Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 102, 29 April 1922 — Page 23

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM Weekly Section of Richmond Palladium

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ARBOR DAY PLAYS GIVEN AT STARR The fifth and sixth grades of Starr Bchool celebrated Arbor day with the following program: Address Richard CainpfUlii 'Oominp of Spring". .Robert imfler 1'Ih.v . . "Prayer of the Forest Spirit' Characters; Kay Mabel Brooks Spirit of the Oak . .Constance Lufch Spirit of the Willow Mary Elizabeth Nosh Spirit of the Pine. .Marjorle Kliason Spirit of the Maple. Margaret Kadler "Woodman, Spare that Treo Glen dinger lMav.."How Two Strangers ..o.. Play "How Two Strangers Brought Good Fortune." Characters: Philemon Robert Shelley Kuucio Loretta Kittle Zeus Edward Beanblossnni Hermes Iavid Cauipfleld "Apple Blossoms". . .Irtna Mae Diltz Pupils of the third and fourth grades also celebrated Arbor day by giving the following program: Address Stuart Mann "Coming of Spring".... Doris Lantz A Play "The Tree" Frost Martha Haworth Wind Clinton Smith Girl Ruth Ann Miller Tree Byron O'Bailey "The Throstle" 1ois Noss "The Bluebird". .. .Frank Chambers "The Seed" , Gwenna Jenkins The 6A Girls gave, their ilay for grades 3 and 4. Loretta Kittle, reporter for Starr school. WHITEWATER GIVES MISSION PROGRAM The third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades of Whitewater school went to the Union Mission Friday at 3:15 to give a program to the mothers. The program follows: "Trumpeters March" .... Orchestra "Longing for Spring" Third and Fourth Grades Like a Lark" Quartette Irary Sbroecl, - Vivian Jolliff Helen Klingeblel, Virginia Sonsinl "How Our Ball Team Won the Championship".. Third Grade Boys Violin Solo Elizabeth Kring "The Easter Lily".... Fourth Grade Piano Solo Kathryn Miller "Soldier Song" Fifth and Sixth Grades Play "William Tell" Fifth Grade Group Song "The Postillion" Fifth and Sixth Grades Recitation Clara Garthwaite Whistling Solo .... Miss Crawford "Over the Waves" Orchestra "America". . .Orchestra and Chorus Elizabeth Kring, reporter for Whitewater school. BITS OF NEWS FROM THE ANIMAL TENT . You can buy an elephant at Singapore for $150, but, if you wanted to buy that same elephant after it reached New York, you probably . would have to pay nearly ?1,000 for it The reason for this is the great cost of crating and carrying the animal on his long ocean journey to this country. Thfi nets of the circus lust now are three fine lion cubs, three months old. The common monkey costs from $25 to $50, but a blue-iacea mandriiio mnnkflv. of which there were two in Friday's circus, are worth from $50 Oto $600 apiece., xnis aristocratic monkey comes from India. . ' Great numbers of fine horses travel with Robirson's circus, but we also notice a 3mall tractor-like engine pulling one of the wagons Am rirrnsps to be modernized, too, and have motorB take the place of horses? rnn hahv kanzaroo. five months old, was among the large group of kangaroos, some gray ana some tan ones shown in tne cu ;us. ' Five camels and two elephants Joined the circus during April. Two of the group of elephants, Marearet. like the cam els especially, and are placed near the min the tent. A Siberian camel ha long hair which Arabian camels do not nave, on the shoulders and forelegs, TIGERS ARE ARISTOCRATIC The reason people speak of Bengal tigers as royal tigers, is because when the king of England (under whose government India lives) is crowned, magnificent tiger skins are used in the ceremony. A tiger bought outside of this country costs about $1,000. An elephant is the only animal known that will face a tiger in a fight.

St. Andrew's Pupils , Are Taking Finals The seventh and eighth grades of St Andrews' school ate pacing their final examinations. The eighth grade completed their examinations no Tuesday morning. The examinations are to be sent to

I Oldenburg, Ind., for correction, and those that make an average of -75 per cent, will receive diplomas which will qualify them for High school. Herschel Oler, reporter for St. Andrews' school.

