Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE FRENCH Through our French Department a correspondence has been takenuup between some of our students and French boys and girls. The following letter was sent to Philip Wright and shows the general run of .the letters. Many of them are written in English which make them very interestmg. St. Sauveur, le lst Mai, 1919. Dear Friend: - , I have got acquainted with you by our English master, who. has given me your address. I know you not, but I hope you and me will be soon intimate friends. I My name is Marcel Rapin and I am 16 years old. I was born in St. Sauveiir which is a little village of 1600 inhabitants and I dwell this vil- lage from my birth. St. -Sauveur lies by Luxeuil which is a little town of about 5000 inhabitants. It is not very beside Warren, but in France it is so important. A river Le Breuchinb waters the meadows of the village, it bears in the mountains Les Vosgesi' In St. Sauveur there are many farmers and my father himself is a farmerg there are still many work- men who work in the cotton-spinning. In the streets man sees many wells and each house has one of them. Till the age of 12 years, I went to the school of St. Sauveur. And now I am going to the village of Luxeiul, where I am in the second form. I am a day-pupil and I have my dinner in the refectory of the college at twelve.. We enter the class-room at eight ofclock for three hours' class and, at 1015 o'clock on the Friday and at 11 o'clock on the other days we go to the preparation-room, after five 'minutes' play in the play-ground, there we remain till twelveg at the time we have our dinner and after the dinner one l10l.11 S play. In afternoon one hour's study, a hour and a half class, and after one hour's recess, we prepare our tasks for the next day in the preparation-room during two hours. At seven of the evening I come back to the home and I have my supper. ' In the college we have seven masters. I study English only from six monthsg therefore I write it very bad, as you will see it, but now I im- prove my English. U My family is little numerousg we are my fatherf my mother, my brother and me. My brother is three years younger than me. We are all healthy. I hope no one is ill in your family. Your tastes are also mine. I am very fond of athletics and outdoor ames I h g . ave been also very glad when I have seen you will be later an Ellectrical engineering, because it is no doubt the profession that I will c oose. Here the weather is very bad and we have often rain much snow d , an almost always sharp wind. But summer came and we shall have soon a beautiful weathei 'Ihe 'll Dx i , '. sun wi be hot, then we shall care to ridenbicycles. I am burning to get acquainted with you and your family I will write you one or two times per month. When we shall have the summer holidays, I will write you always at least twortimes per month. Tell me 50011, how you write me. When you will answer send your Qtter to St. Sauveur and no to the college of Luxeuil. ,,, -' Give good-day to your family and keep for you a hearty shake-hand. 1 Your friend, ' i Marcel Rapin - -5s-- V

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