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mu School Stresses Health in Songs and
fi.~.-itzlti0|ls Also Presents Short Plays -—
(miter School Has a Weather Study Class
1: hold their
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2'..rlons_ and
.lsscmblies,
' \cry active.
“t debates
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McCarthy
this week
lung and
"Hi 1-}: Mr.
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u‘.‘ Grades
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Stelkovis
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Ruth Kay. Emma filled: and
Muriel Juleson. .
_Recitation: "March." M i r i a m
Bond.
Health Playict: "The Two Broth-
ers," by pupils of Grade 6.
Cut No. 1,
Weak Boy. Herbert Lund
Strong Boy ..... . . Lynn Nickorson
Mother ........... Helen Lodrigan
Fresh Air Fairy ........ Ida. Brown
Health . ......... . . . . Miran-l Bond
Sickness ........... . Jack Moseley
Good Things to Eat:
Eggs . . . . . . Stephen 'Boski
Fruit Axel Nelson
Milk . . . . . . . . . Isadore Brown
: Bread_ ...... ‘......., .lohn Webb
Miss Minnie McDonald. the
school nurse. visited the school this
week and gave each of the pupils
a physical examination. Notices
\\ ere sent. home where medical care
was needed.
Miss Mary McCarthy. supervisor
of music. visited the different class
,, rooms Tuesday.
Miss H. L. Hewitt. the penman-
ship supervisor. paid the school a.
visit on Thursday.
The school piano has been tuned
by “'llliam I-Iaussler. Jr..
The sixth grade continues to hold
the milk banner with a percentage
0! 76 per cent.
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ROOSEVEUI‘ SCHOOL.
The. program for this week's ass
semblv was as follows:
1. Song "The Cow"
grade 1.
2. Story: “The Elvt-s
Shoemaker." Bobby Sonic.
1:. Song: “The Lullaby" by pupils
of Grade four.
4. Poem: "How They Brought
”the Good News fro Ghent to Ala"
by sixth grade.
5. Song: "The Four
pupils of the second grade.
6. Reading. "The Song Sparrow"
by Joseph Eula. Charlotte Dunbar.
“'alter Arnold. Isabelle Cl‘bner and
Harold Desner.
The school has discontinued the
cocoa. lunches which it has beer
serving at noon.
The fourth and fifth grades
working on a. rug which they are
weaving and which they claim will
be a. real work of art when finished.
Miss A. Bouton. drawing super-
visor and Miss Minnie McDonald.
the school nurse were visitors at the
hy pupils or
and The
\Yitlds,"
“I“!
'n In .T’ih'er schools or
L
moons swoon.
assembly this week.
m'
l. Opening: Lord's Prayer. . '
2. Song: “Comin' Thru the Rye."
The program ‘
.3. Song: "The Old Lady." Rose‘
Bernhard.
0. Poem: “Autumn Fires.” Julia.
Barber.
6. Poem: “The Dandelion," John
Caruso.
6. Song: “On Monday." Vera-Fer-
HI.
7. Sons:
F‘atlna.
8. Recitation: “The Robin's Ser-
mon." Sophie Trove.
9. Song: "Robin Is Here." Frank
Dominic. . '
10. Boy Scout Cheer. Jack Aron-
son.
11. Recitation: "The Cloud." pu-
pils of room one.
12. Song: "Thefluckoo Clock." 12
pupils of room tour.
“The Border."_ Tessie
13. Song: "Sally's Blue. Eyes,"
Franklin Moflitt.
14. Song: "Conrad Robin." nine
girls from room six.
16. Flag Salute. by the school.
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CENTER SCHOOL.
The weekly assembly was held
Thursday morning. After the pro-
iude several ”announcements were
made by Principal Waler Kong and
the rest of the morning devoted to
singing. Miss Parker gave an in-
teresting talk on the convention she
attended last week.
The formal opening of the school
took place Tuesday evening. There
were a' number of interesting
speeches. The music {or the occas-
sion was furnished by the orches-
tras of Franklin School and Center
School. After the dedication of the
school the par'ents and‘ friends of
the pupils were taken through the
school on a tour of inspection.
The Dramatic Club gave Booth
Tarkington's play “Seventeen" last
Friday evening to a. well filled
house. They were assisted by the
orchestras of Franklin and Center
schools.
9.\ College Preparatory and
Commercial classes held a. class
meeting “’ednesday night. A com-
mittee was appointed to get infor-
mation on class pins and rings. The
meeting was adjourned until
\Vcdnesday. the first of April.
The third meeting of the Current
History Club in charge (I Miss Pol—
lock was held March 20. The sub-
ject of the debate was "Wu Cool-
idge right in reducing the navy and
increasing the air force?" The at-
tirniatives won.
