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Latest School News · Publahtd Wttltly by. tbt VOL. 2 NO. 13 ~ehool = ==11=o=ld=by===!l the Pupils " . children of W ilmttte undtt 1 uperuaion of Wilmette Playground and Recreation Board VJILMETTE, ILLINOIS, :MAY 10, 1929 Junior Cubs Win Ball New Trier High Laurence Gives Game From Jelly Beans Housecleaning Us Some Facts Leaders Talk to April 29, the SB Junior Cub::; A bout Telegrams .__ _ _ _ _ _ ___, t eam won from SA Jelly Eighth Graders In 'ompo. ition at th Stolp ~chool the eighth graders have bee n s tudying "Telegrams and all form s of wireless message~." l l\lay hafl arri\·ed and it snutHl<'tl like 'Miss Perring, the co mposition teacher at Stolp, picked eight boys to go to the different Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices and find out about one or more of the following- ·ubjects: nig-ht letters, day letters, night messages, day messages, cablegram).;, cable le tters, week-end letters, sending money, flowers or candy by telE-graph, postal telegrams and radiogram:s. There were :-omt' fine talks )lrepared. The Western Union gave the boys a lot of fine literature and sample blanks to· illustrate their talks. Following is the talk that I ga n :· on night and day letters and how tlwy are ~ent and received: Night letters are accepted up to 2 A. M. at reduced rates to be :-:ent during the night and delivered the next morning about 8 o'clock. A ni~ht lt· t ter may contain fifty words and for t>a<:h succeeding ten words ten ce!}ts extra is charged. Night letters haYe to bt' written In plain English. Code lang-uage is not allowed. Day letters art:> accepted all day :l.tHl delivered within an hour. Ratt')o; one and one-half times the night letter rate for transmi:-sion of fifty words m· le·ss and one-fifth of th e regular ralt':-; for t·ach ~ucceeding ten words. All telegrams ha\·e to g-o throug-h th~ Chicago office from Wilmette and to Wilmette. The telegrams art:> sent and received on a :-lmplex electric typewritPr. The electric typ writer has the keyg on the front like an ordinary typewritl'r. The only difference is that some of tht· keys mean word~ . \Vhen Chicago 1s sending a mf'ssage to '"rilmette tht> typt>writer prints the mes:-oage on a striJ) of g-ummed paper about one-half in ch wide without the operator in Wilm t> ttf' having to do anything. 'Wht>n the \Vilnwtte operator is sending a nwssag·e to Chlca~Q. she writes the mess:l.g-t> on tlw typewrit<'r and It is written in C'hicag-o at the same tim<'. \YhPn tlw ~Willllll'd pn]wr i~ J)rint<'d thf' oi)('ratot· moi~tt'ns it and ~duE·~ it to n ti'l<'g-raph lJL!nk and the tf'legram i~ l't·:t d~· to ht· dl'li\'('rt·ct.Laurence nuckmaster. 8R. Automobile Wins Over Train as Travel Mode Tht> 7A Howard had a debatt' and the subject was as follows: "Hesolve d: Thnt the automobile is hettt>~' for tt·nyel and transportation than the train ." The judges were Mrs . .Jonu-·, Miss 1\ractsen and Miss Scheidler. The affirmative sidt' line-up was Captain, Virginia Jon<'s. Alfred Struebin~·. Rudolph Kaspat·, Reginald Green and Janet \\·right. Tlw twgatiYe sidE' lineup was Captain, Gt>orge Maxwell, Harrison Storms, Mark Simons, .June Ahlstrand and Paul Kruppa . Th e d ebate wns a fine one with the affirmatln· side winners. Everyone- was gure of their . Yil'tot·y and their opponents accepted it g·ladly. The motto ls still the S:l.m<', "He:-;olved that the a utomoblle is bf'ttet· fnr traver and transportatio11 thnn the train." -Virginia .Totw~. 7.