Expedition '69

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As most of my readers know this past summer provided one of the most rewarding experiences of my life that of going to Europe and going as Virginia. This trip was not merely rewarding in personal satis- faction and enjoyment, although there was plenty of that, but it was rewarding in the contacts I made and the efforts I was able to put for- ward for "the cause." It provides a long story and as I know many of you will want to live through it vi- cariously, I will relate it in some de-

tail. This will take up many more pages than I usually permit Vir- ginia to usurp in an issue but so many have asked to hear all about it that those of you who don't care so much will have to just go along for the ride in this issue.

Those who have been reading TVia for the last several years will realize that quite a lot of preparation has gone into this trip. In 1965 I went to Hawaii to the Psychiatric convention-not only to present a paper but to give my self experience in being a long way from home for some time—a small hotel isolated from other attractions so that you became known to the management and the other guests. Could I stand up to repeated scrutiny and could I carry out conversations, have dinners with and go sightseeing with other guests? I found I

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