The BB spelling class had an aver-
age of 89 per cent this week. Over
halt of the clasamad an average of
so per cent or more. Those having
100 per cent every day were Evelyn
Rowe. Lucy Manfred and Norma.
MacLeah.
Ernest Fiinweilin or 9-21 who has
school during the week.
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been seriously ill with influenza is
Cm Red“ C0 .
[stud/islet! (657
‘1.50
F ull-fsshioned and
as we offer in this
hose.
Medium Grey
Parline
Champagne
Banana
fitted foot.
_“M. I& R.
Silk Hose
Consistent with our-efforts to an
the best value in everything to offer our
patrons, we have hunted for such a value
p Lustrous in sheen, fine in quality, it
has a slender shapely ankle and carefully
Lisle reinforces the foot and
top, but the silk comes up above the knee
and is Suitable to wear with short skirts.
Fashionable colors—all sizes. _
Every Pair Perfect—Wonderful
Wetting Quilt?
.‘l‘abnt Pleatings of Georgette and
Specia ”
exclusive with us
“M & R Special” silk
‘3 . I 1
Oriental Pearl
Beige
Black
Main floor.
Net
‘Lineoln School [hold its regulaer
' ii of the most up-to-date frocks have these fashionable Jabots.
.. cascades down the front oPthat new frock. or to freshen up a dress
They add charm tozan otherWIse' plain
et with lace edge or Van Dyke
-: Fun have worn several times.
. and are obtainable in cream '11
‘ , 7 -‘ mi. with lace edge at
‘r iris-cult georgette of extreme
Hm ”J.- of a yard is required
Striking Styles In Men’.8
Spring Neckwear '
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lliautly colored stripes and
ked effects which will 11’1”“ to
' Yuan who likes a dash of colorgtli
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Numerous other new sprint: Qty!“
1': ill: as well as knit‘tlel in novel
sci unusual styles for theuyfluth or
n.- more conservative gen em..-
31 to “50
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beauty has Val lace edging
for the jabot of regulation
In
pointed
$1.50 yd.
of. rare 'de-
length at
$2.50 yd.
Main door.
Children’s Day
In The Millinery Dept-i.
'. Just out of their boxes are hats of
every color designed for the fash-
ionable missof Bridgeport. Tailored
white leghorns with black velvet
binding and’ flat bows of_velve_t.
Golly colored hats trimmed as she
- hoped they would be and such a .
besufitul'selection. _
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DAILY owner: To some: mantis.
Our delivery arm's-tin “0‘“! A. ll.
chases made in tumors! In «1011'
$2.95 to $7.50.
to. seconesoon ‘-
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“medium,” and his step-father.
Inthlshouse.inapoorsectiouofludians
Shepherd, coursed {minute of William McClintoek, dead "or-
phan millimetre," lived and ran a coal business in the. backyard .
when he was 20. ~It. is non occu ed by his mother, 75, a spiritualist
lsbout the durges against Shepherd. . '
polls, William D.
I: refuse to have anything to any .
slowly improving.-
The debating club hold its regular
meeting a. neck ago Friday. The
subject of the debate was: Resolved
~Thm girls surpass boys in scholar-
ship in this school.
During the week the ninth grade
Civics clam held several debates. The
topics were: Reserved—“That Nor-
i
walk should have a woman on its
police iorccl" Resolved: "That a.
iircman's life is more
dangerous
thunn soldiers'." '
The ninth grade Current Events
club held its regular meeting Thurs-
day afternoon.
Katherine O'Reiily has returned to
school after several days of illness.
An interesting project of the ninth
grade during the last row weeks has
been‘tho dramatization of the Con-
stitutlonai Convention. The leading
dn‘cgatcs were impersonated by the
members of the class. Among those
taking part were;
“‘ashlngton, Virginia. “'lll'lam Al-
len.
Madison, Virginia. Koehlcr Dunn.
Hamilton. New York. Charles Pos-
luszny. ,
Randolph. Virginia. Natalie
An-
dcrson.
\‘Viison, l‘tnnsylvania, Katherine
Skelley.
Franklin. Pennsylvania. Alfred
Newbaum.
Sherman. Connecticut. Katherine
O'Reilly.
Patterson. New Jersey. Ilcrbcrt
Brothcrtou.
Morris, Pennsylvzinla. John Mc-
Cormick.
Gerry. Massachusetts. C. )Ichh
ney.
'Chas. Picltncy. South Carolina,
Emma Bouton.
Gotcsworth Pickncy.
llnn. H. Felicnbaum.
Rutledge, South
Hitchcock.
Dickerson. Delaware. J. Lyons.
