Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 287, 13 October 1917 — Page 12

THK RICHMOND PALLADIUM, OCT. 13, 117. A Page of Live News By the Hibberd School Children

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. Be Like Columbus When the sailors said to Columbus that they were goinff to throw him overboard, he replied, "Sail On!" I think we could do the same thing too, by saying, "Sail On!" and never quit one thing until yon get the other thine. If we would do that in all our studies w would be exactly like Colum bus. Roland Erbse, Sixth Grade, Hibberd School COLUMBUS Columbus sailed the sea. For days and nights he sailed. His seamen were all to be Brave and strong, bat failed. They; all were very cowardly And verjr afraid of the harmless sea, . Until, one night when all was dark Columbus cried, "A light, a light." And when the morning dawn arose Red berries bright were seen,. And the sea, instead of being dark Was a bright, bright green. Richard D. W. Ziegler, Sixth Grade, Hibberd School. SOCIETY NEWS Master Roland Erbse bad a birthday party Octover 8, 1917, at his home. It was a surprise .party. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erbse.' Miss Anna Erbse, Mr. and Mrs. wnton Hibberd. The Salvation Army Sunday school gave a nioe entertainment Wednesday, October .10, 1917. I was In it and sang a song and also said a piece. There were many r.hildr m in it that said nieces. They had a soldier drill, too, that was very nice. - They had the hall decorated with corn fodder, golden rod, sumach and pumpkins. . At the closing of the entertainment, the lights were all turned out but one red light on the platform.; Then my sister knelt in a long white nightgown and said a prayer. And then we all sang a song.' We also had some line music. Mrs. Beard dismissed us. Ellamay Fosnot; Hibberd SchooL Nina Murray, Margaret Wagner and Elizabeth Jay met, with Elizabeth Kreimeier .Tuesday evening and held a knitting party. Pauline Pflle was six years old last week. We girls and boys surprised her by putting flower on her desk. She surprised us by treating ns to fairy sticks.' . We are in the IB grade, we went to see some oak trees In front of Willard Elof f 's house. Then we went to the woods and gathered beech nuts. Boys Can Knit at Hibberd 1 am knitting washrags for the soldiers, all of the children at school laughed at me for knitting because I was a boy. Our teacher then told us that men in New York and Indianapolis was knitting and was nice to know. She also said if any boy or girl would buy needles and thread she would teach them to knit The teacher is knitting a sweater for the soldiers which they will, enjoy this winder when they will be out In all knids of weather for they ill not have the home com torts as we will have. John Jones, 4-A Hibbord SchooL RIDDLES 1. As I went up stimper-etimper, 1 looked out drom-a-Iee; I saw Number Noggens turning over Ben Foggens. 1 said: "Oh Peter Wiggins, go drive Number Noggens out of Ben Foggens." 2. If the president and vice president, should die, who would take charge? 3. There was a woman and there was water under her and over her and yet it did not touch her. Answers next week. Lauren Owens, IB Hibberd SchooL

What Columbus Thought Long ago all the people thought that the world was flat When Christopher Columbus was a boy he would sit on the sea shore watching the boats come in and go out One day he thought if the world was round that when the boats went out far, they would disappear and as he was watching the boats he saw that they looked as If they went down under the water and that's why he thought the world was round. Francis Murray, Sixth Grade, Hibberd SchooL ' A BIG NUTTING TRIP One Sunday three of us boys started out on a journey into the country. We were going after some walnuts. We started about half past eight and took about seven Backs and fhrpn waenna . For dinner we roasted apples and ate sandwiches. After dinner we looked around for walnuts and found about twelve hickory nuts and about six wal nuts."- . ,: ; At fVmr o'clock we started for home, and got there about seven o'clock. I was very glad -to get fhfm inn. tad I staid there when I did get there. Horace ' Hauck, Sixth tirade, tUDDera jscnooi. A Story of Tom and Jack One day Tom and Jack took their dinner out in the woods. They took their guns. When they got . to the woods they made a tent Tom said, "1 am going to get puts." Jack Bald, "I will take my gun and hunt rabbits while you get nuts." Bo they started. Just as they got there they saw a bear coming towards them. They ran to a little shed in the woods They shut the door and the bear lay down and thinks they will come out, then he can have them for dinner. But there happened to be a little round . hole in the Ehed just big enough for Jack to get his gun through. He shot the bear and they went out and skinned the bear and took the fur with them. Besides they got two sacks of nuts but no rabbits. They took the nuts and the fur and went back to the tent They ate their dinner.. After dinner they ate nuts and picked flowers At 3 o'clock they went to sleep, They slept till o'clock.. Then they went home, ate their supper and went to bed. Dorothy Evans, 6A Grade, Hibberd School. OUR FLAG There, proud and true Stands the Red, White and Blue. It belongs to me and you. And when the sailors Bee it They are not afraid to die, For If that banner falls They should fight to raise her up again To float on high. And when it Is there Many an eye Shall dance to see That banner In the Rky. "' ' For there is but one flag And one, country For yon and me. Marguerite Shields, 4A grade, Hibberd school. Cocoon Opens in School I was cutting corn Monday morning when I saw a beautiful cocoon. It had yellow dots around it. I took it to school and our teacher put it in a glass. Tuesday morning just after school commenced we watched it hatch. , It is the Monarch or milkweed butterfly. Roger Asburg, ISA Grade, Hibberd school

