The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-11

Three hundred and fifty dollars
worth Of stamps have been sold TO
high school students here since the
opening Of the campaign The school
has been divided into floors, with a
manager for each floor II + Rusch
instructor IN manual training is the
manager for floor "a". S. b. Lippincot
is the manager Tor "b" floor. X kaui.
man for CO floor and A. T. Musrush
Tor ID" floor
T Hawkins. field representative al
Washington Tor the bureau OF edu-
cation, who is making a tour Of the
country gave talk during assembly
in the high school on Thursday morn
ing to the ludaits. He told OF the
more important part the graduate Of
the high schools has to play today dur
ing the world war than IN other days
before the Wal and how impouan, It is
to society that he or she be we'll edu.
Gated His speech was followed BY
a motion picture The Making n the
American Scamcn." lent to the school
by the Ford Motor company FILMS
on the war will he shown IN the high
school from time 10 time during the
school ycar The Ford Motor com
nany IS doing thi, kind Of thing Tor the
high schools allpver the United States
The films are all approved By the
government
Thrift stamp, have been sold in the
Lincoln school only Tor eleven days
and during that time 500 worth have
been sold They are fold TO the child
rcn in this school ON an average Of
$50 a day A great number Of the
children are saving their spending
money to buy the stamps.
The Whittier school has gone 100
percent for spring gardens & r
D0narl, county demonstration agent
spoke before the patrons OF the school
on Friday afternoon Each school in
the city will he visited by one Of the
four county demonstrators
Two carloads Of coal arc on hand for
school use, according TO J. G. Stcarley
superintendent Of the school buildings
and grounds. I'VE have enough coal
to supply the schools in the city for
week Of cold weather" said Mr.
StearleY this morning
One cf the boys in the Lincoln school
gave 40 pennies into circulation one
day last week II will probably help
with the penny shortage lie had saved
pennies Snse he was four years old
and he is now fourteen lie had sue
ceeded in gathering 4JO together The
other day he came to school with his
collection and bought a war saving
stamp.
"An afternoon Of Riley" was greatly
enjoyed BY the students OF the high
school on Friday afternoon when {.
n. McCally impersonated James Whit
comb Riky and read some Of hisworks.
Tickets OF admittance were ten cents,
the proceeds to 60 to the library in the
English department
Enlistments for the boy scouts has
been advocated for the pupils Of the
Lincoln school during tile week Les
sons on the boy scout movement have
been taught the boys.
Every child in the University Heights
school. Sixty third and Western avenue,
is doing Junior Red Cross work Miss
Maud Thomas principal Of the school
said that during the Red Cross Christ
mas mcmbGship drive every child in
the school became member Of the
Red Gross. Since then Miss Thomas
has started the work, and the children
have all learned to knit and have made
face cloths as a starter Even the BOYS
.of the school, are knitting This work
is done every Tuesday afternoon at
, 70 o'clock.
Il has been revealed mp to date that
go BOYS who al some time attended thr
high school are in Uncle Sans service
There will be more names to follow
The Student" committee OF the high
school is working on this roll of honor,
and is doing all possible to secure as
much data concerning the boys that
have gone TO war, a. to where they arc,
what they are engaged in doing, and
everything Of interest about them. In
next months publication OF the Student
the roll Of honor will appear Miss
Minnie Redmond is chairman of this ,
committee.
The students Of the school will then
make service flag, which. whoH com
plctcd will hang on Ahe wall at the
main entrance of the building Girls
from each class will he chosen to work
on the flag The Boys Booster club
will finance the materials for the flag
through some kind of an entertainment
Ada Turner and Dorothy Close, pu-
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