-\ Hnwanl. I,LA N A'rJII,WriC TEST it in th P Sippel's household! The house was all abustle with tlw sound of spring housecleaning. ~Irs. SipJlel was busy t elling everyone what to do and how to do it. Bob, the oldest of the children and a sophomore at Sely.l lligh. had gone to a banquet. Fifteen year-old Beth was shaking rugg and washing c urtain~. The twins, Martin <'lnd Martha, were industriously scouring the pantry, and the baby, Marie Bertha watching- )fr. Sippel hang pictures. "Bob always manages to have snmE>thing else to rlo when we clean," Beth was saying, "but the twinnies are Rlway;o; on hand." "Darn right!" Martin said lnurl Plloug·h fot· ::\Irs. Sippel to lwa r . " Xow -:\lat·tin, how many tinws haYt· 1 told you not t(· say that'? ~ o w rlon't you say you did··'t 'ca USl' [ heard you~" "I cannot tell a lie! 1 c ut it down with my little hatc·het," Martin s pok e nw e kly. "Xow rton't he funny, Martin," Martha wal-' scolding, ··g· t to work. Take thest · eli shes and set them on the buffet." "Crash!" Wt ·!lt ~o nwthing in tht· nPxt mom. 7 H Howard went to the Art Institult·. "\\.hat was that'.'" )lr~. Sippt>l ·all e<l :.\Tis~ Ppton showed us many intet·esting ft·om the basement. pictm·es nnd told stm·ies about them. ·'1 sliptwrl on a ha ,. (,f' son P and hrokP Most people of the medieval timt's the dislws," cried l\l :ll'ti n. ":\Iv anklE'." f'nulfl not rearl or write. The priests whn ")faybt' you hurt yourst>lf," said Martha kn('w about .Je~us made sculptures an<l fmm the pantry. paintin~s of him. The paintings show<'d "And how! I cut my fing;·t· too. Band- ~omP of the things he did and in this ngf' it for me, Martha." way tlw priests taught the peot>lt· ahout It was found that h e harl s pmin ed hi!' him. ankle nnd cut his fing et· !'(l Martin sat Th <' pic tures thP adsts m:ldE> in tho~p and reacl bool\ s the I'Pst of the dRy, Y<:'ry tim's were always w ell balanC'<>d and alco n\·<'n ientlv. ways anang-t:d so the cPnter of interPst \Vhen f'\·erybody \\'as hacl\ to worl.; was in th e center. Th P colors u~<'Cl mostlv again Beth nnnounct·d that slw n·nwm- wer e g-old, gTet>n, rPd ,. purpi P, and hlu~. h~t·ed t~at slw promisNl to g·o t11 :t ~hm,· The pers}wcth·<' was not so good. Th r ~· 1 (lirl not ha\'e natural figut·rs . ThP habit's wtth Allee PerPy. . ;:well, go. That'~ tht nnly way out of I :lJl]Wared like tiny old men. It, . her moth e_r satd . ~Th ~t of tlw~t> piC'tureg wen· orig·innl. ~ow l\Jt·. ~tppel an<l tht> hah~· Wt rt· , -Trma Ball, Howard 7B. wnrkin~ in th e (lt·n. ::\ft·. Sippt>l was 1 - - -- - - - - -hanging- a picture of tlw "Ge ttysburg- Ad· ' clt·.:ss" "· J~en ~rat·i t> Bertha :tskert: \Vhy dtd Lmcoltt hn \ 'f' whtsken:;, pa '!" · nnrl hefot·r ht> could answt>r Martin did. "Oh. lw'rl caug·ht cold if ht dicln't," h. · · ·d )Jonday, during- our composition per!'at · , 1, iod. the 7B room of Howard h e ld a d e· ··non t ut' so funny." :\fr. SipJ>PI com- l·at~'. ThP attlrmatiYe resolved that th L manded wlwn lw ('hflllC't>cl to look at the ha hy putting- tlw cat twxt to thP g-oldfish. <'a r was better for tram;portation than tht' train. The negatin· ~ide resolved "Ye Gods," Itt· f' riNl and at the sanw that the train wa~ better than the car timt> hit his thumh \\·ith the halltme·· and for transportation JlUrposes. Th e PhilOwn lPt it drop (Jtl his toP . 1'hn.t finisht><l drt'n on the affirmati\·e sidt' were: Lois ::ur. Sippt:>l's wot·J.; for tlw day. Sandberg, captain, Thorne Edwards. "It's tinw for nw to g·o to n music le~- Bt>tty Shanahan, Frank ('hristy, AlfrE-d son now, i~n't it mn111 '."' aHkt·<l Martha. Brown. The children on the negatiYe "Yes," replied l\Ir~. Sippel. Tlw help side wPre Philip Hoelz, captain, and hi:-; r get in this hou~P i~ more than oyer- colleagues. Helen Perry, .Jane WPher, whelming. - Winnifred Rany, <'i~·hth Ir·ma Ball, and George Reinhart. Mr~. grade, Rt. Francis ~ehool. Stalling and Mr. Todd were honorable judg-es and after the debate announc<'d that the negatiYe sidP won . -LPonard Pmchnow, 7B Howard . of 22 to 19. This game wa~ played at the Stolp school. The players on the SB team were : Jean 1\lunro, Jane Moore, pitchers, l\lary