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

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SCIENCE EXAMINATION DAY 21 By Phyllis Johnson 9-13 Christmas Science examination day was one day when I wanted to sleep in. On that day I awoke gaily. The sun was streaming in the window. Though I remembered the Science Exam, I promptly went back to sleep. However, my mother, (how could she be so cruel), ruthlessly shook me and dragged me out of bed. The first thing that greeted my eyes was my open science book where I had left it when I had been unable to hold my eyes open any longer. I shut my eyes. Get dressed, commanded my mother. You have an Exam this morning . Don ' t remind me , I pleaded tragically, Let me forget for one hour . However, my mother, (heartless woman) merely laughed. Have you ever tried to eat breakfast and study at the same time? Well don ' t. The result is one slightly messy notebook. At 8.40a.m. I left and met ny girl friends. We greeted each other with somewhat sickly smiles and proceeded to further muddle what little knowledge we had, by questioning each other from the textbook. After risking our lives, by studying while crossing the streets, we arrived at the school. There we saw herds of sleepy students wandering aimlessly about the halls, their noses in their textbooks. A bell rang. Five to nine! Five more minutes] We hurried to the classroom. At nine o ' clock a smiling teacher entered, a stack of papers on her arm. Good morning class she said, Good morning Miss Blank She began distributing the papers. I felt the bottom drop out of my stomach. After explaining t he directions, she sat down and left us to our misery. The first page was full in the blanks and the next, true or false . I found this easy, and quite elated over my success. I turned to the next page. My heart sank. Essay-type questions. I plowed, (and I do mean plowed),through this to the last question-. Draw and label the parts of the mushroom I cringed, for my artistic efforts had always netted me failures. Then I bravely took my pencil and began to draw, thinking all the time of what a wonderful design this mushroom was for Lilly Dache ' Suddenly I saw it. The joyous words, End of Examination leaped gleefully out of the paper at me. I proceeded to check, re-check, stare out of the window and add extra curls to my letter till my teacher said You may hand in your papers . I flew up to the desk, handed in ny papers, grabbed my coat and ran to meet my friends hwereupon I exclaimed, I thought it was easy .

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MY IMPRESSIONS OF A NEW SCHOOL 22 The first person I met was Mr. D.A. Patterson who impressed me as being a very understanding person. When I came to Hugh John Macdonald, I was scared of an unfriendly welcome but I was made more than welcome by the teacher and pupils of Room 23. All the teachers I have met so far are very nice. At the school I came from there are only 250 pupils altogether and here at H.J.M. there are 250 grade eights alonel This is certainly quite a difference. Here we change rooms for each subject but in the school I came from, we stayed in the same room all day. At H.J.M. you have a chance to talk and walk around in between each lesson and this is nicer than having to sit in the same desk all the day long, I like the system here at Hugh John Macdonald. Louise Godin 8-23 When I first came to Hugh John Macdonald, I met Mr. Patterson, the principal of the school. After I had finished talking to him, I was assigned to Room 23. When I got there I met Miss Hawkes, who told one of the girls to take me to the P.T. hall. I met the P.T. teacher, Mrs. Graham, and she was ' very nice to me. Then we went to Social Studies and that is where I met Mr, Belton who was also very nice to me. The rest of the day I kept meeting new teachers. The pupils of Room 23 were very nice. The other school I went to was entirely different. We used to stay in one classroom all the day long - because it was a very small school with not so many teachers. I like H.J.M, verjr much and I like the kids and teachers too. Claudette Proulot 8-23 RULES Getting to school on time is something important in our room. If you are late. Miss Hawkes ■will keep you in five minutes after four o T clock on Friday, There is a rule saying that students coming into school must go straight to their classroom and stay there until classes begin. This rule is often broken by girls and boys who hang around in the halls after the bell has rung. We have some very nice teachers in our school and they all have their own methods of keeping order. Mr. Belton teaches Social Studies and if juu don ' t like his subject he will give you more work until you do. We have also a very good science teacher, Mr. Diamond, He has a saying that if you must call out when you are in his class, then you must write lines. This is how he keeps order in the classroom. Order in a classroom must be kept for if it were not kept, there would be no work done. In Hugh John Macdonald there is always work being done Bill Goodine 8-23 -