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WHAT AN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOY IS DOING IN THE CITY
j . Cullenwafd Reviving Person Who Has Been Under Water . |
i Eric Cullenward, who is now ut the
Columbia Park boys' club, is a native
of Sydney, New. South W.'des, Australia.
Born in 1802, he first attended a private
school in Balmain, and afterward en
tered Fort St. Model public school,
Sydney, which is the largest public
school in the southern hemisphere,
holding - close to 3,000 pupils, and
equivalent to what we, here ,call x a
grammar school. . , :
He is at present under the, auspices
of Major Prescott of the above club,
and has .been sent to America by^the
Public Schools athletic league with the
sanction of the New" South Wales Aus
tralian .rules football league! and
through the courtesy of R. A. Munro
.King, a Sydney lawyer. This latter gen
tleman is a great believer in athletics
for schoolboys, and. he therefore donated
a prize .of $500 \f or the best lecture
that could be given by- a school, boy
on the history and development of the
Australian rules football game. This
\u2666 Sydney lad was unanimously chosen
to represent- the schools of Australia
and introduce in. California tlffc most
spectacular of all football games."
Cullenward's • football \u25a0 experience
dates from the ager of 13 years, when
he captained the. junior .team _\u25a0 of his
school and was successful in winning
the junior competition. For the last
tlirce years he lias been; a; member of
the champion school team of New. South
Wales, and has been to Melbourne
three' times playing footbajr in front
of as many as 5,500 -spectators, once
with the premier,team. Fort St. School,
and twice With the. New South Wales,
representative-schoolboys' team.
For the last three months he has
been.-busy laying; the foundation for
his work in this city. Received very
'.'Clock of Death"
visitors to Hampton Court palace. for
the next few r weeks will miss the famous
astronomical clock,- the dial of which
has now been \u25a0, removed for repair and
repainting. ' It is nearl/ 30 years since
a similar work was undertaken. "The
old .clock, which was the first astro
nomical clock in England and was made
for King Henry VIII in 1540, has a curi
ous history. In 1880 it was brought out.
of a shed at the palace.' where It had
lain neglected for nearly half a century,
and by order of the then secretary of
the office of works it was re-erected
in the .courtyard opposite the entrance
to the state apartments. «,. .
According to Ernest Law, the his
torian of Hampton Court palace,, the
clock was invented by Nicholas Cratzer,
a famous German astronomer, who
came over, to England by the invitation
of Cardinal Wolsey, and who was in
troduced by him to Henry VIII. By
the clock it Is possible to ascertain
the hour, the month, the day of the
month, the position of the sun and the
number of days since the beginning of
the year, phases of the moon and Its
age, the hour at which It crosses the
meridian and the time of high water at
London bridge. The. winding of the
clock occupies half an hour every week.
The weights descend to a depth of over
CO feet.
Like many other things about the
palace, there are legends about the
clock. It is related that when Anne
of Denmark, queen of James I, died at
Hampton court the clock, which was
striking 4 at the moment, Immedl*
ately stopped.- It is also alleged to
have done so ever since whenever any
one long resident in the palace died
within .ita precincts, and superstitious
people quote many cases of its more
recent occurrence. — London Chronicle.
First I'rl«e
\u25a0Hilly-— Kitty, got the prize for a din
ner at our cooking class.
Tilly — How proud she must be!
What Is It?
Milly— A most useful book, "First
Aid to the Injured." — Catholic News.
Tirifrffi^
kindly by the Pacific amateur associa
tion, the /Public. 'Schools league . and
the board of education.Cullenward was
given a letter of: "greetings"; and in«
vlted; to lecture 'to. some 35 schools in
San Francisco about the Australian
game, and, about Australia. This, he
has been doing ancKhe thinks that
there is grea t \u25a0 room. . for \u25a0 the ghme
here. -All ;the boys are enthusiastic
and it is his intention to set to, after
the summer vacation, and teach the
game to the boys of this, city.
: Not only has he aroused interest in
football — or field ball as it will be called
'here,. since it is far -removed from 1 ans'
kind of football ; the 'American youth
has-seen— but v by 'means of one hour's
talk in each of the 35 schools, Cullen
ward has been able to tell many "other
thingsf-that> go , on; in. the Australian
schools. Representing the Royal life
saving society while on His trip, f he has
demonstrated in many of the schools the
way the Australian is taught to rescue
the drowning. : There' all ,the ; children
must learn life saving. ; That is to
say V they . are taught * ? how .toT release
themselves if clutched by a 'drowning
person, and how to bring-that person
ashore. "Then, they are; taught , tha
correct way -torestore breathing to an
apparently drowned person. This. work
is very interesting and Instructive, and
one' that -the Sydney, lad has been- very
enthusiastic over for ...the- : last five -years. '
An expert swimmer, with .30 medals
and -about. 15 trophles"*for championship
races, he has been' the champion swim
iher in the public schools for- his' age.
