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

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THE SEARCHLIGHT 47 17 7 What Friendship Moans To Me By Machike Shibuya Here I was in Winnipeg, a city unknown to me. On ay way here I thought of having many friends, beautiful big schools with gardens and. big yards, n nd five-mile-long buildings which would tower oyer the city. But when I stepped out of the car, I was greatly disappointed for there in front of me were several little boys and girls standing and gaping at me. They suddenly burst out laughing when I started to t ' lk. I tried to keep the tears back because I knew that the oldest girl in the family should never cry. I just grinned t thorn and started towards r dull, yellow nd brown house whi h was to b .crmi; our home, ti f After many hours of jumping from trunk to trunk, trying to help my parents by looking after the young ones, as well as getting into my parents ' w y, there was a knock. Timidly I walked to the door. There in front of ms stood two girls about my age. One was tall, pretty dark-haired, with ■■ friendly s ils o n her face. The other was pretty but looked funny because sh h d lipstick smrrred .all i over her face, and a little r. inbow-colcrod beret nest], d on a head of tightly- curled., dirty blonde-..hair,.. She-was-a-half deaf girl. As I couldn ' t sp ak English very well I just mumbl..d H-llo . They muttered something, but guessing that I couldn ' t undc’rst nd, they took my hand and pulled ri Uv out of the hruse. I was frightened but just then th- half-deaf girl stuck out a candy on a stick (which I later found out wa3 called sucker ). I then know j: that they just wanted me to play with them, I r n back into the house, received permission to go r ut and play with the girls, and dash . 1 out with a light heart. They took me around the neighbourhood, to the. sch ' ' l i was to attend, and to the neighbourhood park. They tried their bost to explain to me why a man was singing all out of k..y and stumbling like a wiggly sn k , why some cars had to stop while others whizzed by, and why trolley buses ne led two poles at the top of them. Those things were very d if ficult for me t urr’erstand because, where I came from I had never heard of drunkeness, buses traffic lightp and many ocher things such as fudgicles, movie stars, moving pictures a.nd money. The day ended ■ 11 too quickly for me but I was happy because I h d loomed that not everybody is mean and inconsiderate in Wig cities. ifc TUI CHER: How can one person possibly make so many mistakes? JOHNNY: Oh, I didn ' t do it all by myself. My big sister helped me. JACK: Dad, how soon before I ' ll be able to do as I please? FATHER: I don ' t know, son. Nobody lias lived that long yet. SHE: You remind me of the ooean. HE: Wild, romantic, and resless? SHE: No, you make me sick. Ralph: How would you like to have me for lunoh? Maureen: No thanks, my digestion isn ' t what it used to bo.

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Christmas Time By M-rllyne Hudson Christmas! Christmas! Magical words indeed, which make the whole world 3.7 rjjoice. The stores are full of lovely gifts for young and old, to say nothing - the aroma of candies, nuts, and all kinds of goodies to eat As the happy day ne r r the Christmas Spirit gets deeper in everyone f s heart You notice an air o vorywhore you go, Carols are sung on all the r-adir stations. Christmas Tree parties are arranged and enjoyed by young and old. Then Christmas live comes. Father is coming in the door «nd what a bsautif tree he has! What a time we will have decorating it with coloured tinsel imitation icicles, imitation snow r-nd of course presents oil around the base. 11 stand back and admire our handiwork and father of course has his chest swell up as if to say I sure did ? swell joh again this ye r . Mother .gives us a km smile and scoots little Lome off to bed with a waning that Santa Claus won’t cr until ha is fast asleep. Later in the evening we set out a lunch for Sant- Clan ;-nc ' . we retire ourselves after giving thanks to God for the birth of his Son makir, Christmas tines possible. It ' s Christmas Homing end shouts of j y come from Lome as he spies one present after another belonging V him. He is hardly able; to realize what he actually has. Then there ' s Father admiring his pink tie with the blu p-lka lots that mother thought was 30 lovely, ' Just want I wanted ' said Dad, wondering of course, if it will go with his pygaraa 3 or if it ' s better left in the box, After all the gifts are opened Dad takes us for a ride o n our new toboggan. What fun we have! We even build e snowman in the front yard, complete with a hat and muffler and after a snowball fight we decide to see how Mom is coming with the turi Our appetites are indeed keen by this time -nc 1 Mother doesn ' t have to call u twice. Never does a bird undergo such transformation—frm a golden brown, well cione a.nu well rounded bird filled with dressing, to legless, wingless, breastless, frame. No wonder Mother soys 1 bet I gained 10 pounds, Where we put our Christr pudding I don ' t know, but no one can resist Mother ' s Plum Duff, We somehow manage to push ourselves away from the table, Soon the air is filled with the aroma of one of Dad ' s special Havana Cigars. A more contented fellow would be indeed hard to find. Mother and I rattle off the cljshss and we spend on evening of. playing games. When bedtime comes we need no prompting. Our day ha.d been filled with gladness and when I say my prayers I wonder why everyone, doesn ' t Pray and offer thanks to God, Then maybe we could have the Christma.s spirit everyday. The labor of listening Either dig deep or span far — Seems too great to many people Just don’t stay where you are. For them to undertake. A vacation is a succession of 2 ' s. It oonsists of 2 weeks which are 2 short. Afterwards you are 2 tired 2 return hom and 2 broke not 2 , 1st Student: How far are you from the correct answer? 3 2nd Student: Two seats.

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•V 0 The Importance Of A School Education By Sharon D . Ashman - What would the world be like today if no one were educated? ' .e would be a barbarous, uncivilized, uncultured nation. Education is everybody’s business. It is generously ofiered to us, but many of us, not realizing its value, refuse to accept. it. . I- only we would sometimes stop to consider £he number of countries in which only the wealthy can attend schools, we might realize how priv¬ ileged we really are. Perhaps if we called to our minds the cost runr: .ng schools, more pupils might become more studious and wouJ 01 sho re ate r .interest in learning, School does a great service for us. It prepares us for wholesome Jiving beyond school. Without schooling, we couJln’t have as many.opp¬ ortunities for advancement. We wouldn’t be able to really accomplish things the way we can through having it. Through it, we are enabled to become more aware of the happenings in our huge world and to understand them better. We are able to attain a higher degree of civilization and to obtain a greater knowledge of the universe about us. The necessity of peace and security is brought, to our minds and we are bc.vgkt to do our parts. a school we meet diff¬ erent kinds of people and we have to adjust ourselves to many new.sit¬ uations. In this way we acquire the necessary techiniques that-will be useful in dealing with people we may come in contact with in the out¬ side world . School is like a vast bridge. It carries us from infancv to mat¬ urity. School, and all it stands for, should be and is free to all who want it. It is up to us to show our appreciation of it by using it to a good advantage. My Best Subject By L yleSile s The subjec t I like best is History. It deals with important hapo swings, important places, and important people. In history there’s ys something about battle, explorers, inventions, painters, writers, i rs, and all sorts of people. If it weren’t for history we wouldn’t who invented anything, or played something. But histor r isn’t just s cries of inventors, painters, etc. It is the story of mankind, step by ' ten to the present time- the cultures of ancient people and their r lisle us beliefs. Some of these people, thousands of years ago, were creative in mind and progressive; others were very primitive. History deals with people of all countries, and shows the errors of the past so they won’t be made again. It is the subject that gives examples of living in ether countries. It does away with prejudice and racial dis¬ crimination. That’s why I like history best. Joe Blow was telling about a trick he’d learned in trying jui- jitsu: :: So I grabbed his Tr rist like this — then I twisted like this — and before I knew what hit him-- I was flat on my back.