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A School Dramatic Society English Essay on "A School Dramatic Society" There are many societies organized in my school. Some of them are the Historical Society, the Geographical Society, the Literary and Debating Society, the Dramatic Society, and the Cinema Society. I am a member of the Dramatic Society. Here are a few facts about it. The society has been in existence for almost a quarter of a century. Its members are drawn from amongst the students. In some schools a student remains attached to one society or another throughout his stay but in our school the students are assigned to new societies every year. This is done in order to acquaint them with the activities of as many societies possible. For this reason, it should be clear to the reader that my membership of the Dramatic Society is hardly likely to continue after the 31st of December, this year. There are about 25 members of the Dramatic Society. All of us come from III, IV, and V. The society has a chairman, a v...

My Town English Essay on "My Town" I live in Ipoh. It is the third largest town in Malaysia and the administrative capital of Perak, the second largest state in this country. Situated in the centre of the Kinta Valley, Ipoh is, naturally, a very rich town. it is surrounded by some of the richest tin-mines in the world, and recently, some iron-mines have been opened within easy reach of it adding still further to its wealth and importance. Ipoh is commonly known as the cleanest town in Malaysia. The Kinta River divides the main town of Ipoh into two parts, which are more or less of equal size. These are known as the old town (pekan lama) and the new town (pekan Bahru). The river is spanned by four bridges span the river, one each in Brewster Road, Hugh Low Street, Jalan Datoh, and Anderson Drive. Most of the Government Offices, large business houses, and banks in Ipoh are situated in the old town. Besides, there are a number of educational institutions, like the Anglo-Chines...

Television English Essay on "Television" Television possesses all the qualities that cinema has. Both are popular because of their pictorial appeal to the viewers. Each of them provides its viewers with amusement, knowledge and information. But in attracting the viewers, television excels cinema in many ways. Whereas a cinemagoer has to pay his ticket every time he goes to the pictures, a television viewer hasn't to do anything of the sort. Once his set has been bought and paid for, he has nothing to pay beyond an annual licensing fee and the cost of occasional repairs, if necessary. There is no restriction on the number of viewers that a family may admit to its living room, so long as no admission fee is charged. Usually many neighbors (in our country at least) are seen clustering round a television set-at no cost to them or any extra cost to the owner. Whereas one going to the picture has to travel to the cinema hall and cope with such natural obstructions as heat, co...

Hobbies English Essay on "Hobbies" Hobbies are activities or leisure hours. They are usually regarded as forms of play for the grown-ups. A child can indulge in any kind of play, but a grown-up person cannot afford to ride a hobby-horse like a child. His play must be such that it does not appear to be childish. What is a profession to one man may be a hobby to another so long as it is followed as play and not as a means of earning his livelihood. For example, a photographer may turn gardener in the evening or a Sunday, and a gardener may take up photography as his hobby. But there are also many hobbies, which have no connection with any profession as such. Stamp collecting, for example, is nobody's profession. Some hobbies are very costly. Photography, and collecting rare paintings and works of art may be enumerated among them. An amateur photographer can ask for no return for the films and the time he wastes on his hobby. Rare paintings may, sometimes, cost thousands o...

Hawkees English Essay on "Hawkees" There are almost as many hawkers in my town as there are shopkeepers. This may appear strange but it is a fact. Most of the hawkers sell foods and drinks. Others sell toys and other things. Every hawker has 'his own individual method of attracting the attention of his customers. Some shout in a queer way to announce their arrival. Others play upon musical instruments to attract people's attention. There are a few hawkers, however, who never shout at all. They visit various parts of the town at fixed hours and usually find their customers awaiting their arrival. Most of the hawkers have no fixed places or hours of business. During the day time they can be found in front of large schools, beside a playground where some crowded match is in progress, or in and around the town market at its busiest hour. At night they can be seen around cinema halls and amusements parks. On a hot afternoon, they sell ice cream and iced water, but if it ...

