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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 2 !5 0 BROADW A Y NE W YORK, N. Y . 10007 The effectiveness of an Urban Corps depends in large part upon the perceptions of the participating students themselves. During the summer of 1968, 20 students from Sarah Lawrence College took part in New York City's Urban Corps, and one of them, Teresa Baker, wrote this article on their experiences with the city. Miss Baker had a bird's- eye view of the entire program from her internship position in the Urban Corps program development office. A native of Denver , Colorado, Miss Baker received her B. A. from Sarah Lawr e nce College in June , 1969. Miss Baker, 21, w as editor of her college newspaper, an editorial assistant in the Sarah Lawrence Office of Publications and Publicity, and a t utor in the Upw ard Bound Program . She w ill be atte nding the Columbia University School of Journalis m in S e ptember, 1969. Addit i o nal copie s of this reprint are available upon request. �