Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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America-the land of the future . . . Since I first heard of a vast country west of Europe, my desire became great to see it. The purpose of my being here is not only to have a good time. The American Field Service, the organiza- tion to which I owe the priv- ilege of spending this year in America, presumed that I would try to learn and understand the customs and problems of your country. This will help me to acquire a close and everlasting friendship with you. An American once told me You don't have to like us . I think that any people who visit another country should make every effort to like the people of that country. Just because many things are different land the world would be very dull if they were notl, this does not mean you shouldn't like them. One of the things in America I have found to be different from Europe is the relation of area. If you travel a hun- dred miles in Europe, you have gone a long way. Go- ing a hundred miles in America is only taking a short trip. Another difference is that in America people are not ruled by the clock as much as in Europe. You take it much easier. Also, no one worries as much about what his neighbor A. F. S. REPRESENTATIVES Apple Strudel, Viener Schnitzel, apricot Knodels with powdered sugar II gained I3 pounalsl, dancing under the beautiful, bright lights of the dances on the Worter MARY SMILEY See, swimming and canoeing on the Danube, hiking in the mountains, and listening to musical concerts are some of the wonderful things I remember about my two month visit with Martha Proll and her family in Austria last summer. After many months of waiting for word from the American Field Service on which applicant was to represent Torrance I-Iigh School in a foreign country, all my hopes and expectations were only matched by interesting experiences I had. The American Field Service program, under the direction of Stephen Gallutto, ma 'P X U L A.F.S. exchange student Mary Smiley and Foreign Exchange Student Walter Stocker sit in the senior patio admiring the Tartar campus. WALTER STOCKER thinks of him, and respect for elders is not as important. Consequently, relationships between your young people and adults are closer. I have found some things that I like less than those in my country, but over-all, my impression of America is that I like it very much. I want to thank all the people who have made my stay so interesting and happy. My year at Torrance High will be a most memorable one in my life and I will be proud of it, for not many of my Qwicc muntrvmen are aranted such a privilege. de possible my trip to Kloster neuburg, a town near Vi- enna. AFS, its purpose be- ing to promote friendly re- lations among countries, sends more than a thousand students to various countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America every sum- mer. During my Urlaub in Klos- terneuburg with the Proll family, I tried to become adiusted to new customs, ideas and language. I found that basically, the Austrians are very much like we A- mericans, except, perhaps, that they laugh a little more. On the boat coming back to America, I reflected on the days I had spent and the people with whom I had spent them and I realized that in me, the goal of the AFS had been reached. I know that the strong ties brought about through a stay with a foreign family as a foster child would pre- vent a n y o n e from ever wanting to engage in war with that country. Mary Smiley

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