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THE UNITED AMERICAN
JULY 1925
Floating College to Circumnavigate the World
New York University is Planning a 240-Day Cruise Around the Globe with Accommodations for 450 Students
—Itinerary Includes Stop-Over in Thirty-five Countries
WITH A faculty selected from leading American “Around the World College.” Dr. Thwing retired as
” Universities a floating College will start Sep head of Western Reserve University in 1921. Since
tember 25th on a world tour which will bring it into then he has devoted himself to travel and writing.
thirty-five countries. The College is a ship of 18,000 He was a charter member of the Board of Trustees
tons which will provide Campus, Cabins for dormi of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
tories and lounges for classrooms. Enrolled in this Teaching, and was one of the twenty-five college
Cruising College are four hundred and fifty college presidents chosen by Andrew Carnegie personally to
boys who will be students in this New York’s Uni administer the fund when it was founded in 1905.
versity’s “Around the World College,” which will
Members of the Faculty and their respective courses
require a year to complete its scheduled course. of teaching are as follows: William G. Whitford,
Professor James E. Lough, Dean of the Extra-Mural Professor of Art, University of Chicago, art; Oren
Division, is to be in charge of the venture.
Raber, Professor of Botany, University of Arizona,
Although educational tours have become well- botany; Charles L. Bristol, Professor of Biology, New
known features of American travel, no attempt has York University, biology; Elmore Petersen, Professor
been made before this to organize a college on board of Economics, State College of Washington, economics;
ship, according to the current issue of the New York Walter J. Graham, Assistant Professor of English,
University Alumnus magazine. For 240 days. the Western Reserve University, English; Vernon S, Log
floating college will cruise, visiting five continents,, gins, Instructor in English, New York University,
English literature; W. Lester Wilson, Instructor in
thirty-five countries and fifty foreign ports.
The ship will put into Santiago first, and the students English, State College of Washington creative writing
will spend a few days in Cuba. From there they will and advanced prose composition; H. Albert Dodge,
go through the Panama Canal on the way to Hawaii. Instructor in English, Brown University, English com
In the Orient they will visit the Philippines, Japan, position; John Donaldson, Professor of Commerce,
Korea, Borneo and Java, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.,
Burma, India, Ceylon, Arabia and Egypt. In the Near foreign trade and principles of ocean transportation;
East, some time will be spent in Palestine and Turkey. Henry C. Olinger, Associate Professor of French,
The itinerary includes one week in Greece and a week New York University, French; J. E. Woodman, Pro
in Africa. All the well-known points of Europe are fessor of Geology, New York University, geology; R.
included in the trip. The floating College will then J. Ridgeley, Professor of Geography, Clark University,
visit Italy, England, France, and Germany with a geography; Albert K. Heckel, Dean of Men, University
two weeks stay in each country.
of Missouri, history and citizenship; Leland H. Jenks,
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Assistant Professor of History, Amherst College,
Courses of college grade, in subjects suitable for history; James S. Thomas, Professor of History and
study while on a cruise, will be given by the faculty Director of Extension Division, University of Alabama,
chosen from leading American colleges and universities history; Lionel G. Crockett, Instructor in Public Speak
which are cooperating with New York University in ing, University of Michigan, public speaking; Fredrick
the new plan. Students will be expected to enroll C. Packard Jr., Instructor in Public Speaking, Harvard
for courses equivalent to one year’s work and must University, public speaking; J. E. Cutler, Professor of
consult authorities in their own colleges for approval Sociology, Western Reserve University, sociology.
of their program before they will be accepted for the
tour.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
The cruise will be open to graduate and under
Bronson Alcott’s “Table Talk”
graduate students. A group of students representa
Not in stirring times like ours, when the world’s affairs
tive of all parts of the United States will be selected come posted with the successive sun rising or setting, can
we ignore Magazines, Libraries and Ephenera of the press.
from all the applicants.
The curriculum will include subjects which can be Newspapers intrude into every house, almost supersede the
primers and text-books of the schools, proffering alike to
taught better through what might be called a field hand
and eye intelligence formerly won only by laborious
course than in a college classroom. Classes will be studies arid much expense of time and money. Cheap literature
given in foreign languages and for this purpose special is now in vogue; the age, if not profound, has chances for
tables in the saloon will be reserved for student groups attaining some superficial knowledge, at least, of the world’s
doings and designings; the experiments of the few being hereby
interested in languages.
popularized for the benefit of the many everywhere, the
Faculty and students will come in close contact, humblest
even partaking largely of the common benefit.
not only in the classroom but also on the shore trips.
Field work and conferences will form an important
The law holds with equal sureness for all right action.
part of the student course. Contacts will be established Love, and you shall be loved.... The good man has absolute
with foreign educational institutions and in many good, which like fire turns every thing to its own nature, so
places the students will be officially received by Govern that you cannot do him any harm; but as the royal armies
sent against Napoleon, when he approached cast down their
ment representatives.
colors and from enemies became friends, so disasters of all
Dr. Charles F. Thwing, President of Western kinds, as sickenss, offence, poverty, prove benefactors.
Reserve University, has been chosen President of the
— Emerson.