U V ~Page 16-Fridoy, April 17, 1981-The Michigan baiiIy the Michigcin Daily-F' daj IiU- I~ - I II i , I U II SHAWN SPENDS HER time mostly working on a pebbled flooring on the far lower left of this drawing, near the macellum (meat market). This is an overview of the Baths Basilica of Wroxeter. Students dig theEnglish countryside Do you really want tc all that stuff home you this summer? (TUR ATn 2500 S. Indusi Ann Arbor,]r 973-2212 When you've more to store t gained for, you can now stoi ever before, securely. RVDER RYDER TRUCK RENTAL Authorized Ryder Dealer WE ALSO SELL BOXES, TAPE, L .... ....... .. ........ ............................ .. .......... dp d / - - i :. by SHAWN MORAN Ibelieve those who are descend- ants of the English countryside and have never visited the place, have yet to experience the mystique and richness of their heritage. But even if your ancestors aren't buried in English soil, the history it harbors is well worth digging into- literally. England is filled with various ar- chaeological sites that antiquaries and treasure hunters have dug into since medieval times, and by the summer of 1978, I, too, was at the disposal of shovel and trowel. MY INITIAL INTEREST in ar- chaeology was sparked by Prof. John Humphrey's course in excavation techniques here at the University. By the end of the term at Prof. Hum- phrey's suggestion, I enrolled by mail in a field archaeology course led by Dr. Graham Webster from the Depar- tment of Extramural Studies at the University of Birmingham in England. I also received credit for the course at this University. Three months later in July, I stepped off a Freddi Laker DC-10 at England's Gatwick airport. I naturally took advantage of the trip and planned a two-week "never-been- abroad" tour of the British Isles prior to the field course. I covered everything from London to Loch Ness. (I would also like to report that. Mr. Holmes' alleged address at 221 Baker St. has been an insurance company for some years, but they're still accepting his mail!) SOON ENOUGH I headed south by train to the small town of Wellington, just northeast of Wales. This is the site of the ancient Roman city of Wroxeter and Dr. Webster's class. All students attending the course were to meet and lodge at Wrekin College, an English boarding school for young boys in Wellington. At the train station, I asked to be pointed in the direction of the college and found it a Shawn Moran is a LSA senior, majoring in English. good mile up a steep hill away from the valley-town area. Before I made the climb I tried to buy a t-shirt or some other type of souvenir with the Wrekin insignia but was told by a store merchant that all the young gen- tlemen (on holiday for the summer) wore blazers with crests from a men's clothier. WHEN I FINALLY got to the iron gates of the school grounds, I dropped my pack and looked around. The entire area was donned by large shade trees and meticulously well-kept gardens. An ivy covered church stood in the center of the grounds with a line of stone stables just beyond it. The surrounding green hills were spotted with grazing sheep. At this point I expected to be greeted by one of Wrekin's very proper, five- foot suited gentlemen, but instead, another woman attending the field course caught me browsing the gar- dens. She had arrived from Greece earlier that morning and was already able to escort me to York House, the proper building for check-in. On -an inside bulletin board I discovered that I was the only U.S. student among the 16 attending the course. Several of the expected studen- ts were from England, the rest arriving from different points in Europe. OUR LIVING QUARTERS were a bit different than the University's ... York House was the dormitory where we would live for the next fortnight (two weeks). In order to reach our rooms up- stairs, a very shaky, circular iron staircase had to be climbed a full three flights. At the top of the third floor was a hallway leading to the dormitory bedrooms-and true dormitory bedrooms they were-with all the style and character of the original Oliver Twist flick. The sets of lumps (cots) were uniformly spaced in each room with a long wooden cabinet for personal belongings along the length of one wall. Because there were normally no women residents at the college, a section of the dormitory's bathroom area was cur- Continued on next page F C] for 0 Pen Se so ENGR Giftwol traditi( Black qualit black f 22 kar and th guarar time c (' OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK IN THE MICE