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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Feb 1928, p. 40

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PubliiMd WHI&Ifl bg the tchool childnn of, WiltiJitte under auperuiaion ol WiltiJitte PltltJground 11nd R«mmtion Botlrd. d WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 17, 1928 .H ""-'ail l···Ofly M11ti·es YO.·I Pitlt~ilt T~ Stolp Papila Pnpure for PhJaical Trainin1 Stuata -, i· FiJJB P,rogram third Little Symphony concert too Place Konday. f'ebruary 6. Mr. ~ Duch, the c:onductor, read a Jhort IJDOPSis of "Oberon" and. during the ........ the orchestra played apJWopriate passages from · the Overture. Then· the "OYerture.. wa'l played. The e con d number was. the . "Air for Striap.." The 'fiolins had the most ~iaelit part while the ceUoists playIOio puts. The "Bouree.. from the D Major 4uite was lovely and then came the ction which I am sure everyone d looked forward to. It was the ·Concerto No. 2," played by Norman Hen. Norman held his audience spell.. ....,._. until the last note, for the audieace was assuredly his, ~nd everyone muveW at his playing. · At the · finish h4l was greeted by round after round of applause. Norman seemed shy, and uaaccustomed to public appearance. Of course he . was called back for an encore and he played a very pretty buf short piece, the name of which· was not aQnounced. .. - · · The third JDOYement of the "S:ym· phony in G Major" was the concluding number on the program. Mr. Dasch bas proaaised us the fourth movement for the concluding concert of the season. I am sure Mr. \~asch's concerts are enjoyed by everyone wbo attends and I shall look forward to the next one with- greatest anticipation. · -Mary Jane·-Thoma·.J, 8A THE EST' IUIIIIII. ·SCHOOL Who wants 'tO 10 to ·ummer .chool? lle for ~ lake where the. fishes rule, A fabcy dive from the old camp raft. A hoar or two having craft. · Who wants to fbmk .about Van Dyke? 'WI!ep .you co~d be o~ a 10111, lone hake. . . So work hard classmates ·and get high · mark· · · If you ~nt to joi.n me on these larks. -Ella Jean Port~r, 7C .UGIN SCIENCE STUDY The eighth grades of HoW.rd have started Geaeral Science under the supem.ion of Miss Wells, of the Uni· ·ersitr .of Chicago. The cluse1 are aeld twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. At the first lesson Miss Wells showed Ul lOIRe experiment with water and air, which rroved unusually interestiq to all o us. -Janet McConnaughey, 8A Howard SCOUT ANNIVEUARY The week starting February 5 and endinc February 1l,hu. been observed u Scout week. this time Scouts were asked to wear their unifonns. It is the eighteenth anoivers· ary of the Boy Scouts of America. -Billy Klein, 7B "Yoke of the Put" Film Shown at Stolp Automobiles Collide at "The Yoke of the Past" was the title D _ _._ d w!·Co of the picture shown at the Stolp ..-.._ an UJDette rner school assembly last Tuesday. Mr. Todd, principal of the Howard school, operated ·the machine, which belongs to the Stolp school. This was the first motion picture ever shown at the aS'.Jembly period as the machine is comparatively new. Th.e picture dealt with agriculture, comparing the primitive implements and the drugery of fanning with the modern conveniences and luxuries. The picture was very interesting and enjoyed by all and we hope we will have the privilege to enJc;»Y· many more. . --.Maizie .E. Mouat, 8B Stolp . . About 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, February 2, two cars met at the intersection of Park and Wilmette avenues. One car, a delivery, belonged to the .. Polly Kleansers" of Evanston. The other, a Ford, belongs to a man in Wilmette, whose name was not gotten by this reporter. The truck was going east on Wilmette avenue and the Ford north on Park. The Ford hit the truck a · solid blow, pushing it along to the northeast corner where one of the village lamp posts is. The lamp post did not break but the whole foundation was uprooted. The damage was approximately $500. No one was hurt. Konrad Anderson, 8A ~oward If you were to enter the Byron C. Stolp school February 17, you would see a group of children gathered ready 6B of Howard put on a program at to give a Physical Training demonstra- an assembly in the . gymnasium on tion. It is ~irected by . Miss Stopka February 7. 'rile first number was and Mr. Stone. All grades perform. "America the Beautiful," played by the TlaeP,....... 6B orchestra and led by the 6B class. Grade 1-Ten Little Indian·s, Shoe- The second number · was "Graceful ~oments," played by. the 6B orchestra. maker's Dance, Punchinello. Grade II~Lads and Lassies, Muffin The thir4 number was a reading, ·'The Minuet," ·by Mary Dodge, given by M;an, Looby Loo. Grade III-Danish Dance of Greet- Helen Peary. The fourth number was ing, Pop Goes the Weasel, Roman also a reading, "A Nautical Extravagance," by Constance Mackay, and Soldiers. · Grade V (Miss McPartlin's room)- given by Clare Hewitt. A o_ne-act play entitled, ..The GooseWand DrilL Grade IV-Norwegian M o u n t a in herd and the Goblin," concluded the program. The play showed how foolMarch, Ace of Diamonds. Grad~ V (Miss Fox's room)-Three ish it is to wish for impossible things, which do not always bring happiness. Deep, Star Relay, Stride Relay. The various roles follow : Grade VI-Sailor's Hornpipe. Grade VII (Boys)-Pole Jump, Swat Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Symons to the · Right, Dodge BaiL Dame Alice . · . · . . . . . . Emily Simonds Grade VIII (Girls)-Posture Tests. Peterkins ........ Frank Christiansen Grade VIII (Girls)-C om pan ion Dawn Delight ............. . Silver Dew . . . . . . . . . . . · Virginia Jones Drill. Grade VII (Girls)-Jumping. Jacks. Rainbow Wing ·····.·····. Nip .....···...·.·.· John Brumbaugh -Francis Schuman Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Reinhardt -Janet McConnaughey, 8A Howard Howard 6th Grade Pre1ents Program of. M·sic. Playlet Howard lA Wiaa Tide in School C.,e Leape Howard 8A won iwo games out of three from Stolp 8A and won the championship of the eighth grade. The first game was played at Howard and Howard won 11 to 8. The second game at Stolp gymnasium was won by Stolp 12 to 10. The game was played overtime 4 ·minutes so that the result would not be a tie. The third game Howard won 14 to 10. They were aU very exciting games and everybody played hard. They tossed up a coin to see at what gymnasium the third game would be played. The total scores were Howard 32, Stolp 30. The lineup: Howarci-L. McHale, rf ; H. Specht, If; L. Wolff, c: John Jordan, lg; A. Boyajian, rg. Stolp-Dooone Church, rf; John Davidson, If; W. Kunz, c; R. Kimball, lg; R. Ostrom, rg. Stephen Brooks, 8A Howard E 1~ tl bl It hi fi a Pupil, IU iu Florida, Yeama for Home Town Katherine Thompson, a pupil of the Byron C. Stolp school, class 7B, was operated on some time ago for appendicitis. She is now in Florida recuperating. Several letters have been received from her and she says that she is very anxious to get back to Wilmette because she doesn't like the schools down there. She was very popular among her schoolmates and Wf' all appreciate her loyalty to the Wilmette schools. -Jeanne Brashears, 8B Like Educational Filma Beat, Say Our Children Tuesday in our assembly period we were shown educational movies of the progress of American farmers. Many pictures 5howed the progress from hard labor to animal labor, aPl later steam labor. At the presen_t electrical labor for most anything from radio .t o churning milk or pumping water is used. · Later we were asked whether we liked educational pictures or comedy and drama. We answered "Educational!" -Richard Oglesbee, 8A Stolp Nou-Delinquenta Enjoy LainiOa w-.0 Fel.. 4 Friday, February 24, all members of Stolp school .who have not attended a delinquency period for the month of February will go on an excursion. The destination is not yet known. This is to try and make pupils work to keep out of delinquency period. Delinquency is caused by tardiness, unpreparedness, or disorder. . - Richard Pickard, 7B Stolp DEUNQUENCY Our room, 'tis namely 78, Is fighting off. Delinquency. The fight is on, the bell has rung, Already three boys ·have been stung. Two girls have also been quite late, So all of them have made a date In Kiss Clark's room, Brownie left a book And he will have a shady nook. By noon no more the carpet hit; So at delinquency six must sit. -Billy Klein, 78 Stolp Sixth Graden. Win BuketWI Tide nann. ~ OFFER ·SAII,.OR'S HORNPIPE· FridaJ night, February 17, 1928, at 7 :» o'clock the sixth grade l(irls are HOPD TOWill going to give a dance. It is caUed · , The airls of 7A team, Stol,, wUI "The Sailor's Hornpipe... It is being .play b·ketbab with 7C Moad&Jt ·13. ,ivea-- for the exhibition of the work )\'4 are bopiac to · we are doiDa in t~e J11DDa$liQIL There once was a Helen of Troy She met a charming young boy, When they eloped, Her mother ja~t groped. But her father prgled with joy. -Mary Lauer, 88 Stolp THIS HELDI GlllL ENJOY FARM MOVIES . Tuesday morning in the last period the pupils of Stolp enjoyed 'The Yoke of the Past." The moving picture machine was brought to Stolp by Mr :rood, t~e principal of Howard ,chool: 'The l oke of the Past" is a movie showing the past and the present in fann tools and machines. The cast' is made up of courteous ·fanners who showed how the tools and the machines were used in the past and then in the present way. Stolp enjoyed this movie .very much. They showed their appre7-A GIRL CAGERS WIN ciation by cheering for Mr. Todd. Monday, February 6, 7A-2 girls and -Ch~ter Hanson, 7B Stolp 7B-1 girls basketball teams played. At the end of the first half 7B was left HER BEST PAL with the S'Core of 6 while 7A had 8 My bobby, although it may seem a points. The second half was the hard- funny one, _is playing with my dog. I est We finished up with the score play ball w1th him every day and have of 7B, 10 and 7A, 16. We defeated 7C lots of fun. I play tag with him, too by the same score. -Beryl Tolen, SB Centrai -Annabelle Brown, 7A 6C's Stolp first team won the sixth grade basketball championship of Wilmette. They defeated all the sixth grade first and second teams in Stolp school and defeated Howard school twice. The team is : Warren Cozzens, center; Dick Hall, right forward and captain ; Richard Preston, left forward; and William Melchior and Everette Warshawsky, guards. -WiDiam Katz, Stolp 6C a ... IIONTHS I like Winter best of aiL Spring is almost ready to aiL In Karch, Apn\ Jane and Kay, ~e . . · Toe , 7A -.Greta t011 ~r& M Stolp We ~ . 10 ~~~h . · - a,e·.,u e More JUNIOR LIPE on Page 41

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