After 30 years at Ohio's Oberlin College. John C. Kennedy, 57, last week left his job as alumni recorder, rented his 15-acre farm, and drove off with his schoolteacher wife, Miriam, 53, to join the U.S. Peace Corps. At Pennsylvania State University, the Kennedys began a seven-week cram course with 153 other recruits from 42 states, the biggest single corps group yet launched. Their goal: two-year jobs as teachers' aides in the rural Philippines. "All our lives we've wanted to do something like this," said Quaker Kennedy. "We've talked about doing something personal...
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