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A d v is e rs i Nisa S h e ila O 'Callaglıaıı and Bn. N esrin I ;o r a lı

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Activities of the year 1955-1960

The jurpose ox the English Club

English Club NeWs

The history of the English language

The anniversary of our school

ini".'ressions of Istanbul

Eon friends

Dirty hands

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The one that got avay

Oynvpathy

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Actlvitiea of the '¿ear 1959^1960

September 17 Setefiol was opened*

October 27 110 girl guides from all classes and several teachers went to Ankara for the Cumhuriyet Bayramı celebrations.

They had the opportunity to see ’Madame B u t t e r f l y ’at the opera

and' ’King Oedipus' at

the

theatre.

November 10-Day of national mourning. Bn, Adnan Eseniş and Bn. Me­ liha Sapanli spoke about A t a t ü r k ' s achievements and his life. Ata­ türk 's statue with the huge frlag behind, the wreaths of flowers in front and the girl guides standing at attention around was an impressive sight which we shall always remember.

December 23 Students elected their class representatives and the heads of various groups of activities. Şükran Eraslan and Nevin

Akbulut -were chosen representatives of the i«tA^iia^x^M®xStudent body December 16 School chorus sang at the Radio House.

December 17 School chorus sang at the Television.

January 15 Concert by the famous Swedish pianist Magdi Rufer. January 22 The English Club was established.

January 29 Concert by the students. [February 1-16 Winter vacation.

• * 19 Concert by the famous American pianist Drank Clazer.

'' 19 Annual dinner of the parent teacher organization at

the Taksim Casino.

'' 26 Debate between the B and C divisions of Class V.

Each team was formed of four girls. One argued that man had power

over nature and the other tried to prove the contrary. All the

girls were well prepared and suocekLed in criticising quickly the

points of their opponentsi and in defending their own points. The

team proving the pofer of nature over man won by only a few po­ ints.

March 1 Commemoration of the students and other people who lost their lives when the Üsküdar boat Sank at İzmit 2 years ago. March 4 The anniversary of oüf schcol*

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March 24 BeethdVeh Concert by pupils* • * 1 ■' * 1 W1 " *

March 2 5 ‘Visit to the Topkapi center of aid to the poof. The gills

made a gift of clothing and toys which they had been collecting. There were 900 items, more than 300 of them how.

April 4 Ceremony in memory of the 61 seamen of the fubmarine

•Dumlupinar' which sank at Çanakkale* The haVy band played gnu

a wreath Of flowers was laid oil the sea in memory of those who had lost their lives while returning home from the Nato maneuvers 7 years ago,

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Debate between our school ıhd Haydarpaşa Lisesi.

April 21 Talk by B. Taner on ’The Theatre*. He answered the

students' questions. '

April 22 Tea- party given by olaBS İ A.

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. J‘lie Club was established so as to give interested and indGS i ei>,StUdentt an S P P ^ t u n i t y to listen to English s n e a k i n g neSnlo n 1 ^he same t i m e _to afford them the opportunity to practice"their

Y n bnfllish. By inviting guest speakers, showing films, and perfor understanding oi the"people

The Purpose of the English Club

speak English, their customs, "their histories, and their _arts

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when it had oí the club. English Club News

The English Club was formed on January 22, I960 irst meeting. hr. Edelman spoke about the purpose elections vere as i o i l o w e :

President? Meral Nayman.

Vice-president; Gtilgin Eriskin. Secretary- Semra Anilroxs.

Treasurers Nevin Ozan.

4^ The second meeting of the club Mr. Allen from the British Conncii spoke about the history of the English language?

On April 25 Mrs. Eranman oiR Robert College talked about the

teenagers' life in the States. u d o u t xne

The History of the English Language

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+ln Jhe first week of March the English Club invited Mr.

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to S lve uc - Talk in s c h o o l . V\ie all enjoyed his lecture very much.

He told us about the history of the English Language He .nakc very simply and it was easy to understand his l e c t u ? e > ¿e was h u m o r o u s , too, and made us laugh.

,, , A film with spoken commentary illustrated his talk. t-tg told r :J 2 ^ * *ritg ln lv:;d suffered from several invasions in the- past. The­ re were the Romans who stayed for nearly four hundred years, the Angle

made it part of the Danish Saxons who made it England, The Danes who

Empire and then the last of the invaders.

°f These invaders influenced the English language.

„ ,.. _ Gr 1 " aguagos affected English too, for instance the vor& p o l i c e " is from Turkish. The w o r d s '"brother mother, father" are of Scandinavian origin while"button"comes from Irench. '

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H •' ’ ^ les ’’''here m one village he could not understand what tbc ioi E n S i s h ? n y i n S ’ hCy W °re sPGakinS Welsh which is quite different

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The Anniversary Of Our School

March 4th, is a happy day for our school. Eight years a g o :it was opened in its present building with the name Atatürk Kız Üisesi. Parents were invited and a program was arranged. -..The cgiests began to arrive at two o'clock. They visited the classrooms and labora­ tories, and were entertained at a buffet. The program began at

'-.30 . Our pricipal Bn. Adnan Eseniş talked about the history of She school. One of the students, Sally Shunck and a graduate, Ba- nu Pektaş, also spoke. There was a typing contest in fhich 23 girls took part. The class has two hours of typing a week* Sabi­ ye Akçan from Class 6 won with 257 net strokes in three minutes. IToxt came Canan Akarpınar, Birsen Erker, Gülay Ayr açman, and

Cahidc &aya who all got prizes. There was a dress parade where girls from the sewing classes showed the dresses they had sewn* Perihan Biber won the first prize for her green and white print

summer dress. Sema Angi came second.

