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Latest School News VOL I NO. 51 Publiahed weekly by the achool children f?l Wilmette under aupervision of Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board JUNIOR LIFE WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 1. 1929 Told by the Pupils Add New Books to ·children's Room at Public Library Miss Winifred Bright, children's librarian at the Wilmette Public library, announced this week that the following new bo9ks have been added to the children's department during the fall months : · For Little Children Airplane ride ................. .. ... R ead Engine 's story . . . . . .......... . .... R ead Grandfathe r 's farm . . . . . . . . . . . . Read Story about boats . . . . .. . ........ . R ead Black mi ths and the blackbirds .. Rickert Bojabi tree . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... Riekert Brownies around the world Cox Farm twins ...... Perkins Four Cordons .. Brown Magic boat ... Wright -Millions of cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gag Overall boys in Switzerland ...... Grover Polly Patchwork . . . .... . . ... . . . tField Singing farm er . . . ... . .... . . T ppett For Those n Little Older Ameliaranne k eeps s hop . . . Heward Dr. Dolittle in the moon-Good giant Samson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lofting House at Pooh Corner ..... . .. . ... Milne Little Ton·ino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hill Mercy and the mou se ......... . .. Bacon Picture book of flying ... . . . ...... Dobiar Pig-tail of Ah Lee Ben Loo .. Bennett Tim and Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oti!'> Tlss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spyri WherE> it a ll comes true . . .... Laughlin Wonderful locomotive ....... .. .. l\Ieigs An Interview with Mr. Stone of the Recreation Board \Vher e w ere you born? Au::;tin, Ill. Where did you go to college? Iowa State. What team did you make? Track and Cross Country. \Vh en did you com e to Wilmette ? Four years ago. Wh er e did you work before you came to 'Vilme tte? Chicago. \Vhen wer e you married? April 19, 1:>24. How d o you like Wilmette? Fine. 8-A Stolp Has Sixteen .Pupils in Honor Roster 8A has sixteen pupils on the honor roll this month. The honor roll was not publi shed this month or last. To get on the honor roll you must have "V G" in Socia l Adapta tion and no grades below "G." Also, you must have no tardy marks. Th ere were nine girls on it and seven boys. Quite a f ew of the usual honor students, of girls were not on this month beca use of their grad s in gymnasium. The boys and girls of the honor roll are: June K ehl, Eleanor Jacl\:son, Martha Gilhofe r, Frances Ellis, Eileen Burke, Alison Burge, Janet McNulty, Eleanor Moulding, Beth Mcllraith, Robert Werden, Thomas Allison, Robert F'letchei:, ·Chester Hanson, Charles Knapp, Charles Leonard and Richard Ptckard. Last month we had sevent e n on the 8A honor rolL-Be th l\Icllraith, SA Stolp. Seventh Graders Hear About Hawaiian Isles and the Big Volcanos I Safety Posters Warning to Allen Helps in Mopping Up Flooded School Room Tue1;day, January 22, Stolp had an ex~ citing afternoon, for when I got to school I found the janitor and Ed Wittman sweating over a mop and pail mopping up water in the hall. The janitor asked me to do th e same. \Ve went upstairs to 1\lrs. Vernon's room and saw water coming down the electric lights. Taking down window shades, mopping the fioors, looking for dish pans, cans, anything to catch the water, pushing desks to one side and looking for leaks is how we spent our For Older Boys aad Girls afternoon until 2 :30 o'clock and then we Adventures in Afghanistan for went into the gymnasium where we saw boys ....... . ... . . . Thomas the last performance of the Tatterman Book of the thin red line ..... . Newbolt Mariont'ttes.- Allen H.ossman, 8A Stolp. Boys' book of battles Fraser Boy's ride . . . . . . . . . . .......... Zollinger Boy's life of John Burroughs Sharp Count Luckner-sea d ev il . . . . .. Thomas Count of Monte Cristo . . Dumas (The) derelict ......... Nordhoff The Junior Police have been pretty Dick Byrd .. ...... .... Green lmsy lately. The step~ on one side of Eric Brighteyes . . . . . . . . . . ..... Haggard the gymnasium are frozen and the boys Famous America n athletes of down them. A few days ago a boy today . . . . . . ......... . ....... JohnRton slide hurt :-;liding do\vn so the Junior Lost ships and lonely seas Paine was Police called to get the boys off. Magic gold . . . . ......... ... .. . .. Lansing Howardwere Wilkins and Billy Katz were put Omoo .... ..... . .1\lelvill'e in charg·e. They had very little trouble Red knight of Germany . . . . . . Gibbons after one or two boys were reported to St. MaJ'y's . . . . .Hinkson Captain Otis. Gooch who went to the Sea-tracks of the Speejacks ..... Collins rooms the miscreants w ere in and gave Seven wonders of the ancient them a talk about k eeping off the steps. world . . . . . . . . . . Banks -Billy Katz, Stolp 7A. . Siberian gold .. . .. . ... .. ... . ..... Harper Story of the Johns .Humphrey Story of the Marys .. . ... Humphrey Skyward ....... . ... . . Byrd Steel highway . . . . . . . All en Story of Ab ...... Waterloo Wednesday, Ja'nuary 23, I joined the Subarmines and anti-submarines - . . . . . . ......... New bolt Methodist church Girl Scouts. 