Learning to skate

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: Learning to skate
Year: 1941
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Fulltext: AUGUST, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 299 CLUB ' Our Singing Club By PEPITA OZOA A Day at Asi� By PABLO PAGILO Learning to Sk�te By NATY·FLORES ( 16 YEARS OLD) ( 13 YEARS· OLD) ( 12 YEARS OLD) AT our school there is no NEAR Baguio, where I live, IN our town a skating pav time for .teaching music, there are some hot springs ilion was opened. Many of although there are many of called Asin. The ·electric my friends wanted to learn us who like music very company has made a dam to skate, and so did. I. None much. We think it would there to secure water power of us had ever had roller be more practical if we for generating. current. A skates on, an� we were all learned some music instead fi.ne swimming pool has afraid to try, but finally a of some of the other things been constructed, and there few were brave enough to which are taught us. One is a splendid place for hav- make a beginning. I was of our teachers is a very ing a picnic. one of these. At the skating musical woman, plays the Two bus-loads of us went pavilion were attendants piano quite well, and is-· a one morning to spend the who would teach girls un good singer. So she said to day at Asin. We took bath- able to skate. · some of us, "Let us organ- ing suits and plenty of food· As soon as our skates ize a singing club.. You for a picnic, such as dozens were strapped on, an at can meet at my home one and dozens of sandwiches, tendant placed me on one or two evenings each weelt, cakes, melons, fruits, etc. side of him and my friend and we can learn some We arrived at Asin about on the other and we started. splendid songs. We will ten o'clock in the morning, ·!At first I was afraid I would all enjoy it, and besides, it and within a few minutes fall, but I soon learned to will be learning something many of us were in the keep my balance. If my worthwhile." swimming pool having a friend or I began· to· lose . . So the new clul;> was an- glorious time. Others went our balance, the attendant nounced. Nearly sixty boys to a natural swimming pool took us by the arm until and girls wanted to join. below the dam. we were again steady. Our teacher "tried out" all At noon the mess-call In a little while I was the voices. "We must have was sounded and we all not afraid at all, and my our chorus well balanced- trooped to the eating place. lfriend was no longer afraid just the right. number of 1. Such a feast as it was! We 1 either. Then �he attendant sopranos, of altos, of tenors, were all hungry, so we ate left us, and my friend and and of basses, and a wait- and ate. After every one I went skating together, (Please, turn to page 303.) I (Please tum to page 303.) ·I (Please turn to page 303.) AUGUST, 1941 THE YOUNG CITIZEN SINGING CLUB THE FLAPPING .BIRD wings. All you have to do (Continued from page 299) (Continued from page 293) to make it move is to hold ing list to fill vacancies again at the lower dotted the part marked "lower which will occur from time line, as shown in Figure 13. neck" and pull its tail. This to time. So she chose 45 Now take the head and will make the wings go of the best singers, and fold it down into itself, as down. Let go ·the tail and made a waiting list of ten shown in Figure 1 4. The the wings will go up. The more. last step is to pull the tail bird may require a little We meet two times each down so that it slants out- loosening up before it flaps �eek-Tuesday night and ward as shown in Figure satisfactorily. Friday night-from 7:30 15. This is quite an amusing to 9:00 o'clock. Our teacher The flapping bird is now toy and is a good example has a nu�ber of High folded, but you must know of paper-folding. It is not School Chorus Books and how to make it flap its so difficult to make. as it we learn to sing well many sounds when you first read songs from these: Each LEARNING TO SKATE these instrw:�tions. group practices their part (Continued from page 299) separately, and then we all arm in arm. . ARRANGING NUMBERS sing together. We have We go to· the ·skating S 0 f a r T H E YOUNG now. learned about twelve pavilion e a c h Saturday CITIZEN has r.e�eived three very good songs. As soon evening, and enjoy skating different correct solutions as we have enough . songs very much. Sometimes w.e to its Arranging Numbers l�arned, we are gomg to have a skating party, and Puzzle published in the give a concert. . then we all have a very July number. One of the At each meetmg of our happy time. solutions had the numbers ·club we always have a few Skating is good exercise arranged thus: v . isitors who like to hear us and affords a very happ ; 8. 1 6 smg. �orne of these . a�e pastime. I think all boys 3 5 7 �ood . smger�, a�d �hey JOin and girls should learn to 4 9 2 m With us I � smgmg .some skate. It is much .easier to f h 1 Little J osefa Pascua, age o t e se ect�ons. . . learn than I thought before We all enJoy our smgmgitried it. 10, of the P.uzol Barrio club very much, and hope School, Pinili, Ilocos Northat other schools will fol- t . H d'd te, sent in the first correct · wen agam. ow we I . low our example · ' t 1 W 1 h d d solutiOn. Others who have · enJOY I . e sp as e , an . · . ----------dived, and swam just as long sen� m correct solutiOns: DAY AT ASIN as we wished. About four N01me Gutlay, Corazon (Continued from page 299) o'clock we began to dress Cera, and Federico Quinto, had eaten until it was im- and get ready to go home. all in Grade VI-3 of the possible to take another On the road home we Mangaldan Elementary mouthful, we sat down to talked and laughed and School, Pangasinan; Fili rest a little while. sang songs. Everybody pina G. Bumagat, Grade After about an hour of agreed that our day at Asin V, of the Burgos Elemenresting, into the water we had been a great success. tary School, Ilocos Norte.