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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
TlLEST0N PUPILS
COMPOSE ESSAYS

He was limping down the beach,
He had a wooden leg and a rough
appearance. On his head was an old
hat. His face was weather-beaten,
and his long hair hung down his
back. A spy glass dangled from his
belt. He was wearing a high top
boot on the leg he had. His
coat was ragged, and his shirt dirty.
Over one eye was a patch, the other
was half closed. He had a shovel
over one shoulder and a piece Of
paper and a crutch under his arm.
A parrot was sitting on his other
shoulder. He seemed to be looking
for something as he limped on the
beach.-Emil Meyers, grade 7.
What is kindness? Kindness is
helping people bring in their wood
without being asked or paid. If you
have helped a man put away his
wood and he does not thank you,
he is not being courteous.
Once 1 knew a boy whose friends
called him Jim, although his real
name was Jack. One day he was
going to town when he met an old
man who could hardly walk. The
man asked Jim if he would help
him home and offered him a quar-
ter. On the way to the mans home,
Jim was thinking of what he was
going to buy with the money. When
they had nearly reached the place,
Jim thought of his own father who
was old and could hardly walk, and
who needed his money to pay the
doctor. When they reached the old
mans home, the man pulled out the
quarter and started to give it to
the boy, but Jim wouldn't take it.
He told the man that his father
old and couldn't walk, and need.
ed his money to pay the doctor. The
man said that that vas very kind
of him to think of older people like
that.-Arthur Darden, grade Z.
We have on hand from Tileston
one of the most interesting collec-
ton Of essays yet collected this year.
They deal with such topics as hon
esty, craftsmanship, language and
grammar and my first night in a
tent" These were written by Ruby
Peel, Emil Meyers, Lily Grower, and
Francis Gwynn TONNES. We will
print as many as possible next week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
CLASS
ENJOYS STUDIES

In our science class we have
been studying many interesting
things. We have studied about
deer, humble bees and ant. The IA
Their deer has antlers on his head.
He protects the mother and the
babies. The mother is called a doe,
the baby deer a fawn. A fawn has
many white spots. When a fawn
gets older his spots disappear.
A humble bee has six legs and
four wings. The mother lays the
eggs, the baby bees have no legs
and no wings. The baby bees rest
in cocoons. When they come out
of the cacoons, they are grown
and have wings. Bees find nectar
in flowers. They find pollen there
too. Pollen is like yellow powder.
Honey is made from nectar.
We found that ants live in holes
in the ground. The ant has six
legs and two feeders. An ant can
carry things that are larger than
he is. Grade 2, Winter Park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Visual Education Giuen
PennanentPaceAtNHH
EDITORS JOTTINGS

We have just received Vol. 2,
No. 2 of 1.-THE Hemenway High
lights" It runs to about 80 pages
and is so astonishingly good that
all of Wilmington should see a
copy. The art work, for n thing,
will make you blink and mutter,
did grammar school children do
this?" And it's full page of clever
comics-well, this reader is yet to
find a school publication with half
as swell a feature. The prose and
poetry is of the best and our hat is
off to those youthful editors ana
writer's for their work. Salute!
We were privileged to attend the
opening meeting of the proposed
Junior Chamber Of Commerce the
other night and were gratified to
see so many young men, just a few
years older than you and you, who
are so anxious to see Wilmington
put on the map in the blacklist and
largest letters.
A number of you will grow up to
join this organization, bringing in
new ideas, new thought and energy.
1t might be a good beginning, to
prepare you for those days when
you will be the guiding influences
of Wilmington, to start thinking
about Wilmington now: How to
make it a better place in which to
play, learn, grow up and make a
living. And tell your parents to
start thinking about it; let's Get
Wise to wilmington"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Dear Murdock.

