Edison Institute High School - Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Page Four HERALD Our Schools iConcluded from page threel balls at them. Some of the boys and girls like to make snow forts and slide down the hills with their sleds. The children all love to go to school, but, oh, the best part of the winter, as Billy Hayden and all the others agreed, is the time when Santa Claus comes! Jimmy Sisson and Anne Thompson like the summer time because it is warm and they can play out of doors. And all are delighted with picnics and tea parties, and find it lots of fun to swing and teeter and play With their wagons. Colleen Davidson likes to pick Ilowersr In the summer all love to go to the lakes and swing. Robert German says the reason he prefers summer to winter is because then he can dig for angleworms and go fishing. . MN Comfort The seventh and eighth grade spelling pupils have completed the sixth and seventh grade words. The sixth and seventh grades had geography tests. Opal Kerr Visited school on Thursday afternoon recently, and Dorothy Kenof came on a Friday afternoon. Leo Bachtal is ill in the Ford Hospital with mastoids on both ears. His fellow pupils have sent him letters. Maureen McLain has been ill with intestinal flu. The seventh grade reading class studied accounts 01 ancient schools. These spoke of syllable spelling. The five upper grades had a syllable spelling contest Friday morning. Lois Anderson stood up the longest. Clarabelle Kerr, Betty Holdridge, Joan Cadmus and Audrey Richard made posters recently. The school pump has now been repaired. The Parent-Teachers, Association for the Waring School, Centennial School, Green Lane Academy, and Comfort School, was held at Comfort schoolhouse the other evening. The business meeting was opened by the new president, Mrs. Elliot McLain. The program corsisted of community singing led by Ray Wil- liams, and selections by the Holloway Church orchestra. Motion pictures of the Worldis Fair, opening of the Ford schools, and some animals of Michigan were shown by Mr. Leon Rosacran of Tecumseh. At the close, refreshments of popcorn, candy and apples were served. MN Mills School When the pupils returned to school last fall all were glad to see that the building had been redecorated and that there was a new well. There were only seven pupils at the beginning of the school year, but in November there were six new ones. The scholars do not believe this is an unlucky number. So far this has been a very busy and pleasant year. This month spelling books have been made for a contest. This muddy weather keeps the house- keeper busy. One of the pupils is house- keeper each week and sees that the room is kept neat and clean. All look forward to Thursday, the day on which dancing lessons are held at Macon. The new school paper will doubtless be much enjoyed as it will tell what the other schools are doing. SPORTS, AND PASTIMES Basketball Foul Shooting Contest eBig Fivee McLeod 4-5-3-4-2 18 Snow 1-5a3v2-7 1 8 Gardner 1-3H7e2a3 1 6 Roth 2-4-6-1-3 1 6 Kresin 3-4-4-1-2 1 4 January 31, 1934 tSacred Heart vs. Greenfieldi Greenfield: Hz OOHOHOOCP total M cLeod F. Snow F. Smith G. Petrak G. Burns G. Roth F. Donaldson G. OOONHHHW H NlOOb-le-ODNN Sacred Heart: f total Muir F. OlBrien . F. Glennan G Hoehn G G G Cotter O'Brien, F. ooor-loom OOHHHHd QiOOHwNi-e MN The Pioneers Hike Saturday, January 2, was a very good day for a twelve-mile hike to Nan- kin Mills, write three of the Pioneers. There was thin ice over the river on which we crossed. We started from Mr. Robertsl house at nine oiclock in the morning, and followed the Rouge River till we found a good eating placwand ate. Then we started on. We ran out of water when we were a mile and a half from the mill, and stopped at a farmhouse where we got a drink and refilled the canteens. Nankin Mills was reached at three dclock. No one would have known that we had walked twelve miles. Some of us played hockey on the mill pond. At four dclock the bus came and took us home. mm Heralds of Spring In the next column is an item about the arrival of the first robin. It is in the form of a nature note of a kind which we wish to encourage. We therefore ask the scholars of the Village and District schools to keep their eyes and ears open for the arrival of these heralds of spring, the little birds. Tell us when and where they saw them, and mention if possible, to what species they belong. If they can- not be identified, then a description of the bird will be the next best thing. Be- sides our feathered friends, the arrival of other creatures of the woods and by- ways may be noted. Edison Junior Pioneers SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES tContributedl The Edison Junior Pioneers were organlzed June 23, 1933, With Albert 0. Roberts in charge and Howard Simp- son as assistant. The main purpose of the Pioneers is character-building, train- ing in useful arts, providing supervised outdoor activities of interest, and re- celvmg instruction in the proper use of leisure time. The Pioneers include boys under twelve, and avoid all semblance of militarism. One distinctive feature of the Edison Pioneers is that