The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17
Enthusiasm in School
Raises YIN. "A. Funds
Normal School Bud2et)

7 or the Y. NJ. &. A., a little town in
North Dakota became th0rOiy aroused
TO d knowledge Of the work of that
organization, and an appreciation of
! what the Red Triangle stands for in
! the present war
! During the week of the big y. M. C.
a. drive for funds, word was sent to
al attorney residing in that particular
town that information concerning the
! work should be disseminated IN the
community He set time for the
! purpose and on Wednesday night, Nov.
embcr IA 4 mass meet :ng OF citizens
WAS held. The mass meet.ng' brought
out sixteen iEiViduals and to them the
work was outlined, while the teachers
! Of the township consolidated school
| situated there were asked to devote the
following SatUray to the collecting OF
| funds.
The teacher in charge OF grades five
and six resolved that something must
! be done to create interest before the
day OF solcitat on. Tuesday morning
the period for opening exercises, in her
room. was devoted to an enthusiast. c
description Of the work and needs of
the \. VI. {. A., and plans were form
! ulajed for waking up the town to the
! demands CT the occasion. Several of
the children We're sent to the different
stores fer empty paper boxes, heavy
paper and similar material. Water
colors were reouisitioned, scissors and
paste called forth from Their hiding
places, colored crayons were also mar
shalled for thefray, and during the
! i>I 70 ,1o f.,
! evolved. A y. NJ. C. A. candy sale was
planned, most of the children never
having heard of such an undertaking
but all, attracted by the sweet name,
were sure their parents would furnish
suppl. Les. Red Triangle caps were made
for every member Of the fifty-s:r chill
! dren in the room; triangle ''sandwich"
p.acaros were made for several of the
larger boys to wear in the forthcO1n ng
parade; teacher and pupils alike each
wore large red triangle on the back
Of dress or coat; 2laring posters were
Ce4lGnG0 and placed N the windows
Of every place CT business IN 1o%D; red
arrows ana red trianyles appeared ali
over town on the sidewalks pointing to
the school, announcing iNc T. u. l..
A. Candy Sale OF the follow Nc day;
plans were made for a monday pa
horseback, followed b. the rest CT the
pupils all bearing American flags and
red tTianglGs, and also whatever mus
cal Or noise producing instrument
could be secured. Even tn U,Duer
buckets and borrowed d.shr@Hs served
the place Of drums, beaten u;Cn with
more muse than rhythm. The CHI.
dlen were wild with excitement, as
sllrad ther teacher Of plentiful Sup
pies from home, rejO.ted in what they
assumed to be the superiority OF Their
room ever those where Other grades,
we're pouring over their lessons, and.
.ncidcnt!y and all unawarcs they
. learned z big lesson themselves in pa
, tlIot:Sm and sense OF pei's 2nal re-
sDonsibility for the success Of the war.
Tor the ttnc beng they cot broader
outlook, and the world, instead Of The
schoolrCC,n. was their ran2e OF Vision.
Lmmcd ately at the clo3a of sch )ol
they fastened home for material for
tie manufacture Of the candy, nearly
ali Of them foreigners and having no
hnoWlCQGe which would be Of much as
$ stance. Returning promptly, they as
sembled at the home Of the already
t rcd teacher, who, WITH the aid Ct
! two kindly neignDOrS. took charge CT
| the making OF the candy, while the
children, eager to taste and see, help
and hinder, filled the house to over
1 f owing with noise, enthus asm, and
confusion. At lato hour they were
al given generous portions Of the new,
~ manufactured sweets and sent
! home. At three O'clock in the morning
! the teacher completed her task of cut
! ting, box ng, pricing and wrapping the
. fourteen kinds of candy, and the clean
| ing up OF a sadly disarranged house.
before retiring for few hours rest.
She had been dong her Bit
1t noon the following day lunches
We're hastily eaten and then the pa
rade. gorgeous in color, noisy. happy,
and rampant with red triansles, pa
raded the entire town, until no cit
izcn, lie he ever SO disinterested could
ever again disregard the Red TRAN
Gle
During the afternoon the children
took turns serving as salespeople At
the candy counter, and before recess
the supply was entirely exhausted,
each child having helped himself most
generously while serving his crsto-
mers. and many who would have
= bought were turned away from empty
counters. Handled by more sophisti.
Gated persons, the receipts would have
been doubled, but even under existing
conditions, after all expense which haG
been incurred had been paid, the Y. NJ
{. A. fund WAS enriched by about SIT
and when the teachers all went out
the next day on their collecting tour
they found everybody informed on the
subject, and subscr ptions were gen
erously forthcoming, amounting tc
over $4G0 fer the little community
The candy sale had done what the
mass meeting" had failed to dot
toIched the hearts Of the adults thru
lie Oh .lGron's enthusiasm
When it is noted that for two years
IN succession the few hundred ichab
itants of this particular town have haj
no crops at all. owing to drouth, the
fine cooperation of the workers an(
the generosity of the citizens speak
for themselves.
This is but one of the ways in which
Mrs. Ruby Greenwood Rich, a former
student Of the Normal school. has
!, found to serve her country during the
, present crisis.
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