New Braunfels High School - Unicorn Yearbook (New Braunfels, TX)

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uwxf -.-f h-M NW' F S ? . xchanging Ways A strange country with new, different people, a year away from home, and a host family awaited the four exchange students. Matti Mantynen and Anssi Hyvonen from Kuopio, Finland, Pierre Mars from the Blaton Providence of Hainaut in Belgium, and Maria Bayer from Lindenberg, Bavaria, in West Germany, arrived in New Braunfels to exchange culture and traditions. All four agreed that school was much easier here. In Finland, for example, everyone was required to take two foreign languages in addition to other required courses. In Germany, students attended school for thirteen years in order to be accepted to a university. High schools in Belgium were operated like colleges in America. For example, English classes met on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and math classes met on Tuesday and Thursday. As exchange students with just six classes, Matti and Anssi found extra time to play tennis and attend school sponsored activities. Both felt that more emphasis was put on school sports in American schools. In Finland, there were no school organized sports or club activities. Maria enjoyed Wurstfest, Landa Park, and reading the German monuments around town. She also participated on the cross-country and track teams. Pierre became involved in school activities through membership in Campus Life and as a spectator at most football, volleyball, and basketball games. These students found America to be very different in religion, driving privileges, and girls wearing so much make-up. Similarities were few, but all agreed on the great American hospitality. Maria concluded, NI like it here, but I'll be glad to get back home to my family, but of course l'll miss all my new found American friends. Exchanging culture and customs was their goal special people 27

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Maps to Campus Life are given out every Monday. Sabrina Sanchez, Michele Doeppenschmidt, and Denise Denson explain the directions to foreign ex- change student Pierre Mars. I am not used to eating sandwiches and chips for lunch, commented Anssi Hyvonen, because in Finland the tax-payers pay for the school lunches. sa . . '4 f R ' K . g f l wi rr.: ,,......aunlllll SW 26-special people Tennis anyone? Matti Mantynen uses his sixth period tennis class to perfect his tennis skills. With approximately one hundred and fifty one foreign languages in the world, Maria Bayer only has about one hundred and forty eight more to learn. Maria studied French and Spanish while perfecting her English as an exchange student in America. i ww tt Q' '11---:-2. LS: as t f t N Q,-nuns xftiiie A

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Rotary Outstanding Students are front row: Robert Sarkozi, Kourtney Kahler, Barbara Urdiales, Kenda Noah, Stoney Williams, Andrea Clarke, Linda Wilson, Suzan Carmichael, Dena Dietert, Beth Schlameus. Back row: John Matney, Howard Phelan, Dennis Hartman, Darryl Marsch, Tim Doty, John Muschalek, and Jeff Reeh. Extra spending money helps. Each year the German Club donates S100 to the students selected by the Chamber of Commerce to represent New Braunfels as one month exchange students in Braunfels, Ger- many. Mike Wofford and Randy Long endorse their checks with thoughts of how to spend it. pgmuuwfr l big swgw Boys' State Representatives are Kenan Ikels, Greg Eanes, O. B. Renfro, Mike Wofford, David Vollbrecht, Tom Duke, Joel Guajardo, and Bill Fox. Girls' State Representatives are Mary Lee Benson, Denise Denson, Melanie Kriewaldt, Carol Deltz, Laura Tyner, Sheri Yates, and Janice Walker. 28 boys and girls' state and rotary outstanding students IW In c ,,,, fy singing! , g