Black Monday English Essay on "Black Monday" Black Monday usually refers to the first day of a school term. Why it is so called may be easily understood. During the holidays, we young people are masters of our time. We sleep as long as little as we like. We play when we want to' and study when we wish. Most of our time is spent outdoors swimming, fishing, picnicking, hunting or playing. We sleep much longer than usual and get up rather late. It is not usual during the holidays, to have a nap in the afternoon. We get to love ease and to hate punctually and discipline. On black Monday we find things completely changed. First of all, we cannot get up in time for school, someone must wake us up. Then breakfast has to be eaten earlier than usual. Our food does not taste nice we push it down our throats but something inside us wants to push it out. At school we find ourselves out of touch with our lessons. We feel dull and sleepy. We sit our classrooms rather unwillingly. The...

Electricity English Essay on "Electricity" Man has known ever since the beginning of the world. He has, however, not known it fqr very long as a thing, which can be used as well as controlled. At first, he knew it only as a destructive force-in the form of lightning. Whenever there was rain or thunder, he saw a flash of lightning produced by atmospheric electricity. Sometimes it struck trees, animals and even men. Even now some languages have the same word for both lightning and electricity. But in modern times, man has brought electricity under control. He can produce it and use it as he likes. It is used in lightning streets, houses and shops in towns and cities and even in villages. Radio, cinema and television are all worked by electricity. Fans, refrigerator, heaters and air conditioners would be impossible without it. In the kitchen, electric cookers are fast replacing the hearts and ovens heated by fire. We can send messages all over the world by telephone and telegr...

Water English Essay on "Water" Water is spread over four-fifths of the entire surface of the earth. Large areas of event what we call land are covered with rivers, lakes and ice. Water is always present in the atmosphere in the form of water vapour. All living things have water in their bodies and need it for their very existence. In ancient times, water is the form of rivers, seas and oceans separated one country from another. America and Australia were known to the rest of the world simply because a vast expanse of water separated them from it.' But, man, with his superior knowledge, used the rivers and seas to help him in discovering new lands and in bringing those already known, closer together. He did this by means of boats and ships. Water, in the form of streams, is used for working heavy and powerful engines. Water in the fast moving rivers moves water mills. in cold countries, water is used for heating rooms, while in hotter lands it is employed for keeping the...

The Uses Of Railways English Essay on "The Uses Of Railways" Railways are, perhaps the cheapest and safest means of travel and transports these days. Horses and horse carriages are not used any more for travelling to far-off places, and ships can travel only from one part to another, and not overland. It is true that aero planes and cars are faster than railways-trains, but it cannot be denied that they are also more dangerous and more costly. Railways have contributed to the progress of nations in many ways perhaps the greatest service they have done to any country is that they have created a sense of unity among its various territories by enabling people to travel from place to place. Otherwise, these territories would still have existed as foreign lands within a country. Aero planes, cars, buses and ships also serve the same purpose, but, for the man in the street, travelling by train is the cheapest means of transport. Famines and droughts caused untold sufferings to pe...

Libraries English Essay on "Libraries" Libraries have existed for many centuries. Perhaps, the earliest know library was a collection of clay tablets in Babylonia in the first century B.C. Even when paper had been invented libraries consisted of hand written books. Such books were rare and too costly to be lent to the public only a few chosen scholars had access to them. It was only when the printing press had been invented that libraries became really widespread and useful. Nowadays one can find libraries everywhere -in schools and colleges, in towns and even in small villages. Many countries have visiting libraries-libraries on wheels, which go from place to place lending collecting books. Many private homes have well stocked libraries. With the spread of education and the consequent advancement of science and arts, many more people want to read books now than ever before. But there are so many useful books now that even a multi-millionaire cannot think of buying and stor...

History English Essay on "History" History is the Story of past. When we wish to determine the character or capability of a person, we have to look into the past achievement of that person. His future potentialities can be determined only in the light of what he has done in the past similarly, by studying the history of a nation. We can determine that it may achieve in the future. History is, thus, an index to a nation's future possibilities just as it is a mirror to its past achievement. When we read of the sacrifices that our ancestors made in the service of our nation, we feel proud of them. At The same time, we are encouraged to follow their noble examples and try to become true patriots like them. When we read 'of what some traitors did against the interests of their, own countries, we are filled with hate for them and make up our minds never to let down our country as they let down theirs. Past success and failure of nations have} a lot to teach the student of...

