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Is Not A lways à Dry Subject Tuesday, Wednesday and .Thurs-1 daNovember 20, 21 and-22, WÏi- mette had some rainy' Spells, One minute-it ivould ramn but the nlext zninMut. the sun would . shine. No one cbu1d be certain if it would be raining-or nôt by the time school was Ot Pegi*aps it was tbe ramn. Anyway, mnany ýpeople had the same idea as others about eating lunch in our new and4 ery attractive. lunch rogin wjich is in~, the basement of -the TIenth street building. The cbildren could either' bring or buy their lunches, whichever they pleased. On Wednesday of last week the lunch room was so, crowded and there was such a long line in front of the counter that some of the clilîdren were -forced to wait till more* food could be prepared. The lunch room is a cheerful place and there tbe pupils can eat with many- of their frie nds. -= Mary .$tory by Ralph Paine During literature period fer the past few weeks, Miss Chase bas been reading, the Stolp lB class a short story by Ralpb Paine. The naine of it is "The Fullback." The object in reading this story was to illustrate how people mask their feelings. The class bas beentalking upon this sub- ject a grçat deal lately and this story is certainly a splendid example of it. Everyone enjoyed this' story very Thanksgiving Gheer T1he 2C room of Stoip scbool is having à basket for a poor family for Thanksgiving. In the club meeting, November 15, the members appoînted Janet, Rogers and Roberta 'Mizener to make out the menu e and Walter Hildlebrand' and George Terzakes .to' see Miss Green about a family. Each one. in the room is bringing sômetbing for, the basket. Everyone- in the room, will un- doubtedly. enjoy b is Tbaîaksgiving, dinner -more because he knows he has belped to make aniother farnily. happy on, Thanksgiving.-Lois Whitehead, Stolp 2C.< Howard 5A Room Club Has-a.Reading Program. Howard 5A had,,a reading program. iný the roomn club Friday, November 16. A committee of four bidren was appointed. The program . Was very good. lKenneth i ninear was-,the, announcer and talked like Roy At- welI. Then iarbara Frei read a story, "Where to- Lay the Blame." After that Dorothy' Butler read a story "The Winds, the Birds, and the Telegraph Wires."' Richard Merkle told a joke on the latest iiews.-Barbara Frei, Howard SA. Continued Story Travels Clear Around the Room In the roorn club meeting of Stolp IC on Thursday November 22 after the opening and the business session,, it *was discovered thatthe class had a few' minutes left, so it voted to start a contiiiued story around.the room. Dick Cordts started it. It was about a littie old man, wbo wa s only four feet higb, and his adven - tures. This was a neim kind of entertainment and enjoyed by al.- Edith Mendun, Stolp 1C. Madeline Clark Write. anmd Directs Girls' Play 1A few girls Who were interested Tuesday moning, November 20, after recess, 'Howard SA boys went to the gymnasiumn for our gym lesson. They were ail laughing and talking when .Mr. Mackie, the teacher, stop- ped that before letting us have our lesson.. WÇ played. speedball during part of the lesson. Ellhs Burgess -sent. the bail right down the tield toward jimmy Clay, and hé and Ellis sent the, bail rolling toward, the goal and made the score* 2 to 0. : The other teamn made! a goal,. so, then it wais 2 to 2. After, a *wbîile Ellis' aîtd Jimmy's teain made' inother «goal, so, the fluail score was 4 to 2. In their, favor.-EIlis Burgess, ,Howard SAý' Poetry CnetStaged by 6A CitizenshiP CUb In the*Howard 6A Citizenship club the class members are having a contest called "Who can write the best poem?" Tbree people bave sûcceeded. in having theéir poems chosen by the prograin committee' and Miss Larson. The three people are Whitaker Baer, Mary. Elizabeth Bacon and Julia Janit-ki. It is to continue three more weeks and the perbon whose poem bas been choscn the niost times wins the prze.- iJulia Janicki, Howard 6A. Pupils Hope for Swift .Recovery of Teacher Mrs. Gibson, the spelling anid writ- ing teacher of Hoôward sixtb grades, is sick in tbe hospital. The b)oys and girls of 6B are going 'fo take up a collection of money and buy ber a lot of nice flowers. Tbe doctors think slie can corne back to school in about six or seven weeks. The pupils aIl hope tbat she wili be back to scboqoi as fast a sb he can.-Ruth Zibble Howard 6B3. PLAN BOOK REPORTS Thé- eigbth grades are goin . t'O See Opera, 'La Traviata" Twenty-one people- Iroi -theWil- mette grammar sicbool orchestra went to see -the opera, "La Traviata,", Monday, November 19. Tbey s'at in the upper balcony., Under tbe super- vision Of Mrs. Mrs.. "Kitty" Wagner the ý people ý went on the 'V'. and ar- rived' just before tbe *urtain rose. The main characters in-the -npera, werc: Violetta, Edith Mason; AI.- fredo Gerinont, Giuseppe Bertonelli; and tbe eider Germont, Jobn Cbarlcs Thomas. The pupils went because t'hey> are playing selecions f rom ",La.Traviata" in tbe orchestra. Ail agreed> the pro- grarn was enjoyable.-Ciinton Car-. penter, Stolp I B. A rt Pro jects at Siol> Interest F4ghth Graders The eightb grade art work this year is very interesting at Stolp school. Lettering tbe alphabet was Stolp 1C's flrst work and was loads, of fun. Then a four-letter word- was prin ted andI decorated. After that the class lettered words such as coura- geous, orderliness, iionesty- and othe ,rs to put up in the rooms and to bie cbanged every two weeks. Later the pupils have bopes of putting designs on the walls of the lunch room, and have lots of fun. -Evelyn Suekoif, I-tolp. IC. Eighth Graders Prepare to Practice Yule Drama The boys and girls of the eightb- grades of Stolp s 'chool are getting ready to work, on' tbeir Cbristmas Play. The naine of- tbe play is the "Radiant Cross." The cast is as foliows:.- Jobanni, a boy of ten years, played by. George Moore; his sister who is eleven, portrayed by Mary Macalister; the mother, Eleanor Briggs; and the father, George Ter- Ieghth gra, ward 8C. I-Marji grade. ennactcer, -.4 won, a4Uyiio. iTne score was 20 to 2. Howard P-2 bas lost one volley ball gaine this fall.-Ogcar Beck, Howard school. eves,