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l School News . \'01.. 2 ~0. La.test =========-c!l PubliJbed· weekly by the achool 'children of Wilmette under 35 \VIL:\1ETTI·:. 1 upervision of Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board 15. 1929 li.LJ~OIS, KOVE~ InER I II ""t>dn :-:<lay aftE>rnoon a. man anw ti) the :::<d10ol and gave a talk on Yellowstone ~ationa l park. . . Jl v t~>l<l us about the Wild anrn1als thel't' an<l about the hears. H e told u s ah·_ ttt one day when ho wa~ wall<it~g· an·uJHI he \Wilt off .the road mto a. ltttl1~ Jlatll . li e was loolnng for bears. lie lo~t· w that 'ttl · 1 b }1 1 1 ~~ :n~ :t e nve r t 1e can; l'alllv ~" dt111k and he cou ld S<'C otw. 11 1' :-:·t id · th e n · \\'L'H' some bushes ncar tht>rl' itl ~'h~cll h~ could hid e without the bc·~us :o-{'t·lng' lum. As lw wa:-; glling around sonw blll'h }I (· haw a lwar L:O illing toward him at full · l ·" tl ) ·. 1~ea<] .' 1own. ll e sa · siJt't'<. \\I 1 . liS t<! ]1c had no gun .llld :-.ou \\ l' I'C u ot allOWL·(l t(l throw a stotH·. \Vhat could h e d o'! He :t:-:kt·d us what . w. wuul<l do hut · .tsked u:-: not. to te ll lum fo r he w<t s <·unt 1 I nex t 'T uescay lllg- b ;.H'< and w~· mi~llt tt>ll hun th e n. "But," h f' said, "1 will 11 1 · I<' Y 0.ll w 1at on boy told m e. li e told nw ·. 'I 1 I we r e you I would ha\'c wait ed until !H' got.il:lo:;p .enough anti 1 would put m~· ftst do.wn hi~ throat, gr:tlJI.Jt:><l hi s t:11l , t~u ll hun im:nde out and h e would Il l' gt~lllg- th e oth r way.'" Howard Eight B. L ectut"er Tells Stolp Seventh Graders of ill any Wonders Autumn Have Armistice Program Presents Short 1 The 7A class of the Stolp school had af Y eII OWS/One ·-----------------' a pmgram Monday for Armistice day. At Play on Safety . 11 o'clock we faced the east while tans ,I hav P. nl~vays l1 ked Autumn. :tnd 1 thrnk · om~ of the r easons why Is th<tt l.lalluwe'c n comt·s. then. So 1 wwt1· a }l,ttle po.'·.m . about 1t: . , IIH~ h.ll\l'st moon .goes slowly by _ 1 .t\nd<.:~~~ \\'e see 1t go, \\'e lwaYc a ltttl c 1 .1g l.1. .\utumn wlll IH· g·otw :tll<l \\'C wun'l Sl·C if {' 1 r ., "t.·· tr . . . ' · J · ·· . " h.·tJ'\"L·st 111 11 1hc· .\uttllllll \\llh ll. ',;' 1 · 11 .. s · < ··.:tt. lh e TLI·r·~·nlt-t·s . 1 .'~ ~h.e, fl1 ~;:.<;1(j:~ ... lro \\' IJ 11 .t \ 1 · .tIt '"' , ' !-'!tllll\· aln· J't·d, SOll\(J~ n~·p y~ll!t\\", '1'1 ~ ll< sr,·t.llt' are "lllllg ( (J\\' Il.ll 1·' )Jlll lll' \IllS are Yt' OW a:-; Yl' ll\\' · ·: til be · \nd Jt qw tlH·Y ghr' :tlH l start· at ~ vou ,11111 riw . · · It's gdting- ll t':u· th e la:-:t of Ovtoho ·l' .·\l tl l ll .·tll1· \\'L"c ··1t ,,.,· 11 StHl lt lJe ll l'l't '. \\'e' ll dort 11111' cos tunu ·s anrl .StJ!JII \\'" sh,·tll s.·hi\'t· t' witll (L':tt' ' !-'Ptlh' 11f 11s <ll't' g·Jt., :-: ts a11t1 :-:n nw :II ·<· \\'il..tws Th .. r ·· <~rt: also Pllllllll\itt s an<l IJI:td~ l·at:-:. \\·,. .lotlt't Ii i,<· to haY e autu ttln lea,·<' u:-: But it will com e ng-ain som e titlt·· . -E ilcno \Veakly, 6.\ llnw:trd. blew Then the whole school sa!~~· 1fnward SD has b Pe n quite husy through .. \J · ·ica, ·which was directed by :\In:;. th e week of November 1 to 6. CJ · ~!k I r r oom then had a pn lgTanl \\· 1, g·a ve a short safety :-tl't to th e ab~~ut. the uAnni:-:tice. '\Ve sang the ":-itul· sixth. sL·\·f'nth, and ei~hth. grad<'~. Th e '-') ,. 