Milford chronicle., 1959-06-05
University News
Spanish Contest
Winners Announced

Winners Announced
Two P. S. dupont High School
students and a Mt. Pleasant stu
dent received top awards in the
recent contest sponsored by the
American Association of Teachers
of Spanish and Portuguese in CO.
operation with the University of
Delaware.
Top medal prizes to the students
who scored highest in each of three
categories went to Sandi Hurlong.
fourth year student of Miss Ella
Hoyt at P. S. dupont; Joan Spi-
Ger, third year student of Miss
Hoyt, and Linda Eubank, second
year student of Mrs. Winona Bo-
tello of Mt. Pleasant.
In addition, a 500 prize to the
highest scoring student who plans
to enter the University of Della
ware tn September, was awarded
by the AATSP to Dolores Miller,
student of William Bohning, New
ark High School. Miss Miller plans
to major in Spanish at the univer-
sity.
Some SO students participated in
the contest from 10 public and pri-
vate high schools. They included
five fourth-year students, IL third
year and 43 second year. They
were required to take an examina-
ton administered nationally by the
AATSP.
Honorable mention went to the
following students who placed first
in their schools in the three di-
visions:
Fourth year-Ramon. Ceci, Sal
esianium.
Third year-Nancy Luther, Con-
rad; Ann Marie Boeck, Ursuline,
and Sergio Francescon, Salesia-
mum.
Second year-W. Larry Kneisley,
Conrad; Arlene Goldfus and San
dra Lowery, P. S. DUPONT, tie; Mary
Lou. Catalina, UrsYline; Marjorie
Papen, Caesar Rodney; Carol Jean
Strahle, Milford; Richard Meal,
Salesianum; Virginia Kerr, st.
Elizabeth's, and Arthur Sinnott,
Wilmington High.
University of Delaware Bureau of
Economic Research to Study
Interstate Roads
A research team from the Uni
versity of Delaware's Bureau of
Economic and Business Research
has accepted the complex and diff
ficult assignment of learning the
facts about the economic and So
cial impact of Delaware's proposed
interstate roads, FAI and FAI 2.
Announcement of the special re-
search undertaking was made to-
day by DR.. John A Perkins, pres
ident of the university, and Rich
ard A. Haber, chief engineer OF
the Delaware State Highway De-
partment, the sponsoring organi-
cation.
Preliminary plans call for the
observation and measurement OF
such important social and econo-
mic factors as land value, land use
local government, Communication
patterns, official attitudes and
changes in the socio-economic sta
tus of families and individuals dis
placed by the freeway construc-
tion.
The project director will be DIR.
Blaine Schmidt. formerly with the
dupont Company's textile tibers
department as a specialist in mar
keting methods. DR.. Schmidt will
work full time on the project be-
ginning this month and will be as
sisted by Dr. Paul Dolan, chair
man of the department of pOlitical
scence, and DIR. Albert H. Dunn
professor of business administra-
ton and director of the bureau
Other university personnel from
the departments of sociology, psy.
chology and geography will act as
consultants during the course o.
the project.
In the preliminary work, which
is similar to 40 other projects be-
ing sponsored in various parts ot
the country by the U. S. Bureau Of
Public Roads, the research team
will make a detailed assessment oi
the social and economic conditions
in the affected areas before the new
roads are built. This initial work