SOCIETY NOTES OF 1492 Mr. and Mrs. Wigwam ' entertained Mr. and Mrs. Redskin October 11. Mrs. Wigwam insisted on having the guests stay all night. They did. The next morning the three ships of Columbus arrived. They thought they were ghosts so they ran homo as fast aa . they could. When the men came ashore he guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wigwam had all climbed trees. Warren Cottingham, 6A Grade, Hibberd School.

On the 12th of October, Black Wllf saw. a ship coming in the harbor. He said to his daughter, White Lily, "If that is a ship full of people," we will invite them to supper." When Columbus stepped off of the ship White Lily invited him to dinner and he stayed. Black Wolf also invited White Plume, Plume, Lady Bird, Wild Lion, Wild Root and Spotted Higer, the women, and White Dove, Wild Dog, Wild Parrot and Black Bear, the men. All came, and even Black Mud, Black Wolfs son, was there on time. Lucile Moorman, 6A Hibberd School. IN SPAIN IN 1492 "Here comes that crazy man, Columbus," said Carl Pintan. "Yes, he thinks the world is round when it is flat," exclaimed Col. Madriad. The children were following him around and calling him a monkey and a crazy man. He went to the king of Spain and asked him for ships and money and showed his maps. "You must be crazy," said the king angrily. "Be gone. But the queen gave him money and men, so he Anally started. Warren Cottingham, Sixth Grade, Hibberd SchooL BEST COMPOSITION (The following is the best composition from the Fifth Grade and received the grade of 100.) Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born at Genoa, Italy, In 1435. Columbus thought the earth was round like a ball. He wished to find a waterway to Asia. The Queen of Spain sold her jewels and gave him the money to buy ships. Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, August 3, 1492. He discovered land October 12, 1492. The strange people they saw had red skin and black hair. He called them Indians because he thought he had discovered a part of the East Indies. Mary Meerhoff, 6A Grade, Hibberd School.

GUARDING IN THE MOONLIGHT In the night when the wind was whispering Through the pine trees on the hill, I stood on guard in the moonlight All the camp lay mighty still And I wondered if the soldiers Spent their dreams on Kaiser Bill. Richard D. W. Ziegler. 6th grade, Hibberd school.

First Grade Children Also Make Good Reporters Hibberd School is the first school so far to have regular news report