ing knowledge in the broadcast sense,
1t supplements textbook fuel; il
clarifies, enriches and lends organi
cation to learning. 1t gives the stu
dents vicarious experience by sweep
ing them outside their environment,
and makes them a part, as much as
ole film subject permits, of the &C.
ton.
1t attracts the attention, corrects
initial impressions, saves time, gives
clear cut mental images.
The students have been impressed
with the fact that the showing of a
film is not an entertainment. They
have come to realize, from tests
based upon such teaching, that it
is all a part of their learning &C.
tivity.
Occasionally, however, films of an
entertainment nature are shown
during the home room period. A
small admission is charged and the
money goes toward renting, if not
purchasing outright, classroom
films.
The University of North Carolina
has a special department which loans
films at about $3.50, or less a reel.
The government has run off hun.
dreds of reels which explain the me
chanics Of it's countless departments.
The canning industry, the automo.
tive, the coffee, the coal miners, the
building material manufacturers,
and a host of others have films
which are at the disposal of col.
lege, high school and grammar
school visual education departments.
While the film soft.pedals the
product which it advertises, they all
manage to make it clear that thew
are selling a piece of goods. How,
ever, the advertising plugs are SC
subtly prepared that only a close
observer realizes what is going on
All of which is, the schoolmen think
y. X. But when the film or it's &C
companylng voice dwell, with en-
olazoned adjectives, upon the merits
1t IS Ayers job and that of his as
' " w d IlLlle eQlLlnG.
On Mailing Lists
AS necessary a part of the yisua'
education department as the motor
picture machine itself, are various
magazines, posters, pictures, dia
grams. The school is on the mailing
llst OF several houses which supply
timely matter of national, interna
tlonal as we'll as educative appeal
we don't take the attitude thai
visual education is just SHOWING
PICTURES" Ayers has said. But It,
advantages are unlimited. It afford.
an enrichment of all fields of study
ana even as a measure of socia
value it has done yeoman duty a,
dances, athletic events, filling as i
, ooes, the need of public address sys
tenn. ~
Visual education has a few disad
Vantages. One, is the cost or expens,
OF maintaining the department.; two
d We'll trained personnel is needed
10 supervise and operate it,
outstanding students who are in
terested in this type of thing ar,
eaugh to operate the machinery
lhese students usually use theil
study periods to facilitate the work
ana a number of teachers are get
llng on to the hang of it. Lex
hufKes, a member of the faculty, i.
ayers assistant and the two to
gether have brought visual educa
tlon at the high school to a well
nigh perfect level of value.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
HOOPER PUPILS
WRITE STORIES

Dear Jimmy:
7 am in Fort Bridger. Our next
stop will be at Fort Hall. In the
morning we are awakened by a
shot or a bugle call. When we gel
I'D the cooks are getting the break
fast ready. About six o'clock the
teams are hitched and we r ready
to go.
In a few moments we are on the
trail. On each side there are some
hunting scouts to guard a surprise
attack by the Indians. We have
dried beef, bacon, coffee, and breae
to eat. At night the wagons are
parked in a circle to form a bar
ricade. The guards Ire posted an
the travellers go to sleep. We trave
week after week, month aftel
month. We go through bleak noun
tain passes, over rough trails, ane
across many streams. Your friend
Herman Swami. grade S, William
Hooper.
Not long ago we saw the magi'
clan, Milford the Wizard. He show
ed us many tricks of interest ant
It'd us he would be back the fol
lowing day and have n OF his
regular shows. The following day
he displayed many more OF hi
magic tricks. He did the trick O
the tin rolla bottle and glass;" "the
lady and the trunk" and "the
lady and the ropes"
The wizard called a boy to the
platform. He told him to tie a lady
in a bag. After she was tied in
she was then put in a big trunk
The boy then tied ropes around
the trunk and to make sure the
lady couldn't get out, he examined
them. The magician and boy pull
ed the trunk over to the side OF
the platform and put it under a
screen. The magician started talk
ing and the next thing we knew,
the man was in the trunk and the
woman was out.
MILFORD next asked a boy and a
girl to come to the platform. They
tied a lady around the waist with
two ropes. The wizard then request
ed the girl to fan the ropes. When
she tried to do this the fan fell
into four parts. Finally the girl
famed the ropes and cast over
them a magic spell. MILFORD told
the boy and girl to pull hard, and
to their surprise, the ropes came
off the lady and did not hurt her.
Pauline Allender and Esther
Parker, grade Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
DELCAD0 PUPILS
WRITING ESSAYS

