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Show world by giving American teenagers teen-agers the opportunity to live with families in a foreign land. The program will send 800 American high school students abroad next summer. A candidate for the program must be a junior who has studied a language for two years. Only schools which have played host to American Field Service foreign exchange ex-change students are eligible to send students abroad. i la "Teen-Talkers" OLYMPUS JR. HIGH by Nick Sturgeon The Christmas season brought many special programs, events, and decorations to Olympus Jr. Several rooms were decorated with Christmas Christ-mas trimmings, and there was a large decorated tree in the main hallway. Programs included an assembly put on by speech students on Dec. 18, and a Christmas movie, "The Robe," shown on Dec. 21. The chorus groups caroled in the halls during the week preceding Christmas Christ-mas vacation, and also put on several sev-eral singing performances for various church groups. On January 11, the second night dance of the year will be held. The members of the dance committee com-mittee were chosen after a review of applications which were handed in. Brent Bateman was cnosen as General Chairman, with Bonnie Dredge in charge of decorations; Penny Reese, publicity; and Lynda DeVries, refreshments. Others who applied will be chosen to work under these students. A party for the school's monitors (police force), court judges, attorneys, at-torneys, and student body officers was held immediately after school, Dec. 21st. Included in the program were games, gift-exchanging, and refreshments. The Olympus Bulldogs played a return basketball game with West Jordan Jr. at West Jordan on Wednesday, December 19, in an effort ef-fort to avenge an earlier defeat, but the Bulldogs were again turned back, this time by a score of 44-35. This gives Olympus Jr. an 0-2 record for its pre-season games. OLYMPUS HIGH By Kathleen Hinckley Ten Olympus juniors will be se lected by a screening committee as finalists for American Field Service Serv-ice Summer Scholarships. Preliminary Pre-liminary applications were accepted accept-ed by Mrs. Price, girls' counselor. The ten students selected as finalists final-ists will be interviewed by a committee com-mittee consisting of American Field Service officials, teachers, and student body representatives. Four of the ten will be chosen to send applications to American Field Service headquarters in New York. One or possibly more of the four will be selected to spend next summer with a family abroad. The purpose of the American Field Service Summer Program is to increase understanding and friendship among the people of the |