Franconia Mennonite School - Laureate Yearbook (Souderton, PA)

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Stellaruan Society What an enjoyable and profltabl ttme the members of Stellarlan Society have had together thus past year There has been a bountnful Increase all around Our membershup has :ncreased we have a new telescope made by the sklllful hands of members of the soctety and ea h member has recelved Increased knowledge con cernung astronomy Exeryone has enjoyed the trtps to the Fels Planetaruum an Phnladelphra at Christmas and other tnmes of the year Another very specjal feature was a vnsnt to the Vesper l-lelghts Observatory at the Eastern Mennontte College We thank Bro Hertzler our sponsor for helpung and teaching us thus past year We hope those who follow cs wlll enjoy Stellarlan Society as much and maybe more than we Friday Devottonal Peruods At l o clock Fnday afternoons our rooms are qulet as a mouse Seventh and enghth grades slt quuetly wanting for nrnth and tenth grades to come over each student wondenng who wall sat beslde hum We snt excttedly wnth our eyes on the door waltnng eagerly for our vlsntlng speaker These actlvlty perlods are planned for us by our teachers ln most of the peruods we have had devotuonal programs wjth euther a vtsltnng speaker or with students rendernng thetr part Our vjsutung speaker may have been a reltef worker a mjsstonary an evangelust holding meeetungs In thus vucjnuty or a mtntster from thus locallty whom the Reltgtous Welfare Commtttee asked to speak to us Through the message of our speaker our vnslon of the world s need IS broadened and our part In taking the gospel to the world IS more clearly seen When no vlsutung speaker can be secured student programs are ar ranged A cjulz among the grades once held our atrentnon Other times we have had debates artgunal essays and stones or revuews of new books it . . ' 1 1 -' . F . . - I x. I . . . . . . I . . I - , V . , ' ' ' ' W , . . 1 ' , I I I A . . , I - I I ' G u L