Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-30
A SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK
STATEMENT OF THE INSTITUTION IN
OPER ALTON AT GREENLEAF.
Six Per Cent Monthly Interest Paid ON
DepOsits-A Publication by
the Pupils.

The first issue Of the second volume of
THE Greenleaf,' the very creditable little
monthly publication of the pupils of the
Greenleaf School, appears in pretty, dark
red gilt-lettered cover, which is intended
to be a file for the succeeding issues The
contents include original contributions by
the pupils, and unmistakable evidences of
Principal r. Raymond Riordan's co-opera-
ton. The following, under the head THE
Parents Part" is apparently due to his ex-
celent suggestion:
80 many parents, burdened with the
cares of home take little part in the school
ing of their youngsters, save to send them
clean and regularly to the building. This
is great deal really, for it is no small
task to keep STRIPPING tidy-so tidy as
those here are kept; yet there is something
else you can do-a great big something else
you can do-come see the teacher
Take day off and get acquainted with
the inside of the Greenleaf; let us show
you around, and have you inspect the excel
lent school house placed at the disposal of
your children and yourselves. The teacher
is glad to see you, to know you. We can
do much more for May or VIII if know
the many little things about them that only
the mother and father can tell us. Perhaps
Lucy has to mind the baby at night and
can't get time to study: let US know this,
and won't hurt Lucy's feelings by de-
manding home work, which, through no
fault of hers, was not done.
Maybe the young one is deaf-we find it
out ourselves sooner or later-but we may
save the child many quick-spoken reproof
by knowing this at once.
Come to often. parents. You
don't need to put on your 'Sunday-go-to-
meetings. just run in as you are, and say
Good morning.; drop by on your way down
town and see Charles at his desk, in his
workshop, his office. You'll make him
happy: that alone should bring you. You
will come.
Scholars Saving Their Pennies.
The most striking thing in the Green
leaf" however is the bank statement, for
the school has savings bank regularly or
ganized with ofticers-pupils, of course
who are: Receiving tellers Joseph Bell
Thomas Hill: paying teller George Engle;
bookkeeper, Marjorie Evans
The Official Statement.
The official statement is as follows:
THE savings bank, paying per cent in
terest per month, opened on Friday, the
18th. Thirty books were taken out and
s1.65 was deposited, two-thirds of which
would have been wasted on candy-on-a-
stick or otherwise thrown away OF course,
you want candy; that's all right, but you
don't need always to be eating it. Often,
you know, penny burns until spent, even
though we do not really want that which
the burning penny will be deposited in a
safe place and at the same time growing
larger by interest. until by Christmas the
accumulation of change will buy many a
present to make happy those at home on
that most glorious of mornings.
Deposit slips are made out as in regular
banking institutions and handed with the
money and depositor's book to the receiv
ing teller, who makes entry of the amount
in the small book. In the afternoon the
bOokkeeper makes another entry of all de-
posts in a large book. So far over $14.25
have been deposited in the bank.
Outside of teaching how to save and not
to waste, the bank has the great value of
teaching the children how to attend to
banking business-somet thing which many
older heads do not understand. BY actually
banking money themselves day after day
the children soon know how to go about
such things as readily as they say their
A C's."
Reproductions of the deposit slips and
blank checks are printed in connection with
the above