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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

The State Department OF Educa-
ton, in September, will hold two ex-
ceedingly important conferences
growing out Of the studies leading
to the redirection of the school pro-
gram. The present national pro-
gram for defense of, the nation will
result in the earlier formulation of
policies regarding both Of these
parts of the school program. The
first deals with health education.
Full Opportunity
It is planned that teachers Of
physical education, health special
lists, athletic coaches, and rep
resentaives from science will as
semble to discuss q program de-
signed in order hat every boy and
girl in the school system be CIV
en- full opportunity to develop
physically. Also attending this con-
ference will be those who have
charge Of cafeterias and school
lunches, for all too frequently in the
classrooms the teachers talk about
health education and subsequently
most of the principles discussed are
violated as children select their
noon day meal. Far more frequently
than is desirable a hot-dog, a
bottle of pop, or a bar Of candy,
Is the enticing feature Of the noon
day lunch. Effort will be made to
develop an intramural athletic pro-
gram which will provide every boy
and girl in the system the oppor-
tunity to participate actively in
games. 1t Is hoped that the ele-
ment of competition will be made
possible for all children rather than
confined almost solely to inter-
scholastic competition. Every eff
fort will be made, Of course. to
support interscholastic competition
within the state, but, through the
combined efforts Of these various
groups, 1t Is hoped that the health
program of Connecticut schools will
be greatly modified during the year
At least three complete physical ex-
during the school career
Of the child will be recommended
for every one rather than the super
fetal examination that now prevails
In many Of our towns. and In many
towns no examinations of any Inn
portance are given.
Citizenship
The second conference will deal
with American citizenship. It has
been evident that education for
citizenship is infinitely
more involved and more important
than the fragmentary course In
Civics offered in the secondary
and it involves more than
q course in Political Science or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
HOLY+NAME SOCIETY
TO ATTEND SERVICES

The st. Francis Xavier Holy
Name society will receive holy COM
munion In q body Sunday morning
at the 7:30 O'Clock mass. The an
nual outing for the society's card
players viii take place Sunday at
schildgens Grove In South Water
bury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
ALEXANDER CHOSEN
NATIONAL DIRECTOR

Peter Alexander Of this city was
elected a trustee of the knights of
Lithuania national organization ct
the closing session Of the annual
convention ut Hartford yesterday.
Anthony Mazeika Of Pittsburg was
elected president.
During the course Of the three
day convention, several resolutions
were adopted condemning Russia
for taking over the Baltic republics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Turks Rely On Strong
Chakrnak Line to Turn
Back Invasion By Land
Links Black Sea With AdrianOple; Caucasus Lies to
Northeast While Below Is Heavily Fortified
DardaneIIes; Army Of 10000 Ready
BY HUGO SPECK
United Press Stan Correspondent

Istanbu, August 9(UP)-In the west it is the Chalk
max line In the northeast it is the Caucasus Allied territory
lies to the south and east Down below the highly for
titled Dardanees And above all there is Allah The Turks
holding the key position in the Near East relying all
Of these with the aid of British forces in this part Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Wrightsboro Team Awarded Cup
For Displaying Sportsmanship

rabbit boxes; found nothing in the
first three boxes. When he got to
the fourth one, it was closed.
He picked it up. 1t was really
heavy. It wasn't a rabbit in the box.
He didn't know what the animal
was and he took hold of its tail. He
then pulled the thing by the foot
and still couldn't get him out. He
knocked the back Of the box. A
skunk came out. Then Hubert took
a pole and knocked the skunk in
the head, and carried him home.
Hubert couldn't come to school the
next day.
Johnnie M, Grade 6.
(Editor's Note: This is a true
story.)
On Friday, January 5, Mr.. Black
gave us a cup because he said that
u team showed the best sportman-
ship. He said the purpose of these
games were to build up physical
strength and to teach good sport
manship.
The cup is very pretty and we
are proud of it.
Jimmie S. Grade Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Hemenway School Pupils Write
Little Poems, Essays And Stories

