Youth Argosy was an organization with tax exempt status for educational and charitable purposes which was dedicated to helping students travel internationally.
It was incorporated on May 11, 1948 by Monroe and Isabel Smith who also founded American Youth Hostels.
He described the goal of Youth Argosy as to "provide travel opportunities for worthy young people of slender means that they may enjoy the benefits of foreign study and travel, that they may engage in reconstruction work, and other helpful projects and that they may make worldwide friendships regardless of race, color and creed.
[2] However, it was soon troubled by new rulings of the Civil Aeronautics Board changing regulations about charter flights.
Members of the board of directors included Manfred Rauscher, Mary Ashby Cheek, John Rothschild, Armen D. Anderson, Jr., Stephen G. Cary, and Harry N. Holmes.