_V_OL._I_N_O_.4 5---~ ·w·rLMETTE. ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 14, 1928 Dick Enjoys First Ride in Airplane; Looks Over Chicago Sunday, December 2, our family went out to the National Air Transport on 6Srd street and Cicero avenue, Chicago. Dad hinted slightly on the way out that he was ~olng to take an airplane ride. When we got out there the fir~t thing I saw was a big Ford tri-motored monoplane. There were all descriptions of planes. We looked around and saw many dlfte~nt monor;o!anes. While we were examining a luxurious "land and sea" plane·. a small "junker" plane came in. It had a wing ~pread of about eighteen feet. Suddenly Dad asked a man in charge how much a ride was and he said it was tlve dollars a ride over the heart of Chicago. Soon one of the big tri-motored planes came down. Dad bought a ticket and we immediately went inside. 7'1e were to go over the heart of th~ Joop, a 25-mile ride. The plane would seat twelve passengt·rs and was well furnished. I sat up near the side motor of the right wing. W e had to wait about five minutes be fore the plane was full enough to make it pay. The pilot and the mechanic sat up in front. They "jazzed" thf> motor and we stafteil out to the take off. I wondered If I would e\·er rt-ach ground whole. We "taxied" to the north end of the ft4tld and then we had to wait because the traffic was heavy. The flagman gave us the signal to turn left. We turned left and about a block further we turned around. Then we began to go faster and faster till the tall lifted up and soon the wheels left the ground so slowly nnd, evenly that we didn't even noti ct> it. We cHmbed rapidly and soon we wt-rt> going along at 100 miles an h our. Oh! We were In an air pocket and w dropped a few teet. The houses began tn look like doll houses. We "aw a deep quarry and many sand companies. We pa::; ·ed nver Michigan avenue and the . cars seemed to be b ead~. When we passed over the Jake shore line It was a crooked ·.orkscrew and th e lake was calm. There was a tog so w e couldn't see very well. I was getting accustomed to the " feel" ·~f the plane. W were looki ng ju~t ns hard a we could. rushing from one !-lide ,f tht:: plane to tht> other. \\·e got a very tlift'erent idea nf the city from the air. ·we near~:d tht- th·ld and began to sett le lower and low t l'. Th t> motot· was shut off and we droppf'rl so rapidly that my h ea rt was in my nl(1uth. I had the feeling of being pitched ow:r th t> front of the pla.nP . We landed slowly and evenly. We "taxJed" over to the shedQ nnd !'ltopped .Dick Steen, SA Howard. .-------~~--~ ~ 7-A Howard Soccer Team WHAT'S THE usE the oF use GRAlDIA._ Rr "Aw gee what's of do_mg old gr~mm~r anyways?" Thus BillY was grumbling as he came home from School O ne day. He hated grammar. H e got poor 111arks. He wo.~ld n~t. try to redee~ those marks . What s the use ?" h e would say. . Grammar is one of the t-:-::;entlal things to most any man or woman of today. Many peopl paid no attention to grammar in their schoo.l days, aftt>q~:ards wishing they had. It h elps one ln business ·and socially, too. Well educated people u~e. if you will notice, better English than th e uneducated ones and therefore are h eld in higher esteem in both the social and business worlds. Some children may think of grammar as a dull subject. But when they get older they will realize that it is important to know the corr ect way of speaking. Imperfect English including !j!lang always !'ltamps one as uneducated. -If one will study it in the right way, one wlll find grammar an intt·rt>:stinJ:?; suhjeC't. Captur. es Champt'onsht'p Roger Hears Story h' Th team had a soccer champions lp. e 11 i very lucky season. They . wpn a sx gamE:s. 