APRYL 4: 19S7 THDE IC-11GAN DAILY PACE NINE Travel. Industry To Reach Greatest Expansion This Season Sea Voyages To Hit Peak In June, July Trans -Oceanic Facilities Taxed Again In August, And EarlySeptember Ticket Agents Urge! Early Reservations The ever-growing travel industry will reach its greatest expansion this year. How travel conscious America willi be is best indicated by the estimate of its travel bill for this year-$3,- 000,000,000. Transportation officials have an- nounced that all travel reservations during the popular travel months will probably be taken by the early part of May. Travel abroad will reach its peak in the last days of June and the early part of July, coinciding with college students' trips to foreign lands. Even now there are few res- ervations left on boats bound for either the Orient or Europe in the weeks immediately following the close of school. To Tax Facilities Oceanic transportation facilities will again be taxed in the last half of August and in the first few weeks of September. Reservations on boats bound for America during these weeks will probably be unavailable simultaneous with foreign-bound reservations for early summer months. North American coastal vessels will have reservations open only slightly longer than the end of this month, travel officials say. Even rail and inland water transportation to vaca- tion spots will, be unavailable long before the summer travel season reaches its peak. Travel agents everywhere are at- tempting to hustle their customers into making reservations. Middle Western agents are especially hard put to in making the aspirant trav- elers realize that reservations will be gone soon. Easterners, better ac-1 quainted with the ways of travel, know better than to wait too long. Tours Are Favored The trend this year is toward group tours. Never before have Lour con- ductors beenso much in demand.In the way of destination trend, Alaska ranks high, the rehabilitation project of the federal government having aroused great interest. Europe, especially with college stu- dents, is still the favorite for travel abroad. Its advantage over the Ori- ent, which has in recent years at-1 tracted an increasingly large number of tourists, lies not only in the fact that it is the root of Western culture, but also in that it is so much better prepared for travelers.1 "The Far Eastern tourist finds tra- eling more exiensive because his ac-7 customed habits of living suit him for only the best hotels and boat pas- sage. Third class and second-rate hotels in Europe, on the other hand, are agreeable to most Americans. ' South American countries are in much the same position asiFar East- ern countries. Almost all European countries have announced reductions of from 25 to 60 per cent in railroad rates, al- though each extends special rates on different terms. Most countries re- quire - the traveler to declare the number of days which he will be in the country and the rail routes which . he will take before he can take ad- vantage of tourist rates. NORTHERN CAPITALS July 2-Aug. 8. Scotland. England, Nor- way, Sweden, Finland, Denmark. $536 Tourist Class from Montreal. 13-day ex- tension to Holland, Belgium, France for an additional $90. Other European tours $480-$705-Tourist Class from Montreal. CLARA S. BUCHANAN, M.A. Hotel Webster Hall Detroit, Mich. Typical Of England's Historical Charm For The Tourist t CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL Real Charm Of England Awaits Motoring Or Boatig Traveler, Southwestern Wales And Yorkshire Vales Claimed Colorful Scenic Spots By ROBERT FRYER The coronation of King George VI is an added incentive to spend the summer vacationing in the scenic beauty of "Ye Merrie Olde England," according to Dr. Harold C. Whitehall of the English department and assis- tant editor of the Middle English Dictionary. It is a rare opportunity that the vacationist cannot afford to miss, Dr. Whitehall said, for, on a trip to England this year, he will not only be able to view the world's most color- ful ceremony, which is accompanied by. unparalleled pomp and pageantry, and to take part in the wide range of social activities which accompany and follow the ceremony, but he will also be able to enjoy the immense diversity of matchless scenery that is concentrated in England's rela- tively small area. Few See Real England The British objections to American travelers is the fact that so few see the real England, Dr. Whitehall be- lieves, for Americans going to Eng- land confine themselves to too few places and those sections they do visit are not representative of the real England. That is, he said, they stay in London a few days, take a trip up the Thames to Oxford, make a hurriedvisit to Stratford-on-Avon, and perhaps a short stay in the lake country, and come away with a sat- isfied air of complete knowledge about the people and country. They have only scratched the surface, he said. Buy An Automobile The ideal way to see England, Dr. Whitehall believes, is to buy, immedi- ately upon your