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Latest School News VOL. 2 NO 18 P~blished weekly by the JUNIOR .L IFE school children of Wilmette under a upervision of Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board Told by the Pupils \VIL:METTE. ILLIXOIS, JUNE 14, 1929 On \Vednesday, June 5 at the ·"hawn et> club, gold !'~tars wer awarded to ten boys in the \Vilmette Public school~, wh o haYe earned h ·tte r!-> in th ( four mnjor sports (football, baskf' tball , track and baseball) . that · are nlayed in th e current sehoul year. ~o r ec ·iYe a g-old l'tar a hny must have played in fifty p r c · nt of th e halves in footba ll, fifty per cf'nt nf the qunrter:-: in baf'ketball, ~u·ned a J)tJint in (·ither the Tria.ngular or :Xorth Shore Tra cl' mee t and played in a majority o f th e baseba ll g-ames. The following h c'Y" r H' (·iH·cl th e g·rl)d star: Stolp Cec il 'V illiams , th Grnfle Charles Knapp " " Robert White Otis Gooch Georg-e Fackt Jan Denholm Georg \~'l idner Diek Preston ";th Grade Paul ~oule Tom Finlayl"on 6th Grad e Ten Athletes Win Eighth Grade Girls at Gold Star Awards; Howard Serve for P. T. A. \VeclnN:<lay, Jun e 5, the ninf'teen g-irls Prese. n ted June 5 of th <·ig-hth g-rade at How:ud sen·ecl at the annual of tlw P. T. A. \\·e lun c ht~o n THE FLAG Tlt ey came marching on the field A wishing they were through, Tlw music played and they began With their red and white and blue. Tlwv marched in perfect unison, Left, right, le ft, right, left, right. I· ir!':t in fours and then in twos, With their ftng s a waving so bright. \Dl S a glorious sight to b ehold, \\'ith their red, and white, and blue. nut soon the time, it had to come. The drill wa:; ended. Th ey were through. -Anna ma rie Booz, 6A Stolp. Will and Testament of Eighth Graders at Stolp ·Building State of Illinois, County of. Cook, Villagf' of Wilmette. \Ve, the graduating class of 1929 ~eing of sound mind and memory (?) in sp1te of two or more years of wandering through thel"e halls, have found after a series of inteniews with our noted physicians that our constitutions are fast giving away under th e strain of English, social science, arithmetic and other similar sicknesses. Therefore, we, the graduating class of '29 do hereby authorize this l:l.st will and testament whereby we may reward our friends as well as our enemh~s that they may be .forewarned.. of some of the difficulties ac_companying this dig·nifie<l station of life. and obtain the greatest amount of en joyment and knowledge during their brief and brilliant careers as eighth grade r s. First: To the long suffering faculty, we bequeath foreYer-peace of mind. Second: The graduating class of '29 bequeath the following individualities to the class of '30. I, Hubert Pelott, bequeath my charmin~ mole to Robert Kehl as he hasn't any and needs one. I, l\Iartha Gilhofer, begueath my position as a continuous gum chewer to Oltilie Mcintosh. I, Jach Davis, bequeath my red hot pants to Everett War·shawsky. I, Ned Shapker, bequeath my position a"' school Bheik to Gabby HcClure. I. Rogt.:r Pale nske, bequeath my skill at mnrbles to Jll.nior Werner. I, Richard Pickard, bequeath my position as teacher's pet to Paul Leach. I, Arthur .Jones, bequeath my piano pl2ying ability to Ruth Sanderson. I, Ruth Suekoff, bequeath my high heels to Jane l\1inor. I, Angus Ste\"en, bequeath by knowledge of nature s tudy to Frank K e lly, who certainly n eeds it. I. anie l\ray Dilks, bequeath my curly hair to Peggy McCabe. · r. Dick Sullivan. bequeath my position as teacher's pest to Billy Bowen. I. Don Briggs, bequeath my ability at g-h·ing death blows to Paul l\loore. I, Dorothy Jane Orr, bequeath my rapid flow of w o rds and snappy talk to Lucy Jonas. I , Cecil Williams, bequeath