European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kielc boys study farm to f i school in Salonika trains youth n to apply now ii Creaso crop output one Bright fall Day la a Middle aged dressed in typical Long Black dress and shawl of the greek arrived at the american farm school in clutching hand of frightened look ing youngster who appeared much younger than 14 it was of a new and from All Over arriving to enrol their sons in the year at the famous where modern farming methods and technical trades an taught american farm school was be ginning 51st year and the 180 eager students represented youth from Mace Mytilene and Egypt started in 1904 by John Henry a missionary to the the school Gat under Way with 12 orphan 50 acres of a 9500 since then the run until 1955 by Charles Princeton educated son of the has grown so that it encompasses 350 acres of highly cultivated  Mot Home offer school skill with tools learning balanced stars and stripes land and boasts 50 modern for barns and taking Over directorship la 1955 was Bruce who had spent child Hood in Greece and trained himself la agriculture and sociology at Rochester University and Cornell As the Mother began to fill out application with her son at her she told a not uncommon the boy she was her third son was born in the Village of 20 Miles outside of in year the italian forces attacked at that the father left family to fight with the greeks on the albanian after the occupation of father was allowed to return but the situation was complicated by nightly marauding by the greek under in the communists came into Dendron and kidnapped 44 of the Village they were taken to a Vil Lage some 40 Miles to the where All but 12 were Costa father and two of his uncles were among those the Mother was left with three Small was then 4 years to support on the land they owned in the there was no machinery of any kind and the livestock had been confiscated during the the family ate As Best they often gathering to boil for the children soon Learned to work in the planting potatoes and harvesting by in the on room elementary school at Dendron the teacher had taken an interest in a Bright student who showed an eagerness to it was if her who told Mother about the american farm where he could learn the modern farming methods so badly needed in the the Mother wrote to the school and was delighted to receive a telling her to report with the Costas passed his Entrance tests with flying colors and was no student is asked to pay tuition which amount to 5300 a but each student is expected to pay As much As possible toward the 512g annual Cost of room and the Mother promised to help much As possible when the women Navy and air Force organization Wana of Athens offered a scholarship to Aid the it was Felt that Costas was a student worthy of the organizations interest and every since his first year at cos tas has shown himself eager to apply his knowledge in Aid of his located near the axles Ade Drons land is irrigable and Costas has Learned the wis Dom of planting Cotton As a Cash he saw the value of More productive Breeds of poultry and brought Fertile White leghorn ergs from the school when the chickens hatched fenced them not allowing them to wander around the As his he began to take an interest in his with fan sic procedures taught in the schools carpentry and plumbing depart he repaired and painted the doors and windows of the family Humble House and plans to Cement the Costas helped plan and dig a Well be Hind the House if he can save the Hopes to install a water an other future project is the Purchase of a calf from the school when Costas graduates in june of he will take his place among the schools More than alumni who Are bringing new methods and Hopes to the agricultural communities of this has been made possible by organizations such Wana Well interested persons scattered throughout they school each to wot youth to realm dream of contributing toward a Fuller Lite for his it