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Coady International Institute Saint Francis Xarier University

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Vol . 4, No. 2 N E W S L E T T E R Feb. 1971

MONSIGNOR SMYTH RESIGNS Having completed ten years as Director of the Insti­

tute, Msgr. F. J. Smyth resigned on December 31. He was appointed as Director in 1959, when the Institute existed only as a resolution of the Board of Governors, During his ten year term, the Institute grew from 16 students to an annual enrollment of 80 units Winter and Summer courses, with graduates numbering 1354 in 91 countries. The small office and conference room with which it started expanded into a three building complex on the University campus.

Under Msgr. Smyth's direction, the Institute gained international recognition as a place of study and training for development. He himself travelled widely in Asia, Africa and Latin America — always carrying the Coady message. He attended conferences on international prob­lems, was a member of many international development organizations as well as serving on Canada's major com-mitties on international development.

A

MESSAGE

FROM

THE DIRECTOR

Dr. D. Hugh Gillis

My first word will be one of Greeting. There are more than 1500 Coady students working in almost every de­veloping country. I have met few of them. Yet, in taking on the Directorship, I am conscious of a responsibility to them, no less than to present and future friends, staff, supporters and students. For they have built up a sense of purpose in our training, and their achievement has clearly given evidence that man can be master of his own destiny. This is the essence, I think, of what can rightfully be called the Coady tradition; and I am pleased to be able to join in the experience of that tradition.

It may be significant that the Institute is entering its second decade at the beginning of what the -United Nations has termed the Second Development Decade. And it strengthens our work that a leading component of development in the 70's will be the principle of self-help or cooperative effort. This, at least, is the hope. We can

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UN STAFF MEMBER

JOINS INSTITUTE

STAFF

Dr. Ernest C. Grigg

A prominent United Nations staff member has been appointed visiting professor at Coady International Institute. Dr. Ernest C. Grigg, 60, for the past two years deputy director of the Operations Office of Technical Co-operation, responsible for the execution of all United Nations technical assistance projects in its 125 member states, assumed his new post at St. F. X. January 1st.

Dr. Grigg is giving instruction in international co-op­eration for development, social welfare problems in developing countries, and problems in the use of human resources.

He began his United Nations career in 1945 when he joined UN projects on relief and rehabilitation. Before taking up his post as deputy director of the Operations Office of Technical Co-operation, he was the Un Repre­sentative in the West African countries of Cameroon and Chad.

CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT DECADE The ten years 1971-80 have been designated as the

Co-operative Development Decade by the International Co-operative Alliance. This period will be used for special efforts to strengthen co-operative movements in develop­ing countries.

The ICA organized two international conferences in Europe in November - December. The first, for co-opera­tive education leaders, was held at Vevey, Switzerland, and was attended by delegates from 28 countries. Discus­sion centered around the needs for cooperative training in developing countries. Dr. Gillis represented the Coady.

Dr. Laidlaw of the Insitute staff prepared a paper for the second conference, which was held at Bad Voslau, near Vienna. His subject was ' T h e Role of Co-operatives in Development." Dr. Gillis was a keynote speaker at this conference, which was attended mainly by co-opera­tive educators from Europe.

The ICA is celebrating its 75th Anniversary, having been founded in London in 1895.

NEWSOFGRADS

Balthazar E. Barrie (SLC '66) has been appointed Regis­trar of Cooperatives in Dominica, W. I.

Hiltrude Wagner (SLC '67) is in Lilongwe, Malawi involved in the planning and development of a hostel for working girls to be opened in April, 1971. Also working on a Homecraft and Maternity Centre.

Anthony Wan (SLC '70) has organized a Youth Coop among the upper forms students in all Catholic Schools in Hong Kong.

Congratulations to Leonsi Ngali (SLC '70) who was elected to the Tanzanian Parliament in the October elections.

Father Dayao (SLC '70) was among those attending the Credit Union Seminar in Rome in late September.

Rev. J. Tolle (SC '65) is director of a new cultural-educa­tional radio station in Honduras. It broadcasts basic educational programs: reading, writing, arithmetic, agri­culture, health hygiene, community development and cooperatives.

The Annual Report of the Social Centre, Roseau, Dominica informs that its work has expanded to three more West Indian Islands. Their branch in St. Lucia was inaugurated by Mrs. Adalyn (Francis) Leonce (SLC '65).

Father A. Zwane (SLC '69) has just recovered from a long illness. He tells of other Coady grads in Swaziland. Joseph Dlamini is a junior officer in the Co-op Dept. Stephen Simelane is working nearby and Philip Nsibande received a promotion in the civil service.

Emil Petr (SLC '67) is now cultural director of the Binational Centre in Natal, Brazil.

