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...fill a shortage of math and science teachers, the German state of Hamburg hit on a novel solution: it advertised in the U.S., where colleges turn out more teachers than the schools can employ (TIME, Aug. 9). Lured by promises that a knowledge of German was "preferred but not necessary" and that the work would involve college-level classes, some 500 Americans applied for jobs paying up to $850 a month. Hamburg officials signed 71 of them to two-year contracts...
...minutes later, Chancellor Willy Brandt was on TV to declare it "a great day for Europe." NATO's Secretary-General Joseph Luns glowed to reporters: "The sun shines all over Europe today." Queen Juliana of The Netherlands, informed of the result at a gala banquet in Hamburg, immediately raised her glass and told the 360 dinner guests, who broke into applause. Jean Monnet, 82, justly known as "the Father of the Common Market," watched the vote from the gallery in the House of Commons. Afterward he beamed: "This is what I have been waiting for during the last...
...contemporary music. Here, in his first opera, he examines the nightmarish moods surrounding the torture and execution (at the stake) of a falsely accused 17th century French provincial priest. Penderecki's lurid vision of hell on earth rivals Berg's Wozzeck and Lulu. Splendidly performed by the Hamburg State Opera, Devils is clearly the operatic record of the year, though not for the easy listener...
...Great Adventure. Placing notices with the American Federation of Teachers and an academic job registry in Washington, the officials demanded basic knowledge of German. They offered modest $530-$700 monthly salaries (compared with the U.S. yearly average of $9,300) and two-year contracts. With-in a fortnight, Hamburg had 500 applicants. Of the 100 who subsequently got firm offers, 84 signed up. All have previously been teachers at the college level. About half have master's degrees; the rest are Ph.D.s, no less...
Last week the first 46 of Hamburg's new teachers arrived via a charter flight paid for by the Germans. "It all sounded like a great adventure," said Newlywed William Woodcock III. "Neither my wife nor I had ever been outside the U.S." The teacher transplant idea is catching on fast. One neighboring German state has started U.S. advertising of its own. Two others have asked Hamburg for the names of the 400 applicants it rejected...