Smyrna times., 1963-07-04
n Letter
from "Butch"
SMYRNA's AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE
SUMMER EXCHANGE STUDENT

18th We had dinner around
$3.50. Papa came In and gave
me a map of the country. Then
| gave him the map, flags, etc.
of Delaware. We opened the
map of Delaware and pointed
out some of the places. ! gave
out the gifts: a Playtex bath
ing cap to Tina and Mana; a
bottle of Coty Perfume to Mama
and Grandmother; cuff links
(triangles) and tie bar T-
square) to Papa; a bracelet
with an American flag and Ur-
uguaian flag to Tina and Del
aware cuff links TO Luis. At
the end of dinner, Tina went
out and came back with a bot
tie of champagne. Papa and
Grandmother toasted me. Man
that stuff was ready
18th got up around 1890.
After breakfast / went out on
the back porch and took some
pictures. | took a series of
panorama of the skyline from
the patio. For lunch we had bar
bequed steak : Wowl 3/4" to
l l/2" thick and big. Dio Mol
Luis and | took Mama, Papa
and Tina up town and rode
around for awhile. We went TO
Luis girls house for a little
while and then left the car at
the garage and took the bus
home. Around 400 we went to
the college. In the engineering
group there are 40 boys and 6
girls; 1t is the only course in
which the boys out-number the
girlsl They are all great hdsI
A real big boy, Miguel put
his arm around me and notion
ed to follow him. He told the
other boys that he was taking
care of me. We went down.
stairs and he bought me a coke.
| went to English class, Analy-
tical Math class and Physics
class with Luis. The first class
was Math. There was no heat
at all in the room. Everyone
had sweaters and coats. They
only had notebook. The teacher
would lecture and tell them when
to start writing. The teacher
lectures without books, papers
or anything. One interesting |
thing, the teacher took out a
and three or four boys
close to him pulled out lighters
and offered helpl The classes
only last for 40 minutesl The
next class was English. | spoke
In front of the class. | told |
them a little about Delaware |
and Smyrna. They act In English |
class just like the kids in the
U. S. act In Spanish class : |
cut upl
Physics was the next class. |
They have a workbook to study. |
The teacher will call on anyone |
at random and that person will |
have to go to the front of the
class and tell the class what |
they studied. When the teacher |
calls the names and someone
hasn't studied, instead of say
Ing, 81 didn't study", they say,
mo estudie" ''He didn't |
study"l
Luis had Geometry after Ply
sizes but | didn't go. Another |
friend Juan Alberto Sena ask
ed me If | wouldn't like to go
home with him to get some
thing to eat. | met his sister
and her husband and their two
little girls. He asked about my |
sister and | showed him Kae's
picture. He said "Que Undo"
how pretty. He asked that when
| come to Uruguay again to
bring Kae and introduce her to
himl We walked back to the
school and found Luis. Took
the bus back home and got
dressed. We went to see the
movie ''The Last Days of Pom
pei". 1t was alright. After that
we went to friends house for
a dance. Got home las.
10Th We went to their beach
house. 1t is nice. Thieves had
broken In and Mama and Papa
took an inventory. While they did
this Luis and took a walk
down to the beach. We (ever-
body went to small town about
S minutes drive from the beach
house. Papa had business in