The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-18
SCHOOL BRIEFS

The Junior Red Cross unit Of the
Putnam Heights school Is turning out
numerous articles The knitting school
is doing fine work.
The Edgemore school is more than
100 percent junior Red Cross members,
in money collected among the children
Of the school. These pupils own forty
war savings stamps and 200 thrift
stamps Mrs Dora Frye, princiapl, says
that the children are taking much in.
terest in the patriotic campaigns. To
swell the safe Of thrift stamps the
children in the first and second grades
arc weaving kitchen holders to carry
hot dishes in their spare hours, and
selling them TO housewives. One boy IN
the fifth grade brought candy to school
on Friday tina, he and his mother Mad
made. lie sold Il TO the teachers and
bought several thrift stamps with the
money.
The pupils Of the Putnam Heights
school bought s6S worth Of thrift stamps
last week. reports Miss Mary Fox,
principal Most Of the pupils buying
the war saving certificates are earning
the money themselves to pay for the
stamps.
The Jefferson school has become 100
percent Junior Red Cross, each one
Of the 90 pupils Of the school having
Joined. According to Principal II. {.
King, all the children OF the school
ranging from those In the first to the
eighth grade arc showing a great in
,erest in the work. The pupils in the
fourth grade under Miss Elizabeth
Richmond, have completed a trench
blanket.
Boys Of the Edgemere school are
drawing plans for bird boxes 10 be sold
on a special day in March, the proceeds
to go to supply materials for Junior Red
Cross work and to invest in thrift ay-
ing stamps.
The Jefferson school has adopted this
slogan: Every child a war saving,
certificate" The school has moi only
adopted the slogan but is certainly liv.
ing up to it Up to date $3.50 worth
Of thrift and war savings stamps hav'
been bought by the pupils Of this school
J. A. Whiteford. superintendent o
city schools, has asked for enough
school patriotic charts for all thu
schools in Oklahoma City, He saw
R. II. Wilson, state superintendent, il
person and made a request for tn,
charts, which will be signed by the pu
pills in all schools in Oklahoma Cit,
and throughout the state and will hans
on the walls Of every class room In III,
schools. These charts have been printed
and were sent out IN Friday by Mr.
Wilson.
A Colonial afternoon" will be give
by the children Of all the grades Of tn
Edgemere school on Washington
birthday on Friday afternoon. The pu
pills will demonstrate the industries o
the colonial times, learned from III
government pamphlets, a new line Q
study assigned the children In all III
schools in the United States by the gov
eminent.
J. H. Whiteford, superintendent {
schools, will depart for Washington &c
night where he will attend a nations
conference on rural education an
country life, called by the commission
Of education. Mr.. Whiteford wi
lead in the discussion Of a paper col
corning teachers training in his
schools, as an agency in the prepari
, ton for teachers in the rural school
The conference will be held from Fe
ruary 20 to "a From Washington NJ
l. Whiteford will go to Atlantic Ct
E where he will attend the annual CO
%vention Of superintendent from all 4
- states during the week Of February .