Nine Years Two Languages This German Exchange Story
Richard Heaton of St. Angela Academy hosted Stefan Lunk a 16 year old German exchange student. Stefan explains Germanys four year elementary system and a 13 year secondary branch with mandatory English and a second language. He notes free university study in Germany and a focus on academics with limited clubs and no heavy dating culture. He contrasts sports culture and school life in Germany with American trends and discusses attitudes toward politics religion and Christmas traditions in Germany and the United States.
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Richard Heaton
St. Angela Academy
Germany
Lunk
Stefan
America
New Jersey
Aiken
Richard
France
Italy
Europe
Women at Annapolis Break Ground as Naval Academy Admits First Class
Janie Mines of Aiken is among 11 to 15 women who stayed after the Naval Academy admitted women for the first time. Freshmen began July training, regular classes started September 12 with courses in calculus chemistry engineering and sea power. Mines notes friendly reception from male peers and faculty, dormitory changes, and her fencing success as part of the undefeated varsity team.
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Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Janie Mines
W. L. Mines
Aiken
Miss Mines
Aikenite
Naval Academy
Bancroft Hall
the Naval Academy
Lynne Katonak
One Dance to America from Lithuania in 1928
Isabel Browne left Lithuania at age 22 for the United States in 1928 after a traditional arranged marriage. She later settled in Worcester Massachusetts and spoke of early Lithuanian rule, wartime upheaval, and the difference in immigration aid today.
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Lithuania
Isabel Browne
United States
Browne
Atlantic
America
Newark
N.J
Worcester
Mass
Lynne Voit
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