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1~-=Sch~r========-:!~Jews1· J U N I 0 Publilbtd WHidv bfJ thi achool childtt~ R .L I FE ......, ... . . ... . .tt..- .. '· ol Wilmette antler IUJHn1ilion ol Wilmette Pt.yground 11nd ReaNtioli Boctd \ 'OL. 2 NO. 11 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, APRIL 26, 1929 as the gates slowly opened, when "Shoot!" suddenly cried O'Brien. . The guns ~ang out ; the battle was ?n ! T_hen with a l'iUdden cry Jake ran r1ght mto the midst of the enemy. No one noticed him, and soon he was back carrying a furry object. He got as far as the door, Not \·ery long ago we were trying to B)· Yh·la.n LoJs Grigsby Friday, April 19, the eighth ~rades . of wher~ he staggered and fell, but manraise our membership for the Art In the old city of Basle, there is, Utl league. The room that had a hundred on a high tower, a clock that f.or several aged to push open the door. and cra;wl the Stolp school had a test m Socull . S · percent which could be obtained by all hundred years has been an hour too in. There he Jay, unconsciOus, With Science. It is the third test in Soctal c1ence blood streaming from his side. When the children bringing a dime, would be fast. Whe n it is ten o'clock, the o ld he next came to himself, he was in the that we have had this year. The test waS' pre~E>nted with a prize which would be clock points to eleven o 'clock. Rasle hospital.· On the floor beside the !l.bout the government affairs of the Unite·l useful a~ well as beautiful. Well, 6A An army surrounded Basle, and a bed lay a magnificent young collie. States from 1607 to 1865. Howard rt>ceived it and you ought to traitor said he would open the gates to The test took in the preside nts of ~he see what it iR-a beautiful satin etch- the enemy The next day O'Brien and the Mayc,r at twelve o'clock, Friday came to see him. As soon as he saw United States from Washington to Ltning representing, "A Greek Festival." At night. The old watchman, Jake, heard coln the thre wars , Revolutionary, War first we wanted a statue but as soon as Jake said eagerly, "Did we win?" of l812, this promise and determined to pre- them and the Civil War and many we saw the picture we changed our of "Well," r eplied O'Brien, "We'll tell you He thought and all about it if you'll first tell us why other events in the government of our. mind. Al~o we have studied Greek His- vent the surrender. tory and have been drawing Greek fig- thought. If he told the re~t of ~he to'Yn- you, at the' risk of your life, ran into country.-Roger Palenske, SA Stolp. folk about it they wouldn t beheve hun, the thick of the fight to save that dogure~ ~o this etching will be very useful m our Art. I am sure that our since the traitor, Barlowe by name, was Barlowe':-; dog. whole room thanks the Art league very a wealthy and prominent figure arounll ··wen, I always have had a soft , ~pot much for giving us this wonderful etch- the city. Jake suddenly hit Ul>On a plan in my heart for dogs, particularlt ' colwhi<..:h, if it worked, would not only p~e ing when we did so little in return.lies: and although I knew that wal'> Saturday, April 6, I went to the few vent the taking of the ci ty, but which Barlowe's Herbert .Jones, 6A Howard . dog, I had to go and g-~t him, C hicago stadium a Madison and V. ood would make the enemy surrender. because he was hurt a little and wa:-; streets to see the 101 Ranch show. Jake walked down Maple avenue to· in danger of being kiJJed. ~ow, tell m e It was divided into two parts. The wards the large, preten.tious mansion about the fight." part was a three ring circus with which was Barlowe 's home. Just as h~ "When l yelled 'shoot,' " begar: first got to this house, Barlowe himself can:tc O'Brien "every man of us · shot ; natur- the elephants performing, the trapezt~ acts, acrobats, horses, dogs, clown.s, and walking briskly up the street. He dtd Tuesday, April 16, 8A first team of not look at all like most of us would ally the'y were surprised. They hesitated othE>rs. d 'th for a moment and t~en returned the the Stolp tlchool played 8C in baseball picture a traitor in our minds, for he The second part was the ro eo w 1 volley. We had the advantage uf beand walked off with a score of 18-4. was handsome, young, and was usually ·ing ~heltered, while . they had to fi~ht the cowboys riding, roping, and b~ll 1\liles McDonald pitched for 8C an;i one of the gayest m e n around, at parties in the open. Well, we fought a whtle, dogging the steers. The show ended w1th Cecil Williams, Bob White, and Charles and social an:airs. Also, he was an un- then some of our men began to wea!u-' n ; a parade of the covered wago~ .carrying Knapp chang·ed off as pitchers for 8A. mistakable dandy. Today Jw approach~d but the rest of us hearteno.!d them up. homeseekers through the pratrtes. . The wagons were attacked by . Indmns The g·ame was a little late in start- .lake and said, "Is the clock on the Then the enemy began retreating . there was· a fight. The Indians };et Ing but when it did get going thmgs tower up there right'!" Around three o'clock they l'Urrender~d. and fire tv the wa~ons and top covers we re were quite exciting. When the first part After that we brought you here," con"Yes, sir, Mr. Barlowt"," replied Jal<t>, entirely burnec:.. . of the ninth inning came around 8C "it:s exactly ri~t." cluded O'Biren. The show as a whole was very mterwas at bat and Cecil Wllliams waR "What happened to Barlowe," asked good-day," and with a nod and esting.