Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
Caption:
Ronald Bauer, (above), assistant to the general secretary for the 27th Congress of Orientalists, inspects a Moslem prayer room at the University's International Center in preparation for the Congress. Scores of Moslems from Africa and Asia will attend the week long conference. Russell H. Fifield (left) of the University's political science department, general secretary of the congress, holds manifests of chartered plane flights of participants from Frankfort, Germany; Paris, France; and Tokyo, Japan. A relief rubbing from a Thai temple on wall in back of Prof. Fifield provides oriental atmosphere for Lane Hall headquarters.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 7, 1967
Caption:
A stamp collector would have a holiday filling the shoes of either Mrs. Gordon Fenn (left) of Chelsea or Miss Wendy Christiansen of 307 Sixth, who are handling mail from all over the world at the Lane Hall headquarters for the 27th Congress of Orientalists. More than 1,500 scholars from foreign countries have written to say they are coming.