In a special effo~ to celebrate the Bicentennial year. Batdlng CoDcse's Amcricau Studies students will make a nine-day field trip to Washington, J;>.C., beginning March 19. The journey mara ~ first time in more t.lwa 20 yean for an American Studies group to visit the nation's , capital, acc:onling to the proaram director, Dr. Billy Ray Coz who made tbe last trip as a stu6ent iD 1955. Tbe 55-student Clltourap, eomposed of members in the sebool's special cltiunsbip program, win leave Searcy March 19 Ud will return March 28. The first stOpping place will be the Williamsburg and Jamestown Va., area where the students wUl take a historical tour. While iD Washingt()D the- Harding group is slated to visit ~raJ places of political interest sw:b as the White House, the CapitOl Building, ~ AFL· CJO headquarters, the Peatqon, the U.S. State Department, tbe Federal Bureau of lnvestjgation headquarters and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Another highlight on the American Studia Wasbingtoo agcada is a meeting with members of the Arlcansu congressional delegation, including Senator Dale Bumpers and members of tbe House of Repre$entatives WUbur · D. Mills and Ray Thomton. The students wiD also attend a session of the U.S. Supreme Court and listen to an afternoon's case arguments. In addltion to visits to the Smithsonian Institute and Mt. Vernon, they wiD be able to see many of the well known national monuments around Washington before heading toward ~a and Valley Forge on the 26th. The group will stay at the– Freedoms Found~ facilities. Dr. Cox, Dr. DaYid Burks, head of Ranling's business and economics department, Dr. MiteO'Neal. assistant professor ·of boslness, and Dr. Joe Segraves, associate professor of history, will accompany the business and social science honor group. • I • WASHINGTON D.C. ITINERARY Friday--March 19 4:00p.m. 5:00p.m. ll:OO p.m. Load baggage on bus in front of Heritage Building Bus departs Arrive Nashville, Scottish Inn Saturday--March 20 6:30 a.m. Depart for Williamsburg 6:30 a.m.-lO.OO p.m. Rook, Rook and more Rook'. lO:OO p.m. Arrive Williamsburg, VA, Governor Spottswood Motel Sunday--March 21 6:00a.m. lO:OO a.m. Tour Jamestown Classes and worship at Williamsburg Church of Christ Tour Colonial Williamsburg l:OO p.m. 5:30p.m. 6:30p.m. 9:30p.m. Dinner at Christiana Campbell's and King's Arms Depart for Washington, D.C. Arrive Washington, Mid-town Motor Inn Monday--March 22 8:00a.m. 9:00a.m. lO:OO a.m. 1:30 p.m. 4:30p.m. Washington Monument Lincoln Memorial AFL-CIO U.S. Chamber of Commerce Liaison Office of People's Republic of China Tuesday--March 23 8:00a.m. 9:45a.m. l:OO p.m. 4:30p.m. Breakfast meeting with Mr. Eugeni Ivanov, First Secretary, USSR Embassy FBI Tour Washington, including Smithsonian Institute with a guide Meet with Strom Thurmond "t ~····~ . ! _.,. ... '"' ., ' . ,. /1 · i
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