The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-02-24
PATRIOTISM IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Washington's Birthday Fittingly
Observed in Both High and
the Grade Schools
(By School Correspondent

Wy oSHooi SoIISopOuucuLD
Beautiful flag salutes, the gift of
the local -Woman's Relief Corps, now
adorn the walls of every room in both
high and grade school buildings. Pre-
sentation of the salutes was made a
feature of the patriotic exercises held
by the schools Monday afternoon in
honor of Washington's birthday.
Members of the Corps, headed by
Commander S. M. Henderson, of the
G. A. R., who carried the handsome
silk flag of the S. G. Cosgrove Post,
attended the exercises at both build
ings. The gifts were formally pre-
sented by Mrs. E. Shanafelt, patriotic
instructor, of the local corps. Bar
ton Sherk, president of the student
assembly, accepted the salutes and re-
sponded for the high school while the
little tots at the grade building ex-
pressed their appreciation in appro-
pirate drills.
The program at the high school was
out of the ordinary in that it consisted
Of original essays by the students,
each essay dealing with some phase
of Revolutionary times. The program
follows: America; Life in Colonial
Times, Julia Sonderman; Beginning
Of the War, Scott Williams; Wars of
the World at the Time of the Revolu-
tion, Katie Larson; Two Heroes of the
Revolutionary Period, written by Sa-
die Earhart and read by Faye Mitchell
The Navy and Naval Engagements
During the Revolution, Wilford But
Ter; The Treaty of Paris, Dora Will
liams; Resources Of American Colon
les. Ellis Lincoln; Leaders of the Rev.
olution, Gail Boyd. The Star Span
gled Banner.
In the Grades
-Four programs were given at the
Washington school as follows: Miss
Mimbach's and Miss Browns rooms
Who Wouldn't Be Soldier, school;
Flag of our Hearts, Ivel Terril, Lottie
Haddon, Rowena Reed, Donald Dick
enson; A Riddle, Mona Farthing, Ar
thur McReynolds, Martin Hudnall,
Kenneth Kratzer, Kenneth Kadow;
His Ambition, Craig Hinman; When
Washington Was a Boy, Louis Nc
Auley; Patriotic Letters, Josephine
Love, Echo Kelley, Esther Moulton,
Elsa Brogunier, Helen Lum; Lincoln's
Picture, Edward Lum; Three Little
sisters, school; The finest Country.
George Beamer; Washington, Hazel
Lodge; Lincoln, Nellie Devinney,
Grace Copeland, Dorothy Penn, Esther
Moulton; Flag Salute, school; Ameri-
ca; Lincoln, Doris Crawford; Flag
Drill, Echo Kelley, Ebert Newkirk,
Lawrence Soth, Harold Christensen,
Katie Hamlet, John Hanratty, Lottie
Haddon, Clarence Sargent, Viola Het-I
finger, Henry Hande, Olive Kelso,
Clarence Olbrich, Ivel Terril, Alfred
Door, Marie Day, Burtrum Cox; Birth
day Cake, Harold Sweet, Charles War
mock, Dorothy Penn, Bonnie Brown,
Louise Anderson, Ardice Sheppard,
Thaddeus Harper, Mildred Larkin, Ro-
wena Reed, Lucille Collins, Leslie
Tontz; The School Flag, Bessie Hen
derson; When Grandma Was a Little
Girl, Ardice Sheppard; Washington
Play, Belle Hartwig, Nellie Neil, Lot
tie Smith, Ethel King, Joe Harmon,
Earl Young, John Brooks, Norman
Byrd, Eugene Sly, Louis Huntington.
Helen Moulton, Ethel McReynolds,
Lloyd Keene; The Star Spangled Ban
ner, school.
Miss Jorgenson's and Miss Fylpa's
rooms: America; Welcome, Elmo Hin
man; A Brave Boy, John Soth; Our
Flag, Virginia Graham; George Wash
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