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and Draws to * Please Pupils Wcdnesday, *IÉebruary 27, at eleven 1 o'clock the iHoward seventh -and: igbth grades attended the Stolp .assembly at the Stolp gymnasium. *The speaker was thé well known art- ist. Dudley Crafts. Watson. The topi c of Wis talk 'was, "Anyone Can' Draw." It was very interesting and very hum. orous . He drew two trees and after - Dutdley Cr f ts Wattson that hée drew a picture of the Stolp sdhool president, Richard Neukranz. The Howard seventh and eigbth gradês were present by invitation, fromn the Stolp Assembly club. The Howard As- sernbly club returned'the 'cQtesy by Howard Pease bas wrjtten a serie$ of« interesting sea stories about the adventures of Tod. Moran, Captain Tom Jarvis, Toppy, and English cockney, and Swede Jorgenson. The books corne in, this' order: "The- Jinx Ship," "The Tattooed Man,"p "Secret Cargo" and,"TheShip With- out a- Crew.", " 4The Ship Without A Crew" ap- peared as a serial. These, books are unusual, for a series. of books, for they -are hlot so liglit and. are told in, an interesting. and easy-to-under- stand manner. I discovered these. adventures when I was looking around for a.book. at the library. Ail ofa sudden I saw a itie .wbich appealed to me, so I read and carne back and read the whole series.-Ray Treon, 7tb grade. Recently I have been reading a series of very interesting books. It is the Dr. Dolittie series. Dr. Do- littie is a very clever littie man whose adventures fascinate girls and boys.- Bobby Bush, 3rd grade. Harry Fifer recently gave a talk on starnps at the Wîlrnette Public li- brary. He helped the beginners by7- giving_ them sorne stamps -to start ai- Que thrilling Saturday .at the Wil- mette Public library, Miss Martha Ericson told the following stories: "The, Sti-ong Boy," "Where Sarahi Jane's Doil Went," "The Twelve Months" and "'The Snow Maiden" Tite stories were very interesting and tbere was a very good attendance. There is a story hour every Saturday at Il o'clock. J March, like IFebruary, is an event- fui month. In March there are thirty-one irn- portant birthdays and the sarne num- ber of important events., Sorne of thé rnore importantof the tbirty-one birthdays are: William Dean Hoviells, 1837; AugustusSaint Gaudens, .1848;. Pope'Leo XIII, 1810; Alexander Grahamn Bell, 1847;. Michel- angelo, 1475; 'Areicus Vespucius, 1451;,Andrew Jackson, 1761,; James Madison, 1751; Anthony Van Dyck, l599; Josephi Haydn, 1732..ýýýý.I. Some of. the important events. are: Nebraska admitted to, the. Union, 1867;.Florida became a state, 1845; Uni ted States' Constitution went into effect and Washington, becamefirst President , thougli not inaugurated until April, 1789; Providence, R. I.,- settled, 1638.-Dick Hooker, Stolp 1IC. -- c a 'e t Sto1p Atttfetes Yructioe for Big Gyinnastic Show Stolp school boys are practicing tQ take part in the annual spring gym- nastic demonstration, in wbich we con- bine With our rival, Hqoward school. ~ Slated the third week, in March, the demon- stration includes the f re e throw, 50-yard dsh, voleybl plaved played by Stolp Class D agairist How- ard Class D. Rooms will give samples of their gym work.-Robert Ferrenz, Stolp IC. Pupils Learn a Lessora They Won't Soon Forget, Last week, Miss Madsen, language teacher, gave 7C an assignment, for Lincoln or Washington thernes whidli There's Knave in This Drama. Howard.7Cis' startinga new play in drarnatics under the,_ direction of Miss ýFlaskered., :The -plaày is called* "The Knave of Hearts," based on -the. little nursery rhyme of the saine It'starts with the ex-queen inaking tarts for the king. ýIf the tarts are. tiot goo d She w iI have> to ride back to lier home on a mule.but if they are good she becornesqueen. It lihappenrs she doesn't.know an- tbing about tarts and, they turn into paste. Tbe king does not know it, so the knave takes. the -tray'-and brings it borne. His cook liasmade some very good tirts,, so the knave exehanges with hirn and brings them into the kitchen where the king and ex-queen and caterers are. Tbey eavli sampfle -the, tarts and find out that they are very tasty, so the ex- queen becornes queen.-Clifford John- son, Howard 7C. Youn#g Puis Rehear se for Gym Demonstration For a few weeks lately the fourtb' grades have been practicing for a gym demonstration. The dernonstra- tion will be held during the third week of March. Mrs.. Fanckboner, the boyjs 'should Wear long white pants, White shirts, red caps and -a tail hat. Trhe fourth grades are go- ing to do "jurnp, JIm Crow;" and "Captain Jenks of the* HorSe-, Ma- rines.'-Marion Treon, Howard 4th grade. Committee, Gives Facts on TeIesgranhic Letters would coame cown to tl school and practice t rnarching for twenty a Burgess, Howard SA. izowîng dance fonUs : the, eight forrns of rnarch, and gavotte, minuet,. Waltz, rnaZurka,; polonaise, bolero and poilka.-Marilyn Stube, Stolp IC. duR, Men 1 ng i lard 6B.