'Ve had (The) Sl.ll'stitute . ......... . .... . .. Camp a very interesting time. Each patrol was Trojan boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... Crew told to make up th eir own play. We were Vagabond journey around the giYen fifteen minutes. All of the plays world . .... . . . Franck were Yery good. It took the whole time Wild Bill Jli ckock ...... . .Wilstach so we sang taps and left. Next time Wonder tal es from Wagner . . Chapin we are going to haye a "darn" meeting. \Ve are going to kill "darn" and have Tra,·el · a funeral for it. Then we are each to Boris of Russia ................ . Boris bring a pair of stockings with holes in Children of ancient Egypt . . .. Lampney th E.' m to dam. Then we will exhibit them Children of ancient Rome .... Lampney Girls in Africa . . . . . . .. ... . . .. . . . Berry and th e best one is going to get a prize. - 1\J ary Alice Hayes, 7A Stolp. Stor!es from South African history ............... . .. . . . .. Jennes Young folk's book of other 'VIN l TPHILL FIGHT lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stuart The second team of SA Stolp played a game with 8C Stolp's second team in Poetry basl<etball '\Vednesday, January 23. They Bread an' jam . . . . . ........ Garthwaite played in the Stolp gymnasium at 4 :30 Chil&well book of English o'clock. At the half SA was losing alpoetry . . . . . . . . .. . .... .. ....... Bridges thQugh the boys had played a fine game. Children sing in the far west .. Austin At the end of the game the score was Poems of youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cooper Thru magi c casements .. . ....... Carhart tied 13 to 13. The game continued for t \\'O minutes and just at the end a basket Treasury of verse for 11 ttle children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edgar was mad by Roger Palenske, jumping cE>nter and captain of SA. The final core 15-13.- Beth Mcllraith, 8A Stolp. Fain· Tales Billy Barnicoat . . . . ..... . ..... McDonald Count Billy ....... . .......... McDonald OPEX CAGE SEASON Book of giant stories . . .... .. .... Adams 7A Stolp girls have their first basketMagie fish bone . . . . . . . ......... Dickens hall game of the season next Tuesday. Knights of Charlemagne ........ Echols Their team's name is Salem Inn. They Story of Sir Lancelot and his are going to play the 7B Stolp girls, companions ...... . .... . . .. Pyle Over the Edge. They hope to win the Story of the champions of the championship in this as they all ready Round Table ..... . ...... ......... Pyle have won it in kickball and volley ball.Story of the Grail and the Phyllls Carleton, 7A Stolp passing of Arthur ... . .... . .... .. . Pyle Pot of gold . . . ... ... . ... .. . .. ... Freeman DEPICT FLAG HISTORY Troop 2, Girl Scouts, had a very InLEARN NEW DANCE teresting meeting last Wednesday. Each The 8B and 8A · girls of Howard school patrol was to give a play of the History are learning a dance called "The of the American Flag. The plays were Minuet." It will be danced at the ex- very interesting and we all enjoyed them h1b1t.-Fleeta Freeman, SB Howard. very much.-Phyllis Carleton, 7A Stolp Junior Police Protect Pupils From Icy Perils Leaky Roof Disturbs the Class in Social Science The pupils of the 7A class, Stolp. were g-reatly surprised in th eir Social Science class to find that the roof was leak-' ing. Dish pans were spread around the rooms to catch the water. In the after~ noon the leaks were so bad that the seats had to be pushed over to one side of the room. The pupils had a hard tim e finding their desks, as they were all mixed up. Friday morning the pupils were very glad to see that the desks were pushed back in their right places. -Eleanor Ricks, 7A Stolp. W ednesday, January 25, the 7A class heard Dr. Carlton of the Epi scopal church of 'VV'ilmette. He talked on his adventures in the Hawaiian Islands and dwelled mostly on the Kilawa· volcano called by the Hawaiians, "The House of Everlasting Fire." · He gave us many interes ting facts :tbout it. The fire in it is in a big hole but there· are always fountains of fire in the middle of it about ::;eventy feet high. Dr. earlton also told us of spending a night ther(' and seeing a dark skinned native sneaking around and he supposed th e native wanted to kill him but Dr. Carlton escaped in safety. He wanted to show us some pictures of the volcano but didn't get a chance to show more . than ::;ix or seven. He told us of many more adventures which I have not room to t ell ·in this story. One waR of the time h e n early . fell jn the "House of Everlasting Fire." We Three new safety posters have been all enjoyed the talk and hope he can passed around the Howard school, one come again.