Johnson. Connecticut. G. Murphy.
Ellsworth. Connecticut. E. “'eed.
The work was based on Harper’s
Encyclopedia of L'. :5. History.
The weekly meeting or the Glee
Club and Boys' Chorus was held
Thursday afternoon.
The 98 Sci-23cc class is working
the weather forecast project this
semester. The otiiciai stall is made
up of; ‘ ' '
J. Murray and
Clouds.
LI. Rooney and E. no“ e—Winds.
M. Glittkson and H. Bray—tem-
pcrature and atmospheric pressures.
These people meet during the
morning recess period every day to
confer on the changes in their » re-
spective departments and make their;
South Caro-
Carollnn, A.
ll. Christoftcrs—.
predictions. A blackboard in room
l3 shous the schrul changes
graphed. Flags are displayed to an-
nounce weather conditions for the.
next 48 hours. All the pupils are.
very much interested in these pro.
dictions. It! should be added that
the forecasters have yet to fail in,
their judgments.
The iollmviny program “as pre~
sented by the Science Club Thursday
afternoon.
"\Vhat is a. gyroscope"—-Carol
Wing. '
' that
"A Modern De)”——.\'atallc Andch
son. ’ ;
"What Becomes oi' Dust'.‘"-—l~'..lth-‘
erine Sanford. V
Extemporancous. Debate.
That’s "Seven. '—lielen Ross. .
The club has started arrangements‘
for its annual trip to Bronx l‘ark.
Baseball practice was held 3 times
last week. Mr. McMurray is highly
elated with the men on the 7th and
Sth grade team and has definitely
announced the lineup for the open-
ing game as follows: Smith. D. and
11:: Harris. lb and p; Rodgers. c;
Jackson. 2b; Scalon, 3b; Fanning,
ss-c: Bows and Hewes. rt: S. Rowe.
ler. Ventrells. Blore and Ingram.
The ninth grade team. minus the.
services of Flewwcllin. who has been
very ill tor several days. will have a.
little harder sailing.
Fiewxveilin was expected to ban-
dle the pitching burden. The team
will be weak in this department un-
less a. pitcher can be developed in
the. short. period between now and
the opening of the season. _
The school clubs and their leaders
are as follows: ‘
- Dramatic club—Miss Carlson.
Science club—Mr. McMurray.
Debating club—~Mrs. Flanigan.
Glee club—Miss Parker.
Boys' bhorus—Mlsd.Parker.
' Current History club—Miss. Pol-
Wk. .1
French club—Ems- Hamilton.
Bird chalk—um Hamilton;
Glris’ Athletic cloth—Miss om.
team players, who played cxceptiom
ally well considering that their op-
ponents were not only oldcr and
larger. but had also had much more
cxpcricnce in pinyin-z. I
The C(‘lllt‘i‘ ioruarils. N. .llldrr-
son, l2. Rowe and L. Stools, \vcrei
unable to make and hold goals dur- 3
ing thv: first half. as thr'y “tl'c vvry
closely guarded by guards much t:lli~
0r than themsc-lvcs. In the second
half? L. Stools made {our field goals.
A. Van Scoy. Jo. and G. Collins. i'c.
for the SCnuls. also M. lilopsch. 3c.
and I“. Merrill. rc. for Center. play-
r‘d in .1. creditable manner for their
respective teams. 1. Hunt and l).
Skelly of the Scouts \\'t re always on
the defensive. (2. Stewart of Cen-
ter did some txccllent guarding. Hcr
opponent, M. Riordan. made only
one field goal throughout the game.
Miss Carlson was the referee; C.
Buttery was tiniekccpcr. and the
scorckccpcrr; \vcrt .‘ilss Unrdllcr and
\V. Flynn.
The. game was the lust of the sea-
son {or the Center girls, who have
won seven or the eleven games they
played. Out of thr- seven different .
teams they played they were detent-
ed by only two trams. both of which
consisted 01 older girls and had our
l'nf'lllllt‘l‘ of the X. ll. 8. alumni. The"
Center girls have made 226 poinle‘
to their opponents' 15:) (78 of which
were made by M. Young) during
this yczlr. so their coach. Miss Gard-
ner. considers that thry have had a
sucrcssfui srnsou. Many of the girls.
who ha\c been playing uz-r ..l;.:lllh
grade girls. 5') thty will to on hand
for next year's team.
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Trolley .‘icu 'I‘csts. i .
Motormrn and conductors \\ ho ope. Nol‘lll Nor-walk, :: ‘4
crate the trolley cars in Connecticut l _,.. 4
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are required to undergo three hard. Main Phone .. .1
weeks of instruction and written and l q '
verbal examinations bcl'orc they are] Street ‘356 43:.
permitted to don a uniform and be, i :3
come full-fledged (roilcymcn. . . " ‘ ‘ L'."