He also holds the standard ; certificate
for 880 yards, covering that distance*
at the early age of 14' years in 13 min
utes 33 seconds, that .being 27 sec
onds under the standard "time/" Thus
it is that the.Sydney boy is astonished
to find that little, if any,;, interest is
taken in the finest of all sports, swim
ming, in. the grammar schools of. San
Francisco. ,; , .
ADDITIONAL COMPOSITIONS
COMPOSITION MY FAVORITE
CI.ARA HICKLIXG, •
324 ItiUli Str»e<. Lincoln School, IJ Fifth
; Grade. Ajfc Jl Yearn
. !• am ' not very good In ''composition
work, although I liketo" do it. I llko
to write stories and tell them.' I have
heard so many short barks from 'Alonzb
so I will put a few in. Abraham Lin
coln was such a good: and honest man
that they called him Hpnest Abe.
George Washington received a good ed
ucation, which I hope I will. Ido my
home work as soon as I get home! from'
school, v Then I take my sewing and
eew awhile. 1 think that Alonzo will
help* me In my work, for I read all his
short barks. .. \u25a0
GEOGRAPHY THE BEST
STUDY
IMMIIS IIOVDKSIIV,
Point «<•>\u25a0€•« Station. Black School,
Sixth ' Grade. Arc 12 Venn.
I- like geography the best of my
It helps one to learn about
the world and the different places of
intfiesi. \u0084\u25a0\u25a0*;.• '+• ' %
We learn all about the people of
foreign countries and also of their
queer customs. If we study our geog
raphy thoroughly we would enjoy our
selves If we went to Europe, for we
would know about It.
It would be nice to go to Holland
and see the dikes, canals and,wind
mills, also the queer costumes the peo
pie wear. " I would like to get a pair
of wooden shoes for a curjosity.
' In the geographies it Hells of the
wonderful dikes, the canals and the
huge windmills. I would like to go
skating on the canals in winter and
go boat riding on the same canals in
the summer. '
After I had visited the country, In
cluding The Hague and Amsterdam, I
would like to return to California, the
land of fruit and sunshine and flowers.
| Teaching Third Released From Clutch of DroVnirigi Person |
. Life saving, .Cullenward /considers,
should at< least be" part of ,;every school
pupil's training,, and he states that not
only j the j children . but 'the ferry hands,
police and /firemen must learn this use
ful art in Australia. As far '\u25a0, as this
latter *is concerned Culien ward has a
great amount 'of practical;, knowledge.
In 1907 he was one of-. a. team of^ four
who were runnersup. to 'the /champion
junior life saving team; of ; they state.
In 1908^ his team /was. successful, .while
he wasCgiven a squad' of : fellow;school
boys to drill for: life : -"'savlng. certifi
cates,, and' has himself received two
certificates and a bronze medallion for
work. r'He now belongs .to,' the
champion team.; of; flve= life savers ii>
New /South Wales,' holding /\u25a0 a silver
shield against all comers. A promi
nent member of the -Bond! surf -bathers',
life saving club, an honorary institu
tion, he has been commended , by the
Royal life saving. association foV many
plucky surf rescues, 'and" -is now the
proud, possessor; of a \u25a0.\u25a0.''gold! medal: in
connection; with" one rescue; - v -. - . / ..'\u25a0
I In; the first team :at. cricke-t' in his
school, and • the"; /youngest,,. lacrosse
player in the state, yet; Cullenward has
not given up all his,school life. to sport.
In. 1909 he finished ; his. school -educa
tion by passing the junior /wniversify
examination, - which necessitates 12
months of careful; study. At. this ex
WHY I LIKE DRAWING
VERA HAfiERTY,
4335 Twenty-third'- Street, Noe Valley.
:\u25a0;\u25a0{ School,. II Third- Grade. .
. ' ABe 10 Yearn
I like drawing because it is nice
work. You can travel all ' over tho
world and draw pictures of all the for
eign countries. 1 Then -you; .can come
back to. thoclties and show what won
derful things you have seen; You could
draw flowers and landscapes and also
plans of houses. You can go out In tho
meadow and wood and draw pretty
scenes. ' .
GEOGRAPHY IN CASE ONE
TRAVELS
DOIIOTII V IIOIIN,
203 Hoffman Avenue. Noe Valley
School.- n Third Grade. Ase 10
I like geography best.' It Is a very
Instructive and interesting study. If I
ever had the opportunity, to travel I
would like to know something about
the place in which I was traveling.
You learn about the animals and their
homes. You also learn about forts and
rivers. You learn about oceans, lakes,
hills and mountains.