-Frances Schuman, 7A of which says, "Never Hun With Sharp Stolp. Too ls." It i~ a pieture of two girls running to meet each other. One of them has a half open scissors in h er hand and ha If cut paper dolls in the other. Another picture shows a girl writing on the The Stolp eight grades have been havboard "I Promise to be Careful in the. ing debates in English c la~s. It was Street in 1929" and "Be Sure You Are." debated that country life is more healthy The third postor is a boy pushing a girl than city life. The affirmative side was in a swin~ under the shade of an old chosen by the honorable judges to be :1.pple tree while the other children stand the winning side. by and await their turn to swing. The '\Ve are also having ::;hort talks on inscription is, "Play Where There Is courting. Teams being chosen to write Safety, Health and Fun."-Alfred Bart- ahout the following subjects: "To nick, SB Howard. Women," "To One's Family," "To Older Persons," "To Guests in One'!'> Home," "In School," "In Street Car," "At Public Meetings," and "At the Tahle."-Robert Fletcher, 8A Stolp. Children at Howard School Eighth Grade Pupils Will Hold Series of Debates - Pupils Study Diligently 'Gainst Coming of Exams There's an extra lot of studying going on these days around the Stolp school. It is nearing the beginning of the last part of the school year and the finals are coming this week and next. The' eighth grades are having a gr~mmar test Thursday, .Tanuary 24 and a social science teRt for second pamphlet, Friday, FE>bruary 1. Others come like little surpriRe parties whenever we are least expecting them.-Beth Mcllraith, SA Stolp. Girl Scouts Stage Plays; Now Plan "Dam" Meeting Fleeta Washes the Dishes and Meets With Accident Fleeta Freeman of the Howard school somehow got ambitious and tried to do thf' dishes for her mother. While she was washing the dishes, her mother decided that she wanted a drink. Unfortunately her mother dropped the cold glass into the hot water, where Fleeta was washing dishes. As a result, Fleeta ·ut three fingers of her right hand , though not very seriously, we are glad to say.-James Dewar, SB Howard Make Rapid Progress on Howard School Addition The Howard school addition is going up fast. The brick is on the walls u~ to the first floor and everybody is waiting with excitement 1o see the inside and outside of the structure. In the building for some reason or other the eighth grade lockers are lost to us. Also the Manual Training room. The hall is partitioned off from the rest of the school. STUDY LIFE OF OIL . KING The latter part of the week beginning During· the four years Howard school January 14 we studied about John D. has stood it has added an addition every Rockefeller. H e started out at $50 every other year.-Jessie Steele, 8A Howard. three months, but he was always s'avin~ HOWARD WINS 6 TO 2 a little money. He took his savings out The third team of SA Stolp played the and invested it in a produce commissl0n business with a partner named Clark second team of SA Howard in basketThe first year they handled $450,000 and ball, Wednesday night, January 23. There later he took his money and made the were some pretty big boys on the team partnership of H.ockefeller and Andrew of 8A Howard and they certainly had in the business of refining oil and be- the advantage of height. The team from came the firm of The Standard Oil com- Howard won with a score of 5 to 2. The pany now the most famous and largest Stolp third team has two more games oil company in the world. Now Mr. to play during the season.-Beth McRockefeller is the richest man in the Ilraith, 8A Stolp. world and he enjoys life very much.Spencer Norrington, Howard SB SMOKE-NO FIRE . As we entered the halls Monday moruBUDDING AUTHOR mg, January 14, we found that they Miss Moore wanted three stories from were filled with smoke. We quickly magazines by Friday night. For the best !llade an inquiry of where it was comstory she would pay $2. Wednesday mg from. We went to Ed the janitor afternoon Miss Moore called Carlisle Cal .. and he said they were cleaning th~ vin into her office and gave 'him $2 for furna~e and the smoke had come throub'h having the best story. From then on the PIPes and up from the basement. everybody wanted to borrow one or two Late_r they had to open the windows and dollars. The story he put in was, "They let It out. Then it was all overGave the World Wings," a story of the George Yoeman, 8B Howard · Wright Brothers.-David Cressy, 6C Central. SCHOOL FOUNTAIN FREEZES The fountain in the northwest hall LIKE ~IECHANICAL DRAWING froze over the week-end. It caused quite The seventh grades are having me- a bit of trouble. They had to thaw ·t ch~ni.cal drawing instead of manual out and in thawing it out they brok~ trammg. They all like it. They are the trap. Now the fountain is out of working on a project that looks very commission.-George Yoeman 8B Howinteresting. ard '