In the Mide.e Ages the knights
lived in castles. These castle a
huge walls around them and many
of them had a ditch or moat which
contained water or sharp stakes. A
drawbridge was let down across the
moot by which people entered.
Around the castle towers were
lookout places.
In case the enemy might get
acros sthe drawbridge and pass the
wall, a gate of iron called a port
cullis could be let down in the
enemy's face. But if the enemy
should get into the court yard, the
knights could retreat into the sec
ond courtyard where another thick
wall was usually built. This court
yard also had another moat and
~drawbridge which could be hoist
ed. But if the enemy should get in
the second courtyard, the last place
of safety was a building called a
dugeon. -Lonnie Williams, Grade
6, Delgado.
The clergy and mobiles were the
one who had part in the English
government at first The common
people we're the ones who wanted a
voice. When they were allowed re-
presentation, their house was called
the house of commons. The mobiles
and clergy called theirs the house
of lords. The two houses together
was called parliament, as it is to-
day. Shelton Harry Dyson, Grade
6.
When a boy wanted to learn a
trade he went to a master that
would teach him. The boys parents
signed a paper that he could learn
the trade. The maste~ promised to
clothe and board him and the boy
had to promise to work for and
obey his master. The boy appren.
tice worked in his masters shop for
seven years, then he became a jour-
neyman and could have a shop of
his own Fred NJ. Williamson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
TIleston

Honesty has always been import
ant. More crime is being committed
and it is due to the child shrdlet
and it is due to the way the child is
reared. suppose your mother tol6
you to stay home and watch t h
house, but while she is gone Johnny
or Betty Sue asked you to come
play with them. The first time you
refused, but maybe they begged
and SO you went out to play. It wor'
ried you, being away. When moth
er returned and asked if anyone
had been there, you didn't know,
but told her no n had. And
finally mother caught up with you.
You felt awfully ashame for being
sc dishonest about it.
Suppose your teacher has given
you notes to study for a test. When
you reached school the next day,
you had forgotten to study, so in
stead you copied another's paper . .
. That is dishonest and it might get
you into trouble. Be sure to rea-
son out such a little things. They
might develop into larger things.
If working in an office or any
where else, you figured you weren't
getting enough money, or the hours
were too long, you began stacking
and loafing. You would be fired. 1t
would bring you to your senses. You
might develop a dishonest character,
and people will lose their respect
for you. Think twice before you do
little dishonest things that might
develop into large ones. Ruby
Peel, Grade z, Tileston.
What is craftsmanship? Many
people think it is doing what every
one else does, whether it is fair or
not. But that is not true sportsman
ship.
Johnny Grumpus is an example.
He was playing football against a
team. He told jokes and made fun
of his opponents. During the game
Johnny tried to trip up the players
and boosted We're better than
you."
Another example was the behav.
Tor of Tommy Grumpus. He was
watching a game. When the oppon-
ents came on the floor, he yelled
Boo, Boo" AS the game progress
ed, Tommy made faces at the op-
posing teams. When they made a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
SCHOOL NEWS Sponsored Iy Ihe Wilmington FurnlfureCo
Forest Hills

The way to keep your city right
is to put the trash out Of sight.
If others put paper on the ground,
pick it up without a frown.
Anna Kamer, grade 6.
If boys would Away careful be
When walking down the street
To pick up all the trash they see
We'd keep our city neat.
e. L. White, Junior.
Keep the walks clear Of trash,
take the rubbish off the grass.
Keep your flowers pretty and
sweet, so our community will look
neat.
-Corinne Wilkerson, grade 6.
To keep your community clean,
you must try with all your might,
to pick up rubbish and paper, and
keep it out of sight.
When you see someone throwing
paper all around, this will be your
duty: To get them off the ground.
Patsy Hardwick, grade 6.
This is about children who play
in the street.
Some might come home without
their feet.
Others might come minus an arm
Now you can't tell me, that
doesn't do harm.
George Thomas Clark, grade 6.
Help keep trash out of the street.
It doesn't belong there and it
doesn't look neat. Banana Feelings
are often thrown where many peo-
pie may break a bone.
George Thomas Clark, grade 6.
If a good citizen you would be,
work hard to improve your COM
munity. Don't throw paper on the
street, help keep your city clean
and neat. Remove paper from the
grass. 1t is a job for every lad and
lass. If these rules you will follow,
your city will save many a dollar.
Cynthia Johnson, grade 6.
Help keep trash out of the street,
1t shouldn't be there and it doesn't
look neat, If you see any paper,
pick it up, Everything including a
paper cup.
Bobby Jones, grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Carolina Beach

