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4 The Nevada County Nugget Wed., Sept. 26,1973
Educational achievement award Senior test
dates listed
Stephen Sargent, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Sargent, is a
national merit scholarship semifinalist with a score putting him
‘in the 99th percentile. If Steve’s
Scholastic Aptitude Test score,
which he takes in October, is as
good as his merit qualify test
results, he will receive a merit
scholarship. The Nevada Union
High School senior has had all
As through his high school
years.
A special scholarship meeting ©
for seniors and parents of ,;
seniors will be held at 7:30 p.m. ;
Oct. 2 in the high school library.
Material about dates the
Scholastic Aptitude Test and
Achievement Tests will be given
will be announced and material
about scholarships will also be
announced.
NUHS students planning to
attend college after graduating
have five opportunities to take
the American College Test
during the school year. The first
test will be given. Oct. 20 and
registration must be completed
by Oct. 1.
Other test dates are Dec. 3,
Feb. 23, April 27 and June 15.
Registration blanks are
available through Maxine
Sleeper, counselor: in charge of :
scholarships and testing.
College Board Scholastic
Aptitude and Achievement Test
dates will be given throughout
the school year with the first test
to be given Oct. 13. Other dates
for the SAT are Nov. 3, Dec. 1,
Feb. 2, April 6 and June 22. The
Achievement test, necessary for
students planning to attend any
campus of the University of
Califrnia, will be given Dec. 1,
Jan. 12 and May 4.
Anyone applying for a
scholarship must take either the
Oct. 13 or Nov. 3 SAT test, no
later tests will be accepted for
scholarship reasons.
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HAROLD PARKER, assigned to Beale's 9th Strategic
Reconnaissance Wing, is presented the Outstanding
Educational Achievement award by: Col. Patrick J.
Holloran, commander of the 9th SRW, during
ceremonies held here recently. Sergeant Parker
enrolled in his first college course at Yuba College in
Mother Lode
Dr. W. Turrentine Jackson,
Professor of History at the
University of California, Davis,
and a world-renowned expert on
the history of the American
West and the California Gold
Rush, will be the instructor for
“The Mother Lode Country,” a
UCD Extension. study tour.
This course consists of a threeday bus trip through the
California Mother Lode country
along Highway 49 (the Mother
Lode Highway), accompanied
by historical lectures given by
, Dr. Jackson.
Dr. Jackson will discuss the
influence of gold mining on
Northern California cities and
' towns — the work, recreation,
frustrations, and triumphs of
individuals in the complex
society of early-day mining
camps.
Those who have attended Dr.
Jackson’s lectures rarely fail to
note that they are crammed
with interesting factual
material, a great deal of which
. is contained in interesting
vignettes culled from the lives of
real-life people.
The bus leaves Davis at 8 a.m.
Saturday, October 20 — the
departure point is the MiniCenter, Hutchison Drive, on the
UCD Campus. After picking up
out-of-town participants at the
‘ Sacramento airport, the bus will
' travel to Placerville for a tour of
the Bedford Mine, to Coloma
and Auburn, where participants
tour planned
will spend’the first night. The
following day (Sunday) will be
spent in and around Nevada City
and Grass Valley. On the final
day (Monday, a legal holiday),
the bus heads for North San
Juan and North Bloomfield,
including a visit to Malakoff
Diggins State Park. The trip
includes visits to other historical
and pioneer sites, aswell as
lectures by local historians and
a representative from the state
highway department.
The $90 fee includes bus fare,
twin-bed room in Auburn and
Nevada City, handouts, and two
optional quarter units of Extension credit.
For information about — or
enroliment in this or other
Extension courses, contact
University Extension, 4445
Chemistry Building, University
of California, Davis, CA 95616.
The phone number is (916) 7520880 (a free call from
Sacramento phones call the
operator and ask for Enterprise
1-7528).
Dr. Jackson, author of many
articles and books on Western
History, earned his doctorate at
the University of Texas in 1940,
and has been teaching at UCD
since 1951. He was awarded a
Fulbright Fellowship in the 194990 academic year, a Rockefeller
Foundation Huntington
Library fellowship in 1953, and a
grant from the American
History Research Center and
“the spring of 1969 and in March 1973, he received a
bachelors degree in sociology/psychology from the
Southern California based Chapman College. The New
Orleans native has hopes of becoming an Air Force
officer. He presently resides on base with his wife
and three children. (USAF Photo)
Five programs offered
in Sierra forum series
Patrons of Sierra College
Forum Series presentations will
note with interest that the
College has scheduled five
diverse and __ interesting
programs for the Fall semester,
1973-74.
A highlight of the series will be
an appearance by Senator
Daniel K. Inouye at Sierra on
Friday, September 28, 1973 at
8:15 p.m. Senator Inouye, a
member of the Senate Select
Committee on Presidential
Campaign Activities, will share
his insights about Watergate
and related matters.
“Hard Travelin’,” a multimedia group, follows on October
18. The production will feature
the Wisconsin State Historical
Society in* 1955-56. He also
received the Social Science
Research Council Award and a
grant from the American
Philosophical Society in 1956 for
studies eoncerning British
mining investments in the
American West
His studies brought him
Guggenheim Fellowships in
1957-58 and 1965, the Humanities
Institute Award in 1971-72,
another Huntington Library
Reséarch Fellowship in 1972.
films, words and music of
Woody Guthrie, an influential
folk singer and composer of the
depression era.
On November 15, Russ
Burgess, a psychic and skeptic
at the same time, will astound
his audience with amazing,
informative and highly entertaining lecturedemonstrations on the power of
Extra-Sensory Perception.
Everyone should enjoy “A
Night with Armour,” a program
featuring one of America’s most
distinguished and widely read
writers of humor, Richard
Armour. Armour’s presentation
will take place on Thursday,
December 13.
Then on January 17, actors
Gerald Hiken and Paul Richards
bring “The New Theatre” to
Sierra. “T. N. T.’’, as it is also
known, is a pot-pourri of sketches, plays and poetry a delight
for all. :
With the exception of Senator
Inouye’s address, all programs
will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the
College Theatre.
Those interested in any or all
of the Forum programs are
urged to contact Sierra’s
Community Services Office
without delay to ensure reservations.