Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-22
HAS INVADED OUR SCHOOLS

"Posteritus" has invaded the schools
of our city. 1t made its appearance
soon after the National Humane So
ciety requested that all school chill
dren of the country make posters,
which are to express the idea of be-
ing kind to animals or the idea of
being kind to children. The result of
this request has been a great interest
on the part of the pupils, for each
poster is to express an individual
thought and is as different from all
others as the young artist could make
it,
In the schools enthusiasm has been
and is at a high pitch. One glance
at the little children, while at work,
would show this for, as one person
expressed it, they have been working
at white heat" since they started the
work. Paste, scissors, show card
paint, card boards and papers of var
ious colors, sizes and weights have
been very much in evidence in all
school buildings during the past three
weeks.
Used Many Ideas
The children have used in the MAX
ing of their posters, ideas relating to
many kinds of animals, from garden
toads to billy-goats.
The National Humane Society has
designated April q as Humane Sun
day, and has asked that each city in
the country have a week at this time
of the year, which will be observed as
BE Kind to Animals Week" Wau-
saus Be Kind to Animals Week will
be April 27 to May 8, inclusive Dur
ing this week many of the posters
made by the children will be exhib-
tied in the business section of the
city. A local committee will Judge the
posters and award prize ribbons and
honorable mentions to makers of the
posters best expressing the idea of
kindness to animals or kindness to
children. After this local exhibit, a
number of posters will be selected to
be sent to Albany, New York, where a
national contest is to ~ held and
national prizes will be awarded.
National Contest
In the national contest a special
classification will be made for others
than school children, therefore anyone
can enter the contest to be held at
Albany. People making a poster for
the national contest have few regu-
lations to observe. The poster must
not be smaller than 9x12 inches.
preferably larger than this,) it must
express the idea of being kind to ami
mails or being kind to children, the
back of the poster must bear the name
n N RI full n66 nf IA ,l-A,
formation as to whether the maker is
grade pupil, high school pupil, a
pupil OF higher institution than high
school, or a person not in any school.
Ship it to Albany so it reaches the
National Headquarters of the Ameri-
can Humane Society at Albany, New
York, before May II. Regarding the
making of such posters a few sug-
gestions appear in the last issue of
the National Humane Review. They
are as follows: l. Subjects, (a) Any
thing bringing out the idea of kind
ness to children or animals; CD any
thing showing abuses to children or
animals that need to be righted; (c)
should be as simple and direct as pos
sible. 2. May be black and white or
in color. 3. May carry a slogan or
catch word.
Monday afternoon a display of the
children's posters was made in the
schools and relations and friends of
the children and all who are inter-
ested were united to come to see the
display. The posters show a great
variety Of ideas. The teachers of the
grades have worked with untiring en-
thusiasm in teaching the children the
elements of good poster making and
in guiding their efforts throughout
he work, and to them is due the sue
cess of this interesting work in our
schools.