instead of awarding badges the boy receives various articles of woodmenis equipment. Last summer many of the boys were given pocket knives for regular attendance, for learn- ing to tie certain knots, and repeating a little pledge of law. Several earned a little hatchet by mastering the Morse code used in signal- ing, or a pocket compass by learning the sixteen directional points and for memor- izing Kiplingis 31f? This poem tells the boy just what he has to do tiifii he is to become a real man. During the warmer weather the Pioneers have regular weekly meetings at which they play games, take hikes, study knots, first aid, signaling, the use of the compass, and other accomplish- ments. One of the most memorable hikes of the Pioneers was on the Ford estate where they had a wiener roast at the Santa Claus Cabin and then visited the old Ford homestead. Once the Pioneers went in automobiles to Macon where they had a picnic lunch and afterwards went to see a wheat threshing. There is a camp site in the village, and tents and blankets sufficient for forty boys, so that there were several enjoyable overnight camping events last summer, the highlights of which were the songs and stories around the campfire after supper. During the winter activities are restricted to occasional hikes. Next spring it is planned to have a field-day program at which the parents and friends of the boys will be entertained with interesting contests in starting fires by friction or by flint and steel, as well as competitive games of various kinds. Here and There Nature Notes in Winter Isabelle Gassett writes: On going to the buses Friday, January 19, I was greatly surprised to see a robin sitting on a high branch of a tree on the corner of South Military and Monroe Blvd. I did not know whether it was a robin that had stayed with us all winter, or whether he had just arrived, but I had never noticed the bird before. mm Corduroy, now used as cloth by workers engaged in rough labor, was once worn by kings, whence it derived its name, corde du rm.

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HERALD Page Three 3 WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING t Congratulations It is with much pleasure that the editors and reporters present the. first budget of news from Greenfield Village and district schools. The response to our appeal for contributions has been very good, and once we get the Herald into running order, and one school sees what the other is doing, we feel.sure that it will be still better. A few items have had to be held over for this issue, owing to lack of space, but we hope to see them in the next. We congratulate the writers of the various items for the zeal and ability they have shown, and assure them that a note is being kept of their contributions, although their names may not in every case appear. We suggest that contributors clip out their news items as they appear in each Issue, and paste them into a little scrap book, so that at the end of the school year they may have a complete record of their journalistic work. mm Scotch Settlement Sickness has made Eileen Barth absent from school since Thanksgiving. She is in the Ford Hospital. All are hoping she will be back soon. At Manual Training recently some men from the museum moved in. There are three benches. They are going to make musical instruments, it is said. One of them is a violin maker. Soon the birds will all come back, Thepretty flowers too; And while we frolic on the farm The friendly cow goes Moo! --Jean M ills NM Town Hall The girls from grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the Village schools had sewing last year in the Clinton Inn. Grades 4, 5 and 6 made pincushions, and the higher grades made baby dresses for the welfare. This year these classes have been changed from the Clinton Inn to the Secretary House, which may be used also as the girls' club house. This year the girls are making aprons and dresses for themselves. Their teacher is Mrs. Chalmers. The' Village School I love to go to the village school, At recess to go out and play: - I'm sure the grown-ups don't have the fun That we have every day. We play with hoops and balls, We teeter-totter and swing; We play with sleds in winter, And croquet in the spring. eHelene Walker mm Willow Run There is a new girl at the Willow Run School. She belongs in the first grade. She is a dolly and her name is Mary Ann Willow. Santa Claus brought her a bed, a night gown and some roller skates. She is a good girl and keeps all the health rules. Willow Run has chosen its school colors. They are gold and white. Gold was chosen because it is so precious. Men will risk their lives for it. If you watch closely you Will see that Mother Nature uses yellow in every iiower. The buttercup was chosen for Willow Run School flower because it is yellow like gold. The old year has gone, And the new one is here- The world is changing Year after year. To keep up with the world I must do my part, To learn things that are good And gladden each heart. eLillian Poet At the chapel the other morning, the Reverend Vreeland gave a short talk on Excuses? He stated that he liked to see boys