'tlvo of the games were played and the others were ~on by forfeit. The first game was with Stolp JA an~ was won by Howard 2-0. Stolp 4D ~otfeited to them. Stolp 7C also _forfeited to them. St. Franci s also forfeited and so did· St. Joseph. The .on ly ot~er game played was with I-Iownrd iB wh1 ch Howard 7A won 2-1. . - George Maxwell was the captam of the team. He played in en:ry game. Eleven meml.Jt:'rs of the team were present at e\·ery game wheth er they played or not. They did not care about the weather, on ly t o get the shield. ~Ir~. Groves, our tea<.:hH, said th at the boys had to get . a shield, because f::\'el'Y year the boys. m her room got 011 e (Jl' mnrt-. - Frf'rlPnck Ashhacht-r, 7A H"'"'·ard. lA Ho"-·ard boys won the seventh gradf of Raider, by Count von Luckne1 ~~sea Social Science Class Has Lesson About Inventions Thi ~ week the Social scien~e cl!lss _of Stolp SA has been all abus tl e gettmg Its ::;pedal topics ready. Th ey wer e about thl-' different inventions in .-\merira since Wilmette Girl Scouts Have Own "Scout Week" December 1 to Dect>mbt>r was ob.·erved a!'! Girl Scout week. December 1, wt- (':nded out :1 convt>ntton day at the Drakt> hotel. Jn the aftern~o of that day tht>l't' was a rt-union of aJI Scouts who attended camp during the sum!JlH in th ballroom t·f th t- Drake hotel. Sunday, December 2, was a day wh en Wilmette troop. I, :?, and .J, attended the Methodist chur h St->1'\'iet'. .-\t 3:30 o'clo<"k Sunday a,tte;rnoon . ::\fisl'l Rippon, national Girl Scout dirE-Ctor. t·o ndu cted a Girl Scout ~rvtce at th Drakt> hotel for all registered Scout:-'!. The ·w ilmette troops nve a demon~trati<m in the basement of the Ketbodl,_t <"hureh to Which the pul,)lic was invited. · Wedneaday a Girl Scout "sing" wa!'l held and the Wf'E'k nd d with a grand treuuno hunt for a 11 thrt>e Wilmette troope Saturday, Dt"cembf>r , . -Marjorie Taylor, 7B Howard. BEAD wcHRISTMAs CAROL" .. The eighth grad~s are reading Dickens' ~hrtstma8 Carol. This is an old story but it alwayR Is good to read around Chrtat.maa. It lend~; a hand to make children enjoy Christmas. Last year the eighth grades acted It out on the stage. -.James Kratt, 8B Howard. AWAIT LETTER AWARDS The boys of Howard school are anxlouaJ,- awaiting the a ward of their letten which has been delayed since a week ap Taeaday. - Frt-df>rick J~a80n, 8A Howard. The tot>ics wen· a~ f(,llow:;: ·'The Printing- Press," gin·n by C'harlel-' Knapp ; "The Aeroplane," given by Richard Fickard; "The Cunard Steamship Line," AII·Conferenee Tettm by Angus Stevens ; "The Electric Light 1 l<tycmft, Minn sota, L ft End and Generation of Electricity by Water :-.;owa<'k. Illinois, Lf'ft Tat·klt> Power," by Bob \\yerden ; " The TeleCrant>, Ill inoi:s, Lt'f t n-uanl phone," by Francis Ellis; "Th e ~lectric Randolph, Indiana, ('f'ntt>r. Locomotive," gi,·en by Ed \Y1ttman; Ander~on, XorthWt·Stt>l'l1, l{tg-ht c.}uanl "The Telegraph," by Frank Eager; "The Xag-ur~ki, ).linn t>~ot:.. Hight Tackle A~lantie Cable," b:o.· H.nbert Flt>tcher; Vt-rrlt>ll. Xorthwestern, IUgh End "The Refrigerator Car," by Roger F-foYth·. ~linne~ota, Quarterback Palenske; "Edison's Phonf,graph," given Lu!-'by, Wi scon!'lin. Left Half J,\. Bob · w hite: "The Eastman KoQ.ak," w~·kh. Punlu .. , Right Half IJ~- .\li. ·n n l:.:ut·g-~-"; anrl "The Reaper," by Holmer, ~orthwestern, Full h:l· -k i'hilip ()~born . Thi ~ is what T think is an All-l 'uu:\Iiss Cha~t-- said that non of the gl'ades ft>rf-n( ·. tt>am. Hayt·raft .,f :\Jinn~"sot:t W t! l't' heliHY \r. n.-Rob ert Flf'tCht=>l', ~.-\ wa s a 1 on!'li.'tant lint· gaitkl'. ~owa~·k ~f :-itr<!p . lllin oi~ playNl tlw h0c: t e-a 1111' nf hi<: (':ll't-1'1' :1gainst Northwestern. Crane of Illinoi :-; was t>lt>ctt>rl captain of 1.9~9 foothall tt·:1 m :1 ft..