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Travels with Bill
Summer Experiences in
Greece and Crete...
(This is the first in a series of articles dealing with
this past summer's experiences of Guilford students,
faculty and administrators.
By BILL DAM
One of the four Summer
Schools Abroad took place in
Greece. Seven Guilford
students Jody Markoff, Susan
Aubuchon, Anthony DeMarco,
Jennifer Reek, Vickie Welch,
and Becky MacKenzie along
with seven area students took
part in this exciting program.
Their trip began May 24
in Paris where they
spent two days touring the
French city. Four days in Flor
ence were well spent, visiting
cathedrals, museums, and
many evening spots, and
walking down the cobblestone
streets through the piazzas
filled with ancient statues. An
hour's train ride to Pisa showed
the group the famous Leaning
Tower and the Cathedral.
The group arrived in Rome
on May 30, finding the large
city to be a different cultural
experience. The noise and dif
ficulty in transportation was
evident, as in many major cities,
yet the variety of activities
and the sites made the visit
very worth while. Famous
places such as the Coliseum,
Forum, Arch of Constantine,
the Vatican Museums and St.
Peters Basilica were just a few
of those sites seen.
The Museum of Roman Civ
ilization revealed a huge model
of ancient Rome with the
ancient buildings reconstruct
ed. The authenticity and work
manship of these models were
of great interest to the stu
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View of Ruins in Levadia Springs near Athens.
dents. Many of the students
expressed how Rome gave
them the feeling of living in
an ancient land as they saw
the city and its ruins of an
ancient culture.
After a scenic ferry trip over
the Mediterranean, the
group arrived in Athens. During
their two and one half week
stay in Athens, the group
visited many popular attractions
such as Cape Sounion, the
Temple of Poseidon, and the
Plaka, which as numerous
restaurants, shops, discoteques
and places to listen to Greek
music and dance. The group
took four days to visit the is
land of Crete, well noted for
the Minoan civilization.
The group was warmly
received in Athens by the Hel
lenic American Union Center's
for the Creative Arts which
provided small group apart
ments. The students attend
class in the morning and were
able to travel both independ
ently and together depending
on their preference. The stu
dents left on June 20 going
their separate ways throughout
Europe.
In future articles I will be
talking more with these
students about their individual
travels and their Grecian ex
periences as well as with many
Guilford people about their
travels.
The Guilfordicin
Share Summer Jobs on Wednesdays
By RICHARD FULTON
Ever since my first camping
trip I have wished that my
primary occupation be in the
out-of-doors. I can imagine
that I share this view with
quite a few folks here at Guil
ford.
The only problem seems to
be finding outdoor work you
enjoy. Mowing lawns is out
side, but can be a drag when
the humidity settles in around
90% and even your dog
can't handle it and resorts
to the nearest mud puddle.
Don Gibbon is planning a
series of Environmental Studies
Meetings starting this Wednes
day at 12 noon in the back
room of the cafeteria, for peo-
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Ponte Veccio in Florence.
Quaker Peace-Making
Team to Visit Guilford
Duncan and Katharine
Wood, who have served for
25 years as a Quaker peace
making team on the inter
national scene, principally in
Geneva, will be guests of
Guilford College Sept. 11-13.
They will address a public
meeting in Founders Hall at
8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
12, on "The New Interest in
Human Rights Around the
World."
Duncan and Katharine
Wood, English and Scottish,
respectively, were Quaker rep
resentatives from 1952 to 1977
in Geneva, where they met with
government leaders from all
parts of the world.
ple interested in sharing and
finding out about various kinds
of wild, fun, and different sum
mer jobs.
Ted Forbes and Bob Wall
worked as canoe guides for a
camp in Canada all summer
taking 14-15 year olds on trips
ranging from 3 days to 3 weeks.
Bill Dam worked in Tenn
essee as a soil inspector, test
ing firmness and consis
tency at construction sites.
Mark Durway also worked
for the same company as Bill,
but Mark was a driller's helper
on a core drilling rig which
basically determined the dif
ferent rock types in his specific
area.*
They have collaborated with
numerous other religions,
humanitarian and
political organizations.
The Religious Society of
Friends (Quaker) maintains
offices with permanent rep
resentatives at both New York
and Geneva and is one of the
groups accredited to the United
Nations as a Non-Governmen
tal Organization.
The Woods will be meeting
with students and faculty, in
terpreting their experiences
of working for the aid of
refugees, the promotion of
human rights, disarmament
and economic and social de
velopment.
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Greg Brown taught 13-15
year olds sailing at a camp
in Northern Georgia, that off
ered everything from Kayacking
to woodworking.
I took a Biology Expedition
course from the National
Outdoor Leadership School,
which taught us Biology, wil
derness skills and leadership
qualities through real exper
iences in Yellowstone and the
Teton Wilderness.
These people and more will
be sharing their experiences
in the coming weeks. They
will share ideas, how they
found out about it, leads,
and what it was really like.
We'll try to get slides or pic
tures too. These meetings will
be held every Wednesday at
12 noon for lunch as long as
there are speakers. Come and
share your summer with
others and meet some real neat
people.
NOTE: The local Sierra Club
chapter meets in Founders
Gallery, the 2nd Monday even
ing (7:30-8 maybe) of every
month. Don Gibbon is starting
a fall vegetable garden behind
the Frazier Apts. Help support
good clean food. Possibly a
simple greenhouse could be
rigged up.
IS THIS
WHAT YOUR
KISSES
TASTE LIKE?
If you smoke cigarettes,
you taste like one.
Your clothes and hair
can smell stale and
unpleasant, too.
You don't notice it. but
people close to you do.
Especially if they doq't
smoke.
And non-smokers
are the best people to
love. They live
longer.
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