University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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With their European friends, U5C students Julie and DeDe journeyed down the Cam. St- Johns College — Keith Brown and associates paused beside these intellectual walls.

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Eighteen USC students skipped across the Atlantic last summer to the land of the mods, Shake- speare and Piccadilly Circus. The voyage ended at Cam- bridge University where collegi- ans from all over the world gathered to spend one month learning all about modern-day England. Lectures covered everything from law to religion to politics with particular emphasis placed on current trends. All students attended the three morning lectures together. Aft- ernoons were free so many could go bicycling (between rain storms), or punting (boating) on the River Cam. It was not un- common to see English working- men out in the fields completely oblivious to the frequent down- pours. Seminars in English Literature, British Institutions and Interna- tional Relations met for two hours before dinner. Night lec- tures followed. Students lived in dorm-like complexes called colleges. Here scholastic advisors held im- promptu discussions covering anything that is on a student ' s mind — from sex to religion to the drug problem to abortion. The Cambridge Clan: left to right — Dick Green, Keith Brown, Julie Sheehan, Charla Hindley, Kathy Brown, Rich Tindall. 25

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mg j . : : • :■ ... « Saw .J-- - • y fi r - j (■■■■«!■ iiiJ . • .-• !ig Ben was one of the familiar London sites that greeted USC students who went to Cambridge. USC students go British. The Cambridge summer pro- gram offers a multitude of in- teresting and unusual experi- ences. USC is the only American university to send representa- tives. Sophomores, juniors and seniors with go od grades, enough money, and the ability to profit from the experience are eligible. Students who have only been exposed to one viewpoint all of their lives were sometimes shocked at the opinions of some- one from Sweden or Japan or Canada. These unplanned gatherings enabled students from all over the world to broaden their out- look on life and their opinion of other people, one purpose of the Cambridge Summer Pro- gram. When the mood was right, a student would be invited to his instructor ' s room for sherry. The decor was gaudy. The wall- paper didn ' t match. Permanent Cambridge stu- dents were easy to identify, be- cause their dress was more for- mal and much more colorful than anyone elses. London, less than an hour away by train, was the magic city full of things to do — the London theatre, the changing of the guards at Buckingham, or one of the many unprivate pri- vate clubs. 27