Sponsored by the University of Delaware, the first study abroad programme for US undergraduate students set sail this day in 1923 for Nancy under the guidance of chaperone and French professor Raymond Kirkbride with a group of eight junior year students attending six-weeks of intensive language courses before moving on the study at The Sorbonne in France. 
The school at first balked at the idea and refused to fund the outing (see also) but finally relented after a public appeal and private contributions by business magnate Pierre s du Pont and then-commerce secretary Herbert Hoover. The scheme to various centres of culture across the globe was adopted by other institutions of higher learning and considered a great success in terms of exposure and producing well-rounded graduates, though the popularity of such terms abroad has declined in recent years.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links to revisit plus an avid eighteenth century vulcanologist
two years ago: the invention of sliced bread (1928), the US reestablishes its navy and starts a proxy war (1798) plus a trip to Fladungen
three years ago: the portfolio of titleist Maurice Binder plus the castles and forts of the Moselle
four years ago: the border between Spain and Gibraltar closed (1969), space for pollinators plus passing English of the Victorian Era
five years ago: more links to revisit plus Gabriel over the White House (1933)
