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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
NeuS From
The
Grades
MZdredHerzig Takes First Prize
On This Weeks Essays

The subject school essays for week will he The First
DAYS Fall Most of have love for the beautiful weather
though called the melancholy time of the year and so the sub
jec will be attractive Fall like the spring time seems to
call woods wander about through the leaves and
bushes Have any YOU children taken walks in The woods
have then you tell what YOU and what things i'm
pressed YOU NEST
essays this Our South Bend Soldiers eSpec
tally be commended for with hardly exception they were
splendid
The of the prize and the essays taking the first
prizes subject "Our South Bend Soldiers As fol
lows:
First prize Si.OO cah-Nilired Herzg Perley school
Second prize caSi-Levi Lind Franklin school
Third prize tickets to the Orpheunl-Harod Shanaield
PeTiey school.
Fourth prize two tickets LaSale-James Feyemuth
Franklin school
Fifth prize two tickets to he Auiitorum-Bera Oher Laurel
school
Honorable menton-Nljrej Johnson Mary Roberts, Fred
Schultz Elsie Lind, Junior Luckey Jesse Keith Arhela Smith
Marie Wagner Franklin school, Seymour WeSbege Leoa Smith,
Franklin Hopkins Mabel Jones Mabel Belledn
Esther HoSeT Nurma wills Helen Haag LeOa ake Edward Ku
ha Oer Bertha Kelley, Frank Draney Maude kreghbaum
Della Cegho Alice Kubiak Mildred Snyder Perley school, Ru
dolph Bedna Helen Wendell Regina Zwolkowska Ella kovach
MonkOw Elizabeth ycznka John kahznSk Frank Bore
sizes Cevl Alexander Laurel school
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

America"
In history they are studying
Spain in the 18th Century"
In domestic science the seven-A
girls made junket pudding and the
.seven-B's baked apples.
Seymour Weisburger was absent
Wednesday on account Of a Jewish
holiday.
We have a new boy in the seven-A
class by the name Of John La Place.
SIN \ AND SIX-B.
The girls in the sixth grade have
started their domestic science aprons
in sewing.
Athelene Morford entered our
room and is in the six-B. She Is
from indianapolis. Ind.
While the six-B's recited in his
tory Thursday morning the six-A's
had a history test
The six-B class is studying the
story Of Miles Standish in reading
The six-A's are studying Ichabod
lCrane. We enjoy this story very
much.
ETNE-A AND FINE-B.
" q nave llhlSueu the cha bLtE OF
Christopher Columbus.
Opal Hathaway is absent on the
account Of illness.
Those who received A-plus in
spelling all week are: Glenn Tickle.
Genevieve Wallace. Thelma AIidlton.
Arthur Larkins DOnabelle Jacobs,
Doris Dinsmore santa Dominick.
We have a new boy in our room.
His name is Albert Niven. He came
from New York city. We also have
new girl in our room. Her name
is Cora Stewart. She came from
Cassopolis, Mich.
FOUR-B.
Friday afternoon We all went TO
see the trench digger which is To-
Gated on Howard av Many Of us
wrote stories about it for our lam
guage lesson. Those who received
A-plus all week are: Mercedes ia
cobs. Ruth Heffner, Bessie Dins-
more, Dorothy Heffner. Eileen Col
lie. Ethel Strouse, Eugene Collie.
Marguerite Lee, Harry Lange, Law
renee Lee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
MADISON SCHOOL
Lucille Herring and Robert Elbel.
EdltOrs
GENERAL NEWS.

