Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 88, 28 February 1920 — Page 11

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1920

Richmond Wins in "Y"

Swimming Contest

Every one of the seven shining silver medals offered for first place "slid into tho pocket of a Richmond boy after the swimming contest Tuesday evening in the Y pool when the swimmers of the Muncie Y were put up against those of the local Y. Of the bronze medals oflered for second place Muncie boys received three and Richmond, one. Anderson. Marion and Huntington Y. M. C. A. swimmers were to have taken part in the contest, too, but as nothing was heard from them we guess they must have heard about Richmond's swimmer before they started, and so decided not to waste car fare. The schedule of events follows: The numbers after the boys' name3 stand for the number of point3 won by him in that event. 1 The 40-yard dash. Time, 23 4-5 seconds. Toney (5), Richmond. Martin (3), Muncie; Williamson (1), Muncie; Harding Richmond. 2 Fancy Diving. Parker (5), Richmond; Robinson (3), Richmond; Redding (1), Muncie. 3 The 100-yard dash; time 1 minute, 13 3-5 seconds. Toney (5) Richmond; Williamson (3) Muncie; Lafflin (1) Muncie; Harding, Richmond. 4. Plunge Prokofieff (5) 52 ft. 6 in., Richmond; Martin (3), -50 ft. Muncie; Lafflin (1), 38 ft., Muncie. 5. Relay. Time 1 minute, seconds. Lafflin, Redding and Martin, Muncie; Parker, Prokofieff and Toney, Richmond. The Hurt ChM It was early in March and was a very bright day. Birds were singing in the air. Two little children

could be seen skipping and hopping along. They were picking flowers and having a great time, yes a great time. One was a child about four years old, the other one was about six years, old. The one about four was named Francis. The other one named Grace. As they were walking along a calf had broken his rope in two and came up to Francis and kicked her. Francis cried and cried. Little Grace did not know what to do, they were so far away from home. But Grace finally got Francis home and her mother doctored her up. She got well in a little while and was happy again. By Daniel Stock, 3rd grade, Modoc, Ind.

Campfire Plans Secrets as Yet The girls of the Tatohekiya Camp are very, very busy planning and practising for an entertainment to be given some time in the early spring. Wednesday afternoons find the Tatapochon girls also busily occupied. Two mysterious somethings were announced as scheduled by this camp for early spring, but o-.

er than this the girls refused to-t

divulge. Last Wednesday the girls met at the homo of Hilda Banks on North I street. The eyes of the girls of both camps twinkle in a way that makes one who asks them about it feel sure that something good is coming, but their mouths remain tightly closed. However more news on these mysterious plans will be given out in a few weeks. '

DOG AND EGGS. My father and mother have three incubators filled with white leghorn eggs. One has 200 eggs, the other has 100 eggs. We have them in the cellar. Father was down there the other day and our hound dog followed him crown. And father got after Mr. Dog. The dog ran and upset one of the small incubators and broke 47 eggs. That made father angry. Howard Brooks, Richmond.

Girl Scoat News. A new troop of girl scouts has been formed. This troop, Troop Number 3, is captained by Mrs. Perkins, 813 South Thirteenth St. The girls of Troop Number 1 held their regular business meeting Monday evening at the home of Gladys Llbking, 217 North

Eighteenth street.

"Cinderella" Read by ' Girls' Club With Mary Minnick as president and Cecilia Elstro as secretary, the Girls' Dramatic Club of the Junior High School is an active organization. To make it easier for the organization to study and give plays, the club has been divided into five groups. One of these groups reads a play at the weekly meeting of the club which is held on Tuesday afternoons. The captains of the groups are Maxine Jones, Marjorie Miller, Elizabeth Kenney, Margaret von Carleson and Juanita Longfellow. Last Tuesday afternoon, Marjorle Miller's group read a play named "Cinderella." Maxine Jones' group will read a play at the next meeting. A Valentine box was enjoyed a week ago Tuesday afternoon. That afternoon each member as she entered Room 8 where the meetings are held, brought a valentine with a number on the back, with her as a passport to secure entrance. Numbered paper Blips were then

given out and the two sets of num

bers matched. The committee in

charge of this Valentine Box were:

Marjorie Miller, chairman, Edna

Dunham and Maxine Jones.