Patrick Henry was born in 1875
on a farm near Richmond, Virginia.
He went to school until he was ten
years old. After that mis- father
taught him history and Latin. When
ne grew up he failed as a farmer
and as a storekeeper, but was a
success as a lawyer. He served in
the Virginia legislature for eleven
years, and was five times elected
governor Of the state. Henry made
the most famous speech Of his life
IN l775.-Marilyn Goodman, grade 5.
This poem, written by James Hen
ry Leigh Hunt. tells a story of q
knight and a lady he loved. The
king was a man who loved sports.
All the mobiles were watching the
lion fight. Sir George was sitting
with his loved one. She dropped her
glove among the lions so that if
Sir George loved her he would go
get it. She smiled at him and he
bowed and went and got it. He
came back and threw it at her.
mo love-" said he, "but vanity sets
love to a task like that Mary
Strange. grade Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Pain, RdWnesS, Soreness relieved arnazingly-But
be sure you get fast-acting BAYER Aspirin

If your throat shows signs of raw
ness from a cold, follow the direc-
lions the pictures here illustrate.
No strong internal medicines are
needed with this simple modern
way -. Thousands of doctors adj
wise it as the fast, sensible method
Of relief for their patients to use.
The Bayer gargle will amaze you.
In a short time, it will ease throat
rawness and tightness, wonderfully.
The Bayer Aspirin taken internally
acts quickly to relieve the painful
body symptoms of your cold -.
headaches, muscular discomfort.
See Your Doctor. Even though
he may intellectually approve
using Bayer Aspirin to relieve pain
full symptoms, you should not fell
to see your family physician, be-
cause many colds may lead to
serious consequences.
Try it. Always ask for Bayer
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Isaac Bear

One hot, stormy day' my cousin
and I decided to explore the attic
of the old colonial home where we
were visiting. We received permits
sion from our host and started on
our great adventure. We climbed
the narr wv flight of stairs slowly
but surely. At last we were there.
We jerked open the door and walk
ed in. The first thing we saw was
a huge trunk. OPP ming it was no
easy job. But at last we opened it
and we gasped with delight. T h 9
trunk was filled with old colonial
dresses owe a hundred years old.
Wien I got my voice I whisper
ed, maybe we can dress up in
them" We both agreed that this
was a good plan. I chose a blue net
dress with white silk p%antalets. I
put them on and pranced around the
room. The next thing we say was a
huge mirror that in it's time must
have been very pretty. The mirror
introduced itself as the grandmother
of the big mirror in u bedroom.
We were getting tired so we sat on
a small trunk which had not yet
been opened while the mirror told
a story.
On, upon {. time, as all good
stories begin, it was the night Of a
Young girls wedding. She had pom
dered over the question and had de-
cided at last that she did not love
the man she was to marry. S h e
tried not to believe it, but in her
heart she knew that she was in love
with her fathers gardner. S h e
could not and would not marry. The
boy was nothing to her now, the
mirror narrated.
AT last it came time for the
wedding of this very unhappy girl.
The bridegroom was ready, b u t
where was the bride. They waited
Al. hour and still there was no sign
of the bride. About that time we
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Weekly Quiz

1. The first public high school in
the county opened in ~ 1875, (2)
1900, (3) 1897, a. 1916.
2. The New Hanover High school
was completed in (1) 1921, (2) 1918,
(3) 1925, (4) 1920.
8. Where is the old Shell road?"
4. This one is no question. It's a
game for first graders as well as all
grown ups. 1t was started by such
a famous literary and radio figure
as Alexander Woollcott. Merely
have a watch handy and give your
friend n minute to rattle off as
many words as he or she can in that
time beginning a certain letter. Elk
ample. All set? Take the letter J.
Joy, juice, joyous, jacket, journal,
jurisdiction" Just remember this:
don't give the letter out until the
second hand starts on the time limit.
1t sounds easy. It is easy-as a
game. But when you have but one
AiillulO w WOlh, SOu 1lIlu your
brain freezes. If you can get as
many as thirty words a minute
your Score is very high. incidentally
names (James, John, Joan, etc)
don't count.
5. Take ten seconds and see if you
al name ten North Carolina col
leges.
6. Take ten more seconds and see
if you can name eight county
schools.
The answers:
1. 1897. 2. 1921. 3. The old road
to Wrightsville Beach which goes
through Delgado. 4. This, we re-
peat, is a game that will put any
one, no matter the size of his vo-
c%abulary, on his mettle. 5. Our
choice: State, Duke, Carolina, E. c..
T. c., W. c. T. c., Peace, Meredith,
Lenoir Rhyme, Davidson, Wake For
est. 6. The twelve schools which
appear regularly on this page are
Bradley's Creek, Winter Park, For
est Hills, Delgado, Sunset Park,
Carolina Beach, Tileston, Hemen-
way, Cornelius Harnett, William
Hooper, Wrightsboro, and Isaac
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
William Hooper

