Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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HOW I LIVE ON TWENTY FOUR HOURS A P Y BY Reg, Parker I rv day commences with the sounding of“man ' s age old enemy, the Frankenstein of our modern age, the“alarm clock. Eight o ' clock has come once .again, and drearily and slowly I push the covers of my bed to one side. I always haYe the urge to let my head flop hack onto the pillow and“commence slumbering hut I somehow always manage, although unwillingly, to drag my weary body out of bed. After I have dressed, washed and eaten breakfast I am ready to ' meet the new bom day with the vim and vigor that I had not had twenty five minutes before. Sight fortyflYe and it ' s time to dash to that wonderful place of knowledge. School, School the place vihere people go to find out what has happened, what ' s going to happen and What is happening, just to forget all about it at the end of the school year. After a three hour session of school it 3 s bacK home. from about ten after twelve to twenty to one I practice ity piano, and th§“way that I practice would make Mozart turn over in his grave and yell for mercy. After I finish what I call practicing I eat my lunch. As soon as I have luncheoned (if I may be high hat enough to call it that) I onco more hit the roa d to school. Someday I am going to hit the road onco too often, then it win hit back, After spending another two and one half hours in school, I once more collect my school and “ comic books and start for homo From four- to four fortyfive 1 quietly do my homework and othor work missed duo to reading comic books. Disposing of my school books for the ovoning, I set he table. Until supper is ready I practice my piano again. After supper I go to the drug store to meet the boys. ran there we go back to our glorious school. This time our bolovod school is not the quiet, peaceful learning placo that it is in the daytime. This time it is a riotous; roaring., bedlam. Yes, 5b is our sports club. Hero we indulge in tumbling, wooden her so jumping, basketball, floor hockey and wrestling. Around the hour of ten the boys and I, “who nee look like weary moth- oaten nags, cane staggering cut of the school and trip back to the drug store. Same of tho beys order sodas, same .order sand iches and sane even order maals, but I order ;ny specialty, a glass of -nter and a toothpick. Refreshed, and forj.rg better , go back home, have a little snack and drag my weary bones to bod

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THE aafiBCBTIfflE TKB STCRt I TIKE BEST By Christal Rogalski Of all the stories, hooks, magazines, and other articles I’ve read, I find that Bight Cousins ' has boon my choice as the best. Not the best in Literature, perhaps, but in the way of just plain reading for pleasure. This book, writton by the well known L°uise May Alcott, has something more in it than just a story. Rose, the little girl around which the story is centered, has no mother and has rocontly lost her father. Such is the case of many a boy or girl oven if they lose them in a different.way. Wo, who live in a froo country, porhaps do not roalizo this for we never have to foar that our parents will bo taken from us. This point, touched me very much but tho girl herself gave the reader very much to think about. Being quite young in age did not stop her from being what one might call a girl that can keep herself from temptation jt t to help others. For ozamplo, when in her ' toons. She began to-Wear oarrings. She received a pair of tiny onos frem her uncle. Although they wore very dear to her, sho was willing to give thorn up so as to stop two of her cousins from smoking. “Roso folt as though sho lovod semo bettor than crthors inTier group- of roiativos but was ablo to hido this fooling. Very few people can do this and Rose was one of thoso fow. Sho also was a girl of groat patidneo and understanding. This was provofi during tho time when Mac almost lost his oyosight. For Rose it was a roal trial to koop from losing- her pationco with tins restless patient bocauso shd was the only one who cared, read, sang, ontortainod and took him for walks. Rose stood by him through thick and thin. Not many could koop up thoir. pationco to go through that. There wero many more important points but I think the ones mentioned boforo are tho most important. Why do I think so? Horo is why. How many timds must one roalizo that Roso was a model chiIdI Was she perfect? Corbainiy ' not, but sho triod to do what was right. Don’t you think that’s what can bo oxpoctod of all children? Reading this story has holpod mo to be a bit more considerate and pationt with others. What you got out of tho story•depends on ho? you road it. Tho points previously mentioned can’t help but bo seen. But a person that just reads it and has his mind“closod to the story may just find it interesting. To bo ablo “to got all there is of value in this stony one must Troop his mind open to all that is written on each page. You have to bo willing to tako to heart all that is said. Sooing this book has been so interesting to me, why don’t you try it. Samotimos stories can bo tho best toachors. Ralph iff.: But sir, I don’t deserve zoro on this exam. Teacher; I know that, but It’s tho lowest I can givo you

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Writing essays does not appeal to mo. I feci that it is im¬ possible for mo to write them and it is only a waste of time. Though I try my best, the idoas don ' t como. It soems unreasonable to expect us to write essays. I think that it should bo abolished. let only those gifted individuals, who want to writo. Thcro doesn’t scam to be any acceptable reasons for our writing essays bocauso, after all, everybody isn ' t going to do that type of work. Howo.or, I havo Doon taught that it is possible for ovorybody to record his.or hor own ideas and experiences on a given topic. I bcliov that this is truo inmost, but not j.n all cases; at least I don’t belong to the former. I know, there aro many poopio who c m and want to write. To bo able to do this these poopio must have a aatural talont of bringing about original thought. I. hayo also boon taught that noth’ 5 can be achieved without work and thcro is a certain satisfaction whor ;hat work has boon corneleted, thoroioro, thcro ought to be a certain • lisfaction after you have written an ossay l Nov; I soon to got off tho subject id I have to return to find out whether or not I dislike writing css s; there are times when ono cannot bo sure of himself. As I see tho lords grow into sentences, and sontonces into paragraphs, I begin to re izc that to write an ossay you need to got started. Another thing oded is self-confidonee; with the aid of it you can do wonders, Yos, even writo essays. And now I realize that I do not re was more fun doing it than I thought the .ly dislike writ ing; and there 1 would bo. U. ABOUT TTCAfiHK Harold Hildobi and Groorgo idt aun Teachers are a frighi ii lot They givo you homowo: , all they’ve got You have to do it, 01 nstoad You’ll find your hands will be very rod. Some touchers aro vory queer, Somotimos they get you to ' Volunteer To cone next morning at 8 a.m. To do tho work you left undone.