1 , 1 il'lnn r" Inn Stcn·ns tdd .1 ('ha··adt>rs we re: Pollee JtHlg-<·. lt rllH·rt 1 ~~·~t~.n~tu~·y :~bouet ·the 'worlrl war. Jv:t;t \Villis : twn eo urt poli.ce, .Ta~k E<lnJUIHl ~ Brown J3 ·tt l\I·:trks Dillie Bnudi, "·tn· and Allen Roth; culpnt~. Lo1s Cote, who . .. 't ~.: .Ytl 1 · ' 't l f l .~ · n 1cle lwt· bievc.:le with o ut ·t Jig·ht Juncmcrt1l'll s r1 1 1e war e1 wr <, a 1 tlt·tH1 . · ·. or s tori es th had l'l"ad. Graham Dlll');;, ·.~ ··\hbtr:tn d , who ('rosse<l tlw st tyt>t 111 th t..: Y _ · . llll.<l<lll' Ill. tile hlot·J·· Tom IJ\"t' l·· w ho l·'osem·try J)ay and J amc:-; c J'·tl"' "'1.\"l' · '· · ·'· \'~ 1: be·mtif~l ')~em~ <It 'wa s \·~r ~·in- plaY< ·<l in th(' treet; Jan e \VehP l', wilt· lert~-.;lin~.--Daru:'u·a \Vil ·y, 7A ·~ tolp .~ 1 w. ·ilt :tcros:-: th e traek when thP g-ates . \\'t·re d1 I \VII· Leouard Prol'hnow who was : kil'l.:ill"' t )\'(: J' g·al'bag·e can~ in tlw <tlh-Ys l~uth l':t\'t>li<·t·l< wh o ('J'()i'St!tl tlw str~·t.·t . . · · . \\'lthot ll lrHII\mg . e1thPt' way; <:anlllt f'l' .J(IItJli'llll, who dtd not oiJL·y lht· filii}) li g ht :-, an<l t'hm·Ic·s Gibson, \\'ho did n·d Tlw llt:tll\1:11 training room (lf ('entral ,,,,,.y the trallic cop. an<! :-itltlJ> :-:t· l lno l ~ h:ts had lht' p:tint and Th e u!lil'l'l's who broug-ht lhc· e ult)l'it:I· ,,) <'" ltitwt s n·mt·\-t·<l aiHl a IlL·\\' <":U.!t' · · \\' t·n· .John l!aih·y, F ay<: lt(· Lilly, I ):J\'id Ita:-: )l, ·t: ll put in. It r ·:-:~.·mu l es a ll:lllk l! <t~·z··r. T<·d Jlos ldns, .John Osbt)!Jl· ·. d~·~: k but I'P:tllv IH·I<ls tile to (J ls. It ha:-: nut b l'<' ll ·omt)ldetl yl'l but it is prt·tty Ct·t,q.;,· IU tl'inhardt au<l Hudolph K:t:-:p:tr. g<JO<l a~ it is. 'J'lH·y also hotk' to add .\In>. Stalling- ::;ai<l that Wt· did il ~" J)J'(Ij ec t l'<tbinds. ~\Jr. Ball ha R appoint<·<! wdl that we we re to gi\"t' it ag·ain fu · a fon·tll<t ll and al;sistant forPm:ln to ta l~t' th e flllll"th and fifth g-rades ou :o.;ovemb·T ·:~n· uf till' cag·e. 'l'Jwy hand o ut totJls ti. \\'t' did and it turn ed out quit e wvfl. nt·edt' <l ancl t·xaminP the tools that an· ,\lr :-;. Stalling was our manager so wh,. returtwtl to st·e that tlwre is no <lvt't·t·t ::;hou ltlu 't it tum out all right. - .IUII:. in tlwm. TJwy :tl~o kt't' P the l'Hg~· l'lo·:tll. .'\ 111:-:tra nd, 1 Iown n l ~ U. .Janws :\(c( 'lure is fon·man of S<. allfl Ja ck Slayton is his assistant .- -llany H uglws, ~(. Stolp. I I 0 Ne ' w Cage and Tool Chest for Stolp-Central Shops PUpl"J s Su bml"t N0 t e b00ks I J k I I .f t d . in General Science Class ac s nl Ia e In a New Club-And How! O n Thursday , Novemher 7, the sc\·enth t·ig-hth grades of the Stolp school lmud c1 in th eir tree notebooks t o ~liss Ste vl·ns, our general s<: ienct' t<'<l<'h e r. Th ese notebooks have bee n made mostlv at home and are entirely original. Som'e nf th e things these tree hool<s ('ontain :ne blue prints, pictures of famous trt·t'S , wax ed lea\'es and smok ed prints. :\!any peopl e people sent into the Jllinoi s De·partm e nt of <'onservation for t n·~· l.Hlol.;s which helped them a lot. -Llid.; ll a 11, ~~· ::;tulp. and Howard Pu9ils Give Act of "Merchant of