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Mr. Ed. Wilkinson, Trainer in Robinson's Circus, Talks a Little About His Charges. "Wild Animals Danger! Keep Back" said the canvas coverings on the white circus wagons as they rumbled into the show grounds on South Twenty-tyrd street early Friday morning, and that made us want more than before to see what was inside of them. Later in the day, Mr. Ed. Wilkinson, who is keeper and trainer of the animals in Robinson's circus, talked interestingly about his "pets" to the Junior editor. Mr. Wilkinson, an Englishman, knows a great deal about animals, having traveled with them in circuses for 18 years. Some of that time, however.about 18 months. he spent in Africa and India, capturing ani mals in the jungles and mountain regions. He has assisted in thej capture of six baby elephants and three tigers, as well as of some black bears in this country. Hei likes very much to study about) animals and is a member of the ; Zoological Research Society, which' is connected with Smithsonian j Institute. - In 1918, circus day was a profit-1 able one (and very enjoyable) for Chicago children, for about 800 ot them, with the superintendent, went to the circus grounds and Mr.

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Photo by Bundy. Back row standing Ralph Severance, Miss Grace Shera, Ray McConaha. Middle row, seated-

Charlie Apt, Myron Burr, Benjamin Sevastopol's orchestra stands alone among all the grade school orchestras in that its membership (outside of the director) is made up entirely of boys. Miss Grace Shera, teacher of the kindergarten, is director of the group and all of them are eager about their work. Miss Shera has been director of the group ever since it was organ

RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922

STARR OBSERVES GRANT'S BIRTHDAY Starr school celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of Grant's bidth, on Thursday morning, down In Miss McAlpin'B room. Dr. Rae, from the First Presbyterian church, spoke to the children about General Grant. Starr school's orchestra played and the children sang "America" ! and "The Star Spangled Banner." in Circux'Land Wilkinson talked with them over an hour about the circus animals. Mr. Wilkinson told how he once helped to capture some young elephants. "It's an easy matter," he said, "for the young ones always go ahead of the older ones. We made a kind of pit trap about ten feet deep and twenty feet square and concealed it in brush work. The young ones go right into this easily and are kept there while the older ones are kept back by a barricade." All kinds of these more rare animals that we see in circuses are caught and kept in great numbers in cages in the seaport of Singa pore, at the southernmost point of the Malay peninsula and from there they are shipped to many continents. Mr. Wilkinson is now planning to go, if he is accepted, with a group of men from Washington, D. C., to China and study the Chinese mountain Hon. This animal is as large as a lion, but is spotted like a leopard, and so far, very little is known about it. STARR MAKES POSTERS Some of the fourth, fifth and sixth grade of Starr school are making posters for Clean-up Week. The motto of the posters is "Don't Forget Clean-up Week, April 24-29." By Loretta Kittle, reporter for Starr school.

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ized in November, 1920, and has herself for several years been a student of music. Charlie Apt and John Lantz were in the orchestra last year. Myron Burr was in the school last year but did not become pianist for the group until this year. Ralph Severance, Ray McConaha, Benjamin

Arithmetic Cards Help Starr Pupils At Starr school, we are using the Student's Record Practice Pad, by C. A. Courtis. We use them for practicing arithmetic. We have found out that they have helped us in accuracy and speed. We take card thirteen first, which has addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on it. We get two trials on this first card. Those who get it all right are excused from the class. There are three children excused from the class the first lesson. The rest of the class have to practice on the twelve cards that lead to card thirteen. You get five trials to a lesson, but if you get all the problems but one right you can go on to the next lesson after tne third trial. Some have gotten through with a card on the first trial. " As fast as you finish one card you take up another. So the class is working on all the different cards at the same time. There are all the way from twenty-five to seventy-five problems on one card. We have a lesson on the cards every other day. Our teacher gives us four minutes for one, card. But the 6B's have four and a quarter minutes to a card. We find we cn do our regular arithmetic faster than we used to, before we had this practice. Nan-

