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Show " - ' ' ' - I ' -' i 1 ( I ' . - I ' Pres. Fletcher, Sen. Moss, Edward Moe and Leo Kramer talk after graduation ceremonies for VISTA volunteers who trained for six weeks at the University before entenng field. VISTA Graduates Volunteers In University Commencement Forty-two Volunteers In Service Serv-ice To America graduated from the University's VISTA training program Wednesday evening. SPEAKERS AT the dinner-ceremony, dinner-ceremony, held in Union 203, were Utah Sen. Frank E. Moss, Pres. James C. Fletcher, speaking speak-ing on behalf of the University; Dr. Kent O. Fielding, speaking for the training staff; Leo Kramer, Kra-mer, speaking for Washington, D.C., VISTA headquarters; and trainee John Schefelbine, speaking speak-ing for the graduating class. The graduation was the culmination culmi-nation of six weeks of training, during which the volunteers received re-ceived instruction in sociology, psychology and other subjects. The final two and a half weeks were spent in field work on and near reservations. DURING THEIR field period, the volunteers were encouraged to practice the techniques they will use during the IOV2 months they are in the program. They will all be assigned to Indian reservations. During the first four weeks the academic phase the students stu-dents learn through use of what the training center calls the "V group" system. In this method, the students are divided into small groups for intensive study. ONE OF THE new volunteers enjoys a head start over, her fellow trainees. She . is Beverly Tabaha, a Navajo Indian who has elected to work on the Arapaho-Shoshone reservation in Wyoming. The training staff is headed by Dr. Edward O. Moe. In addition to six regular members, the center cen-ter is aided by members of the BYU and University faculty in training the volunteers. ONE MEMBER of the regular staff is a Ute Indian. She is Joan Noble, administrative assistant. as-sistant. This is the second VISTA class to graduate here. The first class of 68 was assigned to reservations reserva-tions all over the U.S., with some volunteers going as far away as the Cherokee Reservation in North Carolina. The next class is due to arrive Oct. 19. The new trainees are now being selected by VISTA headquarters in Washington, D.C. J |