Word: holmberg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity's John Watkins on a 10-6 decision. Elsewhere, the Crimson's superiority was clearly marked. Dick Steinzig, wrestling for the first time this season at 123, edged Mike Duffy, 8-7. Sophomore Nick Estabrook rounded out the varsity scoring with a 9-7 decision over Hop Holmberg...
This incident took place in 1949 at rock-strewn Vicos Hacienda, 10,000 feet up in the Andes northeast of Lima. But since then Vicos has changed. Last week Dr. Allan Holmberg, the scientist who wanted to save the child's life, reported on the change in a lecture at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, in Stanford, Calif...
...name: Cornell University of Ithaca, N.Y. The faraway university proposed (with help from the Carnegie Corporation of New York) to experiment on the most effective ways for bringing modern know-how to primitive peoples. What the job required, in effect, was an isolated human laboratory; Cornell's Professor Holmberg, who once tramped the Andes on a field mission, had picked Vicos...
...Power of Suggestion. Holmberg and his three associates worked largely by suggestions expertly planted with Indian may or ales (leaders) in weekly meetings where the Indians spoke of their troubles...
...Reward of Productivity. Obviously, much was learned in the Vicos experiment, and the trifling size of the bill to its U.S. participants seemed to point still another lesson. On insistence of the Peruvians, who balked at any drastic ripping of the social fabric of the highlands, Holmberg did not relieve the Indians of their obligation to work three days a week for the patron. Instead, he increased their productivity so much that returns from Vicos' cash crops rose from $2,000 a year to $10,000. The profit nicely covered the needed fertilizer, seeds, buildings and farmers' loans...