When the bluebirds come in the
spring
They make their nest right over
my swing.
I sit in the swing and listen to
their song,
7 sit there ever and ever so long.
The feathers on their backs are
blue
Their colors are very pretty too,
When they sing their songs so
gay,
But sometimes they up and fly
away!
Isabel Lewis, grade 4, Carolina
Beach.
The blue bird is a pretty bird.
She is not very big. She lays about
four eggs. They are Matched, and
the mother flies away and gets bugs
and insects for the babies to eat.
The father watches the babies when
The mOtnef is gone.
Helen Dickinson, grade 3.
The m~eadowlark has a yellow
breast, and speckled feathers with
plain white tail feathers. Most Of
them make their nests under the
grass in the fields. They make their
nests of grass and sticks. They have
a beautiful three note song. They
are very cheerful birds and have
good habits.
Patsy Ann Cole, grade 4.
I have a bowl of goldfish upon
my window sill,
They swim all day and sleep all
night.
They lever can keep still.
Louis Leiner, grade 2.
I went to the circus and saw a
clown.
He stood on his head all upside
down.
Pearl Winner, grade 2.
I have a rabbit in a pen, he is
lust like nv brother Rem
He wiggles and wiggles all the
day
I wonder what makes him act that
way.
Scott Strickland, grade 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
NEW FLAVOR HINTS

Try these new flavor tips: Put a
little powdered cloves in baked
beans - n = fourth teaspoon is
enough for serving four; sprinkle
IL teaspoon marjoram owe roast
lamb the last hour of baking: add
a few celery seeds to cole slaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Sunset Park Students Visit
WiZmington;s Museum OF Art

attack a man. However, when he
is frightened or cornered or some
one bothers their cubs they attack.
When they strike, it is to kill.
Lester Davis, grade 5.
Our sixth grade visited the Art
recently. The exhibit was
about American artists. We enjoy
ed the visit and we thank Mr..
Johnson for inviting us. The first
grade made a visit to the railroad
station, where they went on the
pullman and dining hrs They saw
the berths. They were most inter-
ested in the turn table.
Walter Foster, grade 6.
At the Sunset Park school, we
made health posters. When we
finished them they were put up in
the hall. Then at the P. T. A,
meeting they were judged by Mrs.
Wooten. Mrs. Lytton and Mrs.
Jenne. The winners were: In the
first and second grades, Linwood
Robinson; third and fourth grades,
Colleen Gam; fifth and sixth
grades, Billy Q%uinlivan, and Grace
Morrison. They were each given a
quarter.
Jack Perkins, grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
SOME FUN!

my little daughter has swallow
ed a gold piece and has got to be
operated on. I wonder if DR.. Smaltz
car be trusted"
without a doubt. He's absolute
ly honest"
you've been convicted IA times
Of this offense--aren't you asham
ed Of yourself?"
mo, your honor. I don't think
one ought to be ashamed of his con
victions."
"I was sorry for your wife II
church this morning when she hat
a terrific attack Of coughing ane
everyone turned to look at her.'
you needn't worry about tina
she was wearing a new spring
hat"
"You think so much of your OLE
golf game that you don't even re
member when we were married.
"Of course I do, my dear; it wa
the day I sank that thirty'foo'
putt"
Were mad at fortune-tellers
One told us we would receive sew
eral interesting letters, a n q W.
rushed home and were served
alphabet SOUP"
Did o make the debating team
"No-o-o, they s-s-said 7 w-w'wasn I
t-t-tall enough"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Lucerne, Switzerland
Dear Dorothy:
W. have arrived safely in Lu-
cerne. We came over on the Queen
Mar," from New York. The mo-
ment we reached Switzerland, we
saw beautiful mountains. We went
through several tunnels, then saw
several Swiss homes. I saw lots OF
sheep and cattle grazing.
The Swiss homes r very odd.
The lower part is made of stones,
the upper part of wood. This is be-
cause. the Swiss have more stone
than wood. Some day I hore vow
can make the trip here.
Carolyn King, grade 4.
Henry W. L%ongfellow was born
in Portland, Maine, February q,
1907. He started school when he
was three. He could add and multi
plv when he was six. He loved q
be on the grass and look up at the
clouds. He had three brothers > +,
four sisters. They enjoyed playing
games, flying kites, and skating.
Longfellow wrote his first poem be.
fore he was Is. Many Of his poems
were written before he was 10.
snring is almost here and l am m
glad because I like to hear the birds
sing their lovely songs and see the
pretty flowers grow. Spring begins
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

point. Tommy accused them of be-
ing unfair.
Johnny and Tommy both showed
very poor craftsmanship. L y
Grower, Grade Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Isaac Bear

