The Distinctly
Younger Set
Massachusetts Avenue) Junior
High and Indiana Avenue
Lead in Track
The results of the indoor tracli
nieet for the Grammar School
pupils of the city have been an
nounced. In the meet of the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades,
Massachusetts Avenue leads with
8,036 points, Indiana Avenue is
second with 7,953, New Jersfej
Avenue third with 7,248, Brigh
ton Avenue fourth with 7,143,
and Pennsylvania Avenue fifth
with 7,054. Junior High won first
place in the eighth grade meet
■with a total of 3,795 points, and
Indiana Avenue second with
2,694, while in the seventh grade
meet the positions were reversed,
Indiana Avenue being first with
3,765 points, and Junior High
second with 3,475. The scores
of the other schools are: Fourth,
fifth and sixth grade meet—Mad
ison, 6,060; IU., 3,666; West
Side, 4,547; Texas, 5,446; Mont.,
5,815; Rich., 2,916. Seventh
grade meet—Mass., 2,082; Brigh
ton, 2,693; Rich.'; 2,376. Eighth
grade meet—Rich., 980; Voca
tional, 700.
The following made the high
est individual scores in the vari
ous grades:
In the fourth grade: Boys’
champion, Charles Russell, Mass.,
164; holders of the highest scores
in other schools: Jack Cohen,
h$adison, 149; Wylie Young, N.
J., 117; Norman Rosenfield,
Penn., 143; Roy La Marr, W. S.,
139; John Clay, Ind., 161; Ed
ward Kraus, 111., 138; Alfred
Bruno, Texas, 119; Alfred Green,
Mont., 105; Leo Grob, Bri., 127;
Richard iGruhler, Rich., 102.
Girls’ champion, Janet Smith, W.
5., 136; holders of highest scores
in other schools: M. Bankhead,
Mad., 107; Louise De Prato,
Mass., 118; Eldreda Gittens, N.
J., 106; Louise Erskine, Penn.,
Ill; Mai* McLaughlin, 111., 93;
Creco Higgs, Ind., 125; Julia
Real, Texas, 110; Marolyn Green,
Mont., 109; Lillian Levy, Bri.,
110; Wilhelmina Heck, Rich., 97.
In the fifth grade: Boys’ cham
pion, Herman Perr, Penn., 164;
holders of highest scores in other
schools: Walter Hoar, Mad., 152;
Theodore Persky, Mass., 139;
Addison Ward, N. J., 160; Miller,
111., 130; Jaimes Mundy, Ind., 149;
Robert Mawhinney, W. S., 142;
Martin Green, Texas, 108; Vin
cent Ianieri, Mont., 141; Walter
Smith, Bri., 154; John Naame,
Rich., 40. Girls’ champion, El
nora Rideley, Ind., 135; holders
of highest scores in other schools:
E. Clark, Mad., 124; Marie Par
ker, Mass., 134; Thelma Thomas,
N. J., 124; Ruth Hicks, Penn.,
118; Ada Fox, W. S., 102; Aura
Dowdell, Texas, 122; Elizabeth
Kennedy, Mont., 133; Norma
Mertz, Bri., 124; Cannon, Rich.,
109. S *»
xii urns siaui gitiue uuya cimm
pion, Phillip Renshaw, Bri., 184;
holders of highest scores in other
schools: Isaac Finklesman, Mad.,
169; Louis Braunstein, Mass.,
162; Alfred Lewis, N. J., 180;
Arthur Cunningham, Penn., 163;
Jack Aibrams, 111., 135; Harry
Rogers, Ind., 162; Harry Cass.,
W. S., 148; Frank Previti, Texas,
125; Sabito De Lascio, Mont.,
117; Vivien Edwards, Mass., 133;
Anphecha Gaines, N. J., 144;
R. Bliden, Penn., 121; Ayre, 111.,
124; Rose De Grossa, W. S., 122;
Angelina Manara, Texas, 128;
French, Mont, 115; Mary
Mooney, Bri., 141; Edna Kranich,
Rich., 103.
In the seventh grade boys’
champion: Pitinelli, Jr., H., 192;
holders of highest scores in other
‘ schools: Harry Welsh, Mass.,
138; Connis Koiner, Ind., 190;
Walter Martin, Bri., 188; Ed
mund Shaw, Rich.! 158. Girls’
champion, Roberta Griffin, Ind.,
167; holders of highest scores
in other schools: Alice Davies,
iMass., 138; Alberta Calning, Jr.
H., 134; Mildred DawsvBri., 129;
Edith Morris, Rich., 133.
In the eighth grade boys’
champion: Mercury, Jr. H., 216;
holders of highest scores in other
schools: Chambers, Boys’ Voc.,
189; Charles Tolih, Rich., 146;
Raymond Postal, Ind., 189. Girls’
champion, Daisy Finzimer, Jr.
H., 140; holders of highest scores
in other schools: Nancy Glass,
Rich., 126; Edythe Johnson, Ind.,
136.
A meet will be held in the
gymiiasium of the new Higt
, .School, December 15, in which
all those listed above will com
pete for the championship of the
city. " ,
Ventnor Schools Celebrate
Holiday '
The children of the Oxford Av
enue Kindergarten and firsl
grade gave a play on the morn
ing of November 28, telling the
story of the first Thanksgiving,
The scenes were laid in England,
Holland and America.
