Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Birgir was eventually purchased by Jan Paden. Fair Exchange: for AHS’s Carol “What am | bid for this 1967 model A.F.S. student, Birgir Mor- tenson?” While Britt Soderstrom lived in Alameda, she visited Jeanne Slater's summer school chemistry class. Carol and her “sisters” Evi and Dorle, wearing the dirndl, the typical German countr y outfit.

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Birgir and his “brother,” Tom Henninger, at their locker. Alameda Obtains Birgi and Britt One could say that Alameda High was a very foreign exchange student-minded school, as two students this past year have visited A.H.S., and one A.H.S. student has gone abroad. Britt Soderstrom, a sister city exchange student from Lindingo, Sweden, lived with four different Alameda fam- ilies this past summer. While here, Britt visited the Moth- er Lode Country, Big Basin, and the Mariposa Redwood Groves. One day while she was staying with the Alfred Slaters, she accompanied her “‘sister” Jeanne to summer school at A.H.S., where she visited Jeanne’s chemistry class. An exchange student has studied his “foreign” lan- guage in school, or perhaps he hasn't. If it is the latter case, on the way to his “country” he takes a cram course on the language in which he will have to communicate for a number of months. Carol Roberts, A.H.S.’s American Field Service representative, was one of the students who didn’t know the language of the country in which she was to spend a month and a half. Carol visited the little town of Ebersborg, Germany dur- ing the past summer. Since Ebersborg is but a small dis- tance from the Alps, Carol and her “family,” the Joseph Hefbauers, often went hiking. Carol also went to school two weeks with her sister, attended dances, rode bi- cycles, and attended a country folk fest. A summer in a strange land is quite a challenge, but consider what a year would be like. Birgir Mortenson, our A.F.S. student from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, spent the year with the Alan Henningers. Birgir part icipated in such activities as Slave Day dur- ing Spirit Week, and a Viet Nam debate which was pre- sented to the Student Body at one of its regular meet- ings. Are the hills alive with the sound of music, Carol Roberts?

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee, the Powder Puff Game was re-scheduled from April 5 to April 17, after Easter vaca- tion. Because this unfortunate oc- currence put the game past our dead- line, the Acorn was not able to print any pictures of the game. Instead, we are printing several pictures taken during one of the practice sessions at Thompson Field. The Powder Puff Football Game was begun at Alameda High in 1963 as a fund-raising activity for the American Field Service. Each year, the AFS has to earn at least $600 for next year’s exchange student, and this annual game is instrumental in collecting this sum. Coaching the Mamas were John Kie, Leonard Lindsay, and Sam Rus- sell, while Eric Cross, Ben Garfinkle, and Dennis Peterson took control of the Babies. Co-captains of the Ma- mas were Corrine Chavez and Carol Willett, with Cookie Thomas and Becky West selected as the Babies leaders. And the ever popular, ever hilarious pom-pon boys were Mike Algeri, Brad Herrman, Pat Holden, Paul Idle, Steve Jones, Mark O’Con- nell, Jay Olavsen, Milton Ott, Jim Royer, Mike Walker, and alternates Forrest Bell and Paul McBride. During an afternoon practice, Coach Dennis Peterson instructs some Babies on the finer points of a line. Powder Puff Game Delayed In Memorian The Mamas practiced diligently in trying to win this year's game. a .