Recently We had brought for our
school some new victrola records,
and had our machine repaired. We
are going to study about all the diff
ferent instruments o the orchestra
and hear thei-l played. We have
learned about different composers
now we can hear their music. Re,
Gently we studied Franz Joseph
Hayden. In our music class Mrs.
Burbgeimer has played two of his
symphonies on tie victrola. They
were the Surprise Symphony and
the Toy Symphony. We hope to
learn many more Of his numbers.
Also we hope to learn about other
musicians and their music.-Martha
Melton, Grade 5.
I am a school desk. Are you one
of the thoughtless boys and girls
who deliberately mark and abuse
me? Who smear me with ink and
paste and leave it there it dry. Who
carve pictures and figures on me
with their knives and razor blades?
Who cut botches in me and use me
for whiting? Do you realize that
when you take a sharp pointed in
strument and u it back and forth,
back and forth across me, you leave
a rut there which must remain on
me always Some young voice will
pipe up and say, Miss Abbott, may
I move my seat?" This old desk is
so rough I can't write on it."
How do you suppose I feel-now
that I'm not wanted? Do you rea-
lie that we do not belong to you?
We have been provided through
the tax payers money so that you
might have a comfortable place to
sit and work while you are in
school.
We too, like to be loved and ad-
mired. AS young citizens, won't you
resolve to take better care Of us
and pass us on in the best possible
condition to the next little boys
and girls who come to occupy us?
F%underburg, Grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10

The monarch butterfly is reddish
brown, black and white. The eggs
are tiny green and are laid on the
under side of a milkweed plant. Soon
they hatch into white and black
caterpillars. They feed on milkweed
plants. When the caterpillar gets
ready for his long sleep he spins
his silky cocoon. When he wakes
he splits open the covering. The
chryslises is shiny green and speck-
led with a few black and gold dots.
They hang by a black silken threat
from a branch of the milkweed
plant. When it opens the butterfly
is a reddish-brown. When i. grows
strong it flies away. Mary Ann
Spillman, grade 6.
My birthday is in May-this month
is very far away.
I will be gla,l when MY birthday
comes-then I will have lots of fun.
-Fitzhugh Fennel, grade 5.
Brave Robin Hood clad in green
chose maid Marion for his queen.
He did the things that he thought
r. hit
And loved maid Marion with all
his might.-Bobby Davis. Grade 5,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Winter, Park

My father used to say to me,
"Someday, my dear, you will see
Beautiful sights of ice and snow
And lakes and mountains high
and low"
Of course I never thought 1
would,
But it happened one day that I
could
With a beautiful sight below me,
With sparkling ice cycles on every
tree. Elsie Huband, Grade Z.
We have been studying about the
Black Hills of South Dakota. The
figures of Washington, Jefferson,
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt
measuring 60 feet from crown to
chin, are carved on Mt. Rushmore.
The sculptor is Gutzen Booglum.
The Needles Eye is a hole in a slen-
der stone resembling a needle
Gene Risley, Grade 5.
Eskimos wear fur suits of clothes.
One suit has the fur outside. The
other suit has the fur inside. The
men and women dress just alike.
They also wear fur hoods. Their
boats are made of seal skin. Some
times they wear soft stockings.
Babies wear no clothes until they
are two years old. MARY Morri-
son Stanland, Grade 8.
o big red ball that is the sun,
Where do you go when day is
done?
Do you have someone to tuck you
in bed?
A cloud for a pillow to rest your
head?
Do you wake in the morn with
glee
And wash your face in the shin
ing sea?
I know you do for I've seen you
rise
Out of the ocean, into the skies.
Do you ever look down on me?
Am I large enough to see?
Do you ever wonder where I
sleep?
AS all day your watch you keep?
Maxine Dolores Blohm, Grade z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Charles Lesesne Giuen
Rank As Air Sergeant

