‘enrolled ‘more than 200 senfors among its 8,000
students, in all kinds of distance courses from
high school English to Accounting to: Advanced

Sociology.

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Complete-course packages
are mailed to seniors’ homes,
and tutors and advisors are
ready to help them via toll-
free telephone. °

The ‘OLI seniors whose
_ stories are told here remind
us that retirement is a time
of opportunity. A program
of. independent study is well
suited - to their active
“fifestylés, and OLI is proud
to accommodate students of
their ambition and interest.
~ Maybe you can keep up
with these seniors wees

Ed Cox thinks he should

go back to. work. fora rest! .

At 70 years of agé he is an
accomplished «. weaver, |
avid gardener, a “demon
driver”, and a student with
OLI.

' Ed has signed up for three
home-study ‘courses: in the
past couple of years: two in
Electronics and .one in
Forkner Shotthand. Sounds
like an unusual combination,
‘but there is an‘ explanation.
Ed spent many years aboard
all kinds of seagoing vessels,
‘where, among other things,
he waz a wireless operator,
using the Morse Code that
he learned asa Boy Scout in

Lowe ow

y. the

tronics course

1920s’ Electronics for
communications became

Ed's specialty, . co”

t

OLIs electronics. courses

hhave helped Ed to maintain

interest in his field, and to
keep), up with new
developments. (Most OLI
electronics students are
taking courses for. credit
towards a certificate, but
some, like Ed, are reviving
old interests and sparking
new ones.)

MORSE CODE

Ed wanted the Shorthand
course so he could tran-
‘scribo weather signals which
are: broadcast around-the-
-world in Morse code.

“I've enjoyed the clec-
immensely
and I certainly think OL] is a

‘wonderful opportunity for

senior Citizens to keep active
and interested. OLI has
given me great on-

couragement. I'd go crazy if

4

I sat around watching TV all
day. Lid

Mrs. Cox is also an oul
student. She's taking the new
Introductory French course
and is enjoying its novel oral
approach. “It's different
altogether from the way I
learned French in school
many years ago,” she
remarked. Mrs. Cox's ad-
visor reports that she is way
ahead in the course, having

taken French. at a finishing:

school in France, which she
attended for completion of
her program at the
University of Aberdeen.
Both the Coxes enjoy the
independence of studying at
home (Brentwood, B.C.)
“I'm not a joiner, so I don't
want to attend classes,” says
Ed, “but it'snice to know
that I can call my tutor toll-
free when I need some
help.” '

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