Friday. January 25, I963 For Ann Hamill on, '62 --- SCARLET AND BLACK Page Three Side trips highlight Fifth Year Abroad program Ed. note: This is the first of a series of articles by partici- Pants in GiiDnell's Fifth Year Abroad program. l-Iere Ann Hamilton, ‘62, writes of her experiences in Thailand where she is now teaching at Chieng- mi Academy The formal name for the Grin- lthat they are the kind of trips ‘;that are not generally available Ito the typical "round-therworld" ,tourist. l Every trip I take to Bflngkok further develops my snobbish distaste for those who spend three days in Southeast Asia's largest city and have thus seen nell Fifth Year Abroad program is the ‘Travel-Service Scholar. Frankly, my trips to Bangkok ship,” make me feel as if I’m half. The attempts to fill the serv-‘way home again since that city ice aspects or this agreement are is so submerged in Westernism.,- among the most challenging and C ONTRASTED with these rewarding—namely, the actual three-day visits, our stays classroom teaching and living this area for several monthsi with the fellow teachers and;equip us with a wonderful abil-‘ students. ity as well as desire to see that But the occasional school breaks throughout the ycar oher an ideal and unique op- portunity to take advantage of the travel aspect of the Fifth trip which would have been im- Year Program, possible for me just a few it is these side trips to var— months ago, The most obvious ious points in Thailand and newly acquired ability which the key to life of this area. I central points of civilization. I Southeast Asia thatI have foundl proves to be a wonderful asseti to be very personally enriching for such a trip is a passable fa-I and exciting. THEY Am: unique in the fact‘ Soilolog lCiIity with the Thai language. ' This enabled us to take this! KIT BANNON, left Euni Herder, Charles Mulfol'd Andresen, and Holly Scofield. Ten persons were initiated into a newly activated Iowa ‘Epsilon chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, national sociology honorary society, at Gl'lnnell last night. Charles L. Mulford (soc. ano ‘anthro.>, national secre- tary—treasurer of the United Chapters of the society since 1960, said the Grinnell chapter is the first to be chartered in an institution not offering an advanced degree. I grade-point average of at least 3,0 in order to qualify for memr bership. ,‘ The society was established in ‘lsao at the University of South- ern California and now numbers more than 90 chapters in 39 states and the District of Colum- ‘bia, with more than 20,000 mem— bers. ‘ Four current students, two members of the departmental faculty, and four 1962 graduates were initiated as charter mem- trip completely peasant—style in the mode of transportation, or. dering of food and hotel accom— modations. THE ENGLISH language is virtually non-existent in most of the small towns in Cambodia. But there was formerly enough travel between Thailand and Cambodia that there is a scatter— ing of people who can speak Thai and thus make communi— cation possible for us. A second necessity to both the economy and comfort of the trip 1 in was to accommodate the stomachI to native food_ _ which ranges from rice and noodles to buffalo meat an absolute for necessity a art of bargaining. It rubs against the grain of American enterprise to spend very much time hag— gling over the price of a sack of oranges or a samlaw ride. But to be able to bargain in a native language and walk away from a samlaw which is (social and anthro.), Susan "LET us ASSUME that ill- Pmn’vlenl is correct in believing mu cm i. not . Hired. Then what us our .al. din: dolor in Smith Vietnam? What earthen doe. the Seventh Fl.“ hm intervening in the .511?" a: Oust-my} Why did our marina! [And In 155‘ on His bendlu obLobnnonP And whnt About rhrr blandy pnh'cl lcllon in Korea? Till Nut Fran. Her l. .virenuy‘ For lb. rum... In». to be drawn at ofNAT‘lONAlREVIEVI the tin. wn. ter in. new. I50 E. :5 St. NW York 16, N.Yo bers of the society. THE CURRENT students are Susan A. Andresen, Kit Ban- non, Holly Scofield and Euni Herder. Faculty initiates include Miss Lathrop V. Beale and Ronald all: Kurtz. THE 1962 Grinnell graduates initiated are Nancy Creme Schu- man, Mary J. Schneider, Caro. line Tollefson Owens and Mar- garet J. Cal-hell, John H. Burma, Leland profes-l sor of sociology at Grim-tell, is also a member of the society. “Previous charters have heel: granted only to schools oflef— lng at least the MA” and usu- ally thc PhD. degree," Mul- ioni said. “By granting this charter, the society has ex- passed great confidence in re- cent academic developments at Grinneu." Mulford said students must MAKE A DATE WITH A STEAK TONIGHT ENJOY THE FINEST FOOD AND ATMOSPHERE IN GRINNELL , LONGHORN post an all—college and sociology too expensive does not mark you as a rude foreigner but rather brings you into an im- mediate circlc of newly found friends who realize that you are not just a transient tourist. dirty, tired and exhausted, but had had a wonderful time talk— ing with people, seeing the homes and the countryside, eat- ing the food, and meeting with innumerable humorous incidents With several months of ac- which most travelers simply fly commodation to Asian life underlover the top of in a two-hour our belts, my friend and I ljel trip between these two points. boarded a second class train in, ,Bangkok which delivered us lot ‘the Cambodian border ten hours: later, I In the meantime. we had bar-I gained and arranged for our ho- tel rooms, because shortly be- fore we reached the final step a lady informed us that she managed' a hotel and made the which is further away from thel A third new ability which isidaily roundrtrip train ride to [the point where the trains met. Recently, I took iust such a‘limited pocketbook in SoutheastlThus, she was able to line up trip to Cambodia—the kind of Asia is a good facility in the‘ prospective Customers. A cllleuNATlON of historia cal differences between Thailand, and Cambodia has caused them, to cut of): diplomatic relatioml and close the border to their‘ own natives. I The closely guarded border is1 ,only opened for foreigners who must walk a couple of kilomet-J ,‘ers across the border and greet zthe customs officials in the base-1 ment of an old garage. We were disconcerted by even further delay when we discov- lered that the customs ofiicialsi had gone to the market for ; breakfast, which was then fol-' lowed by an extensive searchl for the missing key to the bar-i del- gate. l But soon we were safely in‘ Cambodia and began several ex. ltensive bus rides with frequent} transfers until we reached Ang—l ;ker Watiour destination. ; 1N THIS mim- from Bangkok! we traveled for two days with-I out seeing another white person, ’ ‘and without speaking a word of.“ English. We reached Angker Watl Such is one of the many pos— sibilities open to Grinnellians in Asia during a school vacation. Ann Hamilton, ’62 Now Showing Jerry Lewis "IT'S ONLY MONEY” Sunday and Monday Charlton Heston Elsa Marfinelli "THE PIGEON THAT TOOK ROME" Tuesday and Wednesday Peter Sellers "ONLY TWO CAN PLAY" In Sickness —In Heul'l-h THARP PHARMACY for prescriptions and drugs WHY NOT Tote the baggage and find ' Make reservations and see In o‘l'her word Last Week's H WHERE D: THE WORLD W you where to go?) 930 Main Street LET SOME- ONE ELSE DO IT? it if it is lost Check train and bus schedules you get there Tell you about money exchange and the local ‘word’ Interpret foreign languages and customs Tell you about special events and places 5. WHY NOT TAKE AN ESCORTED TOUR? ihon No. 'l— 72 Days complete—only $1195 Ask Its about this and many other tours— OULD YOU LIKE TO GO? (and who but your travel agent can get away with telling Telephone 236-4384