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

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Grade IX Class Report There were five students who attempted to take Grade 9 this year, which we all certainly enjoyed. With some of the harder subjects such as Mathematics and History which we didn’t understand, our teacher helped us. We are very thankful to the teacher for explaining these things. Football, skating, and baseball were the games that we played at recess. The game that we played when it rained was table tennis. We also had the privilege of enjoy¬ ing a Thanksgiving social, Christmas so¬ cial, and some wiener roasts. We need good penmanship and willing¬ ness to learn to make a success in our grade. We hope to continue again next year, with renewed courage to continue our grades. Edna Plett What Students Think Of Who wants to listen to the teacher’s droning voice that is heard continually dur¬ ing the whole day? Especially when it comes to English, it just lulls you into day dreaming! This dinner recess there is hockey again. It seems as if it is always hockey. But tomorrow Ridgewood is coming and we just have to win. Blumenhof couldn’t be let down by losing to Ridgewood in hockey. No, that wouldn’t work! “Now, are you sure you know your assignment?’’ asks the teacher. “What was the assignment?” whispers the dreamer, now wide awake. “Someone has been dreaming again!” is the teacher’s severe remark as he looks at the dazed dreamer. Agnes Hesse Room Three Annex When the teacher says, “Recess,” seven girls march into the library. You wonder, “What do they all want in there?” Well, if you had seen what I saw you would have seen that each girl, as she walked past the clothes rack, picked out a certain pair of what might be nicknamed “pedal pushers.” Even though they are all made of the same navy fuzziness, the girls pick them out so deftly that you hardly notice it. If you wait a bit you may hear that from within comes a noise as though a radio has been turned on full volume to a musical program without any advertising in be¬ tween. If you listen hard you may be able to discern the voices of the students who were too shy to sing in the singing period. In another recess period, if you succeed to hide behind one of the typewriters in our library, you may hear something else. As girls will, one set of two will speak on one subject while another speaks of alto¬ gether something else. An occasional pair may even speak about the weather. Mary may say, “The forecast is for fifteen above this afternoon.” Quickly Annie will chirp in with, “Look outside, I know just as much of the weather as any forecaster,” And so an argument starts. This is debated through until the girls are jerked out of this line of thinking. Sometimes I wonder why the boys are outside so quickly, but then, who would want to stay inside when the girls bicker all the time. Emily Loewen Practice Teacher’s Report Every Friday students from Room III are given a chance to try their luck at teaching in Room I. It is only for one hour but that hour seems to drag into hours. But it is a good adventure and good ex¬ perience. Given a lesson in Nature Study on birds, the textbook stated that a certain kind of bird has four to six eggs. One bright pupil popped up and said he had seen a nest of that kind and he persisted that there had been only three eggs. From this we see that the younger children like to roam in the woods and study nature. When I see all the small faces upturned to listen to a lesson, I wonder how many of these pupils will have a chance to go to high school in the home district. Agnes Hesse 17

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ALBERT FRIESEN Only boy in class, but this won’t keep him from school. He won’t lose many words in company. His favorite sport is hockey. EDNA PLETT Usually quiet and reserved. Likes to have her homework finished and enjoys Maths in spite of difficulties. She likes ping-pong and most sports. IRENE JANZEN Irene is dark haired and has green eyes. Good at soccer and skating. Assignments frequently unfinished, for a good reason ? MARY WIEBE Homework? “Always” finished. “For Pete’s sake.” Cheerful disposition on Mon¬ day mornings. Why? Nobody knows . . . AGNES HESSE Agnes is cheerful all the time and loves to chatter in company. She usually pops up the first with an answer in Geometry. She is a super goalie in Soccer and can beat almost anybody in ping-pong. 16

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A Day of School J Monday is usually a good Monday, in¬ stead of a blue Monday, if you’ve finished your homework. We begin our studies by untangling our brains with Maths. After this follows History, which is a great deal more interesting with dates, and famous explorers. But we are greatly relieved when we hear the Room I pupils going out for their game of soccer, and know ours is only twenty minutes to go. After finishing our game of soccer we have two very interesting subjects: Singing and Science. We then have our lunch and a bit of skating if we get our skates tied before the bell rings. Our afternoon session opens with the teacher reading us a story, and Reading and Language follow. Lan¬ guage is the subject which would get the better of me in this report. We close off the day with Spelling and German, which we all dread. We really are glad when the day is over and we know we have done our best. Our Thanksgiving Social On the Wednesday night following Thanksgiving we invited our parents and friends to a Thanksgiving Social. We were happy to see the school almost filled when the time arrived. In the main hallway were displayed many vegetables, fruits, and grains from the fall harvest. There was also a display of an old threshing outfit with a steam engine. All three rooms took part in the program which consisted of songs and a few poems. Mr. H. P. Friesen had a short closing mes¬ sage. While the older girls got ready the lunch the guests had some entertainment in the line of quizzes. We then invited the guests to come and buy lunch in the basement. The lunch con¬ sisted of sandwiches, pie, ice-cream, and coffee. The profits went towards the School Improvement Fund. I believe it was an enjoyable evening for all who were there. Irma Janzen PHOTOGRAPHY Continued from page 13 Inside this person, who had been caught unawares, was a tickled feeling because she was the subject of another picture. At another time, Mr. B. Derksen (a pro¬ fessional photographer) came to school to take portraits of the pupils. This day also will be long remembered. Everyone seemed to be excited, which surely did not exclude the school photographer. It was up to him to make the arrangements and organize the proceedings. Let’s see how they are getting along. There is one sitting so prettily with a smile that was on for but a minute. The photog¬ rapher missed it. So he will try to get it back again. “Where is that smile you had there a minute ago?—Okay, smile again—a little more.” Click! “The next one up.” So much time some spent on their hair, and looks, that it is a wonder they still have either. In due time the pictures arrived. Let’s hear now what those who sat so prettily with such a charming smile have to say. “Oh! I look terrible! That one looks so much like an ape,” by the first one. Of course that’s what they say of their own so that someone else would say, “Oh, no. Those look cute . . . those look really nice. But look at mine, these pictures look like apes for sure,” says the second person. “Let me see,” said the third. “Why, I just think they look real.” “Thanks for that one. That was the greatest insult I have ever received,” by the second person. So the criticisms and compliments go on for some time until all is forgotten, at least until the next pictures arrive. Henry Koop PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Continued from page 10 Grade 12, in the Blumenhof High School. With the co-operation and ambition of the people in this district there is no reason why the plans of higher education may in this district not be possible. To you I give this challenge with Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” “We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are we are: One equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Bill Penner 18