-1· Tllin o i~ W11l1 tht> Big Tf> n (·hampiuno..:hip. T!:Ulllolph t·f fncli ana 1 t·on:-;idPI' tilt' l~t·~t I':U'I'it'l'. .\nf1..-t·:-;ron of Wt>dne!-iday, XtJVember z., the eighth :'ll'orth\\"r!'i t~"l'll p!ayt>c1 n ";tJ11llt>rful g-ame ag-ainst Danmouth and Indian :!: Lu:l>_:r graclt·s of the Howard ~c h ool had a of vnsconsin has bPt'n llllt ' Of \\ l:-icOn.'l11 :-i Thank~g· i\· ing party. The program beh t>!'t pi:-~ ;>t>t'!' thi~ ;>t><ll' Ht> ha:-; thrm\ n gan by Evelyn Howard, :1 new girl, playa g l't·n t many of thr pas:-;l::'s that h:t ,-e ing- a piano solo. Fred'::rick Leason gave a piano solo. het ·n <'hmnl..-tN1. "~t:· l 1·h ha~ been a wonderful playPr n ll ~t>ns~o11 1!11 line· play~ nnd \\'alter Haas did some tricks, antl so did Bill Rnrsen anrl Carl Anderson. Elsa t' IHl I'll ns. Ca rl t-n. Albert Ackerman, Alice Korcl, And n0w wt> romt' t· ' tlw best pl:1Yt·l' and Bt"tty Hurtt ga \'e rt-ading~ or read on th e team. a player who dt>sei'Vt>s a poems. iot r·f rredit. He has punted 1111 an :t\'t·r \1/e finished only about half of the proag·e of 4 ~ ya ('(1:-; pt->1' punt and 15 ynnls grnm becausf> the boys had a. socce r game per pa, s. Holmer of Xorthwr!'ltt>rn.- TIH ·~· played St. Francis and tied 2-2. Lnwr .... nt·f> Hm·kmastt>r. D Stolp. Tht'l't' was so mu ch to at that (Illite a bit wa!-' left over. :\Irs. .Tones, the teacher said that it wa.~ the be~t eighth grade party she had ever had . .Mrs. Jones' mother was a spH· ial guest at th e party.-)fnrit·l :\T~'-y t·, '\ .-\ Howard. The pupils of the Howard eighth grades . h a d a. candy Rale Tuesday, December 4. Each of the two classes \'oted on one g-irl and hoy to ~foil. Th ey WPre a~ follow:-: : A-Jean Dunning and Bill Sorst'll. l-low:t r<l A and SB rece ived their SB-Jant> Car·ol Snndlof and .Jn mt> · graduation rings Tut:sday, December 4. Kraft. \\-·e had all our money in a day before As the candy sale was on the day of they ca me. the P. T. A. meeting, the · candy was sold It was during Composition period and in no time. When the P. T. A. meeUnc Mrs. Stalling was r eading to us, that we was in session, the table was moved to spied :t ring on ht-r finger with a tag. the other end of the hall but by the time EYeryone came to her with ~udden questhe puril~ were dismi~Red, the candy was tions and sh e told us that w e were going all sold. We made $7.50, which went to- to get them at rece!-11". ward the new radio for the school. - .Tan e They han~ on them th t' name Howard Carol Sundlof, SB Howard. and "1929," abo our initials inside. The rings cost $2.lri. :\lr. Paglia1·ulo made SCOTCHLESS TREASURER them . When we recei\·ed our rings we Bill Grant, our Scotch treasurer, has turned in $54.95 to ::\Tr. Todd .-Kathlyn put in his rPsignation because all the Weltf>r, SA Howard. pupils called him a Scotchman, but the DJo:L VES INTO PAST daR:-: is willing to give up our fun to I was snooping around in my g·l·andhave our Billy. Hereafter he is going to he a Scotchless treasurer. · - .James mother's attic on Thanksgiving and I found an old scrap. book. Most of the Kraft, . B Howard. pages were so brittle that they broke when I touc·hed them. It has many inCLASS PRESIDENT ILL teresting articles in it written from 1863 Ltt: Blaylock, president nf 8R How~rri. to 1908. I was reading about Cleveland's has been tl1 for three days with a ba4 election. It is very interesting to read cold. We all hope he can be back to .about all the things published in the school before long. - James Kratt, IB papers before we were born. - .Tnmes Howarit. Kraft. ~B Howard. Lawrence Selects All-Star Gridders t~-o: tn the Conference How $25 000 000 worth of Allied shipping was dest~oyed by "The Sea Devil." a German sea