Word: briars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...travelling students scrupulously, it still goes to great lengths to exclude any possibility that "study by the Seine" will become a fancy term for a long Paris vacation. As a check on its far-flung students of Romance Languages, the College requires them to study in France under Sweet briar College's package program. Organized by Sweet briar, but including about eighty students from thirty colleges, this non-profit group ships the students to France, guides them through the terrors of the metro, gives them a Parisian education, and then heads them toward home. But in performing it function, Sweet...
...first of Sweet briar's impositions is to hustle the emigres down to Tours for six weeks of language preparation. This is a time-consuming waste for the student who knows French in the first place, for Harvard allows only well-prepared students to undertake the program. Sweet briar also farms the students out to French families and provides French advisers for the wandering Americans. Yet it seems reasonable that students specially chosen to study in France are mature enough to find their own place to live, and to consult University officials about their study program...
...Sweet briar not only offers advice and family living; it also has a special library and special courses for the Americans--hardly the best places to meet Frenchmen. Since the Sorbonne offers only advanced courses dealing, for example, solely with one author, Sweet briar has set up a few of its own courses equivalent to the "middle group" classification here. But any student who goes should already have the general knowledge such Sweet briar courses would offer, and it is precisely the specialized courses on which he should spend his time...
...needless imposition of Sweet briar restraints is a large academic handicap; the $650 charge added to travel and living expenses inflicts a foolish financial burden as well...
Knapp and Moore retained the open cake box, the forgotten pool room, and the traditional habit of handing out cigars at Commencement. And they established the shop among the elite smokers by importing their own Algerian briar pipes and stocking their shelves with ninety cigarette brands...