| Show I Ronnie decks Becks Set For Years Year's Study At Doris Davis Ronnie Becks flecks is the daughter daugh daugh- ter of Mr 1 and Mrs Mickey Becks who works as senior Administrative Officer in a apost apost apost post office at Port Elizabeth South Africa SHE HEARD of the program at school then after fill filling illing lg out many papers sent her lier application to Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannes Johannes- burg the capitol where they were carefully read and ac ac- ac- ac The applications were then sent to New York for or further censuring Seventy-four Seventy exchange exchange ex ex- change students were chosen to come to America America- from South Africa RONNIE felt she was chosen chosen chos chos- en because of her extensive e travel trave and knowledge of her own country She arrived in New York July 27 where she contracted pneumonia a and n d dwass was wass held in the hospital for eight days Many Many were ill she she- s said d after their 28 hours of flying due to the change in climate altitudes etc When asked what was different different dif ferent between the two coun- coun tire she said The landscape is much the same and Port Elizabeth is about the size of Salt Lake City The only difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference is there is no TV and cars are driven on the left eU lefthand lefthand I hand side of the road SUE SIZE FINDS we differ slightly slight slight- ly in self expression such as the time word elevator they call lift Corn on the cob is called 1 and the Foods are more plentiful here with mu much c h more variety There Ther are arc only a few coeducational coeducational coeducational ed co schools in South Africa Af Af- rica She will attend school with boys this year for the first time in her life In South Africa they always were uniforms uniforms un un- un alike SHE SIZE WAS Wl gr graduated du ted from high school last year in South Africa where she took an academic academic ac ac- academic course which consisted consist consist- ed of Latin English history biology art and Afrikaans the second national language She is looking forward with great anticipation to her senior sen for year at Davis High She is living with Mr 1 and Mrs 1 Hal LaBelle Jr where her American American American Amer Amer- ican sister for tl this s year is 16 year old Terry LaBelle Terry will be a junior this year at Davis and with her- her sister Carol just being married is isI thankful for her er new South I African sister mes |
