European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Its not vacation by Dan Wollam staff writer youve decided its time to learn something about youve been Here a and youve heard the after dinner conversation about a Bookstore in Paris where Ulysses was published or a place in England where shake Speare you know Michelangelo painted a ceiling but youre not sure where or what it All and you dont want to return to the states thinking you missed one thing is sure youll never learn much about Europe sitting in your youve got to get out and see but who going to show you your friends dont know any More about Europe than you Renee Tyron figures she has spent about and used three weeks of leave learning about Shakespeare in England and modern Art in she did it by taking University of Maryland Fiel study and to her the expense and time were Worth Maryland has More than 20 Fiel study offering students the Chance to leave the con fines of the classroom and learn about european history and literature on the students travel to places such As Athens and but Field study involves much More than strolling where Shakespeare strolled or admiring greek its no said a 23yearold staff ser assigned to Raf you work Josephine a civilian living in took Chris Moncys course on greek she thinks the course should have been Worth More than three cred its because the work was so the lectures usually began about 9 and we sat in a lecture until about Perkins wed have Prague hotel is part of Art Nouveau 14 the stars and stripes Elwirt Stawski Center lectures on the Art and architecture of ancient Egypt during a study a two or three hour then wed go to the then wed have lectures again until 8 or 9 she said by the time they finished dinner it was about 11 it didst leave much time to go out and do she Fiel study instructors say students have to expect some Long the classes vary in length from seven to 14 but the instructors have to teach the same number of hours they would in an eight week be Mooney has his students keep a journal in which they record everything they his students take a three hour final exam the last Day of the and they turn in a Sixto nine Page paper three weeks after the study tour Tyron said her Art class in taught by Claire involved finishing 15 papers and doing a 12page final after returning Navy to Teresa stationed in took Pauline frys expatriate writers in we were graded on our classroom participation and a project we had to have completed by the end of our stay in Hendrix the project was to write about one of the walks we took or an a Book or and explain How we Felt about it after being who teaches courses in Paris and feels she owes the students As much instruction As she can fit into the the courses Are not sightseeing she there academic courses and have to be the equivalent of any course taken in the United states for the same amount of credit in the same course of i feel like the class is a Ripoff if i didst teach the whole time were in a she we go from 9 to 6 every Day the entire time were in Fry said the mornings Are usually lecture in the afternoons we walk through the we go Over the same streets written about in the books the students have to and to places where authors whose work the students Are Reading once lived and she Tyron said some students in her classes thought the courses would be but she and fellow students spent some nights working until Midnight on the education office could have screened people bet she there were a few who we rent very academically Conrad 3rd air Force and Mildenhall Educa Tion services said he strongly discourages the Field stud Type classes to freshmen or Sophomore Stu the former College Dean said that he thinks that students should spend their first two years of College study working on the basics like history and in not implying that they the classes Arent any Garner i think they Are Good for juniors and Garner agreed the classes can be expensive and recommends that students investigate All the costs to make the Fiel study work Load easier when the class is on some teachers provide a syllabus in Mooney sends out study questions and texts a month before classes but until the first Day of his Powers Are limited to recommending the students read the about 60 percent of them do it ahead of he for a course such As expatriate Stuj dents Are expected to read two one Book of Short a Book of essays and a series of Fry said that list int As intimidating As it looks students will receive the texts far enough in Advance to have become familiar with the works and the authors before they get to she the Only complaint Fry has heard about her Field courses came from students who didst receive their texts in Advance because of either an administrative foul up or because of the Brief period Between the students enrol ment and class convening its a Good idea to allow a couple of weeks after enrolling to get the she t finding time to crack the books is Only one of Many concerns for students and instructors on Fiel study students have to get to where classes Are find places to study and perhaps Mooney said instructors have two philosophies on a such As make transportation and hotel reservations for the students it makes a More Complete package for the other instructors allow the students to Book their own the University helps by sending Stu dents a list of recommended if students Arent satisfied with the accommodations Treyve worked the instructor will usually help them find a place More to their Fry Ive helped students buy train directed them to the Best place to shop and told them what sights would be easiest to see during what free time they once at the most Fiel study students have the services of a tour guide and interpreter As Well As an most instructors also give students information on How much Money  what kind of clothes to bring and other necessary the handout Given on the classes tells you exactly expenses you can sex so its really your own fault if you Arent prepared for said i brought extra Money so i ate Well and even bought clothes while i was in Long Days and Tough academic work dont necessarily translate into a bad experiences for the Stu Marlene an Art history major from Raf reckons that travel and other expenses have added about to each of the four on location Mary land classes Shes but she said that actually seeing what she was studying gave her a better understanding and perspective More than she would have gotten in a i would have loved to take All my classes like said i dont care How much they they Are very much Worth the an Art history Reinke said the Field study courses school saved her from changing her