Story of Heaviest Human Reviewed byScience Pupil The : newv Curreuit Science bas, somne very înteresting inews ini it. One of the clippings is about historys ,_heâviest b!u- mi.* There is a nman livinig ,iii Calif or- nia wbo is 23 years old, six feet :One inch itii eight.. aîîdà who 'weighs 787 pouncis. This nman is the hecaviest hunian ever weigbed. There is also a' cippùng beaded , "Nev- er Sayý Die." It is a stôry of a redwvood tree's' deteriiati(i to ive. 'A iother very ,itercesctilgÉ item is the stery, of cbalk. It tells. of the titny creattîres o)f tbe sea living tell millilons of years agn ini or(ier that we mighit write upon the blackhopard tdy.Tee r as any ther interesting things to tell.,-Donothy. Massig. 8C Howard schoiol. Three A niff<is A id A viation Pion eers Men have alwa' s Nwantled to flv andl at last tbey have' succeedeil. The first air- shlip was a paper halloon. Under t, a fine vas hiulît. 'l'liebot air ifted the lbal-ý lbon into thie air. 'rhîel a langer bal- loon w~as hbuilt andin iiit xvere'put a sheep, a ronster and a ihlck. AIl cane back to eartlî safely buit the rooster, whicb .hadl beetisteppedil pon by the * sheep. Thiese earNl experimetits inî bai-. loonî,ng were mnade on the fire baloon an'd the gas hailooni. Ve lhave adlvancedl fron the" arly fine haBlooni andl gas balloons to the nmodern airshilp, and of ail the modern invenltions the airpiane *is ikeiy to lhétenîtusfiti Stolp school.- Bookl-% Read .in Summnter Is -Recallecd by Student Tlîis. sumlmer I reail au excellent book* ts naine vas "Baibi" by' Fe- lix Salten. The foreword wvas %vrittt!t by the wveill knowiî Englisli authlor. John Galswonthy%. I know of noam I Editorial THE F.UTURE HAS WINGS 0f ail therecent inlvention"s the air plane is likely to bc. the mnost usetul. The airpiane can take the. shortest route whereas. the automobile mnust fo1Iowv the road, tleïtràiin must f ollow the.tracks. the* boat mîust go to, ports wheii itcaliî atîchor. The airpiane is speedier and Can î usU- ally clim b oyer clouds of ran. -The 'auto- giro, one of the rmost* recent inventions ini aviation, cala land ni 1 littie area. Re- ceiitly a manî in ail autoigiro Nvas rlul- nling out of gas. He sightedf a filling station on a1 road. landed, refueled .and took off. .jimrnie Doolittie ini is 'plane, .we t Af rom Coast to Coast iii cicVen hours and about thirty minuela tn arc ord.' Capt. Fraiik Hawks,.whlci Eltrope ate breakfast in Paris, -flew ()ver to Berlin and ate lunch, hopped over to Londion and ate dinner.. Then lic ,fin- islied the flight and flew back to Paris. Airpianes are also a great heip in Nwar since itheycouild go over th1el ues -Ilid bornlh thle enieny. Fralnk.Randail, 113 Stlp scbool. Howard Pupils Learn Agricultural Systens WXe have seen how people 1 .arnîied iii the United States, Englaîid anîd France. We. have .contrastcd' the great open. f arrns and the machine agricul- ture of the United States \\itlh the' sinali f arnm. and the intensive cultiva- lion of France. \NTe have contrasted hothr oi these with farminig ini GreŽat Bnit- ain. What about fariuiii Germi»u froni 1871 to 1914. The Germaui systei of farming, was. some what like that of Engiankl ani also like tiiat ofi France. There -ere both land estate 1s and sulail1 peasant farins.-Jîi Versino.i 7A Hou- Sard scbooi. RECITALS ENJOYED Every - afternoon - we have either v .~ih Miss lrowi.j Cold Cream-Is Not A lways Ice Cream 011V day whenl my two sisters andl I %vere at home,ý the eidest had just ne-, ceived. a cal for sonie: important en- ga.genieint. Just as she was prepariiîg for her facial she saw tbat' sheé had run out oif. cold creàim, so. she, sent lue to the drng store to buy a, j ar of Pond*s cold* creain. I. %who b ai the habit 'of lîspinig. asked the (lruggist for Pond'(th's colil creain. The (lruggist. und(erstoo(l nme to s ay -a plut of ice creain. I hur- ried home. As s(oon as I entered the(on. I1 saiti. 