JQ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1963 , MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEW OKU. OKfcUU
Foreign Exchange Students Discuss Their Impressions of U. S.
11 was to foster friendship and
uderstanding between two coun
tries that she loves Costa Rica
and the United States-that
Maria Isabel (Marisa) Castro,
18, chose to come to Medford
on an American Field Service
scholarship from San Juan,
Costa Rica.
That's the reason she gave and
there is something about Marisa
that makes it convincing. Pro
moling friendship is exactly
what she docs with every little
mannerism she displays. Nature
has helped her toward this goal.
It would be difficult to doubt
one with such persuasive dim
plps and direct glances.
Marisa is ine gin memunr w
the team of American rieia
Service students attending Med
ford High school this fall on
international scholarships. She
enjoys a flattering contrast in
the tall, bland Netherlander,
Bart deBocr of Voorburg, Hol
land, who comnletes the Amer
ican Field Service duo here this
year. Marisa is sponsored by
Medford Rotary club and Bart
by the Crater Lions.
Both students are members
of the senior class and while
Bart frankly admits that going
to school was never his hobby,
both are getting along well,
academically and activity-wise.
Home In Medford
Bart is making his home In
Medford with the Otto Frohn
mayers and son, Philip. Marisa
calls Jill Hihbs her "American
sister" when the two receive
guests at the home of Jill's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph
Hihbs. The visiting sludents,
their American brother and sis
ter, and James Rowan, Med
. ford's American abroad returnee
in the American Field Service
program of lfi3, enjoyed an In
dian summer afternoon in the
Hihb's garden recently.
Discussing their reasons for
seeking international scholar
ships and their future plans,
Bart said it was "certainly not
to talk peace, peace" that he
wanted to come to America "but
to really learn about people."
He likes to talk to all sorts
of people and to know their
views. He is interested in the
problems of human society and
eager to learn how Americans
think on various subjects, partic
ularly the education of children.
Something More Serious
While his first remark sounded
on flippant tones, offered per
haps for the benefit of his con
temporaries, it was obvious later
that there was something of
more serious import beneath
Bart's jest.
Here, he Is studying public
speaking, U. S. History, Amer
ican Problems and English and
he Is a member of choir. Dur
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I tory, and physical education, I Youths do keep busy, however, "There was no opportunity. We upon friends,
jand is a member of the Senior I swimming, sailing and camping, were traveling all the time." Asked what country he would
High pep club. Marisa saia sne neipca ner jn n tne manner of all like to visit next, he replied,
In Marisa's country there is i mother, (she has three sisters) 1 vnnB Furnneans. he slaved in "nne entirely different from
no nign scnool dating as it is sewing, routing ann caring lor . y0utn hostels on the bicycle i Germany
EXCHANGE STUDENT Bart deBeer, foreign exchai.jfe stu
dent from Voorburg, Holland, (at left) is shown with his
American brother, Philip Frohnmayer, center, and James Row
an, Mediord student who spent the summer in Germany under
the American Field Service program.
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is
done here, she said. There are
boy and girl parties but no hieh
school dances and there are al
ways chapcrones present in the
old Spanish tradition, even when
a foursome goes to the movies.
There are some high schools
that are co-educational but the
one Marisa attends is a public
school attended by girls only.
On Home for Lunch
The students go home for
lunch, the lunch hour extending
from 11 a.m. In 1 p.m. They
start. school at 7 a.m. and most
classes continue until .1 or 4
p.m. and there are Saturday
classes.
Marisa:s dark hair is darker
still, highlighted by ear rings,
which she wears constantly.
Girl babies have their cars
pierced before they leave the
hospital, she explained.
Hart went to school from 8:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. in The Nether
lands and from 7:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. on the Dutch island near
Venezuela, where he enjoyed
much . boating, swimming and
water skiing.
Asked if schools demanded
home work, Marisa answered
"yes." Bart hesitated over his
"no," explaining that it depend
ed upon the individual. Sludents
arc graded by examinations, ex
clusively, he said, and he did
not no school work at home.
