Garfield School News Highlights Students and Staff
The graduating class attended the funeral of Charles Raymond Langlegs and sent a floral piece with their colors. George La Bree of 6A returned after three weeks. Health Crusader pins ordered for pupils from fourth grade up. 1-A and 2-B study birds and compile Nature Books with Robina Gladbreant. Frederick Roos missed a dollaxmate. Viola Guden enrolled April 12 in 1-A. Grace M. Schile, seventh grade teacher, elected as delegate from the Lake Shore division of the Illinois State Teacher Association at Oak Park meeting.
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Garfield School
Ruth
Cunningham
Bernaind Cahn
Frend
Charles Raymond Langlegs
Gude
Robina Gladbreant
Fredrick Roos
Ly IH
Viola Guden
Ming Grace M. Sehile
Lake Shore
He Illinoia State Teacher Association
Oak Park
Garfield School Notes On Student Activities
Easter Leasie Krom assistant Myrtle Helleman and Huth Koehler report first grade work. Fourth grade windows show paper tulips in window boxes. Fifth grade lists twenty eight pupils with health certificates. Third grade has thirty eight pupils. Second grade studying the poem Who Likes the Baton. Helen Gulenschwager returns after hospital stay. Sixth grade shows interest in travel of March Polo in China. Gertrude Quitch missing due to scarlet fever. A le k meeting held April 10 with committees choosing pin colors flower and motto Min No, Flower Ten rose Colors Turquoise and old gold Motto Grit Wing.
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Grant School
Leasie Krom
Assiatant
Myrtle Helleman
Huth Koehler
Helen Gulenschwager
Eugene Field School News Highlights and Changes
The Eugene Field School reports prize wins in Bird-House Content by 8-A and notes eighth grade organizing Camp Me Guardian with Lillie Misch as editor and Dorothy Krawits as treasurer. Several students return after illness, new members join A class, and families relocate. The April 10 spelling prep contest yielded good effort. two students move to Quick Park this week. Henry Murtens returns after scarlet fever.
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Eugene Field School
Lillie Misch
Aguiatant
Dorothy Krawits
Vault Meyers
8-A
Guardian
Mise
Flathouse
Lillie Minch
Dorothy Krawitz
Friedy Martens
Tin
Virgil Fosch
Marto Mere
Lamaine Kroe
Wickham Kennedy
Quk Park
Upraised Arm and Open Palm Signaled No Dagger
The article notes an early military salute meaning a soldier carried no dagger, not respect. It traces the gesture in Boys' Life and mentions a shift in retiring backward from royalty, with men once hacking away to avoid being kicked by a king.
Cakewalk Tale Reflects Irish Roots and Uneven Progress
A fragmentary report notes the cakewalk’s origins in Tyeland and its later association with Negro performers as the dance migrated into broader London settings. The text suggests shifting attitudes while describing the cake as a prize for the Dent dancer.
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London
Tyeland
Dent
Birthmarks Indicate Knightly Descent in Ancient Lineages
A French scientist posits that birthmarks in families not now of noble blood signal knightly heritage. The marks allegedly arise from ancestral armor or ceremonial lineage, suggesting a genetic trace of armor bearing ancestors in distant forebears.
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Mrmor
What does your son expect to be Ex milkman
Mr Berggren asks what his son expects to become and the speaker replies with a blunt view that he is naturally cut out to be a milkman. The contrast hints at parental expectations versus self and vocation.
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Mr. Berggren
Moro Chieftain Bengulte Lived Eighty Three in Tropics
Ancient Moro chieftain Bengulte reputedly lived 83 years in the Philippines tropics. A noted diplomat warrior, he kept peace with Spaniards, led fierce forays, and later advised a U.S. alliance. His tomb, bamboo framed and white cloth adorned, rested in a seated postur e for 86 days.
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Tropics
Philippines
Finney
Bengulte
Benguito
Aguinaldo
United States
Nome
Medons
Conversation Fragments on Cupid and Alphabet
A fragmented exchange features Glara B and Olara discussing Cupid’s role in forming the alphabet. Olara jokes that if Cupid shaped letters he would have kept them closer together, highlighting playful wordplay in a clipped dialogue.
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Olara
Courtroom interruption triggers expulsion warning
A judge threatens removal for interrupters as a chaotic scene unfolds in the courtroom. Voices shout quirks and garbled lines blur the moment while a crowd stares and comments on the scene. The dialogue includes interruptions, bemused bystanders, and fragmented mentions of Dorothea and Gone amid the disorder.
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