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Impressing his bride, Doc Hall plays a piece on piano. With her entertainment background, would they do well to put together a traveling act? The topic turns to an exchange program for American universities to reach out to those in Europe, and help each other in the post war era. The expansion in cultural awareness on campus is a festive affair.
With all the shared good will, can there be anything to put a blot on the event? Snowball fights, pranks, and youthful energy. What about plays, and cultured events? Faculty compare notes on government, political, and educational matters.
Getting down to the heart of the matter of the student body of Ivy College, and who might be worthy of the exchange scholarship, a spectrum of regular, home town kind of people are presented as the norm. No limitations to upper class, or people of privilege. Will that enhance, or hurt the chances of the students? The French faculty is impressed in the unbiased attitude of race, creed, color, or ethnicity that is the American culture.