The troubles which led the Pil
grims to leave England were first
set forth, next their life in Hol
land—some Dutch dances were
introduced in this scene — and
their arrival in America, where
friendly Indians showed them the
best places to build their homes
and plant crops. The play ended
when, after the first harvest, they
called in the Indians for the first
Thanksgiving.
Ihe Dutch dancers were:
Frances Coasdale, Betty Jackson]
Charlotte. Louise Gregg, Mary
Edna Smith, Shirley Schwartz,
Madeline Howlett, Lou Evans
Tilton, Marie Hollenbach, and Jo
sephine Levin.
The following first grade chil
dren gave an Indian dance:
Junior Patzowsky, Charles Croas
dale, Bobby Leach, Harlod Mont
gomery, Bob Pennington, Wayne
Yamall, Betty Brown, Emily
Carrington, Eleanor Coles, Ruth
May Steelman, Priscilla Silbers,
Dorothy Costello, Evelyn Joyce.
Eleanor Press led the Pilgrims’
march. The children were drilled
by Miss Moyer, Miss Wiley and
Miss Porter. After the play re
freshments -of pumpkin pie,
jelly, apples and gingerbread
men were served.
The sixth grade of the Oxford
Avenue school also gave an en
tertainment. Irene Pratt and
Leon Doughty played the piano,
and Nayo Hersher played a vi
olin solo, accompanied by his
mother. A short Pilgrim play
was given. The cast was: Pil
grim children—Miriam Endicott,
Harter Poulson; 'Mother—Lucy
Carrington; Indians—Jack Brick,
Theodore Shaupt, Joseph -Gil
At Troy Avenue, the children
presented an autumn fairy play.
The cast was: Fairy—Jeanette
Chapman; Carrot—John Riley
Acorn, George Wilson; Pumpkin
—Norman Witten; Rain—Molly
Speciale; Sunbeams — Margaret
Foss, Virginia Corneal, Frances
Watkins; Autumn — Bernice
Noble. The fairy efttered and
awakened the sleeping children,
played by the other members of
the class. Carrot, Acorn, and
Pumpkin drew on a wagon filled
with vegetables, Rain and Sun
beams told how to raise the dif
ferent vegetables, and Autumn
recited a short poem.
After a prayer and song, a
tambourine dance and an Indian
dance was given. The program
was ended by a short play, “The
Little Hungry Girl,” planned by
the children themselves, after
their recent visit to the bakery
of Postmaster Alfred J. Perkins.
■ On Tuesday, the children were
taken to the Domestic Science
room, where' they baked their
own gingerbread men for the
ptarty following the entertain
ment. Nuts, fruit and candy
were also served. The affair was
directed by Miss Forgy and Miss
Norris.
A large quantity of fruit and
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vegetables was sent by the chil
dren to the North American
Home.
Kindergarten Party at Texas
Avenue
The large kindergarten of the
Texas Avenue school had a
Thanksgiving party on Wednes
day morning. Each child had
decorated his own white paper
plate with five red paper discs,
and had made himself a cap from
a paper napkin. They were
served with individual pumpkin
pies, nuts, apples, and popcorn.
The party began very solemnly,
with attention concentrated on
the refreshments, but the stiff
ness son wore off, and there was
much chattering and giggling.
The Thanksgiving celebration
at Texas Avenue is especially in
teresting because of the large
proportion of foreign born chil
dren enrolled. A nationality cen-!
sus is taken every three years,
and that taken in the fall of 1922 j
showed that 47 per cent, of the
pupils enrolled at that time were I
foreign born, or of foreign par
entage. Of these, 52 per cent,
were Italian—or about a fourth
of the entire school. Almost
every nationality is represented.
These children gain their knowl
edge of American customs chiefly
from their school, and in many
cases carry this knowledge back
to their parents.
Each week a staff of children,
headed by Fanny Levy, of the
sixth grade, gathers the news of
the school, and brings the ac
count in to the principal’s office.
The following is their account of
the week before Thanksgiving.
“The children of the Texas Av
enue School were honored on
Wednesday 28th by the presence
of Mr. Albert A. F. McGee, at
torney-at-law, who spoke in our
assembly on “Obedience to
Law.” He received hearty ap
plause.
The children of the Texas Av
were rewarded for their efforts
in their Thanksgiving play by
the great appreciation of their
audience when they gave it in
assembly Wednesday 28th. The
time, place, and characters were
as follows.
Time: 1622.
Place: Plymouth Village.
Elder Brerwster: Earl Leeds.
Governor Bradford: Dudley
Phillips.
Indian Chief: Frank Guatterii.
Indians: Nathan Parzow, John
Burrachio, Charles Smerin, John
Shaw, Joseph Murphy, and Na
than Kanlor.
Maidens: Margaret Eskhold,
Rose Cesaria, Dorothy Kerr,
Rose Tuccio, Mary Ebinger,
Marie Derro, Marie Simone, Ruth
Eskin, Norma Ingersodl.
Women: Lillian Price, Cather
ine Barbera, Jennie Eskin, Laura
Flannigan.
In the recent drive, fourteen
classes and eighteen teachers |
joined the Red Cross. The sum ■
of fifty dollars was collected.
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these pictures than they are in the general news from Philadelphia.”
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