l<'inlayson, catcher, Dorothy Jane Orr, and Betty Southwick, first base and center fi e ld, Ella Jean Porter, second baE·:, .Jane Eng·el, third base, Helen Booz, left field, Margaret Hug·hes, centers field, : M arguerite Mockler, right field, Esther :\lcGcigha n, left s hort stop, Marjori e· Houghton, right !'o;hort stop. The SA lineup was: .June Kehl, Lucy ( 'lage tt, pitcher, and first base, Katheritw Thomp~ 111, catcher and fielder, Beth l\ldlraith. second baRe, Annabelle Brown, Dorothy Neal, third base and field, Ann ~lari e Wilson, ~hortstop, Helen \\Tin~low, fielder. · 'fhis gamr· was played in three innings ;.md 8B was up first. At the last half of the third inning it began to rain and so the garne was finished in the gymna~ium .-Dorothy Jane Orr, SB Stolp. ~londny, ba~eball IJy a ~core Bean~ Thm·Hlay, May 2, was the day of t~e first lecture given from one of the ofllof X e w Trier High school to the eighth grades.. Mr. Kahler, dean of th boys, delivered the lecture instead of Mr. Clerk, who wa::; called East on account of his mothet·'s death . 1\Jr. Harper introduced Mr. Kahler and in return Mr. Kahler told us that the Harper brothers were more famou s at New Trier than the \Vright brothers or the Smith brothers. Mr. Kahler answered the question of "\Vha t do they do to you if " during the course of his lecture as well aH telling us what the school thinl<s or us (not much) and of safety. At the end of his lecture h e gave nut' Jittlf' pamphlets telling of the · cour!"es and he al~o gavf' u~ a little demonstra tion on how not to r Pa d them.-Alb t" t't Acl<<'rma nn, Hown rd 8A. cial~ Mix Business and Fun Hear Interesting in Civic Club Meeting Facts A bout Art F'rid:t afternoon, April 26, SA Stolp tht·i t· C'ivh·s dub. in Earlier Days had The mf·{· ting came to order and the y I first thing discussed in the way of bu~i n!'ss was to have a new program chairm~1n b~cause 8A has not had a meeting for the last two weeks. Roger l<'ridman was chosen as chairman for the boys and Eileen Burke wa s chosen fot· the girls. The renson there are two is because onE' week the boys provide the program and the n ext week the girls provide it. The next thing brought up in the lin <' of business was what SA was to do on Field cln.y, to make some money for th e club. That was di~cussed and then came tlw pt·og-mm. Ali~on Burge read some funny stories and Dick Pickard and Tom Allis(on aPte<l out n joke.-Roger Palenske, 8A Stolp. Howard Seventh Graders Debate · Auto vs Train Track Wonderful Sport for All Boys and Girls Tra('k is a very interesting sport. )lost hoy <H' girl will tell you becati~e of tJw advantagt's for college and high school. The thrill that comes once in a lifetime is to run the hurdles in record time or put the shot for a world's record. All these are just a part of track. The e\·ents in a track meet are usually running, high jump, shot put, pole Yault, standing broad jump, running broad jump, hurdles, both low and high, relay team composed of five men, the s hort runnin~ dashf'R and the long ones, the 50-yard, the 7·5-yard, the 100-yard, th e 150-yard, the 220-yard, the 880-yard. the 440-yard. the 1-mile. The colleges ha ,.e added thf' discus throw, the javelin throw, and the hammer throw. E\·ery bo~· who is a red-blooded boy better go out for track this year and win your lettf'r. - George Green, 6B Howard. nn~· Lib~arian Cooperates in Handicraft Exhibit The eig-hth grade girl~ are going to take an Athletic Badge Test, l\Jay !}, lt will comprise Basketball throwing, Baseball throwing, Balanct' beam test!'; and making two out of five ba~ketR in :1 basketball test. The girls have h~· C' n practicing Rteadily as this test, if pa~~ed, will contribute 25 points towards their athlt>tic letter scort>.