Summer Activities
Summer activities for hi(jh
school students arc varied in the
two countries, where students
do not hold down jobs as many
American high school students
do. Considering taxes and other
COSTA RlL'AN GIRL -Maria Isabel (Marisa) Castro, left, for
eign exchange student from Costa Rica, visits her American
sister, Jill Hihbs, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Hibbs.
he works on the Hi Times. He
is enthusiastic about journalism
and was editor of the school pa
per when he lived in Curacao
(Nctherland Antilles) from July,
I!I59, to July, UIC2.
Reluming to the subject with
out his youthful audience he re
marked: "We live so near the
Iron Curtain. That's why I want
to know how Americans think
about their problems in the
world and their attitude toward
other countries. America is a
more important country to us,
especially for our freedom and
safety. I want to understand
Americans better than I do
now."
Studies Three Languages
The Hollander has studied
three languages, English, French
and German, each for five
years, along with his native
Dutch, of course. He enjoys
sketching and drawing and has
played violin for five years.
As a member of the musical
Frohnmayer family, he has been
"very surprised" by the quality
of music in America.
"All we get from the stales
in Holland is chiefly Elvis Pres
ley and his type," Bart explain
ed. He also said he had not ex
pected to find the interest so
high in a Shakespearean testival
and the Britt Festival of Music.
He added that the movies that
come to his country do not give
the right impression of Amer
ica. Maria agreed. She said shp
liked the hot dogs, the hambur
gers, all American foods, but
found many more important
things to be considered in Amer
ica. Bart said the "foods upset"
his digestion; then added that he
probably just ate too much.
The Costa Itican girl is taking
home making, English (she
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Reqi)ttr and Trlbun
Syndicate '.96JI
the children during the summer.
She spends much time singing,
riding her bicycle, and "loves
swimming."
These three students are, as
Mrs. Robert Sleeter, president of
the Medford American Field
Service committee, pointed out,
just a sample of a great move
ment ol youtns among an coun-
THE PRIMA DONNA'S SINGING
HAP GONE ALL FLAT.
HER FANS WALKED OUT
THEY'P HAVE NONE OF THAT,'
trip,
Strong Family Ties
The things he found most in
teresting in German living, he
Young Rowan, who spent the j said, were the strong family
summer in Germanv. also com- tics. Since the war, he was
mented that "this peace thing i told, the German family has be-1 tries of the world today. There
isn t emphasized but the desire
to understand people belter,"
which, of course, amounts to
the same thing in the minds of
people who believe that only
through better understanding
can peace be achieved.
Rowan enjoyed a visit with
Jens Hansfeldt, who spent last
year attending Medford High
school. They met in Rotterdam
and both wore Medford High
school sweat shirts to quickly
find each other in the outpour
ing of 800 students from the
boat. Later in the summer the
whole Hansfeldt family visited
Jim at the German home of Dr.
and Mrs. Van Buttler.
Summer Traveling
The Medford youth spent most
of the summer traveling in a
group of six. They vacationed
at the Van Buttlers' summer
home at Elberberge, hunting
and fishing. They went to Rotter
dam and made a bicycle tour
of lower Saxony. As part of the
AFS program, he spent a week
end touring the area around
Hanover and four days in Ber
lin, "the most memorable part
of the slimmer, seeing Berlin
and the Wall," he said.
lie knew no German before
he slarted abroad anil had jusl
six days of instruction in the I
language on the boat. He al
tended Bremen Days, an AFS
are 2,823 students In the United Americans abroad: DeVere Tay-
States this year under tne pro- lor, speecn coordinator; Steve
gram. Blackhurst, student body, and
Serving with Mrs. Sleeter on J" mf 5 Rowan, Americans
the Medford committee, which abroad returnee.
helps to open this international j
door to understanding and
friendship are, Dr. Earl John
son and Ken Cook, finance;
Mrs. Earl L. Lawson, publicity;
Miss Josephine Kirtley, schools;
Mrs. R. E. Mencke and Mrs.
William Barker, homes; Joe
Naumes, projects; J. P. Rowan,
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