J.B. Okello (SLC '70) is directing a 9 month Course in Social Development in the Nsamizi Training Centre, Entebbe, Uganda. He reports that J. C. Kyeyune (SLC '70) is in charge of Youth Programmes in Mabende District.

Father John Molnar (SLC '68) and Father Jim Davis (SLC '69) are working in Casa Nova, Bahia, Brazil. Near­by, Sister Tyszko (SLC '67) is coordinator and trainer of 225 adults while Sister Trautman (SC '68) is supervising a mothers' club.

Joyce Kilpatrick (SLC '70) has been in India since August, working in Bamnia, an overnight trip from Bom­bay.

Father Alan Rieger (SLC '69) is deeply involved in relief and rehabilitation following the recent typhoons which hit his area of the Philippines.

Albert C. Abraham (SLC '67) was recently appointed convener of a committee to revise and implement a pro­gram of training in Community Development for govern­ment officials in Ceylon.

Abner Ochicng (SLC '65) and Credit Cooperatives in

Sister Martha Madhu (SLC Pakistan, to assist Brother Jerome Madhu (SLC '63) in

Fr. Eunan Doherty (SC '70) returned to Botswana in December.

CONGRATULATIONS:

to Pius Batarinyebwa and Rose Butambaki (both SLC '70) on their marriage.

to Mr. & Mrs. Kevin LeMorvan on the birth of a daughter, Maria Isabella — November 24th.

to Mr. & Mrs. Austreberto Gaitan Reyes (SLC '68) on the birth of a daughter Maria del Carmen, who was baptized by Father Morales (SLC '69) in Tacambaro, Mexico.

to Rev. Matias Chimole (SLC '60) who was conse­crated Bishop of Zomba, Malawi — December 13th.

to Gabriel Emoto Ebu (SLC '65) who is now a mem­ber of parliament for Busia North, Kenya.

to Remiguis Kintu (SLC '64) on graduating with a B.B.A. in Finance and Economics from St. Mary's University, Texas — now working on his Master's Degree.

to Guy Rouleau and Nora Perez (SC '70) on their marriage.

to Matias Lenz, S. J. (SLC '66) on his ordination to the priesthood in Brazil January 16th.

The diningroom at the Coady is spacious compared to the previous cafeteria.

A Telegram from Father Ukpong (SLC '70) informed us of the death of Father Essien (SC '69) on December 10th in Nigeria.

A Message From the Director (Contd. from p. 1) STAFF CHANGES

help to make sure that the hope becomes a reality among developing peoples everywhere.

The Coady was founded with a philosophy and was intended to meet human needs. Both the philosophy and the needs still exist, and this fact itself gives us cause to examine our approach and to evaluate its impact. The philosophy is simple: it expresses a faith in man's capa­city to raise his own standards of life in association with his fellowmen; it presumes learning and leadership to be necessary elements in self-help; and it calls for action through organization as the means of achieving specific goals. But the needs are not simple, and they are ever changing.

Thus, the primary task of the Institute at this stage must be to find answers to the question that has vexed educators since the beginning of time: how best can we apply our philosophy to achieve the most effective results? To find those answers we shall have to be open to change in our approaches, be aware of new trends in development thinking and training — in a word, be rele­vant. And to seek to provide a program of training that has relevance to the needs of peoples in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and elsewhere calls for an empathy towards problems and possibilities, within cultural con­texts that are separate and different, which no single institution can easily have. So our task in the second decade of our development is complex and challenging. Your cooperation, in helping to keep us informed of real needs in changing conditions, will help us to meet it.

VISITORS

Father John Collins, S. J., educational officer of the Hong Kong Credit Union League, spent several weeks at the Institute in October and November.

Sister Frances Amissah (SLC '70) of Nigeria spent Christmas in Antigonish. She is attending a course in London, Ontario.

Grads drop in from time to time — Ted Pearson (SC '64), Father Perreault (SLC '70) and Don Nicol (SLC •70).

Visitors included Breen Melvin of Regina, President of the Co-operative Union of Canada; Andre Savard, Director, Training Resources, CIDA, Ottawa; Dr. Walter Fobes,.Professor of Economics. U.P.E.I.

J. Clyde Nunn, manager of Radio Station CJFX and a member of the University's Board of Governors, died in December. He was known to many Coady graduates as a speaker at social functions at the Institute, and he inter­viewed many students on radio.

Beverly Maclsaac has transferred to the supervisory staff of University secretaries.

Barbara O'Rourke, formerly with the Nova Scotia Credit Union League, joins the Institute as office Mana­ger on February 1.

Patricia Skinner, left the institute in January after five years of valuable service.

