Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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We Practice Government Throughout the State Through school club activities, students broaden their education in government, history, and geog- raphy, as these International Re- lations Club members practice parliamentary procedure at the Model U.N. Assembly. 14

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Marja and Tom each pose in the dress and with the mode of travel of his A.F.S. adopted country. A, F, S. Promotes Foreign Fashion Exchange Nine years ago Kokomo High School started participating in the American Field Service Winter Program. Later, in 1956, we became a part of the Americans Abroad Summer Program. This year our eighth A.F.S. foreign student on the Vinter ProgTam was Marja Lenna Kemppainen from Finland, who made her home with the A.E. Livingston family. While Marja was making plans to come to her ne v home in the United States, our own Kokomo student, Tom Morr, was spending his summer in Germany on the A.F.S. Summer Program. Tom was our fourth ambassador abroad. Funds are essential in the American Field Service project. Eveiy spring, a school community campaign to help finance the program is headed by a student committee under the direction of Mrs. Audra Lindley, faculty advisor. To get the campaign rolling, students sold A.F.S. shares for twenty-five cents each, and a di-a ving for lucky prizes climaxed the event. We, at Kokomo High School, are widening our horizons by exchanging our ideas with others through A.F.S. 13

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Training in government is a necessity in our democratic way of life. The American Legion Hoosier Boys ' and Girls ' State, held annually during the summer at Indiana University, provides young men and women with ac- tual experience in self- government as it operates today. These senior legislators are se- lected on the basis of scholarship, leadership, character, and a definite interest in government. Campaigns and posters combined with government classes pro ' ided the background for diplomacy at its highest. Reminiscing over the summer sessions are (above Linda ' Wright, Jackie Bertram, and Paula Akemann; (below Dave Briney. Ronnie Reynolds, Steve Meiring, Dorsey Seldon, Don Campbell, and Dan Blossey, this year ' s senior representatives.