ete Robison and Inez Bish. VAILE GIVES PLAY The girls in the CA grade of Vaile school gave a play Friday afternoon. It was entitled, "Robin. Hood and Mother Hobbes." There were five scenes. The girls who took part were: Emily Jenkins, Kathleen Comstock, Myra Dennis, Kathryn Garlack, Marion Weeks.Thelma Fielder, Evelyn Sweet, Virginia Youngflesh, Jean Grottendick, and Eleanor Collins. The Sixth grade was invited and several mothers visited the room during the afternoon. By Evelyn Sweet, grade 5 A, Vaile school. , Players are Boys ,rt Hart, and Myron Ewbank, joined the orchestra this year, coming from the Benton Heights school. Several times the orchestra has played for the chapel programs of the sixth grade. Sometime very soon they will play for the school's Parent-Teacher's asociation, which has just been organized.

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PUPILS OF MOORE TO PLANT FLOWERS The Joseph Moore pupils are) very proud of their school yard. It is nice to look at, as well as to play in. The grasp, trees and bushes are now pretty and green. In front of the building there are several bushes Rose of Sharon, spirea and snow ball. On the girls' side there is a hedge of iris and on the boys' side, are California daisies. Mrs. Nice's pupils are making a flower garden on the east side of tho building. They are going to plant holly-hocks, larkspur and such flowers that will come up again next year. The flowers are blooming in spring, summer and autumn. First, the-tulip and apple blossoms ; then the iris, 6now balls, spirea. Rose of Sharon, and, last of all, the California daisies. Mary Hayward, reporter for Joseph Moore school. TREES, SHRUBS ARE PLANTED AT FINLEY This is the Arbor Day program boys and girls of Finley school took part ' in' r Friday morning, April 21: Son . "America" scripture reading, Twenty-Third "Trees" Zclla Edith Weist "Three Little Trees" ....Lewis Carr "Four Apple Trees". ... Reba Taylor "Some Historical Trees" ..Mildred Worley Arbor Day Resolutions. Play "Cora's Callers" Hazel By bee, Florelne Farwlff, Mary Louise Brohm, Earl Miller, Georgre Hlrer, Howard Jarrett The children of each room have been Interested in the planting of trees, and during the past two weeks have planted as follows: Shade- Trees Kindergarten, 1; Room One, 1; Room Two, 4; Room Three, 5; Room Four, 0; Room Five. 1; Room Six, 2; Room Seven, 6; total 19. Fruit Trees Kindercarten. B: Room One, 3; Room Two, 10; Room Three, 9; Room Four, 5; Room Five, 6; Room Six, 2; Room Seven, ; total, 40. Shrub or Vinew-Klndergrarten, 1; Room One, 2; Room Two, 8; Room Three, 11; Room Four, 8; Room Five, 9; Room Six, 1; Room Seven, 8; total, 49. . Mary . Louise Brehm, reporter for Finley school. SIXTH GRADE WRITES , LETTER TO CHERBOURG Boys and girls of Mrs. Nice's room, the siith r grade of Joseph Moore, are writing their second let-' ter to pupils In the Ecole de Rue Tourville in Cherbourg, France.' Their first letter to this school was written a year ago and the answer received at the ' school last fall.' They are writing about their orchestra, the games they play, the May Festival, and several other subjects in which they, are interested. SAFETY WEEK HELPS ;. What I - have been doing this week is that I have been trying to obey Safety rules. And teaching smaller children around my home about them. The other day I saw a boy standing in the street, ready to jump on a nautomobile. I said: "Don't forget this is Safety week." I think Safety week will help a great many people, for I am sure it has helped me. Ruth Stott, 6B, Starr school. ' MODEL GLN MILLER The lB's of Finley . school are making Glen Miller in their sand table. They have benches and giant strides and animal cages. They also have a slide and picnic grounds and playgrounds. Mary Louise Brehm, reporter for Finley school. REVEL IN DAILY BATH Teddy, the black Siberian bear, weighing about 900 pounds Congo, the hippopotamus, which weighs- 1,300 pounds and Prince, the polar bear enjoy a shower every day. When in warmer climates, the mouth of the polar bear is blue inside, though it is red in his natice cold climate. A baby hippo came to live in the circus in its winter quarters recently and weighed 405 pounds. Us mother weighs 3,900 pounds and- its father, 4,300. It cannot b said to be a small family.