News Scrapbooks 1977-1979

0 USD

UNIVERSITY OF THIRD AGE £JUL-2U-1~~11'-"1(.J{. 5- ..3cl - Seniors offered 'spark of life' By JOSEPH THF.SKF.,. TIUIUNE Education Wrl!tr

enture Aims At Mental Reiuven·ation By ICH EL SCOTl'·BLAIR lduc.otlOft WrHw, Tit San Dl400 Ulllon the University of the Third Age concept.

living," explained Malachi Rafferty, Conference (',enter director who is coordinating the program. "It's not confined to the academic. As Dr. (Author) Hughes, our pres!• dent, has stated, this is a holistic the whole person This includes the physical, mental and spiritual capacities of a person. ln this regard, the project differs from other senior citizen type programs." Rafferty said the classes wlll b€gin at USD on July 19 and run through Aug. 25. Those interested may contact him at the university and he will send them an .applica- tion. There Is room for only 50 persons, so USD will have to do a selective screening process to determine who wlll attend, he added. The major cost of the project Is being underwritten by a $10,000 pri- vate grant. Those who register will pay a minimum fee, $45, Rafferty said. Hughes, in announcing the pro- gram, commented "As an inde- approach to education "We're interested in

pendent, Catholic universjty, we feel an obligation to serve the growmg population of the elderly in San Diego. "USD's community is a caring community, through Its employees as well as its student body. We hope the elderly will feel at home here; we will attempt to d monstrate that phrase we use to describe USD - 'person-oriented.• "Our park-like campus, which is centrally located and on the city bus route is an ldeaJ setting for our senior citizens to mix with our un- dergraduate students. "We look !or support of the profes• sional community to assist us through its expertise ln the medical and instructional aspects of the Uni- versity of the Third Age." Rafferty said that the concept was brought to Hughes' attention by San Dlegan V.H. Krulak, retired Marine Corps general, who heard of its success at University of Toulouse and investigated its operation. This wm be the first program of its type on the West Coast. On a typical day, the students will begin with physical exercises, then go on to lectures in such subjects as current affairs, economics, religion .and others. The day will begin at 9:30 a.m., with a break for lunch at noon, then classes will resume at 2 p.m. and go until 4. Instructors for the various lec- tures will come from the profes- sions, from USD and from govern- ment, Rafferty noted. The university plans to provide a group of student interns from USD's Departments of Psychology and So- ciology who will take part m the program with the senior citizens. The university will evaluate the results of the program and deter- mine if there Is a possibility of it being repeated, Rafferty said. "We feel this will be a great help to senior citizens, in enjoying their li\-es more, and In wide ing their interests," he continued. "We hope that an outgrowth of this program will be to motivate the participants to go on to other schools, such as UCSD, San Diego State and our community colleges. "And If the only b€nefit they get is from the physical activities, then it will be successful." . _The University of San Diego wHI m1t1ate a pilot program for elderly persons this summer. It is coordinated by Malachi Rafferty, conference center director, and will be called the Univer- sity of the Third Age. . The p~ogram is modeled after a pro- Ject designed by Pierre Vellas in 1972 at th_e University of Toulouse, France, and will be the first of its kind on the West Coast. Similar undertakings have been made at Notre Dame, Ohio State and other eastern universities. USD's pilot project will accept 50 stu- dents. It will run for 5½ weeks from 9:30 a.m. to 12 :30 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Instruction will include lectures con- fere~ces, field trips and small gro~p dis- c.uss1ons. The program will have 10 maior sub- division including physical condition- ing, current affairs and politics, law and la~ and o_rder, economics, religion, retirement issues, medicine, languages, art and music. There will be field trips. Classes will begin Wednesday, July 19, and run through Thursday, Aug. 24.. The program will be person-oriented said Author E. Hughes, president of USD. He said the holistic concept of education will be applled to the program. f "'-l/,v Tit'V\E"5-A1)vocA-TG AP~\,l, ~1, 1q-zg will pay for what t e Roman Catholic school calls its "university of the third age." Third Age University for elderly

