Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
TRIP TO PALESTINE
IS BEING PLANNED
Second Seminar Is Under
Direction of Dr.. Arthur
]. Jackson.

Plans for the second American Uni
versity seminar to Palestine were an
nounced by DR.. Arthur ]. jackson, di-
rector of the department of religion at
the university. The group will sail
from New York June II and return to
New York August 80, and will feature
the Passion Play at Oberammergau.
The first seminar under direction of
DR.. jackson made the trip last year.
and included several persons from this
city and vicinity. who visited many his
toric spots in Europe and in Egypt, in
addition to Palestine.
Among the local people who went last
year were Rev. and Mrs. Edgar w.
Beckett, of Forestville, Md; Mrs.
William H. MARI. Brown Station, Md;
Gilbert MacVaugh. Seat Pleasant, Md;
Miss Jennie AShe. Miss Fanny E. Buck
and Mrs. Myrtle VI. Smith of Washing
ton.
Part of Summer Course.
The seminar this year will be in regu-
lar Summer session July Is to August
IA, in the American School of Oriental
Research in Jerusalem, of which DR.. c.
c. McCown, dean of the Pacific School
of Religion, is the director. The group
will meet for lectures on the geography
and peoples of Palestine at stated peri
DDS en- route. Then, during the four
weeks session in Jerusalem, Director
McGown will offer a regular course in
the archaeology, geography and history
Of Palestine. In addition. he will head
exhibitions north into Samaria and
Galilee. south into the Hebron. and
PhiliStine country and into the Jordan
and the Dead Sea region.
-
work done in Jerusalem will be the
equivalent of four semester hours, DR..
jackson announced. In addition to the
four weeks in Jerusalem the seminar
will have the opportunity of visiting
Athens, ConStantinople, Smyrna,
Rhodes, Beirut, Cairo and the Pyramids,
together with the Passion Play, at
Oberammergau.
Trip to Study Palestine.
Although the group will visit these
places of tourist interest, DR.. Jackson
announces that the trip is planned ex-
pressly for study in Palestine, and is
conducted not as commercial project,
but on the most economical basis posi-
BILE consistent with comfoF> and enjoy
ment. Membership will b, united to
IS persons. For those who faAN~e only a
month to spend on vacation, the uni
VerSlCy is planning 10 oHer what is TO
be known as the Oberammergau Exten-
sion, group sailing with the seminar
June II, but returning to New York
July Is.
DR.. Irwin Stewart, professor of po-
1itical science at the American Univers-
ity School Of the Political Science, ad-
dressed the American Political Science
Association yesterday from the subject,
Congress. the Department of State,
and the Foreign Service"
DR.. LuciuS c. Clark chancellor of
American University, has launched a
new organization to be known as the
American University Patrons, which he
expects to grow to a million members.
The first group which is being invited
include the district superintendent of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
throughout the country. who are al
ready responding. DR.. Clark says, not
only by membership themselves, but
with further cooperation in support of
the school. The membership card is
inscribed with the slogan "One in mil
lion" DR.. Clark has card No. /, and
Mrs. Clark card No. Q.