Marple Newtown High School - Memories Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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Marianne Young makes a sale in the AFS sponsored book store. The American Field Ser- vice has as one of its aims the support of American foreign exchange stu- dents. Klaus Breetz was this year’s addition to Marple-New- town’s exemplary line of foreign exchange students. His presence at our school lent another fascinating side to scholastic life. Those most fascinated were the admiring female population of the school. The boys had their reward, however, when this popular German boy was joined later by an exciting new Swedish girl, Lena Siden. Which organization made all this possible? American Field Service! President Pat Manges and Treasurer Renee Holtzin kept the members busy through the entire year by dreaming up schemes to raise money, thus making it possible for M-N to continue the prac- tise of cultivating international understanding. Bond- selling, bake sales, and operation of the paper-back book store were alternated with the more direct ac- tivities of finding a home for future A.F.S.’ers and giving teas for visiting foreign lecturers. Besides making the two exchange students feel at home, the major achievement of A.F.S. has been raising the funds to support a Marple-Newtown student abroad next year. 28

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The Tri-Hi-Y builds character through community and school activities. Mrs. Minnacci plans the annua l candy sale with the Tri-Hi-Y officers. One of Marple-Newtown ' s many worth- while activities for which girls strive in their junior and senior years is the Tri-Hi- Y. This year, under its dedicated president Diana Paarz, Tri-Hi-Y was transformed from a nearly dead institution into a vital and active school function. Students took notice of the club when its pledges went through a scandalous but good-natured hazing. This and the initiation dinner cere- mony served to unite the girls for a year filled with satisfying accomplishment. The club again sold mints for the Community Y of Eastern Delaware County, with which it is affiliated. Other activities included mak- ing picture scrap-books for children in the hospital, writing letters to soldiers in Viet Nam, collecting toys for underprivileged children, and providing posters for each sports event at Marple-Newtown. With vari- ous fund-raising activities the girls sup- ported a Korean orphan named Kim. A fun spot in Tri-Hi-Y activities was the Sadie Hawkins Dance. The reputation, begun by the hazing, for outlandish costumes was firmly established with this bright and suc- cessful event. r m K, ' V ' 7 A I Si

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The Wide World staff decides on feature articles for the next issue. Eva Reinersmann (German Editor), Sue King (French Editor) and Jodie Faier (Spanish Editor) discuss future issues of Wide World w ith their sponsors Dr. Colli and Mrs. Woerner. A foreign language newspaper such as Wide World is almost unique in Delaware County. The paper was set up on an experi- mental basis to build an inter- est in foreign languages. It was hoped that classroom learning in these languages could be put to work in a practical way: writ- ing and reading articles about topics of current interest. Wide World has undergone great improvement since its conception three years ago. Un- der the direction of Dr. Colli and Mrs. Woerner, this formerly insignificant paper has taken on a new importance for stu- dents. Since there are absolute- ly no English words, the student is challenged to decipher not only the language he may be studying but other languages as well, in the practically painless form of word games, puzzles, articles and even editorials. One aspect of the paper that has a special fascination for many readers is the occasional Rus- sian article, done with an au- thentic Russian typewriter. INTERNATIONAL INTEREST 29