kit ’em hard, h it’ em low Atta boy, Let’s go!

Yea boom! Bethesda, Bethesda,

Bethesda!T H E S C H O O L T A T T L E R MAKE YOUR

PAPER GO

Vo l u m e , nr. BETHESDA, MD., OCTOBER, 1926 NUMBER 1

HERE’S OUR SCHOOL PAPER

This is the first issue of our new school paper. It is entirely the work hf the children of the Bethesda School. |This paper which you read now, took (nany hours of hard work, on the part Of these children. Some children went to the neighboring m erchants for ad­vertisements, others went for subscrip­tions, and still others wrote stories, Editorials, jokes and news events.| A school paper is a very valuable thing to have. Not in the sense of prealth of money but of learning. It rives the parents well founded ideas pf the work and play th a t is going on In the school. I t also gives the chil­dren experience th a t will be valuable In later years.i We hope to make th is paper the best Work of the pupils. We also wish to Imake it a paper, th a t every child feels [that he is a part of it. And last but ;not least, we hope to make i t one of | the best school papers in Maryland.

Won’t you help us to make i t a suc­cess?

PHYLLIS WALKER

ASSEMBLY PROGRAMSAROUSE INTEREST

H e t e ( t

NEW RULES ARENOW IN FORCE

THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BETHESDA SCHOOL

We are very pleased because of the way the pupils, teachers, m erchants, and patrons have received our efforts to establish a school paper. The num ­ber of subscriptions has almost reached TOO copies, but we have hopes of mak- ! ing the Junior high school a 100 per cent unit. This means th a t we need at least 50 more yearly subscriptions. Have you subscribed yet? If not, why not do it a t once? Give your name to

j Robert Beall and bring your $.75 to­morrow.

OUR LIBRARY

In the up stairs hall of the Bethes­da school shelves are being built. These shelves are for our books. We have a large number of books to be placed on the shelves. Before we can have an Ideal library, we m ust learn how to treat books. The books are put in al­phabetical order and if they are not put back that way when returned, the librarian will have to find where the books go, which is unnecessary in a high school. We m ust not w rite on, mark, or tu rn down the leaves of the books.

For how long do you th ink they will last? Nbt at all. In fact they will be ruined in a short order, if every child in school put a m ark a day in or on the books, they will all be ruined, and where will our library be? We must not take books out and leave them at

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School opens promptly at 9 a. m.Tardiness or absence greatly in ter­

feres with good school work.In fa ir weather the doors of the

school will not be opened until 8.40. When doors are opened, pupils are ex­pected to go directly to their own home-rooms.

If pupils have been absent or know they are going to be tardy excuses should be presented upon entering school.

Pupils should have one hour of home work to do daily. If this does not seem to be the case, parents should see the teachers.

Bus tickets should be purchased during the first three days of the school month.

All monthly reports are to be signed by a parent or guardian. This signa­tu re does not necessarily indicate ap­proval of work done, but it does in­dicate th a t the parent or guardian has examined the report.

Signed THOMAS W. PYLE

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TO OUR SUPPORTERS

One of the improvements th a t has taken place in the Bethesda school is the fixing up of the front lawn. It used to have big humps and ditches in it, but now it has been smoothed down level. Another im portant improve­ment on the part of the school is the getting of new tools and implements which are used in shop.

Other minor improvements to the school are the cobble stones which were put in the back of the school, so it would not be muddy, and the en­largement of the play grounds which are in back of the school. The land owners gave the pupils consent to play on this ground, just back of the school. Another improvement is in athletics. Last year we did not have much equipment, but this year we have more.

EUGENE ONEAL

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MEET OUR TEACHERS

Their ValueWhy do we have assembly? We have

assembly to help to keep up the school spirit and patriotism. I t helps us to realize, that we are one body, work­ing for one purpose. Like any other organization, we must work together. We should always do our best, fop it inspires others.

For when you hear someone reading a good story in assembly, you wish you could write a story as good as th a t too, don’t you? And, naturally next time you write a composition you’ll try harder to make it better. So, in a way, assembly makes us more am­bitious.

While having assemnly, it is a good opportunity for making announce­ments, or to say anything concerning the welfare of our school. I t is easier to talk to the school as a whole, than to each individual class.

Let’s try to make our assembly as interesting as possible, by all doing our best and working together.

MARGARET POST

THE P. T. A. MEETS

We heartily thank our supporters for their subscriptions and advertise­ments which have enabled us to offer th is paper to the students and their friends. W ith the aid of our workers, neighboring merchants, and friends we hope to increase and improve our issues as we present them to you each succeeding month.

