European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Exchange january 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 Pupil swaps in Giessen area backed by parents of participants by Merle Jacobsen Suff writer Germany its an Exchange program Between German and american schools in this City seems to have the enthusiastic support of All con the Exchange on the German has the Strong backing of the City Council and superintendent of according to Fritz Hans Hobler of the local american Junior High it started 10 years ago and worked out so Welt that its a Standard program Hobler in the German teacher so Natu rally in the Man who running said who is assisted by school Counselor Lee we feel to have a More intensive program than most Long As an he cited several spin offs from the Basic program of German and american students spending a week at a time in each others Long said family exchanges in which parents Are included for Holiday meals and weekend visits have resulted from Friend ships originating Between German and american students during school it was fun for an of we gained some new is How 12yearold seventh grader Robert Berry described a visit by Bis family to a German Home on Robert said the German family that hosted his family will be dinner guests in the Berry i dont know what my mom has he Hobler and Long said the Herden Chule in Giessen is the principal school engaged in Exchange activities with the american activities Are also conducted with schools in Kohlheim and they right one of our biggest exchanges is in faculty Long in another example of sport related aspects of the Long spoke of the Success of physical education teacher he said the american students were taught How to play soccer by the her de Schule be while their German counterparts Learned baseball and softball from the american the students in both he chose the Hobler said at least 60 or 70 students from the american school have the Opportunity to participate during a Stu dents in the eighth and ninth grades take part in the while four american students Are visiting the Herde Schule for a their seats Are filled by an equal number of German Visi ten participants in the program eight americans and two germans gave their impressions of their one thing i noticed different is that we have the same class at the same time every Day while the germans vary their according to 15yearold of soon a ninth Annette also in the ninth i thought it was she most enjoyed French class in the German school where she listened on a Headphone to one foreign language followed by ninth grader Ron in contrasting the and German after every two classes they had a 15niinute break on the plus Side for the German they get away with too Bourbon said when asked about negative aspects of the German class Patty ninth said during Breaks we had to walk Over bodies to get where we were she expressed amazement that the German students were allowed to eat in the Halls and it was really Alison ninth recalled a trip to the Black Forest sponsored by the we went ice skating and swimming she she said she is looking Forward to a planned trip for the schools to the North eighth grader Christina la they have French class and Spanish class and we Rob eighth the German teachers Are the kids seem to be smarter than us they have a better fourteen Earold eighth grader Burton Karsteter i like the Art classes there Good he added that the German school is More spacious and has better for two 14yearold Herde Schule ninth the american school has Adan Petra speaking of study i found it Good that they do their work in Annette Kosch saw the film roots during her it was a Good it showed what happened during the time of she Gerhard Herde Schule director for eight would like to see the pro Gram i think it is very it would be better if it could be it should be enlarged in sports and extracurricular he Hobler said the Herde Schule has an annual trip to a Camp owned by the school in the Black the 60 students making the he were evenly divided by sex and Indian dancers from Here performed in Lour German schools last Long he said the students Indian dance group is very popular with the German he said indians who grew up on reservations sometimes accompany the dancers to add authentic depth to the an Experiment that is working two of soon Seibert left and Petra watch As Bruno German chemistry conducts an Milia he found Way to uns Tash furniture from cellars photo of Jim Caw to Gainus Sikes anybody for lamps by de re a vis staff writer Frankfurt Many of us know the agony of waiting for household furniture the Days and weeks of arranging to be Home for the vans arrival so that our quarters can finally be turned into some semblance of civilized to Gainus household furnishing Frankfurt has found a Way to Cut Down on wailing time and to save nerves and whose Facil Ity serves some said he saw that a lot of furniture was being stored in basements because people dont need under the old a person who wanted to get rid of a piece of furniture would report it and have to first of All for the inspection of the article or then for the actual All told it Usu ally ran three weeks until the family got rid of the rather than go through All the family just stowed the items in the cellar until they left the this tied up a lot of furniture that was badly needed else the new new system involves Only a phone if it is less than a six item pick and the inspection of the article takes place at the same time As the Sikes Frankfurt Community has the advantage of a Central checking office which saves a lot of footwork and any family checking into the Community must also apply for their furniture in the Cus Tomer service Section of that of this saves them a trip across Sikes after a family has signed for quarters they have 14 Days in which to make any de sired changes in their furniture any additional changes will have to wait until 90 Days have Sikes furniture delivery is costly and often trying on the but Sikes has found a Way to Lessen the Cost and Sikes said a furniture Van costs 400 do an hour to rent and that his office spends about do a week to get furniture to if a family int Home it costs us around 500 Sikes when were ready to we notify Russ firm to ship medicinal Herb to Moscow a a California firm has contracted with a pharmaceutical factory in the soviet far East for shipments of a medicinal Herb producing therapeutic effects similar to those of Ginseng Tass the soviet news Agency said the is an effective stimulant and tonic which has a favourable effect on the human it is among about 300 species of Medici Nal herbs which grow in abundance on the vast taiga stretches of the soviet far such herbs tend to be More widely used in soviet medical treatment than in the Tass said a pharmaceutical factory in the City of Khabarovsk is under contract to ship Eleuther Coccus to the firm Inece International in the family by either dropping a notification into the persons Mailbox or if we cant find we tape it to the family that family has five working Days to Call us for a delivery if we dont hear from we dont deliver and their name is removed from the delivery the family then has to make their own arrangements to pick up the furniture on their own at their own should this seem Sikes system allows for a rescheduling of delivery time by contacting the housing office at least 24 hours before the Only exception is if the party has valid proof that he or she was on leave or toy at the time of the housing office will inform a family where they stand on the waiting list but Only the customer service office can place one on Sikes the Sikes according to its is working extremely Well were getting furniture out of the basements and into needy were issuing Furni Ture quicker than Ever before and weve had inquiries from outlying communities about How our system Sikes flooded villages evacuated Tehran up soldiers in helicopters and boats finished evacuating 80 flooded hamlets in Southern Iran but an other 62 villages were still the official toll in the flooding stood at 10 deaths and scores of most of them