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Hans, king of the Christmas Dance, shares the spotlight. Sweden varies little from the U.S. as you can tell by the comfortable quarters inhabited by Mr. and Mrs. Erik Holmgren. Foreign Exchange Student Our Foreign Exchange student, Hans Holmgren, comes to us from Stockholm, Sweden. Quiet, sincere Hans is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Erik Holmgren, who live in a lovely old gate-house. In Paxton his host family is the Thomas G. Starks. Hans’ complete enjoyment of our “different ways” and his willingness to accept them won him a place among P.C.H.S.’ers at once. 9
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American Field Service The American Field Service, founded in 1914 as a volunteer ambulance corps, had 4,000 members serving in both World Wars. A Winter Program, whereby students could spend a year in the United States, was initiated in ’47. In ’50 the Winter Program became the present American Field Service. Paxton is proud of nine AFS’ers from as many countries, and of four from Paxton who have gone overseas. The annual A.F.S. dinner was enjoyed by many Paxtonitcs; Kitty and Greg take time out from serving the many people attending. 8
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Freshman Orientation What, exactly, is success to a freshman? Is it entering, finally, those long-awaited high school years? Perhaps, but it is also being able to open lockers that seem to jam at the wrong time, finding that class at the end of the second floor hall on time, and eating lunch in less than half an hour. Can you not remember your first few fumbling days in high school? When their time comes to leave P.C.H.S., the class of 71 will still remember their Freshman Orientation, the confusion of those first days in high school, the stricter regulations, and “all that homework”, with nostalgia. Left: Freshmen get their first view of the complicated and expensive language lab; Mr. Shields attentively looks on; Memorizing your combination and getting your locker open on the first try appeared a little difficult. 10 Above: Student Council President Kick Schimanski welcomes the class of 1971 ; the Freshmen seem to enjoy their first high school dance.
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