JOHN ADAIR, (Editor)

High School GroupThomas W. Pyle, Supervising Prin­

cipal, Bethesda, Md., Box 7, Phone 247-W.

Mrs. A. C. Miller, French, English, 4523 Ridge Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., Phone 1624-W.

Ludelle Hinnaman, History, English, Public Speaking, Phy Ed., Bethesda, Md., Phone 1I7-W.

Miss Virginia Mullinix, Latin, Math, 6707 Forty-fifth street, Chevy Chase, Md.

Rosa M. Moss, Math, Science, 209

The October meeting of the Bethes­da ParentrTeachers Association was held in the auditorium of the high school on Wednesday, the 13th, at 2.30 o’clock. An unusually large and en­thusiastic crowd attended. The busi­ness meeting was conducted by Mrs. Moore, the president, after which Mr. Pyle talked to the group about junior high school work. Tea was served in the kindergarten room. A splendid program of work has been planned for the year. Already the association is doing very helpful things for its schools and pupils. May its enthus­iasm not wane but grow with every'- meeting!

Virginia avenue, Clarendon, Va., Phone 619.

Geneve Bourdeaux, Music, English, 1813-Kenyon street, N. W. Washington, D. C., Phone Col. 2484.

H. Franklin Lehr, Physical Educa­tion, Shop, Geography, Industrial Arts, 106 W. Virginia avenue, Bethesda, Md.,-! Phone 140-M.

Pauline P. Chambers, Domestic Science, 1330 L street, N. W. Washing­ton, D. C., Phone Main 7870.

Dorothy Young, Alto Vista, Md., Citizenship, Geography, Phone Beth­esda, 205.

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THE SCHOOL TATTLER

Published in the interest of school spirit and the better relations between school and home.

BETHESDA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

John Adair. Editor.Phyllis Walker, Business manager.

; , , — >&Miss HinamanAdvisors ......... f? „ '•( Miss Bordeaux

Subscription rates—$.75 per year $.10 per copy

The editorial and business staffs of the paper will be announced in the next issue. The people appointed will be chosen in accordance with their ability and interest in the paper. All have an equal chance to make staff positions. All who are interested, please volunteer their services.

~ OCTOBER 1926

OUR SCHOOL

Some schools are talked about be­cause of the clean condition of their floors, walls, and grounds. Can’t we prove to the visitors and teachers that we can and are willing to make our school one of the cleanest and finest in Montgomery county?

How can we do this?There, are many ways to do this. It

doesn’t take any time to drop a piece of paper in the basket as we go out the door. In study hall it is perfectly natural that we should want to put our desk near our friend’s, but th ink how much easier it would be for the next fellow if we put our desk back when study hall was over. L ittle things like that help a great deal to keep our school in order.

So, we see there are many ways our school can be improved, but we must remember that the only people who can improve the school in these ways are the pupils themselves, you and I.

BARBARA DASKAM

THE IDEAL STUDENTThe ideal student does not look upon

his studies as a task, but as an op­portunity for mental adventure. He. achieves a high standard of work, be­cause of his interest in them. He does his work cheerfully and without grumbling.

Discipline is not a burden to the ideal student, for it agrees with his own spirit. He does not break the rules; therefore he never feels them.

The ideal student enters whole­heartedly into school activities. If he possibly can, he subscribes to the school paper.

The ideal student believes in his school and always does his best, and tries his best, by his attitude and con­duct, to constantly improve it.

Shall We Make This Year’sAthletse a Success

This is the question for us to de­cide. Of course, we will! We will do everything in our power to have this year one of the best and most success­ful in our school games. Imagine the thrill if we should win the Soccer or Basket Ball championship this year. What a grand and glorious feeling it would be!

There are two elements that make up the success of school athletics; the team itself and the student body be­hind, ready to back it up. F irs t of all we need good sportmanship. Good sports are individuals who take de­feat gracefully. They play the game to win, but when they lose, they take defeat with a smile. They are the first to congratulate the winner. They make no excuses and hold no grudge against the superior team. Our student body will be judged by our school spirit. Bethesda is a new school with a small student body and is just s ta rt­ing out on a career—a successful one we aim to make it. We may not have a championship team, but we can s ta rt out with the championship of good sportmanship. We hope th a t our op­ponents will always say:

“Bethesda has the best sportsmen. It is a pleasure to play with them.”

