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

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Left to right: Martha Klassen; Frank Thiessen; Catherine Friesen, Convener; Delbert Plett, Elaine Barkman. Social Committee Report To relieve the monotony of our studies, we students welcome a change in activities. We had our annual “Get-Acquainted Party’’ in October. For some reason, hilarious laughter at some of the sights was heard. Some people say a person gets too old for birth¬ day parties, but our worthy teachers don’t. They didn’t seem to mind being blindfolded, although loud noises from balloons being banged over their heads appeared to bother them. At our Christmas social we enjoyed a play, musical numbers, and amusing games. Candy, pea¬ nuts, fruit, and gifts were distributed. We also proved our skating skills several times. After one such an excursion doughnuts and coffee refreshed our spirits. With enthusiastic hearts we boarded the bus one mild winter day in anticipation of some good tobogganing. Although nature seemed opposed to our venture, we enjoyed the ride and lack of stu¬ dies for that afternoon. An event which has become almost tradition is the field trip, which we take when warmer wea¬ ther rolls around. These extra activities help to make school life more varied and interesting. They also give our instructors a break in their lectures. Don’t you think informal socials enrich school spirit? Catherine Friesen PAGE 27

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Left to right: Peter Penner, Henry Friesen, Paul Friesen, convener. Sports Committee Report Hello there! Sports is something that we all like. This means that good sportsmanship and good co-operation is needed. In the fall we started out with football. We played football for quite a while and then we got a team together to practise for a couple of days. We asked Landmark to come and play against us. In spite of good cheering and a good start we lost the game. In winter we played a number of sports like table tennis, soccer, and hockey. Because the boys like hockey, we got a team together to have some practise. We took off some noon hours to practise at the local Blumenort rink. We could not practise Ping-pong on a cold winter morning. very much because the weather was not too favour¬ able. When we played against A.K. Penners, how¬ ever, we won by a score of six to three. With spring around the corner we are all pret¬ ty eager to see the dry ground appear again. We are looking forward to some good games of base¬ ball and volleyball. Throughout the year we have been able to en¬ joy ourselves during the recesses with a number of activities. This enjoyment was a direct result of the co-operation of the students during the course of the year. Paul Friesen O Team! I stand on guard for thee! PAGE 26

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Left to right: Bernie Brandt; Bert Penner, convener; Irene Doerksen; Lydia Doerksen School Christian Fellowship I am deeply grateful for the opportunity of serving on the School Christian Fellowship Committee. The amount of success that our pro¬ grammes have had was due to the excellent co-operation of teachers, students, and committee members. What kind of meetings do we have? To try to arrange the pro¬ grammes as much as possible according to the students’ wishes we sent around pieces of paper at the beginning of the school year and asked each one to contribute at least one idea. Some of the most prominent suggestions were: discussion groups, panel discussions, visiting speakers, films, and musical groups. From this list we prepared our programmes. I am sure that these Wednesday noon meetings were an immense blessing to all concerned. The many individuals taking part in the program¬ mes have reaped the blessings of doing spiritual preparation whereas the listener gained by hearing a well prepared item. This year as well as other years we tried to keep a dominant aim in mind at our meetings: To know Christ and make Him known. The success of this aim is up to each one of us. We can use this as a very effective means of testimony or we can pass off the golden opportunity and let our Christian testimony slide. To gain the utmost blessings as a group the committee tried to keep one command of the Bible in mind for every programme, James 1:22 — “Be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” Bert Penner PAGE 28