Education: School for SHAPE

Military men in the uniforms of half a dozen different nations mingled with proud mothers and officials of France's Ministry of Education one day last week on the lawn of the old chateau of St. Germain-en-Laye, twelve miles northwest of Paris. A French military band finished the slow beat of Swanee River and swung into the lilting rhythm of Marching Through Georgia. It was the first "Commencement Day" for the international school set up this year for the children of SHAPE Village.

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