Seven-A's are studying Asia a
geography and are making a map
in the sand,
In history they are studying The
causes OF the revolution ard Will
soon take up the revolution itself.
Miss Murphy Is the new teacher
in domestic science. The girls have
been canning fruit and vegetables
also making Jelly for the soldiers.
In manual training the hoys are
making foot stools.
Joseph Eldodt OF Chamita. New
Mexico, who was a pupil here In the
sixth and seventh grades, made
visit here Tuesday afternoon.
The seventh manual training
class are making mechanical draw
ings Of postcard boxes. and viii
make them I'm wood next THURSDAY
The domestic science class can
ned peaches last Thursday.
There are Is pupils in the Ger
man class.
The geography class is making "a
map Of South America in the sand
table.
The drawing class have been max
ing designs of autumn lowers.
The six-A's had a test i'm history
Wednesday morning.
Miss Hill has been absent ON ac-
count Of her fathers death.
The siX-B girls are starting their
domestic science aprons.
Mr. Mckee has charge OF the
boys manual training.
The dve-B and four-A have been
supplied with bitter sweet for room
decorations by James Casidsy.
The first geography test was TAX
en- Tuesday
The four-B's learned Longfellow
Arrow and the song and we now
are learning Winters I'm school
Days"
The three-B grade has finished
memorizing the poem. Little
Brown Hands" and has started
How the Leaves Came Down
Mrs Pippman visited the room
the afternoon OF sept %.
There are now - pupils in the
room.
The two-A class is very much ina
terested in making color charts.
Several Of the girls are knitting
doll scarfs outside OF school hours.
The two-B's have learned tho
poem. September" by Helen Hum
Jackson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

were preparing for the army, not
the navy. because the river is not
navieable for large ships.
The camp was called Camp Miller.
They began mobilization Aug. 3,
1917.
They had about 300 soldiers be
fore company r. left for Hatties-
burg. Miss, and machine gun COM
pany left for Indianapolis. Ind.
At 5:30 O'Clock the bugle call got
them up. Then they made their
beds and then had breakfast At s
o'clock they had calisthenics. From
9 o'clock TO 10 o'clock they were on
q hike They had about one hour
of calisthenics. I'm the afternoons
and evenings sometimes they would
have "a dress parade.
When the two companies left
South Bend there were many sad
hearts OF the mothers and fathers
and sweethearts, also the brothers
and sisters.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
PERLEY SCHOOL
Bertha Kelley and Eta Osler.
Editors.
GENERAL NOTES.

Miss Pierce attended a meeting
Thursday afternoon.
We now have an enrolment of
400.
Last Friday we went 10 see the
trench digger on Howard St, which
was very interesting indeed.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Friday afternoon was very beauti-
full so Miss Pierce, our principal let
US off at $3.50 TO go and see the
trench diggers. which helps our sol
diers so much in France. II is To-
Gated on Howard 81. We enjoyed
the trip very much. and some OF Us
wrote stories about our trip there
and back.
our school nurse. Miss Krutzer.
visited as Monday morning and
stayed 10 hear our arithmetic class
We are working problems in inter
est and like il very much.
In history we are studying The
War Begins" in the story OF the
Revolution. II is very interesting,
and We are anxious 10 go further
and learn as much as We can about
il. rs we are ourselves at war now.
We find more interest in il.
We also had reading test on
Washington Irving" our new
lesson is. The Legend Of Sleepy
Hollow"
Tropical Andean Countries OF South
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
RIVER PARK SCHOOL
Garnet BoWles and Harriet Wiser.
Editors.
oNE-B AND A GRADE.

ONE-B AND 4 GRADE.
Perfect attendance In the one-B
grade
Clyde De Mare entered school
Monday
TWO-B AND \ GRADE
Charles Hart has entered this
school from the Lafayette school
THREE-B AND \ GRADE.
We ere still as crowded o. we
were last week
FOUR-A GRADE.
Two special promotions were made
from the four-B 70 the four-A.
Marie Dungey and Emma 10th
were the two girls.
sEVEN-B GRADE.
Pupils are all doing good work Ia
this room.
Helen Clark has returned ~
school after a short illness.
Attendance has been good.
EIGHTH AND A GRADE.
We viii hold our monthly BIRTH
day party FRIDAY afternoon ar Island
park.
Miss Cameron gave Us an interest
ing lesson IN designs Tuesdav-
We had our singing lesson with
the victrola and studied the pen-a-
tonic scale.
We are enjoying our "Pathfuder.'
which We get once a week
GENERAL NEWS.
The carpenters who have been
making the doors which open 20 the
fire escapes finished their work on
Wednesday.
A special room has been con
structed for the school nurse az the
west end of the hall on the second
floor
prof. Koenig started the semes-
tiers work on Tuesday.
Miss Ney also started her work ora
the same day
The Civic association VIII meet
Tuesday evening az the River Park
school Dr. Gammack viii be tie
speaker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

