For some of the University of Richmond's 1969 Summer School students, passports and vaccinations will be just as necessary as textbooks and teachers. They'll be studying in cities spanning the length and breadth of Europe, for that which was inconceivable a few years ago is now true: the world is our classroom. Dean James A. Moncure, '49, of University College was a leader in putting together the University's first summer abroad for credit in 1963, a quality program that was the first in Virginia. He and Dean Edward F. Overton, '31, of the Summer School are responsible for the top quality programs each year since. That first year in which Dr. Moncure led 34 students in a study of European history was the forerunner of the 1969 tour, which is the best yet. There will be five courses. Dr. Jack Welsh, '60, of the drama department; Dr. Irby Brown, '54, of the English department; and Prof. Jon Longaker of Randolph -Macon College will each take one group to some of the great cities of Europe . Mr. and Mrs . Al Dawson, '61, of the modern languages department, will guide another group on a study-tour of Spain. In addition to the University's Summer School Abroad in which approximately 100 students will study art, English drama and Spanish , another 100 students, alumni and friends of the University will be spread across that part of the globe in groups ranging in purpose from hard study to light entertainment. The University professors and their groups will leave Dulles Airport June 16 via Air France for Paris , where one group will depart for Rome, Florence, Vienna , Munich, Dublin, Stratford, and London; and the Dawsons will lead their group on to Madrid and other points in Spain. While Professor Longaker will lecture on "Art in the Middle Ages," Professor
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TheWorld Is Our Classroom Opportunities unlimited for students and alumni with passports and vaccinations. Brown will teach "Modern Drama" and Dr. Welsh "Introduction to the Theater." They will attend up to 14 theatrical performances including performances in Stratford , the Abbey Theater in Dublin, Chichester (Sir Laurence Olivier's thea -
ter) and other famous theaters in London. Also included are plans to visit film festivals in Rome, Venice and other cities. The low price is $960. In Spain, our students will read classical literature, work on vocabulary, read the local newspapers, bargain in the marketplace, and attend plays and movies . They will go to a bullfight in Madrid, spend a few days as guests of Spanish families, and visit the historic sites in other parts of Spain. The Dawsons will teach two Spanish courses and the students will, as Dr. Moncure has put it, "be in a language laboratory 24 hours a day for five weeks. " He adds, "Their linguistic studies will be buttressed by their deeper insight into the nature of Spanish life and culture." Many other students will take advantage of a similar language laboratory in Italy. In a program not sponsored by the University of Richmond, but which will include two University faculty members as teachers, students will travel to Rome for two three-week seminars. Dr. Talbot R. Selby, chairman of the department of Ancient Languages, will teach "Roman Art and Archaeology," and Dr. Gene L. Adrean will teach "Conversational Italian." Another course available in the seminar will be "Renaissance Art and Architecture," taught by Franklin D. Cossit. C. A. Ruffa of the University art department and director of Petersburg Schools , will lead a seven-day tour. The program will be held in the Center of International Studies in Rome. It is sponsored by the Mediterranean Society of America, Inc. The basic cost of the program is $597. The first seminar extends from July 22 to August 19, the second from August 13 to September 9. If the students in Rome should chance on some familiar faces, it would not be surprising. Some 60 alumni, students and friends of the University will arrive in
