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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1978
Foreign visitor program
offers slice of U.S. life
National
Defense
life Insurance
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Stewart Ed
wards learned years ago never to
cross his leg in front of an Arab
visitor.
“It’s offensive to show him the sole
of your foot, ” explained the program
officer for Meridian House Interna
tional’s Visitor Program Service.
Edwards said he and 30 to 40 co
workers must learn foreign customs
to “avoid the effects of cultural
shock” when dealing with their
yearly 1,000 foreign visitors.
VPS is one program of Meridian
House — a 10-year-old private,
non-profit institution, specializing in
services to international visitors.
Meridian House is one of four agen
cies under contract to the Interna
tional Communication Agency to as
sist the 2,000 foreign professionals
who are invited to the United States
each year.
About 500 of the VPS visitors
come on pre-planned group projects
— Latin American educators or East
Asian graduate student leaders, for
example — and 500 have individu
ally tailored programs.
“The purpose is to put such people
in direct contact with Americans
with similar professional interests
with the thought that Ixith will learn
from the experience and in the hope
that some lasting contacts will be
made,” said Rufus Z. Smith, VPS
executive director.
“It is also to provide the visitor
with what we hope will lie a realistic
exposure to American society in
general — our problems as well as
our successes, our political process,
our economy, our history and tra
ditions, our technology, our sense of
values,” he said.
“This is not with the thought that
we re teaching anybody anything, or
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that they’ll go hack to their
countries and try to emulate us,
that at least they will have a no,
realistic understanding ofwhatli (
United States is all about andwk
it’s trying to do in the world,"j
said.
‘“Hie strength of our program I,
in the fact that we ll send
anywhere they want to go. Wedoil
isolate them from any part
ety,” Smith said.
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That has included sending a
gian broadcast editor to Los An;
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tural marketing; a cardiologist lid
Barbados to Newport, R.I., to’eii}
age in water sports and visitaa#
munity health care center.
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tracked down distant relatives aa
old acquaintances and arranj#
visits.
Each visitor costs the go verm®
about $4,000, including oversti
transportation, U.S. travel, and|
$55-per-day allowance.
A small town sojourn and a sisit
an American home is includedinil
most all programs.
Arriving in a small town, a
visitor often is treated asaeelebnti
The Peace Corps...
A MIND BLENDING
EXPERIENCE
Smith likes to tell about theli
Tunisian provincial governors »i
said they were interested in
agricultural development inanin
with a climate similar to tlieir
VPS sent them to Indio, Cl
known as the almond capital oil
United States.
Share your skills and experience
and gain an understanding of
other cultures, other ways.
“Our contact met them at thee
port with the high school band,!
mayor, the fire department,i
police chief and a red carpet, "Sni
said.
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expect a high level state visit,ras
plete with chauffeur and an^
pointment with President Cuts
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convinced the program is wort
wh ile.
“It’s very difficult to measurej
tangible results of a program oil
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