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The Cornell Reading-Courses 



of second-cabin and steerage life); "The lady of the Aroostook" by 

 Howells; " European breezes " by Pitman; " Going abroad " by Luce; 

 "A world pilgrimage" by Barrow; Irving's "The voyage," in "The 

 sketch book." 



Refreshments — for the club believes, does it not, in the added geniality 

 that comes from the breaking of a crust with one's friends — will be a 

 reproduction of the steamship luncheon — bouillon and a variety of thin 

 sandwiches or little cakes. Before the afternoon or the evening is over, 

 a contributed steamer-letter may be read aloud and a steamship game 

 or two, such as " bean bags," may be played; possibly shuffleboard could 





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Fig. 57. — Going to market 



be managed. Since gifts of " goodies " have become a feature of the ocean 

 voyage, a little box filled with homemade candy may be given to each 

 member of the club at the close of the meeting, as a steamer present. 

 Possibly, if napkins are used, some member of the club may so fold them 

 that they will represent a boat or a sail. 



At the end of its initial meeting, the club will go home to dream of the 

 " Yo ! heave ho ! " of sailors lifting anchors, of handkerchiefs fluttering from 

 the pier, of steamer letters and toothsome viands discovered in its state- 

 rooms, and of the wonder and the mystery of drawing away from the 

 known out into the new and untried. 



THE SECOND MEETING 



The club has its plans well laid and knows that its steamer, the " Alaska " 

 of the Red Star Line, is headed for Antwerp. The first contribution at 



