Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Paddlers Embark in Canoes, Wrestle With Mother Nature As compact and central¬ ized as it is, the campus extended all the way into the Canadian wild¬ erness last summer during two canoe trips into the Northlands. Fif¬ teen students and faculty from Bar¬ ton County Community Junior Col¬ lege were divided among the two excursions, one in July and the other in August, sponsored by Mr. Paul Biays, professor of English and philosophy. For 12 days, the voyagers navigated the waters of Canada, battling the elements and receiving first-hand experience of crude liv¬ ing. Whether they liked it or not, the vagabonds from central Kansas lived off of the land, consuming dehydrated trail food, using open- air toilets, and bathing in whatever water was convenient. Regardless of the hardships and absence of luxur¬ ies, though, the two groups viewed a part of North America they might otherwise never have seen, and learned to cooperate with others in rugged, natural surroundings. And, as if that were not enough, the stu¬ dents received two hours of credit in Camp Craft and Canoeing I. 18