'Should I gçt the tbpoois ?" For a sec- onîd or two. mfv twvo sisters looked at each ocher puzzled. . Vheu tbey saw that I had bnrought the wrwng ting,. mv si ster sent me back in a hurry with a nîote. saying, Exchange, it for Ponld's cold cream.--Frances Bebas, 8A How-. ardscliooi. Select Play That Tells HoWvSea Became Salty The 7A class bias beeuî reading the scenes li a play telling- of how the ýea becarne salty. _Miss Flaskerud us our dramatics teacher at Howvard school. The scenes bave been picked by tbe class, anid members of the 'cast \vcrc chosen by the wvay they acteil certain parts. The story is about a poor mati wlîo becomies rich after finding a mili whicli grinds gold. Later a fisber>imaîî warts to grinil sait froin the. milI andl forgets to turnl it off. ani that's 'how tlîe sea becanie salty.-Harold Borre, 7A Howard scbool. School Orchestra Needs Violins and Violoncellos, The.grainar school orchestra unu.- der tlîe directionî of- Cathierine \Vag- 1 ùlerý is bo ldhîîg rehîea rsals uiow, at the Stolp gymunas;ini.,XVe are working oà t.hrÉeecomîpositionis,, "A.Spanisù;i ý anice"~ bv Enigeluieu,. *The Marcb of the Tov Soidiers" by: Fritz .Kreisler, 1and The Joily Coppersm.itb." WVe Teachers' Pets?. No, They Belong to the Students 1 have tvo kittens. at home. 1 got thern f roni a neighhol)r tlîree bloks f rom whbere I1live. ueis pitcb black itib yellow eyes. 1I cail him Topsy. T lhe other is black, and white., We caîl him "Boots" because 'his. paws are aIl vhit e. Sometimes we let the kittens ýii the kitchen to eat. Bootsgoes to the icebox and stands-on bis bind legs to show that hie is hungry. Topsy is better, look- ing but. Boots is smarter. I may have to give'Boots ýback.because ,thïe ieigbi- bor thinks. that someoe else wants hum. But we will try our best to keep hn. Jean Reic-hmann, 68 Howard school.: DOG CHANGES HIS NAME; Ns FUNNY, ANYWAY. 1We have a (log anidwecali him Dan. -He is an Irish setter. When xvWe bougbit him lie wvas two years old. We got hiii f roi Memphis, Tenu. They shippéd h1dm out here byv train. My dai w rote to the man wvbere we 'got Dan. H-e asked humn what our dog's naine was. 'rhis mi wrote, back and said.the dog's naine as Sami. We tbought that it was a fuiny naine for a dog, so we cal bim Dan.1i, I-Je is a f unny dogr. When lie does. some- thing wroug 'and we. scold hum, lie, thinks wve are playing.-Virgini a Hunniie- well, 6B3 Howvard schooL THIS TURTLE s OWNER OF KEEN APPETITE My pet is a turtle. lus naine us Spot. When 1 feed hum. somie flues he e, ats right out of my b1aud. He is a beatifil swimmer. He is two years old but hie vs qô small that he doesn't look that 011.. Hie looks at me just as tboughlie 'r asking for, -food. My dog1 neer -bites Spot. because we have told 1dm n ot to., Ilike niy turtie very muèh.-Virginia Holffes, 6B Howard scbool. Students Follow 'New Plan in Social Science The seventh and eightbh grades of H-oward school. are working ont -a newv BATTLE The annuai * Miss Evans' room turned in more thati tWenty dollars. Ail the' money isijsed tô belp 6ght tuberuosiS,*ýVirginia * Goodrich, Miss Johannsen's room. arýe'stni'ving to keep back tardv bave a pencil telling thue story of 'ts marks. ',So fan there have been very life, a mouse telliuîg of bis adveuture. few. Somie roorus bave' fot blad any. wbat a dlock sees in a scbool, rooîuî >rbis is the first mon tb our rooni bas or other similar topics. These are in- flot had any tardy marks. We2 are teresting to write' and are amusing making a good start and we hope -ta and'educationai, since we bave to 13e keep- it up.-Franklyui Kulp, Miss careful about o.ur puUctuaion.-Jer- Higgins' room. rifle Fromm,, 8A Howard school. TROUBLES VANISH Mr. Fair, our band teacher, had ar bard time at the' beginning of the- year and now he bas no trouble at aIl. Mr. Fair is, going. to transfer the, band over to the, Howard school.-ý Bill MacMorran, 8A, Howard scbool.. A ~t1 4j * . 0 à 14