Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1928 — Page 20

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REPORTER FINDS TASKS INCREASE IN FIFTH GRADE Abandon Singing Games for Lessons in Fractions, Geography. Mis* Helen Ashcraft. Times school editor, is going through school again, from the first grade to the end of high school in twelve days. The nimble student will be promoted a grade a day. She is doing this to give Indianapolis parents intimate pictures of what their children do during the long school hours when they are away from home. The story of her adventures will be printed —a grade at a time — on The Times school page each Friday for twelve weeks. This is the story of the fifth grade. By HELEN ASHCRAFT A little surprise awaits a fourth grader entering the fifth grade. One discovers right away that there is little or no singing between lessons, as in the lower grades, and that fifth graders are a busybody, workaday group. Asa new pupil, I prepared to jump up to sing after finishing the first lesson, when Miss Kathryn King, our teacher at School No. 70, Forty-Sixth St. and Park Ave., announced: “Now, show me how quickly we can get out paper and pencils.” Start With Composition So, we were launched upon our oral composition lesson the first thing after opening exercises. And what a thrill to the critical uppergrade pupils to be allowed legalized fault-finding with a classmate’s ability at story telling! The subject was “How I Spent My Spring Vacation.” Miss King called upon each one to tell a vacation experience while standing on both feet facing the class. If Johnnie or Jane wiggled and forgot what to say, it didn't offend the teacher. She gave us the privilege of grading between A or O on the following points: Good beginning, power to hold attention, knowledge of the subject, choice of words, stage presence, pronunciation and good ending. Fractions Are Interesting A review of fractions came next. The aptitude of the class in handling stacks of whole and half figures in line-boxes was remarkable. A strange eagerness in working them out was shown, due, perhaps, to the interesting way they were presented on cards held by Miss King. We were taught the fun and value of doing “head work, not hand work.” Along with fractions, our geography work seemed to grow in difficulty. At recess I overheard one girl in our room remark to another: “O dear, I wish there were such things as smart pills!” “Yes, or have a vacation every other day,” the other replied. Study Kinds of Birds We had the reading lesson in Mrs. Helene Wright’s room. The lesson was “Hiawatha and the Pearl Feather.” Later we discussed “Birds Have Wonderfully Keen Eyes.” Along with this, we were taught the kinds and value of birds and our duties as Audubon Society members. Physical training was held in a huge auditorium under one instructor. With pupils of other rooms, we practiced steps and exercises in unison to curt military commands. At the alloted music or singing period, Miss King used her competitive scheme again, as in other lessons. She chose different pupils to “listen” up front to see how we sang and mark the grade on the blackboard. The sound of “The Mill” or “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” must have reached the end of the long hallway. Cathedral High Notes Edward Fillingsworth, winner of the city and district ( Lincoln oratorical contests, will give his speech at the area contest. Fillingsworth is a member of the cast of “Peg O’ My Heart,” senior class play, to be presented April 20. Three Cathedral students received the Eagle Scout rank, highest Boy Scout honor, Thursday at the local honor court. They are Urban Herberts, sophomore; Edward Gehring and William Fitzgerald, freshmen.

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GIRLS ORGANIZE IN VOLLEY BALL Form Six-Team Loop at Clark School. A "colorful” volleyball league for girls, composed of the Gold, Pink, Red, Rose, Green and Blue teams, was organized this week at the George Rogers Clark School by Oscar C. Ries, principal. Fifty-four girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades are on teams, and Ries has arranged each one with girls of approximately the same age. They will engage in in-ter-league contests every day this semester. Two teams with the highest average scores will meet in a final contest at the school field day May 16. The first game was played Monday. The school has purchased new equipment—standard net and an outdoor volleyball. Three ten-min-ute games will be played, one in the morning and twd during noon hour. One of the following eighth grade boys will act as referees: Robert Bandy, Raymond Brown,

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“Ruth Gray,” an embyro artist; Miss Eva Batchelor, “Doris Dean;” Miss Mildred Thorpe as “Tim;” Miss Thelma Harding, “Joan Gray,” a literary light; Miss Madonna Shackles, “Mrs. Burns,” the housekeeper; Miss Dottie Howe, “Tilly,” the maid, and Miss Reba Miss Bonnie Barkess, “Sara Brown,” chief cook; Sims as “Miss Pierre,” the nurse.

