Milford chronicle., 1947-08-01
UNIVERSITY NOTES

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ing 26 different United States col
leges and universities as well as
many geographical areas, ranging
from Puerto Rico to California,
will sail in August on the Queen
Elizabeth as the 1947-1948 Univer-
sity of Delaware Foreign Study
Group, bound for a year of study
at the University of Geneva, it was
announced today by DR.. E. c. By
am, head of the Department of
Modern Languages at the Univer-
sity of Delaware and secretary of
the University's Committee on For
eign Study.
DR.. Harold Clapp, on leave of
absence from his duties as Chair
man of the Division of Modern
Foreign Languages at Grinnell
College, Grinnell, Iowa, and recent
ly named Director of the 1947194S
Group, will be on hand to greet
the students upon their arrival at
Geneva.
Mrs. John r. Kleinschmidt, who
is serving for a second year as as
sistant director, will sail with the
students on August 16 and will
also be present at a special pre-
sailing meeting, to be held at the
Hotel Pennsylvania at 400 p. m.
Cd. S. To- August Is. Group mem
bers are required to attend this
meeting, while parents and friends
of the students are cordially invit-
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Vice Consul at New York and DR..
Lawrence Duggan, Director of the
Institute of International Educa-
ton, will extend greetings to the
group at the gathering in New
York the day before embarkation.
Miss Margarita Farina, a student
at Wheaton College, is from Puer-
,, to Rico. Another Wheaton stu
dent. Miss Cynthia Slosson, whose
home is in Mt. Kisco, N. Y, is one
: of IA members of the group from
New York State.
:. Most of the students come from
, the Eastern seaboard, but with
/. . three from Ohio, two from Illinois
! one from Minnesota, three from
: California, and one from the State
: of Washington, a nationwide rep
resentation is indicated.
Cornell University with four
representatives leads the list OF
\ colleges participating in the 1947-
. 48 Delaware Plan. Vassar anC
! Northwestern University, each with
: three. are second in numbers while
r Connecticut College, HaverforC
n College, the University of Nortl
Carolina and Wellesley, in addition
: to Wheaton, all have two student!
f each in the Delaware group. AL
v junior members of the group re
ceive full credit towards gradu
v alton at their own universities fol
!, work successfully passed during
Il the year.
: In 1928, the University of Della
e ware inaugurated the Foreign
: Study Plan, which has been func
e tioning every since then excep
/ when war caused suspension of it
T activities. Until the 1889 Groul
T was forced by the outbreak of wa
!, to return to the United States
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: the main headquarters for thes
students. Last years group, tn
/ first since the war, studied at tn
II University of Geneva. where tn
9 1947-4S group will also work.
y Unique in the Delaware Plan i
/ the fact that students live in tn
homes of especially selected fam
'l lilies rather than in dormitories.
e this way it is possible for them t
supplement the formal instructio
at the University of Geneva with
broad and intimate knowledge {
family life, customs, habits an
thoughts.
Operas, plays and other soci;
functions provide the students wit
cultural entertainment, while wee
al end excursions, as we'll as organ
- lied Christmas and Easter trips
! other countries offer pleasant ar
NC profitable intervals during Il
year abroad.