William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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dents rom Japan, Austria toyister peace itizen of a small, f history risman's :hy lived Taylor, n broth- nlerests. and the nner of a as his ncil and -spearean ed that te. But e actors favorite hobbies sic, and ling. ,X Renate Schranzhofer, Chrisman's eighteen year old foreign exchange student, is a native of Salzburg, Austria. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Schranzhofer are her parents. She is an only child. Renate's father is secretary to the Governor of Salzburgg her mother is a housewife While in America, Renate lived with the Maurice A. Russell family. Her American sister is senior Jane Russell. Renate was a member of Pep club, Spanish club, French club, German club, a Red Cross represent- ative, and an honorary member of the As-You-Like- It Dramatic society. She also participated in a group of Latin-American dances. Public relations and law are the career choices of Renate. She has prepared for her career through her study of German, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. She would like to be an ambassador to a foreign country. Renate enjoys traveling, classical music, snow skiing, swimming, basketball, poetry, plays, and languages. Renate takes advantage of the courses offered to her by taking Speech I. Renate stops at her locker to exchange books before she continues on to her next class. Mr. Shelton extends a warm welcome to the two foreign exchange students. and hopes that they will have a successful school year. Mr. Shelton is principal of William Chrisman. Throu h this course shc will im rove her pronunciation and learn to control g P breathing. l I ?r

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l.ff Cizrzsman proudbf hosts AFS students L 1 Katchy enjoyed a surprise party for his eighteenth birthday during lunch. Veta Van Tuyl is happily helping Katchy take a big bite of his chocolate cake. Chris Taylor Katsuyasu's Ameri b h Katsuyasu Cliatchyl Takanashi, a citizen of Murayama City, in Yamagata, Japan, a small, quiet oriental with thousands of years of history credit to his background, was one of Chrisman's foreign exchange students this year. Katchy lived with the Webster Taylor family. Chris Taylor, student body president, was his American broth- er. They shared many of the same interests. Some of them were a cappella choir and the ancient forms ofdefense,judo and karate. Katchy enjoys American food, a dinner of fried chicken and chocolate cake rates as his favorite. Katchy belonged to student council and was an honorary member of the Shakespearean Literary society. Being a proud Japanese, Katchy stated that 99.896 of his country can read and write, But Katchy is, also, Americanized. His favorite actors are Charlton Heston and James Dean. His favorite actress is Natalie Wood. Some of Katchyls hobbies are reading novels, listening to classical music, and astronomy. ' , can rot er, Katsuyasu sister, J'n R ll ' ' 1 . - Takanashi, Renate Schranzhofer, and Renate's American The aredde use are enjoying d Sunny' fall morning' y iscussing future plans for the school year. P old Auf part sect a hc V A. Rus F Fre ativ It groi P Rer stut Spa fore F swii Rena Throi breat I . ' ' :Q t 'Wan

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