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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1919)
sssaaaa . -aaaaBaaaaasBaMaii ' THE OREQOX STATESMAN t SCXDAT. ' APRIL 20, 1010 DIVERSIFIED ACTIVITIES MM SPRING DAYS 1 CITY SCHOOLS EATING LIKE A CAMEL PART OF SCHOOL COURSE "and J you can get them of us." r i : 1 zzr: : Wheat Harvested By Paper Farmei Living on Table ; tne of the interesting types of work at Englewood recently has been .. that in geography done . by the pupils of the first grade through the med- lum of the sand table. Can you re j. member how much-fun It was, 'once upon a time, to make sand houses i and mud pies? Children still ove .sand and mud and under the direct Ion of a skillful teacher ft is marvel ous how much can be done to devel op this natural tendency along edu cational lines. - The sand table represents an Ore , gon farm feene in miniature. There Is a neat looking Yarm house, made of cardboard, surounded by a Tew dark green firs. At a suitable distance from the house are the barn, cow shed., pig pen and chlcea coop, all made of cardboard, neatly cut-and ' pasfed. White picket fences, cut from paper inclose the house and V lawn while substantial rail fences carefully laid by, tiny, fingers from thin sticks of wood inclose the large , fields. ' Some children are visiting the arm. How; the farmer's boy is enjoyjng himself as he shows them about! The squealing pigs, the frisky horses, the cowk. the good-natured old farm dog. Tapestry, I ! We have for your inspection a very complete line of tapestry and leather Daven ports, chairs and rockers. Priced within; the reach of every one. Tapestry Daven ports priced from $58.70 and" up. " . XTZ 9 dm FLOOR-COVERINGS We have big assortment f the new Gold-Seal patterns in stock, Wonderfully beauti ful, very durable, wort eco nomical. Made two yards wide. See them today. - LOWEST PRICES I i We carry several factory lines of Trunks, Suit Cases and Hand Bags. Our prices in this line as well as all others are lowest. EXTRA SPECIAL s. 14 $3.00 Hand Bag now ri- $4.00 Suit Case now , i l M n $9.00 Suit Case now $14.00 Suit Case $20.00 Suit Case now All Trunks reduced the tiny yellow chicks and gayly col ored roosters, all molded from clay are some of the wonders he displays. Then of course there is a little brook and a duck pond. Fields of really growing wheat and well cared for gardens give promise that Oregon will do its share toward feeding the hungry millions. GRANT SCHOOL NOTES I .Last Monday the fifth and sixth grades were victorious over Lincoln in a game of playground ball. At Englewood on Wednesday they were beaten In a hotly contested game. Mrs. F. S. Francis of Lincoln was a visitor in the English department on Tuesday. Uiss Mae Clemo, the fourth grade teacher, remained away from her classes Friday on account of a se vere cold. Her work was carried on by Miss Slsle White. Mrs. Conner, wife or th Lmirnr ia still quite ' seriously ill. Former students in the United States servic3 who have recently re turned to Salem are Clifford Crvson. Elmer Lundsen and Luther D. Cook. Mr. Cooke and his wife were call ers at the school Monday. , An interesting study of punctuality is taken from the report of th3 last six ueek as follows: Tardy in SA class, 18; 9B class, 4; SA class, 4; 8B clas3, 4; 7A class, 1; 7B clas 0. Of 31 tardies the ninth grado b create ror zz, of which 17 were maae py six members of the class Dayenpi Roc EXTRA As illustrated this com bination vacuum and carpet sweeper. This sweeper gets the dirt. Extra Special $6.85 I I We also are Salem's Agents for the FBANTZ PREMIER (0 Electric Sweeper. The electric that always gets the dirt, jjf We sell the Frantz Premier on approval ami alsn nn nv. il ments. $ 3.85 $ 2.85 $ 7.80 $11.20 $16.80 20 per cent. . -. - War Declared By Small Boy When Given Nickname What would you do if you were quietly attending to your own af fairs and someone should call you "the kaiser?- "Tou're the kaiser and your lit tle brother is one of his sons," salw one second grade boy to another last Monday in a Salem school. Friendly relations were broken off at once. "Toil take it hnrV jH Ih. Vi . JJ J adaressed. A negative an3wer resulted in an immediate declaration of war and hostilities were opened. The coa tending forces being of practically the same strength, the contest raged fast and furious until a friniiv nnw. er offered mediation. Hostilities were suspended, but the offended party insisted, "He's got to take it back." , Do you blame him? I'cace was declared th nt ta and at least one toarhrr foaia tk.i this child was Justified In the cou.