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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
4
The hymn Nearer My God to Thee, written by Lowell Mason in 1856, stems from the Jacob’s vision at Bethel. The verses first appeared in 1841 and are lauded as a universal source of inspiration.
Jane Madson secretly completes her husband Jerry’s window display after his accident at the Emporium. The couple’s Dutch scene wins first prize for Founders Week, prompting Jane to reveal her ruse and the hospital visit that followed. A separate, unrelated paragraph recounts Robert Louis Stevenson’s life and legends about his island grave.
Poem expressing a prayer for America to remain home of the brave and land of the free. It envisions peace over war, urging righteous conduct, noble deeds, and loyalty under divine guidance to ensure freedom and a just national character.
Essay traces Robert Louis Stevenson’s early work on Treasure Island at Castleton of Braemar begun in 1881. It notes the manuscript struggles, the Dead Man's Chest map, the Admiral Benbow inn setting, and Jim Hawkins as the keeper of vital papers guiding an expedition for rumored riches.
Seventh and eighth grades elected room officers led by President Charles Hasch and Secretary Charles Fike with Dolores Wilck as treasurer. The eighth grade began a chapter in English titled Science in Living while the library planned for an October 20 assembly.
A plan to depict a grand circus parade uses makeshift clowns animals and band wagons to create a frieze illustrating the event. The idea centers on crafting a vivid procession scene for public display.
First graders welcomed Eugene Robinson from Hammond Indiana and enjoyed the Magic Show. Grades cover geography maps, health programs, Indian designs, town diagrams, and wood charts. Sports results include girls and boys losses to Franklin, Berger, and St. Marys with upcoming games noted.
First graders enjoy fall leaves while second graders welcome Billy Keith from Bryant School Harvey. Health nurse stories inspire clean habits. Third graders visit Wanzer dairy and welcome Lawrence McHenry back. Fourth grade begins history studies on an unspecified topic.
The Bryant school scene covers court of honor on October 7 with LeCerveud and Mills earning badges, sports results for boys and girls teams, new fifth graders June Spouch and Mildred Hall, totem of perfect attendance, and hobby show hosts Rudy Pau and Billy Rose. It also mentions music study, new scouts James Williams et al., and patrol assignments for tenderfoot tests.
Room 2 reports perfect attendance for the week as hope remains high for a continued record. Fourth graders write letters to Miss Kurz about reading experiences tied to their Indian project. Third and fourth graders learn microscope facts in health and science. Third grade geography centers on identifying building stones and uses. Monitors for the week are Arlene Allen and Marjorie Wilder.
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