STUDENTS
A select group of English- and French-speaking Canadian university students have been invited by the Cuban government to spend six weeks of their summer vacation in the revolutionary island, partici-« pating in the work of repairing the damage done by Hurricane Flora last fall,
It is expected that at least twenty-four lucky students will leave by boat from Montreal in June and July.
A committee composed of six persons prominent in the academic world and three representatives of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee will choose among the applicants,
The six are Professor W. J. McCurdy of the University of Toronto Department of Philosophy, Professor U, Leo of the University of Toronto Department of Italian and Hispanic Studies, Reverend W. Whitla of York University Department of Humanities and English, Reverend Ro E, Carter, University of Toronto Instructor of Philosophy, Mrs. R. G, Riddell, University of Toronto Overseas Students Advisor and R, de Marsh, general secretary of the Students Christian Movement,
They will be advised vy a Quebec committee constituted by Michel Chartrand, head of the Parti Socialiste du Quebec, and professors of
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the Université de Montreal.
The project aims at Helping to Promote goodwill between the Canadian and Cuban peoples, .
The students will work without pay. on a project which they could hope to complete during their stay and which would remain as an en~ during symbol of their friendship. .. -