-i-j no pursued. SPECIAL m 1 i Pi i m ABELBER Wardrobe Trunk AvllAT a convenience m az2 YV 11 w in traveling! . efficient hangers Its. on m easy-running trolleys hold suits, dresses and overcoats smooth and unwrinkled, ready to wear without re-pressing' at the end of your trip. There are convertible hat draw era made to accommodate large or. small hats, compartments or nags for shoes, drawers for your other things -all instantly ac cessible when the trunk i opened, lou really need no closet or dresser while away. Come in and note their style, on venience and reasonable prices! w i Viz n m Youngsters Who Are Studying Dramatization at Engle Wood Have Fun PLEN TY OF VARIETY Picture Study, Library Books and Play-Acting Make Period Pleasant Crunch, crunch, crunch, went the camel. He was eating sugar cane. It grew beside the bank or a stream wherein dwelt a choice col lection of crabs. A Jackal was eat ing the crabs. Nobody know. wh.r. It was all supposed to take place, but the sugar cane patch strangely re sembled a teachers desk and the rlr r looked Tery much like the floor of a school room. The fact Is that the whole scene was laid in an upstairs front room In the Englewood school building and the camel and the jackal were none oth er than two little boys, and as for crabs, they were purely Imaginery. Each actor In the little scene careful ly watched his book awaiting his turn to speak, while the remainder bf the youngsters In the rooms sat on benches about the wall, an Inter erted audience. For 20 minutes each day each class In the school Is permitted to visit the library room on the second floor and enjoy the books there, be ing required upon completion of each volume to report upon It orally. A record ia kept by Miss Helena Willett. who Is In charge of the room, so that fhe knows exactly how each child was Impressed by the volume he per used. On Mondavs and TnoaHav. tk. mi. pils have dramatization, acting out the stories they are reading and tak ing a keen Interest In keeping up the 'play.' atmosphere. Usually a boy in the class manages the 'stage set tings, placing a chair here or a desk there, for the scenery most resembles that In the Elizabethan theatre. Simple plays are chosen for the lower grades and are taken from a class book. By the time the young sters reach the sixth grade they are handling elaborate tales, such as "The King of the Golden River." The results of this oral work are plainly evident, the expression given me regular reading lesson Is much Improved and the children have learned to look away from the book occasionally. - There is much variety to the li brary period and it is a much anti cipated part of the day. Once or twice a month improvised games teach the children facts they should know about the. best of the world's paintings. They learn the artists1 names, are familiar with their rrcat- est works and know the! stories con cerning each. Small prints of fa mous pictures are shown them at this time. , Books used In the school are sent out by the city library and every six weeks are nassed on to another build ing. They mostly are collections or hero and history stories told in ways that appeal to the child. Once i book is taken out it must be complet ed before the holder is permitted to turn it back on the shelf. Enclewood school ha llrht alrv library room with benches around thr wans ami pieniy or sneives ror tne reading material. There are alwayr clusters or reasonable Mowers on the tables and to simply sit through a period amid the surroundings p enough to make the averar adult wish lesons were taught that war wnen ne learned his readln. 'rltln and 'rithmetic. SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINS LAWS J. A. Churchill Deliver! Ad dress Before Highland Parent-Teachers Circle Members of the Parent-Tescher circle ot the Highland school held a "live wire' meeting at the building Wednesday night. Pupila trom the several grado. tinder the supervision of Miss Mil dred Cox. gave an exhibition or th: rolk gam3 being taught as a part of the physical training course. J. A. ChUThill. state superintend ent or public instruction, was the speaker or the evening, devoting his address to a detailed explanation of the recently passed educational school laws and the one 'aow sending in congress. - H. I Clark, chairman or the school board was called upon ror a short talk, as also UeT. I. G. Lee. pastor or the North Salem Friends church. . The Hag contest tor attendance was won by MIrs Wilson's pupils, as 83.33 percent or their parents were at the meeting. To rill the vacancy caused the r0. ignatloj or A. R Coo. th cirri elected Superintendent Tlllinghast of the Dear school vice-president. X!r. Cook ig n tne povernment service in Washington. After the singing or the "Star spanRled Banner" the meeting was adjourjed and punch and cake were served by the women. KTXGLEWOOn IS VICTOR A ball game between Grant and knglewood wan nlivat April 1 on the Englewood grounds. Englewood wpn the score being 2 7 to 6. ' . TIREB and TUBES MjONTY'S : TIRESHOP 154 Si. Com! i4Iso Goodrich UNCOLNSCHOOLfjOTESI Avirainr a cnln-m n. I t j .v. . . r ----- lafe s wu u mac Doara or each rom hav u aa cuuaren in their siats promptly has proved an Jkrective mtu,w " lessening the amiount or tarlnera In the LlacoU graces. In ia pasi month the rignres rere ra duced by three-tenths. Durtjg tne past week the art de partment has ben busy wor dng on aster baskets, cleverly com trncted Ly the children. Thesa they were permitted to take hom and do with as they pleased. , At a meeting of rive represeUutlTe moraen from the Lincoln falatrict Monday afternoon It was decided to sond a committee to the schotfl board meeting tomorrow to prescrjt the Heeds O? that build In r .. rho. cern the erection of a gynaslu6 The " iwor or oaeKling op the movement began at Grant school GIVEN PUYERS Lincoln Student Body Holds dy H Assembly Harold Cook Is Speaker ajub; oeiayea letters for the; mem- - .... " iiujui ua oasKeuail teams at the Lincoln school arrived and were presented to the bT r wu ioiiowea Dy a program in cluding recitations, piano solos, bi ographies and a talk by Harold Cook, general executive for the Boy Scout troops or this citr f v. T.