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THE NEWSPAPER OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN JAPAN
(1960 - 1961 version)


Class of 1961 in 7th grade

Tokyo, 1956
(The photo was taken by a professional photographer at a military base.)

Florence Bergt, who is now Florence Schick, recalls that this photo was taken during a class trip to some military base. She does not recall which one. It is kind of fun to see so many kids that you recognize. It also shows that the families in Tokyo were not as transient as one might imagine. You would think that the student population of each class would turn over every two or three years. That does not seem to have been the case. A significant number of students in this picture graduated from ASIJ.

Did anyone not change very much from this picture as compared to what he/she looked liked in the senior picture? David Sassoon doesn't seem to have changed very much. Mary and Brenda changed quite a bit, it seems. So did Stuart, if that's really him in the top row. Peter and Jack changed a lot too. Look at Clark Toy. Did he change? It would be really fun to lay pictures from this year (1956) side by side with 1961 and 2001 of each of the students for a comparison. What about Ms. Busalacchi she would be about 70-80 years young in 2001.  Wonder what happened to her.

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Seventh grade class
the names are on the enlarged photo page.

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Original signatures

More pictures:

7th Grade chorus

7th Grade Chochin pictures