In victory or defeat may our stu­dents always be good sports. We are asking you to help make the winning teams in all sports we play.

Will you be a willing one?VIRGINIA LAURENCE

# @GOOD ATTIDUDE

Good attitude is the most im portant thing in school life. It takes in all the points of cooperation, such as: study­ing one’s lessons, being considerate of one’s neighbors, by refraining from chewing gum, talking out of turn , be­ing tardy and other little annoying things, and by taking an interest in all school activities.

Good attitude is necessary on our part to keep the machinery of your school going. For figuratively speak­ing, the school is a great cog wheel whose spokes are its pupils, who all revolve around the axle of knowledge. If one of these spokes or pupils fails to do his part the progress of the whole is stopped.

Therefore, you see, th a t for your own good and that of others you must obey all laws in keeping with good at­titude.

MARGARET HARTNETT

English By Ear Prof—Give me a sentence with ‘boy­

cott’ in it.Pupil—Farm er Jones chased his son

and didn’t catch him until his boycott on a barbed wire fence.

HALLOWE’EN‘‘You go first Jane”, said Alice.“No, i t ’s your tu rn and you’ll have

to go.”Alice' was an unusually tim id girl

and didn’t like the idea of descend­ing the cellar steps backward w ith a looking glass in her hand. But she was at Ann’s Hallowe’en party, and she didn’t want to be a poor sport.

“All right, I ’ll go,” she said ra th er reluctantly. So she took the looking glass gingerly and went down the steps backwards. The dim light of the full moon shone brightly through the window, giving the cellar a ghost­like atmosphere. Alice gazed a t the m irror. A chill went down her back and she became ice cold. I t seemed the shadows cast by the moon were, living beings, and if she moved another step they would pounce upon her and car­ry her away.

I t was cruel of the g irls to put her in the dark cellar all alone on H al­lowe’en night. All alone? Was she real­ly all alone? She m ust be. But it seemed to her someone besides herself and the ghostly shadows was down there. Terror got over her. She wanted to rush up those steps but she couldn’t. She seemed tu rn to stone. She couldn’t move her eyes from the m irror. The stillness seemed super-natural. No laughter or talk ing came from above. Had the g irls left her? I,t seemed so.

She saw a figure walking,, slowly, around the coal bin. Alice dropped the looking glass, gave one . shriek th a t echoed and re-echoed through the whole neighboi’hood, and fled up the steps. At the landing she m et her big brother Bill, who had come to find out “who was being m urdered” as he ex­pressed it.

“A m an’s down cellar,” Alice m an­aged to whisper.

Bill dashed passed her and ran down tjhe steps. He had masqueraded as a tram p at Ann’s party, and he looked for all the world like one.

When he came down the cellar Alice heard her brother addressed in low gruff tones,

“You good for nothing loafer, you,” growled the man. “So here ye are et last. I ’ve been a ’w aitin for you for more than a half hour. Take this here- bag and ketch the next tra in to New York. I’ll be cornin’ after ye. An’ git me outer th is place before ya leave.”

“All right,” said Bill im itating his m anner of speech. “You w ait hyer till I find a way to git out. Gimme th a t there bag an I’ll hide it meanwhile.”

‘‘Don’t #er loaf on ther way or I ’ll th rash ye,” : said the man grievously.

Bill took th e bag and climbed out of the window.'Then he ran up stairs and opened the bag. I t was full of silver and trinkets. Bill-pulled off his mask and got his father. Together they went to captufe the man and have him arrested, but he was nowhere to be found.

A Hallowe’en Surprise TH!The day before Hallowe’en Marioj VetM

-got-an invitation to a Hallowe’en party ® at 8.30 o’clock. When 8.30 came it was very dark and it was about a block to ” e her friend’s house. She decided to take air1, a short cut, and as she came around Mr the corner, to her friend’s house! half someone said in a gruff voice: iCurl- ‘ Hands up.” , I er bo

She put ner hands up and a figurit,ac 1 dressed in a black overcoat, a hat Srac* pulled over his face, and a black mask '£ee® over his eyes tied her hands, feet and bandaged her eyes. She was carried ^st a long way and finally set down on un“ the ground. She heard rustling sound Two and then heard some voices. 1as

“W hat shall we do with her?” shit00'* heard someone say. ! our

‘ Let’s hold her for a ransom. He|iP'ac father is r ic h ’’ said another voice. I wen

“All right. We’ll keep her here ana s^ e write her fa ther a note. He’ll pay prejstra ty quickly,” said the first person. Iana

“We m ight as well untie her, pool™1 thing. She can’t get away.” Icur

You can imagine her intense sun,™ prise when, on being relieved of thj out bandage, Marion saw all her friend about her, dressei.’j as robbers anj Ws found she was in her own back yard R-a!

