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

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Let us pause for a while from our hurry and scurry of life to glance back and de¬ termine what we have accomplished dur¬ ing this last school term. Has this year at school been beneficial to us as students ? Or have we come to school without a thought of gaining knowledge? To me go¬ ing to school is a privilege and not a be¬ grudged chore. Our fall term started with approximate ' y ten students enrolled. But slowly students trickled into the once more laughter-filled halls of Blumenhof. The students come from Ridgewood, Blumenort, and Giroux districts, as well as Blumenhof itself. We were ready for another year of studying, so we got out our text books and went to it full swing. Although studying was a joy in itself we willingly took time off for recess and some fresh air. Games like soc¬ cer, football, softball, and volley-ball were enjoyed by most students. In winter, when the snow came in flurries, and the wind howled, we played table tennis in our cozy classroom. Some of the main events of the year were: a) playing hockey with Landmark, b) going to Niverville High School to see the play “Let’s Be Congenial’’, c) driving out to the Hutterite Colony, and d) present¬ ing a debate on Parent’s Day. Taken all in all this year at school has been intermittently enjoyable. As a challenge to the students who will attend Blumenhof after we are gone, I would like to say “Do your best, for only the best counts”. I want to thank Mr. Doerksen, our teacher, for the faithful and inspiring way he instructed and guided us in our studies. For closing, I want to ex¬ tend our heartiest “Thank you” to everyone who has strived to make this year at school beneficially ingrediented. May the One who hears, sees, and knows all things direct and keep us on the right path. Gordon Carriere. Gordon Carriere The President Speaks H

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Miss Elvira Schroeder What is a typical day in the Blumenhof Primary room ? Maybe you would come along with me into the classroom during a typical day. Remember, this is not Parent’s Day, so you must remain hidden; for which child can act like a typical child with its parents watching? We start, like other mornings, with Devotions. Pupils listen attentively to the Scripture passage and help heartily with the singing of choruses. After the opening exercises we get down to work. Reading and Arithmetic come first in our work schedule. After everybody finds their books and pencils everything goes smoothly. The Grade threes, who are doing arithmetic need some help with their prob¬ lems, and then comes oral reading with the grade ones and twos. After the twenty- two pupils have read their stories they do their reading workbook at their desks. When this is finished we watch the stu¬ dents as they drill their arithmetic facts and reading words. Now comes recess. Everybody outside. Visitors, you may remain in the classroom to see the pupils work. You will see neat work, sloppy work, many mistakes. Teacher’s Report ROOM i After recess the pupils come back to work. Again we have reading and arithmetic. This time the grade ones and twos learn their numbers while grade threes review their reading skills. After dinner school begins again. My! the boy who could not find his pencil this morning has lost it again and another’s writing scribbler has disappeared. Oh well, after a few minutes everything is straigh¬ tened out again and everybody is working. The writing period which we have right after dinner is followed by spelling. Here everybody strives for perfection so as to get their names on the board. After this we have a languag e period. The correcting of many language errors along with many efforts to write and express ourselves have filled the many minutes of Language peri¬ ods with work. Now comes recess. Let’s go along with the pupils to the football field. We have two fairly even sides. Everybody is helping — or wait a minute — some of the girls seem to think this is talking period. After a time the bell rings again. Today is Mon¬ day, so we’ll have singing. How we all sing! Then comes our last period, our Bible story. Everybody listens very quietly. Even our class wrigglers sit still, enjoying the stories. Finally it is four o’clock. Everyone is eager to get home as fast as possible. So ends a typical school day. A day in which children — quite well-behaved, are eager to learn as much as they can. Elvira Schroeder. 10

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Ben Thiessen Editor’s Viewpoint Ten months have almost passed since we first came here to Blumenhof for an¬ other term of studies. Our hopes were high and our goals were nothing lower than perfection. Many things have been learned since then that will stay with us through the rest of our lives. These things that seem to stick with us are not the lessons that we read and re-read in our text books nor the lectures our teacher gave us on maths, history or literature but are the little incidents in word or deed done on the play-field, in the class room, or in the working out of various projects. Though these incidents are not always in the form of memories they are with us subconscious¬ ly. The sharing of experiences or a word of encouragement or of appreciation help us to be closer drawn to each other and help to brighten the outlook for the future. How often we spend our time dreaming of the possibilities of the future and thus pass by our present opportunities to be a help and an up-lifting influence in some other person’s life as we meet him day after day. So often a person believes that some great deed has to be done to count in the next person’s life, but just as pen¬ nies make dollars, so also little incidents shape our minds and attitudes. The making of a year book was a new experience for most of us. Since the en¬ rollment was small there was uncertainty as to whether a year book, involving extra work was possible. Therefore we got a late start in the compiling of the material for the book. When it was decided that we wanted one and there were those willing to put their efforts into the work, there were only a couple of months left, but with the co-operation of students and teachers, and working overtime, we got the Blue and Gold to the printers. I would like to take the privilege of thanking the individuals who took up the responsibilities and did the work to make this year book a success. At this time I would also like to thank the teachers in a special way for their pa¬ tient help not only in the prescribed studies but also for the many little ways in which they have tried to impress upon us to live our everyday life in such a way that we would be prepared to meet the future, with death only the beginning. The Editor. 12