The Archive · 1926

Answer to a Challenge

a "North-China tative, the young Americans said that their, journey is in answer to a challenge made by their college president, Dr. P. R. Kolbe, who, in a speech before the "student body of Akron University, wondered why American college students no longer worked their way to and around Europe during their summer vacations. He even hinted that fear of hard knocks might be the cause of this lack of wanderlust, The two students, Abb Karam and James W. Matz, 23'and 22 years oh respectively, have not only worked their way to and around Europe, but are going Dr. Kolbe one better by working their way around the world entirely on their own resources. Once an anxious friend sent money in a letter to help them in their wanderings. The lads admit) it was hard to do but they sent the money back.

In New York on June 90, 1925, two weeks after receiving' their] diplomas, the adventurers obtai Jobs peeling onion and potatoes on. the Leviathan, a huge liner plying between' New York and Southampton, After two and a half] mantis on this ship, they left it in land, saw Canterbury with ite historial' cathedral, London and Wembley, and trekked through beautiful' Kent.

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