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The Gold Bug, Oct. 11, 1955 FACU~LTY INVADES EUROPE TourOf 'TheContinent' Made Dean Howery attended just Institute, sides these, of new friends across the geous, as it was possible to see more Once at the Shakespeare hack the she brought lectures and memories of the countryside this way. made seminar like any reports sea. "Getting to meet the people was Miss Smith lived Once in England, By Five W M C Professors other student. Part of her work in- with which she had been correspond- for a week with an English family plays cluded attending Shakespearian presented at the Shakespeare Memo- ing. In this way, she had a chance to rial Theatre. By Flo Mehl observe English family life and also At the Birthplace Trust, Dean to pick up the recipes fQl' the English This summer five members of Western Maryland's faculty Howery worked on It paper concern- dishes they prepared. One special one invaded the European continent. One went to study, one went as a ing the first festival ever held at she learned is Yorkshire pudding. member of a hostel, and three went "just to sight-see." All however, Stratford-on-Avon in honor of Shakes- Miss Smith spent a day in an Eng- gained an insight into the life and ideals of the European people.' peare. lish school, and comments that it is Miss Todd "Cycles" EUrope In addition to her studies at the "quite different.Y She took especial Miss Roselda Todd, assistant professor of physical education, Shakespeare Institute, Dean Howery interest in the food program. Free toured five European countries. The uniqueness of her trip was also visited France and Switzerland. milk is given to every school child. that she toured these countries on a bicycle. Switzerland impressed her the most Besides that, she didn't consider the Miss Todd, as a member of the Canadian Youth Hostel, directed with its splendid scenery and "friend- program as good as those of Ameri- ly people". In Lucem, a storekeeper can schools. and his sister, upon learning that And of course, being primarily in- Dean Howery was an American amd terested in foods, Miss Smith went a professor-c-ehut their shop and showed her the sights of the Swiss to the Cordon Ble!~ in Paris. At the town. It was, Dean Howery com- famous she c-wisinc, she found the fact a quite that spoke no French mented, the cleanest city she had ever drawback in understanding the chef. seen. She admits that besides some few Of the trip, and especially of her familiar words, she had to have an work at the Shakespeare Institute, interpreter. Dean Howery has this to say, "It's more fun to be a student than a teach- Falstaff - one of 0111' statues of Ceremony of the Keys er-including term papers and every- Shakespearean characters surround- The most impressive ceremony, thing." ing a central statue of the Bard him- however, was the Ceremony of the Travels.in Bus self on Bancrof t-c-a public park near Keys at the Tower of London. The Miss Elizabeth Simpkins, librarian, the Memorial Theater on the banks of crown jewels are kept here and the traveled through Europe, visiting the Avon River, traditional nightly locking-up is a France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, special ritual starting at 9:45 p.m. Italy, Austria, Denmark, Luxem- the most interesting part of my trip," A uniformed guard walks to the gates bourg, Belgium, Holland, Norway, states Miss Simpkins. and is joined by two other guards who The queue at the Shakespeare Memorial Theater-The individuals at the Sweden, Scotland, and England. Food and Recipes give him the keys. He locks the gates. head of the line took their places at 10 p. m. on the night before tickets were "Our tour lasted ten weeks," says Home Ec. Majors, attention! Your From high in tbe tower comes the call, put on sale. Tickets were placed on sale at 10 a. m. Miss Simpkins, "and we traveled nine next recipe will he for treacle tarts. "Who goes there?" days on the Columbia going over and The guard answers, "The keys." by her niece, Miss Hannah Todd, was one of a group of twelve to nine days on the N cptltnia coming This is one of the many obtained by "whose keys?" make the trip. back. .Miss Smith on her recent trip to "The keys of Queen Elizabeth." Europe. The party sailed from Quebec, Canada, on student ships and While in Europe, the group of Miss Daisy Smith, professor of "Enter royal keys of Queen Eliza- was gone for ten weeks. Denmark, thirty-two people of diversified occu- Home Econpmica, sailed for Europe on heth. Long live the Queen." Sweden, Norway, Scotland, and Eng- would serenade their passengers with pations traveled 5,000 miles in a Ger- From afar, Big Ben tolls the hour. land were visited in that order. An classical melodies. The medevial spell man bus and 1,000 miles in Stock- the Tl de France on the third of June. It's 10 o'clock, and all's well. Similar to Dean Howery, Miss Smith average of thirty miles daily was cov- might be broken, however, by the mod- holm." One amusing incident," states debarked (at Plymouth, England) ered with the longest trip bei~ ern put-put of a motor boat. Miss Simpkins, "took place in South- amid a strike. It was a railway strike, forty-five miles. Besides just sight-seeing, the group ern France where the people couldn't and the trip to London had to be made Various hostels along the way ac- attended several operas in Florence read the marking on the bus, and by motor coach. This was advanta· commodated the group. The only stip- and Rome; the Follies in France; and thought it was German." Wishing a concert in Cologne. An afternoon ulation for the use of the hostels was to correct them, some one added in Weekday Shows 7 and 9 p.m. generally to leave them in as good was spent at the famous French lipstick, "Etats-Unis." Sunday Matinees: 2 and 4 p.m. condition as they were found. On some Riveria where Miss Parker found the "Contrary to popular belief, we had Delicious occasions, the party 'camped out over- beach "too full of pebbles." water all over Europe, and it was Continuoui;ES~~'!!