European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 20, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 years o age. Of them. We ii be aged 39 to 41. That throws us into All kinds of concerns about water supplies food supplies housing education Energy. Where is it going to come from what will we do hardships suffered by the third world May be thrust into the industrialized nations laps. Hoyle sail. There arc going to be More hungry More desperate people. More irrational people who can easily become armed and will get the food and supplies and their share of the goods anyway they can. It worries me he said. It worries me for my Chil Dren and my children s  Century is 290 million it could go up to 310 million if baby Boom mothers in their 30s decide to have children an apparent trend he said. Bui an Echo Boom causes problems itself. That concerns us because we be closed Down schools due to declining enrolment. It May hit As hard As it did in the late mos and the Early 50s if we re not ready for  Hoyle snid religion is putting Sparks to the world pow Der Keg. Religion is a tremendous tempest in a worldwide Teapot. How can we Deal with human understanding when religions differ so much when some religions espouse death As a Way of serving a master where . Religions Battle religions like the Middle Ages catholics la in 1111 i in i versus the protestants the jews versus the moslem the i i Lull Illi shiite moslem. In India of course you be got faction pc Fol Obj us against  design by Pelor Jaeger Aas to. But religions also can help extinguish the world fires Hoyle said As an example he cited the archbishop of Canterbury whose envoy has travelled to the Lebanon hoping to obtain the release of american hostages. I think Attico logins and educationists have As Good a Chance As anyone else in bringing some understanding to the world  Hoyle said. In spite of the Geneva Summit and the great at tempts to understand and to bring some reason to a troubled world As Long As there is politics and gain we re not going to make the strides to improve the situation he  elected to office As a politician automatically puts you on a Mission unlike that of a non political figure trying to bring about some order. I think you la see More and More negotiating being done by educators and Tho Logi Aiu who can crack those religious barriers. That in fact is what we re facing right now More than anything religious  communication helps whip up the fires Hoyle said. People in poorer countries see the Standard of life in industrialized nations and naturally become jealous. Through that communication you create danger he said. With that information you provoke people. People just want what is theirs. If people have what they need to live a decent life then world order can become a reality in terms of peace and understanding. As Long As you have the haves and the have not and the old with Power and the Young without then you re going to have Vio  said futurism is a new Field. It would be improper to Call in a discipline at this Point because in is so new. It has it roots in in the 50s end 60s, led by gurus like the late Herman Kahn. Who was president of the Hudson Institute and Buckmister Fuller who developed the geodesic dome. The Hudson Institute 11 a think Lank in Croton on Hudson n y Fuller was an educator and architect. Hoyle said one of today s leading futurists is Alum Tomer. Author of future Shock and the third who vie said a 1970 speech by Kahn sparked his own interest in studying in future. After hearing Kahn he marked classes in flu risk at Miami University in Ohio the University of Tulsa and Texas a & m some people Are using futurism to mask scams Hoyle " the Field of futurism is filled with charlatans who More adept at using astrology and Crystal balls. S a wave of people in the consulting Busineau a flue new of Fly was Peop mine the can preset the future. You cannot predict he Anu when you Are a Futurist you Only know  it is you cannot know. By Mary  education writer Bonn students moving like regimented Automa tons marched mindlessly Down school corridors singing. We Don t want no  the scene from the Pink Floyd movie the Wall illustrates everything students at Bonn american High school Don t want their school to become. Education can be Industry like said Mari Esham a 17-year-old senior. We re hoping in the future Well get away from  Mari was among Many Bonn students who used video tapes music posters films and speeches to Tell parents teachers and other German and american students what they think the future holds. The students were not Crystal Ball gazing. They have conducted research and interviews since school started in August for the International symposium for futures education held wednesday at their school. Mari used the Pink Floyd movie to illustrate what is wrong with education and How it is destined to change. Teaching will become More personalized she told her audience. Many More subjects will be offered. Slu dents will no longer memorize facts. Instead they will actively seek answers her principal Lowell Jacobson agreed changes arc needed to make education relevant in a changing world. The symposium he said is one example of a new Way a school can approach such traditional subjects As re search writing and speech making. But instead of relying on a teacher students Learned by themselves and from each other he said. Society is so complicated these Days people have to learn from each other Jacobson said. The old idea that the teachers Are the font of the universe has been outmoded for five or 10 years. Schools have to change. More things will happen outside school  students went oils id school Walls to research inter View and gather video aids and other materials for their presentations. This in t fun and games. This is a lot of work said Tom Dauber a 17-year-old Junior who presented a Stark and moving program on what life would be like after a nuclear holocaust. Students did Noi shy away from Lough questions such As whether inc uni cd slates should go ahead with presi Dent Reagan s costly Star wars defense program. One of the Middle school students who explored the topic 12-year-old Thomas Barthmus decided the Strate Gic defense initiative is Worth the Cost. No one is sure this will work but in is Worth a try he said. Even if fully implemented ski might not Stop All warheads aimed at the nation he said. Yet. Some people will survive with a partially effective Security net. It will make lots of difference in destroying inc human race he said. Other topics researched by students included future transportation computer technology. Inc military aids food and nutrition cities and housing crime and Law enforcement. The presented their findings to about 500 students and adults the seed for the futures symposium was planted two years ago when the High school joined the futures net work sponsored by the association of supervision and curriculum development. In part the organization looks to the future and tries to predict what Type of education will be needed. The school now offers futures classes for Middle and High school students. Students in these classes decided to explore what can be expected in the future and school officials Hope similar programs will be held annually at participating schools throughout the world. Many students said the futures class is their favorite and they loved researching topics that interested them. It s a great class Tom Dauber said. We have Learned a lot. It lets you do what you feel you want to do. Mostly you can choose what you want to  symposium organizer and teacher William Mcbride said student enthusiasm runs High. It s been so hard to Leach this class because the kids Are going up the Wall he said. They Are so excited about what they Are  also attending the symposium were administrators and students from High schools in Princeton n.j., and Kirkland Wash. International schools in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf Germany shape High school Belgium and two Bonn gymnasiums which Are academically Rig Orous High schools for College bound German teens