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...President's message was delivered as a preface to a spech by R. Sargent Shriver, director of the peace corps, to a National Conference on Youth Service Abroad meeting here at American University...
...tone of the President's message, Shriver warned that the emergence of youthful political leaders in Africa and other possible areas for peace corps work would have to be answered by young people willing and able to "create a new impression of America abroad...
This new impression in the eyes of the needy of the world, Shriver said, could only be achieved "by working with them, living with them, struggling with them, and trying to understand their culture, their ideals and ambitions...
...answer to a question from the floor, Shriver noted the definite place for liberal arts students in the peace corps despite the President's request for technically skilled people. Considering the low level of education of many African teachers, Shriver said that any American graduate with a knowledge of teaching methods would obviously be "a great asset" to any African school...
...Shriver also listed three suggestions that delegates to the Conference might follow up on their campuses: explain what the peace corps is trying to do, create peace corps "units" on campus and orient present studies with a view toward possible peace corps membership...