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

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LITERARY LEISURE TIME Knitting an-d crocheting have become a fad .since last Year, or at least, they have been emphasized more by students. Knitting, which is 'three or four centuries old, was first used in manufacture of stockings. The performance, is simple if one can hold the needles correctly and not let iit slip. It consists of forming a series of loops with a single threaad, through which another row of loogps is passed, and so on in spiraled circles, the garment being shaped by variation in number of loops in a row. Knitting was stres.sed during World Wa.r. Then it seemed to disappear until just recently. Within the past ylear or two, the work was taken up by thousands of women. Men are interested and frequently theyi may be seen crocheting or knitting in some out of the way corner. And step by step since time began I see a steady change in man. Men and ,women have changed in their attitudes toward home life, work, and leisure time. On street cars, at social gatherings, on sidewalks, in thigh schools, and practically everywhere there is knitting. For many people, knitting and crocheting have taken the place of shows, games of golf, land other pleasures. One time a woman had the jitters. A woman advised her, Why don't you knit something? And sure enough it did quiet her nerves. She may knit and knit till her fingers ache, And cry all about iher struggles Buit at last when she finishes the painstaking garment, She will say: It was worth the trouble. -Shizuye Nakayama LEISURE TIME Bill likes sports. Baseball, basketball, football, and sfwimming are his favorites. If in his spare time he can take part in one of these games, he is satisfied. He keeps fit and always looks ipeppy. Patsy likes to write poetry. Some of her own poems have been printed in maga- zines. She spends her leisure moments in writing. Bob is interested in music. He sings well and is quite accomplished on the violin. His leisure time is used in practicing. Mary sews in her leisure time. She likes to seiw and improves with each article she makes. Alice re-ads in her spare minutes. She learned to appreciate material on history and adventure, biographies, and travel stories as well as enthralling love stories and bloody murders. George likes hobbies. He has an excellent collection of stamps, a very creditable coin collection and is starting on a collection of ore samples. It takes a good part of his leisure to keep these collections up and in good condition. I would .siay that leisure time is that time in which one can do the things he likes best 'to do. Of course it is best to do something that is in some Way beneficial. -Evelyn Tomlin TEISURE LIME Le VV!-:ave yo tou, the Cunior Jlass All of our teisure lime, Dot to with as he'li wave dou yo, Bo, srother, spare tour yime. So gwimming if you tare co, And ance dawhile ror fest, A tame of gennis thow and nen, Hill welp four yigure best. Do go a sit of bailing, Or ride on hack ia borse, And if mou yust wo galking Pust jlay your cavorite fourse. Ten tho the gridiron you gust mo. Or 'else durn on the tials, But best of all, just sleat and eep, Thor fen you'll have no trials. Page N inety-four

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I LITERARY ART IN LEISURE HOURS Leisure hours are very rare to everyone who is in ischool, so if one has a leisure hour or two, he should use it wisely. During my leisure hours I like to study art, as it is very useful in many ways as well as enjoyable. The usefulness of art is very broad. One can study art from the point of interior decorating which is a very high paid position. In learning craft one can make many useful things, such as book-ends, stenciled curtains, and scrap books. The enjoyable part of art is very broad too, such as making puppets for a show. As a child one enjoys making clayr models rand stickmen. As an adult one enjoys making more complicated things, such as oil ypaintings. As a worthwhile hobby, for leisure Ehours, study art. -Ruth Peterson ART AS A LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY During our leisure time, most of us occupy ourselves in reading, in sports, or with a hobby. There is another thing which we could do in unused moments and that is art. It is a broad field, ,and even if we are not talented, there is probably something we can do moderately well. We like to feel that we are doing something wonthwhile in our spare time, and if we work with art, we can fulfill this desire. Not only is art enjoyable as a pastime, but it often helps us with our future careers. If :we would give art a chance, it would help to break the monotony of idle hours. We all grow tired of doing the same thing all the time, so let's give art a place in our pastimes during our leisure hours. We will be repaid by a good time and a better chance lo make good in the world later on. -Lucille Rose Page Ninety three

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LITERARY A LEISURE-TIME HOBBY-HORSE Fulfilling ia twofold purpose, the commercial courses at Rocky Ford High School prepare students wishing to enter some field of business immediately after graduation, and supply those intending to enter college with some means of support. However, tytpewriting may be used either for business punposes or for personal use. The ability to typewrite accurately and rapidly has perhaps more personal-use value 'than any other accomplishment mastered in school, apart from proficiency in read- ing, writing and aritlhmetic. It is an accomplishment that will be found useful in almost any walk of life, and this alone is ample justification for pursuing it. The length of the average individuals working day has been, steadily decreasing ever since the days of the Industrial Revolution, and there has been a great increase in unoccupied moments. The thirtyi-hour work-ing week has been proposed, anid if it comes into existence, 'there will be an even greater increase in leisure time. The profitable employment of this i.s one imiportant problem and may well be used in Ideveloping a real skill whether the ultimate objective is vocational or non-vocational? Typewriting is useful in everyday life, in letter writing, both usocial and business correspondence, in writing papers-rnanscript work and themes-in school, in college and at home, in making out contracts and legal documents. In. short, it is used wherever writing is needed. Then, in addition, there is always an opportunity open for earning one's bread and butter if necessary or if descirewd. A very few modern writers still use longhand in writing their stories and books, a few dictate their work, ibut the great majority sit down at their tyrpewriters and produce their own copy. Typewritlng offers excellent training in accuracy, in neatness, in concentration, and in addition, gives la wonderful opportunity for the wi-sie use of leisure timwet The ultimate satisfaction derivedl from the profitable use of leisure timie, che tingling thrill of having created 'something which others appreciate, the .secret happiness of punsuing our deepest desires!-these make up an essential part of education, that part whose credits will brighten or quicken many a dull, dragging hour. Educating the high school students in the art of enjoyment enables them to cn- counter fwith a .self assured preparedness one of the basic problems threatening today's mechanical world-the wise use of leisure time. Through an interest in tyfpewriting, Rocky Ford High School students are educat- ing themselves to enjoy a fuller, more abundant life. A FRIEND A friend is one who will help iyou Whenever you need him. most, Who'll help you because he loves you, And not just .so he can boast. Some there are who love you When everythings O. K. But when trouble falls upon you, They're sure to be far away. You've lprobably head the old saying That your mother is lyour best friiend, For it is she that does the praying If you have faults you're trying to mend. Then too, there are friends who will praise you And pre-tend that everything's fine, But when everything comes to a show-down, They were only feeding you a line. Now if you want friends by the million, You must be one in return, For if your recoi-d's painted vermillion, True friends you do not earn. -Evelyn Frazier Page Ninety fwe