\Vhen a man first applies for cilil- I ANGEVI . . .
or position. provided his gcnrral :lp- , . 2S
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ing as to experience and qualifica- «I
tions prove satisfactory. he is rcquir: 6 NO. IVIAIN ST' so. NORWALK .J
cd to fill out a lengthy qursiionhaire , ~.‘
concerning ills lift's history. l'rcvi-;
ous l-usimss cxllt'l'it‘llci‘. lill‘l't'llt‘CS.’ ‘1
etc. He is tilcll sent to u conlpch-llt L - '
physician for a rigorous physical cx-i . 3 :3
unlination “hicll includes insight crnment issued statements Basins Cliff. camp this year should do no
and Color perm-plinth, .‘nl‘l lcllcx ace ‘ talk of a famine was unjustified. early. Announcements of m -
tlon lt'sls. if he [warns ll1l> mnml- but admitting that the widespread dates soon‘ will be made. Watchtng
nation. ht: is [mm-.1 our m um Ijllltfl distress in the western counties was them. 0-
motormnn and chief conductor. tor ..
all applicants must in: "lrl'oltnzl lll"l
on both ends of tin.- car.
The applicant is int n
the charge of cxpu'lcnccd u-mxs to
l'eCtiu: instruction :ill'l to
cars UntlLl' lllf‘ll‘ tutelage. 1].» works;
under thitsv man for too \\k(‘;i§. op» ;
crating cars Ol'fl‘l‘ a varying number;
of trips orcr uvry route lit the city. ,
both day and night. 111:. inbuilt-tore!
mUsl sign and report on the appliv
rant's work on ouch trip. Claiming ;
tilesc reports are :atisf.:~.!ory.i
the candidate must’tllcn undergo ui
written examination involving i‘litc-rn v
printed pages concerning his duties.l
safety oi operation, and [care of pam‘
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CONDITIONSIN
‘ FAMINEAREA
County Clare Sufiers'
Most, \Vith Ca t t l e
Dying in Hundreds,
Says Irish Leader
DRIED LEAVES
. Two or Three Funerals
Every Day Speaker
Declares at Confer-
abnormal.
from
Relief funds
forthcoming from the
Government as well as from Amer-
ican and British sources.
lift—HON DAYS
Alt. iii T. CAMP
ARE [mum
Work and Play Are
Divided and Young
Men Benefit There-i
have been
Free State
Atrthese camps the governmt
furnishes unitorm and train”
tion both ways. While in the semi
the C.M.T. student is fu
medical attention under the sup-‘3
Helen of skilled army on
The (indent is paid regular—army
wages. Drill- and enters-lumen“
are well balanced. so in reality ‘
outing becomes something of a
cation. Here then is a chaneo‘ .‘
the school boy more than 18 you... I 3"
old to take a holiday and get mu . 1:.
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tor it .
ct: Harding. it: Substitutes are Mli- .
Who Disappeared
BELFAST. Mar. Stu—A depress-
ing picture of the conditions in
County Clare was drawn by Col.
George O'Callaghan “'estropl‘. Irish
Farmers” Union leader. at a con-
t‘crencc here last night .
Cattle are dying by the wholesale.
he declared. 436 head. valued at
£10 each. having succumbed in two
months in one district. and all the
sheep were already dead. with no
1 live stocchit in two large to‘wn-
lands;
In ttvo other townlands. covering
an area thirty miles long by ten
miles wide. the people had lost so
per cent. of their live stock. They
were living on what they could and.
eating oven dried leaves. The tray.
'elEr could not- Journey; along the
roads without meeting two or three
tnneralsdaliy. .
" "The people are {being *tlack."
the Colonel said. .‘Tomorrow they
may see red. and then God help Ire-
lanll" . .
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msuu.nutAdmitthtress. .
' DespatchosreooivedinthoUnitod
states lat. 13-January sold-a. poor.
mmmomtenottso‘
sheepweroasldtobombo-
internment-1.;
Citizens military training camps
will soon be in full swing all over
the country. There is probably no
better opportunity {or the youth 0!
America ,to obtain inexpensive. pro-
fitable vacations than by-attonding
a 15 'day encampment where phys-
ical instruction. military and tech-
nical training are featured with en-
tertainments. dances and sports on
the side.
Year after year these encamp-
ments are proving’ more popular.
every year applicants have to be re-
fused because congreu provided
funds for only a limited number
from each district. Stamford boys
whommake application to go to a
who stay young.
Men, Easter Shoes are
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