Again, Barb simply reposts her original claims, with no acknowledgement
of contrary information since posted.
Martin
"Barb Junkkarinen" <barbREMOVEjfk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:bp8p245c886cheg392ormdfnj00e8kpnel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In her book, Judyth describes Lt. Col. Phillip Doyle, a retired
> military officer and one of her teachers at Manatee High School as her
> "high school mentor and hero." She notes he had im****tant links to
> scientists, doctors, politicians and had conservative military
> friends.
>
> On page 2, she writes,...
>
> QUOTE [all emphasis mine-bj]
>
> Col. Doyle's conservative military friends, learning of my desire to
> read scientific journals from Russia, decided to ORGANIZE A RUSSIAN
> CLASS AT THE NEW LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE SO I WOULD BE ABLE 'to re****t
> on what Russians were publi****ng' in the cancer research field. THEY
> LOCATED AND HIRED A RUSSIAN INSTRUCTOR, DR. T. CONCEVITCH, TO TEACH
> EVENINGS AT MANATEE JR. COLLEGE -- AND PAID MY FEES. There were some
> fifteen students in that FIRST RUSSIAN CLASS. I switched to an audit
> basis after missing three cl***** in a row AFTER winning top honors at
> The Florida State Science Fair, becoming ONE OF TWO STATE DELEGATES TO
> THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR IN INDIANAPOLIS.
>
> END QUOTE
>
> That places this "first" Russian class, especially arranged, with
> instructor especially hired to teach it for her, in the SPRING
> SEMESTER of 1960.
>
> I had learned from the registrar at the college (now called Manatee
> Community College) that in the 1960-1961 time frame I had asked about,
> there was a course in Russian and it was taught by an instructor named
> Concevitch.
>
> So far, so good.
>
> But, I had also googled Russian and Manatee Junior College and 1960.
> And this came up:
>
> QUOTE
>
> JSTOR: Russian in the Public and Private Schools of the USA 1959 Feb.,
> 1960. Russian in the Public and Private Schools of the USA I959 HE
> introduction ... Manatee Junior College, Bradenton, Fla. South Broward
> High School, ...
>
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-7902(196002)44%3A2%3C77%3ARITPAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U
> - Similar pages - Note this
>
>
> END QUOTE
>
> 1959? I was curious. So I clicked on it and went to this "JSTOR" site
> which said I was not authorized to access the article.
>
> Turns out JSTOR is an "interdisciplinary archive to sup****t
> scholar****p and teaching" ...it's an archive that institutions,
> libraries, colleges, etc can pay to join and have access to articles.
> I was able to read the article through an institution that belongs to
> JSTOR.
>
> There are obviously restrictions, so I am not able to reproduce the
> article here, but do have the im****tant part to quote ...and will
> provide the link to the JSTOR site and this article. Anyone interested
> can find a library or college, whatever, that belongs and ask for
> access.
>
> The title of the article is:
> Russian in the Public and Private Schools of the USA 1959
>
> Author: Fan Parker [yes...FAN is correct-bj]
>
> Published in The Modern Language Journal, Vol 44, No. 2, (Feb. 1960),
> pp. 77 - 81.
>
> The intro is:
> "The introduction of the Russian language into the American school
> curriculum has grown from a negligible beginning in 1957 to the
> encouraging number of 313 in 1959.*
>
> The list which follows reveals the scope of this educational
> phenomenon."
>
> The * goes to this note: "As tabulated by the National Information
> Center at Brooklyn College."
>
> The rest of this article consists of the list by states, and schools
> within those states, offering Russian language courses BY 1959.
> It does not indicate which year the course started in any particular
> school ...whether it was 1957, 1958 or 1959.
>
> Listed for the state of Florida are 7 schools.
>
> One of them is "Manatee Junior College, Bradenton, Fla."
>
> The other schools listed for Florida are high schools in:
> Miami
> North Miami
> Melbourne
> Hialeah
> and 2 in Fort Lauderdale
>
> Judyth claims the Russian class taught at Manatee Junior College was
> organized, staffed and started for her by conservatibe military
> friends of her Col. Doyle in 1960.
>
> This article lists Manatee Junior College as a Florida school that
> already HAD a course in Russian by no later than 1959.
>
> Did Judyth take the Russian course that Spring of 1960?
>
> Maybe ... maybe not.
>
> I received this e-mail from the registrar at the college in response
> to my verification of attendance query:
>
> QUOTE
>
> From:"Registrar" <registrar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [Add to Address Book]
>
> To:<barbjfk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Subject:RE: Attendance verification request
> Date:Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:47:25 AM
> [View Source]
> We do not show that Judy A Vary ever attended here; unless she had a
> previous name. We had an instructor by the name of Concevitch and
> Russian was taught during that time. That is all the information that
> I am able to provide.
>
>
>
> Registrar Office
>
> PO Box 1849
>
> Bradenton, FL 34206
>
> (941)752-5050
>
> FAX: (941)727-6380
>
>
> END QUOTE
>
> BUT NOTE!
>
> I received word from another researcher that he had phoned the school
> at some point in time in the past and asked to verify Judy Vary having
> attended ... and he says he is sure they told him she did.
>
> IMO, it is more likely for someone to overlooks a name (misfiled?)
> than it is likely that one would confirm seeing a student record that
> does not exist.
>
> The registrar contact info is above for anyone who wants to see which
> way they can resolve it .... I would hope that if anyone does, they
> post the info, just as I have, regardless of which way it falls. :-)
>
> In my opinion, it doesn't really matter .. Judyth notes in her book
> that she withdrew and then audited the class ... and also claims she
> audited two other semesters (one in 1961 and one in 1962), one being
> conversational Russian.
>
> When one audits cl***** there is no paper trail. :-)
>
> What matters here is the bigger part of the claim .. that the class
> was created and staffed FOR her and that "first" class, because of her
> timing with the science fairs that semester ...was the Spring semester
> of 1960.
>
> Judyth's claim is at odds with the article that lists Manatee Junior
> College as already having a Russian class in place by no later than
> 1959.
>
> The JSTOR link is:
> http://www.jstor.org/pss/320654
>
> That links to the page teasing you with the article.<g> From there you
> can click around and read about JSTOR and about getting access.
> Anyone interested might be able to get access through their local
> library, or through a college.
>
> Barb :-)
>
>
>
> :
>
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