Madison School Pupils Submit Poems for Page
Fourth grade pupils at Madison showcase poems on the school page. Readings include Song of the Birds by Dorothy Rube, Springtime by Daisy Stegmer, and The Robin by Philip Piskol, with notes on bluebirds and safety of birds.
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Madison
Dorothy Rerube
Daisy Stegmer
Robin Philip Piskol
Robin
Robin Byts
Better Health and Wealthy Body Lessons
The text presents two early 20th century health pieces by Clarence Wendel and Helen Burkard. It urges fresh air and open windows at night to prevent consumption, daily teeth cleaning, milk consumption to build strength, and avoiding tea and coffee as harmful. It also emphasizes dental hygiene and nutrition for robust health.
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Helen’ Burkard
Lemon as antidote to ammonia poison, Longfellow School
Blodwen Nicholson demonstrates using litmus paper with lemon juice turning pink in acid and returning to blue in ammonia. She claims lemon neutralizes ammonia poison, proving lemon as a food antidote. The exercise shows the citrus juice’s acid and alkali interaction on paper.
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Blodwen Nicholson
Arbor Day at Whittier School in Whittier notes
A fragmented account by Albert Pettibone and Alma Ostberg recalls Arbor Day activities at Whittier School. The children describe sun, gardens, a trip with an aunt, a merry go round, lunch, and viewing beavers and a peacock, with mixed weather and moments of dizziness and joy.
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Albert Pettibone
Critth
Butte
Alma Ostberg
Adeline
Arbor
Arbor Day
Dorothea Shaeffer
Iris
McKinley School We RAT sy MARGARET BURT Reventh A
The excerpt shows McKinley School pupils and teachers presenting poems and drawings including verses by Margaret Burt, Zeroline by Geraldine Binnard, and hygiene notes by Margaret Carveth. It captures a school event with student performances and a health lesson.
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Margaret Burt Reventh
McKinley School
Geraldine Binnard
McKinley
Festival at Longfellow School Observes Achievement Day
Teachers and students at Longfellow School staged an achievement day with exhibits from sewing, manual training, music, and other departments. The program featured dances by younger and older students, Virginia reel costumes, and brief addresses on work in music, manual training, reading clubs, and science slides for parents.
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Lensfellow
Cresses
Mary Quigley
Alva Mueller
Mas’ Ford
Iva Crowley Ethel Campbell
Mary Dougherty
Tone Craven
Cupid's Gardens
Dorothy Craven
Lenora Herrin
Willie Newgerbon
Toda Watson
Lillian Zurfuh
Stere- Opticon
McKinley News
Eleanor Arthur
Thelma Greenfield
Courtis
Greeley School Our Diaries and Cantata Review
Our diaries with green covers document monthly calendars and student readings. The high school cantata, directed by Miss Bennett, featured seventh to eighth graders from the city and soloists including Sallee Rundle and Vivian Thomas, with Amond on cornet and a large floral basket presented on stage.
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Louis Trudeau
Miss Bennett
Gorken
Amond
Saicie Rundle
Vivian Thomas
Aimost
Mise Ennett
Spring Comes At Hawthorne School A Student Verse
Sevenths grade poems celebrate spring at Hawthorne School with lines about robins, flowers, streams, and playful animals. The collection includes student verses by Audrey Harris and Margaret Pilon, reflecting seasonal imagery and school life. Additional clippings mention diverse facts from urging physical training for girls to global notes, but the readable lines focus on springtime themes.
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Margaret Pilon
The Olomynka of Lake Baikal and a Grecian pen worth sixty thousand
The Olomynka is described as one of Baikal’s strangest fishes with a large mass of fat, once caught in vast numbers for train oil but now scarce. Venizelos, as Greece's premier, signed the Turkish treaty using a pen studded with diamonds and tables valued at $60,000.
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Lake Baikal
PE Venizelos
Greece
India
Ceylon
Pyneta
Serene Puhicken
Charming
International
Arbor Day Roots in Nebraska History and Myda Willows Tale
A student essay recounts Arbor Day origin with J Sterling Morton and Nebraska’s tree planting drive, noting a $100 prize spurred 1,000,000 trees planted on the first Arbor Day, plus mentions Arbor Lodge and Myda the willows tale. It also includes an adventure titled The Trail Back Home by Josephine Weis about an Alaska snowbound journey and a dog Spot aiding a perilous crossing.
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Floyd Winn
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Trece
Morton
Plains Country
Missouri River
State Board of Agriculture
Josephine Weis
Shaw
Johnny
Doc
Spot
Befety
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Madison School
Arthur Scollick
Bluebirds
Dorothy
Reinwand
Buebird
File Wong
Clarence Wendel
Longfellow School
Whittier School
Orin
Mary Mintosh
Colonel Rodi Yor
T Guens
Margaret Carveth
Longfellow
Muriel Ralph
Jack Frost
Jessie Hodges
Margaret Perham
John Alley
John’ McParron
Souls Strongman
Earl Hamenna
Jou
May Stribley
Gladys Bachman
Bernice McCracken
Bladen Nicholson
Bertha Pascoe
Edith Owens
Inola Watson
Leona Herrin
Helen Anderson
Jessie Adams
Lillian Zurfluh
Annie Dunlop
Barbara Pachervinn
Esther Emery
Cleo Craves
Mary Sprightson
Greeley School
Parnell Zimmer
Hawthorne School
Audrey Harris
Wien Robins
Uruguay
University of Chicago
Fan Claire
Wis
France
China
Rolland
Germany
EB. W. Brown
Harvard University
Winhich
Marston
Ial
Ty Robert Long
Myda
Willows