UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No.  5)*

                            Stevens International, Inc.
                                 (Name of Issuer)

                        Series A Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
                           (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      86024C20
                                  (CUSIP Number)

*  The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class
of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
 
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SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 86024C20
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1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:  Wanger Asset Management, L.P.
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:  36-3820584
2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:  Not applicable
           a ( )    b ( )
3     SEC USE ONLY
4     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:  Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
5     SOLE VOTING POWER:  None
6     SHARED VOTING POWER:  457,000
7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:  None
8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:  457,000
9     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:  457,000
10    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES: ( )
      Not applicable
11    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9:  6.18%
12    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:  IA
      

 
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP NO. 86024C20
Page 3 of 6 Pages
 
1     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:  Wanger Asset Management, Ltd.
      S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON:
2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:  Not applicable
           a ( )    b ( )
3     SEC USE ONLY
4     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:  Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
5     SOLE VOTING POWER:  None
6     SHARED VOTING POWER:  457,000
7     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:  None
8     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:  457,000
9     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:  457,000
10    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES: ( )
      Not applicable
11    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9:  6.18%
12    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:  CO


 
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Item 1(a)    Name of Issuer:  Stevens International, Inc.

Item 1(b)    Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
                   5500 Airport Freeway
                   Forth Worth, Texas 76117

Item 2(a)    Name of Person Filing:
                   Wanger Asset Management, L.P. ("WAM");
                   Wanger Asset Management, Ltd., the sole general partner of
                   WAM ("WAM LTD.")

Item 2(b)    Address of Principal Business Office:
                   WAM and WAM LTD. are located at:
                   227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3000
                   Chicago, Illinois 60606

Item 2(c)    Citizenship:
                   WAM is a Delaware limited partnership.
                   WAM LTD. is a Delaware corporation.

Item 2(d)    Title of Class of Securities:
                   Series A Common Stock, $.10 Par Value

Item 2(e)    CUSIP Number:  86024C20


Item 3       Type of Person:
                   (e)  WAM is an Investment Adviser registered under section
                        203 the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; WAM LTD. is
                        the General Partner of the Investment Adviser.

Item 4       Ownership (at December 31, 1997):

                   (a)  Amount owned "beneficially" within the
                        meaning of rule 13d-3:
                        457,000 shares

                   (b)  Percent of class:  6.18% (based on 7,390,899 shares
                        outstanding at 11/5/97)

                   (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:
                        (i)     sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                none
                        (ii)    shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                457,000
                        (iii)   sole power to dispose or to direct the
                                disposition of:  none
                        (iv)    shared power to dispose or to direct
                                disposition of:  457,000


 
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Item 5        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
                   If this statement is being filed to report the fact that
                   as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to
                   be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the
                   class of securities, check the following (  ).

Item 6        Ownership of More Than Five Percent on behalf of Another Person:
                   The shares reported herein have been acquired on behalf of
                   discretionary clients of WAM.  Persons other than WAM and WAM
                   Ltd. are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds
                   from the sale of, those shares.

Item 7        Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
              the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:
                   Not applicable

Item 8        Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
                   Not applicable

Item 9        Notice of Dissolution of Group:
                   Not applicable

Item 10       Certification:

                   By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
              and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
              ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
              of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the
              control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
              connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such
              purpose or effect.

 
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                                  Signature

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

Date:  February 6, 1998

                        The undersigned corporation, on the date above
                        written, agrees and consents to the joint filing
                        on its behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection
                        with its beneficial ownership of the shares
                        reported herein.

                                        WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LTD., for
                                          itself and as general partner for
                                          WANGER ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

                                        By: /s/ Bruce H. Lauer
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                                                Bruce H. Lauer
                                                Vice President