Sidney High School - Trail Yearbook (Sidney, NE)

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Public Relations Sillre Hermann from Bremen, Germany, was. fhe second exchange sfudenf fo affend Sidney High School. If diplomafs always come in fhe form of smiling, blue-eyed- blond, sweef sevenfeen year olds, fhe world would have Iiffle need for passporfs and cusfom officials. i Aufographing memories fo weld info golden links of friendship. Sillre Hermann gafhers abouf her some of her new 'Found friends in Sidney High. SILKE HERMANN Hi! fo all of you in Sidney High, Only sfill fwo monfhs, fhen I have fo leave again. Oh no, I'm nof allowed fo fhinlr of fhafg fhe idea is foo unpleas- anf. I have had a very good fime here in Sidney wifh you and wifh my dad, mom, and sisfer, Ray, Inez, and Marilyn Maley. All fhe love I gof from fhem didn'f malre me feel homesiclr only one day. I am sure fhis will be fhe mosf wonderful year of my life. Before I came fo America, I had several preiudices as far as you and your counfry were concerned. I fhoughf every- fhing fhaf would be impossible in Europe is more or less nafural in fhe Unifed Sfafes. As far as I Icnew fhe people dressed as gay parrofs. This is whaf I was fold, whaf I saw in fhe movies, whaf was wriffen in fhe newspapers, and whaff was senf ouf over fhe radio. Abouf if I had my doubfs from fhe beginning, buf I did nof have a chance 'lo hear how if really was. I fhinlr you can imagine how happy I was when I heard I would be allowed fo sfay one whole year in fhe Unifed Sfafes. I jumped wifh ioy. I finally would be-.able fo see everyfhing wifh my own eyes and fo form my own opinion. When I am going back fo Germany I can fell besides all fhe nice 'rhings I have seen and parficipafed in fhaf fhe Americans are iusf as normal as we are. The inhabifanfs of Sidney and fhe sfudenfs and feachers of Sidney High School are wonderful people. I am very, very happy here. As far as fhe school sysfem is concerned fhere is a rafher big difference befween yours and ours. We have fhirfeen subiecfs as requiremenfs so our schedule Ioolrs more Iilxe a college one because we only fake some of fhese courses each day. We only go fo school unfil fwelve fhirfy or one fiffeen in fhe affernoon. Thaf is all for fhe whole day, buf we have +o do all worlz al' home. On fhaf firsf day affer one o'cIocIr, I had a ferrible fime af school. I wanf fo fhanlr you wifh all my hearf for fhe wonderful school year I was allowed fo spend-wifh you. I never felf as a sfranger, nof one day. To me you are fhe nicesf sfudenfs and feachers I have ever mef. When I fhinlr I have fo leave you, Sidney and fhe Unifed Sfafes, I amaalready America-siclc. I only hope fhaf I will gef fhe chance fo come baclr. Many hearfiesf greefings from your SILKE HERMANN I9

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The Program Offers Diverse Opportunities in Sfafers for l960 Marilyn Maley and Edward Bowman will spend a weelr in Lincoln on 'Phe Unrversrfy of Nebraska campus allendlng meel' ings and helping lo organize cily counly and sfale governmenfs among lhe groups GIRL STATER Marilyn Maley Edward Bowman Marilyn Maley, Edward Bowman Chosen Staters Scholashc achrevemenl' personalily mleresl' In governmenl and leadership abllrly are l'he faclors which are con sidered in selechng each year s boy and girl s'l'al'ers Selechons are made from a lns+ of qualified candrdales by a commuflee represenhng 1'he American Legion Women s Auxiliary and +he Sidney Rolary Club sponsors of 'rhe program The program is sponsored wr+h 'rhe oblechve in mind of offering oulslandnng s+uden+s an opporlunufy lo oblam a be'Her flrsl' hand lrnowledge of governmeni' funchons on lhe slale level lhrough observahon and parhcrpahon I8 BOY STATER ' I I I I

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Mr. Douglas Johnson from +l1e Universify of Wyoming poinfs our lhe aclvanlages of a liberal educafion +o Sillre Hermann and Kennelh Noieboom. College Night A Class AA School So 'rhal' each sluclenl' who wishes lo aH'end an ins+i+ul'ion of higher learning may selecl' 'lhe school bes'l' suiled l'o him, Sidney High School offers 'lhe chances 'l'o inlerview college represenl- a'l'ives. This year on 'lhe evening of November l2, in'ler- eslecl seniors 'From' Cheyenne Counly mel in 'l'he r high school aucliforium fo meel' represenlalives from fiffeen colleges and universilies. Following inlroducfions, sl'uclen'l's alfencled 'l'hree explana- l'ory sessions given by lhe represenlafives of 'lhe schools preferred. Ez ll W W Mr. Claylon Gerien 'From lhe Universify of Nebraslua shows 'folders illusiraling 'lhe NU campus lo Carolyn Allen, Gary Slaller and Susan Coolr. Represenlalives from fifleen surround ing colleges and universilies were presen+ on College nighf. 20