The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-19
CAMPAIGN SPEEDING UP.
High School Pupils Prove Earnest
Workers in Patriotic Cause.
By PRINCIPAL R. S. WICKER

sASAAASASAs
Friday the pupils Of the Donald
sonville High School were addressed
by John d. Miller, a prominent lawyer
of New Orleans, on the Importance of
the thrift stamp campaign, and the
duty of the pupils to respond to the
appeal of their country. Mr,rMiller
made an earnest appeal to the loyalty
and patriotism Of the young Ameri-
cans, and as a stimulus to their great
err endeavor in this campaign he Of
fercd to award a SIS war savings
stamp to that pupil in the school who
secures the greatest number of in
cessa;ddnal subscribers either to th.,iff It
or wat savings stamps by the end of
the campaign, January 81.
After Mr.. Miller's address the prin-
cipal announced the names of the pu-
pills from the various grades who had
been selected to take part in the big
war savings drive Monday. These pu-
pills were selected with respect to
the work and interest they had dis
played in the campaign Up to the pres
ent time, and badges bearing the
words, "D. H. s. Worker, W. S. S.
Day, Jan. 81" were awarded them to
wear on Monday. You will be able
to tell the most loyal and energetic
workers of the high school by the vel
low badges they wear Monday. There
are more than one hundred of them,
and every loyal citizen of Donald
sonville and the surrounding country
will receive a call and have the OPP
portunity of participating in the
splendid loan which the government
is Offering to the people of this coun-
try.
The war savings campaign has been
actively Prosecuted by the pupils of
all the grades during the past week,
as is shown by the following figures
which represent the total sales of war
savings and thrift stamps to date:
First grade, $41.75; second grade, So;
third grade, $185; fourth grade, $685.;
fifth grade, $221.5O; fourth-fifth COM
bination grade, $38.25; sixth grade,
$1e3.5O; seventh grade, $146.75;
eighth grade, $373.50; ninth grade,
s265; tenth grade, s65; eleventh
grade, sos.
This makes a grand total to date
of SCOOPS, which puts the Donald
sonville High School among the lead
ing schools of the state in the contest
for the prize Of $50. If the citizens
of Donaldsonville and vicinity will
meet us half way we intend to make
them proud of their school and its
patriotic workers. 81
The offer of Walter Lemann to pur-
chase SIS war savings stamp from
that pupil in each grade who should
make the best average in scholarship
and department for the two weeks
following the Christmas holidays, re-
suited in the following awards: First
grade Qower division), Richard Co.
riell; first grade upper division),
Lena Polito; second grade, Sam Mis-
tretta; third grade, John Boudreaux;
fourth grade, Olga Samaha; fifth
grade, Lillian Vellier; fourth-fifth
combination grade, Genevieve Domi-
niaue and William Hickson; sixth
grade, Percy Daigle; seventh grade,
John Inness; eighth grade, Levie Me
dus; ninth grade, Inez Soignet; tenth
grade, Earl Warrick; eleventh grade,
Jane JUDGE.
For the coming week DR.. E. K.
Sims and Terrier Blanchard have of
fered to purchase two SIS stamps each
from the pupils swhe. do the best work
in the selling campaign.