Finds mark the archer little meant:
And many a word at random spoken
May soothe or wound heart that's
broken Scott
SIXTH GRADE.
The absent ones of this week are
Daniel Steck and Mildred Martin
dale
Roland Reynolds has not return
ed from Michigan yet.
Our language teacher had each
one OF Us bring four cents TO Flor
ence Megan, who is taking care OF
the art money this year.
We had drawing Monday after
noon. We drew flowers-the mas
turtiums.
Our new teacher. Miss Gerhart is
very nice and we all like her.
In arithmetic we are reviewing
some old work
SEVENTH GRADE.
Monday is our drawing day. Our
teacher is Miss Christensen. She will
be at our school every Monday.
We also have new music teach
err Miss Shirk. We enjoy the new
teachers very much.
The AS are reading The Legend
OF sleepy Hollow" The BIS are
reading Henry wadsworth Long
fellow"
Mi IS Albert is reading US Strange
Stories Of the Revolution"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
FIRST PRIZE.
By Mildred Herlig. PerIey schoc

By Mildred Herzig. PerIey school.
War was declared April o, 1872 uy
Pres't Wilson.
About a week after war was de-
clared South Bend started 20 pre-
pare ammunition and machinery TO
hs<o in the great war.
Dhe soldiers were taken 20 Leeper
'Tark. where they were TO camp and
were treated well while there.
Part Of their program was as fol-
lows: In the morning they We're
awakened by the bugle call at $50
o'clock in the morning. Then they
would make their beds and tidy MP
their tents. Then came breakfast
and after breakfast they would pick
up all the papers that were on the
camp grounds. Next they would
drill and the rest OF the morning
was their own. Some went swim
ming while others went uptown. At
j. o'clock they had dinner and in
the afternoon they had more drills
after which they could do as they
liked. At s o'clock they had supper
and between $50 and 7.30 they had
lltlI 0ItSS pal dNN- Afh " NiNNth vac
bed time.
There were three companies at
Jseeper park. There aren't any sol
diers at Leeper park now, because
they have been sent 20 different
training camps Company r was
sent 20 Hattiesburg. Miss, another
70 Louisville, Ky and another TO
Indianapolis. After they are in
training for about six months the
soldiers Will be ready to go TO France
at any time. If they go 20 France
maybe we will never see them again.
There will be many tears shed and
many sad good-hys when Uncle
Sans soldiers go TO the front in this
world wide war.
Uncle sam IS doing his best i'm
trying 70 get ready 10 go over TO
France ard fight.
one thing / hope is that when the
bows come home that they can wave
the red. white and blue banner i'm
triumph.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
COQUILLARD SCHOOL
Henry McNabb and HiIda Raby.
Editors.
KINDERGARTEN.