“Ha, ha, ha, that was a good join to : on you,” her friends said. tail

“Yes,” said Marion. “It surely was.|sec

OCTOBER’S PARTY f nOctober gave a party, . - . mg

The leaves by hundreds came, [ ar( The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, j

And leaves of every name.The sunshine spread a carpet, . Li

And everything was grand; LMiss W eather led the dancing, L j

Professor Wind the band.The Chestnuts came in yellow;

The Oaks in crimson dressed, I ^The lovely Misses Maple

In scarlet looked their best;All balanced to their partners,

And gayly fluttered by,The sight was like a rainbow

New-fallen from the sky.Then, in the rusty hollows, I t

At hide-and-seek they played; | aaiThe party closed at sundown, [Ma

And everybody stayed. ]CisProfessor Wind played louder, |Th

Then flew along the ground, 1 V*And there the party ended

In “hands across, all round.”

—Anonymous [|

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home or in our desk, as some one else j I m ight need th a t book, or books for a j special purpose. Now if everyone | loarns to take care of books and fol-1 j lows the necessary rules, I am sure I we will have “our ideal library”.

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THE SOCCER BALL GAME

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Marios Bethesda Wins the F irst Soccer Game 1 Part) Of the Season from Fairylandit waJ ______lock tj We had a soccer game Tuesday with o takt Fairland high scnool. iroani Mr. Lehr chose the boys for the first house; half from the large and sm aller boys.

! Cur line up was made mostly of small- :i er boys, all except our center. The half

figuri backs were chosen from the ninth a haj grade, also the full backs and goal masi keeper. Finally the whistle blew and

it ana the game was on. Fairland had the arrieij first kick off. The ball did not get far ra on until we sent it back up the field, souni Two of our men played off side and

las the ball came up, Raymond King ” shiitook it on up and put it through for

our first goal. They went back to their H^jblaces for the second kick off. The ball

went up the field again but the other side brought it back. The ball came

prej straight for Allen King, our fullback, i. land he made a beautiful kick, the best pojmade in the game. Up it soared, and

I curved over to center field. When he su| kicked it was about two feet from the

f fijoutside. The whistle blew, meaning iguijthe. first quarter was up. The second

ajJ quarter, the ball went up field again. yarJ Raymond King was up there w aiting jo»t° Put it through the second time. He

[failed once but he put it through the was! second time, and the last time. The

f first half ended with the score four to nothing, favor of Bethesda.

The second half started, w ith new I men in the field. The ball stayed [around the center of the field. And [down near F airland’s goal most of [the time except two or three times [they came up near our goal, and came 'too near to making a goal. The second half ended w ithout either side scoring,

[making the score 4 to 0, favor Bethes- [da.

Hurrah! Yea Bethesda!CHARLES ALLISON

OUR SCHOOL FORUM(Introduction)

In ancient Rome all of the people [had a vote in the government. The [place where they would meet to dis- Iciss public affairs, was called a Forum. (This Forum was a square in the heart

of the city where all public offices were situated.

Now, in our school paper we will have a column which we will call “Our School Forum ” column. In this Forum column, there will be expressed the desires, ambitions, and criticisms of our students.The Care of Our School Playground

In the care of our school playground, We must first th ink of its appearance. It is not a trash can, but is a piece of ground to be taken good care of.

If you have any papers to be thrown away and you do not know where you are to throw them, go and ask the first person you meet. I am sure that they will know, but if not. I am sure that Mr. Pyle would be only too glad to tell you.

Do papers belong on our play­ground? No, for if they did I am sure Mr. Pyle would not be asking us to be careful what we do with our use­less papers.

Now how many pupils will help to keep our school grounds neat and clean? A school ground that we would be proud to have others see?

MARGARET BENSON 9-II

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MUSIC

This year the Junior high school of Bethesda is offering not only the ma­jor studies, but also the opportunity to take elective nine-week courses con­sisting of Sewing, Science, Public Speaking, Industrial Arts, French or Music. A pupil may make a choice of any of these subjects. However, it is required th a t each child will have had at least two of the elective courses be­fore the end of the school year.