and girls who did not have to give an excuse every day because they had not prepared lessons. Every childls attention was attracted to the speaker, and everyone seemed to take his remarks to heart. mm Old Stone Pennington The pupils of Pennington School were excused from their lessons at 12 o'clock one Friday to go for a hike. Most of them got back at 2:30 olclock, when they had to tell what they had seen. Some very interesting specimens of tree cul- ture, such as various kinds of leaves, cones, and so forth were brought in. Pupils of the Pennington School were asked by the Macon Community Club to give a program at a meeting held at Mrs. Walter Mordenis, January 16, at three p. 111. Numbers were given by Lois Downing, The Childrenls Hour ; Colleen Thorn, Bed in Summer ; Adeline Hammock, nThe Cupboard. A duet was sungetiStriving for Truth by Thelma HOWBII and Joyce Penning- ton. Other selections were sung by a group of nine girls. mm Brownville Our teacher, Mr. Driscoll, organized a Rhythm Band for the first three grades. In this eager group of players are Wyona Gove, our little drum major; Alta Dermyer, orchestra bell player; Lyle Harper and Helen Reeves, triangles; Kathryn Beevers, N ed Harrington, Dar- win Creger and Bobby VBeevers, the sandblock players; Margretta Couell, Marcella Johnson, Joyce ,Miller and Loretta Milosh, the woodblock players. The organist, Doris Harrington, and Rhythm Band leader, Anna Beevers are seventh graders. They have played many pleasing selections for our morning chapel programs. One of the finest events of the season was their appearance on the Brownville Christmas program. They gave the songs Baa Baa Black Sheep, HHickory Dickory Dock, and tiWhols Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. These little beginners have taken great interest in practicing since they had the pleasure of using Walter Dis- neyls colored feature of itThe Three Little Pigs at Mr. Ford's Exposition of Progress. Mr. Driscoll hopes to make these players fine musicians. The seventh grade have been study- ing circles since the holidays. Most of them can figure out the formulas A :n r and C:n d They havenlt got circles round their eyes yet. Spell-down In spelling, Brownville School has regular lessons each day except Friday. On Friday each class has a spelldown. There has been some close competition in these weekly battles for honors. In the high school group Roma Driscoll and Eva Johnson have held first place most of the time. Roma is leading in the race, while Eva is following closely. Both girls have had the second prize several times also. In the sixth and seventh grades Anna Beevers is leading, followed closely by Kathryn Anthes and Doris Harrington. In the fifth grade, composed of five boys, Bruce Anthes leads with J unior Beevers a close second. The first, second and third grades have been having some royal battles. It is uncertain as to which boy or girl will win. At present Wyona Gove leads in the third, Ned Harrington in the second, and Charles Johnson in the first. NM Centennial To the pupils of the Centennial School the New Year has begun success- fully. Returning from a two weeks vacation they found a new piano, equip- ment for making hot chocolate at noon, and a new cupboard for keeping dishes and supplies. There are also new benches around the dance noor. On a recent Thursday Mr. Lovett and Mr. J ohnson gave their first lesson on the new dance iioor, and future lessons are being eagerly looked forward to. Green Lane Academy There was plenty to talk about at Green Lane Academy after the holidays. Many things of interest happened. Some of the children spent Christmas with their grandparents. One boy rode a horse called Frank; others spent some of the time playing outside in the snow. Several boys made snow men, and Mar- jory helped take down the Christmas tree. Best of all we saw Santa Claus and are glad we were good girls and boys. The other day the children of Green Lane Academy were asking one another what they liked best about school. Lillie Jean Dewey and Martha Jane Kempf answered, We like. to look at the slide pictures. Bertram Davies liked to paint on the easel. Bobby Moore preferred to play with the blocks. Robert Bachtal liked to paint in the color books. Colleen Davison thinks iiItls lots of fun playing outdoors, and Gloria Underwood likes to write her name. Some of the others answered that they liked to write on the board, look at books, pick out ABCis, play with the modeling clay, make a snow rabbit, listen to the victrola, and sing songs; while others liked to listen to stories, giving preference to Little Jackie Rollaround't and The Three Bears. A few days ago the children got into a discussion regarding summer and winter. Some said they liked the winter time the best, while others preferred the summer. Bobby Nelson said he liked winter time the best because he could make snow men and then throw snow- tContinued on page lourl

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G1VHEIH in Greenfield Village Schools, photographed Candlemas Day. They are a happy, healthy group of youngsters for whom ice and snow and biting blasts have no terrors. an; :1 952d