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Hew York lUghb • Cu; located on Broadway, '^as breath ^nd people SraTHFIEUD HIGH TIMES about 12 o*clock Tuesday : hotel, the Picadilly, ifas West 45th Street, just off Out first view of Broadway tak.-^ng with all the lights moving about. Vfednesday morning we started ^^r day bright and early preparing for a tour of the city, IVc sight seeing buses came to our hotel and Picked us up for the tour* The tour very exciting and eventfu].. We ^enb to the Statue of Libertjr and ^ook the long, tiring climb up its Ending stairs. One of the most ®Xciting parts of che tour was birr visit ^0 the Bowery and to China Town* Wednesday afternoon we made our first visit t: the United Nations* 5'fe went to a short briefing on the N* and we saw two films on the ^-tivities of the U* N* in the ^iiddle ^sst. After the briefing vre took a lour of the fabulous U* N, buildir^* Wednesday night we came to one the highlights of our trip, "% Fair Lady*” It was a vjohderful Play and I really enjoyed it* After ^oeing ”My Fair Lady” we took a ^dnight stroll down Times Square. Thursday morning we loaded our JUses and went again to the II, N* We Jad a briefing on the f'lnctions of the ^aonomic and Social Council j We left ^ went t o the U. N* Bo'a:store to for souvenlers until tims for Itttich* Wo ate lunch that djj in the M, Delegates Dining Room, After l^ch, we attended a Specialized ^gency briefing. At the end of briefing we attended a session of Economic and Social Council* The J^bject being discussed as loans from Jbe World Bank, It was very interesting listen to ‘lie many languages the de- ygate»s speech was being translated l''Jhen we left the Econo; ?. ic and ?^fual Council session we loaded our b'v-, 3es to leave New York for Washington* . We arrived in Washington about ih o*clccit that night. We rode around u^shingtcri ^.nd stopped at the Lincoln ^^orial* When we left the Lincoln BETTER SCHOOIB MAIGE BETTER C0M4JNITIES Memorial , we went to our hotel, Friday morning we again loaded the buses -with our baggage and set out for a tour of the capitol. It was very interesting to see the many historical places in the Capitol Building. We visited Congress while on our tour, l^en we finished our tour we went to Senator Ervin*s office. We had an appointment with Senators Scott and Ervin, but due to the un fortunate circjmstances were not able to see either one* Senator Ervin*s sccretarrr talked to us and took us to a meeting of the Rackets Committee. It was very interesting to see one of these meetings going on. Senator Jo'nn Kennedy* s brother. Bob Kennedy, was questioning the Philadelphia Teamsters Union boss. After leaving the Rackets Committee we loaded our buses and started home. We all left New York and Washington with a clearer understanding of the United Nations and our own government, I think it was an educational and worthwhile trip and certainly a prize worth working for when time to write World Peace Speeches comes next year. Kenneth Woodard CCWGRA'TilLATIONS EILA ANN I Congratulations to Ella Ann Lee, winner of a Fiflbright Scholarship to study piano in England for the 195^59 academic year. She was notified of he'^ selection hy the U. S, Department of State* Ella Ann was graduated from SIS in 195P. At the age of 14 while studying piano id-th Hiss Flora Canaday she was a piano soloist with the NG Symphony, During her senior year here she won a State Concerto Scholarship which entitled her to summer study at Juilliard in NYC* Throughout high school she won many outstanding honors in music. In 195^ she graduated with high honoi*s from Salem College, In 1957 she received a Yale University B. Mus* degree and this June will be awarded her masterdegree. We are all proud of Ella Ann*s exceptional achievements—and wish her the best as she continues what promises to be a brilliant career in music.
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