We have had one little girl and
two little boys enter kindergarten
this week.
We have Strengthened the other
room Of the portable and the small
children are using il, giving us two
rooms. which we very much appre-
ciate.
ROOM ONE.
The children in one-B are study
ing caterpillars and cOcoons. They
have discovered a number OF inter-
esting specimens on and about the
school house.
In art work the one-B's have been
making large envelopes in which 10
keep paper cuttings.
ROOM THREE.
The pupils of this room are max
ing color charts for drawing.
We are learning "October's
Party"
Wayne Barker had the highest
grade in the spelling test Wednes-
day.
ROOM FIVE.
We went on field trips this week
and found several kinds OF leaves.
+ We have had "Iktomie and the
Coyote" in "Old Indian Legends
and will study "Iktomie and the
Fawn"
We are trying &c live up 10 our
motto. "A single sunbeam is enough
to drive away many shadows"
Those who had 100 in the SPELL
Carpenter and Beatrice Teeple.
Room SIN.
Twenty-three children received
100 in the weeks spelling.
our enrolment is now As.
The four-A's who received 100 in
Wednesdays spelling test were, Mil
dred Lyle, Janice Reed and Edna
Miltenberger
ROOM SEVEN.
The seven-A's and BIS had an
arithmetic test this week. Fern
Davidson. Carl Matthes and Eva
Estep had perfect papers.
Those who had perfect spelling
papers I'm Wednesdays test were
Kenneth Miller. Hilda Raby. Buelah
I Bruse. Mary Steoh Henry McNabb.
Joseph Madison Henry Johnson.
I Fern Davidson. Carl Matthes. Eva
\ Estep. Neva Bradley and Marguerite
Hawkey.
The seven-A's are discovering that
China is most entertaining subject
about which 10 study the customs
and cities.
ROOM EIGHT.
In our English work We are study
/ ing quotations and series.
A fund is being raised 10 buy a
flag
Monday we had an arithmetic test.
Those who had perfect papers in
the spelling test were Thelma Saw
yer. Philip Tholander. Lois Cook.
Kenneth Beigh. Edna Bolinge Har-
cid Hiss and William Barth
ROOM NINE.
In art We made pencil drawings
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL
Joe Calvert. Editor.

SIXTH GRADE
Jacob SHERMAN. Barney BradsFE
and Joe Calvert had 100 i'm our
arithmetic test
FIFTH GRADE.
Charles West OF Lebanon Ind,
entered the fifth grade
FOURTH GRADE.
Virginia whitman of Mongo. Ind,
entered fOur-A this week.
THIRD GRADE.
The third grade pupils brought
pennies 10 buy a book for a soldier.
SECOND GRADE
The boys and girls OF two-B drew
the carrot Tuesday Now they are
gathering colored leaves for room
decorations
FIRST GRADE.
Miss Visknisld is cadeting In one
b.
Miss Lindhal visited in one-B
Tuesday afternoon
Myrtle Bawn ~ Mount Vernon.
Ia, entered one-B this week.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

Miss Nay came in our room on
Tuesday and made some Of the let
tiers in our alphabet different.
We have been studying about
sharps. fats and chromatics in mu-
sic
We are studying about Henry ".
Longfellow and some of his poems
in reading.
Dorothy Johnson was absent on
account OF sickness Thursday morn
ing
We are having a contest in our
room between the AS and BIS in
spelling. The BIS are ahead one
point. The BIS have 90 and AS
90 points.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

KINDERGARTEN.
Miss Esther Kerner is cadeting
here.
Olive Parr has moved from the
city.
TWO-A.
Mrs Puterbaugh, Mrs. Haist. Mrs.
Miller and Miss Lucille Miller visit
ed our assembly Friday afternoon.
We are learning the poem. Little
Orphan Annie" by Riley.
THREE \.
Emma Banner, Philip Nietzel and
Mary Smith have had perfect SPELL
/ ing papers every day so far this
semester. Dorothy Annis is our
banner pupil Sc far this year, as she
has received 100 percent on all re-
views.
FOUR-B.
Noami Ressler has gone TO the
country.
We are making pencil sketches Of
I grasses this week.
Virginia Venneberg is the report
/ er for our room.
Those getting 100 in spelling for
the last week were. Helen Curpis.
Elsie CHASER and Edith Eckhart.
Dorothy Mclaughlin was in Elk
hart last week.
! We have a library club i'm our
room. Alice Ullery is librarian
SIN-B.
We are reading "Marmion and
/ Douglass"
We had an arithmetic test Tues
/ day and a geography test Monday.
THREE.A.
: Helen Edwards has returned to
! Elder school from Cleveland. o.,
! schools.
The seven-B's gave the assembly
program Friday.
The girls baked apples i'm domes-
: tic science.
/ The boys started to make sand
paper blocks in manual training.
They had a geography test Mon
day. Those who got 100 percent are,
I Helen Neland. Marvin Jackson, Eli
zabeth Eberling. Virginia Ward.
z y
: and Patricia Edgeworth.
SEVEN-A.
Monday. Sept "a we had a arith-
metic test. The following got 100
! percent: Alton Emmons, Frances
Cook and lie Vada Rudduck
The verse we learned this week is
well known verse by Sir Walter
Scott:
"Breathes there a man with soul so
: dead.
4 Who never to himself has said,
| This, my own. my native land.
In geography we have finished
4 our assignment on Russia in Asia
and are now on China.
Monday we had a history test.
! The following got 100 percent:
| Brenda HAST and Evah Ostrander.
The boys have begun TO make foot
stools in manual training.
( The girls made junket custard in
I domestic science.
We had our first painting lesson
Wednesday.
We still hold the marching ban
ner and mean to keep it.
/ We are still on fractions in arith-
metic and we are also reviewing our
multiplication tables.
Mary Edwards has returned to
! Elder school from a Cleveland. o.,
school.
! William Armour has been APP
pointed the new editor for Elder
school to take the place of Evans
! FELTON,, who has been transferred.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
BINGHAM SCHOOL
Vera Hatfield and William BOst-
wick. Editors.
GENERAL NEWS.

