Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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exchange students Elly Kramer and Judy Larson On June 15 I left for Montreal as one of a delegation of 600 American Field Service exchange students who were on their way to Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, and the Near East. Aboard our ship, the SEVEN SEAS, I had language and orientation classes all morning and forums in the afternoon. During these meetings we discussed the current political situations in the United States and their effect on the rest of the Free World. All 600 of us landed in Rotterdam, Holland, after ten days at sea. Rotterdam, a city of nearly a million people, is the crossroads of Europe. It is the largest port in Europe and the center of the European Common Market. This was my home during my two and a half months’ stay in Holland. I lived with Christian Kramer family and their four children, one of whom, Elly, was my age. Our family went on a camping trip through parts of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany, during which time we visited the cities of Brussels, Cologne, and Bonn. In this picture you see my Dutch sister, Elly. We are posing for our father, in the traditional dress of Holland. At the time we were visiting in a small fishing village, on the Zider Zee, called Markem. Of the most extraordinary things that I noticed in Holland, the never-ending contrasts between the old and the new that are to be found in the Netherlands, were particularly apparent to me. Super highways running beside canals that are centuries old; skyscrapers and sixteenth century churches standing side by side; the tremendous port of Rotterdam and the fishing villages of Markem and Volendam; all are typical of the change and contrast of the “old-world.” by Judy Larson 23

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american field service SUCHJA Suchja Sastraadiwinata, our foreign exchange student, has been a welcome member of our student body this past year. He came to us from Tasikmolaja, West Java, Indonesia, and lived with the William Johnston family while attending school here. He was, indeed, an industrious fellow, for, in addition to his attempt to master our language, he took algebra II, American History, English, biology, and chemistry. His extracurricular activities included membership in Student Council, Band, and Thespians. At home he had already finished his high school education and was planning on attending college to become a doctor. Suchja was able to point out many differences between his school and ours. In fact, Suchja and all his accounts of his home were especially interesting, since he did come from a country that is often in the news and which is almost on the opposite side of the world from us. It is certain that Paxton High School will long remember this little Indonesian. 22

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track . . . and the cow jumped over the moon. “FOLLOW THAT LADY”