Word: seminar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Benjamin Brown, now acting director, describes the seminar's purpose as follows...
...main goal is give a group of leading young people an opportunity to gain insight into the American way of life. The seminar also affords them an opportunity to compare the problems and conditions of their own countries with those in the United States and the countries of their colleagues...
These last features of the program allow the seminar members of familiarize themselves with the traditions of the 35 nations represented, and thus to form a common bond. As Brown explains it, "The entire six week period is a very intense experience. By the end of the summer the members have formed a very cohesive body...
...although the seminar is short, we have found over the years that the participants generally tend to stay in touch with each other," the acting director added...
...motives which the participants had for applying to the seminar vary, but there is an overall consensus that the academic side of the program was secondary to the change to become familiar with the United States...