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French Flyer Speaks to P-t-P
An expert on France will speak to the KU People-to-People American Students Abroad program, at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union.
Major Pierre Vincendon, of the French Marine Air Borne, will speak to KU students going abroad this summer on a People-to-People travel project. Major Vincendon is currently a student at the Combined Arms and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kans., Bruce Warren, P-t-P publicity chairman, said.
Major Vincendon was born in Vichy, France. He has lived in the Bordeaux area and was educated at the University of Bordeaux and the French Military Academy at Saint Cyr before entering the French Marine Airborne, Warren said.
HE HAS SERVED in Indo-China, Greenland, Algeria, Cyprus, Africa, and at the Suez Canal during the 1956 crisis, Warren continued. He will discuss and show a film about his native country in the Tuesday night program.
Refreshments (French pastry) will be served after his talk and a question and discussion session with French exchange students will conclude the program. Warren said.
The purpose of the ASA, Lance Burr, Salina senior and People-to-People president, said, is to enable American students to travel abroad as student ambassadors promoting international understanding on personal bases.
About 35 KU students are participating in the program this year, Burr said. There will be some 600 going from the United States, he continued.
THERE ARE TWO parts of this program according to Burr. One part is called the "home stay" mission when the American participants live with three families in three different countries for one week each, Burr said.
At the orientation program in Washington, Burr said, the students are briefed on what to expect and how to respond in the specific countries they are visiting, by officials of the U. S. State Department.
"THE ORIENTATION in Washington lasts about three days," he said. "There are also other orientation programs held in London, Brussels, and Berlin for students going to England, France and Germany respectively.
"The entire program usually lasts about a month." Burr continued. "We require that the participants have 10 hours of a foreign language or a foreign language fluency. We are not very strict in this area because we feel that we would limit the number of participants too much." Burr said.
We want the students to have a feel for the language and for the people, to be in good academic standing with the university, to be sincere in their purposes of giving a good image of an American, and last but not least, they must be members of the KU People-to-People program, Burr said.
THE COST, according to Burr, is $349. This includes the transportation from New York to the foreign countries and the expenses for the orientation programs.
SUA SPECIAL FILM SERIES
presents Olivia De Havilland
in
THE SNAKE PIT
"Brilliant, unforgettable story of a woman's insanity"
"Best Actress of the Year"
—N.Y. Times
7 p.m., Tuesday, March 23 Fraser Theater Admission $.50
KU Professor Will Lecture on Physics
Robert J. Friauf, professor of physics at KU, will be visiting lecturer at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla., on April 15-16.
His visit will be sponsored by the American Institute of Physics and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
KU-Y Presents the
YALE RUSSIAN CHORUS
MARCH 23,1965 HOCH AUDITORIUM 8:00 P.M.
Reserved Seats-$1.50 at KU-Y Office and at door