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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, March 15, 1968
Freighter to South America to have housemothers aboard
Six KU housemothers hope to get "away from it all" this summer by taking a slow boat to South America.
The housemothers, Mrs. Donald Tinker, Phi Kappa Sigma; Mrs. Dorothy White, Phi Gamma Delta; Mrs. Cletus Mason, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Mrs. Catherine Brand, Delta Gamma; Mrs. John McCuish, Kappa Alpha Theta; and Mrs. M. H. Morsbach, Phi Delta Theta, will cruise through Panama and points south on a Gulf and South America Line freighter. They will leave the week of June 15 and return six weeks later.
The housemothers have been discussing a trip since last fall. Several of them had been to Europe so they wanted to go somewhere different. Mrs. Morsbach said the tax on European travel really didn't have anything to do with the decision.
Brazilian films to be shown
Four documentary films about Brazil will be shown at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday in Dyche auditorium. Admission is free.
"The Gathering Millions"studies the population problems as they exist across Latin America. Brazil is viewed as being under-populated in terms of land area and over-populated in terms of available resources.
"The Amazon River" shows life in a large, hot, humid lowland dominated by forests. The only connection with the outside world is the Amazon River.
"The People of the Highlands" presents a brief animated sequence on the size, climate, topography and geographical divisions of Brazil concentrating on the highlands region.
"The Latin American Neighbor" discusses the climate, vegetation, crops, animal life and means of transportation along the Amazon and its tributaries.
The films will be shown as part of the Brazil Month activities sponsored by the committee on Brazilian studies.
Prof to speak on Russian
Professor Adam Gillon of the State University of New York at New Paltz will speak on "Problems of translating Russian and Polish poetry into English" at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Cottonwood and Meadowlark Rooms of the Kansas Union.
He will recite poetry in Russian and Polish as part of the program.
Gillon is well known for translations of numerous Russian and Polish poets. He is the editor of the Polish and Hebrew Section of "World Series" for Twayne Publishers. His most recent publications are "The Eternal Solitary: A Study of Joseph Conrad" and "Conrad: Centennial Essays."
When Mrs. Mason saw an ad in Holiday magazine describing the freighter cruise, she wrote to the company for more information.
"When Mrs. Mason told us about the cruise, of course we all wanted to go," Mrs. Morsbach said. "We wanted to see what South Americans are like and the combination of primitive and cosmopolitan life should be fascinating," she said.
The travelers will not know their itinerary until they are actually on the cruise—with one exception; they have been assured of a four-day stop in Lima, Peru. There will be possible stops in Colombia, Argentina, Chile and other countries.
Mrs. Morsbach said freighters
are actually quite comfortable from what she has heard. Although the meal times are less than satisfactory from her point of view (7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 4:30 p.m.) there is a snack bar open all night. However, she said the housemothers wouldn't worry about dieting until they returned.
"The cruise will be slow and we should have a great time relaxing. We will be able to play a lot of bridge and just enjoy ourselves." Mrs. Morsbach said.
The captain won't know what he has on his hands according to Mrs. Morsbach.
"The ship might not be the same after hiving six housemothers aboard. The other six people on the cruise could be housemothers too," Mrs. Morsbach said.
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