Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-15
foreign STUDY
FOR COLLEGE MEN
Prof. Kirkbride Writes DIR.
Hullihen of Educational
Plan
NOW IN PARIS
ARRANGING DETAILS
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Feb. 15.-Dr. Walter
HullIhen. president Of the University
of Delaware has recently received
several letters from Professor r. w
Kirkbridge. from Paris, n member
of the faculty who was given "A years
leave of absence TO 20 to France
land make the preliminary plans
for the student foreign study plan
inaugurated by the. University of
Delaware. These letters explain in
details the arrangements that are
being made for tho first students
from Delaware who are expected to
go to France under thie plan the
coming summer.
! The idea Of the foreign study
plan is to send undergraduates to
France and later probably TO other
countries for one year OF study in
! the particular country they are sent
to. 1t is proposed under the plan
to better fit young Americans for
the consular service or business
where they will have so deal with
foreign countries They Will not
only be entered in a university in
the country they are sent TO but
a special program OF travel etc.
will be mapped out to get them a
close insight into the customs both
as TO social and business life in
those countries.
1t Is to make the preliminary
plans for all these details and to be
ready for the first group of students
that Professor Kirkbridge last June
was given a years leave OF absence.
He has since that time been in
Paris making the required arrange /
ments
Under date of January 10, Pro-
lessor kirkbride has written to .
President Hullihen as follows;
"One of the most valuable fea-
lures Of the year abroad under the
Foreign Study plan Will be the op-
portunity TO become acquainted with
France. BY that / mean meeting her
business, political. social and edu-
,ational leaders. visiting her various
Industrial, scenic and historical
points of interest. and taking part
n her modern everyday life.
in Paris l am planning visits TO
the Senate, the Chamber, the Ma
tonal Library. the Bank of France,
The French Chamber OF Commerce.
the great Citroen Automobile CON
Germ, the famous Printemps stores.
and many other places of like i'm
portance that the tourist sees only
from the outside, as we'll as the
Louvre, Notre Dame. etc"
Professor Kirkbride also tells of /
trips he is planning outside of Paris |
and says the party Will be conduct
ed by committees Of prominent
Frenchmen. He is also planning
or during the students year in Paris
IN Artist Series" to theatres and
avs the visits Planned for Paris
nd vicinity will cost the students
Iothing. Professor Kirkbride also
avs he is giving considerable atten-
ION to the question of purely social
Re of the students in France. (
In another letter to President
iullihen dated January 25, Pro- l
essor Kirkbride states that for the {
aris headquarters OF the students d
ne coming year he has engaged a I
lite of rooms adjoining the apart I
lent of NJ. Ferdinand Brunot, Dean !
( the Faculty Of Letters of the
University Of Paris, one OF the most s
rofound scholars in France. He d
avs both Monsieur and Madame
runot are deeply interested in the e
reject and that their cooperation V
i'll be- valuable.
In third letter dated January 27, c
rofessor Kirkbride says, "one Of
ne most important features OF the n
-udents year in France under the h
oreign study plan will be the op-
ortunity of enjoying the hospitality Y
some of the best French families.
M IN taking part in the everyday E
rench social activities. The average g
ourist, and indeed a large number ;,
I American students here, never :
ct into real French life. They re-
urn 20 their homes with an utterly
llse idea Of French ideas and GUS ;,
oms' He then tells of having Sc :.
lred the cooperation OF "A number y
I organizations to carry this idea -
10 effect Arrangements he said -
ave also been made 10 secure for =
ne students entree into large p
lumber of French homes. c
II the foreign study plan as n
tapped out by the University of Il
delaware and which plan is receiv- q
~ its financial aid from outside II
ne usual university funds proves C.
lccess. 1t is expected that manv
ther universities and colleges will .
dopt the plan and in a short time .
undreds OF American students will {
going abroad under the plan each '