~s :ir~m'2 p.m. night using tents they carried on their Miss Parker states that the trip good." Foods Saturday and Holidays bicycles. was a liberal education in itself. She Other places visited were a sum- There was much opportunity at the feels much closer to the European mer festival in Rodes, France, the bull TUES., October 11 THE hostels to meet foreign people--gen- people now. She adds that such a trip fights in Barcylcna, the "Follies AT Alan Ladd Mc.CONNELL STORY should be part of every college cur- June Allyson erally students - and learn about Berg-ere" in Oaris, the "Opera Norma Technicolcr-Cinornaacope them. The group, at one time, shared riculum. It would make all the values in Rome and Shakespeare's Twelfth a hostel with some German students. of the required subjects materialize Night in Stratford. Griffin's WED., THURS., October 12-13 The best thing about the trip, Miss and show how practical they are. Miss Simpkins' pride and joy is a LAND OF THE PHAROAHS Todd seems to think, was the friend- (I'm for it. How about you?) pair of German-made Zeiss binocu- Jack Hawkins Joan Collins ships established between people from Dean Studies Skakespeare lars she bought in Switzerland. Be- Technicolcr-Cinemascope different lands. The people were not On June 18, 1955, an airplane took distinguished as "Americans", "Ger- off from New York. On this plane was FRI., SAT., October 14-15 mans", "Canadians", etc. Everyone WMC's dean of women, Helen How- HOUSE OF BAMBOO just had a good time, and no one was ery. She was enroute to the Shakes- Baugher's Restaurant Robert Ryan Shirley Yamaguchi a foreigner. peare Institute on Stratford-on-Avon. Cameron Mitchell Another member of the phys. ed. Although plans had originally in- JUST OFF THE CAMPUS Technicolor-Cinemascope department, Miss Marie Parker, eluded passage by hoat, strikes made toured Europe. it impossible for the Ma.uretania, to FOR A MEAL OR SNACK SUN., MON., TUES., Member of Olsen Tour leave port. Dean Howery _admits she October 16-17-18 Miss Parker, as part of the Olson was a little uneasy about flying across LEFT HAND OF GOD conducted tour, sailed from New York the Atlantic-having only been on a Homemade Ice Cream and Thick Milkshakes Humphery Bogart Gene Tierney on the Qw!en Elizabeth in July for a plane twice before and for very short Technicolor-Oinemaacope seven week European vacation. The distances. She reports, though, that OPEN EVERY DAY tour included England, Holland, Bel- she was not a bit airsick (or sea-sick WED., THURS., FRI., SAT., October 19-20-21-22 • gium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, ===================:=='1 TO HELL AND BACK and France. COming:ho:m:'.~) Audie Murphy Marshall Thompson The following are some of the im- HOMER VERSIFIED, Technicolor-Cinemasccpe pressions that Miss Parker received as an American seeing Europe for the SUN., MON., TUES., WED., first time. cc••• and pines with thirst October 23-24-25-26 The English people appeared to LOVE IS A take their economic and national proh- MANY SPLENDORED THING lerna very seriously. Every space of midst a sea of waves" William Holden Jennifer Jones countryside was planted and well 'I'echnicolor-Cinemascope cared for. Hills, that most of us would consider worthless, were converted in- Homel':Ody.t.ny to fertile gardens. The animals 'ivere clean and well-fed. The sheep were Homer wrote about white they looked as if they "had been scrubbed with Ivory." ancient times-before Coke. Miss Parker witnessed the chang- Nowadays there's no need to ing of the guard at Buckingham Pal- Continuous 1 p. m. Saturdays. Holi- ace--but missed seeing the Queen. pine with thirst when Coca-Cola day shows continuous from 2 p. m. The group also visited Westminster Sunday Matinees: 2 and 4 p. m. Abbey. The people of England seemed Evening show 9 p. m. Weekday shows polite--but reserved. continuous from 6:45 p. m. Belgium Welcomes Americans FRI., SAT., SUN., October 14-15-16 The Belgium people seemed to wel- 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA come Americans most. They copied J ames Mason Kirk Douglas the United States in many ways- 'I'echnicolor-Cinemaecope marking their road signs in English and patterning their cities after FRI., SAT, October 21-22 American ones. Nothing seemed to be THE KING'S THIEF too much trouble to do for the Amer- Anne Blythe Edmond Purdom ican tourist. Scores of questions were David Niven asked about the United States. Technicolor-Cinemascope Miss Parker visited Venice which she describes in one adjective, "smel- SUN., October 23 ly". She rode down the canals in a TO HELL AND BACK gondola. At some points, three or four Audie Murphy Marshall Thompson gondolas would gather and the drivers Teehnieolor-Cinemascope