Venice" The two eig-hth grades at Howard sehoo.l aeted out the fourth aC't of "The :\Ie rcll~lnt (If \'(·nice." The li st of c harad<.'rs IS a,s follows : Duke, Fayette Lllly; Ant om o , Alfrt·d · llrown; Bassanio l\Iarl' Simonds; rratiano, Frank Christ P ortia. . Geraldine Sprag-ue, Nerissa. Kathartne Woodward; C'Jerk, Lois Sandberg : ~tnd Shylock, Reginald <~n·Pn. ~re act~d 111 the n <· w a udit o rium at rt ·medial "\Yt·<lnPS(lay, October 30. tlw Girl ~couts perwd. ~frs. ~tailing sa id somt · n ·ad fin e g·a\'f' a cl f'mons trn ti on f<n· th t l~otary cluh. and others r ea d poorly. Only t wl'l\'e g-it·ls ga Ye this dt·mon st ration - Heginald Grel' ll, Jl ownnl , A. as we could haYt' 110 more. Tlw tweht' g-il'ls n·pl't"-'t> nt ed e:tch differ <' nt tro< J]l. The g-ir ls got e x,·usl'd t·arly an<l dro \'t' to the dub. "\VI' ftl'st had lmwh and tlwn ga Ye oul· d e monstrll tion . \Ve d emonstrated "A Day in Camp" which Art Appreciation wot·k started full \l 't.> aetcd out and in the ::;cene preblast ·.tt 1Io.ward school la st w ee!<. Every- sent('d two Gir l Scout laws, "A Girl body 1s g-omg around look ing glum. In S<·out is good to animals" and "A a way ll()body blam es th em . I know 1 Girl Scout's h onor is to be trusted ." \Ve dc·n ' t. Tf you are slow at gh·ing rxc u!':es th en en d ed by joining h an<ls in a eirele vou ~houlcl eomt> to onp of Mr:->. Mason':-; with the Hota1·y club men and tht:Y art classes. You surely will hear some sang- th e ir gooclnight song-. \Ye all h u<l :·hot" ones. ::\lr ~. Mason will .·tart hav- a Yery low ly time.-P hylli s Car ll'lon mg afternoon teas e \·e ry nig-ht after sc Stolp. seho I for lu ckless or lazy people-mostlv lazy. \\rt>' ll aceept your sym nathy ff ~ ou have any to glve.-Allen Roth, 8B H oward. Otw cla y I w nt O\'E'r to Bill's and h e :tdc·<l kind of mysterious. 1 fe asl(Cd !Ill' to go d own in the b:tse m cnt and took IIH' o\'er to th e fruit closet and a:->],(·d 111 e if I would join his club and l said yt·s. The n h e opened a trap door L had ne\'t:! l' Sl·cn before. I wt·nt in and he locked the d oo r . The n I heard a lot of awful g-roans and s ta rtL·d to go bae k but the rlnor was lot:kl' <l. Jn a lit tie whil <.' I weilt ahead and all of a stHhkn I ran into a rPpe s tret <: he<l .a ·ro:-:s the room ant! l tht~ught I was bdng hung·. l got untangled from it only t o have sonH'onc t· lse ehoke me . ll c let g-o a ll of a ~-; ud clt~ n and I fell down. A lwnd I ~aw a g host that was no hoy-siz d ghost. I fell down in fro nt of it and two h o· p ; aml a sheet had a nict· fa II. (~oing forwanl 1 bum)Wtl into a stick and a htwk<·t of wate r fl'll nn me. l\Ty initiation was ended.- .Jac k Lersch, 6B Howard. Howard Plays St. Joseph in First Speedball Game Howard R.\ had its firs t Rpecd iJalJ g·ame Munday, ;\o\'ember 3, with St. .Tost>ph . It was a v ery exciting· g-am<'. S,\ winninl! 4 to 0. Dob Ilermanson m<Hh' a g·oal a1.1d Frank May made a P E:'n:lltr ldck. Our lilll'UP is as follow~: Frank ::\Jay . <·aptain and forwanl; Bob ll l· J'ma nson . forward; Reg·ina lrl C l't't:'ll, forward: Frau)( Christy, fon,·anl; D;tn t'a:-:s('ll, halfback; Ed 11om , halfback; l\I:w Hutchins, fullba c·k: and Thorne Edwards, goal guard. Tlw t will l.Je th · lineup for this yc~tr. - · L'hilip flut.