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eedboh Mp oo 1 a rte eine meal ann cme * -ofile of the University -°_ Oklahoma ; oe student-dody, The University of Oklahom does not kaw an International Mouse ae such for the foreign students. ost of the foreign students live in the sam kink of housing as the Amrican stujents on camus. There are hovever several foreign nattomlity clubs ineluding the [atin American clubs and the Arab Club. There is 4n addition a rather large Forean and Chinese population at the University. The ori cnta- tion progran.so far at the University has. teen rather. roor although they do see the need for developnent of a rore effective program and are inteniing to institute a new program for the 56-57 year. The University. of Oklahom ie very unique with respect to ite foreign student rrogram There is an elaborate organisational stucture desizn- ed expressly for the purpose of integrating the : vreign studert into the life of the comunity. This structure is characterised by a coordinator for the entire foreign student rogram who has working under him five sub-dire dors, each head of a dif- ferent geocra. nical area of concern. Under each sub-dire cor is a student dizector, also ress sible for that ares of concern. The foreign student program conrittee also includes representatives of the Student Government, delegates from the inter fraternity council, the Panhellenic Council, the press, the International Olud and Tpredens others, "is foreign student progran is o¥ murse headed by the Academic Dean and ant ‘dsoris under the general supervision and has the active support of the President of the’ Serre reemee ene BY - +s, Commmientions to the University. I did not have an osportunity to speak with H “-—-Treathworth at great lenfth but I haw som resermtions as to bis seriousness . Ne strikes mas being very close to his desire to * get fls@s axi ses people", University, "3 raper this rrogran at University of Oklahom designed to to precisely what we empec to do in term of our foreign leadership He dhe>s Fovever, full d@iseussion ‘ith students ond professors leads e ‘onclude that up till now the paper stm cure and program as ontlined leaw a great deal to be desired in term of ac tual isplenentation, It seem that they have useded some further incentive to inolude g more ective number of students or that is to adivate those students vho have already Deen. astiened posts ith resped to the foreign stuient committes. They vere therfore pore than ha-ry to have the foreign leadership program for ite own writs ass program but also because it would assist putting just that amount of life into their own foreign studext comdttee which they felt was needed, Student Governments, Rere again structurally the organisation seem salmst perfec. ce Student Semto is well desigzet te adileve its functions of providing a program for the students of Oklahoma which esvhasizes activites nost mleculated to wntribute to the enricoment of the students’ general education, Again fadlities at the University are excellent for the adie wmnt of this purpose. My juigemnt is that on the vhole the Student Government at the University of Oklahom is protuably azong the higher ranking of our dmrian Student Sovernment in achieving their purposes. Fevertheless, ther is still a signifi- cant difference between the structure and poligy of the Student Government as it is put on paper andi in its acual implementation. Ons of the chief problems seem to te the apathy of the student dody in those activities whic concern the big Red, Red being ' the Oklahom ‘University football team Nevertheless fromboth the quantity and the quality of the leadership which I met at the University one can say that the develop- wents are enccuraging, A commnicsationhas recently been req@eived from the Ghairmn of the Foreiar Student Program at the University of Cklahom indicating that they are prevared to offer any atudent which is naned by our Board of Advisors a fall room and beard scholarship ani s tuition cholarship as vell.* Stulent Zeaders The student leader vith vhom I we most actively associated with during my stay at the University was Jin Johnson, the President of the Senate. Jin struck m as being a wrr intelligent and interested. student, However, with a somvwhat superficial erasr, of the waning and imortang of stuwWent adivities generally, Narland sreathwesth = Féub President of the Oklahom University Student Semste made ynown to m his interest {na the Foreign Leadership Project although in an. attemt to discuss this crojec itself, < did not have the feeling that he very well understood its nature or the structure of the projed as we had outlined it {z= our of purpose ant his interest in BSA AND THe Stufent Activites Progran gemrally. Manne