East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-10-24
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had been out there a fortnight
earlier. Since most grade schools
sent their students in two contin-
gents this year, instead Of in one
as they did in 1856, this year there
were notes to compare and varied
experiences to relate.
Prospect
AT PROSPECT, five girls each
chose day Of their week at camp
to write diary theme about. They
told in considerable detail about
their daily schedule, including their
housekeeping duties as well as
their hikes, classes and fun nights;
and what one girl may not have
mentioned, another one did. Pros
pect children also drew some color
full pictures of their life at camp,
drawing on their memories to
record scenes that impressed them:
making their bunk beds, square
dancing, painting the vivid autumn
foliage, hiking along the stream,
playing ball, or looking at the Moon
through the astronomers telescope.
Mayfair
MAYFAIR's mementoes are Of
several kinds. Since their second
trip contingent, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Dorothy McCabe, was
at the camp during the height Of
the riotous fall-color season, they
drew many colored pictures Of the
trees of the forest in their brilliant
foliage. The earlier Mayfair group,
under Mr.. Robert Chaunce, de-
veloped quite a collectors yen for
objects Of Nature which they
brought back to school with them,
and which are now on exhibit in
the main hall: two wasps' nests,
"the original paper-makers;" a
score of rocks Of various kinds, all
labelled correctly and placed on
display; and objects of handiwork
such as seed designs pasted on
paper plates and painted or silvered
leaves. In addition, some Of the
Mayfair students wrote essays on
the things they liked best about
camp: The large spaces there, new
friends, the emphasis on cleanliz
ness, the new kinds of information
learned. One child was impressed
by a bit Of modernization unusual
in camp life: "You have hot water"
he wrote, with not care for gram
mar, "like some camps DON'T"
Caledonia
The fall season in countries
where only evergreen trees grow
must be just like any other season;
we are used to the leaves changing
color here land weren't they gor-
geous this year?), but not every
part of the world sees this annual
show of Natures. At Caledonia the
little first graders are taught by
the rhythm and song method to
initiate the falling of leaves from
the trees by the fluttering of their
fingers, in a verse that goes:
"Down, down,
Yellow and brown,
The leaves are falling
All over the town."
They also dramatize the opening
Of the milkweed seed pods in the
Fall, and the blowing of the seeds
by Mr.. Wind, in another Finger
play" in which music, rhythm, and
gestures are combined to introduce
the youngsters to each of these art
forms. Their teacher is Mrs.
Florence Motiska.
Superior
Halloween means two things at
Superior School. The first is their
annual Halloween Party in the
school gymnasium, for which booth
posters are already being prepared.
For this party the gym resembles
a midway at county fair, with all
kinds Of things being sold by the
children to visiting parents and
friends.
The other meaning Of Halloween
10 newer this year, although we
understand it has been tried in
other localities. This year all neigh
oorhoods in town are being asked
20 stress "trick-or-treat" gifts to
the United Nations chill
iren's organization, instead of gifts
merely to the parading small |
ghosts and goblins for their own
enjoyment.
Superior School children are now
painting signs to be placed in
prominent places around their Sec
ion of the city, carrying such mes
'ages as: "The Trick Is To Treat !
For UNICEF," "a Candy Bar Will |
Cure a Child Of Yaws in LIBERIA"
md Children On the March for
UNICEF." The boys and girls, and
he adults who plan to accompany |
hem on their October 3Oth evening |