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

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THE SEARCHLIGHT 3 VISIT TO THE ART G J.TT Y By Lorno Johnston Sach year tho Manitoba Society of Artists presents an exhibition of paintings, prints and drawings by its members and by outside contribu¬ ting artists whoso works have passed a selection coimittee appointed by tho society ' s executive. Since this is tho senior society of Manitoba, its ' ' show ' usually contains the best work of the better artists. This year four classes wore given the opportunity of seeing the pictures displayed, 8A, 8B, 9A, 9B. My favorite landscape painting.in the Art Uali ary is End of the Day painted by C.F. Ashmore. It is a water color ainting of the end of a day after a hard day’s work on the farm. The :mer is unhitching four tired horses from a plough in a field, and nor. by a little colt is nibbling grass. Among the ninety-seven pictures on display, t re were sovoral portraits, A member of the Manitoba Society of Art s ' ts, Jean Eyden, pro¬ duced a splendid water color portrait of a smiling Id man, Mr. Kendal. You ' ve probably seen Mr. Kendal selling newspapers n the corner of Portage and Main in front of Child ' s Restaurant. H. is an old short man with a curly white beard. The artist, in his portrait, reveals the Santa Claus features of Mr. Kendal. I was very pleased to find a pointing by Margaret Milne, our art instructor while Mr. Wolfb was in England last year, it was called ’’Floor of the Forest , 1 It was’a pen and crayon drawing shewing mushrocaus, ' different kinds of plants and the shrubs growing on tho floor of the forest, THE JOY OF BEING AN EDITOR Adapted by Fred Roy Getting out the Searchlight is no picnic. If we print jokes people say we are silly; If we clip things from other papers, we are too lazy to write; If we don’t, we are stuck on our own stuff; If we stick close to ' the job all ' day, we ought to be out hunting up news; If we do get out and try to hustle, we ought to be on the job in ' the offic If we don’t print contributions, we don ' t appreciate true genius; If wo do, the Searchlight is filled with junk; If we make a change in a fellow’s write-up, we are too critical; If we ' ' don’t, wo are asleep; Now, ' like as not, someono will saw we swiped this one from sane other papej! Well, wo didll ’ FATHER: ' And what did you learn at school today? TONY: ’7, learned to say ’Yes, sir ' and’No, sir’ and ' Yes, ma’am’ and ’No, ma’am.’ FATHER (greatly pleased): You did? TONY: Yep. ’

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5 j-y - yyy o 1 ? ' PARENT ’S NIGHT By Mary Pittarolii Lola Cuddy On Friday, January 25, wo again hold our annual Parentis Night, From 7:30 to 8«30 paronfs Visitod the various teachers in their classrooms. Note¬ books woro oh display in some of tho rooms. This gave tho parents afi idea of thoir child’s progross as comparod with that of the rest of the class. After this interesting hour, tho parents woro invited to the auditorium for an entertaining programme of sea shanties, sung by the boys’ choir. They wore diroctod by Miss Dickson and accompanied by Madclcnc Colburn, Douglas Borody, and Lola Cuddy. Nort came a humorous skit on tho subjoct of homework directed by Mr. Smalloy. Thoso taking part were Pat Wolfe,“Doris Vandcl, Irene Dystad, Mary Pittarolii, Lillian Boaudin, Lynno“Miils, Bernice Godfrey, Lorno Johnston, Ernest Roimor, Tern Moinar, Hcion Charambura, Harold Hildebrandt. It gavo the parents an idea of what some pupils do whon they are supposed to study, A panel discussion followed, Mr. Patterson informed tho parents of“ the mannQr in which the students had been graded and what the parents could do to ' holp croato a proper atmesphorc in which to study. Mrs, Stewart, the school nurso, discussed the importance of good health, Mrs. McAskill told of tho part tho visiting toachor piayod in straightening out difficulties. Tho Aovorond Mr, Douglas of Old St Andrew is Church spoke of the part tho Church had in producing good citizons, Mrs, D. Bcbbington was chairman of the discussion. ' ■! if ' ' y ' ■ r.- ' i ' •. J --• -p u It .) ■ A TALK ON CHINA By HoIon Charambura Miss Cocilia Koo, a young Chinoso lady from Hong Kong x iho is now attending tho Uhivorsity of Manitoba, gavo our grado nino students a talk on China . Sho came dressod in“a tight wool dross. This dross was pale pink, with short“slooves and a long slit at oach si do. Hor shoos wore black high hoois. All tho young University girls in China wear a dross vory much liko tho ono sho xuoro, A person ’who is greatly honoured in China is a teacher and the groat philosopher, Confucius. In her talk she“told how tho English word good is written in Ghinoso, A figure of one girl and ono boy is drawn on a white shoot of papor which is tho symbol of good . The English word roast in Chinoso is written with a letter roprosonting firo and tho figuro for moat ovor it, making tho vorb roast . Another articlo which Miss Koo brought was the Chinoso adding machino. This was a woodon framo, consisting of ton rows of black buttons. She demonstrated tho uso of it to us.

