PRINCESS GRACE'S COUNTRY—The Rock and Harbor
at Monte Carlo, Monaco, where Prince Ranier and Princess
Grace (nee Grace ICelly, Philadelphia, Pa.) reign
About Student Ventures:
Cost Low, Adventure
And Education High
Twenty-five years ago SITA
introduced the idea of making
student travel adventurous, edu
cational, and low in cost . . . do
ing away with the luxury frills
of deluxe travel, neither neces
sity nor in keeping with the spirit
of youth . . eliminating many
of the conventionalities of ordi
nary tourist travel. For these
were substituted adventure and
activity . . . a "doing" as well as
a "seeing." Projects and activi
ties that would not have been,
possible except with such groupsi
wet e carried out at costs far low
er than ever before.
As shocking as this robust newt
spirit of adventure may have been
to those steeped in the ideas of
conventional travel, it was suc
cessful beyond all measure. Bi
cycle tours ,motor tours, flatboat
and hiking tours, schooner trips,
camping, skiing, riding, ranch
ing, hosteling . • . Europe, the
West. Mexico, Hawaii, Japan,l
South American and Around the!
World . . . everywhere this new,
spit it of adventure caught on, so,
that it was not long before more'
students, teachers, and other
"young-minded" people had trav
eled with SITA than with any
other educational travel organi
zation. No higher compliment
could be paid to these unique
trips than the fact that members
joined year after year or urged
their friends to join. This, more
than anything else, has been the
reason for the unparalleled growth
of the SITA idea.
SITA trips are arranged for
either steamer or air. according !
to individual preference, time,
and budget. It is also possible to
go one way by teamer and return
by air ... the ideal arrangement,
as the trip back by steamer is
rarely as enjoyable as the trip
over. You can also go to Europe
now by flying "Around the
World' in 30-56 days at a cost of
Luxury
Without
Extravagance
Open All Year
One Low Rate Includes These Free Features:
•FREE CHAISE LOUNGES, BEACH MATS AND
UMBRELLAS!
*Luxurious Olympic Swimming Pool, spacious Cabana
and Play Area!
•A full block of private sandy beach!
•Solaria, modern gym!
•Delightful terrace dining overlooking the ocean!
•Gay round-the-clock social whirl--parties, dances,
barbecues, movies, shows featuring big-name performers.
contests - something doing every minute! All under a
trained Social Staff!
*Special Social Program for Teeners—centering around
their own Teen-Age Prom Rooml
•"Small-Fry" Social Program—under watchful eye of
trained, experienced counselors!
For Immediate Reservation See Your Travel Agent
You can get so much more
out of your Miami Beach va
cation by choosing the de
lightful LUCERNE. For here,
you are an honored guest en
joying the famous Lucerne
features . . . sincere hospital
ity .. • delicious food .. • mag
nificent guest rooms . . . de
lightful William Tell Coffee
Shop ... exquisite Alpine Din
ing Room . . cozy, intimate
Swiss Lounge . . . spectacular
shows in our dramatic Club
Chigtt!
$1998-$2498 and you can still take
the same European tour you may
have planned by adding only the
Land Tour cost of the European
Tour selected to the Flying Car
pet cost. Represented in State
College by Penn State Travel
Service.
SITA's initials stand for Stud
ent International Travel Associa
tion.
Atomic Ship's
Launching May
Come in 1959
Latest word on the "atom
ship" or more properly, the nu
clear-powered Savannah is that
it will be launched probably in
May, 1959, with the first sailing
in late Fall of 1960. It can carry
an estimated 60 passengers, and
'candidates for accommodations
already have made themselves
known to the Maritime Admin
istration. There is no established
policy on this question of who
will make the first sailing,
inci
dentally.
Which brings up another point;
in the legislation providing for
the two superliners, an amend
ment was adopted in the Senate
that no government personnel,
including Congressmen, were to
be shown any favors, such as
free rides, special accommoda
, lions, etc., on these ships. If they
I traveled on the superliners, it
would be a paid trip, according
Ito the amendment.
When this got hack to the
House, via House - Senate con
::erees, however, this restriction
was delicately omitted, and as
the matter now stands, no such
ban will apply.
The New Award-Winni
HOTEL
Group Plans
Keep Travel
Firm Busy
Rogal Travel Service of Harris
burg, parent firm of the newly
opened Penn State Travel, has
been extremely active in large
l
group movements by air and ship.l
It has served a number of corn
mercial firms, industries, organi
zations and institutions in this'
highly specialized travel field.
Among the clients served are
Girl Scouts of America, Bell Tele
-1 phone employee organizations,
Arthur Murray Dance Studios,
Brenner Motors, Sunbury Daily
Item, Radio Station WCMB of
Harrisburg, WBRE-TV of Wilkes
. Barre and many others.