my abtlity at sports to Frank· Harden. · I, Esther l\lcKeagen, bequeath my extra tonnag-e to Katherine Hollaway. I. Bob Hewitt, some of my conceit to Dick Han·~y. I, 1\liles 1\IcDonald, bequeath my art of dancing to RobPrt Dirks. T, Ray Dunn, my ability in athletics to Dick Preston. r. Gu,rgt Facl<t, bequeath my freckles to Jnck Slayton. \Ve, John Tht·oe kmorton and Jarrett Lnk e bequeath our ambition for learningto Ca rl Zipperick and Paul Soule. W e, th e b0ys nnd g-Irls chorus of '29 leavt' our unchanged and beautiful voices to the chorus of '30. ,,.e, the class of '29 bequeath our high scholarship and rating to the class of '30. W e b equeath to the balance of the class, too numerous to mention, aU gum under d e8ks. old autographed social science bool<s and all old test papers \Ve will not n ee d after we 'a 1·e gone. · 'l'hird: 'Ve nominate and appoint Mr. HarpPr, Miss Hayes and the faculty to be the executors of this ouf' last will and testament and lil<ewise to be the g-uardians of tile lower classmen after our graduation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hand and seal this seventeenth day of :\fay A. D., 1929. ----seal. · Thil' instrument was on the day of Its dat e sig-ned, ~ealed, and published ~nd declarPcl by the said g-raduating class of '29 a~ and for their last will and testam£>n t, in the presence of the undersigned, who, at their f£.Q.Ut'f:t in their presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witness thereto. L. F. Ball M. C. Hayes Dudley C. Stone THIS WILL \VAS WRITTEN BY FRANK McCABE AND LAUHENCE :QUCKMASTER, SB STOLP. (Continued on p~ge 55) \n·nt to th C' lun('h room at 11 o'clock to <·:tt. A~ tht·r t.> "·c· re nilwtee n g-irls, ~~r ~ . Ft ·llm:tn hncl JH'CJ>an·d nin t.> te t.> n bowls of !-lOU}) and ninl't ep.n sanclwiclws. \Ye nt c in a hUJ'IT ancl immediately set out f<)r tht' l'n?sbyt<·rinn church. Upon arriving· tlwr \\'C WE' re direc tt'd as to what to do. \\'e .·l·rn·<l th e teach ers first. Tlwre was a H·ry tempting- m e nu. The teachers fini!"h Nl th e luncheo n about 1 :30 o'clock. Tlkn tlw mothprs en me to en t at about 1 :45 o'cluck. The prog-ram was delightful. ~rrs. Barth sang some selections. Thl'n Mrs. Broad gave some dramatizatiron~. which- I'C'Ceived much applause. The mutht·rs s:1ng- !"onl(' .·ong-s. Tlw report wn s read. The luncheon was OYer at 3 o'clock. Jane Carol Sundlo.f, SA Howard. It Field Day Held June 4; Report Many Torn Shirts Tue!'lday, Jun e 4, w as Field day, and oh, what a Field day it was for· the seventh grades of Stolp and Howat'd ! Tl1ey had nn ob:.;tncle race. Howard didn't lmow what to do in it, so 1\fr. Stone of Stolp told us whnt to do. \Ve were told to jump oYer a hurdle two feet high, crawl through a barre l, jump another hurdlf', run around a b ench, and crawl through all the first articl~s named . Both ~chools had !"eparate hurdles and barrels. Howard w on " ·ith many torn shirts and rants for their bane ! had a nail in it. Fr·a.nl< May had a long cut on his arm. After awhile it h ecnme so !'let·ious 1.\Irs. GroveR, 7A Howard. chang-ed the idea of ~oing through the barrel to jumping over it. Paul Kruppa, · 7A Howard. Stolp Holds Its Annual Class Day Wed., June 12 \Yt·clnesclay, June 12, was the big day at Stolp. It wa s class day. From 9 to 11 o'clock . th e progrnm was carried out in the gymnnsium. Then the pupils were drin·n nut to the fore!<t prese rve where tlwy at e tlidr lun ch and ~pen t th e l'e maindt·l' of the nftf·rnoo n until 4 o'c loc k '}.h<>n th y were drh·en hom . r · For the lnst month in compoRiti on, the pupils ha \'e bee n writing wi lis, proph~>sieH, poems, e tc., :md the two b est of each set \\'l r e I'L'n d class day. In the gymll<t:<ium on class day the ones chosen \\'e rf' r ea cl. In the Junior Life this \\'e1·k appears one will and one history th:1t was n ·a cl. ThL·r Wt·rc also l'pe eches by :\Jr. Harper nncl ~fis s Hayes. Lawrence Buckmaster, <. B Rtolp. Arthur Cram r Sth Grade Fred L c·nso n " " Lee P.mylock In plnyg-romid baf'eball this Rpring th e grade !'