Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
DELAWARE SENIORS
TO STUDY In FRANCE
First Attempt In Exchange-PrOfessr
System By United States Edu-
catiOnal Institution.

Paris, France.
! And this is the first time in the his
tory of American institutions of learn
, ing that the system of exchange pro-
fessOrs has been extended to students.
The students will leave New York
July z. They will be under the guild
; ance of Prof. Raymond Kirkbride, of
the modern language department, who
has been in France for the last year
arranging the plan, which is sponsor
ed by Secretary Hoover, Ambassador
Jusserand and other French and Am
erican notables.
Among the especially favored eight
will be blind student, Francis J.
Cummings, of Wilmington. Cummings
just completed his sophomore year
with hOnOrs in modern languages.
eve leave the university on July
and then on July z leave New York
on the Rochambeau," said Cummings.
"And it's going to be great. Me? No,
won't have trouble over there.
You see, we're going over in July
so we can get in about ten weeks in
tensive training in French. Then in
November We'll begin our studies at
the opening of the regular semester. |
Prof. Kirkbride has arranged every
thing. He's even reserved us places to |
stay. We are going to live with French |
families, each us with a separate fam
lily, so that we won't have much chance
to talk English with any other stu
dent.
Will Receive Credit for Work
"You know, jumped at the chance
nd Oh Tie o1onfixro !
course. Those of us who want it hand
in our names. And then the faculty
looks us over. If we look as if such
an opportunity will do us good we are
permitted to go. 1 won't have any
trouble. I'll hire a reader, 1 guess,
and then I'll look over the French Ii
braries to see if they have books in
Bale.
81 speak French a little and little :
German, and, of course, I know bit :
of Latin. Yes, I'm specializing in
languages, and 1 mean to teach them =
when I graduate.
my! yes" he added, ''I expect that
year in France will be worth two or y
.hree years put together"
The students will receive credits for
heir years work and the credits will
re acceptable at Delaware. There was, O.
It first, some difficulty in the fact that c
he French universities run on lee o.
ure or reading system, without exam ii
nations for credits. But Prof. Kirk al
ride secured the promise of the NJ
'rench professors to average the work
f the American students on the credit til
ystem. Va
"This first group is an experiment" fu
Explained Dr. Walter Hullihen, presi- OF
ent of the University of Delaware, pl
riginator of the foreign study plan. TO
We hope in the future to take few ce
lore students, and to arrange with
Universities in other countries for that u
lchange of students there. Our next tn
owe will be with the Spanish-speak- We
g University at Buenos Ayres." ad
Cost to be About $3.50 for Each ga
DR.. Hullihen estimates that the cost M Ils
the trip and tuition-which the stu iIl' nr
mt pays-will approximate that of ue
,ar's training in this country. The
ist for each student will be about Ca
so at the very most-and that will W.
clude all expenses. The French liner WI
II give them 80 per cent reduction sp'
their passage over. So'
The students who will make the trip las i5
is year, including Cummings, are w. Iii
Mendenhall, of HOckessin, Del; J. Vi
Walker, T. R. Turner, D. M. Daugh- ed'
-y and c. w. Gibson, of Wilmington; ds
c. Snyder, of Georgetown, Del, and ma
nry Pikus, of Dover, Del. aI
AS soon as the system is in opera
H." said DR.. Hullihen, "any student
the University of Delaware inter- -
ed in the study of foreign Ian
ages, foreign trade, consular service n
other international affairs, or mere M,
in the advantages of foreign travel, go
be able to spend his junior year Nj M
a foreign university, under the SUI o,,d
vision of a representative of the Iii, iii
aware faculty and registered as a e, g,
aware student" ao1
When the student returns to Amer 10y 10y
he will resume his senior year Sr
lies and will graduate with his ,-iait
''' Mrs.
lhONatlOh Ill EuucaiiOhaI "OFIu day.
The project is an innovation in the M,
catiOnal world. Not that Americans taint
e not studied in foreign universi- Phil
before, but those who have done Re
we're in most cases scholars doing Mills
luate or research work, and al of
t none of them ever get into busi- and
. The Delaware plan is for under Sc
luates alone. The great mass of Sumo
rican college men never do any City.
graduate work.
ince the World War the vital i'm
ance of the foreign part of our ma
Il trade has emphasized the neces-
of having trained men, and col We
trained men, to handle foreign af- nrosS
b. Our plan is intended to provide choir
foreign training, and will do it IinJ
in the four years the average man If re
devote to a college education" in ~
arriVaI III France Lne sCuGgICs s NJL shall
there they will spend the months 3itv
uly and August in preparatory xis
in the French language. They inor a
then be given two mOnths-Sep- Hrr
er and October-at the Alliance +oi,,a,
caise, in order to accustom them Moo,
Ie business of following courses DoIJis
lectures as conducted in French. M. q
will in November, enter the Uni fan,i1,
ty of Paris and continue there till child,
of the French school year, June con -I1-Ie- q,
,24. M, N,.s =
ey will take, as nearly as possi- of M,
he same courses they would take NT;11st
q junior year at Delaware, ex- N1Ts
of course, that everything will be cooro
in French instead of in English. cinitT
subjects as international law,
mics, psychology, history and