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By Martha Adams na. ''Our universities are almost ,
The eleven Italian students visit- ff in'the citf- e ve no camPus .
na tha TTmWcif,, ho. thi Ilfe to speak of. The universities
under the auspices of the Experi- aretunot such centers of social life
: Tt:i t u., as they are here."
mem m unci :iduuucu living nave . . . .
been introduced to the basis of Mai-co noted that he missed only
:..n one thing in American university
mueiicctii ctuiiuiiiy dgiiuunuic , . . -
They visited a large dairy farm llfe wa singing in the
and a tobacco farm west of Hills- e.sr:
boro on highway 86. They were 7hfen Sroup of Italian
particularly impressed by the stents walk . along the streets
amount of mechanization on A"
American farms. The machinery J- we fe jjke lone .
.on the dairy Jarm alone is valued in the middle f a quiet :
at over $45,000, they. were told. field,'" -
in ltaiy, it is au aone ay nana,
remarked Giovanni Dellepiane,
Marco was also interested in
N. C. TOBACCO A real first-hand view of
cigarettes on the stalk was seen by the group
when they visited an Orange County tobacco
farm just north of Hillsboro. Tobacco in various
who comes from Genoa, "but our wu.1, aLU". 1,1 .k; Juc"'"
milk production per cow compares . ur universities m Italy also
favorably with the American." Jave an elected student organua-
J , tion which acts as liason be-
. The tobacco farm was particul- tween the students and the ad-
arly interesting, for few if any more tied to nati0nal politics
of them had ever seen one. Anton- ministration and sponsors cer-
ia Lenner, 17, who comes from tain . activities, but it is much
Milan, took two cured leaves away tnan. tne American form. We
with him. In Italy, he said, all vote- for political parties, not
tobacco is a government monopoly, for individuals just as we do in
and every leaf which is grown is national elections," he said,
counted. Cigarettes are very ex- "These parties range through all
pensive. shades of political coloration
The students, who-are living in from right 'to left. Voting de-
dormitories and fraternities, have pends as much on national issues
been greatly impressed by Amen- as on local university affairs."
can university life. "The students are not very
staffer of erowth and cur ins was avalable for "We have nothing like this in active' however'" he noted-
S insSon. avaiabie lor Italy . said .Marco ,De Bianchi, "Voting is light and the student
(Photo by Pete Ness) Wflo studies economics and com- organizations do not do very
merce at the University of Bolog- much."
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A CROSS-CAMPUS WALK Upon their arrival at Carolina, the
group of eleven Italian studen's were taken on an orientation tour of
the cair-pus. Ray Jeffries, assistant to he Dean of Students Affairs,
led the group on their walk.
(Photo by Pete Ness)
THE CURING PROCESS Inside a curing
barn the group was shown how the tobacco
leaves are bundled, tied o sticks, then placed
in racks to be gas-cured. Two different barns
were seen; one contained freshly-racked tobac
co, the other in the final stgae of drying.
(Photo by Pete Ness)
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A FARM SCENE At a dairy farm, the
Italians saw (he equipment used by American
farmers to milk cons. The necessary sanitation
processes including large milk coolers were
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met some American cows.
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THE COMPITER CENTER The mechanics of UNIVAC were
explained (through interpreters) to the students whe they risited
this new campus attraction.
(Phot by Pete Ness)