouseworkerElectrician Welder

Each abstract summarizes available information on the nature of thework, abilities and training required, earnings, number and distributionof workers, advantages, disadvantages, and postwar prospects. Sources offurther information and best references for additional reading are included.