A pilot program designed to rekin- dle the spark of living among senior citizens is being inaugurated this summer by the Univers1ty of San Diego Details of the plan, called the University of the Third Age, were disclosed yesterday by USD offi- cials. Patterned after a successful project at th University of Toulouse ln France, its object Is to provide a mind-expanding experience for the participants. They w1li be exposed to a variety of educational areas - politics, law, economics, art, religion, language, music. And their physical welfare will not b€ neglected Every student who registers will get a health checkup. Depending upon tllelr fitness, they will take part ln different kinds of exercises, everything from simpie walks to jogging, from calisthenics to sw1mming. "The basic idea of the program is to excite or ignite their interest in

"The program ls not designed to lecture people, or educate and In- struct them. It ls designed to fasci- nate them to stimulate them and re- expose th~m to a wide variety of ideas and mental challenges - but to do it within a university atmos-- phere in the company of young peo- ple involved in similar studies," said Krulak. Asked why such programs could not be introduced In the traditional retirement centers concentrated In the Southwest and on the Atlantic seaboard, Krolak said: "~e Sun City syndrome is stulllfymg. It makes old people older quicker. It makes people of sound bodies age more rapidly because they have no real mental challenges. "The older people don't like Sun Cities. They are mental ghettos. But the old people are stuck with them, (C ntlnued oa 8-4, Col. 1)

A French university experlment lhal has helped keep older people young is to be copied In a pilot program at the University of San Diego this summer. "Many American cities like San Diego have expanding populations ol older citizens and we believe that by challenging thelr minds we can help them to stay younger longer," said USO President Author E. Hughes ID announcing the new program. There Is nothing new about educa- tion rmgrams for senior cit4,:. , but th concept - called the Univer- sity o! the Thlrd Age - has had outstanding success In returnlng lnact!Ve people in many parts of Europe to active lives, Hughes said. ThP lito:. _ .,. ""fr to USD by retlred Marine Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, who visited the University of Toulouse In France and talked with Professor Pierre Vellas, father of

SOUTHERN CROSS, April 6, 1978-3

SD's 'university of third age' to stimulate elderly

VENTURE CHALLENGES AGE Mental Reiuve

cuss,ons, field trips, physical education and other da,ly routines through Aug. 24. USO President Author E. Hughes sa,d there will be 10 maior divisions in the program: physical condi- tioning, current affairs, law. econom,-cs. religion, retirement issues, medi cine, languages, art and music. SELECTED undergrad • uate students will be taking the-program with the senior citizens as a "leavening", according to Krulak. "Our park like campus which ,s centrally located on bus routes is an ideal setting for our senior citizens to m,x with our undergraduate students," said Hughes. "We look for support of the professional commun- ity to assist us with exper- tise in the medical and instructional aspects of the 'university of the third age "' ANNOUNCING the pro- gram last week, Krulak said the "third age"-when people are above middle age-often receives no stimulus to do other than grow older. "It is possible to arrest the aging process," he said, "by stimu[ating the mind and the body." Commenting adversely on retirement commun- ities. he said "The Sun City syndrome is stultifying. It makes old people older quicker. There are no st1mul1. They age rapidly." THE TOULOUSE experi- ment, row 1n ts third year,

has roved so successful, he said, that the President of France has devoted millions of francs to its further development Krulak, who has visited the program at Toulouse, spoke of its great success. "There are now 36 cam- puses m France, three in Switzerland, three in Belgium and two 1n Po land," he said. "The impact of such programs in the United States, where people are aging faster, could be massive," said Krulak THE FIRST course, which is being privately funded, will make a rn1n1mum charge of $45 per student of the 50 finally selected, according to president Hughes, who said the total cost would be about $10,000. Under U1e direction of Malach, Rafferty, con- ference center director of USO, the "university of the third age" will give- a daily program, 9:30 a.m.•12:30 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. "We hope that the elderly will feel at home here," said Hughes. "We will attempt to demonstrate that we are 'person-oriented.' The holistic concept of educa- tion at USD will be applied to these nontraditional students." IT IS POINTED out that there will be no academic tests, no exams, no expect- tations. "We shall simply stimulate," said Hughes. Information is available from Rafferty at 298-6140, ext. 4318.