·l:t:, Howard ':\, ---------------- Howard Eighth Grades to See "Merchant of Venice" The e ighth grades of Howard hav bL·en st udyin.c· "T~H' :\[er chant of \ 'enke' ' a)\d a r c now go1ng to see it on the stage. Jt has b ee n definite ly settkd that we are g·uing on November 27 which is the uay Ldore Thanksg iving. The chi ldre n aren't n :<tU ·!! t<·d to g.,. 1t is just tho!:le wh o want to go. F'rit2 Lie be r the famous ~hakespearian :tctor is going to give a · St·ries of Shakt·siWare's plays at the New Ci\·ic Oper a tht·a tL· r, which is inside the opt>ra building·. His plays started ::.un:mber 11 and will continue for a few \\'t·e k s. Ther e is going to be a differe nt Iolay every w eek. · \\·c are looking forward to ::t good tim e. ::\Iargrette Rey nolds, Howard 8B. v; Girl Scout's Guests of . Wilmette Rotary Club New Rule Keeps Pupils on Charles Helps Dismantle · Trunk Made Long Ago Playground Before School Mr. Todd has authorized a n ew rul e at Howard. Th e r e haw· been too many <: hil llren in tlw halls !Jdore tlw h ell ring·s and th ey haYe madl' too much noise. Tfie rule b that the donn; will be locked until five minut es bt>forc th e bell rings on nice days and fifteen minutes before the b e ll ring-s on cold days. You have t o haYe a note signed by a teach er if you want t o come in before the !.Jell ring:-. -Elaine Angelbee k, 8A lloward. - --------- Art Appreciation Work Starts at Howard School SCHOOL HAS PHONOGRAPH Fl'iday, X<1wmber 1, SA Howaro r e<'~· iYed as a gift a · Lyon and Ileah· Yt<:trola. It Is of the cabine t type and n·ry att··actlve to look at. W e have ~ee n playing it during r ecess and once 1rt a ~·hile during a study period. All the l'htldn·n a ppn·c iate it vet·y much. - Philip 1 loel z, Howard SA. OPE~ SI~EEDBALL SEASON Howard 7H had thei r first game fn Wt·dnesday, Xov-(·mber 6. All the boy:-: turnt·d out so wt· had more than we need<·d . Some o f the boys played ~alf of the game while mo~t of them rlayed th ~ whole game. In the fir st half we scored and In the second, winning the game for us 13 to 0. -Howard Ball, 7 B Howard Sl>e~dball HAVE MOST "E'S" Vernon's r oom havmg the most "E's th e last month are Jean Kuhl, with seven E's and two G's, an~ Eleanor Evans, five E's and three G a.-Mildred Farmer, 7A Stolp. T~e two girls in Mrs. r thoug-ht I wns trave ling thrnug·h Arizona ag-ain ou Saturday. I saw a pi<.:ture ca ll ed, "Hedskin." It was madt· around the hom es of th e Nayajo and th t' Pueblo Indiau s . It was very interesting bl·<:ausc it s h ows th e life of the Indian and his work rug making. The color ,,f th~ roel<s and !!ky were very r eal. In nne plal'e we saw them making a sand rug, all diffe1·e nt color of san d s \\'(' J'f' u~ ed. Then at !'undown it was d t:>~ troyt.'<l The H oward 7B team h as bec·n pl:ty- on account of th e evil spirits. The story ing- good games all throug-h the season ended happily and I cam e hom e.-111riam so far. \Ve a r e Vt·ry proud for two K. ·west, 7B Stolp. rt"asons. One is that \\' t' won the bann L·r - - -for fo otball. The other is that n obody WE HOPE SO, TOO has scored against us in all our gamPs. Yesterday I was playing with my rabTh e last game that wt· w on was from St. bits wh en a littl e one jumped out of mv Franc is. The scores are as foll ows: arms and started running for the bush._.'s Howard 7B 12, St. Francis 0 ; How- a nd I chased it around the h o use. I nrd 7B 6, Howard 7.