-.-V ea, principal or the school, made a auress in wnich she encour aged the Students to nromntA K... programs ror their assemblies, ad- ucung max tney in trod are some or the solid subjects as well as the r?.m.enUI ones sncn a inuale and athletics. Those who were awarded football letters were Frank Patterson. Lester Taylor, Herbert Feamster, Owen yntbecom. Lloyd Bohaanon. Glena Morris. Glenn Rlngo. Francis Smith. Herman Schleusner and Kermit Thompson. Members or the basket hall team receiving the "LM were Frank Patterson. Lloyd Dohannoj. pitner Huddleson. Abater Taylor. Ivan Nelson. Edwin Armstrong. Ow en Lynthecom and Philip Falk. HIGHLAND GROUNDS ATTRACT A prominent tat nrrtot.i v cently visited the Highland school u um naa not seen in all or Ore gon a better kept building or lawn and that strangers remarked upon the -size or the attractive nirrAn.4. w r'Baivuuus and the thrirty. well cared ror rose hedge. To the Janitor. S. Drake, is due much or the credit ror the ap- ircraiice oi me scaool. as the care taker undoubtedly has an eve ror beauty. 11)18 DoiV jfl75 Like new. 1916 Fcml Roadster.. $350 Fine condition. 1917 5 pas. Maxwell $583 Rebuilt. Above cars were taken on Elgin Sixes and are Ktiaranteed in first class condition. LEE L. GILBERT Elgin Distributor l.)C R. Commercial Street Phone 361 mm Phone 428 Motorcycle Tires GYT.INASTICS NO LONGER APPEAR DULL TO PUPILS Children in Physical Training Uasses Learn to Play hy Roles of Game ALWAYS GOOD LOSERS Special Stress Put on Recrea lion Work in Grades Dar ing Present Year Dorinr bo nmlnii. - m ... v Xhrslcal WttlfarA nf K..- . . , - rvim BUU girls In the elementary grades of the cmufiu Kuogu oeen given so much consideration dnrtnr h opecm penoas ror recreation and T1Y tr mt mnmr itnW.. i i hours and definite instruction Is be- lill KITCB In CTMU1 I rnm. - else which are considered as essen- "y oiner subject taught in the schools iodv. tk physical tralniar arraaced, provides V"T sxrengin ad grace ?Jf th 411(1 ,rl d lovs for I i.V"rei" prtod maalfest.. A .v n'un' strength aJd grace er Is in charw. Thm n - ui.vwr the Richmond school Is to be cred ited with the following description of the work: At all times the children are en couraged to assume a good carriage or the body whether sitting, stand ing, walking or running, and in plays and games. Breathing xercises are emphasised in each lesson and all classes are held la the open air. weather permitting, but at no time with closed wtedows. Three periods of the week are riven to formal gymnastics. During these periods a progressive order of exercise is given tending towards cor rect posture- which assures the prop er functioning or the orgaoa or the body. Each month a posture test, which consists or standing, march taking exetrijes is given. When a correct posture Is taken and held ror three minutes in each or the above mentioned exercises for three consecutive testa the pupil is awarded a posture pin given by the American Posture league at the end of the school year. The most attractive and whole some of the form of exercise is the rolk dsnce or rhythmic game which is given on three other periods or the week. This is a real rorm or Play and not only brings about a happy reeling but sets in motion the muscles of th and freedom of movement. The dance wsini io enaracteristlc uslc and expresses a beautiful rorm or art. All other recreation periods are given to SUDervta4 nli. r-v - nothing in the whole rsag'e of school- kuui aa piay. fcvery game and competition has its own purnose and mttm u. uk inn m aa hmI..i . the result sought. To learn to play by the rules of the game, to be a courteous winner and a good loser fr tifi.inf hJBM ?f th Pi-wound, ir the ehild has plsyed well he will do his work well aad to passersby the Salem school grounds have be corae scenes or happy, orderly play. Although the subject or physical training is still regarded with Indif ference by many parents it has prov d a necessity, sin essential art of the child's education and as now being carried out in the Salem schools is developiag normal, healthy, hap Pr children. . Imaginative Child Has ' New Bine Bird Theory The sixth grade at Englewood has ten doing some Interesting lan guage Work in mnnwlln. vi.j Kllli Ull U study The following original story by Oliver Kupper shows touches of real imagination. a Ilttl TvIma nf K ... down He saw It gently floating on .vi-T. .1 ' A Try oeacerul there,' thought He. 'I will let it stay. But it has no life. It cannot en ift-r Urn miu. . -y ckj saying net TRADC MARK ' M The City of ij E GOODRICH 1 . . The Victory Loan is Freedom's Ovn! Victory Bonds Save Your Chil dren's Lives! The Heerf is Lend Comprehend! Buy Victory Bonds I 'n . n a i lurfomoiefeace! Buy Goodrich Tire a from a Dealer SILVERTDVM CORD TIRES4 "BEST IH THE LONG RUN" fit