Southern Cross Reporter It 1s not "Close encoun- ters of a third kind" but the "university of the third age" And ,twill start at the University of San Diego this summer The •·un1vers1ty of the third age•· ,s aimed at stirr ulatmg people over 55 who otherwise might drift into a life which does nothing but age them, according to retired Marine Gen Victor H . Krulak, who promoted the idea with USO. MODELED AFTER a proJect designed by Prof Pierre Vellas at the Univer sity of Toulouse, France, the USO program will be the first of ,ts kind on,the West Coast. The pilot program will accept 50 older persons as students starting July 19 for a series of talks, dis

and an economic session on the problem of the American farmer_ There w HI be beginning instruct10n In foreign language~. discussions on the tuna industry crisis, Equal Rights Amendment, stock market, economic growth or the Far E~. realities of pollution, and First Amendment rights. "When they have finished the 5½ weeks, we expect the students _will wAlk v.:th a sprightly step and v.1lh a higher head," said Krulak. Broad Approach Hughes said the USD campus is particularly suited for the Umvers1- ty of the Third Age b€c~u5;1; of_ the campus atmosphere and its h~l1St1c (universal) approach to educat10n. "Many universities are c?mmitted to teaching academic subJec.ls and that is fine, but we are committed to the intellectual, spiritual, social, po- litical and physical lives of our stu- dents, and we mtend to offer this same holistic approach to the ~u- dents of the University of the Third Age. . . "In France the older population 1S spread out a~ross the nation. but m this countrv there are large concen- trations o·r older people in the Southwestern states, and alon_g the Atlantic seaboard,'' Hughes said. In calling for support of the new unhersity, Krulak echoed the recent words or French President Valery GL~card d'Estaing, who said• "The aging represent a great human resource of expenence and equilibnum. Society should welcome them. not consign them to a ghetto of doubts and fears."

Krulak and univers;ly authorities said they do not favor seekmg feder- al or state government aid b€cause "there ar • always too many stnngs attached" to government funds. At the Uni,ers1ty or Toulouse, the student body of the University or the Third Age has grown from 65 to 1 250. Th re are 32 campuses In France, six 1n Sv.itzc.rland, threE' In Belgium, tv.o In Canada and one In Poland. Krulak said s1m1lar programs hav b n tned at the Univ rslly of Ohio Notn' Dame and City t;niversi- ty or' New York, but this i th~ first on the West Coa. t - and the first to attempt to duplicate the University of Toulouse effort. Though much or th program st!ll has to b€ worked out, voluntary participation and voluntary services Will be the key, Krulak said. Volunteer speakers \\ill be sought to talk about good diet, eye care. the law, politics, economics, religion, mus1c, art and current affairs. The Healthy Body Each tudent will get a medical checkup, and as m the French pro- gram, Krolak hopes to get local doctors to donate their llm for these checks. l:nd r the tentative fonnat, each day ·ill beg,n v.ith phy ical exercise within the capability of each :;tu- dent sv,,mmmg. yoga, or just plam ng.

( ontlnued from Page B·l) and th y hav no a!lernatlve, oth r 1han 1 '1mg orr th tr offspring." Krulak warned that without lmme- dlat alt ntlon. the problem o! pro- v :ling u !Ul and er alive environ- m nl for " or c1tlz ns will soon omP acu Ile a,:! that the six-w k course In an ha r suited 1n many retired pl returning to politics m th Ir al communities or going back Into busln Begins July 1 9 Fifty p<•rsons ag d 55 or over will take part In the fir t pilot program at u o be mntng Jul) 19. The cours wJI run !or Wi weeks Mon- day through Friday, with daily ses- sion from 9 30 a m to 12.30 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m Students must be able to transport them Ives lo the campus and be m reasonably good phyS1cal 11. alth Each will pay a ·•token uution of about $45, "to und •rscore the the:,15 that nothing as good and meaningful as th contemplated program should come fr ," Krolak said. Pro p ctiv stud nts can get ap- pl ftation (onns from lalachi Raf• ferty of lh usu taff, who ls coorai- naung the program ll will b(' run at no cost to the university, other than the use or lhe campu. facilltle • Hugh said. The pilot program Is b('mg financed by a private grant vf $10,000, plu th e •uttlon fees. The French program's succe fi- nally gained the att ntlon of the French government, which has ap- propnated 450 mi111on !ran ( 76 million) to expand It

