Show r i. i Snow Teacher Helped Fight Communism By NANCY SORENSEN One of the objectives of our mission was to show the Latin American people that there is is' another way of life better than communism communism communism explained Dr William C. C I head of Snows Snow's Agriculture Department regarding regarding reo re re- o garding his work for fOI the past two years on onan onan f. f an agriculture development project in Uru Uru- guay This project was Initiated by Iowa State University through the State Department under under under un un- der he Alliance for Progress an aid program developed by President Kennedy Kennedy- for Latin American countries Dr was a member of a team man from the Iowa State University that opened the project project project in South America The team worked with the Republic University University University Uni Uni- of Uruguay a year five-year school with students According to Dr t the there h e r e were two main purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses in working with the university first to evaluate upgrade and introduce new material in into t the courses and second to set et up a research p program ra in the e areas area of beef Deer cattle ana anu sheep and pasture forage and nutritional management However the team worked with the overall overall overall over over- all objective of increasing increasing increasing in in- creasing the agricultural agricultural agricultural tural production of the country I feel our real f N. N 0 URUGUAY OR SNOW Agriculture continues to be the major interest interest interest in in- terest in the life of Dr William new Snow College faculty member success was in working with the people Dr stated The agriculture people are tremendously anxious and willing to cooperate cooperate co co- operate with our program They want to advance advance advance ad ad- vance and develop thier agricultural ques There are two groups of people where we worked the demonstrators who are the minority and the calm peace peace loving loving people The demonstrators are mostly students who are reactionary and take up any cause which has a glorious aspect he explained They have a definite resentment toward outsiders and do not want to accept any outside outside outside out out- side help They want to create within their own country something they can claim as their own Americans living in the country are the object of both favorable and unfavorable ac ac- ac- ac They are often befriended by the native native native na na- na- na tive people but are occasionally beaten ridIculed ridiculed ridiculed ridi ridi- or taken as hostages Dr explained ex ex- ed However in my own personal experience experience ex ex- we had no mishap or OI bad experience while we were there TT HI f fe m T tn fn t tm t-tm f mAi ew 1 CT L t daughter e of r-M- r Mr and d Mrs Corner Gomer Edmunds d' d d Ui of Manti ManU They have two sons According to Dr the University University University sity is infiltrated with communism The vulnerability viii of this university and other Latin American universities to communism he explained explained explained ex ex- is due to the fact that they are completely completely completely com com- independent from government and other agencies within the country A criminal can claim asylum in the university university university uni uni- uni- uni and neither the government police nor any other age agency cy can touch him The university provides no outside activities activities activities ties such as dances drama or sports Dr Chris Chris- stated that perhaps this is why students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents look to demonstrations and riots as a away away away way out for their then energy and talents The maj majority of the people however are peace-loving peace people people peo peo- peo- peo pie who value above everything else their peaceful way of life The people of ofU U Uruguay rug u a yare are trying trying try try- trying ing to help themselves but the governmental system is not such that it can maintain its own power and make its own laws Under these conditions conditions condi condi- conditions it is very difficult difficult cult for any scientific and technological advancements advancements ad ad- advancements to come about Outside forces have much more influence influence influence in in- fluence than the government government gov gov- t itse itself an and j I when me people realize realize realize real real- ize this they lose confidence confidence confidence con con- in the government government govern govern- ment and withdraw w r p any capital they have hav we e invested and any other other other oth oth- er support The government government government gov gov- then becomes becomes becomes be be- comes poorer and ha has s even less power Thus Dr Chris Chris- described the negative chain reaction n L which makes it so difficult for underdeveloped countries to improve Two months ago Dr and his family returned from Uruguay to Ephraim where he was appointed head of Snows Snow's Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- Agriculture culture Department Dr who was raised in Mayfield Mayfield May May- field is a graduate of Snow College and Utah State University and received his doctorate in agriculture from Iowa State University He had several reasons for returning to Snow College One of them is to create an awareness of career opportunities in agriculture iture ture and to guide young people interested in agriculture into that field Contrary to popular belief the field of agriculture is not narrowing according to Dr Although the field of producing is becoming smaller other job opportunities in agriculture are increasing Among the opportunities opportunities Dr cited are research working in connection with the United Nations Nations Na- Na agriculture in industry in selling and 1 in s state e and d federal governments Furthermore I he continued any young fellow with a background in agriculture has a tremendous advantage in filling agricultural positions over those who have no experience I 1 hope to use my experience to aid young people interested in agriculture he concluded |