Morris tribune., 1917-12-21
PATRIOTISM IS BEING
TAUGHT In SCHOOLS
Other Items of Interest From Morris
High School Junior Red
Cross

Patriotism and love of country are
being emphasized by Supt. Utne in
the lessons now being taught in the
Morris schools. Special reading mat
erial has been Introduced in all of
the classes from the fourth grade
thru the High School dealing with
patriotic activities and things of in
terest to the young people at this
time. Lessons in community and ma
tional life are furnished in bulletins
sent out by the food administration
and war department and in addition
to these the school has purchased
patriotic readers dealing with the
origin of our country, our flag, great
leaders and national hymns and
songs. The young people are being
taught to serve and not only to read
and an army of boys and girls are
being trained that will mean some
thing to the country in years to
come.
The pupils of the Morris schools
are doing real work these days along
patriotic lines. One of the things
they have already done is to conduct
the pledge card campaign. Every
mother who had child in school
signed one of these cards and the
teachers are now following up the
work by finding out how food con-
servation is being practiced in the
homes.
A junior auxiliary to the local Red
Cross chapter has been formed
among the pupils of the high school
and grade school and already all of
the high pupils have joined and most
of the boys and girls in the upper
grades also. The membership fee is
25c and as the auxiliary must be self
supporting this amount will not
furnish enough funds so plans are
being made to raise money after the
holidays. The freshmen will give
an entertainment at the Orpheum
the latter part of January, and the
last part of February there will be
big school carnival, something en-
tirely new here. This will be given
at the High School building. In
March a declamatory contest will be
given participated in by Alberta,
Chokio, Morris, Cyrus, Donnelly,
Hancock and Herman. Some of the
things which the girls of the Junior
Red Cross will do is to knit, wash
clothes, wristlets, scarfs, sweaters,
make clothes for the refugee chill
dern of Belgium. The boys of the
manual training department will
make knitting needles, wooden hos
pital splints, oakum pads, while the
smaller children will make trench
candles, story booklets and mess
warmers.
Plans are being made to push the
sale of war saving stamps among
the school children after the hOli-
days. When the second liberty loan
campaign was made the teachers
and pupils bought $1O5O worth.
The Morris schools close for the
Christmas and New Year vacation
this afternoon and will open again
Monday, Jan. 7. All of the teachers
who live out of town will go home
for the holidays, and many of the
pupils will spend the vacation at dis
tant points.
There are 49-nOn-resident pupils
in the Morris schools this year.
Many Christmas programs were
planned in the grades this year. A
progressive program will be given
in the Longfellow building this af
ternoon at 2:3O by the pupils of Miss
Buckbee, Miss Pennock, Miss Rob-
bers and Miss Jones. Miss Winkle-
man had a Christmas party for the
pupils of the first grade yesterday
morning and Miss Hart had Christ
mas tree for the second and third
grades in the afternoon. Miss Muir
ply is giving a program in the 4th
and 5th grades this afternoon and
Miss Gorson's 9Th and 9Th grade pu
pills will present Dickens Christmas
Carol this afternoon. Miss Slindee
will give a model rural school pro-
gram presented by the Normal Train
ing Dept. this morning and the High
School will give a joint Christmas
program in the afternoon.
The boys basket ball team Of Nor
ris high school won against the Cy-
srus school last Friday, the score be-
ing 81 to 2, and the girls team Of
REorric 1oc+ n oioct Tvr11c tho coOro