U.S.D. Festival Student Chapter 974 at the University of San Diego of the Council for Exceptional Children will present the Special Olympic Arts, Crafts and Ente~- tainment Festival on Apnl 16, 10:00 to 6:00, at the West end of the University of San Diego campus. Among the activities planned are an arts and crafts exhibition, music and dance presentations, skateboard and kite demonstra- tions, a floor hockey tournament in the USD gym and profes- sion a I tennis exhibi,1on and clinic. There will be a celebrity auction, game and food booths and a barbecue. For more information, contact Terry Jenna at 291-6480, Special Education or write the University of San Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA. 92110.

ejuve ate Age

mencl USO~~

nomics. Instruction.al essions were scheduled on such things as medical problems of the aging, pensions, taxes and \lielfare. Optional teaser course 1n· Italian. English and Spanish were tos.sed in as part of the effort lo regenerate an interest in the out.gde world. Vellas is not ready to scientifically document the results of hJS program. But in five years his original class at Toulouse has grown from 65 to a cur- rent enrollment of 1,250. lnstead of one trimester a year, clasres are offered in three. The program has spread to 32 cam- puses in France, where it now reccives an annual subsidy of 435 million francs from the nation.al government.to six campuses in Switzerland, three in Belgium, one in Poland and two in Some limited efforts, University of San Diego spokesmen said, have been made at American universities such as Notre Dame and Ohio State, but until now none has undertaken the broad program espoused by Vellas. In this coming summer, however, USD, a small, privately endowed, Independent Catholic university, is going to give it a try - on a very small and purely experimental basis. Fifty seruor citizens will be enrolled. the experimenting might better be done in orte of the huge public higher educational systems of the state. Certainly, Rafferty states, if the program is to grow to any magnitude it will have to be taken over by the public colleges and universities. Small schools such as USD, he says, have neither the physical nor monetary resources to see it through. The driving force behind the San Diego experiment has been Victor H. Krulak. a retired :itarine Corps lieuten- ant general and former San Diego newi,spaper executive, who has been an ardent follower of the work Vellas has done in France. · Canada. :r•.... ,..;a,...-..., r. • •

with

along

challenge

mental

of San Diego

The Umvers1fy

, DIECO-V1ruah if you will ' I vous pl •, a 70-year-old grandfa- lh r n a 11 v-,...Jage near the Frerch ty or Toulouse Grey-haired. musta- chio d, content lo s1l, unshaven for d y and oppily dw:sed, and rock wayhisfewrema ye Life, mtrc mam, over. His time d come and one. The maln.,-t.ream d dhlm • The highlight of any gh t'n day might ·rll be a vls!t from a grandch Id whom h could dawdle all too bne!ly. onhlskn .

judicious physical exercise, and If they were brought together with young tmdergraduates during this experience, that the net effect would be inspirational and healthful for the elderly student and, vitalized character, that he could make a significant contribution to in his re- Courses in the pilot program will include physical conditioning, cur- rent affairs and politics, law, eco- nomics, religion, re'firement issues, medicine, languages, art and music. Financed by token tulion and a prt,ate grant, USD's program lhis summer will cost only $10,000. If you want further information, call Co- ordinatcx- Mal Rafferty at 29H480. society."