raider, was told at th t:Wilmette Sunday l<~vening <;lub, Decem ber 2, at the First CongregatiOnal church by Count Felix von Luckner. And dur ing the entirE' war, the Count nevt: t destroyed a human life . . H~ even took the ~ hip's <"at off bf'fore smkmg the s hip There! H e starttd out with a Norwegiat "windjammfr" and all the men whc could speak Xorwegian stayed above deck and all who couldn't stayed below. Ht left the GPrman seaport at night an( sailed through the British blocka,de doW1 into th e South 1-'ens where he had man: adHntures. One time lw wa s captured in the Fij Islands and £-scaped with six men in ~ small motor boat. but was finally ca}J tured by a British sea captain. When the captain came on board, Coun von Lucknet· :-:aid he co uld have hit tha man a blow that would have killed him but he didn't have his uniform on. Wh en the C'ount finished his talk lH· asked if then~ wal-i anyone who wanto:d him to autogmph thPir book. The book!' WP.J'e copies o f "(~rnmt Luckner, the S ·:l DeYil." \Vheu h i-' wns almost through autographing, a ho~·. who had been stan'l ing- by, brought _U,!l the Chicago _Tel.· phone DJ.rectory and asked him 1f h would t ea r it in half for him . The Coun ~aid h e ,.;,·ou ld , and l'a lling all the peoplt\-vho wHe le ft in the ~: hurch to come and watch him, h e t on' it into six pieces. Ht.a utogr!LPhed thes·· pi Pee::; and gave th en-: away. Afte·· the C(Juut left the church h>ta lked to :;om fri t-tHl o f his in Germat, :wd then steppE-d into our car and th..-~· drO\'f :nYay.- P.og-.... r Palenske, SA ~ tr)lp . Rollin Pease Sings for Seventh, Eighth Graders \\"edne::;day m o rning at 11 o'clock the and eighth g-1·ades w ere entt:I taint·d by Rollin Peas..- and his daug~H er. :\Ii l's )largaret Peast-. ~Ir. Pease IS a well known !'l inger :11111 ~ang a numh '-'t' of songs while his flaughter play d thtpiano accompaniment. For his first numbt-r :\Ir. Pease san.c. and Italian pra ver from which our sca lt then sang a part of an comes from . op ra which wa!-' eompo~ed , in th e sixteenth century. :\Ir. Pease described th.song he was going- to sing which mad!:' hi s recital very intt rt:sting. He sang an a il· from the opt·t·a, "Tannhauser," "Tht: Volga Boatman,·· ·'Deep River," negrn spiritual, and many others. One ~on!;!· was rather queer. :\lr. Pease sang It in three-fourths tim e while .Miss P ease played it in six-eight time. Once in a while they were t o~e ther. . ::\Ir. P ease and his daughter were to start on a tour on \Vednesday night ~< · we were lucky to ha ,.e them with us. Grete vonReinspt>rg, i A Stolp. ~e\·1-'nth Music Features Program at Thanksgiving Party H e P. T. A. Members Buyers at Howard Candy Sale Howard Eighth Graders to Concerning the Mystery Give "Silver Slippers" of Those "Lost Stitches" Otis Gooch, CqJ>tain of the Jumor Police of the Byron Stolp school, was playing football with ~orne older boys on Friday after Thanksgiving on the North Shore Golf links. Otis had the ball and was running h 1 m~ke a touchdown when one of the older boys tackled him. Poor Otis got the worst of it, for he cut his tongue and had to have two stitches taken in it. Everything went well until Otis went to the doctor to have the stitches taken out when, lo and behold, no stitches were there ! Otis blame~ it on some chop suey he had eaten the day before. Eleannr Ricks, 7A ~tolp. .\X EDITORIAL In writing for JUNIOR LIFE write only on one side of the paper. Be sure everything is spelled correctly and sign your name, grade, and school at the end of each article. Also be sure your writing is clear and the article is interesting. If you remember these things .TUNIOR LIFE editors wlll not· have to throw so much away.--Eleanor Ricks, 7A Stolp, editor.