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The prograrn of the Stolp assem- bly.v May 9, was the sevenfli grade 'poetryl contes t. Mrs. Vernon, tbe sev- enth gra eè literature teacher, direct- cd. tbe contest. In the literature class- es ail thê childrcn enter ing the con- test. réad their poems. The best'of these groups were cbosen and after .many tryouts eighteen children 'were selected to. read in assembly. Mirs. Ebelinig, Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Freeman were the, judges. The winners of the contest were Marjorie von Frankenberg, Shirley Patterison. and, Jean Francis Miller.- Poetry books wCre, awarded b y Mrs. Ebel- ing. I arn sure ail enjoyed hearing the contest and appreciate tbe work put ýito the program. Afuture prograrnwill e h eighth, grade poetry côntest. Chil- dren 'have already been chosen to read n assemfly.-Julia Booz, Stôlp 1 B. Stolp Busy Preparing, Themes for Class Day The pupils of the Stolp eighth grades are beginning teo prepare themes for class day w'hich cornes in the last week of school. The subjects which may be written up are tbeý prophecy, the wilI, the hatchet ora- tien, a poein, and the class bistory which includes e vents froni our kmn- dergarten dayrs up to, and through eighth grade.-Cassie Empfied tl l 1lB. d tl Howard and Stolp Glee Clubs Study for May 19 The glee clubs of the Howard aind Stolp. schools are busy getting ready for the spingconer. Wehave. to check off certain songs that we are to sing. The concert is on May 19,ý and the tickets can' be secured from any. glee club person for a srnall, price, it is announced.-Ellen Jones, Howard 8C. On a recent Sunday, our farnily. de- cided to go to Lincoln park. When we got there we went immediately to the conservatory. In the conserva- toryr, we.saw many beautifui flowers, and lots of ýfoliage. Thefi we went to the lion and tiger bouse. Somne of the 'lions and tigers. have such kind faces. From there we went to see the fish. Tbe. fish are in glass tanks about a.large room. AUl the fish in this room corne from tbe middle west. Last, but flot least, we went to the monkey bouse. One of the cages outside contained two wýhite' polar bears. One. bear was1 swiirning. It tried to .get out but the other bear tried to keep pushing it back. Tbis drew quite a crowd.-Priscilla, Pol-9 lock, Howard .8C. .jPupils.Ready to Finish Unts in SocialScence The year is almost over, and we haven't' finîshed our social science. Miss Chase announced that our next big unit will be on slavery and the Civil war, and that will takçe about tbree weeks. After that we witl study the unit on the struggle over govern- ment in tbe age of big business, 1865 to 1914. Then we will skip the unit on the red m an's and the white man's government, but we should read the chapter on education. Our last unit wiIl be on America and the World war. This wiIl coficlude the chap- ters in our test book.-Marian Cox; Stolp 1lB. Eighth Grade Students, Awaiting Poetry Contest The eighth grade poetry contest will soon take place. The pupils who were chosený to read from 2C are Jean Spanuth, 'Charles Kerner, Doris Mayhercy and John Gleason; 'from 1C, Van McQuide, Imogene Kauf- mnan, Georgia Bettinghaus and Joan The glee clubs of Stolp sang, Wed- nesday, -May 10. They sang first to the third, fourth and fifth grades. f rom 10:35 to ti :10 o'clock. After Il .20, the gîce clubs reappeared and. sang t1Y 12 o'clock for the ýsixth, sev- entb ,~ eighth grades. Th@e orchestra under the direction of Mrs.. Wagner played. "Dancing Moonbeams" ýand sélections from The' mélodies sung b the glee clubs were: "The Dream Boat Passes' By," "The Linden' Tree," "The Evening Belis" and "The 'Heav- ens Are Declaring." The pieces wére sung in! preparation for -the spring concert to be held on May - 19.-JiM I3adger, Stolp 1B. Stolp Pupils Surprised1 at Change in Calendar TeStuýdents Of Stolp school had a srprseon a recent Thursday,, 'When we came to school, tbe flrst thing we saw was a notice on the bulletin board saying that Thursday was Friday,. and Friday would be IThursday. Mr. Replogle, our princi-- pal, had to go to a convention on. Frkiy; and in order to enable him te teach the boys' mechanical draw- ing, the classes were switcbed. -Hel- en Prescott, Stolp 1B. Heavies, Lights Practice in Final Track Tryouts The heavyweight and lightweight track teanis held theW: usual prac- tice Tuesday, May 9. Irhey held the finals for the 50-yard dasb, 'the 60- yard hurdles, the running broad jump and the shot put. Lt was too cold to do any high. jumping or pole vaulting. They were scheduled for Saturday. We .will, compete 1with -Howard in a small meet. .The teàrn appears to be in- very good shape.- Jirn Streeter, Stolp IB. Logan FourthGraders Give Educational Program at Stolp On1 May 4, the Byron C. Stolp as- sembly club 'was entertained by. the seventh, graders of the Stolp school who presented -an eductational pro-. gram, which demonstrated what' they had studied tbis year. This first part of 'this> program was given by 'the 2B room. 'It consisted of two oral themes, the fist by' Shirley Patterson about ber trip abroad, and t he second by Arnold, Abrarns about bis stamp collection. The next part of the programn was in the field of social science, given by a fe w pupils frém each seventh grade. Thèse pupils used. poerns, dia-, logues and projects whicb they had made to tell of tbe effects of the World war n -th-e eading European Because of the lackç of tîrne.ý the 2D room h4d to 'postpone its part of the progran.-Ruth Wetzel, Stolp 2C> -Dog,- Cat, King, in'ý > World's ýFair Play "A Dog, a Cat, and a King" is the name of the play ýto be given by Miss Victoria Cobb of Winnetka as% ber contribution to the children wbo visit the Enchanted Isle of A Cen-. tury ot Progress during the coming Thé plaY, whicb was written for M.,iss Cobb by joseph F. Horn, Jr., of Wilmette, is a children's fant 'asy em- bhodying ail the old time favorites ai a magical dog and cat owned by a very good king, and the attemupts to> gain possession of tbern by the vil- hÎan. the pirate chief., These attemps by the pirate chief.and the ultimate failure of tbem forns- the central, theme of the production. and intrQ- duced as seconclary themes are the antics of the clown and the fairy's dance, a rhythmical nutnb er, con- Miss Gayton -coir I amn sure we a iss Loag back.-. ward 7B. I1 hi ke to Chippily Ridgi Saturday of this weel camp out over night F turn to Kenilworth on ua The unexpectedly carly opcning of sand the World's Fair has rushed things on a considerably 'but due to the organiz- y and ing Power of Miss Cobb and the cre-. Y will ative ability of Mr. Horn and Mr. nd re- Gerhardt the advancement in date ty. lias fot disrupted the plans materially. STU The pup na gnisocia tiy that ha latter yeai Groves, an~ teacher.-] ri . Il