West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Shared Impressions Create An Understanding 'Q 13 Sharing the Christmas spirit with her American family, Lena presents the Brown's with a gift from Greece. Lena finds a comfortable place to tackle this unpopular chore. Discussing an assignment, Maria and Lena put the student lounge to use 21

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Snow? If you've lived in Iowa, snow is nothing new. But, to foreign student Maria Teresa Costa, snow is very new and different, and she attacks it with a fer- vor. And why not? In Brazilia, Brazil, the tempera- ture barely falls below 70 degrees. Maria, sponsored by St. johnfs Methodist Youth Exchange, was surprised by the formality and lack of responsibility in American students. The younger teachers are called by their first names in my school. Also, the student must have more responsibility. Opposing Maria's impression of the conservative American school was West's AFS foreign student, Lena Gatzona. The brown-eyed, brunette from Thessaloniki, Greece, was unused to the freedom she found in American schools. ln Greece, we have not so many rights. At school we have to be serious, very serious, because the teachers are not so friendly as here. Besides carrying 14 school subjects, Lena received two hours of English instruction nightly. This ac- counts for her excellent mastery of the language, al- though an occasional piece of slang will catch her off guard. Neither of these impressions were shared by Americans Abroad representative, Pam Protheroe, who spent the summer in Vitorio, Brazil. Pam felt a certain unity between people of all nations. I knew before that though customs may vary, people are the same, she said, but I proved to myself this sum- mer. We are all brothers. Maria will take home her impression of West's conservative atmosphere, and Lena's impression of the liberal system will travel back to Greece. But, the understanding Pam has gained will be shared by all who knew these foreign students. Lena Gatzona and her sister , Georgia Brown practice a duet F t fihrv A M .Q r K , Ars. ,M . ta it 8674 f A .2 ,ww wwf 9 M as w We Q, V V .wi - if , was vw 1 r v - f .,-X.-1 ' nf W 'W' Q' -.mf M an 7 Thrilled with the first snowfall, foreign student, Maria Costa, from Brazil, hurls a snowballat Pam Protheroe, WHS senior, who studied in Brazil 20

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Sophomores join WHS Social Whirl vvith Sophomore Dave Asmus announces the party's events. junior Steve Elliot, of the Silver Laughter, moves with the beat. Sophomores look on as a member of the Silver Laughter sings the lead. Some of the sophomores who are part of the huge turnout get together for conversation.