15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1994 Page: 8 of 12
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Retired E/T Professor
TEACHER FROM TASHKENT. Dr. Chuck Buckley displays photos and
souvenirs of Uzbekistan at Global Oklahoma in October. Buckley, dean of the RSC Business
Division, taught American language to college students in the former Soviet country this
summer and hopes to return next year. (Photo by Bill Roberts)
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month’s wages for one meal for their guests.
While the Americans tried to reciprocate, it
was hardly equitable, since the exchange
rate is something like 1,221 rubles to $1.
The family is very important in
along the Rhine River, I was about to meet
my friend and colleague Karl Heugle, whom
I had not seen for 16 months.
Karl had retired in May 1992 from Rose
State. After a wonderful church wedding
on Easter of that year in Okarche, Okla.,
he went to live with his wife Marianne in
nar nad retrea in iay 1992 irom Kose
State. After a wonderful church wedding
on Easter of that year in Okarche, Okla.,
he went to live with his wife Marianne in
Calw-Wimberg, a city of 60,000, 20 miles
southwest of Stuttgart. I had retired in
May 1991 and had determined to visit Karl
on my next trip to Holland.
Karl and Marianne met me at the rail
station in Stuttgart, and after a local train
ride and then a car ride, we arrived in
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in with the groom’s family until the next
younger son marries. The youngest son stays
until the parents die.
Buckley found having white hair brought
him automatic respect from the people in
Tashkent.
“They would stand up for me in the bus
and offer me their seat, as they do for all
older men there.”
Buses are the main mode of transporta-
tion, but it also takes some getting used to.
“There is no bus schedule. People just
wait.”
In fact, the people there have a very
relaxed concept of time, and the instructors
had a difficult time impressing students
with the importance of getting to class on
. time.
m Buckley said going to Uzbekistan is like
• going back a century in our own history,
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central government of the Soviet Union
leading them, they need help learning to
govern themselves and dealing with mod-
ern problems.
“They have raw materials, but they often
don’t know how to use them,” he said.
Peace Corps volunteers are working there
now, he said. Buckley said it is really re-
warding working with people who need so
much in order to live in the free world.
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Teaching English in Uzbekistan was so
rewarding, Dr. Chuck Buckley, Business
Division dean, said he plans to return next
summer. He spent seven weeks in what
used to be part of the Soviet Union, “north
of Afghanistan and two countries east of
Iran.”
Buckley and 18 other volunteers from
U.S. universities roomed with English ma-
jor students in a University of World Lan-
guages dormitory in Tashkent.
The volunteers taught conversational
American English to students who had stud-
ied British English for two to four years.
“I was amazed at how much English they
knew, even those in their second year,”
Buckley said. “English program students
get all their instruction in English — their
grammar, history, writing and so on.” They
also spoke English on sightseeing excur-
sions to theaters and square-block size ba-
zaars.
“Off campus, the students served as our
interpreters,” he said. “They were very pro-
tective of all the teachers, and we felt very
comfortable and safe.”
Some of the Americans had some diffi-
culty adjusting to a diet of predominantly
pasta dishes and cream-of-something for
breakfast. He said the people there were
very generous and would spend a whole
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surrounding villages and towns gave me an
idea of the scenery to come. The following
morning, a beautiful view unfolded of for-
ests with tall pines, hills and fields with
flowers.
That Monday morning, it was off to
Gerlingen, a town nearby, where Karl
was conducting an English seminar, spon-
sored by the local college. Business people
and private individuals who wanted to
upgrade or remain current on their con-
versational English attended.
After a wonderful lunch of maul tassen,
a local dish, a walk through the town and
Uzbekistan, Buckley said. The father makes
all the decisions, and the family is shamed
if a child disobeys the parents. They have
arranged marriages, and a wedding is a
three-day celebration. The bride then moves
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Retired Professors Karl
Heugle and Klaas
Hoogendorn stand at a
crossroads near
Lavelstein, Germany,
where they veisited
ancient castles.
Hoogendorn was visiting
Heugle, who now lives in
the Black Forest area of
Germans.
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“Stuttgart,” came the voice over the train
intercom. It was 17:50, Sept. 26 1 in Ger-
many |. Right on schedule, my journey was
about to end.
I had left Breukelen, a small town in the
center of Holland, at 11:30 that morning,
where we had celebrated my father-in-
law’s 80th birthday.
In Koln [Cologne] I had to transfer from
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visiting with the local folks, we repeated
the seminar that evening. The next day
we visited a disabled veteran whom Karl
sponsors. Eddie was an inspiration to me.
With paralysis on one side, one leg miss-
ing and without speech, he still exhibited
a great spirit.
That afternoon we visited Zavelstein
(see photo), a small town with the ruins of
a castle dating back many centuries. The
next day it was off to Bad Teinach, a
beautiful facility with saunas and natu-
rally warm mineral water. Great for the t2 2
sore muscles after the previous day’s walk.
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sore muscles after the previous day’s walk.
That afternoon we were to meet
Marianne at the grade school where she
teaches. School is out at 13:00, and we
were offon a walk to Hirsau, another town We sang and felt young again. Holland to visit relatives and the following
in the area, with a monastery dating back After a delicious dinner with two of week the plane back from Holland to Okla-
to 1091. Marianne’s sons, some shopping in down- homa.
The weather had been wonderful with town Calw, a visit to Karl’s ancestral home, Although a continent apart and sepa-
sunshine and temperatures in the 60s, but a walk through the forest and visits with rated by the ocean, I still have wonderful
on our walk back, the rain came. some of the most wonderful people, it was memories from my visit to Schwarzwald
We were prepared, however, and had a time to say goodbye. and the reunion with my gracious hosts
Calw. It was dark, but the lights in the most wonderful time walking in the rain. On Friday, I boarded the train back to and friends, Karl and Marianne..
Business Dean Plans to Return to Uzbekistan to Teach English
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Saunders, Ricky. 15th Street News (Midwest City, Okla.), Vol. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1994, newspaper, January 7, 1994; Midwest City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1976754/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.