There is a class of about twenty- four girls taking music. I t may in­terest you to know what we are do­ing. The object of the course is to de­velop in us a fuller appreciation of music. We are learning the notes and how to sing them. Each of us has w ritten a simple melody. A part of the work is taken up with a study of music history, which tells interesting facts about famous musicians and their works. We aim to become fa­m iliar with great compositions so

that we will be able to recognize them. We hope to entertain the school and visitors at different times with chorus singing and orchestra music.

RUTH LAMPTON 7-1# &

SCIENCEOf the nine-week elective courses,

called our exploratory courses, I chose science. Under Mrs. Moss, our teacher, we have studied the different kinds of cows, horses, and chickens. We also drew cuts of beef and pork. We stud­ied animal products which man uses. We also have performed some experi­ments. We took a leaf and put it un­der a bell jar. We, then, put some sug­ar on the leaf, letting it dissolve, and thus made a liquid. The next experi­ment consisted of putting some hedge in red ink. We left it in from nine o’clock until two, and found that the ink had soaked into all the pores of the hedge. We also planted some beans and other seeds in some glasses filled with sawdust. We did this to find out which part of the seed makes the leaf and which makes the root.

JOHN ARMENTROUT 7-1

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

Since school started we have done many interesting things in Public Speaking. One of the first being to act pantomimes or plays without words. The whole class found this very ab­sorbing. We have also learned parts from Shakespeare. Then each of us has taken one of this author’s dramas and told it to the whole class in story form; this lesson gave us an under­standing of the world’s greatest w rit­er’s style.

Lately we have been learning what makes a good public speaker. We have found that his position, his pronuncia­tion, his enunciation, and voice in­flection are im portant elements. Of course, we have taken up many other things of interest, but these are the most important. We have also been doing quite a bit of outside work in the form of a one act play which we hope to give in the assembly. The cast of the play will include the whole

class.We hope it will represent our work

so far, and that every pupil who sees it will enjoy it thoroughly.

MARGARET HARTNETT 8-1& #

SEWING

The Bethesda school is organizing a nine week’s course in sewing. Miss Chambers, our teacher, is making it very interesting. She told us to I get everything that we would need to make our work a success. There are eight girls in the class. We are learning the different kinds of stitches. I will tell you a few of them. There is the bast­ing stitch, running stitch, and the hemming stitch. We have almost fin­ished our gown. We are going to make a dress before the term is over. We would be very glad to have anyone come and watch us sew.

LOUISE PERRELL 7-II

MEET OUR TEACHERS(Continue 1 from Page 1)

ElementaryMrs. Craig V. Morton, Sixth grade,

1860 Col. road, Phone Col. 811.Mildred V. Miller, Kindergarten,

1425 Allison street, N. W. Washington, D. C., Phone Col. 14.

Veta Mae Burrell, Second and Third grades. 209 Virginia avenue, Claren­don, Va., Phone 619.

Annie D. White, Second grade, Beth­esda, Md., 125 Glenbrook road, Battery Park.

Leversia L. Powers, Opportunity room, 210 Auburn avenue, Bethesda, Md., Phone Bethesda 127-W.

Mrs. W. E. Bricker, Third grade, 8110 Wisconsin avenue, N. W. Wash­ington, D. C., Phone Cleve. 5358-J.

Lucille Gerstin, F irs t grade, 15 Rock Creek Church road, N. W. Wash­ington, D. C., Phone Col. 7088.

Helen C. Welsh, Fourth grade, Rockville, Md., Phone Rockville, 58-W.

Ruby E. Trail, F ifth grade, Rock­ville, Md., Phone Rockville, 8-M.

Nell Cashell, F irst grade, 120 Del Ray avenue, Bethesda 35-W.

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Watch Our Community Grow!

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H. LATINE LEWIS

Realtor

1422 F. St. N. W.

Washington, D. C.

Main 8945 Beth. 304

MARY A. W. BROWN

524 Transportation Bldg

W ashington, D. C. .

Sun Life Insurance Co. of ’

Canada I

HUDSON and ESSEX!

Sales and Service j

IMIRIE BROS. GARAGE j

Bethesda, Md. j

Beth. 171 Cleveland, 1160 j

The Fire Department

The land for the new Bethesda Fire Department was given by Mr. Tuck- erman. The cornerstone was laid September 25, 1926. The building is under construction now under the management of Mr. Imirie. There will be two American La France engines with fuel equipment, and two paid firemen. The r~st of the men will be volunteers. T‘ ho i e is locatedon the wes. :: Grr grtown roadbetween ' Wilson lane.

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