European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm Litiola 1963 professor Higgins Rex Haniton Annettia Doome Audrey Hepburn in by  vying for verbal Victory by Fred m. Hechinger new York times Peech is the Basic skill overlooked by Many americana who urge a return to 1he three is. The ability to speak clearly and persuasively and to think on one s feel can be As Villa to Success As Reading and writing. Beginning with the Job interview speech classifies a person. If George Bernard Shaw s professor Higgins made the rounds of today s High schools he would have to mass produce his technique of turning Many adolescents into intelligible a coptic let alone ladies and gentlemen. Public and even private speaking has disappeared from the curriculum of most schools in the United states. On a May morning a group of new York High school students took part in a contest that gives Hope that Public a peking might stage a comeback. They were participants in a ritual called the Lincoln Douglas debates something of a Misnomer since the issues for debate arc contemporary. But let that pass. The Point is that hundreds of High school students Are vying Tor verbal Victory and handsome prizes. The program was established five years ago by the Mew York Board of education with financing from chemical Bank. The daily news has since joined in the sponsorship this year s topic resolved thai mandatory drug testing is justified in order in one round of the be conference room at the i Headquarters Newtown county was battling Bro school. Elpedro Labrado fervent plea not to let i right to be considered in guilty. Not so. Replied Salima tech. Ii is nol a fourth it held. No criminal prose want to help drug users society. In a subsequent Deba from Queens vocational drug testing said even transportation and Sale Universal Security Check inspections Are not com personal rights or of the unreasonable search. Sponsors and Particio seriously. The judges n High schools Are nol Tol debaters represent. The Advance knowledge of i proposition they will hat winners May have to Case in the next round known a woman called id ask kids to argue Bat veterans of debating an that the skill of making s matter of morality. Debaters Are judged clarity and ability to to debating skills carry Ovi activity history logic Gardner assistant duet educations co Munici tuition turmoil to w to pay by Lee Mitgang associated press he average Cost of attending private universities in the United states is up 81 percent to $11,870 a year from 1980 for Public universities the local of in Ilion fees room and Board has increased 61 percent to about �4,370 the Cost Al some selective private schools this fall will approach $20.000. Such numbers Are painfully Clear this Spring to prospective freshmen and their parents who. Lies irom the euphoria of mailed acceptances now face the hard part How to pay.  for most families a Federal study in May found Hal 58 percent of full Lime undo graduates receive Lin Ancia Aid irom Federal and slate govern Cal or from colleges inc solves. Aid Pei student averages $3,813. Bui College Aid officials report widespread conclusion about who is eligible Lor such Aid. Familiar rules about tuition and How to pay it have Given Way to a Nylus and misconceptions. Hie Are some of the most common with comments to help set Iho record straight myth 1 "11 does t pay to save Lor College. Ii you do Iho school just takes your savings. Ii you Don Tihe conf Etc will Lescue you with financial  that s just a screwy Way to plan for the future said Kathleen Brauder director of information of the College scholarship service of Iho College Board. Brouder and other College officials say the myth shows a misunderstanding of the congressionally mandated formula colleges use to estimate How much Aid a student can end eco contrary to what Many la mimics believe the formula weighs income Moie heavily than assets and savings in calculating a family s expected contribution to illustrate parents with two children a $40,000 annual income and $20,000 in assets would ordinarily be expected to contribute $4.616 per year ii thai family had $20,000 More in savings their expected contribution would increase Only slightly to $4,864 Bui if their annual income went up the same $20,000, their expected Contr Bulion would More than double to $10,384. In a different respect however the myth contains a germ of truth. Families who put aside assets in their childrens names May gain tax advantages but miss out on Grants and Loans. This is because the Aid formula entitles colleges to count 35 percent of such custodial accounts As part of the family s annual contribution. Combined with parental payments a family s Contr Bulion could to too High to qualify Lor Aid. Myth 2 the higher the tuition the better the  educators have lately dubbed this the chivas regal mentality it holds that schools that charge the most educate the Best and those with lower tuition must be inferior. As any guidance Counselor knows scores of schools among the More than 3,000 us. Institutions of higher learning charge relatively Low Lui Lions but provide lop educations. Alongside the Many state universities that fill that description Are such private schools As Albion College in Michigan Milsaps College in Mississippi Loras College in Iowa and Centre College in Kentucky. Nevertheless the most expensive schools continue to attract the most applicants. Harvard for example this year received 14,430 applications Lor 2,147 freshman places. Some colleges my. Holyoke for example openly admit they won l drop Lui Lions much below their competitors because they fear applicants will think their Quality is slipping. Myth 3 Federal student Aid has plunged in the Reagan  True government Aid is Down. In 1987. Aid irom government and private sources totalled $20 5 billion up 21 percent irom i960, but Down 6 percent when adjusted for inflation and new rules have made it harder to qualify with candidates required to demonstrate financial need. But the biggest change in the financial Aid picture occurred before Reagan was elected. Starting in the mid-1970s. The proportion of All student Aid in Iho torm of Loans grew from on fifth to one half. That has meant students and parents Are assuming More College debts than Ever. Myth 4 i can t Alt Ord the most selective schools perhaps no one hears this More often than Joan Goodrich financial Aid director of Bennington College in Vermont where annual costs in september will reach $19,990, the Nalion s highest. More than Hall of Bennington s students receive College Grants averaging $9,000 per student. Combined with work study Aid and government Loans Goodrich said the Grants make thai $20,000 Bill closer to $9.000. That s Small comport to Many Middle class students Tor whom $9,000 is still a Holly even prohibitive sum. But for poorer students colleges who want diverse student bodies will pc up most of the Tab. Ii is thus conceivable thai a Bennington could wind up no More expensive than a slate College if a student can prove need. Furthermore Well endowed colleges lend to use the financial Aid formula As the starting Point Lor calculating a family s need. Aid officers exercise professional discretion in judging what each family can Alford. Myth 5 Why bother applying for financial Aid i probably Don t Quality this encompasses a whole family of myths each Lelle clog misunderstanding of How much help the poor the Onida e class and the wealthy believe is available. Middle class parents commonly complain poor kids always gel taken care  not always. There s no question that the lower a family s income the less it is expected to contribute. According to the formula a family of Lour Wilh a $20,000 income would be expected to contribute $398 a year while the Ligure Lor a family Wilh a $40,000 income would be $4,616. Still Middle class Lam options than most poor 1 student with extra Ordina ability might win a so Lyle hefty endowment. The or talents finds precious let enough of the Lilion to n affordable. Conversely Aid office these Days who wrong to  to have a family of $70,000 Wilh two kids ii Reyes director of Colle Chicago which will Chlor tuition fees room a for their kid Alvendi parental contribution w myth 6 you can school i have a lot of parcs Yoomi Noti  Page 14 the stars and stripes wed Nash