Charles T. D. Lesesne, Jr., son
of Mrs. Elizabeth Lesesne, Of Acme,
squadron parachute rigger and in
spector for the 25th Bombardment
group at Langley Field, Va, has
recently been promoted to sergeant,
according to advices from the air
base headquarters.
Lesesne recently made II para
chute jumps.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
Mew Hanouer High Runs
Real Student HOSPITAL

are required to take physical ex-
amlnations. Those who pass are
required to take physical culture"
A close check is kept on all
patients treated. The teacher first
gives the pupil a slip which per-
mlts him to go to the infirmary.
The slip is taken at the door by
one Of the two N. Y. A.. girls who
are always on duty. The patients
name and the exact time of his
visit is recorded. Treatment is
promptly given and the patient dis
missed with the time of his dis
mlssal carefully recorded.
Gives Us A Record"
1T gives US a record" Mrs.
Daniels said, "of how many min
utes it >akes to get to the infirmary
and how many spent here, and how
many it takes to get back to the
Glass;
Infirmary privileges have been
abused, Mrs. Daniel said. The
check-up system was forced on the
students because it is so easy to
fake an ailment and take the day
off. "Classitis," the nurse calls it
and an apt word.
A particularly tough lesson is
due, the student is unprepared-so
why not develop a real old-fashion-
ed tummy ache? Some of the chill
dren, Mrs. Daniels said, come in
moaning and groaning - doubled
over too-as if they were dying of
appendicitis when the only trouble
is they don't know those few lines
of Shakespeare they were supposed
to memorize.
A freak twist of the sufferers Of
"classitis" proves history students
develop quicker and more alarming
pains than any other course.
But the check-up system has cut
into this abuse. And, with a pretty
shrewd nurse, with years of service
behind her, keenly searching the
real from the sham, the number of
slackers has considerably dwindled.
The writer spent a half hour in
the infirmary the other day. Dur
ing hat time. there was a girl re-
covering from dizziness, another
from a bad bruise over her eye
caused by a campus accident. A
glum, miserable lad with a swelling
jaw came in. ITS my TOOTH" he
said. This one" 1t was treated
and the boy sent home.
"A bad cavity" the nurse said.
ut must be filled or pulled"
A Bad Cold
Another boy came in, rheumy
eyed and shifting. A bad cold this
one, and he was treated according
ly. Another %youngster applied to
the nurse for an xcu from writ
ing Che must have had a quiz that
period.) MY arm" he said as if it
were about to fall to the floor, sis
1t aches too. Those typhoid
shots 1 had"
your teacher will excuse you,"
said Mrs. Daniels.
So thus it goes in the high school
infirmary with the P. T. A..
standing over it like a guardian
angel. And like. a guardian angel
the P. T. A. is searching out cases
to administer their brand of happi-
ness.
A certain senior went to T. T.
Hamilton, principal, and said that
he had to stop school. His family
was very poor, his father out of
work, and there were his brothers
and sisters to help. MI. Hamilton
referred the case to Mrs. Cause,
the machinery Of her organization
got busy -. today that boy is still
in, school he is provided with proper
clothes and food (and SO is his
family and the lad, it is reported,
is on his way to becoming one Of
the most splendid of all the high
school graduates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
WHY SHAKE HANDS?

Why do we all, from the first
grade to the g~reat-great grand-dads
shake hands?
In the age of chivalry, when men
carried swords or daggers, always
read for attack or defense, if a
man wished to show that his in
tentfons were %peaceable he extended
his right hand, indicating that he
placed himself at the mercy of the
other by giving up his fighting arm.
If the other were also peaceably in
clined, he put out his right hand,
and then came the handclasp in
token Of friendship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
TILEST0N PUPILS
WRITE OF 'CWTW'

