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.