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Miss Gwendolyn Sheering is the newly elected president of the student council and Miss Helen Beattie, secretary. Miss Sheering appointed Miss Katherine Haas and Mrs. Velma Gentry to act as a recreation committee for new spring and fall sports. A tennis court will be built on the campus this spring following a suggestion by the council. Miss Ermal Thorpe, physical education instructor and president of the college athletic association, has announced that swimming, dancing, basketball, soccer and hockey will be added to the sports program this spring and fall.

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CHILD HEALTH TALKSH.ANNED Kindergarten Group Sponsors Meeting for April 26. The Indianapolis Free Kindergarten Society will hold a child health meeting April 26 in Hollenbeck Hall, Y. W. C. A. building, 329 N. Pennsylvania St., as a part of the national May Day program to be observed throughout the Nation on May 1. The society this year has been carrying out a health program in each center in cooperation with the Indianapolis public health department, school nursing division, and the Public Health Nursing Association. The program will include the Introduction of the “Blue Ribbon” children from each kindergarten center, talks by prominent child health specialists and educational films on child care. An exhibit of charts and posters on the center health records, health books, magazines and pamphlets will be shown. Parents cooperating in these movements are signing May Day cards pledging to follow instructions of the family physician.

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SHORTRIDGE IN DEBATES WITH TWO SCHOOLS City Teams Meet Louisville, Cincinnati Speakers in Tri-State r/latch. The Shortridge High School TriState debate teams meet two out-of-town high school teams today to debate the subject, “Resolved, That the policy of the United States of protecting the private investments bf American citizens in Latin America is justifiable.” The negative team left early today for Cincinnati to meet the Walnut Hills High School group. The affirmative team will debate Louisville High School tonight at 8 in Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge. Members of the home team are John D. Millett, William Hoffman, Albert Levi (captain) and Harold Dunkel (alternate). Those to go to Cincinnati are James Otto, John Forney, Harold Lewis (captain) and Edmund Engelking (alternate). William N. Otto, head of the English department, is the debate coach. This is the fourth year of a contract among the three schools. At present, all have won three debating encounters, a fact which assures close competition in the debates today. A silver loving cup will be awarded the team winning the most debates at the end of five years. Shortridge already has won one cup in the Tri-State competition . First Hour Ad Class Wins The first hour advertising class of Arsenal Technical High School, under Miss Adele Renard, was named the best advertising group on the campus after a campaign among the classes to boost the senior class play with advertising projects. The judges were: Miss Clara Ryan, play director; Miss Margaret Axtell, Lyle Harter and Alti Welch.

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SCHOOLS PLAN HEALTH ESSAYS FOR T. 5. DRIVE County Contest Open to Sixth, Seventh, EighthGrade Pupils. Principals of city grade, and county schools received advance bulletins this week as the initial step forwarding the May Day and Health week program sponsored by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. Observance of May Day and Health week will be national. AU agencies for child health everywhere are expected to cooperate with lecture, advertising and enters tainment programs to stimulate interest among school children and their parents in public health. Submit Essays May ,1 Indianapolis and Marion County schools will promote an essay contest among sixth, seventh and eighth grade children. These essays will be read before pupils ofi all grades during the week following; May 1. The best will be submitted to Miss Helen Neal, association child health chairman, for publication. Subjects su! edited for the essays are: “Why Does America Observe National Child Health Day?” “Why Is There an Annual Slean-up and Faint-up Week?” “The Elimination of the Common House Fly,” “Something About Indiana Laws Governing the Sale and Distribution ofi Milk,” “Care and Disposal of Garbage” and “Personal Hygiene and Good Health Habits.” Name Contest Committee Principals are asked to select the best single essay from their schools and send them to the association office, 1217 Meyer-Kiser Bank building, not later than May 5. Members of the local committee are Miss Mary A. Meyers, chairman; Dr. Ada Schweitzer of the State • board of health; Dr. Herman Morgan, city board of health, and Harmon Snoke, Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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