Rocky Mountain Review | 1965-08-26 | Page 12

REVIEW, A12 August 26, 1965 HEADQUARTERS FOR B AC NOBLE tOUTLINE BARN IS NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS: A SUCCESS COLLEGE Youre The First One Who Cared Joyce Stout life seemed destined for failure, but for the first time, someone cared Now a different ending may be written to the life stories of hundreds of boys and girls in Salt Lake Valley, alone, thanks to the phenomenal success at Neighborhood Youth Corps bjr His The corps is an outgrowth of the anti --poverty bill passed in October, 1961, upder the Johnson Administration, and attack is part of an all-o- ut against poverty in our country. Here, the Neighborhood Youth Corp6 Is headed by Dewey Moore, project director for Salt Lake County, and the success it hat enjoyed has already far surpassed all early expectations. In terms of the lives of boys and girls, there is no yardstick that could adequately measure the success of this program. The fringe benefits to society, while not the primary purpose, are equally great. The main goal of NYC Is to Increase the employability of youth. Many of those qual ifying for the corps are high so a secschool drop-out- s, ondary purpose is to encourage these young people to see the benefits of completing their education, therefore improving their chances in society. Though their program of work, directed by high quality instructors in NYCf, better than 40 percent of these high school will return to school drop-ou- ts this fall, Mr. Moore said. NYC workers are selected on the basis of social and About 300 economic need. youth have been employed to work in Salt Lake County this summer, with about 120 under the Salt Lake County Recreation Department, more than 130 working for the County Roads and Bridges Department, and the remainder In hospital and clerical Jobs. Of the total number, only about 60 girls. This is not due to Mr. Moore discrimination, said, but because the nature of most of the work is better suited to boys than slrls. No one knows better than this enthusiastic director how the completely successful program has been this summer. There Is deep emotion in his voice when he says, 'This Is one of the most enlightening summers I've ever spent. My entire understandIt ing of life has changed. does something to you when one of these boys looks earnestly In your eyes and says, 'You are the first one who has ever caredl " This program encompasses many young people who otherwise may not nave had the opportunity to learn alrade, such as the physically and mentally handicapped, those us with little education or training, and it places no discriminating bars against vre-vio- tt race background. This Is another of the fringe benefits that could most aptly be described in the words of one of the boys who said, "This is one of the best experiences Tvehad in my life. My supervisor has been great, and I've learned to work with other people." This boy, who was in a crew made up of boys of several nationalities, said, "I never had a chance before to really know other guys like this, but they are great! The NYC differs from the mainly in that Job Corps NYC recruits stay in their own town to work and sign up at 26 week intervals. Job Corps members are recruited on a local level and are sent out cf state to work for two-ye- ar Many of the periods. young people In NYC will soon be leaving the corps to go back to school or lito other employment. Those who wish to stay in may continue working for an undetermined length of time depending on their acceptance of the program and (Continued on Page 13) , SERIES OVER 100 TITLES INCLUDING: PSYCHOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY CHEMISTRY ARITHMETIC NEW MATH TECHNICAL WRITING SCIENCE TERM PAPERS STUDY AIDS AMERICAN LITERATURE GRAMMAR BEGINNING LANGUAGES ON DISPLAY fPL- -! 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