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STUDIES AND TRAVEL, COLUPLEI) WILL MAKE TRIP be a co-educational school. The
WITH OCEAN TRIP, OFFERED ON STUDENT SHIP bachelor ship will make the orthodox
TO COLLEGE ST'UD E.NTS itinerary, following the example of the
first trip. The other divison, however,
AFFORDS COLLEGE CREIT will innovate the notion of remaining
in Europe for the entire summer sea-
son of the term to make an intensive
study and research of the continent.
Vast Iniprovemnent Over Original; Their trip will, of necessity, be the
Plan 1"wo Sections I longer. It will endure from early
October till the following summer
After the venture attempted last ends.
year by the International University The University 'of Michigan has
Cruise, Inc., the annual expedition taken an extremely active interest in
again is being planned for, although the project of the floating university,
the proposed trip for 1928 will not be both among the student body and
started until early in the fall, about among the faculty included in the
Oct. 6, according to A. J. McIntosh, school. Several men and one woman,
originator and organizer of the idea. all prominent teachers locally and
The history and development of this about the United States, made the first
floating university are interesting, if trip. Lionel G. Crocker, instructor in
they are viewed from no other angle speech; Prof. W. C. Rufus, of the
than their extreme novelty. Last year astronomy department, and Mr. and
McIntosh conceived the notion of an Mrs. J. R. Freeman, who are director
eight months' cruise for university of physical education in the Ann Ar-
graduates and undergraduates who, bor public schools and instructor in
while they were enjoying all the the University School of Music, re-
benefits of extensive foreign travel, Lionel G. Crocker spectively, were among the faculty.
might continue their university work Who will be included among the Th'e student body of the University
on board ship under the direction ofaculty of the floating university that was splendidly represented when 16
able and efficient faculty men and ils from New York in October, 1928. made the eight months' trip and suc-
women. From the germ of McIntosh's ceeded in receiving full advanced
idea the International University where the party studied the famous credit upon the conclusion of the
Cruise, Inc., has developed into an trans-continental water-way, and then term.
egregious reality, sailed north to San Francisco. From Professor Rufus will be in charge of
Open To Andy Student that juncture the cruise traveled over the entrants from Michigan this year.
The' proffered cruises are olen to Asia and Europe, covering 27 separate Any who contemplate taking passage
any student enrolled in any accredited countries, on the school ship, should immediately
university in the United States. Dur- Full and complete ocean liner serv- get in touch with him or Chester A.
ing the course of the :voyage, the stu- ice is furnished the participants in Anschell, '29, who was among the
dIent is assigned to a group of small the venture. Michigan men aboard last year,
numbers, according to the choice of Some 500 students and graduates The intended trip for next year will
study he wishes to persue. Curricula were included on the first cruise that far exceed the experience of its pre-
are prepared long before the trip was attempted. The faculty for the decessor, according to the opinions of
commences, so the student traveler group totalled slightly more than 50, the executives of the International
las ample time to prepare himself all of whom were full-fledged profes- University Afloat, nc. "Those inter-
'or the type of work he wishes to fol- sors from American colleges and uni- ested," stated Professor Rufus, "will
low. versities. be assured that the 1928 trip will be a
So many types of learning are open Profiting from the experience of'the real success and a vast improvement
to any one who takes the trip that university's maiden voyage, all the of the trip taken last year."
much planning is necessary before the endeavor at the command of the offi-
time the cruise begins, in order that
full benefit from the opportunities
that are confronted during the period
may be gleaned. In the undergraduate
section all the regulation courses that
are taught during the regular school
year are offered. Courses are care-
fully mapped out by the faculty in
charge and reading lists and sugges-
tions are sent to the student as soon
as they are available. Courses are
planned so that they correspond and
are relevant to the particular country
being visited at the time the course
will be studied.
Graduate work is offered in exten-
sive 'style.' Work in geographical,
historical, political, economic, social,
and artistic fields will be presented in
addition to the regular advanced work
in all the fields covered by the under-
graduate curriculum. Special study
In native art, music, and drama of
the countries visited will form inter-
esting endeavor for the graduate.
Credit Given
Full university credit is given for
work covered during the time of the
trip. The customary 16 or 17 hours
of work may be carried if so desired
and will be honored by the university
the recipient attended or at any other
university. Credit is awarded by vari-
ous means. Some of the professors
favor the idea of scanning the pupils'
note-books, while others give formal
written or oral examinations.
The faculty of the floating school
is of a high calibre. Prominent pro-
fessors from schools throughout the
entire country are carefully selected
for the expedition. One advantageous
feature of the faculty is the fact that
they of necessity become intimately
acquainted with all the pupils whom
they encounter on shipboard. The
manner of living on such a trip de-
mands it.
The trip itself, aside from the purely
academic side it possesses, affords
pleasure. Last year's excursion cov-
ered more than 10,000 miles before the
itinerary was completed. Fully 6,000
miles of the total distance was travel-
Cd on trains for the purpose of visit-
ing the Intrior of the sundry coun-
tries reached.
One of the most broadening phases
of the trip is the contact made with
not only the class-mates from other
universities but also the foreign
celebrities met as incidents to the
journey. Each member of the en-
rollment of last year was introduced
to and shook hands with Benito Mus-
solini. The student body of last year's
initial group were the official guests
of the King of Siam, while studying
that country, and of the Queen of
Spain, when touring Europe. Oppor-
tunity is available for the meeting of
various students representative of
foreign schools and colleges and for
an insight to the types of govern-
ments to be found abroad.
The 1927 tour left from New York,
touched at Havana, Cuba, turned
southward to the Panama Canal Zone
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vials in charge and all the suggestions EVANSTON, II1.-Abandonment of
from the faculty will be organized to the policy of requiring pictures of the
improve the excursion for 1928 as users to be attached to tickets to the
much as possible. junior prom here has resulted in the
The second trip is planned to run addition of a questionnaire which
in two sections. One will be strictly must be answered by all those intend-
for men students and the other will ing to be present at the affair.
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