Mount Diablo High School - Diablo Yearbook (Concord, CA)

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addsxL bif. (p£A. and IfYlahua. Mjrcla Kaufmann walks th ramps of th« Academic Building with her adopted American sister, Lynne Norton. Two of the most enthusiastic rooters at footbal' games were Per and Marcia. Marcia learned to line up for lunch at the Dog House as quickly as any other Diabloan. John Barclay showed Marcia how to wear, not his own sweater. but Al Allison's award-laden knit. No Jimmy Valentine act of sand papered fingers was needed to open Marcia's locker. She knew her combination Much traveled, Marcia Kaufmann, from Rio de Janeiro. Brazi!, came to Diablo after soending three months with a family in Illinois. It didn't ta e long for Marcia to become a Diabloan after she arrived. She partici- pated in such activities as assemblies and the Senior Variety Show. When Marcia returns to Brazil this sum- mer, she will have left us with a better understanding of our South American neiqh- bors. 25

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JhsL ( rniiinsmicd, iouch, i A, Per found football gomes both novel and exciting. As a membor of the Straw Hatters. Per played a mean clarinet. Every noon Per lined up like other Diablo- ans to buy his lunch at the Dog House. Per Tore Mjelva comes to Diablo from Aandalsnes, Norway. He and many others from all over the world came to America last August, through the American Field Service, an organization which brings over foreign students each year to study in Amer- ican schools. Once getting in the groove. Per was in no way different from any other Diabloan when it came to activities. He managed to bring a little bit of Norway to Mt. Diablo and to Concord. 24

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John Gotshall represented Mt. Diablo Marlene Dawe. Nancy Keller, and Bar- as an exchange student in Germany last bara Riley were chosen this year to summer. apply for a summer trip as a Diabloan who would travel and live with a For- eign family abroad and the. fimehican. touch. i . added, bif AtudeniA. jjAom. (Diablo Last summer, John Gotshall went abroad as a for- eign exchange student. Again this summer, Diablo hopes to send another student to live in a foreign home. John was selected as Diablo's returnee, sponsored by the American Field Service and he made the trip with 735 fellow Americans. He lived with the Speck- hardt family in Seeheim. Germany, for two months. Nancy Keller was first choice to represent Diablo in a foreign country this summer. Runners-up were Barbara Riley and Marlene Dawe. Ron Tibulski presented Per and Marcia to the Student Council early in the school year. Marcia and Per linger to answer questions from inquisitive fellow students. Per impersonating Maurice Chevalier sang Louise to Marcia, the Parisian nursemaid in the Senior Variety Show. Per and Marcia wave their last qood-byes to Diablo stu- dents before taking off for home. 26