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

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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.

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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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Field. Day June 12th The students of our school were favoured wit t g ngr-egp- - ; ? y which to hold their annual Field Day. Ever - ' ’ ore was i ? holidrv mood and the programme outlined bv the P.T. Instructor Mr-. Mutchmor went over without a hitch. The following are the results of the variAi competitions: Girls Relay Bovs Relay Grade 7 Girls Relay: 1st - 7C 2nd - 7A 3rd - 7E Grade 8 Girls Relay: 1st - SG 2nd - A Grade 9 Girls Relay: 1st - 9B 2nd - 9C 3rd - 9A Grade 7 Bovs Relav: 1st ... 7F 2nd - 7G 3rd - 7D Grade 8 Boy3 Relay: 1st - BD 2nd - 3B 3rd - SC Grade 9 Boys Relay: 1st - 9A 2nd - 9C Ind ividua l Sprint s Grade 7 Gi rls Midge t Bo vs Juvenil e B oys Grade $ G irls Joy Knight Brian Collard Msrjorie Barnish Don Hanchakoo Cerolie Nitl leton Bob Sweet Sam Cascissa Ed Kantyluk Lome Huff Eleanor Seelev Christine Krystik Gail Tuckett J unior Bo r s Jerry Browsky Bill Goodine Gerald Philoct Inter- m edi ate Bo ys George Falk Mervin Roach Orville Larson Gra de 9 Girls Alice Motvka Yvonne Johnson Pat Me Gov e n S enior Boys Cecil Wilkes Mel Sibley Morris Harris Three- Legg ed R ace 1st - Sam Cascissa and Norman Fredrickson 2nd - Sharon Ashman and Alice Motvka 3rd - Morris Harris and Ed Zebrowski The winning classes were: Grade 9A with a total of 32 r-ints. Grade SD with a total of 30 points. v c with a total of 23 points.