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ROGUE NEWS
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Yvonne Nicolson Tells
More About Experiences
In Foreign Countries
Editor's Note
This, is the second installment
in a series of articles written by
Yvonne Nicolson, Ashland High
School's first foreign exchange
student. In this article, Yvonne
explains about her trip through
Europe prior to her cmbarkment
to America and her arrival in
New York City.
Newspapers Honored
Next week, October 15 through October 21, has
been designated National Newspaper Week. During
this time, we should stop, think, and appreciate the
newspaper as one of the vital tools of our democracy
One of the basic premises of our government
is freedom of the press. This basic civil right is
perpetuated by newspapermen throughout the count
ry. The right to publish his feeling about any subject,
personal or political, is valued by every United States
citizen.
Totalitarianistic countries do not allow this right
to their citizens. Every independent, creative idea
is immediately squelched by the government. All
public opinion agencies, including newspapers, are
owned and controlled by the government.
For this reason, we should appreciate journalists
and their field of endeavor, for it is through the
American newspaper that the voice of Democracy
is heard most loudly.
Even small high school newspapers, such as the
Rogue News, help to further this right. For it is
through the high school paper that the attitudes
and opinions of the students are reflected.
Therefore, next time, you pick up a newspaper,
don't just scan over it and set it back down again
unthinkingly. Instead, stop and think about the job
it is doing to help the democracy we are all so proud
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Slowly, Durban, the principal
harbour of the Republic of South
Africa and main holiday resort,
with its modern beach hotels,
slipped out of sight. At last, the
weeks of expectant waiting for
this day, the 6th of July, were
over, and my mother and I were
started on our wonderful trip to
Europe.
For two weeks we sailed up
the cast coast of Africa on an
Italian ship, the Africa, a gleam
ing white liner, stopping at
various ports along the coast. Life
on board ship was easy-going and
care-free. Gone were the every
day worries and troubles, and all
that remained was the blissful
feeling that tomorrow would be
another fun-filled relaxing day.
When the ship, was not in port,
we swam in the mosaic-tiled
swimming pool, played deck
sports and read. At night there
would be either a dance, a film
show, or horse racing arranged
for our enjoyment. The Italian
crew took great pains in arrang
ing for our comfort and pleasure
such as the "crossing-of-the-Equator
ceremony," an uproarious
event in which the passengers
were initiated by being ducked
into the swimming pool.
Most memorable, however, were
the stops we made at Beira, in
Mozambique, Daressaleam. in
Tanganyka, Zanzibar, the island
of coconut plantations, inhabited
by Moslems from Arabia. Also
Mombasa, in Kenya, Mogadiscio,
in Somaliland, Aden, a custom
free port on the southern trip of
Arabia, and Suez, in Egypt. The
ship stayed for approximately a
day in each of these ports and
we were able to disembark
and make organized tours by bus
or by car. What caught my at
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places was the awful poverty that
existed among the majority of
the people.
My mother and I left the ship
in Brindisi, a town on the heel
of Italy, and went by train across
to Naples, where we spent two
dats visiting the famed Isle of
Capri, and Pompeii, the Roman
town buried by the ashes of
Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Our next stop
was Rome, a glorious city, filled
with memories of the past and
bustling with the life of a
modern metropolis. Florence,
where we spent two days, is the
great centre of Italy and from
there we took a guided bus tour
up through Bologna to Venice,
the eternal city where the soft
swish of the gondola through the
water replaces the rattling of the
motor car.
It was with regret that we left
Venice as then we knew that our
tour of Europe was nearly at an
end. In a day the train took us
across Italy, through Switzerland
and France, and into Belgium,
where we spent two happy days
with friends in Brussels.
On arrival in Holland, my
father, who had flown up from
South Africa the day before, met
us. He had hired a car, and so
for the next three days we toured
Holland visiting many of my
mother's relatives.
At last, the time to say goodbye
came and on the eleventh of
August, the Seven Seas, the
American Field Service charter
ship, left Rotterdam bound for
New York with 900 students from
17 different countries on board.
The ten days at sea were
extremely interesting, as I got
to know many other students from
foreign countries. Although the
weather was not very good, we
managed to enjoy ourselves by
holding discussions on current
world events and problems, and
also by listening to talks given
by the American Field Service
staff on board about America.
It was a dull rainy morning
when we docked in New York
harbour, but this did not dampen
my spirits. A new life had opened
up before me a new adventure
had begun.
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