Trip to Europe thrift plus wine
By PAULA MYERS
Living on $300 for 60 days, sliced cold cuts, cheese and bread for daily meals, and once-in-a-while spicing it with wine, women and song, was the summer adventure of Steve Johns, Wichita junior.
Johns and Alpha Tau Omega brother Harry Morgan, Wichita junior, began a European summer with their arrival in Paris on a Student Union Activities (SUA) chartered Air France flight.
AFTER ARRIVING in Paris, Johns and Morgan leased a Citron 2-CV.
"The car was tiny," Johns said. "We couldn't afford hotel rooms, so we either camped out or slept in the car."
Thus began the European summer of Johns and Morgan with a tiny car, bedrolls and only enough money to spend five dollars a day.
Because Morgan had read in a travel book that there was to be a great festival where "people ran wild in the streets, bonfires lit the roads, firecrackers would pop and the wine was free," Johns and he headed directly for Barcelona, Spain.
FROM PARIS they drove north to the English Channel and on to Belgium. But the weather was wet, cold, and disagreed with Johns and Morgan. So they started south to the warm Spanish coastal area.
One evening, after eating an economic Spanish meal, they were stopped by a Spaniard. He asked if they were American, if they liked to dance and if they liked Spanish girls—which both answered affirmatively. The man suggested a place where they might meet girls, dance and drink.
THE MAN LED them to a big building which did have a band, but only a few ugly girls standing on one side. Two of the biggest girls, according to Johns, came over and sat down—one beside Johns and one beside Morgan.
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The girls ordered their drinks, Johns and Morgan ordered beers and the strange man ordered a soft drink.
The girls spoke broken English and the check spoke for itself —$7 for two Spanish concoctions, two beers and a soft drink.
"Harry, who is bigger than I," Johns said, "walked up to the bartender and all but threatened his life. We finally got away with a $5 bill for our two beers. The moral of this story is never go to Barcelona."
After leaving Spain, they drove west along the Riviera coast. It took them seven days to reach Zurich, Switzerland. There, Johns brought almost everyone in his family a Swiss watch.
NORTH THROUGH Germany and to Salzburg, Austria, they then went. "Morgan had to see Salzburg because he had seen The Sound of Music" four times," Johns said.
From Salzburg, Johns and Morgan drove through East Germany on the autobahn. "People would stand beside the autobahn and wave at us frantically. It gave me a weird feeling," Johns said.
IN BERLIN, they walked along the Wall and went to their favorite beer stube—Old Eden Inn. "It was unique. The outside walls were covered with Greek letters of fraternities and sororities. Inside there were six rooms with different devices to bring the drinks to the customers," Johns said.
At the Old Eden, they stayed until 1:30 a.m., when there was no form of transportation running—no buses, no subways, no cabs—nothing. All that Johns and Morgan had was a subway map to guide them back to their night's shelter.
They walked from one subway to another, finally getting back at daylight—exhausted, but with a better knowledge of their subway map. After five days in Berlin, they drove to Copenhagen. There, they toured five museums and a downtown shopping area. From Copenhagen, Johns and Morgan visited the Netherlands and Belgium. On the coast of Normandy, they visited the D-Day American cemetery, museum and untouched battle coastal areas.
AFTER NORMANDY, they went back to Paris. They gave it the complete tour—anything that did not cost anything.
Johns felt that the European trip satisfied his curiosity, but also said he did not gain a deep insight into the Europeans.
This year Johns is chairman of the SUA chartered flight to Europe. Last year he was ticket chairman. Last year's fare was $336 for round trip fare from New York to Paris, Johns said.
This year the flight will cost $270 for the flight from New York City to Paris which leaves June 14 and returns August 13. The flight from New York City to London which leaves August 8 and returns Sept. 7 is $270.
Final payments are due April 10. Anyone interested may pick up contracts at the SUA office in the Kansas Union.
Reagan suggestion declined
Most ignored Reagan's suggestion that it would be a good gesture for everyone to show up for work voluntarily on Lincoln's birthday holiday Monday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —(UPI)
—California's 110,000 state civil service employees returned to work today from a $3.6 million holiday weekend Gov. Ronald Reagan wished they hadn't taken.
Despite the rumors floating around campus, KU officially ranks last in the Big Eight.
'KU ranks last—really last'
This year, the KU Campus Chest Committee will kick off another Spring fund drive Feb. 27 to try and improve KU's standings.
"KU ranks last in the Big Eight—I mean really last," said Bobbi Ling, chairman of the committee. "In '64, Oklahoma raised over $8,000, and Iowa State contributed $11,250. And KU? . . $2,000.
"THIS YEAR," Miss Ling said, "we'd like to get the program off the ground."
The success or failure of the drive this year depends on the response of sororities, fraternities, and residence halls. In order to stimulate response this spring, a certificate of recognition will be awarded to the living group with the highest amount of money collected per person.
"Last year, there were Fall and Spring Fund Drives," Miss Ling said. "And with one Spring drive this year, we are setting our goal at $4,000—$2,000 higher than the amount raised last year."
In the past, the money collected by the fund drive has gone to the World University Service.
This year, the funds will be donated to the KU Program for Progress.
Plans to donate to the Program for Progress were originated by the Campus Chest Committee and approved by the All Student Council.
Al Martin, Shawnee Mission
Al and Student Body President, said, "Generally, the Campus Chest Fund Drive has collected money for various national
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Should you drink beer straight from the bottle?
If you're on a fishing trip or something, carrying along a glass is pretty clumsy. But when it's convenient, we think it's a shame not to use one.
Keeping Budweiser inside the bottle or can is missing half the fun.
Those tiny bubbles getting organized at the top of your glass have a lot to do with taste and aroma. Most beers have carbonation pumped in mechanically. Not Budweiser. We go to a barrel of trouble and expense to let Budweiser create its own bubbles with the natural carbonation of Beechwood Ageing. So you really can't blame us for wanting you to get it at its best, can you?
Just for fun, pour your next four or five bottles of Bud $ \circ $ into a glass. If you don't agree that the extra taste, clarity and aroma make a big difference, go back to the bottle.
We won't say another word.
Budweiser.
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