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8The Canadian Statesman, Bo)wmanville, September 21, 1977 Seciton Two HihSh o olSt u dent TesTif lest WotmessOf Roary Exchange -After spending last year studying and travelling in Denmark under the Rotary Club's student exchange program, Bowmanville High School student Gary Combes returned to classes at BHS earlier this month. Staying with the families of, five Danish Rotarians, he was enrolled in school in Denmark facing a new language and a completely different educational system. In a speech describing the highlights of his trip to the local club recently, he said that friends helped him to cope with some of the pressures. Above, Rotary Club President Morley Watson is shown getting a close look at a banner that he presented on behaif of the club he visited in Denmark. An opportunity of a lifetime probably one of tlie easiest student, lie spent one year of was offered to Bowmanville decisions lie will ever have to lis secondary school educa- Higli Scliool student Gary mnake. tion in Denmark studying Combes last year and it was As a Rotary Exchiange many _of the same subjects lie ordinarily would have covered in Englisli. Pointing out some of the higliliglits of the exchange to the Bowmanville Rotary Club recently, lie was anxious to thank them for sponsoring lis Danisli sojourn, last year. t obviously was one of the most interesting years that lie could have spent. The BHS student was tlie fourtli of five young people from the area who have gone. to another country to study and travel since the Rotary Club's Student Exchange pro- gram was introduced in 1974. The club's Youth Exchange Cliairman, Ted Mann, co-ord- mnates the program, which includes looking after students spending their year in Bow- manville as well as tlie student goingto a foreiga country. Pressures of Leamning As ideal as the situation may seem, the excliange is more than just a 12 montli vacation spent inspecting tlie scliool system of the country that the student visits. On arrivai in Copenhagen, Gary was enrolled in language school with 30 other excliange students whose background in Danisli was as limited as lis. After completing a crash course to prepare the ex- change students to face tlie realities of everyday lîfe in Denmark, they headcd for the various homes wlierc tley would spend the first part of their stay. Sdhool starts earlier in the year for Danisli students, with classes returning after summer holidays on August 9tli. t was oaly througli the hclp of classinates that lie was, able to pass the first four montlis, he told the club last week. Besides having to adjust to hearing and speaking a forcign language, the educa- tional system presented a completely different way of giving marks and choosing subjects. Selecting subjects is simple because the principal does it for students, lie rccalled. Having Friends Helped The options on courses open to students are limited in comparison to the number offered in Ontario Sechools he sàid. Witli the scholastic assist- ance of his new Danish friends, however, the year was completed without con- fronting many major ob- stacles. While language and the structure of the educational svstem were unfamiliar to him, lie was surprised to find the similarity in the content covered in Denmark and Canada. 1Re-emerging into his studies at BIS has worked out easier than he anticipated, he said after addressing the club, partly because his courses in Denmark were much the same as the same grade level in Bowmanville. Although the work load at school was heavy, there was time in his scliedule to relax occasionally during his year, at the homes of five Danish families. t allowed him to make some of his own observations, comparing Canada with Den- mark as it meets modern life. Primarily an agricultural country, most of their indus- tries are in some way con- nected to farm production. By the high standard of living whicli the majority of the people that he saw were living, the strength of their economy Was apparent, he explained. Churches in Decine While economnic conditions are flourishing at the present stage of Denmark's develop- ment, however, religious con- viction lias fallen by the wayside to a great extent. Churcli membership is a value of the past and most Danes have no commitment to it to any degree anymore, lie noted. Perhaps the lack of interest in religion provides an indica- tion of the reason behind the new empliasis on personal liberty. With no censorship and an atmosphere of licence almost prevalent in the Street, the results of their philosophy of freedom are evident every- where, he maintained. Denmark, the most densely populated of Scandanavian nations, lias a total population of 5'12 million people, with 112 million living in its capital city, Copenhagen. But the BHS student spent most of lis visit in a city of 55,000 called Elsinore or Helsinger in. Englisli. There, modern trends have at least partly been ignored. Farmers stili bring their produce into the city's down- town section each day as they. have for the past several centuries and, witli cars prohibited from going into theý city's core, it looks like a sidewalk sale tliroughout the year, lic said. Besides travelling exten- sively xwithin the country; lie had the opportunity to tour 11 lrougli various other parts of Europe. Later in the year, students sponsored by Rotary Clubs from al over the world met lor a weekend conference to ùcv hange information and get togetlieî socially. White the students are away, their expenses are kepi l<w by living among a number ofi Rotarian families. The home club covers any school costs in addition to sending a monthly allowance for spend- îng money. The basic cost for the student is the' price of air fare and the clothes lie buys. If givýirs young people the freedom to sec some of the world, become fluent ifi another language as they carry on their education, and fo make friends on an interna- liunal scope. sliould consult the wealth of information in the introduct- ory pages. These include emiergency numbers for police, fire department and amnbulance, long distance area codes, discount times for long distance calis and Bell Canada numbers for repair, directory assistance and business office. The Durliam directory in- cludes listings for 24 commun- ities in tliis area. DIRK BRINKMAN Bowman %ville 623-3621 State Farmn Fire and Casualty Company GM News You miglit say General Motors lad rear seat passen- gers in mînd wlien it designed the new 1978 intermediates - the second generation of liglter, more fuel efficient vehicles. Roomier, witli a better-than- ever view and an all-new interior ventilation system, the rear passenger section of GM's new-dîmensioned inter- mediates lends a whole new feeling of passenger comfort. To provide passengers with more usuable seating space, GM's engîneers have taken a number of innovatîve steps, sudh as slicing off the rear seat armrests and carving out spacious pocket depressions, wliere elbows can rest naturally and comfortably. Tliis exclusive mid-size car feature provides rear seats in the coupes witli more usable room than their 1977 counter- parts - 1.8 indhes more hiproom and elbowroom - even thougli the exterior width dimension lias been trimmed by an average of 5.5 inches. The sedans also benefit from this rear seat feature. GM engineers were able to recess armrests on 4-door models by fixing the rear door glass window, or making it stationary - thus eliminating the need for the window crank and medhanism in thec door. Another benefit derived by fixing the rear door glass in sedans is the eliminations of the obstructing guide posts. The end resuit - a "picture- window big" kind of view. Improving the ventilation was also part of the assign- ment, and liere, too, GM's- engineers have been innova- tive in tlie design of the new mid-size sedans and station wagons for 1978. Riglit behind that rear window, tliey've included a swing-out vent window as standard equipment. The win- dows, which can also be optîonally powered by con- troIs located on the front armrest and rear doors, complement the interior venti- lation system by drawing the air past the rear seat passen- gers and back outside. This process causes the air to flow tlirougli the car and reduces wind noise. A new dual mode ventilation, systemn has been engineered into the vehicle as standard equipment to deliver a flow of outsicie air quietiy ana emi- ciently under ahl driving conditions. For example, in stop-and-go city traffic, outside air is forced through the vehicle by a blower from outlets located in the instrument panel. Passengers can adjust the fan to tliree speeds - low, medium or high. Air direction, can also be regulated by moving the outlet, whicli swivels vertîcally, or movîng the louvres, whicli move from side-to-side, mucli like window shutters. At higlier vehicle speeds, a rami air system supplies additîonal air. The flow enters the car's interior from outlets located on the panel. The air flowing from the instrument panel outiets travels over the front seat passengers to the rear passengers, while lower outlets keep the air flowing down lower in the car. 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