Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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LITERARY WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE IN THEIR LEISURE TIME We choose our hobbies during hours of leisure and many use music as theirs. Perhaps to some high school students who study music it does not .seem so much a hobfby as hard work.. We mlay feel a little like a Beethoven the second, who was forced by this father to practice long tedious hours on music every day. In fact you feel like Haydn must have felt wlhen he was asked by Kurtz to write some music for an oipera. In one of the scenes tempest music was necessary but never having witnessed a tempest, Haydn gave up in despair and dropped his fists distractedlyi on the extremities of the piano keyboard rapidly drawing them together till they met. Bravo, that is it the tempest, cried Kurtz in delighwt and threw his arm around Haydn. Even Mozart used his leisure time in composing-for his first symphony for orchestra ever produced during leisure time. And it was Shulbert who in one of his odd moments in a cafe composed, 'tHark, Hark, the Lark alt Heaven's Glate Sings. It has been done in the leisure hours of yesterday anmd I believe it can even be done today. -Grace Knapp MY LEISURE TIME Leisure time, leisure time, Oh me, oh my, How I .spend it How I get it, Leisure time, leisure time. In any car, With a candy bar, In a show, With your beau, On a hike, With your bike, Enjoying a look In a story book, Staring in space- Thinking of most any place, Saying that- Lessons can wait, Wondering if I'll pass Or stay at the foot of the class, Thinking of the goold old summertime When the flowers bloom And the vines all climbg Could leisure time be so sweet And life so complete? -Pauline Strouse LEISURE TIME It's funny how leisure time is spent, In so many different Ways. Some doing the useful things, Some doing the latest craze. For example take certain boys Who roam about the hall, Talking to the certain girl, For whom they happened to fall. Others have interesting hobbiesg Which are useful indeed, And they'll be t-he ones in the future, Who'll be likely to succeed. These are merely examples, , Placed in a .silly rhyme, Showing how some people Spend their Leisure time. -Mabel Herring Page Ninety one

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LITERARY LIBRARY FOR LEISURE Our school library, which serves ia bodiy of 550 students, is made up of a library room and study hall. Sixteen .senior high scihool girls are active on the student library staff this year. Student library staff is as follows: Marjorie Conardi Hisako Kubo Betty Nishimura. Mildred Fuller Ione Kitzman Henrietta Reifschneider Betty Harada Esther Anna Lynch Ingleeta. Reifschneider Lois Harwood Vina Merrifield Lucy Taguchi Georgia Hough Mabel lMi1es Helen Tiaylor Staff meetings are held each week. The student assistants, while receiving a valuable training, are able to render a service to the school. The Shigh school library has about 5,000 volumes, 44 periodicals, 4 Weekly ziiews- papers, and one daily newspaper. 'Literature is What Literature Does. A high ,school library is as valuable as the service which it renvdiers. One of the most important functions is to provide a pleasant, wholesome atmos- phere where students may enjoy spending their leisure time. Students are asking, How -shlall I .spend myy leisure time? It -is not only 'important that rwihile we are in school we spend our leisure time in a profitable, happy manner, but we have many years ahead, years in which the investment of time will be a major problem, our jobs will consume a good share of our attention, but we need recreation. To relax and develop ones spare time, there is no better place than the library. New and up-to-date books are being added to our library. Many devices are being used in our own library to adld to the mental cupboarvds of the sftudentsg for example, giving plays, writing stories, book reviews, assembly programs, etc. The aim of our library is 'to develop a freedom in self direction, land with its variety of possible activities there is a rich opportunity for .such development. Education is not how much you know, but how much you can find out in the library. The library in the modern school is the central ipoint from which stufdy activity should radiate. By spending leisure time in reading, a student :will discover the power of a good book, by doing this he will become capable of choosing for himself what he shlall believe and do. The hope of the world is in education, the hope of education is in the library. LEISURE TIME A theme on leisure I was to write, For my English Class. So I will tell you In this rhyme The way I spend my leisure time. On a 'horse I 'could spend hours Riding here and there, And hiking over mountain sides, Is quite the thing for good fresh air. Some folks like to sit and read, And spend their time indoors, But I like to be outside, In 1Mother Natures great outdoors. So to you my friends, May I suggest To use your leisure wisely, And I am sure that you will find This great outdoors a thing quite fine. -Fern Erickson Page N inety

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J Ni' ' M ff :Qty ,y ,fi.., My Somebody said that lt couldnt be done But we with ta chuckle replied, That it could and we did it. QWilth .apologies to Edgar Gue-sth We learned how to crochet, knit, and sew in Home Ec. You may see crocheted bags carried, sweaters of all sizes and color worn by tthe Home Ee. girls During the knitting craze, you might have lheard some of these phrases: Will you please leave that alone? If you lose ,a stitch, I'll just die, because I won't know what to do next. HGee, if I could just crochet as fast as I can take out what Tve already done, I'd be ia wizard. The person Who said, A stitch in time saves nine wasn't think- ing of crocheting, I'm sure. Just after Christmas a group of boys was talking about what they had received for Christmasg if you lhad been there this is what you would have heard. Donald: Well, maybe you like yours, but you ought to see the sweater I got. It makes me look like the hunchback of Notre Dame. But I had to take it and like it . . . Junior: Talk about sweaters! You ought to see the ,stockings I got. I couldn't tell whether they were stockings or a couple of long nigiht caps, and if you have ever walked barefooted on popcorn, :you will know just how they feel, I'm in misery. Tim: Well, for my part I'm not crazy about even talking of knitting after the sweater I got for my birthday. When 'that sweater was washed, it shrunk ftill it fits our Boston Bull dog. And when I got it on, it looked like a sheep that had the hives, but of course I ididn't tell my girl friend. She thought it was just 'too ducky' but if she had to wear it-Oh, well I guess it's all lin the knack of knowing how to wear thingsf' Now donit be alarmed and think that we turn out thingxs like this all the tim-ei. We spend our leisure time making things that are useful and attractive and that can be used every dlay. Whien girls are crocheting, they are staying lhome more. Many girls' rooms, and homes are made brighter by a little bit of colorful crocheting in usefull or ornamental form. -Mildred Fuller LEISURE TIME A.s there are manyi different types of peoiple in the world, there would naturally be many ways of spending leisure time. People's interests lie in different channel-- some in sports, some in reading, others in crafts. Sport frans probably find a large amount of enjoyment in their leisrure time by playing baseball, basketball, or outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing. Those interested in crafts enjoy building model boats or planes. As is seen by the large number of libraries, books checked out, and bookls bought, reading occupies a. large amount of the leisure time of most people. It is a good thing that there are several ways in which to spend leisure time, so that one may find one in which he is interesftedl. This helps to get one away from his troubles and worries, and lets him enjoy himself for a time. -Ira. Hayes Page N inety-two