UNIVERSITY LECTURERS

This year, as in the past, University lecturers have been making a significant contribution to the Institute program: Dr. Leonard Pluta in Economics, Dr. A.A. MacDonald in Research Methods, Dr. Teresa MacNeil in Adult Education, Dr. Ralph von Gersdorff in Economic Development, Dr. Catherine MacNeil in Nutrition, Sr. Virginia sullivan in Office Management, Rev. Vincent MacLellan in Leadership Techniques, Mrs. di Angeli in Adult Education.

In addition,* two members of the Political Science Department, Dr. Wolpin and Mr. Schwab, are conducting area seminars on development problems for students from Latin America and South Asia respectively. Dr. Grigg, of the Institute staff, is doing the same for African students.

The ping-pong tables at the rear of the main classroom continue to get full usage. Allen Darby (Canada) and J. B. Endo (Japan) test the skill of Bro. John Buijzen (Panama) while John W. Minae (Kenya) and Joseph Ssengendo (Uganda) are playing at the second table.

MALTA PROJECT UNDER WAY

A Centre for Social Leadership is to begin operations in Malta in January, 1971. The Centre will offer a series of short courses in such subjects as credit unions, coops, meetings procedure, labour-management relations. Three Coady traduates will be deeply involved — Rev. J.B. Gauci (SLC '70) and Miss Georgina Cachia and Miss May Borg (SLC '69). The Centre is the result of work of the Social Action Movement of Malta, a federation of community oriented action groups. The project also received tech­nical advice from Norman Riley of the Institute staff and financial help from a German organization

L AM a JAGKS LEARNED MORE EASILY

hi free hours, groups ol Coaily students put mi ear­phones, adjust (hen microphones and launeh into a foreign language with then private tutor. Agreed, the tutor is electronic an lnstromatic cassette type lan­guage lab which permits the student to move at his own pace, record his own voice, compare it with the instruc­tor's and il not satisfied, do it over again. The Institute's •'language lab*1 h;is live units, each with its own controls which permit the student to advance, reverse, record, erase and record again without destroying the master track. This permits individuals to move along at their own pace. If necessary the instructor can use the console lo give a group session and monitor each individual sta-. lion. Master tracks from the console are recorded at each ol the stations when required.

Miss Nela B. Moncayo T. of Ecuador and Francisco L. Gomes Da Silva of Brazil at the Language Lab Station.

Father Pius Hawley, in charge of the lab, lias prepared special tapes for maximum comprehension of conversa­tional "English but particularly for terms commonly used in the courses taught at the Institute. The tape series is paralleled by texts so that the student may follow the written as well as the spoken word. The lab techniques can be used for training in any language. Our "lab" has been used by Peace Corps volunteers to start their train­ing in Siswate; by Spanish speaking Leadership Course students to improve their English; and Spanish tapes have been prepared for those interested in that language.

Language tutors watch their electronic competitor at work. Standing (L toR): Jayne Riley, Pat Gilfoy,and Garry MacPherson, who acted as tutors in the initial phase of this year's language school. Seated: Ricardo A. Jimenez C. of the Dominican Republic and Luis Alberto Martinez F. of Peru.

Students at the special language school at the Coady with their tutors and the director of language training, Fr. Pius Hawley.

In brief, the language "lab" has three features:

Flexibility: It can be used by five persons, each with his own cassette tape and conceivably all using different languages at the same time, or the five can be treated as one group for instruction from the console in a single language.

Simplicity: Controls consist of push buttons and the tape is in cassettes so a minimum ol mechanical knowledge is required to run the station.

Convenience: It supplements other training at the Inst-tute. with its multi-lingual student body, so that forma! or informal language in­struction can be given or the student may translate into his own language the infor­mation provided in English.

The installation o\ the language laboratory is another progressive step in the Institute's program to enable its graduates to be better prepared to work in programs o\ development.

WORE NEWS OFGRADS

M. Ahmad Choudhury (SLC '68) is Principal o\ C o operative Zonal Institute, Amla. Knstia. bast Pakistan.

Ewan R. Cotterill (SLC '65) writes that the Government of the Northwest Territories of Canada is presently in­volved in a major program o\ community development within the communities of the territories. Ewan is regional director.

FROM THE EDITOR The appearance o\~ this issue of the Newsletter in a

slightly different format is an attempt to improve our communication with you as a graduate. In future, we expect to publish more frequently and lo include longer items than in the past. This issue, for example, has a feature story on the language laboratory. We welcome news o\ your activities and shall continue to cany short personal items about you and your work. We welcome suggestions too. And. last but not least, let us know ol any change m your address so we can keep the News-let ter coming to you.