\ 0; Howard 7B 24, soon got tired and I put a bu sh e l basket ~tolp 7A 0: Howard 7H ri7. Stoh> 7<" 0: sideways be tween 't he bush es a JHl I Howard 7B 12, St. Jos<'ph 0: and Howard scared him :md he ran into the bushel 7B H, Stolp 7 B 0. basket and I pushed it right side, - Hprm:m Meyer, 7B Howard grabbed the rabbit and I put him in the cage and sat down to rest. I hope h e JIE ,\R DA)lROSCH CONCERT doesn't get out any more.-Carl Frankell, F or tlw third time, the senior as- tiB Howard. SE>mbly of the Howard school gather~d in the auditorium to listen by means SOJJE FINE WORK of the radio to Walter Damrosch's conThe Pighth grades of Stolp are doing cert. The program was as follows : some fine work in their social science Dances from Henry VIII by Saint Saell&:- notebooks directed by Miss Chase. They _(1.) Gathering of the Clans; (2.) Scot~h are making many extra maps and colTydl; (3.) Dance of the Gypsy; and (4.) lecting some fine pictures. ·Miss Chase Jig. collects them. We have in them the l'torv I am sure we all enjoyed the conc~rt of American Indians to the growth o·f \'e i'Y much. the Urited States.-Harry Hughes, SC - Betty June Collins, Howard SB. Stolp. Picture Is Reminiscent of Travels in Arizona One night after dinner my d ad and l were wo1·king, such as cleaning up an<l doing odds and ends when my dad spied an old trunk that was half fallen apart. "Chuck," he said, "What do you say we .take this old trunk apart'?" lt's ju::;t fallmg apa rt anyway." "lt's a llright with me," I said. " So -we started taking it apar t with pinch bars. ~'ir s t we took off the corn e1 ·s and what do you think it was held t ogethel' with? Wooden pegs! It was made quite a while ago because I found out that my great grandfather had brought it over from Europe.-Charles llardt, 8A Howard. Seventh, Eighth Grades Study Cathedrals in Art In art the seYenth and eighth grades are studying art pictres. The seventh g-rades are lo oking up the ca thedrals. Th PY a1·p Hheims, Amiens. St. Gilles, C hartr~s ~md NotrP. Dame. When you get to study tht' m and are inter es ted th ey are won<krful. Th e colored windows are of th ·" Bible sto ries and the peoples' own life. If you w e r e to study everything on any of tht·sc five cathedrals you would never get through, the colored windows the ca:ving·, an~ everything, Th ey ar~ certamly bea~tttful and we all enjoy studying them. Howard 78 Team Sets Uo Good Record in Football 7C DOWNS 7A 7C was schedule<) t~A> play '(.\ Fnday, November 8 at Washington park. Seven C and 7A have gym period together ~o the game ~as Played Wednesday dur: mg gym per1od. Seven C won 3 to 0 It~ caytain ~s Edward Mee and 7 A's ca.v~ i~.n IS Emil Anderson.-Donald Rogers, ~tolp HEAR GOOD STORY The 7A and 7C girls have a period toget~er because the boys have gym. We go mto Mrs. Vernon's room and she reads to us the story named . "Spunk." It is a verr good book and we can hardly wait until Friday (she reads on that day), -Georgette Becker, 7A Stolp. (Continued on page 52)