European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 06, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                International school continued in his office. Assistant headmaster Alfred Roquette Dis cusses a class schedule with one of the older students. Classes Are Small subjects Many school officials have no record of total number of class groups meeting daily for most students International school affords an Opportunity to stud what they want there Are 320 class groups meeting in the mornings each week school officials have no record of the number of afternoon classes. The Large number of classes in proportion to the enrolment particularly in the youngest Section of the school is necessary school officials Point out because of the varying backgrounds of the students. Most class groups Are smaller than ten the largest class a civics lecture has thirty nine students. The school s fifty faculty members who teach in either French or English represent eleven different nations. Their students Are preparing for one of four College entrant examinations Swiss matriculation the French baccalaureate the american College Board examinations and the English matriculation. _ of the school s two thousand alumni Many feel though they admit they did t while in school that most incompatibility Between nationalities is not inborn or natural but acquired under group pressure a pressure that International school faculty trustees and administration Are trying to dissolve. Just before bedtime a French left English american and Canadian girl com pare photos from Home. Boarders can be invited out Only twice each month. At mealtime students eat in prearranged groups of five with one faculty member. Cabinet in background holds student faculty napkins Between meals. Of. Or sss3issse�3si3ls3s3i3si23s .-.-.,. .-j.--.,. School s present site was acquired in 1929 through gifts of its american friends. Filled to capacity this year it is justifying the Confidence placed in Bjers. Between classes in Winter students above ski or throw snowballs under tree they Call Alexander the great which has become. A tradition on the Campus. 14  c