Garfield Pickups Paul Coniff's essay was judged the best of the Garfield papers written in the essay contest offered by the War Department of the United States. He will draw his prize with the local winners from the other public schools, Monday afternoon at the High School. One hundred chore cards have been given by Mr. Lyboult to boys of tho 7B and 7A grades who wish to become Health Crusaders. The right use of "come" and "came" was an important subject in all English classes this week. Each week some word or words commonly misused is taken up along with the regular class work as a part of the nation-wide Better Speech campaign. No council was held on Wednesday as a General Intelligence Test was held in all the assembly rooms

under the direction of the principal

of Baxter School. Council meeting was held Friday afternoon instead.!

Chap was held Friday afternoon arthe High School building, the last period in the afternoon. A musical program was given with Miss Edna Marlatt in charge.

Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Bible classes have commenced again. Four classes have been formed and their leaders will be men from Earlham college. These classes are the Junior A's led by Norvall Webb; Junior B's, led by Jame3 Hiatt; Employed A's; Warren Farquhar and Employed Bs. Leslie Pennington. Both Junior and the Employed A's will study a

course entitled "Athletes of the

Bible". The Junior and Employed B's will study "Men Who Dared" which are men whose thoughts and deeds are told about in the Old

Testament.

Keith King is employed during

the dinner and supper hours in

the newly equipped Y cafeteria.

Muncie Midgets won the state

Y. M. C. A. junior basket ball tour

nament in Indianapolis, February

21, when it defeated Anderson in the finals with a score 32 to 18. Richmond Midgets trimmed Lapel

in their first battle to the tune of 21 to 10, but lost to the champion Muncie crowd wih a resulting score

of 24 to 11.

Capitol's Schools Serve Lunches Lunches of soups, crackers and milk, peanut butter, sandwiches and other light eatables are to be served in all the Indianapolis schools. Only one school has really started this lunch plan, so far, but it is expected that the other schools will follow its leadership soon. It is reported that the children are highly pleased with the Idea.

ELECTION OF J. R. C. OFFICERS We elected Red Cross officers, Tuesday the 10th and this is the

way we went about it: First the

secretary took charge of the meet

ing and asked for nominations for

secretary and president, and then

tellers were appointed and then the

ballots were passed and counted. Roland Lane was elected president and Benjamin Bentley was elected secretary. Secretary of the Red Cross of the 5th Grade Joseph Moore School.

French Club Reads

"Count of Flanders1

Members of the French Club of the Junior High School are reading and "acting out" a little French play, the subject of which, when translated, la "The Count of Flanders and the Poor Woman." Part of the time of the regular meetings of the club, which are hfld every Tuesday afternoon, is spent in an informal reading of the History of France. Miss Elliott is the faculty member of the club.

The Junior Palladium Story Writing Contest

Tonight the contest begins! Earn from one to three dollars by writing a story! "More and better stories" was suggested by several boys and girls as the thing they most wanted to see in their Junior Palladium. Someone said: "Get grown-up people's stories," but we would rather not as so many juniors have told us that they like to read stories written by other boys and girls. Your editor likes this way best, too, because then it is your newspaper, for you have helped to make it, and she thinks that boys and girls can write mighty interesting stories knows so, in fact. Here's your chance to show what good ideas for good interesting stories you have in your heads. The Palladium is starting a Short Story contest which opens tonight and closes on March 13. . Begin early, write your story now and send it into the Palladium office. To make the contest more fair to the contest ants it has, been decided to divide the contest into two parts Story Contest A, and Story Contest B. Story Contest A is open to all boys and girls (in both public and parochial schools in Richmond or any towns where Junior readers live) from the seventh through the ninth grades. (The ninth grade in the public schools is the Freshman class of high school). The prizes we offer for this contest are $3 for the best story and. $2 for the second best. Story Contest B is open to all boys and girls below the seventh grade. The prizes for this contest are $1 for the best story; three Thrift Stamps for the second best; two Thrift Stamps for the third best. Here are the rules of the contest. Please read them carefully: 1. All stories must be sent or brought to the Palladium office by 5 o'clock, the evening of Saturday, March 13, 1920. 2. Address all stories like this: The Junior Palladium, Story Contest Dept., Richmond, Ind. Contest A or B (whichever contest you enter, based on your grade at school). 3. Write on one side of paper only, leaving a small margin on the left. 4. State your name, age and school carefully at the end of your story. 5. We make no limitations on subject or length. Write on any subject you please and at the length needed to complete a good story. ' Notice We reserve the right to publish all stories we think worthy of publication, and this will probably include other stories besides the five prizewinning stories.

