The diamond drill., 1918-11-02

The Pupils Are Back Of the Boys
"0ser There

| studying the geOloglcal condiuon3 or
the Upper Peninsula iron and copper
regions in an effort to find out what
the Milwaukee district Is doing along
the line of war work, made brief
visit az our school. In an interview
with one OF the correspondents he ex-
pressed unqualified surprise az the
size and completeness OF our system
and at the amount of war work actu-
ally going on in the Forest Park build
ing. DR.. Kunz enjoyed his visit and
expressed a desire to return. Below
are some OF the war activities OF the
school which interested our visitor and
ought to interest the readers OF this
column:
Many of our boys and girls wear
service pins to show that they have
older brothers in the army or navy OF
the United States. On Monday last
these pupils and all OF the pupils OF
the Forest Park school were given an
opportunity to show how they were
willing to help the boys represented
by the service pins and "all OF the
boys out there" At given signal all
those who were prepared to purchase
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps fiocked In large numbers 10
the second floor, where a booth had
been erected, and in short time over
$3.50 worth Of stamps were sold. Miss
Behan had direct charge of the sale.
In the near future Mr.. Conant OF the
Conant Studio will make a photograph
of the group who purchased stamps
on Monday These pupils have shown
their appreciation of the work Of Uncle
Sans soldiers and sailors and have
given big boost to Michigan's stamp
sale which is sadly in need OF boost
ing.
About one-half Of the states quota
must be purchased before the close OF
the coming year.
Under the direction OF the Misses
Stocker and Peterson the eighth
grade boys have prepared some inter-
esting advertising material to be used
In the drive for victrola records for
the soldiers and sailors. This mater
ial consists Of posters on which slo-
gans have been attractively lettered
and cambined with suitable advertis-
ing cuts presented by Jacobs Brothers.
The posters have been displayed in
store windows on Superior avenue
and the pupils trust that readers of
this column will not only stop TO read
the slogans, but will act on their sug-
gestions.
The titles OF the posters and the
names OF the makers are as follows:
Wanted victrola Records for the
Boys over There by Edwin valine.
Don't Be a Slacker-Sacrifice a
Few Records; They Are Sacrificing
Their LIVES" by Eugene Dove.
Come Across With the Records
You Can Spare. The Boys Across
Need All the Music They Can Get" by
Laurence James.
Wanted Old Records for the
Soldiers in the Camps and over
There drawr by Walter Hagglund.
"R' cords Wanted to Help Make the
Boys Happy" drawn by Clarence Lind
strom.
The boys and girls of the Forest
Park practise what they preach for
they are not only donating used rec
crds, but are starting fund to pur-
chase brand new records for the sol
diers and sailors. The results OF the
weeks drive for records will be pub
lished at later date.
ON October 23rd the assistant sec
reta)rv OF the War Relief Association
made out a receipt to the pupils OF
the Forest Park school for a contribu-
tion of $5.15.
On Monday last DR.. A. A. Metcalf,
medical inspector of schools, began
his annual physical examination OF
cur pupils. When the work Is COM
plet.d, summary of results will be
published in this column.
Below are given some interesting
facts CLEANED from the principals re-
pert for the month OF September:
There were 9s3 pupils enrolled in
the Forest Park school and 67 In the
Maple Grove school, making a total OF
1.0r0 pupils. or this number there
were 53S boys and 512 girls. In sew
, enteen OF the twenty-eight rooms rep
resented on the report the boys out
numbered the girls. Five hundred OF
the pupils OF the two schools, or about
nifty per cent had perfect attendance