American Field Service Exchange Program - Overseaer Yearbook (New York, NY)

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nut urn I Om'-KP AV' an-ral xr BILLIE ANN COLBURN Fremont, California KENNETH CROSS Yuba City, California GLADYS ALLISON Fairfield, Connecticut RONNETA BISMAN Springfield, Missouri GEORGE BLAIR Elma, New York ARCHER DODSON Roanoke, Virginia I A I l Q N W an K L.. JIM BRICKER Gettysburg, Pennsylvania CATHERINE CAMPBELL Barrington, Illinois MARY CHRISTY Phoenix, Arizona

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Many people know very little about Finland except that it is located some- where in northern Europe and that it is the only nation to have paid back its war debt. No doubt the first thing many of us did when we found out we were going to Finland was to run to a map to find out just where the country was located. We may have worried slightly about getting to know the people because so many Americans have the stereo-typed picture of the stolid, serious Finns, who do not take much of an interest in anything but work. Yet we became more and more thrilled at the prospect of going to Finland because not much is heard about it, and we realized we were in for a very different experience. Any apprehension that we may still have felt as We boarded the ship was completely dispelled as we met our chaperons, Liisa Hinkkanen and juhani Kindberg. None of us will ever forget the many experiences we shared with them, especially on the trip through Europe to Helsinki. We felt that this trip helped the Finnish group become so closely knit. We had to be, or someone would have been left behind! In Helsinki we met our families and started on the most exciting experience of our lives- becoming acquainted with Finland. Here we found a land of 60,000 lakes sur- rounded by majestic evergreen forests. We found cities which combined beauty in parks, statues, and walks, with busy and varied industries. We found prosper- ous farms were people worked hard, yet lived life to its fullest. But most im- portant of all, we found a land of happy people, people who took a great interest in music, art, and theatre, as well as the out-of-doors and sports. Finland, then, means to us a nation of quiet, awesome beauty, where people work hard while enjoying life to its utmost. We think of a country that has known strife, yet has held to its high ideals and not given in to stronger forces. We know that we will again be drawn to Finland's shores, and we hope it will not be long before we again enter the land which has come to mean so much to us, and hear people say once more, Tervetuloa Suomi-Welcome to Finland!

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STEPHEN GOOD Lincoln, Nebraska PATSY HENNESSY Concord, California PHILLIP HOWELL Lenoir, North Carolina JOHN DONALDSON Sturgis, South Dakota 'ik KAREN JENSEN Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan KAREN KINKAID Great Falls, Montana REBECCA DOWNEY Fairview, Pennsylvania REBECCA GASTON Statesville, North Carolina Q' LUSANNAH LANGLEY Long Island, New York 37