Hale High School - Patriot Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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The American Field Service oTTers an opporTuniTy Tor greaTer undersTanding and Triendship among The peoples oT The world. Friendships and undersTandings are devel- oped Through The acTive parTicipaTion oT AFS sTudenTs in The communiTy liTe oT The counTries They visiT. Through These close conTacTs AFS sTudenTs have The opporTuniTy To learn oT many oT The cusToms, ideals, and inTeresTs OT oThers, As The AFS sTudenTs reTurn To Their homes They spread The word oT Their experience in speeches and in prinT. Many oT These experiences can be aolapTed in Their home counTries. As members oT NaThan l-lale's graduaTing class oT I963. you are To be congraTulaTed. Tor your maTure grasp OT The imporTance oT undersTanding among peoples oT The world. Only Through our knowledge oT The cusToms, cul- Tures, economic sTrucTures, and religious and poliTical ideologies oT people OT all counTries can we ever hope To live TogeTher in peace. DR. CHARLES C. MASON SuprinTendenT oT Schools TULSA BOARD OF EDUCATION Mr. Villard MarTin, Jr., PresidenT Mr. Fenelon Boesche Mrs. J. LiTTleTon Daniel Mrs. Virgil O. Wood, Vice-PresidenT Mr. Carl C. Beesely Mr. William L. BuTler Mr. H. G. BarneH' - .l - -

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-i..,.,, 1 ' ., . . 4 ,,. -V ,- T. ,. Ts' f.. .,, f. , an H. ,,45,fpfn.,, A.-A PEOPLES OF THE EARTH: YE HAVE PEACE AFS MOTTO '-. - wi fi-.Q nw- ':,. ' ,,. M H '-.- .. ,WV ., wi. if 1. . ' Q I 4. 1. A M 3.,,if. l. 2.5, Y Ed' ii . . ,.-415.44 W 1- -V U 4, V ,D Y ' i- , V' ,,s -Q.. , -, ' ..,, ,,.! , ,pd -,,4- ,. ' W. g I .ma . ,-.1 . , r .ni E 3 ff. ff-.. ln fhe face of fhe presenf world crisis if has become exceedingly im- porfanf fhaf vve have a greafer knowledge and undersfanding of fhe ofher peoples of fhe world, fheir governmenfs, and fheir ways of life. A large porfion of fhis faslq lies in fhe hands of foday's youfh, for fhey will be fomorrow's leaders. American Field Service, fhe founder of a volunfeer ambulance service which worlced wifh fhe French Armies in fhe fvvo world wars, is now fhe sponsor of fhe largesf youfh ex- change program in fhe world. l-lere af Nafhan l-lale we have broughf fhree sfudenfs from abroad, one from Ausfralia, one from Greece, and fhis year Urs Schneider from Swifzerland. We have senf l'lale sfudenfs fo Germany and Bra- zil. Nexf year we hope fo have fwo sfudenfs from abroad. The picfure on fhis page of Urs and his Amer- ican friends, all holding flags of Unifed Nafions members, symboliz- es fhis school's faifh in fhe aims of fhe American Field Service-friend- ship and increased undersfanding among all fhe peoples of fhe world. Today, fhe American Field Ser- vice brings sfudenfs from more fhan fiffy counfries fo affend American secondary schools for a year of sfudy and experience. Under fhe auspices of fhe Americans Abroad Program, a division of AFS, Amer- ican feen-agers from nearly evefy sfafe are senf abroad fo live wifh families and affend schools in some fhirfy counfries. The sfudenfs range in age from sixfeen fo eighfeen, a period when fhey are fhe mosf adapfable, open-minded, and eager fo learn. They have been carefully screened for personalify as well as for infelligence, in order fhaf fhey be well qualified fo make fheir expe- rience abroad worfhwhile for fhem- selves and for fhose wifh whom fhey come in confacf.

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The miracle oT space age Travel and communica- Tion has made nexT door neighbors oT Tar away people. The improvemenT oT TransporTaTion has. Through The ages, broughT us ever closer To disTanT lands. We have become neighbors so suddenly ThaT Turmoil and unresT have resulTed. There is greaT dif- TiculTy in reconciling language, racial and culTural barriers. The Toregoing pose The greaTesT challenge To The coming generaTion. We meeT The challenge by learning abouT people in oTher lands anid by Trying To undersTand Them. Our aim is To desTroy misun- dersTanding which keeps us Trom living aT peace wiTh our Tellow men. The American Field Service program was born so ThaT we mighT develop beTTer undersTanding Through an exchange oT sTudenTs wiTh a resulTanT exchange oT culTures. l-lere on The local level, Through American Field Service, young people are preparing To live in Tomorrow's world. We saluTe The sTudenTs' eTTorTs and The guidance oT The adulTs who have assisTed in This program aT NaThan l-lale High School. When The Torces oT unresT are subdued, iT is my hope ThaT American Field Service advocaTes will have received meriTed recogniTion. Perhaps one oT The mosT endearing aspecTs oT Mr. Richmond is his open door policy Available To sTudenTs TaculTy and parenTs, he greeTs Them all wiTh a smile, a welcoming wave oT The hand and a cheery come in l-le may noT agree wiTh whaT his visiTor has To say buT he lisTens. When noT aTTending To a busy schedule he may be in conTerence wiTh his sTaTT or even Tound brousing in his TavoriTe corner oT The library