launches a commendable and ex- citing program this summer-arxi it the support of all those who ·eve education should be a life- deser Called the University of the Third Age, the pilot project here will run 5 1 '2 weeks andconsistas50 students, most of them over 55, and some of them m their 80's arxi 90's. Gen. Vict01 Krulak conceived lhe local prograr 1 and convinced USD long experience. Pierre Vellas in 1972 at the Uni- versity of Toulouse, France, then stresses Vellas' fundamental con- viction: "If elderly people were brought into a Wliversity environ- ment, if the were given a strong wrote a concept paper wh~h administr,ator worthwhile. that it woukl be Krulak spent time with Prof. Kru!ak, 65, convinced Hughes and the administrative board of USD to give it a try. He has taken on thelask of leading the drive.to recruit promi- nent members of the community as lecturers and round table discussion 'The dramatic growth in the project {in France)." Krulak said, "is a measure of the impact it has had on the stu- leaders. 'Elderly students who came to the course with little personal orientation departed stronger physically, better oriented to society at large and anx- ious once more to become a useful part He, too, will concede, however, that success of the San Diego experiment might force it-in lo either the state univernty system or the st.ate colleges of the mainstream.• dents "The effect is real, beneficial and visible.

Undergraduate students, on a volun- tary but for credit basis, were liberally Vellas's faculty also was composed of volunteers drafted from the univer- sity staff and from leaders in various fields in the city or Toulouse. It in- eluded doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergymen, economists, bankers and Physical activity programs were worked out on an indi,idual basis for each elderly participant 'They ranged from walking and modest calisthenics tosv.1mmingandjogging. Lectures and roundtab e discu ons were set up on current events, politics, mixed into the class. government officials. precede each day's a_ctivities. Conver- sational Spanish and French will be University President Author E. Hughes has committed just Sl0,000 in university funds - most of it from a offered. Candidates for the class will ha,·e to be able to pay $45 to participate ratber Malachi Raffertv, conference centrr director for the university, \I.ill coord1- nate the' experiment. iie say~ he IS "enthusiastic' about the program but some doubts. Perhaps, he says, than 10 francs. private grant - to the experuncnt which he has dubbed the "University of the Third Age.'

Ext. 4318.

Meanwhile, we commend USD for

this undertaking.

If the 50 persons who are picked to participate pass an entrance physical exam and like the courses, an official said they will be er1cnuraged to become regular college students somewhere - again, for some. Retired Marine Lt. Gen. v i•ctor H. Krulak, who pass- ed along the idea from the University of Toulouse in France, said it's the first :Such program on the U. S. yvest coan~ £..' J $

He, however, is dead set against federal funding as has occurred in "Federal bureaucracy has bungled every effort that.has been made to help people in this country," he told The Times. "Can you imagine what HEW (the federal Department of Health, &lucation and Welfare) could do with something like this?" At any rate, the experiment will be tried this summer-if Krulak and the university staff can line up the volwi- teers they need to make it go. Rafferty isn't certain any real meas- ure can be made of its success or fail- ure, however. The university does not have the resources to conduct any kind of extensive follow-up. (There will be no long range determination of how many grandmothers and grandfa- thers stayed out of their rocking chairs - if any actually leave them in the France.

art, music, religion,_!t.11h.o._e.!ila~w~a.!!nd!!.,.£eco-1,:!!:___ ~ .-c-

tne energy crisis, guideposts lo a healthy diet, the oviet Union, lhe welfare ys tern m the United States, inflation, ancient religions, the Middle East crisis, cnrne and law enforce- mcnt, income taxes, Red China, the Panama Canal treaties, illegal aliens, the death penalty, modem religions, modern art, cla 1cal music. problems of the American farmer, the Central Intclhgenr.e Agem~y. black Africa, contemporary popular music, balarce of trade, Mexico. atonuc agency, free-

dom of lh pre .

l lhrcc field lnps arc planned. of physical conditioning ,.,,ill

Al I On ho

.he h first place. r---======:..::.:.:::.:~~..:.::::..:.:...:..::.:...:..:..:.;.._.::=.::.::..:.:..:..:.:..:..:::::.::;:_____ -==.::.::::..:.:.:....:...:.::.:::..____~ ~----~~ and universities.