IA problem on Switzerland has
been worked out by the fourth
grade geography class. Pictures
have been studied, ex%perieces relat-
ed, and imaginary trips taken in an
effort to make a lasting impression
on the children's minds. Editor.)
We have been reading 'oout
Switzerland. It is the land of noun
tains. Tunnels have been g.
through the mountains for the
trains. You can see lakes, pastures,
and glaciers as you travel. Swiss
people make music boxes, clocks,
watches, carve animals, make
cheese, chocolate, condensed milk,
and linen.
Andrew COston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

Dear jamie:
l wish to thank you for the lovely
gloves. They + just what 1 have
been wanting. 1 wasted no time il
trying them on They fit in my size
and color. Thanks a lot, your friend
Dorothy Walker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

RESOLUTION
New Registration - New Hanover County

WHEREAS, Chapter 2S of the Public Laws of 1889 p mOisc1
tnat prior to the 1910 Primary Elections there shall be a rev. " in
MADE of the registration books and a re-isting OF the Vous Now
each and every precinct in the State, or in lieu thereof d IL"
registration, and
WHEREAS, Section One of said Act provides that each CU" 49,
BOARD O. Eiectlons, at its first meeting on March %, 1910, shal w
rhine whether there shall be a re-lsting of the voters or a nv
registration held in the county, and shall make the necessary prep
aration therefor, and
WHEREAS, this Board is of the opinion that a new 1eslsuG
ton OF the voters of the County is both necessary and adVsa""
THEREFORE, BE IT REsoLvED:
mat new registration of the voters in this County s nan 20.
t nHo IN a II n precincts of this County during the regular le e. amd
Un perloo beginning at 9 o'clock A. M. on Saturday, April ~ tI#g
Gnoslng It sunset on Saturday, May IL; That the Chairman u ~"
boafd shan deliver to each registrar in the County two new I II
inIaIy registration books and one new general election re GSoo ut
nook' together with a copy of Chapter 263, Public Laws Vs., s s
ing ing Iorth the procedure for the new registration, and s 1mIa ".be
tu arash % each registrar complete instructions with respect to This this
nololn or the new registration: That the said Chairman u n a
Ea snaH Immediately give the 20 days public notice OF nafrn n
registration as required by C. S. 1894: And that the said Chali"nnf
u MS Board shall Immediately furnish to the State B"aiu
Elections a copy of this resolution.
New Hanover County Board Of Elections.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

We have been studying about how
we got our alphabet.
A great many years ago there
were people known as Phoenicians.
They lived beside the Mediterranean
Sea. Many of them We're traders who
sent their ships to other countries
along the shore.
Before the time of the Phoenicians
people used picture writing. A few
wise men invented letters so they
could write words.
When they went to trade, they
carried the letters to other people
known as Romans. The Greeks and
Romans changed the letters. Other
people made them better, and now
we have the twenty.siX letters q
the alphabet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

The Thames river in England
was frozen for IA weeks in the
year 1868.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
SOME FUN!

Why can't people tell which way
a pin is going? 1t is headed one
way and pointing another.
A very thin man met a very fat
man in a hotel hall.
From the looks of you," the fat
ma said, there must have been a
famine"
yes" was the reply, "and from
the looks of you, you might have
caused it."
A few jokes turned in by those
irresponsible Cornelius Harnett
children:
Diner: How is the hash made
here?
Waiter: Made, sir? Our hash isn't
made. it accumulates.
Elderly Lady: You never heard OF
the Ten Commandments? Good gra'
| cious. What is your name?
Small boy: Moses, mann.
Mr.. Jones: This spanking will i'm.
press your mind.
Bobby: Aren't you laboring un'
der a misapprehension as to the
exact location of my mind?
First goof: Did you mark that
lace where the fishing was so
good?
Half goof: Yes, I put an *" on
the side of the boat.
First goof: Why, that's silly.
What if we should get anothar boot,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31

The eagle was the name of an
ancient Irish coin in common use
about 1872.