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SWARTZ CREEK. Mich. (AP)—
Homeowners trooped into a small town-
ship hall Wednesday to get money for
meals and lodgings as they began evac-
uating their homes so the state can clean
up one of the nation's worst toxic dumps.
CLUTCHING NOTICES issued
door-to-door Tuesday evening by state
police, the Gaines Township residents col-
lected initial payments and returned home
to pack their bags and be gone by
Thrusday midnight.
“It will make us feel better that at last
they’re doing something." said Pat
Wooster, who with her husband Eugene
and two children will move to a nearby
motel.
State officals said 54 families and one-
business will be evacuated from an area
about half a mile around the defunct Ber-
lin & Farro Liquid Incineration Inc. site.
A state police lieutenant brought gasps
from a packed meeting room when he
announced that the father of the waste
dump's former operator was arrested for
allegedly pulling a gun on a trooper Tues-
day night as he was served with an evac-
uation notice.
Clifton Berlin. 74. was charged with
felonious assault and arraigned in District
Court in Burton, the Flint state police
post said. Berlin was released on a per-
sonal recognizance bond.
A RELATIVE SAID the elderly man
did not believe there were toxic chemi-
cals buried at the site.
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED
IN A BEER. AND LESS.
State cleans dump
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Page 4—The North Texas Dally
Friday, April 22,1983
Linguist demonstrates exotic language analysis
. . — .. , ^ , c cirh fnnf anH orated To keeD science autonomous is In 1982, they traveled to six African coun-
By CATHY BRENNAN
Daily Reporter
Dr. Kenneth Pike, a nominee for last
year’s Nobel Peace Prize, gave a dem-
onstration of linguistic analysis of an ex-
otic language Wednesday. The event was
sponsored by the Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures.
Pike's Nobel Peace Prize nomination
was based on his achievement in apply-
ing knowledge of linguistics to national
problems. Dr. Tom Preston, College of
Arts and Sciences dean, said. A portion
of his nomination said: “He has made it
possible for minority groups around the
world to enjoy the practical benefits of
knowing how to read and write”
Pike’s demonstration consisted of work-
ing with an "informant’’ who is a na-
tive speaker of an exotic language. The
informant, Azzi Abderrahmane, doctor-
ate student of sociology from Bougie,
Algeria, was chosen without Pike’s know-
ledge.
PIKE SAID, “THIS is a demonstra-
tion, not a stunt. I have a lot of fun doing
this, if it works well.”
Pike’s techniques for deciphering a lan-
guage include using phonetics, determin-
ing the grammatical structure, “tackling
it without an interpreter and the univer-
sal capacities of human nature.”
During the 25-minute demonstration.
Pike displayed occasional exasperation and
surprise because of his difficulties with
the dialect. Pike’s procedure was to take
an article such as a stick, stone or piece
of fruit, show it to Abderrahmane, and
have him identify it in his native language.
Pike and Abderrahmane would repeat
the word back and forth until Pike un-
derstood the correct pronunciation. At that
point, Pike would write the word pho-
netically on one of six blackboards. The
process was repeated many times during
the demonstration, so he would be able
to determine the plural of a word, quan-
tities, present and past tenses and verb
conjugation.
AT THE END OF THE demonstra-
tion he said, “This was one of the toughest
languages 1 have ever done. I was looking
for a simple, feasible theory to apply to
the language in general, but there was
none.”
He said one difficulty came from a
change in vowels when changing a word
from singular to plural, such as foot and
feet. Abderahmane verified Pike’s hypoth-
esis of the grammatical structure, phonetic
system and linguistic peculiarities.
Pike said, “There are universal behav-
iors in every language and society. Ev-
eryone must marry. Everyone must eat.
And, we assume they talk about these
things. If not, there is no continuation
of the society.”
Pike said, “We need a philosophy of
man. An integrated philosophy. Without
man, any study is just an elegant science.
You can’t have only man and (pure) sci-
ence. You must have behavior and peo-
ple. And disciplines must integrate a phi-
losophy and bring the observer into sci-
ence. Life must be in context."
“ALL DISCIPLINES must be inte-
grated. To keep science autonomous is
death. You must have politics with eth-
ics, science with philosophy. And, we
must not treat mathmatics as an univer-
sal base,” he said.
At a reception following the demon-
stration, sponsored by the Antropology
Association, Pike spoke with NT students.
He questioned students individually on
their hometown, personal and academic
interests, and general goals in life. He
also gave them an opportunity to ask ques-
tions about his demonstration or other
topics.
