Octorara Area High School - Venture Yearbook (Atglen, PA)

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we an 7l!4Zq Jerry Shaw was xndeed fortunate rn belng chosen as one of the one hun dred and forty mne Amerlcan students to study abroad this year under the HUSPICCS ofthe Amerlcan Fxeld Servrce exchange program On June 20 Jerry recerved not1f1ca t1on that he would be travelxng to Italy to spend frve months as a representatlve from Octorara From that t1me untrl August 26 hrs departure date, there was much to be done rn language prepara t1on and medxcal exammatlons Jerry was tutored ln the Italxan language by Julxan Z1nzarella of Coatesvrlle On Tuesday afternoon, August 25, Jerry and hrs famlly arr1ved at the Queen's Hotel rn Montreal, Canada, the Q gatherrng pomt of all the AFS students A4 The afternoon was fxlledwxth gettlng ac lng new frxends After fond farewells to famlly and frxends, the students were Sligigiitjjgggrlgegotgge Srgcgngle 531 SEX? Jerry Wlf.l'l hrs Itahan famlly ln front of the apartment where they llved Next mormng at 4 55 A M the boat saxled from Montreal The tnp from Montreal to Rotterdam, Holland took mne days Every mormng on board the students were mn structed 1n the language of the country to wh1ch they were golng Those en route to Italy also had lessons ln the hrstory culture, and economxcs of the country The students and the other passengers aboard enjoyed danclng part1es and other socral act1v1t1es ln the evemngs On September 2, the boat docked at Southampton, England and LeHavre, France Two days later Jerry arrlved at Rotterdam, Holland After a brzef tour of the c1ty he left by tram for Turrn Italy The twoweelcfollowmg were spent ln tourlng the VBIIOUS lndustrles, and places of mterest rn Northern Italy On September 16, the entire group of Amencan students ID Italy returned to M1lan where they were greeted by the1r host fam: l1es w1th whom they would be spendxng the next flve months Jerry's famlly was an average ltahan famlly of four Hxs father had hrs own buslness and was a wholesale grocery salesman l-hs mother was a housewlfe and a secretary for hrs father He also had a brother of frfteen who was rn most of hrs classes at school, and a srster s1x years old Jerry started school m October at the SC19Dt1f1C Lyceum, m Monza Hls courses included geometry, bxology physrcs, Latm, and ancrent h1story During Chrlstmas vacatlon, Jerry, two other Amen ?C?rl1sljctIiiC:i,l:tS, and an Itahan student traveled to Venlce Jerry Poses on the balcony wlth MI and Mrs Luciano The Italran government was so enthused and 1m Mann' Augusto, and Luna pressed w1th the AFS program that they arranged for the students to take a s1x day tour rn January The students left the1r ltallan famlhes and traveled to Rome whxch was the flrst stop on the1r tour Dur1ng the three days spent rn Rome, Jerry v1s1ted many Roman rulns, Itallan government bu1ld1ngs, and the Vatxcan, where the students had a pnvate audrence w1th the Pope From here they went to Florence the cultural center of Italy, and Reggro Em111a, the last stop on the1r tour On January 14 Jerry left Mrlan by tram for Brussels Bel g1um, where he met the students from the other European countrles He boarded the SS SEVEN SEAS rn Zeebrugge Belgrum, where he met John Glbson our other exchange student At 7 00 A M on January 25 Jerry saw perhaps the most 1nsp1r1ng s1ght of all, the statue of Lmberty rn the New York harbor After f1ve months abroad he was home agarn to share w1th us hrs expenences and rmpressxons of Italy. 17 4 o . I ' 'fc 1 ' . Q 0 I 1 s 7 , ' , rf, . . K ' ' . -V f- ' -t : '75-Y 'A - ,. Q ilu . . . 7 , V ,, , . 9' - - - , , ,.,f' '- . ,A quaintedvvith the other students and mak- Q A ,I 'MJ ' ' ' K. - - , ' , ef-,xg ' ' - 1 ' Y ' ' A- ' 1 . ., , . , . . , . . ' I Y : . l 1 ' X ' 9 : . . , .

