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Seaholm welcomes students from all countrles Quallfytng to serve as an AFS exchange student ts not easy Ftrst there are countless mtcrvtews tt which those tnterested are questtoned by AFS ollicttls A th1s time many of the applicants are weeded out unttl there rematn only the very select few those who tre judged best suited to represent the Umted Stttes tn 1 foretgn land A folder on these students IS then sent to the AFS screening COmm1ItCC tn New York for the final dectston The New York commtttee also makes the dectslon as to where each appltcant shall be sent and from whtch country schools tn the Umted States will recetve thetr exchange students When all the watttng IS over and a student has been accepted he or she must make haste to get ready Shots must be recetved passports filled out clothes bought, and a multttude of other thlngs cared for At last they are off, on a boat wtth hundreds of other exchange students Once abroad the groups spltt up tnto countrtes and finally each student ts untted wtth 4Not only Seaholm s exchange students but those from many schools Joined wtth BUNA members for the club s tnternattonal dmner There were so many dishes to choose from tn the buliet style dmner that students had no trouble filltng their plates hts family There follows weeks of enjoyable lmng wheretn students see the faults and good pomts of mother people and le trn to accept these thmgs Th1nLs once thought strange become a naturtl part of ltvtng New customs are revealed and now the students do not feel a contempt for others ways but a respect because they understand Whtle students learn they are also teachmg bflllgllig a greater understandtng of thetr country to the people who wtsh to know more about tt They have a chance to explatn and answer many questtons about the Umted States that perplex others Somettmes the answers are not easy to find Sometlmes there are no answers Yet understandtng and frtendshtp begtn to flourtsh first among people and later perhaps tmong natlons The motto of AFS best sums up tts alms Walk together talk together all ye people of the earth for then and only then, shall ye have peace Its fascmattng to see dances from other lands so students were deltghted when our exchange students dtd a Phlltpptno pole dance at the all school Vartety Show Jeanne Pierre and Glo execute a trtcky step as Barb Koch claps the bamboo poles together 0 . . . . U, . ., . . . Z ' ' Q ' ' L.. t 2 ' 1 ' . Y. - . . . A . 1 1 V .'. , M 1. . Q L. 2 . , . . . 1 . l , I K . L , C. v Q ., - ' V c . . . . .W I . 1. , . 1 - 1 s 9 s 1 a 4 ' . . . '. H 9 1 s - , as . , , . , K , . . x , - -y 1 t
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