FLAG SALUTE.
All teachers and pupns are 2rac-
ticlng the national flag salute
FIRE PREVENTION.
The school is preparing 10 OBJ
serve Fire Prevention day. oct. u.
TEACHERS MEETING.
our school has two meetings
during a period of FIVE weeks.
MANUAL TRAINING.
The boys in grade five use the
copying saws every week This
period is much enjoyed. Most Of
the boys have their own saws.
PUBLIC LECTURE.
The schools and public had the
pleasure of hearing Ernest NJ. Lin
ton of Indiana university. He spoke
on the subject why We Are at
War,
VISITORS.
There have been several visitors
at the school this week
ATHLETICS.
Miss Krause brought US several
new balls this week. We appre-
Ciate them and thank her for the
time she gives us.
SENEN-A GRADE.
The most interesting songs We
have had this week is America
the Beautiful"
The seven-A girls on Thursday
made bran, mullins and were all
through work by four o'clock. All
visitors are welcome.
Band of Mercy musical program:
Piano solo .......... Edward Hunt
Piano solo ........ Eta Mae Jaap
Joan OF Arc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
........ Dorothy Crimes. Mar
gerry Doolittle and Ada Madden
Piano solo .........M Martha Tracy
Piano solo ......... Kathryn Weir
Piano solo .......... Grace Merritt
Band OF Mercy pledges by room
At the close OF the program. the
boys surprised the girls by singing
The L.. : A Forever TO the tune
of Dixie"
Vera Hatfield brought "a tobacco
worm 90 school and il is starting
90 spin its cocoon Christy VAN
bach brought a tomato worm. and
Gina NN'rNWA an lNNftN one also
Tn manual training the boys made
! concrete samples.
When Miss Krause came the
girls played bat bali and the boys
played indoor.
Wing Chow. the Chinese boy,
comes 10 seven-A for his curtis
arithmetic drills and is doing fine.
TIE also plays with MS In our out
door games.
SENEN-B GRADE.
We were glad to see Arjorie Aus
lin back in school after several
days absence ou account Of illness.
Lloyd Donovan has been absent
this week because OF illness.
our current history lesson on last
Monday was very interesting and
every member took part
The seRen-A's have Joined us I'm
learning new pat 0tic SOM,
America. the Eeauuf e. we an
like tt very much
For nhvsical training on WedneS-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
LINCOLN SCHOOL
Agnes Ouellette and Elsie BOberg.
Editors.
ROOM ONE.

