University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-04-10

keep away some of the lonesome feel
ing that comes over a person when b,
gets far away from home.
The next step was the formation @
private parties led by some one wh,
was more or less familiar with Europ.
and the modes of travel. This sool
grew into the agency, which makes III
parties and carries them over pre-
scribed routes at a stipulated cost I,
each individual.
There are several hundred of these
agencies now being conducted in tht
United States. The business of lead
ing parties on tours is fOurishing
Ii has outgrOwn Europe and is pene
trating Asia, Africa, Australia, ant
South America. So thoroughly has
the scheme been organized that one
may now travel with party in almos!
any part of the world; and so keen is
the competition between these agen
cies that a mere dollar or two is
often the only argument in favor vi
one over the other.
In most cases these parties are con.
Quoted by persons specially qualified
for the duties, for the success of the
trip depends on the leader. There is 4
great demand for leaders who are CON-
petent from standpoint of knowledge
of conditions and companiOnable. They
must know the country through which
they pass and something about the
things they will see. Above everything
else, perhaps, these leaders must have
the respect and admiration of those in
the party. An illtempered person VINO
will not be interested i'm the welfare of
those who might travel with him is
totally unfit as party leader.
With but one exception, the West
minister Travel Party of Fulton, Mo-. is
the only tour-soliciting agency west of
the Mississippi River. This agency
is owned and managed by Willis II.
Kerr. professor of English at Westmin-
ster College. and Ovid Bell, editor of
the Fulton Gazette. Ii is now in the
second year of its existence. 1t sent
several parties TO Europe last summer.
and its plan for the coming summer
is to conduct ten parties over Europe
Party one is known as the "Univer-
sity Vacation Party" Ii will sail from
New York June l.. Ii will travel north
from Naples, Italy, visiting many
places along the route, including POM
peii. Rome and Venice 1t will then
go through the Grimsel passes TO Gene
va, Lucerne and the Rhine Falls
Thence it will go down the Rhine
River through the Netherlands. Here
il will turn south again, going to Paris.
then across the channel 10 London,
Liverpool and Glasgow. The party
will sail homeward August 10.
Party two is the Popular College
Vacation Party" This party will take
a route similar to that of party onc.
1t will leave New York July l and re-
turn September 4.
The next is the "Ladies' Early Sum- |
mer Party" which will sail June 10 |
and return August 81. This party also |
axes route similar to that of party |
)ne. Party four, which sails June II |
has the same itinerary. Ii will return /
August q. Party five, Popular Vaca-
ion Tour" will also follow a southern |
quite similar to the others. 1t Will |
ravel from June 81 to September 3.
Party six is the Beta Sigma Omi-
ron Sorority party, which will sail
Iune 10 and return August 81. This
,arty will travel first through Scotland
md England before crossing into the
where it will go up the
Rhine to the Black Forest, the Falls,
hen to Lucerne. From here it will go
through Brunig Pass. to Milan, Venice.
florence, Rene, Naples. and POM
eii. Party seven is for winners
# newspaper circulation contests and
will travel through England. France,
Germany and Holland.
Party eight is for music and art low
RS. This will travel from June II to
september 3. 1t will touch at the
oints where music and art lovers
-ould be mcst interested. Its itinery
lcludes Oxford, Stratford, Abbotsford, II
aris, Cologne. Heidelberg. Bern. Flu {
len, Lake Constance, Munich, Berlin, t
he Hague and Antwerp. |
MEMS Walking and Wheeling Par i
:" is number nine. It's time will en-
md from July to August %. This Il
arty will see Europe leisurely, doing I
ost of its travelling on foot and by I
zach. 1t will cover the British Isles, i
olland. Germany, Switzerland and h
rance. !
Coronation" is the last of the sum- |
er parties. 1t will be out from June a