European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 fun boys Andi  flock a Duroc noon hour like most students French girl. Romanian girl Swiss boy go for american jazz. Students have own government Hodge podge of languages has not prevented cooperation among students of Many nations x English French Ghl right amuse themselves with Continental game. School encourages sports has a girls basketball team Hopes to have boys baseball. Key meet daily i Marchis student Coop sponsors daily sales of Candy school supplies. Salesman Gordon Wickstrom Coop official is one of fifty seven americans enrolled in the school. Weekend March us the Small group of unprepossessing buildings at 62 route de cliche that houses Geneva s inter National school shelters a Hodge podge of languages. The hundreds of students who have entered the school during its Twenty four year history have come from almost every imaginable country in the world including the u. S. Occupy Don zone in Austria where the father of Alix Milvor right works in military government in Vienna. They usually leave the school speak ing both French and English fluently though headmistress fee Mau Rette admits this is not always the Case. Mme. Maurette who devel oped one of the school s Best known r i j a courses a six year general history program says of the students it they Start a second language at six years they Are completely Bihn Gual in one year if they Start at twelve it takes them two years if  fourteen they never really learn a second language completely. The school divided into three sections has its own Stu be Overn ment its own social program which includes a dance every secon week -. End to which each of the seventy five boarding pupils can Evite one outside guest. More serious Side of their life is involved in the work or the student government and its sports and student cooperative committees and the Honor court headed by Sonia Petroff bulgarian student which tries disciplinary cases. ,. Students Many of whom have been to Many other schools com Plain about restricting school regulations including. Rule against girls wearing Slacks except in cold Winter weather but privately admit,.that, the rules Aren t really too stringent. Continued on next Page 13 body Huml