Holland holds an annual conference on "International Law" starting July 19 with visiting foreign lecturers at the Hague. Cost-of-living estimates for a stay in the Netherlands average only about $70 a month for room, board, and tutition.

Other Dutch summer courses include "Science and the Christian Life" in early September given by the Free University of Amsterdam, "Trends in Modern Civilization" in mid-July at the University of Delft, and "Dutch Art of the 17th to 19th centuries" also in July at the Hague Institute for Art History.

Germany

West Germany has made great progress in establishing facilities for summer study since the war. Students' expenditure can be kept at a minimum of $60 monthly.

Americans may study at the Free University of Berlin, August 1 to 15, in the Allied zone of the city. For the less hardy, German language and culture courses are taught to students on different levels at the Universities of Bonn, Frankfort, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Mainz, and Tubingen in August, Heidelberg and Kiel in July.

The University of Cologne will concentrate on "Modern German Literature." At Munich University "Germany's Relations to Her Neighbors" will be studied and analyzed. "The Masterpieces of German Culture" is the title of the seminar planed by the University of Munster. All these courses will be given in the month of August.

Austria

Monthly living expenses in Austria are estimated at $60 and the tutition costs at most universities amount to about $20. Salzburg's International Academy of Fine Arts from July 15 to August 15 and the Mozarteum Academy provide Austria's most notable summer sessions.

Applications for the University of Vienna's school of summer studies in German language, liberal arts, and political science must be received by the Institute of International Education or the University by April 15. Scholarships are given to foreign students.

The Austrian College Society in Alpbach, Tyrol, gives an August seminar on the theme of "Knowledge and Action." At Bad Ischl a discussion in economics is arranged from August 28 to September 2 on the subject of "The Village in Relation to Present-day Industrial Development" by the Upper Austrian Society for Economic Sciences.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, where the estimated cost of living is $120 a month, including tuition, universities are mainly occupied with giving summer language courses in the quatro-lingual state. The universities of Geneva, Lausanne, and Neuchatel teach in French. The canton schools of St. Gallen, Winterthur, and Chur offer German language courses. In southern Switzerland at Bellinzona, the school gives Italian instruction.

Italy

A stay in Italy can cost as little as $50 per month. Italian schools and universities specialize in giving courses in history, music, literature, and fine arts. The University Summer Courses in Aquila, the University of Florence, the Italian University for Foreigners in Perugia, the University of Pisa, the Societa Dante Alighieri, and the University of Urbino give courses in late July about local art treasurers. Perugia and Pisa Universities offer special instruction on Etruscan antiquities.

Of the Italian colleges, only the courses of the American Academy in Rome are conducted in English. Music is taught at the Academia Musicale Chigians of Siena and the Venice Conservatory. The University of Florence adds a special course on Dante July 15 to August 31.