Catalina High School - Torch Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Exchange Students Attain Experience of a Lifetime ' A K X f . ,,,-1 2 They certainly talk a lot more! exclaimed friendly Tony Lefeber in regard to American girls. European girls don't express their opinions so frankly and there- fore seem more feminine, continued the sandy-haired foreign exchange student. Tony, who came from Voorburg, Netherlands, found that family life in America was not is closely knit as it is in the Netherlands. The schools here offer more activities for the kids to participate in, while in Holland, recreation is left up to the family and the schools are just for studying, he added. Tony emphasized that spending a year in America was the best experience he could have. Just attending an American school and associating with its students is the best way possible to really get to know the 'typi- cal Americanif' he explained. In the five months that I have been in the U.S. I have learned to love it,', states Tony. I have seen the bad sides as well as the good onesf' He further adds, I am sure that I will have a very hard time to say goodbye to everybody and everything that I have learned to like so much. Liz Bagot comes from Adelaide, Australia which is about twice the size of Tucson. Her family consists of her parents and an older married sister with two children. For thirteen years, Liz attended a small private girls' school, so Catalina and its 2500 students was quite a change for her. Besides liking to go to school with boys, Liz also likes the men teachers. She feels that they are better teachers than women. Appealing but also startling to Liz was the fact that the school pro- vides so many activities for the students. The biggest problem America presented to Liz was amoneylv Because over in Australia each denomination of bill is a different color and since all of the US's are green they all looked the same to her. I think America is 'greatf of course my opinion is limited to mostly Tucson. In Tucson the most im- pressive things to me are the beauijful mountains and the fact that the desert is so different from the desert in Australia. I also found that American people are extra friendly, in fact they will go out of their way to help you, says Liz. 7 'li ..,.

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ini Wi 'mr-'ft' 3 ONYTAILED Jackie Rod- riguez had a busy schedule. She was secretary of the senior class and also an important member of the Catalina Debating team. Ad- vanced acceptance to Crinnel highlighted her senior year. ORKING on a cattle ranch near Walden, Colorado one sum- mer was an unusual experience for Catalina's transfer student Rick Schoeder. The U. of A. holds Rick's future plans in the field of chemical engineering. ill OLF swing and a serious ap- proach to studies was pai' for Andy Shetter's senior year. Be- sides being on the golf team, Andy was treasurer of N.H.S., and a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship test. .AIA OREICN languages interest Patty Schneider, who further states, I would like to Work this into a career in international so- cial Workf' Extensive travel in the South Pacific stimulated her interest in this field. Z' ASKETBALL and baseball occupied much of Clive Sealis time during his four years of high school. But his future plans do not include these sports, because Clive plans to attend the U. of A. and major in pharmacy. AZZ and off-beat literature interest and occupy most of Nick WVilliams, time who also enjoys playing the guitar in a student band. Even though music is his pastime, Nick plans a career in the field of medicine.

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td' Liz Bagot had two sisters, Melanie and Kae, and a brother Andy, in her American family, which was the Robertsons. x C1 While foreign exchange student, Tony Lefeber, stayed in Am- erica he was a member of the Bartholemew family. Destination---Germany? Assignment---Llnderstanding Basketball player and scholar Aaron Latham was chosen at the end of his junior year to be an A. F. S. exchange student from Catalina. Aaron,s destination -Neunkirchen in southwest Germany. Here he was immediately adopted by a German family in which he had two brothers, one an exchange student from the French speaking section of Switzerland, and a younger sister. During his stay he experienced many exciting and unusual changes. The change in schools and the cui- sine, which consisted of soup, liver, potatoes, sausage and bread, created memorable experiences which will not be easily forgotten. ,. ..., y 3...-N y i Chosen as Catalinafs A.F.S. exchange student, senior Aaron Latham E Z N 1 lived in Germany fOr six weeks during the summer. 1 yi Ylyv 1 Q m , V Z: ek A A A H f Having lunch with his family at a German side-walk 'lflif l d t, , cafe was an interesting experience for Aaron Latham. ' ' ,, . . ljf5VEf:AV3i , X, hp- . I ,yu - f, ,N 'INS' ' ' fri, Ji , , , ..,,, ,,