VOL. II, NO. 3
OCTOBER 21, 1960

Heide Recalls World Travels
"The kids at Maine West are friendlier than kids anywhere else!" exclaimed Heide Gruenewald, '62. Since she has lived on the East Coast, in Texas, Alaska, and Germany, she should know what she's talking about. "I was really scared when I first came here in April, but everyone was so nice I wasn't scared for long."

Heide lived in Karlsruhe, Germany until 1951 when her father's army career brought her family to the United States. In 1956, they returned to Europe. From then until April, 1960 they lived in Mannheim, Germany.
 "The German people are very interested in Americans," revealed Heide. "Although some of the older, poorer people still wear traditional peasant clothes many of the young people have adopted American dress. Even the new buildings in the cities and the suburbs look American."

However, there is one phase of the American way of life which the Germans have adopted in a way that "disgusts" Heide. "They take popular American songs, ..completely change the words, and translate it into German," explained Heide. "The least they could do is think up their own tunes, too!"