Monday, October 30.1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Oui, French folks listened to KU students
By Alison Steimel Kansan Staff Reporter
The image of the rude American tourist in Paris is much different from the image of the American student trying to learn the French language, history and culture.
"The French people were more than happy to listen to a student who was studying their language. They seem to have an aversion to Americans who expect them to learn English. They love their language," said Karen Elledge, Mason City, Iowa, sophomore who studied in Paris last summer.
"Of course, no one is a close friend of a Frenchman until he has known him for years and years," Miss Elledge said.
She and 39 other KU students studied at the Sorbonne as part of the nine-week Summer French Institute.
John Williams, assistant professor of French, directed the institute. Norris Lacy, assistant professor of French, assisted Williams and also acted as chaperon for the men.
Mademoiselle M-J du Lade-Charpentier, lecturer in French and Italian at KU, chaperoned the women participating in the institute. The coeds lived in the Foyer de la Protection de la Jeune Fille—the "Hall for the Protection of Young Girls."
Katherine Wiehe, Farley, Mo,
junior, said the Foyer was "kind
Like a 'Y'
of like a WYCA" with French working girls and students living with the American students.
"We became good friends and I found that she and I share many ideals and goals. I plan to go back and visit her as soon as I possibly can," Miss Begel said of Catherine Arrodon, the daughter of a doctor from Britannia, a province of France.
Debby Begel. Shawnee Mission sophomore, had a French roommate who was studying to be a radiologist assistant.
The students studied for four hours every morning during their six-week stay in Paris. They all took a composition course and then took another course depending on their previous French studies. Besides grammar, this included French literature, drama, culture and history.
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"Paris is an exciting, busy city
where everyone seems to be hurrying. Yet you always can find a quiet place in the city to rest," said Gayland Jennings, Fort Leavenworth junior. "We stayed near the Latin Quarter which is cosmopolitan. You see many Africans, Italians, Vietnamese and students from the Left Bank."
Dresses 'thigh high'
Miss Wiehe said French fashions were thigh-high. "We all shortened cur dresses when we came home," she said. "The men wore wilder color combinations than American men usually do."
Food also was different in France.
"The French don't cook things too much." Miss Wiehe said. "We aate a lot of seafoods such as clams and oysters. Everything is so well-flavored you don't need ketchup."
Bob Hamilton, Hutchin sophomore, thought French cuisine
depended much more on potatoes and other starchy foods than the American diet.
"The French drive like mannacles," said Miss Wiehe. "When I walked down the sidewalk, I'd often turn to see a car following me. They park on the sidewalk and don't observe any traffic rules. At one square in the city, eight lanes of traffic meet with Frenchmen cursing at each other as they try to cross the square."
Travelcd on weekends
Traveled on weekends The students traveled to different parts of France each weekend.
On the trip through the Loire Valley, they saw many chateaus
and castles. Miss Elledge said the chateaus were in various periods of architecture and each had a different atmosphere.
"The history of the Chateau Chencheau, which is on a bridge over the Loire River, was illustrated by a sound and light presentation. With sound tracks and lighting, the "history and the romance" of the old chateau came alive, she said.
The students had a free week of travel after finishing their studies in Paris. Some went to London, some to Rome, and some to Switzerland.
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