Arlington High School - Colt Corral Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Mr. John Webb welcomes Christin Dafni to AHS by present- ing her a pennant to help get into the “spirit” of things. Long, Tall Texan “different experiences.” She started her year at AHS with a schedule consisting of three languages, speech, and Ameri- can history. This was quite different from her schedule on Corfu of chemistry, philosophy, religion, and home economics. Besides keeping up with her busy school schedule, Christin found time to attend many AHS football games and pep rallies. During the first pep rally, she was presented with a Colt banner by Mr. John Webb, principal. While a student at AHS, “Ina” took part in several school activities including joining several clubs and playing the part of a Greek hippie leader in the journalism department’s package plan assembly. She also played the part of the active foreign exchange student by being a guest speaker at various meetings of civic organizations and school club meetings, and telling fellow students about her native Greece. Mike Hinshaw and Christin work to finish the senior float. Christin demonstrates the success of “The Americanization of Ina” by slouching into the role of a tough Texan gunslinger.

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Petite Christin Quickly Adjusts, Becomes Colt Corral Editor Mike Daugherty instructs Christin in the basics of yearbook advertising as her fellow staffers contribute ideas. Sening a Coke, Hostess Christin Dafni flashes her Six Flags smile as she warns a small guest of various park regulations. AHS again took on an international air as its newest foreign exchange student, Christin Dafni, arrived on August 6. Awaiting her arrival were her host family, the Harold Walkers, “sister” Gail, and 30 eager AHS students. “Ina,” as she is sometimes called, left behind her parents and one sister in her home on Corfu, an island northwest of mainland Greece. For relaxation Christin participates in several hobbies, all of which she keeps in practice here in the U.S. Among them are horseback riding, swim- ming, and listening to popular and classical music. Despite a Texas-size rain, 20 American Field Ser- vice students treated Christin to a pool-side birth- day party at the Jim Garrison pool in Fort Worth, on August 18. Later on in the month, Christin participated in the AFS “Look-In” fashion show', which netted the student committee S500. Another highlight of her summer was being hired at Six Flags Over Texas as a “drink puller.” Chris- tin termed her job as a lot of fun and a really 16

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