Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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THE SANDSTORM Ameleen Fortu three NATIONAL DEFENSE ENAUL HAS TRIED to be of help to our governm nt along drfferent lrnes An extensrve program of sprrrtual physrcal and frnancral cooperatron wrth the Natronal Defense program has been carrred out A defense commrttee was appornted consrstrng of three faculty members and three students Thrs commrttee met at drfferent trmes to drscu s and decrde what plans were to be carrred out on the campus Thrs commrttee also took charge of a servrce held for the rarsrng of a new Amerrcan flag grven to lVlenaul by the Amerrcan Legron and planned the servrce held on Armrstrce Day to dedrcate the servrce flag Our greatest contrrbutron to our country has been our boys and grrls rn the armed forces We haye one hundred and seventy seven alumnr and former students rn the drfferent branches of the servrce rn the army the navy the arr corps and the marrnes Qur servrce flag has one hundred and twenty three blue stars for boys and grrl rn ervrce rn thrs country frftv three srlver stars for boys who have Gone overseas and one gold star for one boy krlled rn actron Some lVlenaul boys have teen deferred from seryrce to work on farms Physrcal educatron was requrred of all students throughout the school year All boys partrcrpated rn football basketball track tennrs or baseball and the grrls par trcrpated rn vollev ball basketball tennrs and softball Lnder the drrectron of the school nurse classes rn frrst ard were grven to the students Also under the drrectron of drfferent faculty members we organrzed a Vrctory Lorps wlrrch was made up of the followrnv drvrsrons Arr Servrce Sea Servrce Land Servrce Communrty Servrce Prodr.ctron Servrc and General Xrctory Corps Frnancrally contrrbutrons to Natronal Defense were made by members of the faculty and students through the purchase of defense bonds and stamps The students on the defense commrttee sold war stamps to the faculty and stud nts every Tuesday Over five hundred dollars rn d fense stamps were sold Scrap materral metal rubber and fat needed for war productron was collected under the drrectron of a f culty m mber Sprrrtually Menauls arm of preparrng every student for Chrrstran crtrzenshrp was more than ever the goal tow rd wh ch our efforts along thrs lrne were drrected Thus rt rs our hope to prepare our students not only for purposes of war but for the re ponsrbrlrtres of peace after the wer rs over v V' :jg 1 Y . , . . . Q . V ' . V , , s A V I 1 V I V ' s s ' ' . ' ', j- ' ' ' ' ' ,D ' ' Y U ' . V , - . C 1 I ' 1 ' U , . . . . . . . . D ,J J . . , . y f , , , ., , , 1 nf K L. ' I , A , . ., . ' . ' . ' e a ' e '. , . . ,, , , . ' ' 'a ' r ' . . . V . M , V Q , . ,, . . Page Twenty nmc

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THE SANDSTORM Nmetcen Forty-three AL: rg , 4 rr .1,. T SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FLN IS IVIPORTANT rn the Ir ppy trmes rr' our home away from home In the fall after school begrns the boys may be found t Qld Brrck rather bashful and shy Soon couples begrn to form rndrcatrng n w acquarntances and a happy rrme for the rest of the year n the fall a pow wow on the mesa rs the best trm for the boys to be together and the grrls to be alone hayrng a prcnrc all srngrng lmghrng eatrng and hawrng a ood time Last fall the students attended the Irfth annu I state farr rn Albuquerque The carnrwal gave everybody a good trme and the farr prowrded the educatronal part Stunt nrght for Hallowe en rs the trme for pleasure at the gy mnasrum Everybody dresses rn the funnrest way possrble and entertarns the rest The best performances re cerye a prrze IVIovres are shown on Saturday nrghts once a month for ererybody to enjoy Plays too are a source of entertarnrnent on Saturday nrvhts Chrrstran Endeavor Socretres take a part rn entertarnrng twrce a year with a banquet and a prcnrc supper Partres and prcnrcs are a part of the socral Irfe A prcnrc close to the end ol the school year rs usually gr en at the crty park QM, SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP rs the fundamental word of an ambrtrous student at IVlenaul Here scholarshrp rs consrdered by the students as a competrtrwe event among classes and rndryrduals the same as track or any other sport A rn all sports a scholarshrp tudent needs preparatron hard work and abrlrty tre end of erery rx weeks the arer ge grade for each cla s r a r hoe r determrned and the class lrarrng the hrghest arerage durrng that rx week r awarded a scholarshrp banner To be on the honor roll a student must haye an axerage ot B rn hrs class work as well as rn deportment and rndustrral work Ar the close of the year r sclrolarshrp banquet rs grren to honor all students who hare kept therr B axerage throughout the year Each Ironored student rs presented y rtlr an Qld Englrsh style Nl A rrn r awarded to all senrors who hare been at the cholarslrrp banquet f t o tr e years Page Twenty erglrl I I I f 1 I I A P v - I o .. . I ', ,G , . V . . . 6 ' H . Y D, I ,, . , .. . 3, r ,. H v ' ' ' . . - K 3. ' tg I 1 . I - 4 . . O . ' ' 'Wvl 4 Y ' I , bu X . . , . Ar l ' 's ' a 'A ' s' as x' I ls . ' Q . v . I- K.: . ' V - Y A 1 - 1 M V i K , I ' ' . ' - v . '- ' . . 1' 's ' . ' ' s I - or w or l re - w ' .

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