NUN C-N1N-
Earl Edgar Cant entered our room
Monday morning.
Fac and Mae Sossaman were out
of the city visiting last week.
Lillian Jordan is absent and can
not be with us on account of illness.
We made envelopes and seed Dor
ders this week.
ROOM TWO.
We have a new pupil from the
River Park school Her name is
Marian Murdick. She came TO us
last Monday.
Goldenrod and cosmos bouquets
brighten our rooms this week.
Our memory gem is as follows:
I love the flag. I love the flag.
The red, the white, the blue;
1 love the flag. I love the flag.
love our country, too"
ROOM THREE-TWO-B AND \.
Our memory gem this week is as
follows:
BE ye kind one another,
Politeness to do and say;
The kindest thing in the kindest
way"
We are making color charts in
art
In nature study we are learning
the difference between moths and
butterflies.
In our history We are studying
"Hiawatha."
For our morning exercises we are
reading Japanese Fairy Tales"
ROOF FOUR-THREE-B
We have finished How the Leaves
Come Down"
In our history lesson one of our
boys said: "Colfax av. was named
Colfax because there are so many
coal dealers on that street.
We have had perfect attendance
this week.
Miss Rosencrans CAV, our lesson
Monday.
We are studying these fall flowers:
The goldenrod and asters this week
in nature study.
THREE-A.
Mary Catharyn Battrean was
transferred TO us from the Stude-
baker school.
We are having multiplication by
three in arithmetic. We are also
having concrete problems in multi
plication.
We are reading What the Old
Man Does is Always Right"
We are learning the poem. The
Bee and the Flower"
Miss Rosencrans was here Monday
morning.
We have been studying exclama-
tons in language.
ROOM EIGHT-FOURTH GRADE.
Richard Beville has moved to
Kentucky and Ruth Murdick enter
ed our school last Thursday
We had a very interesting draw
ing lesson on grasses last Tuesday.
We have learned the patriotic
poem, The Flag Goes By"
FIFTH GRADE.
We have had quite a few new
pupils entering our room lately. A
new girl entered fve-A and LOlo
Galloway entered fve-B.
The AS are reading After Wa
tiers" and the BIS are reading Joan
OF Arc"
Alma Smith was absent for a long
time, but she has returned 10
school. Dorothy Prick went 10 the
country for a day last week.
Miss Bennett is reading rs the
story OF The Secret Garden"
We drew cosmos last week. and
We are going 20 make seed packages
this week. 20 keep our seeds in that
we are saving.
Miss Gerharr will be our arith-
metic teacher. She will also be our
reading teacher because Miss Beven
Is very i'll.
our memory gem for this week is:
oh many a shaft al random sent,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
SECOND PRIZE.
By Ieyt Lind. Franklin school.

See the company OF soldiers
marching along the street, They
are our own soldiers. company f..
we are at war with Germ ly. They
are here 20 protect our -ity. Not
only are they here merely 20 protect
our city. but are here 10 protect our
nation and "Old Glory" They have
gone forth from their hearthstones
and families 20 protect a noble cause.
They have heard the call OF their
nation and fag.
They were called 10 Toe drafted
Ike in the days OF lN61-62. They
were given a physical examination
before they were considered nc for
the ranks All over the land sounds
the bugle. calling forth the men. not
unlike the DAYS of our Erandfathers
But let us return 20 the subject
The soldiers viii he sent 10 the
training camp at Louisville. Ky.
At the training camp they Will be
instructed in modern warfare. They
viii learn how 10 stand at attention.
how 90 use the bayonet, how TO
shoot straight and host or other
things. They also Will exercise Wig
orouslv So that they Will he III and
ready for the hardships they must
endure in the trenches Of our ally,
France.
But let as give the patriotic wom-
en- OF our country "a word. They
are the ones that our men i'm the
trenches viii depend upon for COM
fort and announcement They are
the ones who are knitting and max
ing comfort kits" for our soldiers.
Also. tiey are the ones who are
giving their sons and fathers for
their country. But they don't finch.
hut bear mp brayely. notwithstand-
ing pain in their hearts.
And now let us give the soldier
boys a rousinr cheer 20 encourage
them. as they 40 Co France. Iurrah.
Hurrah, Hurrah'