Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 84, Number 36, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 March 1961 — Page 2

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MAPPAKEE ADVANCE-NEWS THURS. MAR. U, |*M

SCHOOL NOTES

The seventh grade history classes have been studying the colonial period of American history. These are a part of an assignment comparing colonial and inodem life. FOOD fay Raymond Mullet The pioneers had a lot harder time to get food than we do. Until they had cleared some land to grow corn, they would have to live, on cow’s milk, game, and berries. Young ripe corn wa? eaten as roasting ears. Boiled corn ineal mush Was the pioneer’s breakfast and supper. The mush was .sometimes fried and served with butter or pork drippings. Hot corn bread was thg pioneer’s most commoh dish. A hoecakvwas baked on a hoe before the tire. An ash cake Was made with Water stirred into a stiff batter and covered with hot ashes. Corn lqaf was faaked In a Diitcfi oven. For sweetening the pioneers used wild honey, manle sugar, or sorghum sweetening. Many families used not more than a pound of salt a year.-In modern times all we have to cjb is go to town and buy food. We have all kinds ■of fdbd though some people still like mush and corn bread just as the pioneers did. RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT by Barbara Kline The colonists never dreamed of entertainment such as radio, television, movies, or the many types of sports which we enjoy today. They had to work very hard to earn a living and sometimes got together and made a game out of work. Husking bees Were a common event, and after the work was done they had supper or refreshments and then singing. Puzzles, riddles, and card playing were popular. Some of the leaders Were opposed to card playing *nd dancing and got the socalled “blue laws” passed against such entertainment, but these laws had little effect.

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COMMUNICATION, THEN AND NOW by Duncan Sinclair In early colonial times there was little communication between colonies. . Most of the communication in that time was in the form of letters written to friends and relations back home. To mail ? letter you gave It to a ship captain who was going to a port near your friend’s home. The Caotain would take it to a store and then your friend would have to get it from the storekeeper. have more .and better means of communication We have a very reliable Post Office Department and other ways of Communicating that we take for granted, such as newspapers, radio and television. We are indeed lucky to have so many diferent and dependable - means of communicating.

CLOTHING WORN IN rOtONtAt DAYS by Mary Jane Tobias When the Europeans came to America, they needed .clothes that would stand a lot of rough wear. The clothes which the colonists had brought over were not suited to so much wear, so they made their own homespun material. The lihsey woolsey which the women wove remained the favorite material for everyday use. The deerskin or buckskin was the favorite for outdoor wear. Distinctions between social classes made great differences in costume, and colonial women who dressed up beyond their class were sometimes fined and arrested. The kind of clothing worn also indicated from what country they had come. The Puritans, for example, wore plain clothes because the Puritans in England wore the same. Tailors in America were unskilled, so usually the clothes were not well formed nor neatly made. Officials wore certain clothes: a lawyer wore black velvet, the judge wore red, and the minister wore homespun through the week and broad-

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cloth on Sunday." The children were usually ahvkys quaint little images Os their parents. schpol LijNch Menus . . week of MAR. 20-24; ~, <• ’ Central School . ""Monday' ' > Chicken gnd noodles,. potatoes, green beans, strawberry jam Tuesday Sloppy Joe, veg-Jello salad, applesauce, filled eraham cracker . Wednesday V T t ;; " Meat loaf,- mashed 'potatoes, peas, ice cream ‘ r.- V- •:• Thqndiy Hot dogs, potato salad, celery, mixed fruit ,-■ v v . ■ Friday ■■ ■ , Ham salad sandwiches, corn, carrot sticks, gingerbread. East and South Schools. Monday Sloppy Joe, potato chips, .peas, cookie. Tuesday Chicken and noodles, mashed potato, celerv, nlums. Wednesday Italian spaghetti, tossed salad, applesauce, cake. Thursday Chopette, potato, green beans, fruit Friday Cream of potato souo, crax. ham salad sandwiches, vanilla pudding. TYPES OF HOMES „ by Lanny Anglin The colonial homes were made of rough logs, with a fireplace to warm the homes in the winter. Modern homes are made of smooth boards with an electric furnace to warm the people. The windows in colonial times were just holes in the walls covered with oiled paper to let in sunlight. Today sunlight streams through 1 our. glass windows. In the winter when it is bedtime in the olden days, the children climbed a ladder to the attic where it was cold, and crawled into a cold bed. Today, children just walk to their bedrooms and crawl into a warm bed. When colonial people wanted light, they had to light a candle. Sometimes they even sat by the fireplace to read. If we want light in our modern homes all we do is flip a light switch. In colonial days water had to be carried from nearby springs or wells to the house. Now all we have to do is to turn on the faucet and out eom'’S th“ water. GOVERNMENT lN COLONIAL AND MODERN TIMES by Larry Baker

Self-government was very much desired in colonial times. Usually, the King of England would set a royal governor over each colony. These governors would try to control the people and they would make the rules they wanted. The colonial-people often did not like this. They wanted to govern themselves. This is: what led to our type of government: Government today is sometimes taken lightly. Today some people don’t vote. In colonial times voting was a privilage limited to a few. Some people today even try to turn the United States to Communism. We should want selfgovernment as our ancestors wanted it. We are a self-governing people today and are free to vote because these colonial peoples wanted self-government EDUCATION by .Linda Lehman In colonial times people could not get an education as people can now. Usually the girls did not go to school because their theory was that the girls’ place was at home. Usually the boys would not start to a public school until they were 8 or 9. Before that they would go to a “dame school.” If the family could afford it, sometimes they would go to a college. The children in colonial days were anxious to get an education and enjoyed school. Today we are lucky- because our parents and teachers urge us to go to college. MODERN AND COLONIAL PUNISHMENTS by Bonnie Stump Modern and colonial punishments differ greatly. Fqt instance, a man or woman found gossiping

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or telling lies in colonial New England was punished by the ducking stool. This device was made up of a chair on the end of a long pole which could be ducked, passenger and all, into a pool of water.

