Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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PAOLC ARDENTI MORINI ROLF WEBER EXCHANGE FOREIGN srunsms AT WALTHAM HIGH Hi Gang, Coming from the far city of Parme, Italy, to the States and in particular to Waltham has certainly been a stimulating experience. It is extremely interesting and exciting to discover how different and at the same time how similar life in the U.S. is to that in Italy. Of course, one does not usually notice the pecularities of a way of life he knows little about, and so I saw with surprise the informal relations between the teachers and students, the heavy traffic on the roads, the great liberties teen-agers enjoy within their families, and the work they usually do after school. I often heard it said that Americans were friendly, but only upon coming to the States did I find how kind and sociable you really are. You have made this year at Waltham High one of the most wonderful and pleasant of my life, and I am quite sure that I will remember the States, Waltham, and all of you with nostalgia. Coming from a foreign country you are often asked, How do you like America? In the first few weeks that question is very difficult to answer because one has so many strange and different impressions. It takes some time to learn to understand Americans, but when one does understand them, he cannot help but like them. At first I did not understand your school system. I thought the one in Switzerland was better, but the longer I was in your school, the more I realized that a difference in organization does not necessarily mean difference in quality. I like the school very much and have spent a wonderful year here. Thank you, everyone, for your hospitality and help. - JULY 1957 - JULY 1958 -

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S E. SH EEHY HeadmasTer T 5 3 4 S , 5 5412535 X I-ref ll NC IT has been my privilege a ws -H 4 Y 41 -'H-51... u.......,,,-W - ---... .. N, YD? li- WILL TO THE GRADUAUNG CLASS OF T958 To be your headmasTer aT WalTham High School These pasT Three years. V y e been good for The Class of l958, and you have been a Tine cass The splendid heriTage and vvorThy TradiTions of your predecessors. proud of you as a group and will always remember The Class of as one of our besT. Endeavor To mainTain your permanenT uniTy as in The years To come. The associaTions That you have formed WalTham High School will prove To be lasting and beneficial To I make These sTaTemenTs To you sincerely wishing you all good l 6 fUTure successes you go ouT inTo The world pursuing your separaTe ways fo become worthy ciTiZenS of our greaT naTion.

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STUDENTS iWALTHAM STUDENTS IN EUROPE One of our i957 American Field Service Exchange Students, Bill Meserve, spent the summer in Athens, Greece. After sailing from Montreal on June 22, Bill arrived in Rotterdam, Holland. A two-day train ride took him through Holland, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy with stops at Milan and Venice. He sailed from Venice on July 4th and arrived in Piroeur, Greece, three days later. Bill was warmly welcomed by his family, Mr. and Mrs. Christos Nicolopoulos, their son, John, their daugh- ter Hihi, and their maid Touls. After a very enjoyable summer during which he learned many of the Greek customs and much of the Greek culture, Bill returned to the United States by way of Paris, France, and Keflavik, Iceland. Having been thoroughly indoctrinated with the Greek customs and habits and greatly impressed with the Greek people, Bill declared, l will'always be an American first, but a Greek second. Visiting France from VV.H.S. was Arnold Rosenfeld, our second A.F.S. Summer Exchange Student. Arnie accompanied, Bill to Rotterdam, where he boarded a train for Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marin and their five children, Bernoit, Olivier, Elizabeth, Manuel, and Anne welcomed Arnie and escorted him to their farm which was to be his home for the summer. During Arnie's enlightening and enjoyable summer he toured through Le Mans, Blois, and Laval, ending his iourney in Paris where he and the other American exchange students stayed at Cite Universitaire and visited the renowned Parisian sites. Arriving at Rotterdam on August Sl, he set out for home with his companions on the TXS Arosa Kulm. Arnie feels that one has to live with the French people in order to understand and appreciate their feelings. - SUMMER OF 7957- WILLIAM MESERVE ARNOLD ROSENFELD