Abington Friends School - Outward Bound Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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i DF FORMER AFS STUDENTS Trifield: second row: Ched Miller, Barbara Driver, Debbie Joan Diesinger: third row: Mary-Jo McConnell, Mary Light Suzanne Graham, Marian Clement, Mary Whittleseyg fourth Longshore, Linda Frederick, Eloise Wveihenmayer, Peggy Wer- Whittlesey, Babs Allan and Wendy Wyatt. Absent were Connie SCHOOL HAS OPENED THE AUTUMNAI. EQUINOX HAS PASSED CHRISTMAS IS COMING and so is BOOK DAY! Watch the mail for details of a new and different Book Day, Friday, November 5th -,..A-,K . ,.. . Y, ,

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1 X. N, Three Weeks! in' America by Marie-Reine Matt lEditor's Note: Last Spring Claire Nitschelm wrote for us her impressions of Abington Friends School as she completed her exchange year and prepared to return to France. Now Wren newly arrived from Selestat, sets down her first im- pressions. Written in French, the following article was trans- lated by Miss Schabackerj When Mr. Bartram asked me for a short report on my experience in the United States, I was very liattered. I wish to tell all who read this article of my great joy and gratitude at having been so kindly greeted by my new family flVIr. and Mrs. John W. and Adele Fitzgeraldj . The two weeks of vacation before the beginning of school allowed me to see some of your country and to know the people a little bit. We spent the first weekend in the mountains where I had the opportunity to meet many people, and I surely have a fine remembrance of them. Several persons who were born in Europe liked to chat with me about their former county and we were able to ex- change memories reciprocally. Since then I have seen that this friendly disposition is general, and I was particularly happy to experience it with my classmates. 1 Wren Matt The first day when we met on the hockey field, I could feel this union and team spirit, which makes for the strength and value of the school. Thus I talked with the Sth grade girls just as I did with the Seniors. Each one tried to put me at ease and lim grateful to them for it. The clan spirit which some- times exists between different classes of a school doesn't seem to be known at Abington Friends. The organization of the school was completely new to me, because I didnit know that this team spirit could exist also between members of the faculty and the Student Council. I find, personally, that it is extremely wise to give duties to the students. In this way, they learn to take responsibilities. Another characteristic which I believe is general in the U.S. is that the people are extremely practical and do not like There will naturally be other things to say, but one cannot judge the character and soul of a people in three weeks' time. use .

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