arrival in England, an English automobile with the un- derstanding that - they will buy it back on your return at a certain set price. The automobile firms in Lon- don are perfectly willing to do this and one will find, he said, that it is indeed the most practical method, for one's transportation costs will be cut to almost nothing. "Completely free of conducted tours and hindering bus lines, make a trip in your auto through Yorkshire Vales-you will enjoy magnificent mountain scenery in comparative sol- itude and it is an unusual country from the historical standpoint. Or dash off for a short stay to Devon- shire and Cornwall in the southeast for it is perhaps the most beautiful country in England with almost a semi-tropical climate due to the tem- pering influence of the gulf stream. And don't fail to visit "Little Eng- land beyond Wales" in southwestern Wales for it is a very picturesque country with many strange customs. "If you are young and hardy, the bicycle and motorbike are excellent means of transportation and also very practical. However, be sure to confine your bicycling to the rather level areas or you will find yourself in for a good bit of work. A very beautiful section to cycle in is the lake country in the northwest or in the plains just northeast of London. Travel On Canals "However, if you really wish to steep yourself in the atmosphere of England-if you want to get inside the skin of the really representative people of England, there is another means of travel which some would find very enjoyable. Hire a small motorboat and see England by canal.I Few people realize how well de- veloped are the domestic waterways of England and consequently this method of travel is very seldom used. Although there is a little red-tape at first it is well worth all the trouble it might cause you." One thing that will surprise vis- itors most, Dr. Whitehall said, is the terrific racial differences within the racial stock. "In the south there is "the Saxon- blunt, good humored and rather slow -the typical Englishman. In the East is the East Anglican who is very similar to the New Englanders. North of the Humber and Mersey Rivers you will find a totally un- expected type which is rather im-1 petuous and more mentally agile. While in Wales you will find the black haired Englishman showing the Celtic strain." aI1TE trP Freighter Trip Cheap Vacation For Vagabonds Colorful, Interesting Trips At Reduced Prices Lure Traveling Students A vagabond trip around the world on one of the hundreds of tramp steamers that wend their eccentric ways to strange out-of-the-way ports from Cape Town to Nome in search' of cargo, is a vacation possibility for students without a large budget. Prices offered ranged from $2.90- a-day for trips on Orient-bound Ja- panese liners to regular $10-a-day all expense cruises, but the vast majority of the ships charge only three, four or five dollars daily. See South Seas Among the more interesting voy- ages is one that lasts five months and takes the traveler from San Francisco to Samoa, Australia, New Guiena, Fiji Islands, Noumea, Tulagi, the Tonga Islands and many other little-visited South Sea ports. The! ships are American, and a flat rate of $4 a day prevails. This price in- cludes a stateroom with connecting bath. A three-months cruise of Scan- dinavia with stops at Mexico and Cuba on the return trip costs only $3.10 a day and has aroused much interest.Seventy-five dollar rates to Europe are offered by half-a-dozen lines. Go To Belgium Lamport and Holt have a three- month cruise to Brazil for $3 a day, while the Black Diamond line offers a flat price of $120 for a round trip to Belgium. A round-the-world journey that lasts four-and-a-half months is of- fered by the Blue Funnel line for $580 or $4.30 a day, with the stipu- lation that women are to be ac- companied by male relatives, a rule which is quite universal on the more inexpensive tramps. Entertainment consisting of quoits, Many Students Plan European Summer Trips Scandinavian Tours Rank High In Student Favor; France Is Also Popular University of Michigan students are following the nation in making this year its greatest for travel. Al- most every country in Europe will be visited by the many students who are planning to spend this summer abroad. A group of 10 students is plan- ning an eight-week tour of Scotland, England, Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. Harriet Hath- away, '37, Barbara Heath, '39, Beth Ranney, '37A, Betty Spangler, '39, Betty Aigler, '35, Mary Ervin, '39, Frances Sutherland, '39, Margaret Hamilton, '37, Mary B. Johnson, '38, and Betty Whitney, '37, are the girls who will make this tour. Scandinavia Gets Share The northern European countries, and especially Norway and Sweden, will receive their share of tourists, if the number of University students is any indication. Mildred Haas, '38, plans to take a North Cape Cruise, which will include Denmark, Nor- way and Sweden. She will be gone nine or 10 weeks. Roberta Melin, '38, will leave June 30 for Norway