The Uses Of Rivers English Essay on "The Uses Of Rivers" All old civilizations were river-valley civilizations. In ancient times, life was possible only by the riverside. Rivers supplied our ancestors with food in the form of fish. They supplied both their cattle and themselves with water, for drinking and for keeping their bodies cool and clean. Crops could be grown easily in the soil near a river and, in the case of drought, could be easily water, too. The rivers formed the most important means of travel and transport at a time when where were jungles and forests everywhere. A visit to any ancient town in the world will show that a river runs across or beside it. London is on the Thames the Tiber passes through Rome, while the Jumma passes by Delhi. Advances of technology in recent centuries have decreased man's dependence on rives. Now wells can be bored for drinking water and even for the irrigation of fields. Large cities no longer obtain their supplies of water onl...

The Uses Of Forests English Essay on "The Uses Of Forests" Forests are great treasures of nature. The most obvious use of forests is that they supply man with all kinds of wood. Forests were, perhaps, the earliest abode of man. They supplied him with fuel, protection against heat, rain, and snow, and food in the shape of wild fruits and flesh of wild animals. A cursory look about us will convince us of the part that forests, even now, play in daily life of man. Various articles of furniture, doors, windows, and even walls of houses, matchsticks, and paper are only some of the things we make from the wood, which comes from forests. Thick forests abound in wild animals. Hunters go into them hunting or trapping lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, and many other animals. Many of these animals can be tamed and put into the service of man while others are killed for their flesh, fat or skins. All types of herbs and plants grow wild in forests. Many of these are of great value in ...

Geography English Essay on "Geography" According to old mythologies and superstitions, the sun travelled during the day and rested at night. One story said that the eclipse of the moon was the result of beating she received from an angry moneylender whose debt she had failed to settle. According to another belief, the earth rested on one horn of a huge bull. Whenever he was tired, he shifted it to the other horn. This caused earthquakes. But with the advancement of geography, it has become possible to explain these and various allied phenomena scientifically. Vague theories and unfounded superstitions have therefore disappeared. If one travels to a foreign country, one cannot properly equip oneself for the journey unless one knows that clothes one will need, what food will be provided and what language one will speak. If one has studied geography, one will not find it difficult to provide oneself adequately for the journey. In trade, a comprehensive knowledge of commercial ...

Early Rising English Essay on "Early Rising" Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Who has not heard of his famous saying Early rising definitely makes a man healthy, and so does the habit of going early to bed. Given health and fair share of luck, a man may become wealthy. But, perhaps, it is more appropriate to say that a wise man goes to bed and rises early than to say that rising or sleeping early makes a man wise. In Pakistan and other sub-tropical and Sub tropical countries, the sun shines very brightly all the day. It becomes as hot as the day advances that one finds it more and more difficult to do any kind of work, physical or intellectual, with any degree of efficiency. The laborer sweat profusely, and the heat of the sun tires him more than his work does. The student feels sleep and cannot do the problems before him. The athlete cannot train as much as he would like to, for the simple reason that it is 'too hot'. We know v...

Rice English Essay on "Rice" Rice, like wheat, barley, rye and oats, is a cultivated grass. But, unlike them, it is a tropical plant. In the sub tropical regions, it can only be grown in summer. It forms the staple food in Burma, Thailand, indo China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan and in large areas of china, India and Pakistan. There are many varieties of rice, most of which are known and grown in very small areas. Two crops of rice a year are possible in many countries, but in the sub-tropical countries like Pakistan it grows only as a summer crop. It requires a temperature ranging from 75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, from the time when it is harvested. In almost all rice-growing countries of Asia, rice if first sown in nurseries. When the plants are about 6 inches high, they are transplanted into fields which have been ploughed under water. For the first few weeks of its life the plant must stand in water. As it grows higher, it needs less and less water. ...