~Choo l teams w~? re di\'ided into three teams :1s u s ual. The heaYywe ights, boys abon' 110 pounds; th lightwe ight~. boy!< abo\·~· ninH~· -fin~ j)(·Unds and th e pewees, bf'~ow ninety-fi,·e pounds. Th e results f o r th cs three t ams are as follnw s: Hea vywc·ight~. won t"·o and lost t\\'(o. Lig-htweig-hts, won one and lost thl't:l'. Peewee~. won on and lost three. Boys wh o played in the mnj(JJ'it.r n f the g-amt·.· and recl'in· d a kttcr nn: a!< f o llow:;: Mothers Entertain Howard Eighth Graders at Party Friday, May 31, the two f.' ighth grades of Howard school attended a party given by the chairmen mothers, ~Irs. Kraft ·and Mrs McConnell. There wa~ dancing and bunco, but most of us danced. The music was furnished by Cn rl ~I ee ker's on·hestra. Balloons and paper hnts w ere given as noveltiel'. Th 0 refreshments consisted of punch, ice crt:>am, cookies and sandwiches of all sorts. The party b egan at 7:15 o'clock and ended at 9 :~0 o'clock. Everyone enjoyed th e m~ Ins. The eighth grades appreciate the work the mothers did in giving the pnrty. Muriel Meyer, SA Howard. Howard Th es(' IC'tU·r!'l W\'I' C awnrdNl Fridnv. .Tun e 7. in thl' li<·\\'anl a uclitcor·ium hy M:r. Da \"i". <lit·t·\· tr·r rof rt· ·!·enti<Jn. H ea \·y\\'t~ ig-ht~ : Arthur CntmL·r, :\fartin H t> rberh o lz ancl Fn·<l Leaf'r>n; li ght \\"e ig-hts: Did: Steen, :\fark Simonds. Lee Blnylock, Jack Stien and A If red Bartnick; p 'P\Vees: ~Iars hall D(OO~t>. Jio\\'ar<l Dall, l~ohert H rmanson, K ·nnHh Hahn , DaYicl Hans, \Valtt·r ll naR, Gl'orge Grt:>en, LudwigSkog, Frank Chri stiansf·n and Hobert Spect. Annual Spring Concert Is Presented at Howard The annual spring con cert .of th e Howard and Stolp boys ' and gil'!s' glee dubs anrl the 'Yilm ette Grnmmar School orC'hest rn wal' h eld Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the Ho\\'nrcl school nuditorium. The boyR' glee elub sang-, "Robin Hood," "::\fariotena," "~Jy Little P.anjo," "The Sonf!," nnd "Pomp and \'ircumstance" with the girls' glee cluh. Th e g-irls' glee dub also snng, "Hi TTo, th t' Dnffoclils," and "Good Night Song." Th e glee clubs ende d with -the \Yilm rttt' Grammar schooi Sti)Jp Thef'r 1 t te rs w e r e nwarderl :\T nnday. loyalty song-. Th orchestra then played. Lnwrence Buckmaster, SB Stolp. June 10, in the Stolp gymnasium by Mr. DavisL H aYyweights: Dick Preston, Plf'K!'I TEA ~f'S HERO Cecil ".illiams, Don Briggs, Hubert PeI think Art Cramer is the h e ro of our lott, l\lil es ::\Ie:Donald , Bob \Vhite, Robert Kit>l, Georg-e \Yaidne r, Charles Knapp. t'ighth grarle team b~?cause he wns steady Laurt>nce BuC'kmaster, Charles \Villiam s :1nd k ept cool when pit<'hing-. In our last and Allen nossman; lightwe ights: George g-nme for the chnmpionship with ~A FaC'I·a, 'harles Leonard, H oward H e rbon, Stolp, Art pitched very well at the beOtis Gooch, Donald Cnmpbe ll, Arthur g-inning- but town1·<1 the middle h e becnme a little n enous but ke pt on. And J o n e~. J INb ert N"nptor, Ian Denholm, Tom Finlayson :lnfl Jc, e lfa;yes; peew ees Paul· hy the time the . g-nme was nNtrly over wns pitching his b est. And we beat So ul e, Russe ll \YyJ E>, \\'illiam Stackhnu!"t>, Art them 10 to 7 and won the eighth grade Jac l' Gaith r, Richard Cu ll e n and Ber- baseball championship. · nard Snxon. Bruce Meaker, SB Howard. 