Ten Birds and A Squirrel Form Club To learn the ways and names of birds and flowers and trees is the aim of the new Nature Club which has been formed by a group of girls in Vaile School. Tho club meets every Tuesday afternoon after school. Each member has chosen for himself, the name of a bird or some creature of the woodland and has written a story describing

the bird or animal winch he has chosen to be. The first two meetings of the club which were held at the Burbanck home, 203 South Seventeenth street, were taken up with the reading of these stories. One of these th one judged the best by the club, will appear In an early number of the Junior. The officers of the club are: President Marian Chenoweth; vice-president, Leslra Hibberd; secretary, Virginia Brookbank; treasurer, Miriam Burbanck. A new group of officers is elected every three weeks. The members of the club anfc the names of the birds or animals they have chosen for themselves follow: Marian Chenoweth, robin; Lestra Hibberd, goldfinch; Virginia Brookbank, blue jay; Miriam Burbanck, downy woodpecker: Martha Ann

I Gennett, a new member, and no

name chosen yet; Anna Cirson, also a new member; Marion Harlan, oriole; Marguerite Burbanck, chickadee; Kathleen Comstock, red bird, and William Burbanck, master squirrel. The next meeting will be held at the goldfinch's home, Lestra Hibberd's, on South Sixteenth street.

This Boy Likes the Bloodiest Battle The boys and girls of Joseph M' ,;e school had a Lincoln Library. TLe girls and boys- brought books, papers and magazines of Lincoln and had a library in the window sill. Then the children were studying about the Gettysburg that Lincoln made during the civil war. The people of the North said that they would make the battlefield a cemetery because there were so many killed, and to dedicate the cemetery they asked Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Edward Everett to speak. We studied all about the Civil war and bow it came to be a war, and found it very interesting. But the most interesting thing was the Gettysburg battle for it was the most bloody battle of the Civil war. And we studied one more thing about Lincoln and that was the life of Lincoln, and it was interesting, too. Roland Lane, Joseph Moore, 5A grade.

Freshman Girls Have Gay Party Friday afternoon, February 20, the High School gym was a true "Hilarity Hall." It was the scene of a party given by Miss Gebauer's group of Freshman girls for the girls 'who belong in Miss Coblentz's group. The following program was given by Freshman girlsrVerda King... Musical Monologue Wilametta. Thompson. .Piano Solo Lucile Leonard Piano Solo Georgia Rose Vocal Solo Virginia Ryder Performance on Trapeze Rings. Blue hatchets tied with red riD1bon were the place card favors. Ice cream and cookies were served. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in games and dancing.

THE COOKING CLASS We have been to Baxter 3 times for cooking. The first time we did nothing but got the list of things we needed, a box and apron, news-, paper, dish cloth, towel, pencils '

and note book. We learned how to

arrange the things in our drawer,

got our numbers and the numbers

of our group. Lewis and I were

partners. I was number 1 and

Lewis was number 2. The second

time we made cocoa. pretty good and took turns getting things, number 1 got the sugar, number 2 got the cocoa, 6 got the milk, 1 got the water, 2 got the double boiler. The third time we went to Baxter we copied things in our notebooks. That's all we did. Our teacher's name is Miss Murphy. John Evans.

grade 5A, Joseph Moore School.