Kenwood High School - Blue Book Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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M P Mmu6nn 4-v 'A wer' Amerlcan Fleld Servlce whlch Oflgl nated durlng World War I works unceasmgly to promote better understanding and more harmomous relatlons among the peoples of the world It sponsors a student exchange program whereby mterested and capable stu dents are glven an oppo tunlty to Vl51t for elgn countrles The AFS hopes that these partlclpatlng students wlll gain an lnslght 1nto the l1ves of the people they VlSlt and will act as ambassadors to help preserve the peace of the world Bob Kenwoods forexgn exchange student to Fmland dlsplays one of the many artlcles he brought home wrth hlm Thls past summer I partrclpated 1n the AFS Amerlcans Abroad program whereby I llved Wllh two wonderful famllxes 1n Flnland the Helantos ln Helsmkl and the Arrantos 1n Oulu I galned two new a1t1s mothers and two new esas or fathers beS1dCS four brothers and three Cvery new to mel slsters There were mnumerable experlences wlth both my famllles that Wlll always remaln a very treasured part of my llfe The Flnnlsh sauna fa room of extreme temperaturej Vllll or curdled mllk the Jmglmg bells about the neck of Lapland relndeer, the cold Arctlc wlnds and the RUSSIHH mllls seen from Imatra are but a few thlngs that are outstand mg ln my memory of the past summer Most outstand mg, however are the people I was accepted warmly wherever I went and by eseryone, the fellows at the weekly volleyball game ln the country the textlle man ager ln Oulu and the farmer on the Great Plam of 40 northern Fmland, to mentlon just a few Each meetlng resulted 1n an exchange of 1deas and questlons The lnevltable questlon of every dlscusslon It seemed was And how IS th1s 1n Amer1ca'7 Educatlon, economlcs p0l1tlCS, rellglon and well known personalltles often en tered 1nto our discussions whlch usually took place over a cup of tea It IS my hope that those wlth whom I came lnto contact wlll have a greater and better understandlng of the Amerrcan people The teenagers of the world who walk and talk to gether today have the great prospect of a world of peace tomorrow Thls program IS a grant step ln that dlrectlon I am very proud to have been a part of lt Bob Sherlff K 0 I - 'M Q , I , 7 . 9 I V wmwzenw - .- 1 A - ? n . f . . . . ,, W-f91w W M' . . . . . . . , 'Q Q s 4 X A' - W,11'A Wl . rv-Wt U . I I nw.,- .,i1?d9 I V, ,Www z ' . 'Q Wt' 2 in Mgmt L , I I , , , , , . . . 7 7 . . . . 66 ' as . . . . . 5 7 . . 54 . . ,, 44 . . . . ,, . . . OI' . , 44 y, . . . . . . . , - . ' s a . 9 ' . Y V ' ' . Y . I e ' as - as '

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! 4 Y Hana 4' ,Q FIRST ROW Dltlel S Matlock B Dlgert E White D Long V Lane F Self V Hall .l SECOND ROW Karl D Rober on R Hart B Rogers B Creamer B Hodges J Barbour S Callahan J Wlldberger D THIRD ROW Sweatman 'VI Lambeth S Lambert C Brown C Ryan NI Rohrer R Uldriki I Rohrer R Hankey C Boileau B Clarke F Elhott 'NI Cuclxert B Wenderoth J Beyans C Fine H John on R linkin ,I Scheck J Calla her R Chosen to be our Bluebird by the SCA. Larry Yoder poses Onlookers delightfully surround the Christmas tree during the proudly in the well-known costume. annual Chr1SIm2iS d3TlC9' 39

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rf ,ff I . +-g 'N'-4.1 328 ,ff Kelly broadens her knowledge of Amer1ca.ns by contact Dette er den Norske bunaden fra mxtt fylke fthls IS the Norwegxan wxth the people and the Amer1ca.n way of Ixfe through costume from my county, dlrect and vrcarlous expenences My dear Frlends Norway IS calllng you through Amerlcan Fleld SCIVICC As an A F 5 er I am so happy to be allowed to talk to all of you ln thls book for I reallze that lt IS lmposslble to meet everybody personally frlends here at Kenwood know me as Kelly I come from the southern part of Norway My famlly llves on a farm ln a rather small commumty up 1n the country not too far from the town of Krustlansand S My father IS a sherlff and has to keep law and order and collect taxes among approxlmately 2100 people I have one brother Tor ur who IS slxteen and one slster Sxorun s1x However smce enterln Amerlcan Fleld Seruce my famlly has rapldly grown As l now have not only a new Mom and Dad but also two SIQICTS and a brother The Wallace famlly wlth whom I am stayln 15 the nlcest famlly I could ever get They have treated me as a daughte from the day I arrlved 1n Baltlmore and I know that I w1ll newer be able to thank them enough Th1s year has been wonderful for me I have had a lot of new experlences and have made so many new frlends I know that the tlme I have spent here at Ken wood wlll be of considerable value for me later 1n llfe However I have found 1n SPIIC of all superflclal the same baslc deslres and ldeas I want to thank the AFS committee here at the school for all thelr work I also want to express my deepest gratltude towards Mr Wheeler and all the Ken wood teachers for what they have done for me durlng th1s year They were always w1ll1nD to help me and answer all kmds of questlons In the beglnnlng thls blg school was a llttle confuslng Sometlmes I could not flnd my way throuch the blllldlflc and sometlmes other problems appeared but I was never left alone Thank you all my frlends I hope I am gomg to meet at least some of you agam Therefore let me say 1n Norweglan PA GJENSYN Kelly 4I V 'xl wa., 1 G- I , W M ,X .- f R 4 . , V - c W. 0-1' . - , . . . . V , . . . . My name is Kjellbjorg ,lardtrud Oydne,V but all my differences in customs, that people in their hearts have v, . v . . V , Q V . V V . . U g V V . . V . V .U V . V V . . V . . , . . V . . g . . V. V V . . Q . . . . V V V V V V U . . U . V. V V. g, . V , V . V . I . . . V . . V V . ' . cc as