-Paul Moore, 7B Stolp. pitching for SA. 8C made three outli a "Well, smile Barlowe walked on. Jake look ~ d Jake. right uway but Cecil decided to give after "Who'! Oh, Barlowe, why he got hurt him . them another out. There was one man and is just down the hall a ways. He's "H'm," he muttered, and then sud- hurt pretty seriously, I guess." running on ~econd base when Bill Mordenly, "I ha\'e an idea, if it'll only ris came to bat. Bill knvcked a pop A week later Jake was sitting in a til to right short S!Jp and the man on work." wheel chair by the · window, when a Saturday before iast Marltss Smith The next day was Friday ; that night nurse came and told him that Barlowe .:;econd base wa~ tagged out while he went to the Shriners' circus. It started wa:s running to third base. making fi\·e Barlowe would open the gates of the wished to see him. The nur!->e then at 10 o'clock in the morning. They city. Jack went first to his brother, Sam wheeled him into Barlowe's room. The outs. have very pretty horses and elephant:-; Wright, who was chief of police and collie followed. When Barlowe saw th<~ all dre~sed in bright colors. Girls cam~ It was then SA's turn to bat and bel'ause it was in the second part of the told him about it and about his plan. dog he sat up but fell back weakly on out dressed in long dresses, butterfi~ At first Sam was incredulous, but then his J>illow. The dog leaped at him, lick- dresses and tights. las t inning and the score was so much They also wore in the favor of 8A that 8A decided not he ag·reed to the ,plan Jake had in mind . ing him and barking with joy. plumes on their heads. The clowns were .. Lie down, Prince," said Barlowe, and very to play out the game.-Roger Palenske, That night the whole police force well funny. One tried to ride a donke_.\' armed, and the few soldiers that wt-rt> then to Jake, "Jake, you knew that was 8A Stolp. in the city, were stationed in an old inn my dog and yet you, who should be my only he was thrown off which made It that stood by the city gates. The wor~t enf'my, you saved my dog. PrincP so funny. 'l'he most interesting part was soldiers and policemen were curious, for is the pride of my heart. Is there any- when a man was shot out of a cannon . they knew nothing about the betraying thing· you want that I could give you This happened the very last thing .. I enjoyed the circus very much.-MarhRs of the city. Jake and a comvanion in thanks?" watched the road from a hidden nook "Oh, no, I didn't do it for a reward." Smith, 5C Central. Mi.s~ ~fcPartlin's room, Grade 5, have beside the city gates. 'L'her":) wai-i a silence for a few minutes ; honor rolls for arithmetic and spelling. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom," the Then Jake surlEach week every child who gets one tower clock's deep voice was booming both were thinking. dcnly said, "Barlowe, why did you do hundred percent of th~ words right, get~ out the hour of tweh·e. Jake nudged what YOU did?" a gold star after his name. The re- his companion. ··see?" he pointed. Down "Wei!, I . .. they offered m e a large sults are ~o far: Nell Chambers, 3; the road a figure was coming swiftly. In Monday, April 15, a com~ittee in l\li~s Helen Condit, 2; Janice Guthridge, 1; the darkness the features were hard to l'Um of mont>y for it, and .... well the .McPartlin's room was .workmg on a bu; I know Dorothy Lagerloff, 2 ; Betty McCollum, discern, but as the figure drew nearer, temptation was too strong. what .rou probably think of me is justi- map. The Quaker Oats company se.nt 2; ~larjorie Seymour, 2; Patty Wiley, 1: Jake's companion recognized him. fied. .Jake, I'm ~in& now, keep Prince, us a big paper map. You cut out dt!Gervase Barnhill, 1 ; Bill Hart, · 4 ; "What's Barlowe doing here this time ferent crops and vegetables from a b1g will you?" ~lathew Kritchever, :1; Daniel Kau- o' the night?" "Yes, replied .Jake, looking at Barlowe piece of paper. There is a guid~ book meyt>r, 1 ; Aian Mill~. 1 ; George Oakley, "Sssh," · cautioned Jake, "wait and see." show you where to paste the dtffere~lt 1; Frank Staal, 2; Walter vonReinsperg, Barlowe by this time was to the gates with pit:r in hiR eyes. Barlowe lay to When we get through we ~111 2. Bill Hart is the only one who has a and was unbarring them. Jake's com- g·asping and choking. "Goodbye," he things. be able to bind the three states whtch star in arithmetic.-Betty l\lcCollum, :;c, panion Rtarted, b\l! Jake with another whispered, and died. 5C: Jake's daughter, Betsey, was married grow the most crops.