University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 29, 1988 graduation cap 13B River cruises give travelers a look at nation's history The Associated Press For some vacationers, cruising down a river means viewing castles on the Rhine. Egyptian monuments along the river are among them. The Nile or jungle foliage on the banks of the Nile. But U.S. residents who have a sense of history and who prefer traveling close to home will find several pro-national organisations by four operators emphasizing the nation's heritage. They include a package tour for vacationers lured by the call of the wild to Jack London country, a sail down the St. Lawrence River, where Revolutionary War patriots skimmed with British redcoats; and the exploration of rivers once crowded with Union and Confederate gunboats. Confederate gumouts. "To the pioneers, the rivers were the interstate highways of America," said Jack Biesterford, president of Great American River Cruises, an Illinois-based company that specializes in travel programs focusing on North American history and heritage. Not of American origin. According to Biesterfeld, the cruises will be using a variety of boats and ships ranging from historic paddle-wheel steamboats to sleek river cruisers, and will be combined with land tours that enable the traveler to deeper into the history of North America. serve deeper into the lake. Offersings this year include a two-week excursion that follows the route of the early gold miners of Alaska and the Yukon, with stops at Dawson, Whitehorse and Skagway. Another program is a 10-day "Cruise to the Mountains", combining a trip on the Mississippi Queen steamboat from St. Louis on the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi rivers and a tour of the Great Smoky Mountains. Mountains. There are an eight-day program tracing the trail of the gold mine gold 48 brons on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, with a bus tour of the rugged California coast from San Francisco through Big Sur to Los Angeles, ending with a two-day stay aboard the Queen Mary. "Hudson Heritage" is a nine-day tour highlighting the maritime history of the East Coast, including cruises on Long Island Sound and on the Hudson and Connecticut rivers, with visits to Sleepy Hollow and West Point. Another tour operator, New York-based Special Expeditions, Inc., has scheduled a 27-day August voyage called "Impressions of an Arctic Summer." The voyage aboard the 80-passenger ship "M.S. Polaris" begins in Iceland and ends in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Points between include Greenland, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador and Newfoundland. Plans call for visits to Eric the Red's Viking settlement at Narsarausq, Greenland, which dates back to 982 A.D., and several Eskimo villages. GRADUATION Bear You're the glimmer at the end of my tun net 1 i love you. Your best wishes to graduate PU29 teaching assistants DBELIB DISCR, EIBCLOVE, TRAVY HONORABLE, NOBLE, and CINDY BREDEN Chi Omega Senior Fledge Class. To the best group of friends ever. Thanks for the memories. I'll miss you. Love, Lairie Chi O pideclass of 84. In the Shades of evening there will be no grieving; even though you're leaving Chi o far behind you. There will be many memories, there will be many friends again, but we'll have our reunion. They they toasts and singing and you'll here us bringing praises to you till them. Oho O now departing you, the Good Luck Let's keep in touch. Love in Chi O, Kiley TO OUR PAL LAUNDRY Thanks for the understanding, guidance and love you gave us when we were your 'baby thale'. You can be sure that now that you're gone, you will never be. THE 183 SPINING PLEDGE CLASS Tom Congratulations you finally made it! We wish you the best of luck. We're proud of you. Rick & Patty. Tom I'm gonna miss you Big Brother! I know you'll be successful in the Future But Good luck anyway. XOXO XOXO The world's largest ALCOHOL in the world. To the biggest AF fan in the world. Congratulations, Kevin - you did it. Thanks for the memories. He was a superstar. I made my freshman year wonderful, and I'll never forget you. lonely next year - give me a call. Linda. Congratulations! We are very proud. Now show Rock Chalk Jawhawk real loud! Love, Mom & Pon Flywalt Okay, here it is. Elsworth, D.P., K.D., my night in the keg, up its side. Downide a Wall of China, Pledging, 19 study hours', homecourt, and PDir垒乡 from Nebraaska, 100 study hours', 100 TKE's were killed when," 'Misya call dad? Thanksgiving breakfast," Billboard, Brad Doug Dougle, "Sorry I'm a much killjoy," Brad, I saw your picture, "It's what we're getting en." "I keep trying to hug you and you hate me" "Doug, I just want you to..." "So, what's your sign攻球," Brad, I see Jay-Mez and Sarah-Bear, Congratulations! We'll may you bunch. Come visit us. Love, Annie- bananie and Tonga-ya. KANSAI STAFF. Thank you all for a great memoir. I have made so many good friends and am left with many wonderful memories. good luck. Take Care. Your I Kelly. Good luck + Take Care Your Friend in Sales. Kk, what do springbooms, he wants of Day, Landing, twisted expressions, Clinton, kidnapping, The Box, Monthwash, Amie's dambare, saint, quote, quote Lot of fun or Laura. Attached to the hip AND the answer is *Luna*. *At homecoming.* "Cluckage," Pred Garvin, "just not on my stomach at the stairway." Chicago monkeys knotted at the sweat train; "Gold dancing金," we get iten. "pligun, Up & Under, for no reason," Laura said. "I book review, Paulo (the attenzione)," I read, "So I guess you guys are deadheads," H smell, Westport!" more four. More years of laughing with Lauren, the host will have You have who has meant to much me. Thanks for everything! "I miss you lots!" Love. Paul Barrand, Chris Powell, Keith Paul, Seishan Steve, VanderRoeken, and Mike Cuek. The little sisters of Triangle Fraternity congratulate you. Thank you for the great times and good years. SELENIORS "toook Hon-ney" it's been such a lovely 4 years! Fungus Laking, Missis Crise, UTAH Air Hair! Snarfs, Swears,宠皮, 'Pinky' Mussels, Guns! It doesn't matter if it then I say it now, that's what's about when you re walking out. Yo-Yo, Ho-Yo, Ho-MOO*HOO-IA-HA Ha. At the Nibbler Shannon, Monica, Tammy, Judy, Michelle & Kristi, thanks for everything! I'll miss you! Sheer, Here's to fatal attraction (we've had our brains), Rog & Bob at Gateman's, Friday at Jasmina, yanked down my cheap beekeeping kit, and to the sea of love where we would love bath to dress. Your only and one KU roommate, in your house, is Jessica from NOGLEAS! (the country that brought you, jiffy JPF Progression Laboratories, and the Jon Pump-Up hour.) Outloud! "Does the Pump-up YOU see?" Jonas Edward Farmer. 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