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International Study & Travel
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Being welcomed by the Canadians
Then there was the Canadian American Conference. The year I traveled with the delegation to Winnipeg we were met with signs saying “Welcome Usonians.” They explained that Canadians were Americans too! We soon learned that these students knew much more about the United States than we knew about Canada. We vigorously debated the future of the many African countries soon to be independent.
Corinne E. Johnson Nyquist
Studying music and art in Europe
I took part in SPAN (Student Project for Amity among Nations), a summer study abroad experience with 45 students from private colleges in Minnesota. We each designed a study project, which was approved by the faculty advisor, and wrote a paper of at least 25 pages upon our return home. I studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels and attended operas in London, Paris and Rome. Then, with two art majors from Hamline and Carleton, I traveled from Oslo to Naples by bus, train and boat. We stayed in people’s homes and youth hostels, experiencing the culture of each country and going to every art museum we could. My life was never the same. Thanks to Huntley Dupre, who was one of the chief designers of the SPAN program, hundreds of Mac students through the years were given the opportunity to step out into the world and experience first-hand how people from different countries and cultures lived and thought.
JoAnne Juul Desmond
An observation of a foreign reporter
An International Journalism conference was held at Mac during my senior year and was attended by hundreds of journalists from all parts of the world. I remember that many foreign journalists puzzled over how an American journalist could report accurate worldwide news while only knowing one language. It’s ironic that 50 years later, we in the U.S. have difficulty understanding foreign customs and cultures in today’s world.
Daniel (Earl) Hazen
Going to Canadian American Conferences
I remember the Canadian American Conference study sessions during the year, riding all day in the train to Winnipeg (the skit, the chess game, the chats and the sleeping), the fancy banquet up there and seeing so many people in fur coats.
Barbara James Schue
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