One day d2ring the Civil war,
Scarlet O'Hara saw a Yankee como
riding up in Tara's yard. He did not
see her, but she saw him. S h .
thought of running to the woods.
but the Yankee was already in the
house. She slipped her fathers gun
from the drawer and called out to
the Yankee, Put up your hands"
He turned and looked at Scarlet
and started toward her. She called
out, Gar other step and I will fire"
The Yankee still kept on. She fired
the pistol and killed him. Joe Mat.
this, Jr, Grade 7.
Scarlet O'Hara was going down
the street and as she passed she
saw men lying everywhere with blood
all over them. Flies were flying all
around. Scarlet vas looking for
the doctor. Finally she found him,
and when she did, she dropped her
skirt on a mans head SO that he
could barely breathe. The doctor
told her he needed another pair Of
hands to help him. In fact, he need
ed all he could get. 1t was useless
to protest. The men needed atten-
ton and wanted to get well. -Shir-
ley King, Grade 7.
While Scarlet was in Atlanta she
was told that her mother was in bed
and was very ill. At the time Gen.
eral Sherman had marched through
Atlanta. He had beaten "Old Joe
Johnston" in a hard battle. Scarlet
vas walking down the street look
ing for DR.. Meade. She saw ladies
struggling up the hill with boys on
their backs, boys struggling with
sacks of bread, an old man with a
sack of flour on a wheelbarrow.
She ran down to the depot look
ing for DR.. Meade. She walked over
the stiff dead bodies and wounded
men with flies on their faces and
she was about to vomit. She felt
sorry for them, but she knew that
she had to find DR.. Meade. Soon
she reached him and he told her to
go to Tara. She did, but when she
reached there her mother had died
and there were only a few slaves
on the plantation. Pork, Prizzy,
Mammie, Sulleen and Carreen, her
two sisters, were half crazy from
the terror of the war and from the
suffering that was upon. the land
Bobby Names, Grade Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
EVl EIN
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After 4 weeks, weigh yourself again.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
81 A(1Ol Sponsored by The Wilmington r urniture Ca.
Wonderland Library

Betsy Jane Hilliard and Anne
Rutledge, pupils of Isaac Bear
school, have opened a library at
1901 Princess street and already
have nearly a hundred books.
1t will be called the Children's
Wonderland Library.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
BRIEF HISTORY LESSON

When was the first American
Wedding?
In 1909, at the settlement of
jamestown, Va, the first marriage
according to English rites was per-
formed. The bride was Anne Bur-
rass and the bridegroom John Ley
den, who had come from England
to help colonize the new land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10

were called 20 lunch, so we babe
the mirror goodbye and promised to
return and hear the rest of the
story.
Frances Mobley, Grade 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10
HARNET'T PUPILS
WRITE LETTERS

Dear Frances: I wish to thank
you for the scarf you knitted for
me. I think it is very pretty and so
does mother. I can't tell you how
much I liked the present.
Come to see us soon a n d tell
everybody hello for me. A pal for
ever, Rachelan Sellars.
Dear Jack: How are you getting
along? Fine, I hope. When are you
coming to e me? please make it
soon. Mother said I can go up there
after you come down here. I might
go back with you. We will have a
lot of fun.
Do you still have your pony? -.
I will have to close now. Your
friend, Billy Morton.
Dear Grandmother: Thanks a lot
for that nice dress you sent me, I
wanted n ever since it has come
into style. I like the color too. 1 also
thank you for the ribbons you sent
me to wear with it. I would love to
send you something. Your loving
child has come to see me. Your
granddaughter, Mozelle Wells.
Dear Uncle: I thank you for the
radio that you sent me. I have been
wanting a radio. I S it mostly
when I go fishing. When r you
going to come and see me? I hope
you can make it this summer be-
cause I am going to stay on the
beach three weeks. And so come and
see me as soon as you can. Your
friend, Charles Long.
Dear Alice: The Valentine candy
you sent me was very good. 1 open
ed it and was surprised to see how
pretty it looked. I kept the box and
put it with the one you sent last
Valentine.
Thank you very much for the
candy. Your friend, Gladys Brown.
Dear Jane: 1 received your letter
yesterday and was very glad to get
it. I am glad that your sister is so
much better. MY brother has gone
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10

The P. T. A. members voted to
spend around $40 for utensils for
the lunch room.
The women sang the third verse
Of Onward Christian Soldiers. The
men san. the fourth verse.
Mr.. Billiard spoke on "Why We
Need More Fathers in the P. T. A."
MI. Nuckton made a talk IN
money needed for our school. He
thought that we would get a Sec
ond story or rooms added to the
first floor. The people voted to have
a second story to u school.
Mr.. Wolff said this would be wise
because it would be cheaper to add
another story to the building than
to make another foundation on the
yard.
Miss Newson's grade won t W o
prizes, one for having the most pa
rents and n for having the most
fathers present.
hnnie NJ, Grade 6.
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