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Local Woman Spends Semester Aboard a Floating University
High Point resident Mrs. J. W. Lindsay joined 275 students aboard the University of the Seven Seas for a 16 week cruise from New York to San Diego. The curriculum covered area studies arts and recreation with field trips in 21 ports including Lisbon Barcelona Naples Beirut Bombay and Hong Kong. Lectures were led by 38 professors and native experts, offering a full semester of international travel and study aboard a German motorship named The Seven Seas.
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J. W. Lindsay
New York
San Diego
Lindsay
Mediterranean
Southeast Asia
University of the Seven Seas
Lisbon
Barcelona
Cannes
C. Vecchia
Rome
Naples
Piraceus
Athens
Beirut
Holy Land
Alexandria
Cairo
Port Said
Suez
Bombay
Colombo
Singapore
Port Swettenham
Bangkok
Saigon
Hong Kong
Keelung
Kobe
Yokohama
Honolulu
American Express
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Staba
Vesuvius
Mrs. Lindsey
Lindsays
Portugal
Bethlehem
Elmer Harton