Figure 1.--Here we see Swiss primary school kids off on a school field trip. We do not know where the school was located, but it was apparently near Geneva. The photograph is not dated but looks to us like the 1950s. The caption read, " Auf de Schulreise (On a school trip): Swiss school children are boarding a train of the Swiss Federal Railroads to enjoy an outing under the supervision of their tachers. Swiss schools arrange such trips as part of their educational program." Source: Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsiörderung (Swiss Headquarters for Transport), Zürich.

We do not have much informatiin about Swiss school field trips. We are not sure when schools began orgnizing field trips. We have not yet found any evidence of field trips before World War II. That does not mean that none took place, just that we do not yet have any evidence of such activity. We do see the children taking school trips ater the War. We note that the Swiss Federal Railroads are supportive of school activities. Switerland has an excellent rail system giving the schools a mobility that in America is more often provided by yellow school busses. It meant that children in village schools could easily, get to art galleries, historical sites, museums, parks, zoos, and other sights of interest

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