Blumenhof High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Blumenort, Manitoba Canada)

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MISS SUSAN FRIESEN Grades I to III PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Continued from page 6 school students of tomorrow. Without the excellent work you are doing, there could be no higher learning. We owe a great deal to our trustees and to the parents .of this community. They have provided us with the necessary sup¬ plies and with a lovely school building. Their help in dealing with various matters pertaining to administration deserves our heartfelt thanks. It has been a pleasure to work with you and for you. This first yearbook would not be com¬ plete without a word about the committees who have helped to bring it about by dint of hard, persevering work. These commit¬ tee members gave freely of their time and talents to make this book a reality. We thank them for their unselfish and thorough devotion to this task. We would like also to express our grati¬ tude to the many business friends who Teacher ' s Report from ROOM ONE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL In many a person’s life it is a never to be forgotten day. Not only the first day but the first year is of utmost importance. At no time in his school life does a child have to learn more, or adapt himself to as many new situations as during that first year. No other class demands as much of the teacher’s attention; but when you look back at the end of a year’s work, you are amply rewarded by the progress that you can see. When they come back the second and third year full of vim, vigor, keen interest, and desire for knowledge, they are a real challenge to the teacher. It has been my privilege and sacred trust to receive chil¬ dren as they come. I am reminded of a poem by Marjorie McMahon. “They come to me with eager asking eyes, And in my heart I pray: “God make me wise; They are so earnest in the things they ask, I would be faithful to my teacher’s task.” —Susan Friesen bought advertising space, thereby making this modest venture possible. Finally, may everyone who has had a part in this publication find in it pleasant reminders of a happy and an enjoyable school year! —Ben B. Dueck 6

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Teacher ' s Report from ROOM TWO In Room Two is a crowd of curious people. The pupils do not mind straining their necks to see what is going on beyond the bounds of the windows even if what is passing by is only an aimless dog. We would not want them to be otherwise. Can you imagine a roomful of individuals with¬ out curiosity ? If it were absent there would be little urge to find what is within the covers of a book or what the answers are to problems. A dictionary gives the meaning for curiosity as follows, “being careful or anxious to learn.” This characteristic we find in a child as early as babyhood. His first method of learning is by way of the mouth. He wants to taste everything; a little later touch all things and rummage through drawers. Soon he takes a great interest in words, repeating them often till he has mastered the pronunciation. He becomes greatly interested in what his par¬ ents are doing and then goes and imitates them. It is amazing how fascinated the child becomes by stories told him even as early as age two. Lucky is the child whose par¬ ents make an effort to satisfy this curiosity. The telling of stories is an excel¬ lent medium to teach the child how to live. These privileged children learn to read naturally and with the least effort. The child, during the ages five to seven, is particularly noted for the numerous questions he asks. He might come up in all seriousness with such questions as, “Why does a black cow give white milk?” If he has been properly trained he ' will feel urged to ask questions about God. Later a curiosity about his fellow beings leads to the gang age. Here they gather in groups and each one has his particular place in it. They follow their leaders. At this stage, too, they are hero worshippers PETER HI EBERT Grades IV to VIII and are curious to know all about the objects of their special regard. His dad often is the first of his heroes and certainly Bible characters should be in the roll of his heroes. During junior high period they begin to be interested about reasons why things are the way they are. They imagine for themselves a perfect world and therefore become highly critical of anything that does not measure up. That is why they even become critical of their parents. Now is the time when they begin to realize how far short they themselves measure up to the ideal and consequently of their need for conversion. Let us as parents and teachers, seek to take advantage of the natural curiosity of the child to help him to learn to live so that in time he might be able to become, according to Ephesians 4:13 “. . . a perfect (mature) man, unto the measures of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” 7

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Inspector s Message It is indeed a privilege to write a brief message for the Yearbook of the first High School class of Blumenhof School. Such an honour is much appreciated. The 1955-56 students of Blumenhof High School are laying the corner stone which will support the tradition of this institu¬ tion. This tradition will be built of the loyalties, the sacrifices, the faithfulness, the integrity and the achievements of the students year by year. The beginning is not pretentious, and indeed, no year in the future may achieve outstanding pro¬ portions. It is important to remember that the students of 1955-56 are the initial product of a splendid and worth-while com¬ munity endeavour. See to it that you begin this structure well so that those who come after you may look back to this first High School class and reflect proudly that they are heirs of a lasting experience and a worthy tradition, ably, sincerely, and prayerfully begun by you. It is my earnest hope that Blumenhof High School may go on and always fulfill the need of the com¬ munity to the extent for which it is intended. To the student body, to the members of the teaching staff and to the graduating class especially, I extend greetings, and sincerely wish you success and happiness in your life’s work. Yours sincerely, J. W. A. Muirhead 9