'J:hi:-; co nclud es th e li st of boys that r ecei Yed lette r s fo1· playground ball. TO FOR~I IXDOOR TEA"'l En·r·v \'" :11' about the last of :\lay the Tuesdny night a cot"(pl t' of g-irls eame ~o rth Sh;,re Tra ck meet is h e ld in Dyche over to the Howard school to wntch the stad ium, Evanston. The sch. ools in this young ladies' indoor t (·nm. Miss Skidmeet are Ha,·e n and N'ichols of Evanston. more knew w e Wt'l'(' eighth g1·nders nnd Ho\\·:ucl nncl Stolp of \Vilme tte, and asked if we didn't wnnt an ind om· team .Tose ph R ·n rs of K e nilworth. About a on Tuesdays. V\..e said, "Sur0ly." So she w eek after this meet the Triang~lar meet ::::aid g et good pl:r ye r~ nbout ten of tht' m, is h e lrl at 1 fownrd ·chool. The schools and b e up at the Yillag-e Cire:11 Tues in this mt' c t are H o ward , Stolp and dny, June 11. J usf' ph Sears. H<'len Miller, 8B Howard. Any hoy having- enmed a point in eith<'r of the meet1:; o t· who has be n re)lAKES ROCK (L\ RDEX commen<lf'd h~· the conclws- for a Jette r I made a rock g:t nlen. S:t turclay I i8 elig-ihle for a ll'tter in track. Th e fol- went to the woods nncl g-ot some flowers. lowing- !Joy~ r ece ived such a lett er. I got some rock s too. Then I water Jlown rcl the flow er s too. H en vy\\·eights: Mark Simonds, Fred Donald, Grade 2, Laurel. L eason, :\Jartin Herberho_Iz, ~rthur Cranwr and J r rome Nevins; hghtw ·tghts: SHORT SPRIXG Ronald Fuerman. Lee Blaylock and Ray 'Vilme tte had n very !:ihort sprint:!' this Jones: pt ·\' \\"t·rs: Hm\·;ucl Ball, Bob H er- y ear. It was hot lnst wec>k n nd cold this manson. Ludwig ~J.i:og, .Tohn Brumh;tugh, w rk. T0m Livt·ly, Ge(J)·ge GrL·t:n and Fran!< -Kennrth Rnhn, 6B JTownnl. Kocnan. Th esp ldtl'rs we1·e nwarcl~· cl ::\fonday, .TunE> 10, at th E' RtoiJ:l g-ymna~lllm. Ift'a_~·~· weig-hts: Ce ·il Willinms, Hobe rt !\.tel, \Valter Merrill, C'harles Knapp; . Rob \Vhitt'. Dick Preston, Gt·org-e " n tcln er and .Joe H'>nyes; lightwe ights: Harold Verha~n, .Jacl{ Allworth, Ian ~enholm. Otis Gooch, Paul Soule, Tom Fmlayso11 Make Library Posters Urging Care of Books During the absenc e of the art t ea c h er, Miss Scheidler, WE' hnvt> !wen makinglib,·ary poste rs. ::\Iiss Theman, the l'uhstitute who will be with ll" for the rest of the year, was not ncquaintel1. with our routine or work nnd so upon the Ruggestion of our librnrian asked us to mak t> posters that will inftt~t·n c(· tlw young-e r children to be more cart>ful of tlw booJ.;s that belong to th e library. Tlwl'ie post ers will be either inked, painted or mad t> of cut papet·. \Ve all enjoy this work immensely. Virginin, :\[cConn ell, 7A. TTnwnnl. BUY OLD 1l001{S The St'Venth ~rades of Hownrd school are trying to buy eig-hth gr·ndc· boc,ks for next y~?nr because they can gd the. books for half\ price. The se\·enth g-rades nre unluci<Y in sellin~ · theit· social science books because n ext year the seYenth grades will have a dif:'e r nt kind of social science book. Donald Rahn, 7A Hownrd. ::\IAKE IHSTOUY l'OS'fJ·:R Four of the Hownrd GD boys nre mnking- a history poste r fo1· the room. It is about the Crusades. It is taking- a lot of skill and good hard worl<. The four boys are Georg0 Gr0en, Alan Hendrickson, .James Burde tte nnd K<·nneth Rahn. It will be very pretty wlwn it is finishNl. -Kenneth Rahn, liB Hownrd. Stohl and George Fncl<:t; peewe<>s: Don Andc>rson, Dick Cullen, Frnnl< IJnoner. Edw:,rd Moe, John Bnrtholomew, Bob Reed and Walter von R 0insperg. D_. C. Stone coached the track and baseball team!O at Stolp and G. \V. Gathercoal coached them at Howard. -Laurence Buckmaster, 8B Stolp. A SC." ItEY SITU.\ TIO"Y On e day when I wa.s out at tht C: lt'nvi w for st, I climhNl thr tre!'.tlt' nnd just as I got to the top I saw the trolley come over th0 top of the otht·r side. I climbed out on a sted bar and wht·n 1 got down I was shn king been use I was so scared. Dlclc Steen, 8A Howard.