Travel Tours for Sumrr
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By Cornelia Fogle
Eimrald Reporter
Several campus housemothers
are to conduct tours this summer
and all University women are
welcome to go along if they have
the time and the money.
Mrs. T. J. Graves, Sigma Kap
pa housemother, is conducting a
Howard tour to Hawaii. Her
group will leave Portland June
20 to fly to Honolulu. They will
stay at the Islander hotel, which
is right on the beach.
Events planned for the group
include a boat trip to Pearl Har
bor. a conducted tour of the is
lands. a luncheon and fashion
show, a tea dance at the Officers'
club, a luau and a hukilau. On
one’s own time it is possible to
attend a Hawaiian church, hear
a band concert by the Royal Ha
waiian band or just wander
around the town sightseeing.
University Study
Students who go on the tour,
which lasts seven and a half
weeks, may also study at the
University of Hawaii. Courses
which are available Include his
tory of Hawaii, art, swimming,
drama and the hula. In this Inst
course the girl makes her own
costume in addition to learning
the dance.
The group taking this tour will
return to the United States
aboard the “Lurline.” Activities
on the ship are numerous. The
ship will dock at San Francisco
August 15. five days after leav
ing Hawaii.
This will be the fourth year
that Mrs. Graves has conducted
a summer tour to Hawaii.
Brownell Tour
People interested in a tour of
the European continent should
see Mrs. Alma Twohy, Kappa
Kappa Gamma housemother. She
will be the conductor of a Brow
nell tour which leaves Quebec
June 30 for a 50 day trip. This
tour travels by ship to London,
which is the first stop. On board
ship, many activities will enliven
the six-day crossing.
World Studytours
Of Europe Offered
The delights of travel, the lure
of strange places, the satisfac
tion of developing one's under
standing of people, and making
new friends abroad are all com
bined in the program of World
Studytours this summer.
College students are now being
offered an unusually attractive
tour which links three holiday
seminars in England. France,
and Switzerland. Sailing from
Quebec July 4, students will
spend some days iu London fol
lowed by a weekend with a group
of British young people.
American and French students
will gather at Rovaumont, about
20 miles from Paris, while in
France. A marvelous 13th-cen
tury Abbey now converted for
non-profit cultural activities will
house the World Studytour group
for this meeting.
In Switzerland, the Chalet les
Bosquets, located in Les Dia
blerets Alps near eGneva, has
been selected a3 the center for
Tusk Expected
By UO Museum
Information concerning the
seven-foot section of a tusk
which was found recently in east
ern Oregon is expected to arrive
at the University soon.
J. A. Shotwell, curator of the
museum of natural history, said
that pictures and a description
of the fossil are to be sent to him
for further study.
The tusk has been tentatively
identified as belonging to a hairy
mammoth which roamed Ox-egon
25,000 years ago.
The discovery was made Sat
urday by Robert Attebury, Uma
tilla county truck driver, who
was hauling gravel from an ex
cavation a mile east of Uma
tilla.
The power shovel which un
covered the relic destroyed the
large end to the tusk and broke
it into three pieces. It was en
cased in a hax-d, blue sand bed,
approximately 50 feet below the
ground surface.
Gill coliseum, the basketball
pavilion of Oregon State, was
built in 1949 at a cost of $1,
800,000.
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discussion and recreation. All
■ expenses from leaving; Quebec.
July 4, to returning to Quebec on
Aug. 16 is S830.
Tours of Landmarks
. Other tours, stressing politics.
; music, art, or literary' landmarks,
are available through the World
Studvtour program also. These
tours, which range from $595 for
’ the economy tour to $2725 for a
trip around the world, stress the
interests of the participating stu
; dents. *
One Studytour includes trips to
: four great music and drama festi
vals and fourteen specialized fes
tivals for only $1560.
For those who have more than
a casual interest in art, another
Studytour offers exciting oppor
! tunity. The trip goes to tlaly,
; Germany. France, Holland, and
' Belgium where students will be
! introduced to famous artists of
today and art of all ages. The all
inclusive fee is $1435.
Travel by Airplane
World Studytours. which is a
non-profit agency chartered for
educational purposes only, has
choSen Pan American Airlines
or eBlgium’s Sabena World Air
lines for safe and comfortable
transportation during the tour.
The price of the tour includes
all. air, sea. rail, and bus tickets;
comfortable, clean, second-class
hotels; three meals adily; tips,
service charges, taxes, carfare
and admission fees to regularly
scheduled events; qualified edu
; cational leader, and travel acci
i dent insurance.
