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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
4
The piece argues that teachers keep order in rooms with 40 plus children through firm regular rules learned over years. It urges parents to study these methods, noting that children resist authority and home rules often yield to fuss. It contrasts school discipline with inconsistent home practices.
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary notes the common cold as civilization’s worst enemy. It can lead to pneumonia and other serious troubles, despite many treating it lightly. Colds spike in winter and even Arctic explorers avoid a false sense of safety.
The article reflects on hunting dangers noting that despite low accident rates many lives are at risk when hunters act carelessly. It urges safe handling over fences and emphasizes the danger of an idle gun in capable hands, contrasting with legends of archery skill.
New first grader Helen Lucas welcomed. Third grade speaker Barbara Bales discusses kumquat fruit. Martha Oehler talks about a shell. Lola Shaw moves to Chicago, enrollment now 29 in fourth grade. Fifth grade to present A Real Thanksgiving Friday at 2 45. Robert Silz increases seventh grade to 86. Eighth grade tour of the telephone company and thanks to supervisor. Candy from eighth graders bought for lunch. Fourth grade leads in art quality for Washington. Girl Scouts investiture November 30 with fourteen pins awarded. Boy Scout Troop 5 patrol contest begins Monday for new members and attendance winning patrol to receive a treat. Committee members named. Leon Willey and Mills Tourtellotte to represent Troop 9 at Eagle review.
Mary Gertrude Pennacker returns after illness as attendance hits 100 percent. Grade 1 awaits new books while Grade 2 received readers Susan's Neighbors. Barbara Bowman leads kindergarten milk lunch with Barbara Reitz assisting. Third grade explores water animals. fourth grade studies air. Room 2 monitorsMinette Nelson and Milton Wordelman. Billy Wilde welcomed back by sixth graders. Room 3 to issue Gazette. Girls club toured Chicago November 17 visiting Museum Aquarium stores Costa Rican Restaurant and public library. Jimmy Rochfort brought a bird-shaped sweet potato for the museum. Shirley Golding shared a Canadian penny. Achievement club prepared a Thanksgiving basket for a needy family. Boys club plans field trip to the International Livestock Exposition on December 3.
The first graders are glad most of their classmates are back and they plan a healthier year. The sixth grade studies Germany in geography and enjoys singing Christmas carols. Next week seventh and eighth graders begin practice for a Christmas program titled The Coming of the King.
Eighth grade art classes design and craft Christmas greeting cards. Seventh and eighth grade boys plan to play soccer with Washington school this afternoon. The month ends Friday. pupils with no absences may be dismissed early.
Room 4 Earle Swanson remains in St Francis hospital after about a week with good improvement but a long recovery ahead. Last week had only three school days due to Thanksgiving with Thursday and Friday off. George Boomsma visited Michigan during the holidays. Room 3 reports students painting Christmas pictures in various color combinations, with many pretty shepherd scenes and almost all students completing a picture.
During Thanksgiving week the first and second grades visited barnyard animals in neighbors yards. Students noted white turkeys at Buddy's home and Billy painted a Pilgrim picture for the hall. Fourth graders write up experiments and the upper grades collect funds for Illinois weather forecasts.
In third grade all but one pupil returned to the third and fourth grade room. Fourth graders write winter Eskimo life stories and plant seeds to study growth. They draw corn and bean seeds in various stages. First and second grades celebrate a full week of perfect attendance from November 14 to 18.
A congressional committee reviews profit sharing plans as a path to higher labor efficiency and prosperity. It notes varying success across firms and questions whether workers prefer steady wages over fluctuating pay tied to profits.
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy argues Americans should rank nationality over race. He emphasizes national allegiance, the nation’s diverse population, and pride in the flag. The piece links immigration to strength and cautions against distracting from everyday civic duties.
A fragmented plea mentions a pot of items, some stolen some not, with a sense of urgency and danger implied by the chaotic exclamations and scattered phrases. The text suggests a chaotic scene centered on theft and possible murder stakes.
A humorous collage shows lessons on perseverance and life as a two year old offers a philosophical quip about ashes in the eyes. It mixes quips about education and staying power with witty ads and jokes from a newspaper ad page.
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