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aocnent That Lin.coln Signed The boys and. girls of -Stolp school had the pleasure recently of' eeing a document which was act- ually signed by -Abraham Lincoln. The document belongs to Miss Jeanne Taggart of Minmette. it -is a commission issued to Samuel Tag- gart,. father of Miss Taggat and Mrs. Pl' A. Wilson, making -hlm as- sistant, adjutant general of volun,- teers,. with rank- of captaint,, in the Union army, in 1864. The frame, in which the document, is kept bas an. interesting history, also. It was made by a Swiss wood~ carver. Oak leaves are carved upon the frame. The- acorns on the right side have corne from the "Char- ter Oak" in Connecticut. At the bot- tom is the United States shield. The dar* stripes are madle 4rom woo& i froua the frigate, Constitution, and1 the light from a witch bouse ini Mas-1 sachusetts. - Lois Whitehead, Stoip 2c. ý,onsult Harold Moiter Before Posting Bulletin! ' The Stolp Eighth Grade Student council has devised a plan whereby1 the, school bulletin board can be1 plan )Id.. Tne councu ný opes rna will keep the boards -c e neater.-Robert Ferrenz, It rnis laner Stolli, New Assembly'Leaders at Howard Take Office Last week the second semester of ficers of the senior assembly of Ho- 'ward school took office. The new, PU) I Mr-s. Graham, children's librariai!. distcusted recently the possibility >of forming a- marionette,.club at the Wilmette Free Public library. She. thought- it would be fu n te have. such a ýclub- for persons who are interested in the construction of marioriettes, and the' presenting of pIays. There would be quitc.a few inter- ested, as the demand for Puppet books reveals more and 'more per- sions have -been requesting* books of that sort.. The, demand. bas been se great. that reservations are now neceqsary. .The club would proba bly meet on some afternoon of the week, as Mrs. Graham's time is'taken up with the story hour on Satiarday morning. Most of the children are interested in thre club an~d 4upe. that it will be possible to orgainize it.-Betty Ericson, Stolp 2C. Ail who read and enjoyed "Down- right Dencey" by Caroline Dale Sne- deker, wiil enjoy meeting this char- acter again in "The Beckoning Road" by the samne athor. In the latter book the Coffyns of Nantucket leave their old home for the new communistic settiement of * Jerhaps the story is even more interesting when. we remember that the author berself was boru' in New. Harmony and knew many of the characters in thfe story, including Robert Owen, the. founder of the côlony. *Too, the character of- Dencey -is flot entirely fictitious,, as many of her adventures are based on those of Mrs. Snedeker's grandmother, when she was a girl,-Rosamoncli McMilIan, Stoip 2C in connection with their study of the business letter, the Stolp eighth graders are studying the telegraphic Miss Perring, the: compositioni teacher, bas, asked. the pupils to read up on. these and write an ex- a mple ofthem. She bhas ,chosen the council mem-. bersof ech las to be on a com- mittee, wbich will visit the Western Union Telegraph offices and find1 out bow a4l kinids of telegraphic letters are sent., The committee- members are to prepare reports which will be given. before their respective. classes., -Gertrude, Weinstock, Stolp lC Central Sixth Graders Get Valentines Galore On Thursday, Valentine's day, the sixth grade p'upils of Miss Scott's room got tbeir çdouble share of vakii- tines. the. girls and a few of the boys were presented with boxes of candy. In the afternoon after the first period, the class went bac k to the home room for -our vaientine box. Everyone was happy and went home witb high spirits. - Marjorie Ren- nacker, Centrai 6th grade. Story of Chimpanzee Interests'Fourth Grade Our teacher, Mrs. Ford Jones, is. reading a story to the Howard fourth grade class. The story is of a chimpanzee whose name is "Tntn" ' Girls Making Own Dresses *The Howard and> Stolp eéighthý grade girls, are. Very M .UCh thrilledý over their, dresses they are mnaking in. sewing. Some have one kind of material and others aànother ,kinid. When the style showcomes off in, May, the girls wil miodel their own dresses and consequently are. working very bard. to have 'theniý nice. SMost of. the girls are fairly. far along, with them 'but of course not neairly done. Miss.'Woodley, who is the class instructor, bas been kind. enough to, stay after school o>nMon- dayc and Tuesday for the girls to. get ini extra work. The boys of, the schools have said they were sorry tliat the cook-, ing classes have stopped because they canfnot have thigstô eat that the girls have cooked.-Adelaide Koenen, Howard 8B. Girl Cagers at Stolp Train for Howard Tilt The girls' AB basketbail team at Stolp school is putting ail energey into basketball games for the next several weeks. The AB team from. Stolp is going to play the AB team from Howard on the nigh~t of the. p h Ys i c ai1 training demonstration which is to be heici about the middle of March. The eighth grade girls of Stolp wili aiso a tap dance at the demonstration.-Helen Clarke, Stolp IC. Teacher Given Shower Upon Return to Sehool' Part of Miss Johannson's, room gave a fruit sbower for Miss Scott when she came back to scbool.' She bas been out. of 'school for .three weeks because. of illness.' Here are some of the things the .nupils zave "'-m eP.g. 3 This Issue WII.t.tLIfe 1' $AVE TOUR