ers in the first and second grades. Many children have copied verses or even made up a little fairy story, .. (iir hovi and' girli . are the first to be real newspaper correspondents and send in news items. Gladys Stephens has gone to Indianapolis to visit her aunt. Esther Sharp came Middleville, Michigan. here from Harold Flood moved to Richmond from Dark county, Ohio. Winnifred Stout moved from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. John Siegel of Portage, Wisconsin, moved to Richmond. THE PRINCES'S ESCAPE Once upon a time there was a princess named Golden Locks. Her father was a bad king. In another country was a king with his son. The two kings were enemies. But Golden Locks loved James which was the son's name. The wicked king said if they married he would put his daughter in a tower and let her die. But one day when Golden Locks and James met together in the garden, she told him what her fath er had said. He gave her -a magic ring. Then they were married and the king was changed to a statue of a big lion, and they lived happily ever after. Florence Rogers, Hib berd school. THE KIND FAIRY Once upon a time in a great forest there Vved a kind fairy. But not far off there lived a wicked fairy, who would harm those who were kind to others. And one day when tUe good? airy was out walking in the forest, she heard a noise, and when she looked around, she saw a little boy. He was crying very hard. So the kind fairly said, "What is the matter?" So the little boy said he was lost. And she said, "Never mind and I will see what I can do for you." So she said come with me. And the boy did as he was bade. And in an instant he was back home. But when' the wicked fairy heard this she was wild with anger. And was determined to punish this fairy who had been so kind. So she disguised herself as a farmer's wife, and she told the fairy she was in great distress. And when the fairy heard this she was anxious to held her out. But as the little boy had been around the wicked fairy's house he heard what she had said. But just as the little boy got there the wicked fairy was leaving but the little boy stopped her and told her all he had heard. But the good fairy knew what to do, so the fairy went with the women and when she had her back turned, the good fairy dropped some magic stuff and the wicked fairy had no more power after that and she got so mad that she died. And the good fairy lived happy ever after. Norma Meloy, 5B grade, Hibberd school.

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HIBBERD SCHOOL THE PRINCESS' ESCAPE In the fifth grade at Hibberd school we are trying this plan to pave sugar. We have a badge that wo got when we nve money to adi.pt the little French orphan boy, Adolphe. Every girl and boy that hasn't had candy tut once a week gels to wear the badge for one day. Aunt Molly came to our room Wednesday afternoon and gave a short talk about children saving sugar. She did not know that we already had started that plan. We were very glad to get that letter from a girl in Columbia City. Indiana. In her city the children have promised to do without candy until Christmas. Isn't that long to wait? T am one of the many readers of the Junior Palladium. Youra truly, Mildred Goins, 5A, Hibberd school.

How One Boy Was Loyal I want to tell you about an interesting trip we made last summer to Cedar Lake. Before we were there we saw the lake. There were cottages for the people to live in all by themselves. There wfre men's dormitories and women's dormitories. These were fresh air dormitories. There wan a big building with an office which was head of the whole grounds, and a fresh air parlor with a big fireplace and room for many people. There was a dining room with tables enough for three hundred people and the walls on each side were of windows. And best of all there was a stand that sold books, bathing suits, water wings, candy, and ice cream cones. But I was wanting to tell you about college night In the dining room. That night thev sang songs of their different colleges at the tables between courses. Near the end I had a chance to give a yell for my dear Joseph Moore. When they yelled for Harvard and sang, a great many boys and men stood up and beat time with their arms. But the singing was not pretty like Earlham's beeause, no girls got to help. But I didn't think much about that. I was thinking about ' the prettiest school building in Richmond. I was wanting to be loyal to Joseph Moore and its nice principal. It didn't have any song, it didn't have any yell so I Just Btood up ftrtfi oAva nttiA nlio frt Tmank Moore. When I have enough words and notes for all the schools In Richmond to have songs, then no one will have to give just nine rahs for any school the way I did at Cedar Lake. First I will write the song of Hibberd school, one of the oldest school in Richmond aad its nice principal and teachers. Allen uavia noie, junior, en grade, Hibberd school. FUN UP IN MICHIGAN Last summer when we were In Michigan one day we took a ride in our motor boat and landed. After that we took a hike and found a swamp. We went after fir trees. . There was a lake in the middle of the swamp. Around this lake we found cranberries and pitcher plants. The lake had underground rivers running into it from the lake In front of it where we did our fish ing. Bob caught a pickerel ten Inches long. In this swamp there were ferns higher than Daddy. ' We picked some cranberries and took them home and cooked them for dinner. Richard Bramkamp, 3A! grade, Hibberd school. DOING THEIR BIT Dear Aunt Molly: I think we are doing our bit by our room not eating candy but once In a whole week. And If we do not eat oandy we get to wear a badge. We supported a French orphan and we get a badge. Bo we get to wear it when we are doing out bit Florence Rogers, 5-B Grade, Hibberd School. SEE AEROPLANE Dear Aunt Molly: We went to the art gallery last Wednesday afternoon. I think we had a fine time. They had many beautiful pictures. As we were coming home we saw an aeroplane. It wis a big one. Florence Rogers, 5B grade, Hibberd school.