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OSnts at | SOuschocis— ine World
Finals of a creativity compctition known
as Olympies of the Ming (OM). Begunin

S77 CY two caster ecucators. Dr, Sam-

2] Micklus and Dr. Ted Gourley. OM
“has grown rapidly from a uniquely New
Jersey event to one of international
scope. convening its cereoral games |!
among elementary. junior high and high
schooi students.

Its fare has spread accordingly. es-
pecially after the producers af “Creativ
iy with Bil! Movers.” Chevran’s Emmys
sward-winzing cat ht
res. devoted an entire srg

Recently, at this year’s Woric Finals.
OM’'s Doard of directors awarded hath
Chevron and Bill Jones—sozail’s Manag-
er of Corporate Communicauions, who
conceived the TV series—this vear’s Lip-
per Award for helping to advance the
cause of human creativity.

Although intellectually gifted students
find OM particularly inviting. the organ
zation stresses that its challenge ts not
t 2 sally
brains. Micklus and Gourley believe that
anvone can learn Go De Stealing. Just as
anvene ppresiaie Shake-
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iolearn io fe mere creanve than others.
“We believe that creative proolem- +
solving is the wave of the future, and that
mental games can be played with the
same enthusiasrn and competitive spirit:
as physical games.” says Gourley. whois i

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DURING LAST YVEAR’S
"Omoneut Challenge,”
stuCGens represented
aliens from a distant
slanet exploring Earth.
Faotas show how three
teams solved the
problem of buiiding a
self-powered land rover
capadie of yathering
vatiwus tyges of
material,

Reprinted with permission from
STANDARD OILER SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 1983