East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-21

switch, and had connected tn
other sides of both the bul
and the switch to a dry-ce
battery. In this way, when h
closed the switch to complet
the circuit, he could turn o
the light.
A paper which he wrote de
scribing his apparatus told tn
materials he had used to bull
!! it, and listed the steps he fol
lowed in assembling them. Thi
piece of work, which you vii
notice had all Of the essential
of a brief scientific article, wa
accurate and concise, and de
served much credit for botl
himself and his teacher.
Mayfair
The young George Washing
ton was, we are afraid, not I;
very good speller. A fourth
grade reader, entitled, "Georg'
Washington, Boy Leader" tell
the story of young George mis-
spelling ten words out of ter
on one occasion. and annihilat
ing them very thoroughly in
deed.
The fourth graders in Miss
Grace Conaway's class in May.
fair School, studying this story
were sorry to learn this fact
but you might say they sympa.
thized. So they decided to try
spelling the same words them
sedves, to see how they would
make out on his list.
They found out that the
words were not easy ones at
all but it made the Father of
our Country seem more human
OF them, though, and that was
probably the purpose of the
story in their reader.
The book contains many
stories about the early life of
Washington and it makes his
tory seem closer to the every
day lives of the boys and girls
who read it.
Caledonia
Sally, a three-foot doll, is
the newest arrival in Miss
Twila Gimmel's first grade
in Caledonia School.
She was there when the chill
lren returned from the Christ
mas holidays. She was imme-
liately accepted into the chill
lren's reading circle, especial
v since she was dressed just
ike one of the characters in
heir stories.
Since Sally is not much
smaller than some of the chill
lren in the class, she takes an
active part in many of their
games. Her arms and legs can
,e manipulated so as to enter
nto their dramatizations; the
hildren bring dresses from
lone that fit her. Several of
he boys and girls plan to paint
Ter in their next art project.
They are even planning to
make up a "Sally Song" to
ing to her.
This is one Of the incest
PRESENTS that Santa Claus
,rought to the boys and girls
n Miss GimmePs room, and it
S especially nice because Sally
S the friend and playmate of
III the children.
ROzelle
The third graders in Mrs.
sally Novak's room at Rozelle
school wanted to construct
ONE outdoor scenes to deco
ate their classroom, but flat
ictures didn't seem to be the
nswer. In order to show space,
hey needed space to show it
4.
So they decided to make
ONE three dimensional pic
ures of winter gardens, skat-
ny rinks, yards, and other
utdoor scenes, set in small
iorama fram m S. For the
rames, they used cartons and
,oxes set on their sides, with
heir front faces cut away.
hen they pasted their figures
f people, trees, and other
arts of their space pictures
1side the boxes, to show depth
nd proportions in a way that
lat pictures couldn't do.
The result is a series of box
cts that are similar, in prin-
iple at least, to the dioramas
hat are on dislay in the muse
ms which the children will be