New-York tribune., 1916-03-21
Nuuda, N. Y, Pupils a
Body in Contributing to
Battleship Fund.
PRINCIPALS STORY
STIRS PATRIOTISM
Children Initiate John Hancock,
Tracing Letters That Their
Names May Be Read.

SIX weeks ago a little schoolgirl in
Brooklyn sent dime 20 build battle
ship. Now there are coming into The
Tribune Office pudgy envelopes from
far beyond the limits Of greater Ne"
FORK. containing contributions from an
entire school. accompanied by letters
ranging in chirography from the wiggly,
up-hill scrawl Of the frst-grade pupils,
with four and a half words crowded
on the page. 20 the more mature and
scrupulously regular hand Of the
seventh-grade penmcn.
All of these dimes are voluntary con
tributions. Not one has come as the
result of a command or even sugges-
ton from the desk, but through the
initiative of the pupils themselves.
They want to do their share toward
building what was once phantom snip
but is now every day assuming the pro-
portions Of a 8O,O0O-ton reality.
Such and organization Of Young
patriots is the school OF Nunda, y. L..
J. Harry Parry. its principal. told ms
scholars some time ago Of what Mar
iorie Sterrett had done, merely as an
example Of youthful enterprise. The
leaven worked. and Mr. Parry has sent
in q check for So This was collected
from the first fourth and seventh
grades OF the Nunda school; 50 was
sent i'm some time ago from the fifth
and sixth grades.
Younthful John HancoCks Sign.
I'm his letter Mr.. Parry says: 81 am
sending you the signatures Of the
children in the first grade. They tell
their own story OF patriotic little
fingers tracing the stubborn letters so
hat their names might be read as
easily as tho bold signature of the
..cner OF that historical Declaration
Who desired tho King TO be able TO de-
oiphcr his name without effort
From the seventh Grade comes this
explanatory note. signed BY the th'r-
.~cn contributor: As nearly all the
Grades or the Nuuda High School are
-ontrlbu.ors to the T.. S. S America
rsrJ. the seventh grade would like 10
follow Wo like Miss Marjorie Stcr-
,ctt-- pan and hope She win succeed.
Nc have not been able 20 raise as mucn
..orov as sc acred. but our small con
-,jbation Of Sl.5O VIII feip the dimes
.Io~~ trifc.
t1cu Ncrwin, ten. contributes tr
ra.-inr bit o. impregnablc logic
.~0 ,..tb his dime: 81 gave 10 cents
.. tho pattieship Fund OF The New
ok Tribune. ! gave the money be
.au. I wanted 10 help make ii battle
.iD Tor tte United States. II you sue
coed .n making this battleshlp | VIII be
iarpv. because if war broke out the
Narforic Stcrrett battleship would
,,akc one more battleshlp.'
Homes Other Side Gets Beat.
Forest Caryl, eleven. can hardly be
called non-nartisan: neither is he mill
taristic. He writes: 81 am writing 20
tcll YOU about the Battleship Fund and
re have sent some money 20 help pay
Tor the battleship. I hope that IL will
10 lot Of good 20 YOU and / hope that
the other ide will get beat. / hope
that YOU have a good many more than
this one. I hope that war viii not
come here. but hope that YOU are pre-
rared for the other countries
The navy continues TO show its keen
interest i'm the effort 10 add 10 the
nations first line of defence Chief
Boatswain j. T. Hopkins, the father Of
Albert Hopkins, VINO has collected
nearly $500 for the fund in the cup
given him by the crews of the Atlantic
feet for being the first white child born
At the Guantanamo Naval Station,
Cuba, under American rule, yesterday
received a letter from the L. s. s.
North Carolina, now az the naval aero
nautical station in Pensacola, Fla. 1t
read in part:
"Your letter and also the buttons
received. VIII be more than pleased
20 sell the buttons; have sold them 20
all the officers so far. Guess / could
handle another hundred so II YOU
can arrange 10. send along another
hundred Immediately. addressed care
Of the Postmaster, New York. as We
ssil on the 10Th for Guantanamo 20 Doe
gone about fifteen days
Founder To BE Guest.
Marjorie Sterrctt, whose dime start
ed the fund. with Admirals Sigsbee
and Usher. will be the guest of Win
chester Post, 197, G.. A. r., tonight a.
It's concert and reception. The pro-
Rramme viii consist Of selections by
the Aeoliau Orchestra, Grace Bellows
conductor. and solos by well known
artists. Dancing viii follow. and part
Of the receipts will go toward the fund
ln the list OF contributors published
yesterday several names were mad
vertently omitted from those who gave
their contributions 90 make up tho