Morweena High School - School Memories Yearbook (Morweena, Manitoba Canada)

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ATHLETICS

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A DAY AT MORWEENA HIGH In the morning we arrive at school loaded with school books, lunch kits, etc. Most of the pu¬ pils just stand around talking, till nine o’clock, when the bell rings for school to begin. We first have chapel in which we sing a few rousing songs, and then the teacher reacts from Our Daily Bread and a section of the Bible to the class. Chapel usually lasts for about twenty minutes. our most interesting subject, History. Of course we don ' t have these subjects in this order every day. We have quite a wide schedule. This provides va¬ riety and prevents boredom. Lunch is readily disposed of at twelve, and then we have re¬ cess till one o ' clock. Our first subjects in the afternoon are Geography and Science. These two subjects can be very interesting too, especially Science. Next we have Maths which con¬ sists of either Geometry or Al¬ gebra. This period lasts about an hour, so of course every one is glad to go outside for a lively game of soccor or snow¬ ball or stay inside to play ten¬ nis. Then we have last recess and after that our last subject, which is German. In German per¬ iods, we either practice oral reading, or have German grammer. When school is finally dis¬ missed everyone is glad to go home to--an evening of homework. I know a good way to get home¬ work done. Spread out your books and decide which subject to con¬ quer first. You decide on that unbearable History essay because it has to be handed i n the next day. Trying to concentrate on ' William Pitt and Cabinet Govern¬ ment is much harder than you im¬ agined. Firstly write down the main points. Oh, you notice you need another research book for the sub - topics. You leave the room t o get one but not finding the one you want you return with a story book. Read two chapters then work on the essay again. The sub-topics go down next but where do you find them? You think for a few minutes then give up and t a k e up the story book again. An hour later you are finished with the story book—but not the essay. Now its too late to fin¬ ish it. After all homework can wait but story books can ' t. - Mary Ann Dueck 16

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SPORTS IN MORWEENA HIGH ' When school opened in a wet fall not much sports activities took place right away. After a few days, the boys, found themselves entertained with football while the girls played various other games. After a few weeks, a sports committee was elected and baseball was started. Two teams competed for about a week. A large number of baseballs were used. A game involving the best team of a week ' s competetion from the High School and the Room Three ' s of the Elem¬ entary School was played. The High School won by quite a decisive margin. Left to Right: Raymond Dueck, Elmer As the end of fall drew near a topic came Dueck, Hilda Friesen, Jerlene Brandt. U p w hich was received very enthusiastically. The pupils and Sports Committee were all in favor of a skating rink on the premises. The prospect was soon abandoned, due to the difficulties it presented. At this time soccer became dominant as our recess activity. Soccer posts had to be erected and most of the boys volunteered to complete the task. Two teams were chosen every week and they played during recesses, and the latter part of noon hour. This sport found itself repeated throughout most of the winter. At Christmas the Student Council asked the Sports Committee to organize some gar es for the social. This was done and were received well by the students. At the start of the New Year, table tennis was organized. It was mostly the girls that played while the boys still participated in soccer. However, a tennis tcrunament was held with all of the students involved. Russel Plett emerged as winner and received a beautiful corsage. Runner-up was his younger brother Calvin. A week or two after the tournament the Morweena High School challenged the Men- nville High School to a soccer game. Mennville came over and Morweena was victorious by a score of 5-0. A week later, a hockey match featuring Morweena versus Mennville was played at the latter location. Mennville won the game 4-3 in overtime. A Field Trip is another subject which the Sports Committee will probably under¬ take. This will probably be to Winnipeg or some other point of interest. Our teacher received some sports events for all Manitoban schools to participate in. This had to do with Manitoba ' s centennial year, and medals are to be awarded to some of the better contestants. The committee is planning to follow some of the Track and Field events for the school. Hov ever, we will not do this with the intent of win¬ ning the medals. We will do so only among ourselves. -The Sports Committee Raymond Dueck 18