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

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MISS LAURA PLETT Teacher’s Report ROOM ONE Shall we turn back the records of the past year and review them briefly together ? As we look, we see children. We see happy children. We see a few lazy children. We see children working and we see children playing. We hear the exultant shouts of children as a ball is hurled past the grasp¬ ing fingers of a cautious goalie. We hear children asking for things. We hear them asking for permission to sharpen their pencils, leave the room, get a library book, or maybe ' it’s just for permission to stretch those cramped muscles for a few precious loitering minutes. But let’s look at them a little closer to see some of the work they are doing. One of the most important subjects these boys and girls are taking is Reading. For a few really breath-taking thrills we catch the look in a child’s eye as he comes back from an exploration in his reader or story book. Where has he been? Perhaps to Ari¬ zona, South America, or watching David looking after his sheep. Arithmetic is another important branch of study these boys and girls are taking. To help guide them in their future lives as bookkeepers of their own finances they need a thorough groundwork in this subject. A few other mysteries we see these chil¬ dren exploring are how to arrange any of the twenty-six letters in proper patterns to make words and how lovely the world is around them. They look at galls, leaves, flowers, and examine the intricate forma¬ tion of a caterpillar’s cocoon. They learn to recognize and admire the frail butterfly and the dusty moth. They see why we have day and night; why it’s colder in some parts of the earth. They find different places on the globe. Finally, these children also are studying the lives of different Bible heroes. They go back through the years to re-live the perilous days of M oses; the wonders in David’s life. They learn that God was lead¬ ing these people whenever they were ready to trust Him. May we have learned a lesson in trusting God from these men. If we have learned that great truth this year we have learned life’s most precious lesson. Laura Plett 8

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Teacher’s Report ROOM TWO “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 We have almost unconsciously emerged from the atomic age and have entered the sputnik age. A simple invention like a ship that can penetrate into the initial edges of the erstwhile prohibited territory of space is more or less secondary In the light of possibilities such as a realization of probing into the secrets of the moon, Mars, etc., from an intimate distance. With the coming of machines that make colossal things seem slight and make miles shrink we must come to a realization that, as people who retain this knowledge, and especially as Christian men and women whom God has given the wisdom to understand the import of this knowledge, we bear responsibilities that are greater than we can comprehend all at once. We are responsible not only for our neighbor who is ten or a hundred miles neighbor on the other side of the world. “Go ye into all the world and preach the gos¬ pel ...” I do not say that we have not always had this responsibility, but the dev¬ eloping events and the ' increased knowledge of man in the past fifty years have multi¬ plied this responsibility so that it is now greater than it has been in centuries before. But the immediate responsibilities so vital and pertinent to us all weigh heavily on us, and we dare not disregard or ignore them. Whom will God hold responsible for our coming generation ? Who will answer for the quality of our tomorrow ' s young people? On whom will future prodigal sons lay the blame for their waywardness? How could we face God with only the one talent that hasn’t multiplied to offer him when we stand before him? JOHN KORNELSEN Teaches Grades 4-8 Can a person, with a Grade VIII stand¬ ing, who tries to fulfill God’s will as well as he can, honestly say “I have done my best” if he could have done much better with either more secular or Bible Study? I believe that we are not responsible for what we know, but for what we could have known. Let us renew our aim, and put fresh fuel to the fire. Let us not hinder anything that will help in the right development of the young mind. Let us choose our educators with care, because the Influence they exert is far-reaching. Let us stay close to God, and regard His Son, Jesus Christ, not only as our Saviour, but as the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Master that has domin¬ ion over us, and whom we have the privilege to serve. “Looking unto Jesus the author and fin¬ isher of our faith, who, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 John P. Kornelsen 7

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Inspector’s Message This is a memorable year in which to graduate from high school. Momentous developments in science, politics, eco¬ nomics and education have occurred or are on the threshold of occurrence. Perhaps for the graduates of today, the developments in education and sdience are of the greatest importance. Every young person who is this year completing his secondary training should keep a careful watch on developments in the field of education. Unbelievable oppor¬ tunities for young people to receive ad¬ vanced education may be appearing very soon. Today’s graduates should keep alert to the evolution in educational thinking and be prepared to make the best of these new opportunities, if and when they arrive. Science has brought the Space Age upon us almost as spectacularly as it did the Atomic Age a few years ago. The present generation has, as a result, been plummeted into an age of fear and indecision. The maturing person of today must be on his guard against real dangers which always accompany rap ' id evolution in any one field of human endeavor. To guard against these dangers, the graduate must not let ignorance of the potentialities of the new advances panic him into taking steps which would be detri¬ mental to his sense of values in life. He must not allow his thoughts and actions to be directed ' into the soul searing state of conformity. He must learn to keep and cherish his individuality. He must not desert his better judgment simply to con¬ form with those practices which have been given the stamp of approval by those who stand to profit most by the acceptance of them. H. A. MOURITSEN The most difficult task the graduate will have to face outside the classroom will be the maintenance of his equilibrium in thought and action. He must resolve him¬ self to resist modern pressures, and avoid being swallowed up in the avalanches of thought and action, which are during these unsettled times, rushing from one extreme to the other. He must be suspicious of those thoughts which promise a Utopia, and equally cautious of those which predict the inevitable ruin of civilization. He must keep his equilibrium of thought and action lest he lose his power to discriminate between true and false or good and bad when choosing the course he will follow in life. To the graduates I extend congratulations on a job well done. I wish for each one a full measure of those things for which everyone strives, namely, success and happiness. Inspector of School H. A. Mouritsen