New Trier Township High School - Echoes Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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And if you really think theyre still so different, just look into their eyes. QM111'j EXCHANGE STUDENTS 1965-1966-Peter Gross fGermanyJ, Patricia Montane CChileJ, Eikka Kosonen CFinlandj, and Nan Prabhasanobol CThailandJ. Lfennriclzl i 4 l A Mike Hughey describes his sum- mer as an AFS student in Japan to Mr. Metzger, AFS sponsor. CMMJ l

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i l E SEATED: Fyfe, Ruben- stein, Gordon, Williams, Schuman. STANDING: Braudo, Pettibone, Mer- cier, Hughey. Miller, Baugher. CFiebergJ A Fine Sharing AFS is an experiment in sharing, said John Nlercier president. Everyone involved in the program has to give to everyone else involved in order to make the program successful. By promoting understanding among youths of the world, the world can be made a better place in which to live. Reflecting these words, the New Trier chapter of the American Field Service, one of the largest chapters in the nation, tried to promote this kind of understanding with the help of its four foreign exchange students, Peter Gross from Germany, Nan Prahasanobol of Thailand, Patricia llflontane from Chile, and Fikka Kosonen of Finland. AFS also sends American students overseas, Mike Hugh- ey spent last summer in Japan, Cynthia Mora is currently living and studying in the Republic of South Africa. Financial requirements for bringing students to and from the United States was one of the most pressing and im- portant activities of AFS. Most of the money required came from AFS planned and sponsored activities. The an- nual Bottle Drive in the township and the AFS film festi- val which featured two nights of excellent foreign film fare were highly successful and provided the most im- portant sources of the needed, funds. The highlight of the year was the AFS weekend in which AFS students from all parts of Illinois journeyed to New Trier for a weekend of varied activities: touring classes, sightseeing in Chicago, enjoying a square dance and a brunch. Under the leadership of John Mercier, as well as Peter Baugher, vice-president, Sally llfliller, secre- tary, and Pam Pettibone, treasurer, the weekend, held in the middle of April, was an unqualified success. Mr. Earle Metzger, faculty sponsor of AFS, comment- ed, UNO one realizes the meaningful role AFS plays in forming the private and public lives of individuals inti- mately involved in the program until they gain first hand experience, then they truly realize the significance of the AFS motto: VValk together, talk together, O ye peoples of the earth, then and only then shall ye have peace . . .U AFS enabled students to gain first-hand experience. Peter Gross of Germany speaks informally at the first AFS meeting of the year. Eikka Kosonen, Nan Prahasanobol, and Pat Montane wait to take their turns. CMzzij

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