Hoquiam High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Hoquiam, WA)

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Karen tries her luck at eating the famous Swiss fondue- pieces of bread dipped into a hot melted cheese and white wine. The aid of felle, a fur placed on the bottom of sklis enables Karen to travel uphill. KARE N SWITZERLAND The first Hoquiam student to go abroad for an entire school year through the American Field Service program, Karen Linnenkohl left Seattle for New York on August 16. After ten days of travel by ship and train, Karen arrived in Tllnau, near Zurich, and greeted her new family, Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph Wespi, their daughters Elizabeth, 19, and Susie, 12, and their son Hansjacob, 15. While in Zurich, Karen attended a private school for girls and studied biology, chemistry, German, history, geography, and algebra six days a Week. Instead of a long summer vacation, Karen's school enjoyed a short vacation each season. During fall vacation Karen and Susie worked with eight other girls in a vineyard in French Switzerland for a week. The land is beautiful, Karen exclaimed in her letters, high snow-covered mountains, thick forests with multi-colored leaves, small chalets, narrow cobblestone roads! About the grapes, Karen said, You haven't tasted grapes until you've tasted them off the vine with a little dirt! She also visited the tiny country of Liechtenstein during fall vacation.. Concerning Christmas customs in Switzerland, Karen wrote, Cn the sixth of December Sammy Claus comes. He brings oranges, peanuts, candy and perhaps toys. He also reads out of his Claus book whether you've been good or bad. Then on Christmas Eve the Christ Child brings the presents. The candles are lit on the tree on Christmas Eve. Karen enthusiastically participated in skiing, the most popular and exciting Swiss sport. After Christ' mas her entire school journeyed to Madulain, a small village in the Alps, for a month's study of home economics. The stay in Madulain provided an opportunity for Karen to ski at St. Moritz, a Winter resort famous for its tobogganing course, and Piz Nair, a mountain of 10,000 foot elevation. ln March, Karen and the other students returned to Zurich to begin their Praktikum by working in a kindergarten nursery. During the following spring vacation Karen traveled to southern Switzer- land and ltaly and then toured Geneva and Bern with twenty-five other A.F.S. students. The year abroad provided priceless friendships and experiences for Karen. Anticipating a first- hand report of her stay in Switzerland, the students of Hoquiam High remain'proud of having had such an exceptional student represent them in an- other part of the world.

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L Picking grapes near Bex, in French Switzerland, proves to be quite an experience! Karen and her frlends rest on their sun porch, which ls situated over the Inn River at Madulain, after a ski trip. A.F.S. PROVIDES EDUCATIO FOB w v Karen captures memories on one of her camping trips with the Boy Scouts. Karen and her friends rest at a famous monument on the way to Plz Nair, a 10,000 foot peak in the Alps. 26

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l With the support of sixty-six members, the , leadership of President Roger Spencer, and the advice of Mr. Jamison and Mrs. Swanson, the International Relations Club participated in two mock United Nations. At Shoreline High School in Seattle, Bob Paylor, Barb Meyers, and Evelyn Bennett appeared on television. At this meeting the club represented four nations: Uganda, Tur- key, Greece, and Mexico. Later in the year, delegates from the club traveled to Clark College in Vancouver. .The members represented a bloc of Communist nations: the U.S.S.R., Romania, Byelorussia, Hungary, and Bulgaria. To cover expenses, members of IRC spon- sored bake sales, sold refreshments at several sports events, and organized the sale of mums for the Thanksgiving football game. l. R. C. officers enjoy a break during the Mock United Nations at Shoreline High School. I.R.C. EMBERS TRAVEL TO SHORELI E FRONT ROW: President Roger Spencer, Vice President Irene Dale, Treasurer Joan Matthews, Historian Hoilee Mickelson. SECOND ROW: Marlene Holmes, Vicki Espedal, Patti Walsh, Melinda Nelson, Mary Jo Frodel, Barb Meyers, Diana- Murnen, Bonnie Haggerty, Chris Anderson, Ruth Carmen, Gail Potter, Debbie Arnold, Dotti Cobb, Debbie Daly, Evelyn Bennett. THIRD ROW: Marilyn Waples, Colleen Sotomish, Barb Ellen, Carmen Willis, Sandy Dixon, Karolyn Backholm, Sue Skinner, Mary Ann Moller, Chris Byron, Terry Major, Gwen Morton, Arja Reunanen, Karon Mackenzie, Diane Thomlinson, Nancy Bowers. FOURTH ROW: Kathy Tanner, Hilary Mann, Sheri McGuire, Chuck Scott, Steve Wetzel, Tim Wandell, Andy Bohrnsen, Harold Holm, Rick Wayman. Monte Smith, Barb Hannick, Trudy Bodey, Joy Gerlach, Carla Daily. BACK ROW: Bob Knudson, Dave Williams, Dan Ekendal, Tim Erickson, Bruce Spencer, Kim Aiken, Jon Parker, Bill Quigg, Jim McQuade, Bob Thompson, Bob Paylor, Tom Ekstrand, Dave Brook, Karen Martinson, Terri Beegle. 28