Niverville High School - High Lights Yearbook (Niverville, Manitoba Canada)

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ACTIVITIES One student writes: . . School is a place where I can learn to get along with my class¬ mates. I can get acquainted with others and learn to share problems. To show what I mean I will illustrate it this way. I may have trouble with grammar and my friend with maths. I go to him for the help I need and he helps me with my problems. In doing this I can learn the process of Mathematics better and at the same time also to share problems with others. Jake Harder Another describes BABYSITTING : .By seven o’clock I found myself settled for the evening. Having checked the baby and introduced the youngsters, I got underway. Before half the evening was over I had firmly resolved never to become a kindergarten teacher. I was dizzy with the doll-carriage route from the bedroom, down the hall, through the kitchen, into the living room, and back again to the bedroom where the carriage- pushers exchanged. I chaperoned every trip to prevent collisions, settle arguments and negotiate turns. Never had I considered myself adept in ceramics but after molding numerous houses, horses, cookies and pigs, from plasticene my skill was rapidly improving. I was also quite nimble at climbing the ladder to the bunk bed and could have told in my sleep the stories of Little Black Sambo, and Little Red Riding Hood; not to mention the refresher course I took in changing diapers and soothing a colicky baby. My feet ached; my head spun. I viewed with an exasperated eye the pouting mouths plastered with the soggy remains of chocolate cookies. My ear was constantly tuned to the deliberate tick of the range-clock. Ten-fifteen, ten- twenty, ten-twenty-five, ten-thirty--they should arrive shortly. With a lagging step I began to tidy up. The plasticene had to be scraped from the table and floor, squandered food thrown away, teddies and dolls lined up in their respective plapes, bed clothes straightened out and doll-house furniture collected. There was a step outside. With a smile of relief I welcomed the four doting parents. Having re¬ ceived my wages and having assured them with all the optimism I could muster that their off-spring had given me no trouble, I proceeded to button the twelve little buttons on my brother ' s coat. My hand was on the door. I paused, Should you ever need a community baby-sitter you will know whom to contact. With laughter and thank-you ringing in my ears I trudged out. The grin ac¬ companying my parting comment and taken my last ounce of strength.

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SPEECH CLUB High School is generally thought of as an in¬ stitution of learning, and rightly so. Many hours of patient teaching, and tedious learning are spent each day to increase the intellectual scope of the f individual. This past year many of us have also had the opportunity to learn how to express our - selves most efficiently. In the Speech Club, we spent our time in practical application of what we had learned. This consisted of presenting differ¬ ent types of speeches and panel discussions. These were then evaluated by the club members. The purpose of this club is to assist the individu¬ al in acquiring the ability to express himself clearly, emphatically, and interestingly. DRAMA CLUB Upon entering a new school term a group of students selected the Drama Club for extracurriculum activity. It was started off by the vocal reading of plays, which was followed by organized groups presenting dramatizations. Most groups chose to par¬ ticipate in a play selected from the text, al¬ though some made up their own comical ones. Once again the groups rearranged them¬ selves and attempts were made to write a tradgedy dealing with juvenile delinquency. Most of the results were highly interesting. The final project was the writing of a series of entertaining dialogues. LITERARY CLUB This club has completed many large projects during the term. The class began by drawing posters and writing reports on favorite books in the hope that these posters would stimulate edu¬ cational reading. With the generous help of Agatha all the library books were catalogued. Each member had the privilege of telling the class of a striking personal incident. These proved to be quite interesting. A newspaper was introduced THE NIVERVILLE OBSERVOR of which Melanie Wallace was elected editor. The last few classes before the Christmas season were spent in listening to A Christmas Carol on tape. Immediately after the holidays the class began with its final project, that of author reports. These reports consisted of the life story of the author and the reading of some of his writings.

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In a more serious vein. Nuclear weapons should be abolished. The de¬ structive power of these weapons is a potential threat to the entire human race. Capable of devastating the entire earth within a period of a few hours, it is too large a responsibility for any one country to retain a supply of nuclear arms. Maintenance and testing of nuclear weapons has proven in the past to be an immense expenditure to the countries involved in the arms race. Should the plebeians of these countries thus be compelled to support mometarily the very thing that could mean their destruction? The very existence of nuclear weapons in a country gives rise to agitation among the inhabitants of that country, as well as among those of neighboring countries. Since these are the truths involved, the only unbiased meas¬ ure that nuclear nations can appropriate is to abolish nuclear weapons once and for all. Eugene Wiebe Mrs. Goose Has Hstiht afU ' r breakfast a «- Goutte thought of mi wanted to do. II have a party,” she thought. j kjn Jk Filh ave it today. day for a p arty 5 % day I hake pi es |||gy at four o’clock. ; Mfl ’ ■ Hen, Mrs. Squi rr(;) e Thr Tw «- X Mr it wh» »fU r u,,, ‘ • Oh. me ' . Oh. •The morning l must hurry, A»y house het 0T « v Mrs. Goomt She worked anrt % There V’ she a My three sm H 8 s can be. Now , l will hake aome ' Everyone Tell us a story. Mr. Blecher must have spotted traces of tears in the boy ' s eyes for he knelt down beside him and put his hand on Benjy ' s shoulder. He told him a story of the time when he was a little boy and then he told Benjy how proud he was of him. Mr. Blecher did not accept the money. He said he could manage to pay for an old window, (even though it was fairly new. ) Often after that you could see Mr. Blecher watching the boys play ball. As for the win¬ dow, a new screen was placed over it to protect it against anymore home runs and everyone was a lot happier and wiser, especially little Benjy. Leona Tiffenbach