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November 3, 1957
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Samuel E. Allen, Morehouse senior, reports on his 1956-57 study-travel year in Europe funded by a $2500 grant, focusing on experiences in Ireland and France, praising French freedom, tolerance, and maturity while noting less tension and anti-Americanism.
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Reports On Year In Europe
At the regular chapel hour Wednesday morning, Samuel E. Allen, Morehouse senior who spent the school year of 1956-57 in study and travel in Europe on a study-travel grant of $2500 given by a friend of the College, reported on his experiences and impressions.
Allen, who spent the major part of his time in France as a student in Paris, told of his experiences while traveling and residing in Ireland, where he was such a novelty to the children and women who had never seen a Negro that they followed him in the streets or gathered at windows to see him pass.
In appraising France, Mr. Allen said that France is the country where there is more substance of freedom than in any other nation.
He also paid tribute to France's maturity in matters of sex and general behavior. At no time, he stated, did he find any group of Frenchmen trying to foist their ideas of what good Frenchmen should be on others whose ideas are different. He found a high degree of tolerance and respect for differences among the French, who are individualistic to the highest degree, eschewing imitations of all kinds. "The first law of French existence," Allen said, "is: Thou shalt not imitate or: Thou shalt not be duplicated."
LESS TENSION NOTED
Allen also said that despite the dangerous international situation, he found far less tension in France than in the U. S. A. He said that there is much anti-Americanism in France today, although the "Go Home, Yanks" signs have all but disappeared there. While admitting that France is today politically sick, Allen said that no nation is better able to diagnose its ills and less able to do something about them than France.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Allen was one of the original early-admission students at Morehouse who had their first two years of college financed by the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education. He is a political science major and a French minor.
To date, two Morehouse students have spent a year in Europe on similar travel-study grants, and this year three others are in Europe thanks to the generosity of the same anonymous friend of the College.
Reports On Year In Europe
At the regular chapel hour Wednesday morning, Samuel E. Allen, Morehouse senior who spent the school year of 1956-57 in study and travel in Europe on a study-travel grant of $2500 given by a friend of the College, reported on his experiences and impressions.
Allen, who spent the major part of his time in France as a student in Paris, told of his experiences while traveling and residing in Ireland, where he was such a novelty to the children and women who had never seen a Negro that they followed him in the streets or gathered at windows to see him pass.
In appraising France, Mr. Allen said that France is the country where there is more substance of freedom than in any other nation.
He also paid tribute to France's maturity in matters of sex and general behavior. At no time, he stated, did he find any group of Frenchmen trying to foist their ideas of what good Frenchmen should be on others whose ideas are different. He found a high degree of tolerance and respect for differences among the French, who are individualistic to the highest degree, eschewing imitations of all kinds. "The first law of French existence," Allen said, "is: Thou shalt not imitate or: Thou shalt not be duplicated."
LESS TENSION NOTED
Allen also said that despite the dangerous international situation, he found far less tension in France than in the U. S. A. He said that there is much anti-Americanism in France today, although the "Go Home, Yanks" signs have all but disappeared there. While admitting that France is today politically sick, Allen said that no nation is better able to diagnose its ills and less able to do something about them than France.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Allen was one of the original early-admission students at Morehouse who had their first two years of college financed by the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education. He is a political science major and a French minor.
To date, two Morehouse students have spent a year in Europe on similar travel-study grants, and this year three others are in Europe thanks to the generosity of the same anonymous friend of the College.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Morehouse Student
Europe Travel
France Impressions
Cultural Tolerance
Study Grant
Anti Americanism
What entities or persons were involved?
Samuel E. Allen
Where did it happen?
Europe, Primarily France (Paris) And Ireland
Story Details
Key Persons
Samuel E. Allen
Location
Europe, Primarily France (Paris) And Ireland
Event Date
1956 57 School Year
Story Details
Samuel E. Allen reports on his year of study and travel in Europe, highlighting his novelty as a Black man in Ireland, praising France's freedom, tolerance, individualism, maturity in sex and behavior, lower tension compared to the U.S., and political self-awareness despite anti-Americanism.