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

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THE SEARCHLIGHT Stamp Collecting as , Hobby By Ruth K ch While strmp collecting has always been a fascinating hobby. Perhaps the main reason for its growing popularity is that it is an asset to education. Another good thing about the stamp hobby is that it is so easy to get started. A stamp collection does n t have to be expensive o r complicated and even a small collection can yield a world of enjoyment. All you need in order to start are some stamps and an album to put them in. Some stamps are worth fortunes. I think the stamp that is worth the most money is the one cent stamp from British Guiana. There arc millions of stamp collectors, but there is only on copy of the one cent stamp from British Guiana that was published in eighteen hundred and fifty-six. It is estimated that this stamp today would s- ' ll at a price of fifty thousand dollars. Th.re are also many nether stamps worth thousands of dollars. It is not a hobby of any particular class of p opls; ther. are many kings, queens, and princes in the royal families of the world who are stamp collectors, softer a nation-wide survey it was - nnounced. that among boys and girls, stamp collecting is three times as popular as any other pastime. The Christmas Spirit By Lolo Cuddy During the days that precede Christinamost of us a,re so busy with Christr shopping, sending greeting cores and decorating our homes, that wa hove no time to stop to think of the real Christmas spirit. Yet, having the Christmas spirit is on. of the most important parts ’.bout Christmas, First, I feel that to have the Christmas spirit you must be happy. There is a reason to be so. Wo a.re commemorating Christ ' s birth on that starry night in Bethlehem. To be happy, you must realise the. joyousness of the season. Was it not a great and wondrous thing that God sent his only S ' n to save sinners? Secondly, a merciful and forgiving spirit is necessary. Forget your grouches and. gripes ' .gainst people and openly forgive. For until you forgive j r ou shall not b. forgivv.n. People whom you think you can never forgive are not so bad °s -all that Thirdly, comes • harder part of the Christmas spirit-kind li n an . Kindliness is not hard sometimes, but to be kind .all the time is more difficult. Smile at th children, be friendly to people your own age, and be polite to your elders. If things don ' t suit you, central your temper and smile some rare It is not nearly so hard -as you think, oner, you get started and used to the id a, an the people will begin to think of you as a pleasant person. u four-lettered word cn sum up all these traits. It is short, but it is meaningful. The word is love. Love is the real Christar - spirit. Was it not of love th t Christ was born? His life was ■ life of 1- ve. By love ana love alone can we truly syy we have th. Christmas spirit.

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i ' H |»AHOMS,sg«» An Autum n S cene Py Shir] o r Tnmsic Autumn is the heavenly kingdon of paradise. Om,r by the river stands -■ tiny soft brown sp-ttet fawn, who, by the looic 3e - of him has just cone into this world. Now end then h glances up and looks t around him, into the deep colourful forest. The brown l-?av -s match th f wn ' s skin. These all blend to look like a picture freshly painted on • u artist ' s canvas. The sky with its harmonies of blue blend with the majestic colours of m the trees, shrubs, n nd the gl- zed. look of the water rushing by. They all add c the beauty of Nature ' s paintbrush, t most colourful se s n of the y-ar. As I or into this Nature ' s artists, let mo do sc rib.; to you a little of this m; ' A gust of wind gently back and forth. It seems as they go to rest. The laves on a wedding day in Church, leaves fall to their evor-ro magnificent heaven. shakes th e great, rainbow coloured troa. , bonding these if the whole forest is d r ' ing its 1-st danc- ' before start to fall slowly but - rely, like the confetti Y u g,a year last look of this dr ml ' .ad, as the c sting place. Here on ea.rt is the beauty of Nature ' s- AT cohol By Ka.zu ' Su - Alcohol is produced by +h : action of ye-st upon sjg-r and starch. This substance; is found in boor, whisk y, oc, and h s a verv b d effect on those who drink it. It causes bad .fleets on the organs of th body, A few drinks containing alcohol cause loss of ra r ro o dily heat than is normally lost and a person who drinks them is apt c-o got pneumonia, as a result. Alcoholic beverages nr :p .richly harmful to the nervous system, interferes with the sending of messag s from the brain to the muscles, has had „ few drinks may think h. is doing something skillfully but ha very clumsy and slow. His brain nixes up the- orders whd ah go out to tho It A man who is actual! muscles. As alcohol dulls tho brain, tho drinker forgets his feels that he is fine follow.. Heavy drinking may became one ' s back on trouble doors not nokr i: fly away. The orly successfully is to meet thorn face t- face. worries f-r a time and a habit. But turning way t - deal with probl.. Drinkers get most of L ,noi; energy from alcohol and d- n t eat all the other loops they need. One rea am Co this is that alcohol irritates the lining of the stomach. Instead of getting th food containing vitair.i is they need uhsy fill up with -al co holic beverages which contain no vitamins, minerals, or proteins. Seme heavy drinkers . y live companies have found that , hca the. p red with those of nor —drinkei , tho drinkers. to .good old age. However life insurance- sj.f records of a group of drinkers are crra¬ te-ws tnat non-rdrinkrrs live .Longer than Children and wives fee.:, acini. ' .in red before friends -nd relatives their poverty and di-giti.ee. Lee a oce.de in our 1 ves tv avoid this causes the downfall, bringing ■ .m:..ch s- rrow to our loved ones. becauseof evil that

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I Are Teacher s Necessary By Sharon Ashman ’’What do we need teachers for?” is a question that is often asked ' Tell, the best way to ' answer that is by asking; ourselves, Where would we be without them ? ; Without teachers, schools could not b s run. without schools, we wouldn’t be able to get an education and without an education, we would resemble the early cave-man. Teachers enable us to read and write. They teach us how to cope with mathematical problems and help us to obtain a gre ter und ir standing of our own language as well as those of other peoples. They also help us to attain a higher degree of civilization anc a wider knowledge of our surroundings. They are always patiently waiting to help us with the many countless little things the are necessary to know in life. But do we appreciate them? In most cases th answ er is in the negative. No sooner does a teacher turn his back but h is being criticized by someone’. Perhaps the time when a puoil thinks that tc hers tre least needed is when he is being punished. At this tir ,- he thinks that thsse unnecessary teachers are using some mighty unscrupulous methods. Well, if these troublemakers would behave themselves, the nerves in the palms of their hands might be spared the stimulation. It can alto well be seen that teachers are necessary to keep mischievous pupils like these under control. If we would just think of some of the good t ings that teachers do for us, probably more pupils would realize what an asset they really are in our personal lives. They are waiti ig to help us achieve the greatest success possible. The next time that you ftol like ”blowing up : and ’’telling them off”, think of these things. Possibly you will refrain from saying the things that you had been intending to and you will likely admit that teachers - are necessary. The F irst Snow fall By Joy Knight The night before the snowfall, there was a very heavy fog. The lights were shrouded with mist and. the wind was sh rp and cold. In the morning there was about six inches of soft white snow. The trees were burdened down and every post had a whit cap. The sun was shining and it was a very beautiful morning. After I got up and had my breakfast, I put my coat on and went out to play in the snow. I made a soft white ball of snow and started to make a snowman. Before it was noon time, I had a great big snowman with a pipe in his mouth and a black hat on his head. The afternoon was lovely and at suppertime I went out to look at my snowman. His head had fallen off and his hat lay quite . distance away. All the snow was gone.