A man who used bad language or wasted time was put in stocks. This invention was a wooden board where a person had to sit, simmering in shame, for hours with hands and feet stuck through the holes in the board made just for this purpose. A man who drank too much was usually “pilloried”. This meant that he would have to stand on a platform with 'head and hands stuck through a wooden framework called.A . pillqry.. What if we were punished Tor same minor crimes? 'SRst think of all the school children who would be punished for wasting time. I am sure, also, that 'there would be quite a line at the ducking stool. Could you imagine a pillory in the middle of Nappanee? COLLEGE IN THE COLONIES by Delbert Chupp The first of \the American colleges was Harvard. The Puritans were the ones who established it in Cambridge near Boston. It was started in the year of 1636. In the south too they had a fine college named after the king and queen, William and Mary, located at Williamsburg, Virginia. By the end of the colonial period there were sixteen colleges in the colonies. THe colonists showed a strong interest in education, even in the earliest days. From these early colleges, our colleges of today developed.

COT-ON’AL AND MODERN DESIRE FOR EDUCATION by Karl Schrock Education today is too often thought of as something a person does because the law says he hiust. This is a tragedy, for withcation is worthless. In colonial times people tried their best to gef an education. If they could not go to school, they would teach themselves by reading books. If suddenly it became difficult to get education, perhaps we would realize how important learning is to our civilization. I only hope we can_make as good use of the possibilities and opportunities we have as the colonists of yesteryear did. MY WORST VACATION Dennis Crtpe On our vacation in Northern Michigan I was having a nice time and the weather was perfect until one day I was down at the beach. My sister and a girl friend wanted me to push them away from the pier. I jumped into the water and cut my foot on something sharp. I jumped out.of the water and not knowing what I was doing I started to run for the cabin and got sand in the cut. 1 could see it was bleeding badly so I told my sis ter to bring me my

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shoe. Before Jill got to the cabin the blood was squashing out of the shoe. My parents got some water and tried to clean it up. They took me to the only doctor, one, who was 85 years old. He cleaned the cut and instead of sewing it, he put clamps bn it that weren’t sterilized, and he didn’t give me a shot for lockjaw. So I spent the rest of our vacation sitting with my foot upon a stool. Teacher Olive Weaver

THE KLONDIKE DERBY Roderick Manifold It was a cold but sunshiny Sunday afternoon. It was a perfect dav for the Klondike Derby. Our patrol got to the park just in time to register and get lined up for .our race. We heard the starting gun and took off. • Halfway into the first turn we were hit by another sled. Our sled was completely demolished. We picked up the pieces and carried them to the first stop. As we came running into the first stop we were told to proceed to Outpost number 2. As we progressed to each of the six stations we had to carry our sled. Our worst outpost was sled pulling which of course we couldn’t do because we had no sled. Our best outpost was compass reading. We did it in the shortest time of anybody. And perfectly, too. Our patrol thinks we had more fun than anybody even though our sled did fall apart. Teacher Olive Weaver Read the Classified Ads

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ADVANCED HOME ECONOMICS Joan Noffsinger i junior ' • The advanced home economics class, with Miss Livingston as the teacher, is an elective course for junior and senior girls. Those interested in the field of home economics may include this subject in their high school curriculum for four years. Each year the program of units is more varied and includes "specific detailed work in eaeh unit. There are many units included in the homemaking program other than foods and clothing. The busy homemaker must have knowledge in the various fields such as nutrition, home decoration, consumer buying, money management, home nursing, and chill care. The advanced class is composed of jiinior and senior girls, as the program for each year alternates in subject matter to give girls an opportunity to continue their study for two years in the advanced class. The first semester this year was spent on a home furnishings unit. With the aid of a text book and class discussion, the girls prepared scrap books including pictures, and Samples of the essential features of the different room of a home. Treatment of ceilings, walls, floors and windows and style of furnishings were included. While working on this unit, the class saw several films and took a field trip to a local furniture store. Next the girls did some sewing in making a wool garment, either a skirt or a dress depending on their previous experience. This unit included many new experiences in completely lining a skirt or dress. At the completion of this clothing unit Miss Livingston and the girls sponsored a style show for the mothers and friends. Now the class is studying a unit on nutrition and food preparation. This unit includes figuring the cost of a complete day’s menu of a breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each student is allotted a certain price range and must plan and prepare each meal by herself with the aid of one other class member. During the preparation one member of the class is seated in the class room evaluating the work of the hostess. Following this unit the class will have a unit on marriage and family living. This study will be done through the use of textbooks, discussions, films, panels,

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It was in EDS sacrificial love for men that the perfection of 'Christ’s character shone forth, even more than in His righteous treatment of them. Christ Jesus never pampered of pleased Himself. He did not stop short with self-emptying and self-humbling, costly as they were, but kept on giving Himself, even unto death, yea, the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:5-16). The God-man, pouring out IDs soul unto death in sacrificial love, is the perfect Pattern. And He said, “This is My commandment, That ye k>ve one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12).