-Yirglni:l )fc·C'onn~ll. Howard 8A. LIKE "LJo:S }IJ~ERABLES" Howard 8A finll-lht>d the book. "J<'an Valjean" or "Les Miserables," by Victor Hugo. 'l'hf' boys esp cially enjoyed the escape of tht· ex-eonvlct, Jean Valjean, and It was !'iO Interesting that ev~ryone was ~orry when the book ended.-Albert Ackermann, Howard SA. PLAN EXHIBITION Howard school ls going to have exhibition on woodwork and girls fancy work. Thf' boys are going to over to the public library and get handicraft book and make articles for exhlblt. -Kenneth Rahn, 6B Howard. an ln go a the \Vt>dnesdny, l\lay 1, )lis:-o Rright fmm ~he ·wilmette library came and told that some of the older boys wpre asking if they could have a handiC'raft exhibit. Thursday, 1\lay 16, at 2 v'clock, th<' :\li~s Bright would lw \'ery g-lad if e Yery eighth grades of Howard school will go boy :mel girl would st:1.rt rig-ht now · and up to New TriC'r High school for a vistt. think of what they want to make and 'Vhen t)lere we shall probably be shown C'OllH' to thE' library ancl get a handicraft where to go when school starts nP.xt hook and ~tart maldn~ the article they year. 'l'he girls and boys are deciding wanted to. 1\Ir. Ball, tlw manual training and some have decided on what course te:wher " :ill help the hoy~ with the arti- the~· will take first S<'mester at New cles they mn.k£'. This will l,e n libmrv Trif'r.-Dorothy )."ett<'r, ·SA Howard. anct s .... hnol projt-ct. \\'hen you fini~h what you are maldng· tal'\' it to the WILL STrnY BIRDS librat·y and it will be exhibited in somt' 1n our g-eneral ~ciencE' class we han~ window in the villag<'.-.Jane Elizaheth pl:mned to take a walk, and look for ~ft·-:\filbn , Howard 6B. bird~. Miss Stevens, our general science teacher, said we will haYe to wait fot· l\lORE LOCKERS a nicer day when it is warmer and when \Yedhesrlay, May 1, some of tht> mt'n the sun is out. We are waiting for that who are \vorking on the new wing of day. We must have a notebool{, field the 1 Iowarct school, started to remo\'e glasses. and bird pictui'E'~.-Margery Taytlw lockers out of the wall. They are lor, 7B Howard. nnw standing in the hall and will later he mo\·ed upstairs.-l\fargery Taylor, EASY' VICTORY 7D Tloward. Tuesday, April 30, Central 5B play~d C'entrn.l 5A. 5B won by a score of 35 to PLEA FOR CONSERVATION 8. The pitchers of 5A walked many 5B Tuesday, April 30, we got a notice men.- Frank Ran~all, Central 5B. about saving the wild flowers. The Trlllfurn, Lady Slipper, Gentian, BloodOFF TO EUROPE root, Columbine, Lotus and many other .Ten.n O'Brien is going to Europe. She flowers can die by picking them. We is ~oing to start Saturday, May 4. We hope everybody will obey the notice.- hope she has a nice time.-.Joan HolliTed~y Hosking, 7A Howard. well, 1\Jrs. Glennon's room 'Central . Eighth Graders to Visit New Trier High on May 16 Display Safety Posters in Howard School Rooms Thur. da~·. May 2, Arthur Cramer, captnin of the Howard school Junior Police, cn.me nround and gave all the rooms of. Howard school three new May posters. It shows about five or six boys playing in their back yard. Up at the top is a warning, "Play . in your backyard and play safe... The posters are sponsored by the C'hicago :\totor club and it pays to do what they say, for all accidents arf'n't thE' driYer's fault.-Donald Fuermann, 8A Howard. GLEE CLUB BUSY ThP Bo~·~· Glee club of Howard school has its practice every Tuesday morning from 11 :30 to 12 o'clock. This time is so short that we have to stay for lunch and · practice from twenty minutes of one to a quarter after one. We are practicing for the May concert.-Donald Rahn, Howard 7A. · PLAN BIRD HIKE SA of Howard plans a bird hike next Wednesday under the supervision of Miss SteYens, General Science teacher. We are to look for the different specimens of birdr-;. If it rains Wednesday we shall go Friday.--Ray Jones, SA Howard.