Pike travels extensively with his wife
on three year cycles. Two years they
travel and one year they remain at home.
The Pikes moved to Duncanville in 1977
to establish closer connections with the
International Linguistic Center in Dallas.
In 1982, they traveled to six African coun-
tries and have also lectured in China,
India, Japan, Australia, New Guinea and
Fiji.
Pike has written more than 100 books
and articles on theoretical and theologi-
cal subjects, said Dr. Douglas Crowder,
chairman of the Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures. Pike has de-
veloped the technology for transcribing
spoken languages into written words and
has interpreted some of the complications
of spoken languages. He has assisted
many other linguists in analyzing exotic
languages.
In addition to his work with the In-
ternational Linguistic Center and his wr.t-
ing. Pike teaches courses at UT-Arlington
and attends speaking engagements.
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Leadership group
plans workshop
By STEFAN1 GAMMAGE
Daily Reporter
“A New Beginning for a Better End,"
a free workshop sponsored by NT Lead-
ership Training, will be at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Maple Hall Suite of Ma-
ple Hall.
The purpose of the workshop is to help
organizations with motivation, transition
and recruiting and retaining members, Lee
Ann Woods, NTLT member and Baytown
senior, said. Registration is limited to 40
students. Registration is outside the Cor-
ner and on the University Union fourth
floor today through Tuesday.
NTLT is trying to get a cross-section
of all organizations at the workshop.
Woods said. It also hopes to interest in-
dividuals and organizations which have
never part in workshops.
The first session—motivation and
burnout—will focus on ways to get peo-
ple motivated and suggest ways to avoid
die “burnout syndrome.” Kim Nickerson,
Amarillo junior and NTLT member, will
conduct the workshop.
The second session will focus on re-
cruiting and retaining members. Woods
will be conducting the session. She said
this is a good time to discuss recruitment,
because organizations look for new mem-
bers in the fall. She will also discuss keep-
ing up people’s interest, motivating them
and meeting their needs.
The last session deals with transition
of a group from one year to the next.
Groups must begin new things, Woods
said, but at the same time they have to
stress that the future will be as good as
the past.
NTLT is a group whose members have
proven leadership skills. Woods said. The
group learns to better its skills by work-
ing with other leaders and hopes to de-
velop leaders in other organizations.
Woods said applications for member-
ship in NTLT will be available next week.
Members must be in good standing with
the university. Applicants will attend an
inteview where they will be asked about
other oraganizations they are involved in,
why they are intersted in NTLT, if they
have attended previous NTLT workshops
and what goals they would like to set
for NTLT for the next year.
Applications arc available in the NTLT
office on the University Union fourth floor.
UPC chooses chairmen
New executive members and com-
mittee chairmen for the University
Program Council will take office April
30.
They are: Kathy Parsons. Dallas
senior, UPC president; John Defelice,
Austin senior, vice president; Sheri
Slater, Blueridgc sophomore, cinema
committee chairwoman; Richard Davis,
Denton senior, concert committee
chairman; Virginia Chamlcy, Farfax
senior, Rock Bottom Lounge commit-
tee chairwoman; Kenneth Hinton,
Texarkana sophomore, fine arts/ lec-
tures committee chairman and Wcndi
Roberts. Nacgodoches senior, outdoor
recreation committee chairman. The
position of treasurer is still open, as
well as the promotions, travel and NT
spotlight committee chairmanships.
The selection board was chaired by
David Bradley, Dallas junior and UPC
president. There were eight other UPC
members on the selection board. The
applicants interviewed with the board
before the decisions were made.
Bradley said there was one appli-
cant for every position except for the
cinema committee, which had three.
Reception honors
sociology students
A reception for sociology students will
be from 2 to 4 p.m. today in Wooten
Hall 262, Dr. James Kitchens of the so-
ciology faculty said.
Mabel Lo, Denton senior; Tim Nissen.
Denton graduate student, and Sandi
Pearson, Garland senior, will be honored
at the reception, he said.
The students were nominated by the
sociology faculty on the basis of academic
aeheivement, aptitude and interest in so-
ciology and improvement in class work.
Kitchens said. Nominations were open
to students of all majors who were tak-
ing at least one sociology class. “The
people who were nominated show a prom-
ise of making a contribution to society,’
he said.
The informal reception will allow stu-
dents to interact with faculty and give
them the opportunity to ask questions
about the graduate programs and job op-
portunities in the field of sociology, Kitch-
ens said.
Residents leave town
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