The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-12-24
SCHOOL NOTES

Inc ScnOOl luHCH QueSLlOiI, WHICH 10
being agitated in Medina county
schools, seems destined to be taken up
very generally throughout the county.
Several schools have already taken the
matter up and report that the results
are excellent. Children are eager to
serve on the various committees. Most
of the work is done at recess and at
the noon hour and thus does not in
terfere with school work.
To Miss Maude Whipple of Chase
brook school, Montville, goes the cred
it for being the first one-room school
in the county to serve monday lunch.
Miss Whipple for some time past has
been quietly working out her plans,
consulting with parents, talking up
the project with her pupils, until fin
ally on Monday of this week the school
served its first hot lunch. Twenty
pupils were given liberal helping of
hot cocoa to help out the lunch broug-lt
from home. On Tuesday more ella
borate lunch was served, consisting of
hot mashed potato, literally seasoned
with butter and cream, rot chocolate
and a fine layer cake.
The ladies of Chasebrook section are
showing their appreciation of Miss
Whipple's efforts to aid the pupils and
liberal donations are ready at any
time. The gifts consist of potatoes
milk, cream, butter, cakes, in fact al
most everything is furnished that is
needed.
Lunch time at Miss Whipple's schoo
is now an interesting function. Eacf
child spreads clean paper napkin or
his desk, and then opens his lunch
basket and places it on the desk. Next
he is served by the committee witt
whatever is cooked for that day. The
finest of order and decorum prevails
each child feeling that he ought tt
behave as nicely as he would at a reg
ular dinner.
Miss Whipple and her committee
work out each day the menu for the
following day and the children ther
volunteer to bring the necessary sup
plies. On every occasion the supple!
volunteered has been in excess of wha'
is needed. Miss Whipple, her pupils
and the parents of Chasebrook are tx
be congratulated on their progress.
From several of the centralized OF
consolidated schools reports have
come in regarding the success of at.
tending the beginning of the lunch
room service. Mallet Creek, Litch.
field, Crawford's Corners, Sharon anc
Brunswick report that the work is ac-
tually under way and in al cases is
working we'll. Perhaps the best re.
suits thus far obtained have been ir
Brunswick, where good domestic
equipment is being utilized.
The consolidated schools in Mont.
vile have a splendid equipment fol
this work and plan to begin the worl
after the holiday season. Two of the
teachers, Miss Dannley and Miss Ker
nan, have had extension courses il
domestic science and tits whispered
uncle J. X. Mold is one of the best
judges of good cooking in Northern
Ohio. With these advantages the worl
will go in Montville, for they have il
addition a strong Grange organization
to help the work along.
Wadsworth township board has in
structed Principal E. l. Wuchter to al
once provide the necessary equipment
and build cupbards for storing dishes
and supplies. Here strong woman's
club is backing the project and with
that kind of assistance the plan will
work splendidly.
Granger, Hinckley, Chatham, Homer
and Leroy are making plans, pur-
chasing equipment and getting every
thing ready for work soon.
Miss Treva Kaufman of Ohio State
university will be back in the county
for several days late in January to as
sist the various schools.
Owing to the fact that the first Sat