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\Summer elderhostel planned For the second year, Wiifrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity will be particiâ€" pating in the internaâ€" tiorfal Elderhostel, a learning and living exâ€" perience for oider citiâ€" zens on the move. It will run at the universiâ€" ty from July 4 to 10. _ Elderhostel is based on the belief that reâ€" tirement does not have to mean withdrawal â€" that one‘s later years are an opportunity to enjoy new experiâ€" About 50 persons, half Canadians and the other half Americans, will have an opportuniâ€" They will live in a schoolhouse in a small village about five kilometres from the site, where they can sort and classify their findings. The school also offers modern amenities and an enâ€" closed courtyard. Archaeologists and stydents from Wilfrid Laurier University are off to Italy and Jordan this summer while a third team will continue excavating a major Huron site near Orillia. Dr. Duane Roller, a classical archaeologist at Laurier, will be associate director of an archaeoâ€" logical dig in the Near East and will take 10 Laurier students with Along with Prof. Harold Mare of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Mo., the Laurier professor and staff of students, plus onâ€"site workers, will begin to uncover Abila, a major city in northern Jordan, in June. ‘"It‘s a new site, one that‘s never been excavated,"‘ the Laurier archaeologist said. "But there are some column fragâ€" merfits, foundations and pottery pieces that indicate it must have been a fairly large city in early times." Abila was a site on the major eastâ€"west trade route dominated by the 10â€"country alliance, the Dekapolis, and the site probably was a flourishing centre in the second century B.C. Dr. Roller leaves Canada May 14 to join his American colleague. The students follow early in June for a sixâ€"week dig which will earn them degree credits at the graduâ€" ate and undergraduate level. There are also indications that it may have been visited by Jesus who crossed the sea of Galilee to visit the cities of the Dekapolis. Abila is one of the closest cities to Galilee. Graduate students from LPurier will oversee local workâ€" men and undergraduate students as a beginning is made to survey the site, begin a search for Roman tombs and probe into the central part of the site. "It‘s exciting to attend a class in Jordan but it‘s no holiday,"" the Laurier scientist said. ‘"We‘re up early in order to be at the site by 5 a.m. and can work there only until 1 p.m. due to the intense heat. Back at the school we will wash, classify and begin to reâ€" store our finds." Patricia Dutton of Waterioo, laboratory assistant in Laurier‘s Near Eastern Studies laboratory, will be camp manager. â€" At the second dig site, San Giovanni di Ruoti in Italy, about 100 kilometers east of Naples, eight students will join a team from the University of Alberta Archaeologists . ‘ prepare for summer digs ty to take three courses during their stay. One highlights the Pennsylâ€" vaniaâ€"German heriâ€" tage of the area,. the second examines the quest for world peace and the third studies Shakespeare‘s great tragedies of love anu power. In addition, particiâ€" pants in Elderhostel will join in such extras as a planned trip to the Stratford Festival while enjoying campus life in residences close to the central dining hall. The cost of $150 per week includes resiâ€" dence accommodation, One particularly exciting find was a small basilica with a rare floor mosaic, dating to the sixth century. The floor, with its intriâ€" cate floral and geometrical patâ€" terns, is in excellent condition, although little remains of the original structure above the foundations. Work at the site entails the uncovering of a Roman farming villa, dating as early as the time of Christ. Three different villas existed on the site, built on top of each other in succeeding ages, with the latest dating to the 6th century A.D. Leading the Laurier archaeoâ€" logy team will be Dr. Gerald Schaus, also a classical archaeo logist, who along with Dr. Roller, has participated in many overâ€" seas expeditions. He said the Roman site is interesting because of its three occupation layers and the we}l preserved evidence for settled agriculture in this remote area of south Italy. that has been working there since The Laurier group was invited to take part with its Alberta colleagues as. part of a training program for young archaeoloâ€" gists in the Greek and Roman world. The teams will be there from July 5 to August 13. Laurier students will be workâ€" ing on the site dating from the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, as well as carrying out an archaeological survey of the surrounding area, It is hoped that agricultural life in the vicinity during the first six centuries A. D. can be reconstructed by this work. It is the first time Laurier students have taken part in archaeological work in Italy. The university will be conductâ€" ing its sixth annual archaeologiâ€" cal field school near Orillia. Students will continue excavaâ€" tion at a late protoâ€"historic Huron village unearthing the remains of longhouses as well as artifacts common on such sites including pottery, pipes, glass beads and trade items. In previous sumâ€" mers the students‘ work has revealed 43 longhouses repreâ€" senting approximately half of the total village. This total represents one of the largest number of houses in Ontario excavated from one vilâ€" lage. Research monies have come from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and from Wilfrid Laurier University. . â€" It is anticipated that 25 stuâ€" dents will be invoived in the excavation, which is directed by Dr. Dean Knight, a third Laurier archaeologist. meals, tuition and so cial activities. Program â€" coâ€"ordinaâ€" tor Marian Croft, assoâ€" ciate director of continâ€" uing education, said a lack of a formai educaâ€" tion is no barrier. ‘"An adventuresome spirit is the only reâ€" quirement. Elderhosâ€" tels have participants who haven‘t {inished grade school and others with Ph.Ds." More than 500 colâ€" leges and universities, up by about 100 from last year, are hosting Elderhostels this sumâ€" mer. SPOKE IN WATERLOQ By Jerry Zeidenberg Mark MacGuigan secretary of state for external affairs, visitâ€" ed Waterloo Monday and told a group of area businessmen that Foreign trade a priority: MacGuigan Mark MacGuigan the prime concern of Canada‘s foreign poliâ€" cy is "selling Canadian products abroad." "I don‘t hesitate to use the word profit. It‘s profit that business is interested in, and it‘s WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. 1982 â€" PAGE 9 profit we‘re interested in helping business atâ€" tain," the federal offiâ€" cial declared. MacGuigan adâ€" dressed about 80 memâ€" bers of the Waterloo a nd K itc hener chamber of commerce after a luncheon at the Waterloo Motor Inn. By drawing a healthy picture of Canada‘s world trade, and by outlining the steps the federal government has taken to market Canadian goods abroad, the cabinet minister attempted to allay the business comâ€" munity‘s fears about the present economic recession. The minister was one of several Liberal MPs who toured the Kâ€"W area on Monday as part of a travelling caucus which is visiting cities across Canada. Regarding the interâ€" national economy, MacGuigan said there has never been a better time for Canada‘s exâ€" port trade. He pointed out that 1980 and 1981 were reâ€" cordâ€"setting years for the nation‘s trade surâ€" plus ($7.8 billion and $6.5 billion respectiveâ€" ly). He added that the trade surplus for the first quarter of 1982 exceeded all previous figures for the period. MacGuigan concedâ€" ed, however, that these figures do not mean Canada is exporting all that much more abroad. Rather, imâ€" ports have declined, due to the weak pur chasing power of the Canadian dollar. On the topic of gov ernment aid for exportâ€" ers, the minister reâ€" minded members oi local chamber of comâ€" merce that in a recent reorganization of govâ€" ernment departments external affairs was given control of inter national trade. *‘Our purpose in this reorganization was t( (Continued on page 10