Inter ational Summers Students and teachers see the world during summer. L ast summer scores of Harding students and faculty scattered all over th.e world to par- . ticipate in campaigns, work, research, or just travel. Working with already located missionaries, campaign groups carried on mission work in both Western and Eastern Europe, Venezuela, Scotland, England , Australia, Africa , and St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. Some of the groups, such as those working in English-speaking countries, actually conducted personal Bible studies, while others concentrated on handing out reading material. Travelling abroad on campaigns gave students a chance to fall in love with the people and customs of another culture. Carla Crouch, who participated in Italian campaigns last summer, stated, "Since HUF provided an introduction to Italy , my campaign trip two years later was like visiting an old friend. The sights were the same: handsome men, beautiful country, flocking pigeons; and the smells were just as I remembered, from the pasta and hard rolls at every meal, to the vilest restrooms on every train. Italy is familiar to me, and I feel lik~ an authority on tha t sub ject ." Campaigns did not provide the only opportunity for travel, though. Med ical mission operations in both Nigeria and Panama gave about 20 nursing students the chance both to travel and to practice nursing . Some faculty members went abroad for professional reasons . Dr. Evan Ulrey travelled in Zambia, Kenya, and Nigeria, visiting churches supported by the College Church . Coach Ted Lloyd stayed in Kobe, Japan, for 10 days as assistant manager of the U.S. women's track team at the World University Games and also visited Kyoto and O saka, and rode the bullet train. Similarly, Dr. Bob McKelvain travell ed in G ermany, Switzerland, France, and Canada as psychologist for the U.S. Union Olympic gymnastic team. Dr. Ray Muncy, chairman of the history department, attended the International Conference of Kibbutz and Communes Researchers at the University of Tel Aviv , and was also able to live at a Kibbutz for several days. Travelling the Orient, Dr. Joe and Bessie Mae Pryor walked the Great Wall of China and saw Mt. Fugi and the Imperial Palace in Japan . Dr . Cliff Ganus III led 3 7 members of the Chorale through eight European countries on a singing tour, and President and Mrs. Ganus visi ted Italy and several South American countries. Still others were able to travel overseas just for fun . Many students stayed after their campaigns had finished in order to si ghtsee . Eddie Madden, Mark Dillingham, Clark Sutherland and several other students travelled for over a month in a rented car through France, Switzerland, Italy , Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia . Suzie Shepherd and Connie Hill travelled together through the U.S.S.R ., and Kevin Fuchs and Jim O 'Briant explored South Africa. The adventures these and other students encountered were too numerous to lista Safari in Kenya. Dr. Evan Ul rey , professor of comm u nication at Harding, and son Robert, take a break in their v isitation of mission points , to experience Masai-Mara game preserve , a photographic safari . A t the t ime of the picture the Ul rey 's were enroute from Nairobi , Kenya, to Zam bi a. photo by Dr. Evan Ul rey . International Summers 33
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