Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

Page 28 text:

Gunter learns of American humor as he laughs at a Gunter and a friend look on at a Northview football game classmate's joke. 'Wsit to CU CEn Iightens fidustriaq Qunter' 6Resigne1 24 Foreign Exchange Student Imagine that you're from a small mountainous coun- try in Europe where life is comfortable, quiet, and re- laxed. Now imagine a complete change in scenery and a totally different lifestyle in a heavily populated urban area near one of the largest cities in the United States. Life here is hectic, and everything seems big and crowd- ed. This imaginary situation is similar to the actual one that Gunter Resigner experienced when he left Austria to come live and attend school in Covina for a year. Gunter commented that the size of everything in this strange land frightened him at times. Even the cars were larger and more numerous than in Austria. Attending Northview was also quite a big change for Gunter. In Austrian schools, sports are considerably less important than they are in California. In fact, in Austria, sports are thought of in terms of very minor things. The educational system differs greatly. The first four years of schooling are the same for all students in Austria. At the age of ten, each student chooses either to go on to a school which offers a general education or to enroll in a school which teaches a profession. In Austria, Gunter lives with his parents, two sisters, and one brother. Upon return there, he plans to go on to a university to study psychology, philosophy, the arts, or a combination of two of these subjects. Gunter enjoys reading political, philosophical, and other types of literature such as poetry. He likes to draw, attend social gatherings and parties, and snow ski, which is his favorite sport. When Gunter first ar- rived, he looked forward to visiting Disneyland, Death Valley, and getting to know California. Gunter summed it up by saying, It was a very inter- esting experience. However, it was not always easy, and it took a lot of effort everyday to adjust to a new way of life and completely unfamiliar environment.

Page 27 text:

GREG BURGESS . BRUCE E. CADY BARRY CAMPBELL Y ,W BW., NANCY M. CAMPBELL efrcises R 'ghts as Adults Marian McCutcheon and Liza Braveman work rapidly in hopes of completing the assignment and having a work-free week-end. ' ,ss VALENTINE CAUBY GENE G. CELAYA , If ROBERT D. CAMPBELL TOM W. CARSON ' wg- PAM CARTWRIGHT ROSE M. CASTRO Seniors 23

Page 29 text:

Corrigan, , S ,Q A N af' , ,f Qovem men t Each year, the faculty of Northview chooses a representative lto send to Girls' and Boys' State. At Northview, Mr. Yates, the head counselor, is in charge of this election. He compiles a list of the top 113 girl students and a list of the top U3 boy stu- dents of the Junior Class. These students are determined by grade point averages and citizenship grades. Even if a student qualifies by grade point average, he can still be disqualified because of citizenship grades. The American Legion, the or- ganization sponsoring Boys' and Girls' State, sets the qualifica- tions and requirements for the conference. Among other re- lquirements the student must have shown strong leadership ability, courage, integrity and honesty. After Mr. Yates has made up the list, all of the contenders' names are put on a ballot, and the faculty vote for the one they think is best qualified. At the Girls' State convention, each of the girls is en- couraged to run for an office on one of the three levels of govern- lment which are discussed during the week. These levels are city, county, and state. The week begins on the city level on which this year's Girls' State representative, Patsy Corrigan, held the office of city treasurer. The second level of govern- ment is county, and the third is state. The West Covina American Legion sponsors this program in which approximately 600 girls participate at a cost of 35125 each. During the same week, each state in the United States holds Girls' State. The girls are taught the legal processes involved in running for an office. The entire week is centered around learning the ha i teref Qaiq, CEXperience process of getting elected to an office. Representatives are taught how to give political speeches, campaign, and petition for political offices. Girls' State gives high school students a chance to learn by actual participation. After a long bus ride through the night, Dane Schaiterer, Northview's Boys' State representative, arrived at Cal State University at Sacramento to begin an activity-filled week at the annual Boys' State convention. Upon arrival, Dane was given a nametag, designating which mythical political party he belonged to, his meal ticket for the week, and his dorm assignment. The seven dorms were divided into mythi- cal counties and cities. The entire week centered around elections beginning with the city government level and progressing to the county and state levels. Dane held a position on the county level as treasurer. The participants learned the entire legal process involved in petitioning for office, campaigning, and giving speeches. On two nights the representatives split up into political parties for party meetings where they elected a party chairman, and heard speeches from the candidates for state offices. For recreation, tournaments were held in volleyball, basketball, pool, and softball. Dane said that the Boys' State program gave him much insight into the way the government is run. Dane summed up his week by saying, I did learn a lot about state govern- ment by experience. Boys' Sz Girls' State 25