For further information on
I these and other World Study
i tours write Goodwin Watson,
| Box 523, Rye, N:Y.
ter May Be
on Campus
After traveling across the
English channel, the travelers
will be picked up in Holland by
n motor coach which will lake
them on their tour of the con
tinent.
From Holland, the tour takes
them through Belgium, on a boat
trip up the Rhine through west
ern Germany and Switzerland.
Next is a stop at Lucerne, Aus
tria, and then they move on to
Italy. There they will make stops
at Venice, Rome. Sorrento and
Florence. They will also visit the
Isle of Capri, where they will
visit the famed Blue Grotto. The
group will travel up the French
Riviera, then make stops at Nice
and Monte Carlo before going on
to Geneva, Switzerland. Then the I
group goes back into France. I
stopping at Paris before going
to Le Havre, where the ship will j
pick them up and take them back J
to Quebec.
Emphasis on Visits
Mrs. Twohy states that the
emphasis will tie put on visiting
museums, cathedrals and other
well-known spots, such as the
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
It is estimated that this year
will see the largest group of
tourists ever to travel to Europe.
Mrs. Agnes Biotti. housemoth
er at Carson hall, is also gather
ing girls for an Hawaiian tour,
which is to be lead by Mrs. Bet- '
ty Mendenhall, a housemother at j
Oregon State. The gills on this;
University of Hawaii tour, which >
will last six and a half weeks. ■
will live at the Royal Grove ap
artments in Honolulu.
On this tour the girls will fly
over and back. They will leave
Portland June 21 and arrive
home August 5. Besides the study j
at the university many other i
events are planned.
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Motor T our
Is Still Open
The University Travel club of
New York still has a few’ spaces
available for its chartered col
lege motor tour of Europe. ToUrs
are for bona fide college stu
dents and each group is limited
to 30 members.
In addition to an experienced
university graduate tour leader
escort from New York, each
group will have a multi-lingual
tour conductor, a multi-lingual
bus driver and local English
speaking guides for extra con
venience.
All-inclusive cost, including1
trans-Atlantic touri s t class
steamers, is $1295. Air travel is
optional but there is an addition
al cost of $225. Remaining tours
will depart from New York June
29 and 30. Anita! in New York
from Europe will be September
3 and 7.
April 10 is the deadline for i
signing up for the tour. Inquiries
should be addressed to Univer-j
sity Travel club. 33 East 48th
St., New York city.
SUN, SURF, and STUDY!
in Hawaii!
1955 Summer Session
June 22 to August 2
The UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII announces a varied curriculum of graduate and under*
graduate courses in 26 fields of study. Distinguished visiting professors from the
j leading universities of the United States will augment the resident staff during the
Summer session. Enjoy a summer of exceptional study opportunity, combined with
i travel and fun in exotic Hawaii,
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
HONOLULU, HAWAII
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SEVENTH ANNUAL HOWARD TOUR
1. We offer more—parties—entertainment sightseeing
beach sports tour services at lower prices of higher
quality for a longer vacation—than any other summer
tour to Hawaii.
COMPARE - CHOOSE WISELY
NO EXTRA OR HIDDEN CHARGES.
2. Ours is the ORIGINAL Oregon summer tour to Hawaii,
the tour which gave Hawaii its leadership for summer
study at the University.
3. MORE THAN HALF of all mainland summer students in
Hawaii are in the Howard Tour. This DISTINCTION as
sures you of being on the "INSIDE'' of all social events
and other summer activities.
241 DEPOSITS ALREADY RECEIVED TO DATE
TOWARD ANTICIPATED 300 MEMBERSHIP
4. RESIDENCE is in apartments of the Islander Hotel. LIVE
WHERE YOUR PARENTS WOULD BE HAPPY TO STAY, in
first class apartments in the heart of Waikiki on the
"RIGHT SIDE OF THE BEACH". At most, only THREE GIRLS
to an apartment, and each unit to have complete kitchen
facilities, private bath, and telephone. No sharing with
people from other apartments or adjacent roomi.
YOU OWE YOURSELF THE BEST.
SELECT THE TOUR WHICH GUARANTEES YOU THE MOST,
For further information, consult:
MRS. T. J. GRAVES
Housemother, Sigma Kappa Sorority
851 East 15th Avenue Eugene, Oregon
Telephone 5-5501