major from Art to when she arrived in England in she was trying to finish degree that took her to seven different schools at nine different bases Over 19 she said the Field study courses gave her the classes she needed to finish her bachelors degree in without she would have had to change her Hendrix agreed with Reinke about the advantages of Field study Over the you not Only get the Benefit of College you get to see and better under stand Why writers wrote what they you have1 a Chance to experience some of what they that what the course is staff writers Dave Diehl and Lon Cabot contributed to this Maryland courses the University of Maryland offers More than 20 Fiel study each for three Aca Demic a sampling of the courses includes anthropology of biblical civilization of ancient Popes and the papacy in modern paintings on the French Riviera in modern Art in London and Vincent Van Gogh in prices for the courses Are As varied As the course Selec students must pay the Basic Cost for any Maryland about plus transportation books and other personal the anthropology of biblical Israel course one of the More expensive costs almost above the Tui Tion that includes air hotels and courses in Paris and London generally Cost about More than but that Doest include hotels or University of Maryland offices have More extensive information on Many of the Fiel study courses can be taken for either upper level or lower level Sophomore but not for students who have bachelors degrees May simply audit the mean ing they can attend All the lectures and Tours but Arent required to do the academic teaching the University Fiel study courses Are among the most experienced teachers Maryland according to Joseph director of Maryland euro Pean All Fiel study instructors have a minimum of a masters degree in the Field in which they most Fiel study instructors also have worked or studied in the cities in which they Pauline who teaches literature courses in France and studied a year in owns a restaurant in Paris and Speaks French she now lives in Rome and commutes to Naples to teach for Fry said selection As a Fiel study instructor for the University overseas Campus involved a Good Deal of in formal a lot of instructors would like to teach Field study courses because it is an interesting and unique Opportunity to get close to a particular Field of finding the real Faulkner a photo William Faulkner by Herbert Mitgang new York times corrected versions of four major novels by William coming out this Are expected to clarify some of his themes and fortify his reputation As a careful the editors of a new edition of his work say that readers will soon be Able to see Faulkner in a fresh Light As a More polished craftsman and with even greater subtleties beneath the surface of his scholars Are now making hundreds of changes in the language of his novels that have endured for Over a Hal Century including the very works that led to the 1950 Nobel prize in these experts Are Fine combing his writings in every stage Holograph published editions in collections All Over the they Are trying to determine How Faulkner wrote and what changes were imposed on him by editors and printers and wanted his books this posthumous literary revision known Asau Tho rial intention or final intention has been advanced by scholars in the last few it already affects the latest editions of american among them Mark Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser and european including Thomas Hardy and James now it is the turn of Faulkn who died after a Riding fall in the four revised Faulkner books As i Lay Light in August and Pylon will be published in one volume under the Rubric novels 193035 by the Library of this nonprofit publishing House is bringing out the collected works of american authors in authentic Faulkner will be the first 20thcentury writer in its the Faulkner manuscripts reveal that he often grudgingly approved next to one sen tence in Pylon that contains a quotable Faulkner Friend and editor Harrison Smith had excised a full line of dialogue in the typescript and written id take out this Faulkner went along then now his original will be at other times did fight for his in Light in August one character ill frail the tar out of the proofreader questioned the Mississippi dialect and suggested that frail be changed to Faulkner wrote on the Galley Okas set and and added an punctuation was important to Faulkner to establish mood and when he wanted to indicate Intro he punctuated the with 6 to 10 like show that something was happen ing outside the experience of his he used a line of like yet this is not How his punctuation appears in Stan Dard the Library of America edition will follow his Peculiar style with a slight it will use a uniform seven dots and a double dash where Faulkner varied them on his Faulkner sometimes misspelled words such As Nickle and in he devised a play on inventing the word that had been changed to Rotunda the editors will restore his More provocative Faulkner past and corrected his obvious mistakes and but cer Tain phrases and Long paragraphs will be restored be says Hanna Library of America senior Faulkner original always makes belter the other in the Library of americas offices in professor Noel Polk of the University of Southern creditor of the re Vised Faulkner novels with professor Joseph Blotner of the University of Michigan Daniel presi Dent of the publishing House Thomas chairman of its textual standards and Cheryl executive talked about the Richness and complexities of Faulkner style and their efforts to do him Polk some decisions were making Are close Faulkner has been called a Sloppy writer but actually he was incredibly disciplined and revised up to the last the safest course we follow is to keep it the Way he wrote it on the Chance that he wanted it that Why did Faulkner accept some changes and resist others professor Hershel Parker of the University of Del a leading expert on authorial in writers tend to crumble when the exigencies of publication or republication come Home to explaining that he was trying to go a step beyond Thomas Wolfe in embracing the world in his Faulkner wrote to Malcolm the literary this i think accounts for what people Call the the involved formless endless in trying to say it All in one Between one Cap and one in still if to put it All on one How would Faulkner himself have Felt about the revised editions who is also Faulkner by i think he would have he welcomed conscientious one time he ran his hands Over a shelf of his books and not a bad Monument for a Man to leave behind he was aware of his place in june the stars and stripes Page 15