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df-4456 John Glbson was one of the fortunate Octorara students selected by AFS to study abroad Slnce he would be hvrng rn Ronde, Den mark he was tutored ln Danlsh by Mr N115 Jensen He departed fromMontreal, Canada on July 27 and arrlved at the farm of h1s foster parents on August 8 On the way, John passed through Eng land Holland, and Germany John's foster parents, Mr andMrs Lemomus, had a wonderful sense of humor and the famrly was much l1ke hrs own There were Per, who attended school w1t.h John, a teen age slster, Karm, and Mo gens, a sergeant ln the Danlsh army Thexr thrrty f1ve acre farm was well cared for, and located 1n a hxlly section very 11ke John's own home There were about 150 P1gS, f1V9 m1lk1ng cows, and several calves However, John and Per d1d not have to do any farm work after school Dxnners consisted of meats, usually pork or bacon, and lots of pota toes Eggs are rare slnce chrckens are scarce, and not muchbeef IS used Tea was served each afternoon after school John became very fond of the delrclous, tancy pastrles which, surprlsmgly, were quite lnexpensrve In fact John's food blll forathree week stay ID Copenhagen was only 130 kroner Q 20 AIXICIICBDJ The school that John attended was called Aarhus Katerdralskole Per, John, Karin, Mothefy F9-ther, and M0855 Next year lt w1ll celebrate its 900th anniversary Although the school was very dlfferent from Octorara, lt was modern and had very good teacners John found the students help ful and frxendly Hrs school day began at 8 00 A M and ended at 2 00 P M Saturday classes were over at l 00 P M ACIIVIIICS and sports are not stressed because Danlsh puprls are encouraged to learn not to soc1al1ze The student govemment did nothlng but sponsor one dance durlng the course of a year John took courses IH mathema tlcs, French, physlcs, Englrsh gym, rellglon, geography, sxngmg, and hlstory All the AFS students ID Denmark spent three weeks ln Copenhagen takrng language lnstructlon John stayed at a youth hostel, and he found plenty of tlme to tour the c1ty He v1s1ted T1VOll Gardens, a park where there are theaters, concerts, and numerous other attractxons, and where the adnusslon prrce 15 fourteen cents The muslc there 1S world famous, and John found the food palatable Several anc1ent churches were on hxs rtlnerary but John attendedservlces at the Amencan Embassy where Englxsh was spoken He also saw Chrrstranborg Palace, where the Natlonal Assembly meets, the Town Hall Kronborg Hamlet's castle, Fredncksborg Castle, the Wxvex Restaurant, the most expenslve 1n Copenhagen and the home of the royal fannly, Amallenborg Castle Vlews of the farm and the house John spent one three day holrday drlvlng the tractor at the farm durlng the harvestmg ofthe beets, wluch they feed to the ammals OnSeptember 12 all the nearby farmers got together for therr an nual Harvest Festrval On another occ aslon the whole fam1ly drove to Ebeltoft, a typrcal town of the Mlddle Ages, accordrng to John It had narrow, w1nd1ng, cobblestone streets In January, Mr and Mrs Lemomus accompamed John to the pxer at Aarhus where he began hrs homeward Journey. He crossed the Atlantxc aboard the S.S. SEVEN SEAS wrththe other forergn ex change students, and arnved 1nNew York on the morn1ngofJanu ary 25. John feels that to know the people of any country one must lxve wlth them and partrcrpate rn then' actrvrtres. Thrs w1l1 lead to better understandlng between natlons of the world 16 I O ' - ffff, xff Cf., ,. . . . ,fA',',,!',,,,, Afxfv., ,',3 . J ' ' ' ,fff 5 frff' ,fr , - ' f ,f ' 711: Y ' - . , . . . . . . sf . . . , - Y u , , .. . Z . . I . . , I . . , . , .. , . . . . . . . . . . ' 7 . . 5 , . 3 I . . . . . , .. . . . .

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Jfwwv' 1 Sdcww an Doris Hutzl er Spock Zdcbz Herman Williams lgddtdbl Miss Kathleen Ake .ldnmg Carol Baldwin Grace Bowermaster Rodger Davis Franklin Gunn Patricia Hess Doris Hutzler Linda Jackson Mildred Mast Sandra Wiker 79 Rose Phillips, Chairman Marge Atkin Cathy Gilbert Patricia Hess Doris Hutzler Jill Jackson Ruthann Keck Patricia Ross