Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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This year Paly was host to students frorr Ethiopia, Ecuador, and Switzerland. Our AFS stu dent Elene Hailemarian from Ethiopia found the United States and Americans much as she ex pected, having attended an American Services School in Ethiopia. Eugenia Rubio from Quito, Euca dor, exchanged families with Bill Melhberg, whc spent the year in Ecuador. Theodore Gut frorri Zurich, Switzerland, found the American educa tional system very different from, and more difJ ficult than, that of Switzerland. AFS Assembly • • •

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Elections . . . In our reflections of the past year the amphitheater is a reminder of many activities at Paly. During the fall elec- tions booths dotted the stage and the back section, so seniors and juniors could elect their legislative council mem- bers and the sophomores could elect all their class officers. To qualify for office, stu- dents are required to take the constitution test. This tests the student's knowledge of the constition, rules of procedure, and facts about the Board of Commissioners and Legislative Council. Phil Morse headed the elec- tion committee this year and supervised the counting of votes afterwards. The students who helped count found it a hard and tiresome job, which prompted Phil to look into the possibility of getting voting machines. 15

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Paly's further participation in the AFS program well illustrated by Skip McCowan's six-week so- Urn in Brazil. During his stay Skip noticed that the Lilians in Sao Paulo, where his family lived, were -ry friendly, easy-going, party-loving people. Skip plates that his experience revealed to him the good- ill and understanding that the AFS program radi- os to people all over the world, and that through better foreign relations can be achieved; there is °pe that world peace will someday be a reality. Also Paly sent three students to our neighbor city in Mexico last summer: Anita Micklus, Joan Lehman, and Caroline Peck. They traveled to Oaxaca for six weeks as a part of an exchange program. They reported that the Oaxacans kept us hopping and that in contrast to Americans, Oaxacans are very friendly. The three found the high school in Oaxaca very different from Paly.