The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-10-12

The Star Spangled Banner ......All
For Your Boy and My Boy. 9th Grade
Presentation OF Certificates. ..
............... Miss Packard
Liberty Loan Contest
The 4th Liberty Loan. Ethel Croghan
Over the Top John Bendick
Lift High the Torch of Liberty.
..................N Norman Barnett
What the United States Needs
Now ...........-..E Evelyn Medler
What a Liberty Bond Does .....
................., Astrid Bensen
A Plea for Democracy. Albert Ball
Buy a Bond ............K Kermit Udd
Stewing the Kaiser. -. Floyd Urban
This Is Our War .... JAS. Browman
How Can We Help Anna Penglase
What are you going to do for Uncle
SAM" First Grade.
Ialk ................., Mr.. Ilegs
Piano Solo ........... Miss Peterson
American Army Hymn .........A All
Decision OF Judges ..............
..... Presented by DR.. Davey
All of the contestants did their best
and equalled the work OF much older
pupils. The judges, Miss Ross. DR.
Davey and Supt Hill awarded the
places as follows:
First-Astrid Benson.
Second Ethel Croghan.
Third Evelyn Medler and Floyd
Urban.
The decision OF the judges was
thoroughly satisfactory to all and was
based upon thought and composition
as we'll as upon delivery.
Both pupils and teachers appreciat-
ed the presence of our fourteen visit
ors and extend to them and to all
members OF the community a hearty
invitation to attend future programs
The only disappointing feature OF
Fridays contest was the comparative
ly small audience of people from out
side the school
The above contest represents the
work OF relatively few of the depart
ment pupils. However, all had prev
iously prepared four-minute talks and
have at their command for use in
their own homes and immediate neigh
borhoods clear arguments regarding
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Below Is the winning composition
as written and delivered by Astrid
Benson, a member of 6-A:
What Il Liberty Bond Does.
was asked to say few words to
YOU about the Fourth Liberty Loan, OF
which think you all have heard
The government has asked for the
first, second, third, and Is now asking
for the Fourth Liberty Loan. If you
care at all to do your "bit9 in this
war, just lend the government a
much money as possible. They need
It. They need II to feed and clothe
the soldiers; to support the navy; to
build aeroplanes. torpedoes, machine
guns, and all the war machinery.
Do you think the government can
do all that without money? oh, no.
One thing you must remember is
that our soldiers cannot live without
food or clothing, and do you think
that our soldiers will have as much
enthusiasm and pep" az they would
II they knew that we were giving them
boost? No, not half as much
II you expect America to put stop
to all these cruel deeds done by the
German autocracy and establish free
dom throughout the whole world. you
had better lend more money to your
government Help support your flag
instead OF buying unnecessary things.
Anyone who has the money and does
not invest II in Liberty Bonds is q
Stacker. simply a Stacker" That
person should feel deep down in his
heart that he is preventing this war
coming 10 as quick an end as II might
come. And he ought 10 feel responsi-
BILE for some OF the gold stars on our
service flag. But the person that pur
chased these can feel that he has
helped bring the war to a quicker
end. and he will have the privilege OF
saying. IL have helped save some OF
our soldiers lives" We are not fight
ing this war for money. land, or prop
erty, but we are lighting for Liberty.