William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Michiko and Yohko spent some time with Joseph F. Benson, most beneficial to them was of utmost lmpoitanct Mr principal of Division I, discussing the subjects in which Benson is anxious that they be happy in their neu e they should enroll. Studying the subjects which would be vironment. 71' if '77 'N 9 , x flf 4-0900 -'714 1.1 '-1642.4-:L--L-yy? 7011 ,:e7y4.'l as-ay' A I .Q . I 4' 1 are-1--71 27461-4?-1 -I-X -.1 9 K ff 'f - 'W 1 564162 :f!QC fi' Q Jifi-7 43-,,7f.4 L jf, in a discerning enrichedibperspective Two Japanese girls, Yohko Ikenaga and Mi- chiko Yajima, were students at Chrisman during the 1961-1962 school term. Yohko was an ex- change student living with Karen Link in her home. Michiko came as the result of a pen pal correspondence. She lived with Dannetta Austin. Yohko,s father teaches ancient Japanese lan- guage. Her mother formerly was an elementary teacher. Com' with the Wind, Exodus and The Ten CON177Z07Zf177ll'7lf.Y are her favorite movies. Yohko was surprised at the size of American school books. Japanese books are much smaller. Michiko had corresponded with Dannetta for four years. Her father is a medical doctor and obstetrician. Eiko Yajima, her mother, helps him by planning the hospital meals. Gone with the Wind, The Good Earth, Exodus and A F1zrz'zt'wll to Arms are the books that Michiko enjoyed read- ing most. Dannetta and Karen Link, Yohko's American sister, admire the kimono which Yohko is having Dannetta model. VXLQ7, as ,7 , f If Zz- dffbf rf'-ff' '-f' fi r . 1, tiff: 14 X' ' 1 u 2 el P15 5 If 5,61

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Laura Etzenhouser explains to Yohko Ikenaga and Michiko Yajima, Japanese students at Chrisman for the 1961-1962 school year, the intricacies of the inter- com system. Yohko seems to be wondering just how the microphone is going to respond. Yohko is the foreign exchange student. Michiko is living with Dannetta Austin, a pen pal of several years. Pictured below are Michiko andvYohko modeling their native costumes for Cheryl Rogers, studentg Miss Thelma Myers, commerce teacher and student council sponsor, and Marilyn Kinser, senior. The American girls agreed that it is much easier to get arrayed in their clothes than in the Japanese kimonos. This decision was reached after they watched their Japanese friends dress in the kimonos. Exchange student program results

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