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INTELLECTUALLY ABLE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS APPLIED FOR THE INSTITUTE. COURSES OFFERED WERE NOT FOR CREDIT BUT WERE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM. A SMALL TUITION WAS PAID FOR THE ONE COURSE CHOSEN. THE COURSES OFFERED INCLUDED ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE, BEGINNING CHINESE, ADVANCED CHINESE, GERMAN, JAPANESE, BEGINNING RUSSIAN, TOPICS IN MODERN MATHEMATICS, MODERN ALGEBRA, ASTRONOMY, INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY, ADVANCED CHEMISTRY, EARTH SCIENCE, PHYSICS, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, HISTORY OF EAST ASIA, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, AND URBAN REVOLUTION. THERE WAS ALSO A RAPID READING PROGRAM AS WELL AS A LECTURE SERIES AND A COLLEGE DAY. EVALUATION OF STUDENTS AND STUDENT REACTION SHOWED PROGRESS AND ENTHUSIASM.

THE MARK TWAIN SUMMER INSTITUTE OFFERED CHALLENGING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDED EXCELLENT TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUES, AND OFFERED AN "INTERN-TEACHER" PROGRAM. THE STUDENTS QUALIFIED TO ATTEND WERE ABLE SECONDARY STUDENTS FROM GRADES 9 THROUGH 12. EACH STUDENT WOULD TAKE ONE NON-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE. THE CURRICULUM CONSISTED OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE, FIRST AND SECOND YEAR CHINESE, FIRST AND SECOND YEAR JAPANESE, BEGINNING AND ADVANCED GERMAN, BEGINNING AND ADVANCED RUSSIAN, ART FORM, MODERN MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, EARTH SCIENCE, PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, LAW THEORY, PHILOSOPHY, ECONOMICS, MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, AND RAPID READING. A COLLEGE DAY FOR THE STUDENTS TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES WAS OFFERED, AS WAS A LECTURE SERIES. A NEW ADDITION TO THE INSTITUTE WAS THE "INTERN-TEACHER" PROGRAM. PROSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCED TEACHERS COULD BECOME A PART OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH APPLICATION.