-Bill Hart, (:ntral. whispered caution to be ctuiet, ran into and li\·ed many mile~ from Basle, and Central. the inn where he roused the mf'n. Thf'y his wife had long sin_!.!e died. But Jake started dressing and ply_ing him with and l}is faithful companion, Prince, lived FINISH DRESSIIAKING (JUestions.·Take wouldn't tell them any- in happiness together until Jake, too, The girls of the eighth grade of Stolp thing except to be ready to shoot whe n was laid to reRt not far from Barlowe·~ school have finished their dresses and had th('ir Htyle show. No'Y they ca1~ The seYenth grades of Howard are he came in again, because, he would grave. work on anythiQg they w1sh. There rt-ading ~orne of Ule books from the probably bring news of something they wanted to shoot at. Just as Jake got ir-;n't any re!Uriction except that the Riverside series. We have read, "The back to his. companion, a sleepy voice llan Without a Country," by Edward dre~s es cannot be silk. The .second grumbled, "What'::; the big idea wakin' article mu~t be done for an exhtblt to Hale, and !'orne of the stories from "The be held in the latter part of May. Every Great Stone Face and Other Tales of us up afore twelYe o'clock?" Barlowe's voice answered, "Well, its the White Hills," by Hawthorn(', and ~fany years ago in a distant country girl must have at least one artic.le done twelve o'clock now by the tower clock." for extra credit in literature we may was a large family of six. They besides her dress ..,..-Beth Mcllr:uth, 8A "Well, didn't you know 'at clock's an there read, "At School in the Promised Land," were Donald, Betty, J e rald, Ft:ancis, and Stolp. hour fast? I know 'tis, 'caw;;(' 'fore this Buddy, the youngest. by .M::t ry An tin . Most of the children enwar broke out, I lived here a couple of joy the books \'ery muc h. -Helen Perry, months." On~ day their mother was . out workWIN CAGE PEN:SA:s-1, 7B Howard. ing, :>he had to for they were poor. J er:Hiss McPartlin's room won .the pen"Why . ... why, that watchman told me ald out in the nearby meadowR nant in basketball. We rece1ved . thf' it was exactly right! Wait'll I get when,went I came there, things were differ- pennant in the Byron Stolp gymnaRI1.!_m. ~L\KJ:: l 1 IOX EER }'RIEZE him !" said Barlowe wrathfully. In ~~~~s Mc Partlin's room, we are Another voice broke the pause that ent than URual. As Jerald was goin~ On the pennant it says W. P: S., ~th making a pione(>r frieze. The first part followE>d. "I don't think we'd better try along· he can~lessly fell into a deep pit Grade Basketball. Then in btg whitt> on the way down he was asleep. shows Apple Seed John plantigg apple It tonight. letters it says CHAMPIONS. We had You made ~o much noise and Suddenly he landed with a bump and ~eds. Xttxt to that is a French fort. that I'm afraid you've roused the innto play three games before we could dea woke with a start. There was a cave cide who wa:;; going to win the pennant. Then the nPxt part il-l Engli~h settle- keeper. at the l'lide and in he went. Just as he ment. The last part shows the settler~. "Shucks, that inn is the only thing went in, he saw thousands of slaves -- Harry Hendricksen, 5C Central. going through the gaps in the mountains within hearing distance, and there's to the Ohio Ri\·e r. \ 1Ve hope it will be never anybody staying there except the .·eady to obe~· his slightest command. BLUE STREAKS WIN They said, "Follow Us," and so he did. fini~hed :-oon.-Jan{'t :\finor, 5C Central. Ia ndlord, and he's deaf as a post." Wednesday April 17, the 6A Central He went about fifty yards and was Blue Streak~ played the 6A Hit 'Em "Well, If you think it's safe." quickly cast into a lovely .room all Hards. The score was 7 to 5 in favor WA'r(' JI JlAGIC'IA~ "SurE>, it is, come on." studded with precious jewels. Monday, Aprll 15, some of the children of the Blue Streaks.-Ruth Winberg, 6A Jalce and hll'l companion ran into thf' Jerald waR walking around the room. C('ntral. of the Ct'ntral :--c·hool wttnt to see a inn and told th(' men what they had magician l'how. It wa!' Yery good and heard. O'Brien, the big Irishman that He saw a small white pearl. The pearl lnt.e ret;tfng. The man asked ROme of the was commanding, told them to take sta- was very precious and Jerald knew it LATEST FAD boyR and girl to come up on the ~tage tions at the windows and when he gave was precious s0 he took it and put it ThP. new fad at Howard is small red in his pocket and it gave him enougli and help him. He did a great many thE' command, ~hoot. bahy ribbon for neckties. Lee Blaylock Jake had never good tricks and I was wry sorry to go touched firearms of any sort before, so strength to overcome these people who and· Bud Bartnick have small red ribhad made him their captive and he lived bon. They have 1t tied in a small bow after It was over. - Margaret Spf"t:r, 5C he would take eve of the wounded. Central. happl1y ever after.-June Ahlstrand, 7A ~nd they think It looks beautiful.-Bettye The men watched with fascinated eyes, Howard. K . Kirwan, 8B Howard. 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