Some girls recited poems in Prench. A group of Class 111 Student'S made first aid demonstrations. The school chorus sang, and four girls played the violin.

There was ballet dancing by Günseli Zihnioğlu, Betül çonduran, Mermin Eğe, Tülin Oktay, Ayşen Güvenç, îıülya Turanlı, Hülya Koç- yiğit, Ayla Ergun, and Serap Ertaman. The beginners in the ballot class did some exercises. GübLseli was in charge of their show. The first act of the 'Snow Queen' was performed in English.. The girls who took part ares Hayriye Aksoy, Melek Telci, Tülay Arıksoy,

yşe içlikçi, Perhunde Bilen and Ayşım Özgütürk.

The last number was fîblk dances. Every one had worked hard to ma­ ke the program successful, and all enjoyed it.

Impressions of Istanbul I

I have been asked to write a short piece about my impressions of Istanbul and my school, Atatürk Kxz Lisesi.

When I first came to Istanbul, it was late at night. Then it was beatrtiful and exciting, and I still find it that way, I have not traveled very much, Ihave not seen many cities of the world. Ihave a glimpse of Paris, London, Rome, Athens but from what I have seen, I don't think there can possibly be a city as wonderful as Istanbul. I can't explain why I love it so-maybe it's because of the ships and the Bosphorus, or the outline of the mosques against the sky at sun­ set. There is an Ameriaan expression that explains how it becomes a port of you-an inseparable part. e say ;'ft grows on y o u !i and tin t's

how I feel. , _ _ ,

I hev© said what I think about my friends and my school. I find all Turkish people very generous and warmhearted. They ivo all they have to try to make someone happy and secure. I don't think the Ame­ ricans, w i t h all the personal wealth and comfort they have, would be so generous, if places and incidents were changed,

I guess this is all I can s a y5 I love Turkey. Being here has changed my whole life and all my life I will have two homes and two 1 ands.

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PEN Pi I EN D S

Do y o u kn o w what a "pen friend” is? A pen friend is a friend you get to k n o w by writing and receiving letters. Sometimes pen friends, ne- •wr meet each other at all; but usually, after a lot of letters, they are full of curiesity about each other and plan a meeting on holiday, or at some other suitable time.

Naturally, for anyone learning a foreign language it is a good thing to write letter and receive replies in that language. A nuaber of iris are cultivating pen friendships in English, but, unfortunately, Englisl

is not the native language of their pen friends. This means that neitl a 1- +he other to make progress in Englisp, although in other ways uxit! letters may have plenty to teach.

There are two organisations in England which put people, both adults and school children, in touch with English-language correspondents. The first, for adults, is;.

The International friendship League, 21, /yndham Pioad, Birmingham, 16. The second is called;

I n t ornational Scholastic Correspondence Higher North Harton,

Lustleigh

Newton Abbet, Devonshire,

Senior pupils at school may apply to the first. There .is no harm in w r i t i n g to beth. L.emember to say that you want to have a pen friend whose native language is English.

The following girls are writing regularly to pen friends in English;

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Cansen Tezcanlı, El D, (Indian friend) G-üler Dikmen, VI D, (Pakistani)

owgim Ülker, VI B, (German) Neşe Sari, VA (German)

Bahar Doğanca, VC (German) Gonca GözmenT VC (Algerian) Cüneyt A t il, VC (German)

Moral N ayman, I V A (..innish) verda İrkoseoğİu, IV C (American)

f e r d a ' s correspondant is twenty-two and an officer in the United States Navy.

Sheila O'Callaghan DİBTÎ HANDS

Jane and her mother were going out. Jane asked, VMother, am I go­ ing to ;ear my gloves?” Her mother was surprised, and said, "Vhy do you a k ? ” Jane replied quietly, ;,I don't have to wash my hands clean if I

-ion- to wear gloves.”

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On December 14 th 1959 I received a letter from a German boy. He got my address from the " International Yourth S e r vice1'

He is 20 years old, brown-eyed, black Haired, and 5ft. 8 in toll i‘n SM n n ? o h 1S t h ? n ®i the Humenistic Grammar school o? S è e m â t i e s aldtilylïïâ?cts he studies there, ne is especially fend

He is also fond o„. sports. During term time he does gymnsties on apparatus(honizontal bar, parallel bar, vaulting horse.) In the summer holidays he climbs m o u n t a i n s5 in winter he skis or skates. He also likes football. in his school football-team he is the .goal keeper. He likes horses, cats and all animals. In his letters he

said that he mas interested ih hearin about the life of a Turkish

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SYMPATHY

Between two green and lonely banks, By the river there you stay.

You watch the birds tfchat swoop and pass, And the fish that glide away.

We only watch the things that pass, We are not happy, little r e e d . ’ I, too, live by a narrow sea

And there is something else I need. Ships pass from far with snowy sails Leaving just a path of foam.

They bear the thrill of far off things, For they have the world as hone.

While birds and ships and ripples call, Wondering, we wait and yearn,

isn't it hard to watch all day Thihgs that pass and don't return?

Nesrin Morali

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