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BZ. ii£tt SliAHOKlIOt ' C HUGH JOHN MACDONAT.D MUSI CAT, PrT ..g NIH.PCEg OF 1552 3y Madolcno and Marleno Colburn This year tho choirs of Hugh Join Macdonald, under tho direction of thoir music toucher. Miss F. Dickson, have again upheld tho musical standard of the school. The Glee Club Choir worked hard and produced excellent results in the Armistice Day service hold at Old St. Andrew’s Church. Tho songs included Non Nobis Domino , A T; nksgiving Hymn and !, 0 Valiant Hearts . The Christmas Carol Choir song beautifully ov; C.B.W. in a pro¬ gramme spohsorod by the Winnipeg City Hydro. Tho gj is were given great praise by many people interest©d in music - The per nuance oj ered a splondid opportunity for the girls to learn how a r r ' o station is operated. Tho Baritones and. Trebles gave the audience a ivdL y rendition of Sea Shanties at the Parent’s Night programme, Part ipating in this programme was Garry Stophanson, who gave us a solo . 0 Shenandoah accompanied by Madelenc Colburn, Douglas Borody wit.” Ms violin and Lola Cuddy at tho piano accompanied tho choir in, Johnr 7 s Gono To Hilo. In manoiy of His Majesty, King George VI, a sc ice was held at St. Paul’s Church. Accompanied by Marlene Colburn, the chBol sahg the late King George Vi’s favorite hymn, Abide With Me. TI Glee Club Choir sang the well known hymn, The Lord Is My Shepherd . Lo] i Cuddy Was tho accompanist. Festival time arrived with t ho choirs once ag In doing a splendid pioCo of work. The Gloo Club Choir, consisting Of o hufidrod and twelve girls, placod a good second. This year Hugh John M; ionald entered a Folk Song Choir cc nsistirg of ono hundred and tMrt; girls who gave an excollent account of themselves. In addition, the 1 hool was ' proud to have so many classroom ontrios in tho Fostival this year rhe choirs of 9AB, 8A, 8C©, and 7A roachod a very Mgh degree of musicrj refinement, especially in interpretation and diction. The SAB rgoir placed second in its class. The Tronic Choir consisting of sixty bo- : a, came a very close second in tho Folk Song Class for boys. They prosoibed a vory spirited pioce of work. The last performance ■ of the- Glee Club Choir an , the Bo; a Tr ,ble Choir was given at on Empire Day programme on Friday May Mrd in the School Auditorium. Tho songs included in this service were, Come Ever Smilihg Liberty , ’’In Loyal Bonds United , and I Vow To Tl jo: My Country . Lola Cuddy ' again accompanied tho choirs. We all dee-ply appreciate the help given so generously by Miss Horner, Miss Gordon, and the members of the staff, who co-operated with us, during preparations for tho various performances. Maid How do I soy it. Ma’am? Dinner is ready 1 or Banner is served? • Ifidy of tho House If it’s like •yosuerday ’s s ' st say Dinner is burnt .