European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aim wife of capt John one of 120 dependents who teach in the american schools in reads a Story to first Grade pupils in Karlsruhe t unique dependent school system one Spring Day in Joseph then commander of occupation called maj Virgil Walker into his office and told him youre going to Startup f Walker was somewhat taken he didst know where he was going to get schoolhouses or even let alone teachers but on 14 of that five elementary and five High schools opened their doors to nearly they we rent exactly stateside of them operated in partly devastated buildings with cracked in quonset huts and with putdown folding chairs for but at least they were on in very different kinds of an estimated will turn out to inaugurate the fifth year of the american schools in a school system unique in american his from its main offices on the first floor left of the Karlsruhe sub Post head Quad the Neucom dependents school division this term will run 40 Kinder 60 elementary and seven High schools As far East As Berlin and As far North As it is like no single school system in the states yet it is very much Dif feature Section pupils get stateside education in 5th year of successful Experiment by Lowell staff writer Ferent from any of it has borrowed a few techniques from the Midwest and a few from the East and West and added some of its own until did themselves representing a geographical Cross believe that the educational opportunities they offer Are now unequalled by any on school its science laboratories feature the latest in equipment its libraries Are its textbooks it employs such new techniques As movies and radio in classroom its Supply system stores and distributes some different from furniture to test its testing system is a synthesis of the Best of 48 its teaching staff is largely composed of instructors recruited i the and carefully these teachers must have a minimum of a a degree and two years of though some have taught As Many As 20 years and age is about there Are about 400 teachers in this in the did employs a number of qualified dependents with teaching experience and 275 German assistants who teach daily German music and and assist he playground supervision and similar the directors of this huge program Are col Russel who succeeded col Joseph Haw last february As and later a lieutenant colonel and As a Deputy chief and director of they and their subordinates Are continually wrestling with problems unknown to their Side to begin theres the Basic problem of shifting As a result of military How Many teachers will be needed How Many classrooms where the while it has Neucom figures As a often must who used to be a superintendent of schools and football likes to Tell the Story of the mystery of the disappearing teacher to illustrate this Point wed sent her to open a new school in Fritzlar and haunt heard from her in several he wed started wondering whether shed been then one Day we got a Call from in no longer in she to in bad the Community has that happened a few years Ana things Arent quite As bad Walker but teachers still have to be shifted around and continually re acquaint themselves with new the latter a problem in then theres the rapid teacher turn most teachers come Here on a years leave of absence from schools requiring annual recruiting Early this Fred chief of the elementary education and Richard chief of secondary interviewee applicants on a Cross country trip and chose four members of the top How Ever have been with the organization since it in addition to they Are Lauren Duel continued on Page i in