Show Exchange Student Tells of Trip to Israel in North South Visit North Summit students both Elementary and high school listened list ened ned with In interest Tuesday as Elray L. L Pedersen of Salt Lake told of his experiences while while- a Farm Youth exchange student in Israel He Ile spoke in South Summit Tuesday afternoon after leaving North Summit Pedersen related that he be spent six months in the Holy Land arriving arriving ar ar- riving home again about six weeks ago His Ills experiences were wonderful he said and he really learned earned to appreciate the Jewish people Idealistic People leople Most Moat of the Jewish peo people le are well educated he said eaid They have left their homes in many lands for Idealistic reasons In one une community medical doctors doctors doc tors are farming and raising chickens chickens chic kens so that their families might be brought up with 4 a farming background to fo own a little land landof of their own Tho The Jewish people definitely definite definitely definite definite- ly western pro pro w st rn he related related d They I I are aro very appreciative of ot the assistance assistance as given by the American people 1 billion in the past poet ten years and have probably used the money to toy greater advantage than any other country They are using modern modem farm techniques methods and machinery and bringing deserts to life lite The population of the country has tripled In the past post ten years One In every thousand residents is a d doctor Almost all can fluently fluent fluent- ly speak four to six sir languages Rook Book Lends View Jews Jew Asked if it the actual scene was anything like ilke that tha described Inthe in inthe the novel Exodus he stated that the spirit of or the gathering the persecutions and the conditions conditions condi condi- under which the government was formed fanned and many facts are I truly pictured Of course the I characters named in the book were purely fictional he toe said eald b but t the book does give an excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent view into the lives of the Hebrew people own background I Ivery la is lavery very interesting He lie lIe spent 10 30 years' years in inH H 4 H II Club work three years as a Junior leader lie He served served ed od a 2 Vt year mission to Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark and felt that learning the Danish language helped him to learn a little Hebrew and Cerman German German Ger Ger- man while In Israel He Ill Is at present attending I. I Brigham Young University where he has an a in I Freshman English which he be is isnow isnow 1 now teaching |