and Sweden. Robert E. Archer, '39, will also leave in June to spend the sum- mer in Scandinavia and northern Germany. Olaf P. Bergelin, Grad., will leave late in July for a tour of the Scan- dinavian countries, England, Ger- many, France and Russia. Jean Lee, '38, will also visit Norway and Sweden this summer. Among those planning to take bi- cycle tours is Langford Whitford, '40E, who will be a member of a party touring France, Germany and Belgium. Albert Ricker, '38, who deck tennis, shuffle board and, on the smaller liners, trolling, is pro- vided. All ships contain libraries and many have phonographs, and radios are always available. A sample menu offered by the Vik- ing Voyages includes all the luxuries of a high class hotel. On this type of ship the vagabonder eats at the captain's table and gets the same fare as the officers. Staterooms are almost always larger than those on passenger liners. Fast Freighters Most freighters are about as fast as express liners and the slowest travel from nine to 10 knots. The silk liners from the Orient being fas- ter than any passenger ships that make the trip. The originally-scheduled trip on these freighters is often extended, since "the only true vagabonders left" are always in search of cargo. On them the true vagabonder finds an opportunity to visit far away lands at stay-at-home prices, and the student has a mode of travel well within his purse. AMEROD CONDUCTED and INDEPENDENT TOURS Represented by Frederick S. Randall TRAVEL SERVICE 12 Nickels Arcade Ph. 6040 Scotch To Sponsor Housing Exhibition Scotland will celebrate next month with the staging of the Ideal Home Exhibition, planned by Scottish in- dustries at Olympia. Mainly a display of homes famous in the history of Scotland, the ex- position will feature replicas of rooms from Feudal days to the present. Among the exhibits will be the thatched cottage of Bobby Burns, in which two of the rooms will be re- constructed. Glamis Castle, in An- gus, will be the subject of another display. The interior, which is large- ly the celebrated Retainers' Hall, be- lieved to date from the 15th century is the oldest portion of the castle. Other reproductions include the personal relics of Mary, Queen of the Scots, and the reconstruction of, a residence of Alfred the Great, in' rough hewn trees from the forests of Scotland. spent the winter abroad, will go to England for the coronation, and in the summer, Ricker will join a group on a bicycle trip through continental Europe. Marian Fitzgerald, '38, is also planning to take a bicycle trip on the continent. Two of the students who are go- ing abroad this summer to study are Horace Pinney, '38, and George Frank, '37. Pinney plans to attend the eight-week summer session at the Sorbonne, Paris, and Mr. Frank will leave Aug. 1, for England, where he will engage in research work at the University of London during the next year. To Travel In England Among those planning to spend the summer touring England are Betty Scherk, '37, Betty Warwick, '37Ed., Alberta Wood, '40, and Bob Cooper, '38. Miss Scherk and Miss Warwick, who will sail June 19 on the Ile de France, plan to take an apartment in London and travel through Scotland, Ireland and France. Miss Wood, who will sail from Montreal, June 18, will spend the summer in England. Mr. Cooper will motor through England and Scotland during July. Several groups of students plan to travel in Europe together. Doris Holt, '398M, Betty Sinclair, Grad., Elizabeth Riddell, '39, and Jean See- ley, '36, of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority will sail in June on the "Bre- n Polar Explorer . To Direct Tour ThrouohArctic A tour, planned by Vihjalmur Stef- ansson, Polar explorer, will take uni- versity students and instructors in- terested in anthropology and geology into the Arctic countries thit sum- mer. Iceland will be host to the group for ten days, during which time the members of the expedition will live like natives in order to investigate Northern life. Arnold Haverlee, member of the Explorer's Club will be the conduc- tor and interpreter for the group. He has announced that surveys will also be made of the Northern cities of Finland, the Scandinavian countries and the Soviet Union. Persons interested in making the trip may make arrangements through Edutravel, Inc., 55 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. The group will leave New York, June 8. Among the sites of Iceland are the anachronistically furnished homes of the 1,000 year-old farmsteads, which are equipped with modern conven- iences of telephones and electricity. men" to visit ten European countries. Jeanne Johnson, '37, and Jane Mut- schler, '37, of Alpha Chi Omega, plan to sail on the Normandie June 30 for a summer abroad. Marion Pat- erson, '37, Judith Trosper, '37, Vir- ginia Jackson, '38, Priscilla Abbot, '39 and Virginia Nimmo, '37, all of Alpha Phi, will leave together June 29 on the steamship "Statendam" for a six-weeks tour of Europe. 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