28 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1932
Page
1
A reflection notes paying tribute to George Washington honors him and ourselves. It praises the strength dignity and nobility of his name and character and argues reverence prepares soil for future virtue to take root.
A child described as troublesome is explained as prideful of his father and seeking approval. Advice given to redirect a child’s energy toward constructive play. A brief personal hunting anecdote from a speaker, recalling a scare with hogs and quail, ends with the name Gray Duloney.
The page compiles student writings and notes from Robinson School and Rhymes School in Louisiana. It includes accounts of George Washington born 1732 and battles, poems about Jennie Wren and curls, a Monroe airplane ride, and a Cuba trip with vivid details and reflections from multiple students.
A brief student piece summarizes George Washington as the United States first president and father of his country. It mentions Mount Vernon his home and Martha Washington as his wife.
The author notes a cardinal red bird living in woods south of the Great Lakes year round. He remains wary of people, feeding on tree buds and blending into the forest shadows beside a brook.
The robin is described as about ten inches long with a black head red breast and black tail with white under its tail. It eats worms and insects drinks from a bird bath and drinking dish builds nests from straw and mud and eats strawberries and cherries. Virginia Rutledge 4 A.
A child describes a gray rabbit named Jacksnapper who snaps at all he sees and eats all the straw in his night pen. The passage mixes pet notes with a classroom set of short anecdotes and old-time biographical snippets about George Washington and others.
A girl’s report describes a mother bird finding string for a nest in a chinaberry tree and singing nearby while the father bird sings on a limb. A boy recalls hunting from a house and reviving a lame bird which later died despite care.
Dorothy White 3 B describes a summer visit to Great Onyx Cave with an emphasis on the flower gardens and a delightful tour of the cavern.
A fragment notes George Washington's home named Mr Vernon and mentions Martha Washington Nellie Curtis as step-daughter with a stray name Joyce Siegle a Sherrouse School second grader.
An old plantation worker is pursued by a goat stung by bees, while owner Mr. Crawford rests under a tree. Bees swarm the yard trapping everyone outside and near the house as observers JEAN CALHOUN, TACILE DUNCAN note a boy named Washington and a cherry tree incident.
A fourth grade account from Agnes Heath describes spotting a panther in the woods and a rattlesnake in the bushes near a fence. The author fled home as her father killed the snake with 19 rattlers.
A brief verse by Billy Armstrong from 3-A Grade explains how a rain drop travels through river valleys runs down mountain sides to oceans and may become snow or ice and return to earth via the sun and clouds.
Nellie Rae recalls a March morning walk to school with vivid details of glittering water, singing birds, a singing cock, and a calm landscape. She notes forty cattle feeding and the blue sky as she reaches class, sharing how the pretty scene influenced her day.
A poetic tale follows a single raindrop from a heavy cloud to a river and Pacific Ocean. It becomes a wave then ascends as sun returns rain. The drop travels over a mountain and freezes into ice by dawn, credited to Louise Williams.
A short reminiscence notes George Washington as truthful, kind, and beloved. It mentions his transition from boyhood in Holly Ridge to adulthood and service in war, declaring him the first president of the United States.
A story describes a five year old yellow and white cat named Bill kept as a pet by Addie Mae Snell in Grade 2. The narrator feeds the cat bread and milk and states the cat enjoys playing.
The Barkdull Faulk School celebrates George Washington's birthday with a school play planned for Monday through Friday. A large portrait of Washington is displayed in Mrs Granberry's room and a big flag stands at the front of the school. Martha Ann Moore 6 B Grade Barkdull Faulk School.
An excerpt describes Japanese homes built with bamboo and paper, gardens with flowers and a pond featuring a colored bridge. It notes reflections in water and mentions ki mon windows. A second fragment recalls boys using a raft on a ditch near a house with a sinking raft and Carl's dunking incident.
A child recounts visiting an aunt for Christmas holidays. They walk to a park, see two tame bears, a man handles them, they stroke the bears, swim, then return home by five. MARJORIE HART 5-A. Jane waits for her father. He milks goats and makes cheese. Jane’s father saves milk for the kids. MABEL LEE SHEPARD 3-B.
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