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by Ester Speckeen As we came through Customs at the Toronto Airport from New York City the other day, (by the way I love New York. There‘s a certain nice snarly give and take there which you don‘t find in proper,. mindâ€"yo@urownâ€"business Toronto or in efficient Chicago) I was aware that my husband was muttering to himself. "What are you grumbling about?" I asked. : "I was just sayving, what kind of feeling must immigrants get when they comeâ€"throughâ€"this door. It‘s enough to Mmake them turn & " by Ester Speckeen " The Experiment in Internatâ€" As we came through Customs at the Toronto Airport from New _ i0nal Living was founded . by York City the other day, (by the way I love New York. There‘s a _ Dr. Donald Watt in 1982. In the certain nice snarly give and take there which you don‘t find in beginning, the Experiment was proper,. mindâ€"yo@urownâ€"business Toronto or in efficient Chicago) I concerned chiefly with placing was aware that my husband was muttering to himself. US. students in foreign houseâ€" "What are you grumbling about?" I asked. _ â€" holds during summer vacations. "I was just saving, what kind of feeling must immigrants get _ Nowadays, more than half of its whenâ€"they comeâ€"throughâ€"this door. It‘s enough to make them turn _ task is arranging homestays for around and go back home. : visitors from ~abroad. During I looked about. and all I saw was an empty room, a huge empty _6 i43 > 7 the summer of 1966, fortyâ€"five waiting room with long rows of black leather seats, white walls, ountrics in Africa, Asia, Aus white floor and glass partitions. "It looks very efficient"‘ I observed. * ul." . .c * ‘est "It‘s cold," he said. "It needs some color"‘. _ stralia, Eastern and Western "There‘s a little GREEN tree" I pointed out "Does that make you . Europe, Latin America and the happy?" Middle East will be visited by «Vas and thora‘e tha interrncation hbooth" We were passing a â€" Expérimenters. _ "Yes. and there‘s the interrogation booth.‘"‘ We were passing a glassedâ€"in small enclosed section with three black stools. I shivered. "It‘s the first impression they get of our country," he was still muttering. "Mavbe it‘s a correct one," I quipped. The customs waitingz room was one place they didn‘t call in the public relations men or the image makers. One could say it just isn‘t finished yet. but that‘s not so. It looks as if someone started out with a dash of imagination but no courasce. A bit of color would involve a committment. This is a room where people wait. There‘s not one thing to make the wailt pleasant â€" No magazines, no literature, no music, no pictures â€" Onlv rows of leather chairs in a white background. B& is efficient, cold and with no more personality than‘a closeâ€"up negative of a warehouse. It says in very loud words. "Don‘t stay kere: move on." And that, I understand, is what many immigrants PROUD PARENTS, Mr. and Mrs. John Ledger travelled from Hamilton to see their youngest son, Ald. Russ Ledger take the oath of office Monday night. At 24, Russ is certainly the youngest member of our council and is possibly one of the youngest sitting councilmen in the province. 253 King St. N. NOTICE 24 Hour Service â€"â€" Radio Dispatched UNIVERSITY TAXI r» J44â€"4428 THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE WORKMANS COMPENSATION Offbeat Report THE NEW THLEPHONE NUMBER 576â€"41 30 IS NOW LOCATED AT 151 FREDERICK ST. KITCHENER BOA R D mee t*s~"~*~*"** Mexican Senoritas To Live Waterloo Two senoritas, both from. ing" is located in Putney, Verâ€" e Mexico and both professors, arâ€" â€" mont and it is here that the maâ€" thr rived in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo® jority of the Peace Corps person Â¥ area on January 1 to spend @ _ nel are trained. Although, asyet, Lot month as temporary members & â€" of the families of two Univerâ€" ‘ sity of Waterloo faculty mem a bers. Maria Luisa ‘Lara, Profes . + sor of Biology, will stay with .*___ in Tesy o orok 5s hy JACKS TV & nes, Professor of Biology, and YOUK TY DOC Lenore Fontaine, a Chemisry Mon., Tues Professor, will stay at the home ~ 9 â€" u:3%e tat . . Pn of Dr. Norman High, Dean of 15 King 8. _ 744â€"5841 Arts of the University of Waterâ€" loo. * Professors Lara and Fontaine will be more than mere house guests of the UofW faculty members, they will actually beâ€" come an adopted member of the family they are residing with, and in se doing will learn about Canada under "The Experiment in International Living". Along with learning about â€" Canadian family life, the two professors will also spend a part of their time as interested observants of the Science Department of the University of Waterloo. While they are living in the Twin Cities area another group of "Experimenters" will be moving into homes in Oakville, while another group will be adopted into the homes _ of French â€"Canadian families in Montreal. h They are visiting Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo undet the auspices of the Experiment in International Living, an international founâ€" dation. The head office of "The Exâ€" periment in International Livâ€" With Faculty Families THURS. till 9 P.M. TRAIN TO TORONTO Ask about convenient departure and return times For information, phone the local CN Passenger Sales Office \ BEEF â€" PORK â€" VEAL SH 5â€"9936 91 Bridgeport Road â€" FINEST QUALITY SAUSAGE STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Citizens : BE SURE TO VOTE JAN 10th Kâ€"W WOMEN‘S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION Large Assortment of Fresh Made Sausage Ready To Eat â€" â€" â€" PRIL till 10 F.M. â€"â€" SAT. tll 6 P.M. 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