WHY I LIKE GEOGRAPHY
KATIIICHINId lIOSN,
708 KlUabHh Street,' Noe Valley School,
II Tblrd Grade. As« 10 Yean
If I ever went .traveling to all .the
countries in the world I would like to
know about geography. • Now I will
tell you why I Ilka geography. nO.n 0 .
cause it tells about rivers, plains, water
fulls, and other things besides. Also we
learn about the oceans and the lovely
big bays. Geography is my favorite
study because, we learn more by it than
any other thing, \ f%: .
amination'he was' one -of eight out of ,
1,200 candidates; who passed for;a;com
mercial }\u25a0 certificate,.;; embracing a seven
subjects, 1 ", and ; galninguthree^ first, -one*
second < and (three third I class _-." passes. '
At the school" he' was, a prominent mem-;
ber .of j the ! debating.' society; and' is con- ,
sidered a, fair. speaker.^During his. tour
through "i the b schools ; A he r hasvi^recom
\u25a0 mended debating - to , the scholars, and
. insists / that '% they " become; betters edu-:,
cated, by -beingitaught to'say ''not ex-,
actlyjwhati they ? think,',' but ; what they
wish'to/emphasize; \u25a0\u25a0 V ' ' / '". '.'"- '.'."\u25a0
&Iq 'intends going ,to .Vancouver;: ln
June ; with ' the " Columbia '; Park-boys'
club; and^ so- will ; see some ;of ;Cali
fornia's': beautiful scenery, on his; jour
ney north. ,i;^ His \~ football ,' •' tour,; will
probably flnisli'ln December and 'before
then 'he vwill ; try 'arid \u25a0: commence the
game; at. Alameda,- Oakland,'; Berkeley, j
Los 'Angeles . and , San /Diego.;;. He /is
strucki with Uhe~> great ' kindness shown
to; him 'by; all; whom" he* haaycome-in
contact "with and 'has . written to Aus
tralia \u25a0; tell Ing .thenv of /these kindnesses",
and sending back V in/ return i f or , ; the
good wishes , he "offered : the* Americans.
;f; f romHhelr~4'Australlan. cousins.',', ; He -, is
most enthusiastic." over,; ."scouting; f or
\u25a0ihoys.VSand- remarked that; all; that^the;
schoolboy of : San .Francisco- knows*
about • scouting < is what.' he ... has told,
them' during ;his .visits'* to .the schools;
Her Old; Rubber Doll
The 'Rubber,; Doll whistles/ the Rubber
\u25a0'. Doll"squeaks,. f .'.':/*V;'J '..\u25a0?.'\u25a0 ;..',- \u25a0\u25a0;/'\u25a0 '\u25a0':] :\u25a0\u25a0
The Rubber £ Doll listens and ; mutters
and speaks; .;• . .; a
It jumps and- it tumbles,. and;oft has a
;•\u25a0;\u25a0 fail,- '^;--: \u25a0\u25a0 ;\u25a0;..\u25a0\u25a0 •./ y ' '-. \u25a0,\u25a0..• ' . : . ;: - •'•' ;\u25a0
But nothing can equal that old Rubber
Don. \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0• v "; * '\u25a0: -. k : . \u25a0 . ; \u25a0;
A hundred tlnies a day/ our Little One
. kisses, it, <• . . > l \u25a0\u2666,'•
A hundred times a day* our Little One
misses it, * .'\u25a0\u25a0/.
A hundred times a day she makes it
•' squall: : \u25a0.'\u25a0".' ;• - ' . ;- * ,
And then she "catches it and blesses it.
And smoothes it : and 'qaress.es i t, '? \u25a0y-yr' •
And . talks .very 'sternly to her. old
The. Rubber. -Doll.s colds and the Rubber
Doll squawks, .
The Rubber Doll whimpers and grum
bles and talks; . '•./; , ' • ' • •...
It moans and it cries with pitiful call,
But Baby Ju&t worshlpsher old Rubber
Doll. ; *
A hundred times a day our Little One
, sighs for It,' \u25a0 \
A hundred times a day: our Little One
cries for it, .
A. hundred times a day she iets'lt fall;
Then Mho" catches it and. -snugs it up,
And drowsily she. hugs It up, -
And drops off to slumber with her old
Rubber Doll. .
— Children's Magazine.
In Jail and Out
At' Mason, Mich., a" boy was sent to
jail for 30 days for stealing. He had
beeh there about 30 minutes when he
was missed. He didn't saw; the bars—
didn't pick the locks— didn't squeeze
through tho keyhole and he "didn't dig
his way through the floor/ For live
days it was v great mystery, how , he
did get out, and then the Jailer remem
bered that he left .the door open and
that the boy must have walked out.
All these things are eaiy enough if you
only understand how. The boy walked
00 far that they haven't found him yet.
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