Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-04
SCHOOL NO. 9'S BIT
IS ALMOST $4,000
Wherefore It's Little Men and
Women Celebrate the Occasion
Right Joyfully.

wears old and going To school where
tbcrc arc teachcrs whom YOU love very
much and imagine further that Your
school Is asked To help Uncle Sam raise
NANCY to carry ON a great and righteous
war and that II succeeded IN getting almost
10000 for him IN two weeks Time
Wouldn't IT make your heart glad and
vour eyes bright and your little throat
hurst into sony and your whole childish
being one big lump of pride
Certainly else Vou never were a child
and oSSurcdlv must have come into thlS
rood old creation of ours very tuli-grown
and worldly-wIsc person and are not en-
titled to the privilege ot reading thus
story about children who dId thus very
thing of raising almost Sl0000 through
sheer luvc of their mothcrlaud. which Is
n nice way Of speaking about one : coun-
try hecausc "motherland seems to bc
getting more At the real heart OF things
than to say fathcrland.
And 81 II was that yesterday attor-
noon the sturdy lttlo patriots who arc
getting their elementary education through
Miss Clara Mcudcnhal and her corps
of assistants at School No. ., on Eighth
street west of " Washington. gathered IN
the school auditorium and celebrated the
raising of no less a sim than S9,'9@Ol
IN two weeks uf effort fnr Liberty Loan
:. $50 for bonds and SI 2i}oi for stamps
10 toe exact Nor did thcN give thought
10 the candy. sodaS. zee cream and gum
Tho sum meant Youngsters rs they
were. none the loss they understood Just
what they had done and why. aud were
clad they had been able to do th'lr hit
a mighty hlggi.h hit. too. and 'rcditahle
even To- folks j long distance from their
schooldavs had thcv dome II
Tho president 81 the Board 81 Educa
non. George 4 Miller. Deputy ATTORNEY
General Percy Narrcn Grc,n and Super
Intcnd,nt IT Schools Scott who were
present thought 81 and SAID So and thrIr
CONGRATULATIONS to thc immature hut
hustlinC muncv gcttcr- were 81 warm
and sincere and So Touched til" hrarts
at Miss Mrudcnh4l and her teachers
that there wtr,. s no rather ~'l-pl. 'uSlN
bright ewes auaug fhcm and Tendency
~ hook elsewhere than ~ the faces ~ the
audience until the brightness lad gone
Thus clo<c Il tcar~ hr Gwen N Tladncs~
rlulrs roN lov>a ts~t'i-r-
Nor vas thus alI Bcsidcs naturai
iumlatlnn over II, school ~pIrni'i show
lnc. SlO50 - winrh Was turned 70 b>
one pup. httb Elizabeth lIarr.r IT ~
700 West Eighth street ruzc~ MrrC
awarded those II Tho cmldrcn VII" had
Loan. thrltt 3nj var giving, The p
crtN Loan Committee bong the DONOR /
FIRST prl,r Il s. +hahA Gou3 Wont
ta Rowland Rutl,r If zoos Nr~' Seventh /
street. q ~ti,rdN httlr chap WITH 2 keen eye /
a ht,~lncS~lihy manner and tc~nIutc
mouth Second prizc thrift stamps "
tho amount 81 s. went 10 Mvrtlc EahtT /
Of ~06 West Ninth street. and thrd =
IN thrift stamps. went = Ro~C 4 'rnan I
of Oh Madison street Nnd IS hc judges +
had troubIc because there was SORT ot (
embarrassment OF riches ia tn, ESSAYS /
Miss Mcndcnha} herself added three >pr- 1
cIal dollar przrs. winch Wrrr awarded 20 +
Harpvv Sprtiancc. Mildred Hanna tnd I
Eugene SaVlllo
HCre Is the program ol thc exercises
star Spaugiei Banner and flag salute
Little Patriots DOROTHY Conunr .'Nhy /.
Ruv Liberty Bonds Rose Nlrrman
address. = Warren trcrn Singing Esther /
Draper and l-thcr pateher original .
poem. t,currc ~htotnan RoaSans tpr .
saving seven pupils physical exercises. f
assembled school Nhy !}4N Liberty +
Bonds Nvrtlc Rakcr aitlrc>~ Pres.
dent George Il Miller AiattrrIand
song. Swedish folk dance " h1 Buy Lab 4
Crtv BoudS Rowland Butler prc~cn-
tatIon al prizes Dr Scott. Liberty Loan /
song
WHAT THE SrI AkFRS ShIp
Mr. C,rccn n his address talked to I
the children ahout the national anthem
and impressed upan them thor dut> - (
respect It's Singing or playing with barred +
head and suggesting d iHtlo personal
claStculng for those whom they should
catch not 81 dong I honor Regarding
the Liberty Loan Mr. Grccn informed
ms small hearers that they had been
ambassadors oi ncle sam and had car
RED the gospel OF thc bonds into the
homes they tad entered Ia pursuance
OF their campaign And thIs lie drove
home by SAYING that tho money was for
the nation soldier and sailur men hight
lng IN France and Oh the ~cas. not SO
mich for tho benefit Of the fathers ana
mothers at todaN. hut for these lTtiC
ambassadors themselves. the fathers and
mothers oi the future
Alr Miller land great stress .ipon the
remarkable wurh the schoo! h:d done
representing rs X dld such ii splendid
sum almost one-tenth ~ the total
raised bv the city 81 schools No doubt
he sand there haG been families who had
made dctided sacrifices - help the eni-
drcn RAISE the moncS and thi> Inade the
work a truly blc Int instead 0i little
on, Nha1 was more. i pleased hlm
to hear the Youngsters singing their pa
lng that gives the right splrf 10 . people
Tor Inc facing ot such cTI'ca struggle as
that III winch tie nation is uoW engaged
Superintendent Scott. before he dis
trbutrd tie przes calling each winner
t. the platform t. receive tho precious
envelope and hear a few words oi CRATE
tai prslIse SAID hc Was proud Of the school
good work
Aud the school was proud too, ,each-
ers and pupils alike - also were tie
mothers vino were present sitting back
against tho tar Nall, looking On and say
~ nothing. bI thinking lof and with
jot rs mothgf~ have q goOd old Was ni
doIug
Md then when onc came H. tLlnb
II the -lu ra-rd >q193.Of ouc won
d,red JUS what to ID done WITH that
,<tIa fout cents becau-c you know 1t 5
.usf one cent -tIar Of enough d. bu> a
nickel thrift stamp Cues probably Il Il
Just childish good me.1drc
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