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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1960)
o SUNDAY. JUNE 12, 1960 Foreign Exchange Students To Leave for Home June 21 By JIM FHAKE Mail Tribune Staff Writer A President Eisenhower said in 1957, "I don't know of anything more worth while today than for young people of our several countries to visit each other." Doing just that for the last nine months have been The' rese Inglln and Reinhart Kost lin, foreign exchange students from Switzerland and Ger many under the auspices of the American Field service. With the completion of school and local activities here, Therese and Reinhart will tour the United States with other such students and then leave for home, arriving early in August. Live with Residents During this school year, Therese has been staying with the Richard Finch family, Medford, and Reinhart has been living with the P. G, Humphreys, also of Mdford. At a recent Interview, both foreign students freely ex pressed their school, church and social activities while in this country, and have told of their future school and voca tional plans. Also outlined was their upcoming trip across the nation by bus, then by ship home. The local visitors will leave Medford by car about June 21 en route to Portland where they will meet other foreign students under the same pro gram. After a couple of days the AFS delegation is to board chartered buses and will begin their cross-country excursion. On the Journey they will go through Wash ington, Montana, North Dako ta, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and will finally arrive in Washington, D.C. With Local Families During the cross - country jaunt, the students will stop f and spend the nights with lo cal families along the way. In Washington, D.C, the area students will meet with near ly 1,500 other foreign ex change students from all over the world. At the national meet at the Capital, students will exchange experiences so each will know more about the country as a whole. Toward the end of July, the delegation will travel to New York for more sightseeing. Following that is a trip to Montreal, Canada, where the ship will embark. On July 27, the entire group will depart for Rotterdam, The Nether lands, with individual transit home to follows. During this school year the students here have been busy with their school activities. Therese was enrolled in art, choir, U.S. history, English, American literature, typing and college algebra; Reinhart, art, English, literature, physi cal education, American prob lems, U.S. history and public speaking. Both students were graduated at the recent Med ford High school commence ment. Play Big Parts According to the students, extra- curricular activities have also played a big part in their American lives. Therese (who is a genuine Swiss yo deler) has participated in many vocal music events. Be sides traveling to Portland earlier this spring with the choir, she was involved in the high school production of "Oklahoma." She was also member of the school pep club and boasts that she at tended all three MHS cham pionship playoff games. On the other hand, Rein hart, declared an enthusiastic athlete, has centered his out side activities around sports- football, basketball, wres tling, track, skiing and fish ing. He was a member of the noted Medford Black Tornado athletic squad. Although member of the local Young Mens Christian association, he admits that he didn't have time to do "too much." International Affairs Both teen-agers were at tracted to international af fairs and represnted Medford High at a state International Relations league conference in Eugene earlier this spring Also attracting their atten tion was the local art pro gram. Several pieces of their work have been displayed lo cally, and at the high school, In describing the art program in Medford, Reinhart replied iust fine." Co-education, new to the visitors brought forth two dif ferent concepts when ana lyzed after the school year. Therese thought that it was much better than Just hav ing only girls" and Reinhart testified that he "didn't like it." The German said he was used to separate schooling, and, secondly, he felt that one could study better without distractions." What Seems Strange Asked about what seemed strange to them in America, Reinhart cited that the foods in the U.S. are different. In Germany, he continued, peo- nln eat directly irom me gar den and there are few canned anods. Refrigeration is also a luxury for most people due to the expense ol sucn commoai- ties. . Therese explained that everything seemed "natural' to her, since she has gotten used to it ana nas aajusiea quite well. Most sumrising to the stu dents was the quantity of ma terial possessions that every one owns, such as cars, Doais, tolpvislnn sets. etc. The Swiss girl noted the fact that a common European concept of American teen agers is that they are play boys and beatniks and are not really concerned about the ...ii TTim" g-m---t-i Vaf' !iii,iwiimm"""'' in"'"""- 1 ' iLi 1 future. She felt this was a false impression. Express Approval In review, the foreigners expressed their approval and acceptance of Medford High school, and this community as "better than average" and "all right." Reinhart said he didn't realize that athletics were stressed so much in America; nevertheless, he ad mitted he liked it. The teen-agers stressed that they had appreciated the courtesy and the hospitality shown them by the people of the community. Reinhart summed up their sentiments by saying that the "people ! were really interested in us" I and were "so nice to us." "Medford must be a com munity which Is very inter ested in the American Field service aims," he concluded. Asked about their plans af ter returning home, Reinhart volunteered that he will en ter the German Army for 12 months, the country's require- : ment. Following that he plans a few years of college with no definite course of study as j yet. When he returns, how " ever, he must finish his own high school, at which he will be graduated this December. He will then have completed ! 13 years of schooling plus this year in Medford. j Additional Education Therese has two more years of school to complete, which ! are comparable to the first and second years in American college. Upon graduation she intends to attend the Univer sity of Geneva for additional education. With no special vocation in i mind, she has looked into welfare work and is interest ed in work involving the use of several languages. Since , she speaks English, French, Swiss - German, and Italian, she is interested in working I with the United Nations , branch in Geneva or similar activities. i Commencement being their , most current activity, both foreign exchange students commented on their "home town" graduation services. Receive Diplomas Therese said that in Gene va students receive diplomas upon graduation Irom each grade individually, ai me conclusion of their last year they receive a larger, more formal diploma. Therese also pointed out that the entire senior class in Swiss schools bo on a several-days trip, as a group. This senior trip is tra ditional as, perhaps, are the American proms, and bacca laureate and commencement ceremonies. Reinhart mentioned that in Germany graduation consists of just one service, rather than both baccalaureate and commencement. He also re marked that there was no marching done during the ceremonies as there is here. Both Reinhart Kostlin and Therese Inglin expressed their appreciation to the people of Medford for being "so inter ested and kind" to them. SAVINGS ; ACCOUNT i rv ...This book makes his college education possible A young man needs many books for a college education. But the most important of these is the book that makes it all possible ... a passbook for a savings account with us. Why not open an account for your chil dren's education? Start It while they're young and add to It regu larly... It will earn excellent returns. Stop In and lee us today Application for Wheat to Be Made Albert Straus, chairman of the Jackson County Agricul tural Stabilization and Con servation committee, has an nounced that any producer desiring to seed wheat within wheat acreage allotment for 1961 must make an applica tion for a new farm allot ment prior to July 1. 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