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

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Student Council STUDENT COUNCIL Left to right: Nettie Brandt; Ralph Unger, vice-president; Ruth Toews; Waldon Doerksen, president; Jake Friesen; Wayne Reimer; Eleanor Plett, secretary; Betty Barkman. yd ord From The President Each new school year brings new and different students to school; this year was no exception. I would like to thank the student body for giving me the chance to serve as president. I would also like to thank the members of the stud¬ ent council for their co-operation and willingness to work. To our teachers I would like to say, not only for patient instruc¬ tion in school work, but also for instruction in other matters, thank you! I have found this past school term very enjoyable. The friendliness of the students and teachers makes one feel at home. Even though our school is small, our spirits are big. “Study to show thyself approved unto God . . .” This should chal¬ lenge us all to do our best in our studies. Good luck, students! — Waldon Doerksen PAGE 8

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As I share with you a few thoughts in this edition of the Blue and Gold, may I first of all congratulate our graduates and wish you every success in the future. It has given me much pleas¬ ure to work together with you. I am confident that the mutual understanding established in the past, time will not easily sever. Our life is determined to a very great extent by the choices we make. You, students, have atten¬ ded this school because it was your choice. The length of time you will continue in institutions of learning will be left largely up to you. Various vocations extend a beckoning hand and so you are faced with a decision. The company you keep will be yours by choice. Even the scriptures point out that there are two ways leading to the beyond while we, the individual, must choose which one our feet will tread. Be careful as you make each decision — so much depends on it. I hope that the things learned at this school will serve as indicators pointing to that which is noblest and best. Remember that an Unfailing Guide is ever willing to assist us; to Him the out¬ come of each choice is as clear as the decisions that we face. Mr. G. B. Doerksen Testing The consensus of opinion among students is that examination are superfluous, outdated and nothing but an excrutiating torture. How unfortu¬ nate that no one has come up with a suitable substitute! They say, “Just wait until school days are over, and examinations will be a thing of the past,” But will they be forgotten, never to haunt us again? When our school days are over, we will go out to face life. Will life have examinations which we must write? I am afraid it will. How privi- ledged Solomon was to be given a blank check by which he could draw on God’s boundless store¬ house! Was that a blank, or was it the supreme examination of his life? Solomon’s motives were tested. That Solomon passed his examination is confirmed by the fact that in addition to what he asked for, God gave him everything that he might have requested. How sad that in subsequent tests, Solomon did not choose as wisely as we would have expected. He ended his life serving other gods instead of the Lord his God. We too shall be called upon to choose. It will not be a written examination, but the choices we shall make will effectively test our motives and desires. If our written tests will have prepared us to make wiser choices, then our school experience will have been well worth the effort. Mr. T. C. Martens PAGE

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f Valedictory Address Inspector Jasper, Teachers and Fellow Students, Parents, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply aware of the great honour that my fellow-graduates have placed upon me and it is my desire to bring forth my best and dis¬ close our true feeling on our graduation day. We, as graduates have reached another milestone in our life, the end of our last year at Blumenhof. This means farewell to our teachers and fellow students. To us it means a stepping-stone to further training and vocational careers. Because education is becoming increasingly important in our era, we challenge you, fellow students, to come back next year and to be satisfied with not less than the best. The days when we sat in the classrooms learning our square roots, radicals, chemical formulas, and history will long be remembered. At the end of the week we have, no doubt, felt discouraged at times facing a big pile of homework, but we went back Monday morning to attack our work with a greater zeal. At times we have failed. Let us, however, not grieve over our failures but keep them in mind as guides to avoid the pitfalls of the future. On our graduation we are literally closing one door and at the same moment opening another. We are opening the door to our future; we cannot tell what it will bring. We are opening it with the faith of the people who have been our guides up to now. We hope that we can be worthy of this faith in us and fulfill our duty by using our newly acquired knowledge and skill to make this world a better place to live in, not only by our own efforts but with divine guidance. We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our parents who have sacrificed a great deal of time and money for our education. We also thank our teachers who patiently guided us whenever the going was rough. Arnold Doerksen PAGE 9