Group travel for the organiza
tions served has included move
ment to Bermuda by both ship
and air, to Puerto Rico by air, to
Honolulu by chartered plane, to
Europe by both ship and air as
well as to several East Coast and
Florida resort areas. It has ar
ranged for large group move-,
ments throughout Europe by rail,
motorcoach and airlines.
The unusual complexities of ar
ranging for such group move
ments are rarely realized by the
layman. Aside from the varying
means of transportation which
must be scheduled, reserved and
ticketed there are the highly per
sonal desires of groups in terms
of class of hotel; roomg with or
without bath; much or little sight
seeing; planned entertainment;
availability of meeting rooms; no
Meals, some meals, all meals or
any combination of these; reser
vations for theatres, opera, ath
letic exhibitions, motorbikes, cars;
special treatment for hi gh l v
placed individuals; baggage hand
ling; tipping and taxes; passports,
visas and innoculations; health
cards, tourists cards, identifica
tion cards; financing of travel;
furnishing of multi-lingual
guides; special parties aboard
ship.
Penn State Travel, in arrang
ing for such group travel in this
area, is fortunate to have avail
able the facilities of the highly
skilled Harrisburg staff.
Regular Stops
For Hanseatic
NEW YORK—With her initial
departure from Cuxhaven for
New York on July 21st the new
Hamburg-Atlantic Line's S. S.
Hanseatic made Cobh, Ireland, a.
regular port-of-call both east and
west bound, it was announced by
Home Lines Agency Inc., the new
line's representative in North
America. Southampton and Le
Havre will be her other regular
ports-of-call. Home Lines is rep
resented in State College by Penn
State Travel.
The Ocean In
Wonderful Memories:
Planning Wisely Key
To Successful Trip
Whether you're going 100 miles
away or 1,000, for one weekend
or a few months, taking a trip is
the most exciting experience in
the world! It means coming back
home with a room full of souve
nirs, a book full of snapshots,
and a lifetime of wonderful mem
ories, if you plan it wisely.
That's the key word for a suc
cessful vacation or honeymoon—
planning. With so many places to
go in our wide, wide world to
day, and so many different ways
to get there, it's important to
know every detail ahead of time,
so disappointment, embarrass
ment and unforeseen expense
can't spoil your fun for a minute.
That's why an experienced globe
trotter won't step outside his;
home town without seeing his
travel agent first.
Having a travel agent sounds
like a mysterious and expensive,
luxury. But that's an old-fash
ioned idea, left over from decades
ago, when people didn't get vaca
tions every year, and cars and
planes couldn't take you so far, so
fast, and so inexpensively. Now
adays everybody travels, on vaca
tions, honeymoons and business.
And just as you go to doctors or
beauticians for the best in medi
cal or good grooming help, so you
go to a travel agent for the best
travel help.
THOS. COOK & SON
Incorporated
World's Oldest and Largest Travel Service
I Offices Throughout the World
.EUROPE
ESCORTED
TOURS
PLANNED BY THE
WORLD'S OLDEST
AND LARGEST
TOUR OPERATORS
POPULAR OLD WORLD TOURS
40-42 days, 7 countries. Cunard liners. $B9B.
HEART OF EUROPE TOURS
35 days, 7 countries. Cunard "Queens". $lllB,
7-COUNTRY TOURS
35 days. Favorite shorter tours. Cunard "Queens".
$1262.
COLLEGE VACATION TOURS
48-49 days. 7 countries. For younger people (18 to
25). Cunard "Queens". $1673.
GRAND TOURS -
56 days, 8 countries. Best escorted travel. Cunard
"Queens". $2487.
OTHER TOURS
Covering all favorite routes, sea or air crossings. Ask
for Summary.
New for 1959 - COOK'S
WONDER TOURS
35 Day Escorted Tour of Europe
Trans-Atlantic by Cunard "Queens"
38 Departures
During 1959 *777
Ask for Descriptive Folder
See Your Travel Agent
Here's how the travel agent
makes his profit. All hotels, re
sorts, tours, sightseeing attrac
tions and carriers all over the
world allow a travel agent a
commission, a certain percentage
of the business he sends them.
This commission is pretty much
standard, so a travel agent won't
send you to a certain place be
cause he makes more money from
that particular sale; he'll advise
you purely on what he thinks
best for you. Fares and rates are
the same whether you obtain
them from your agent or directly.
The agent's fee is paid by the
companies, not added on your
bill.
In this spirit, Penn State's slo
gan is "You get extra Service at
no extra cost."
Europe, Israel
Service Oct. 12
A tour of Europe and Israel,
led by Dr. Alexander Brin, is
offered. by Garber's Travel Serv
ice, directly and through Penn
Travel. The trip begins with an
ocean voyage on Oct. 2, followed
by visits to London, Amsterdam
and Brussels, a two-week stay in
Israel and calls at Rome, Flor
ence, Venice and Paris on the re
turn leg, with extensions to
Vienna and Russia.
* * *
6 Great
Tours By
Cook's
(Fares quoted are minimum)