Teachers from the Neighborhood School invited staff from St. Roch’s Delmar Baptist, Hamilton Branch no.3 and Grace Pre-school to meet together on November 8. The purpose of the gathering was to get to know one another and to explore how the teachers can work in cooperation to educate neighborhood children. Some specific ideas mentioned were a composite library, a composite arts production and student exchange. Hamilton Branch no.3 is in charge of the next meeting.
The Fall Rummage sale and Flea Market held at Grace Methodist on November 8th netted $1,015 toward the scholarship fund and parents, teachers and children were very happy with the participation and donations from the neighborhood.
Following is a description of a recent project by the older children.
how to make a pinhole camera
You need a shoe box with a lid, tin foil or tissue paper, a scissors, some tape, a drill and 1 centimeter drill bit, some black paint, a black piece of paper, a cork cut to fit exactly in a 1 cm hole and a straight pin. You also need some film, any size.
First you paint the inside of the box and the lid with black paint. Let it dry.
Drill a 1 cm. hole in the very middle of one of the short sides of the box. Tape a piece of tin foil or tissue paper to the inside of the box, covering the hole. Make a pinhole in the foil at the center of the hole you drilled. Then carve down a piece of cork to fill the 1 cm. hole exactly.
Now go in a very dark place (we used the downstairs bathroom at our school). Take with you the camera and lid, a scissors, tape and film. Open your film in the dark. Open it to the middle. Take the backing off the film. Find the grey side of the film (the grey side is smoother when you touch it). Cut the film to fit the short end of the box. Tape the film in the end of the box opposite the pinhole. Then cover the box with the lid. It is very important to do all of this in the dark!
Decide what you want in your picture (we took pictures of each other). Then point the pinhole at the person. or thing and pull out the cork for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Then put the cork back in.
Now go back in the dark place with the camera and some black paper. Take the film out carefully. Fold the black paper around the film so no light can get in.
Go out of the dark place. Tape the folded paper, to protect the film. Take it to be developed and hope it worked.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1976.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Flea-market date given as November8 although prior notices said November6; preserve source discrepancy.
Original source: SD_Times1976_12.pdf, printed page(s) 6; PDF page(s) 6.
