Show W first mak our habit and Us they make ua Dow an act reap habit sow a habit reap character SALT LAKE CITY SUNDAY MORNLNO JUNE 8 1!JU Children All Over Country Form ‘Castles’ Schools In the east are keeping up Playgrounds Now Begins to Get Summer Ideas With school bells silent formal opening of Salt lake's recreation center takes place Mon Jay Here’s one happy group enjoying the slides at Central playground Last summer your little York City in various towns of Kan- wide-awa- at Kidder while tion club In a most commendable Faeh boy made an article and brought It to the first meeting They then voted uioii the best one and the maker of that one became their A home to grow old and dusty you are out enjoying yourself It Is hoping and we think Its hopes will be realized that it will be tucked away In a corner of your suitcases or camp kit so that it too can get out and see what the wide world is like In summer time It Is hoping too that your summer addresses a 111 be turned In In plenty of time so that It can follow you to your vaca- home Is hoping that you will Introduce It to jour little cousins and your friends wherever you go What fun It will be to say “Oh have you ever seen our little paper?” Your cousins’ eyes will pop (unless like thousands of other boys and girls they are alreadyaJunior fans) to think that you have really truly paper of your very It way (Continued on Pate 8even section The Tribune Junior made some When Sepdandy vacation tri tember came dozens of our members came to the Knighthood office to toll us where they had spent the summer and how much fun tiiey had had with The Tribune Junior while they were visiting It seems that the little section helped out In a great many ways if they were visiting with older people the little paper became a chum of their own age with whom they could play for many happy hours If they were visiting with children of their own age the section gave them hours of happy play together It broke down barriers of shyness It opened up new friendships and It cemented old friendships Of course The Tribune Junior enjoyed these trljis and had a Jolly timo helping you out wherever you went Now It ts wondering what about this summer Is it going to have good times agam or Is it going to be left sas in Washington D C Knighthood in fact is becoming one of the most vital features of school life today Although school Is now out we have so many Knighthood groups functioning during the summer that news of the activities carried on by other such groups will be of Interest Here are some of the things being done In New York They will suggest other things to you and to your group 1 he account of these activities was taken from “Childhood and Character" for May What children need most In our present school system Is a chance to do a little thinking for themselves A fifth grade Knighthood piesident decided to extend to all boys In the group an invitation to become members of a woodcraft club and to the girls a similar Invitation for a sew mg club Various articles are to be made but special emphasis is to be placed on wooden marionettes made by the boys while the girls make dresses for the dolls This work is to be done In spare time at school and at home and exhibited The boy just before school closes who thought up this original idea was chosen president of the wood-cia- ft be Individual commendations by the teacher special effort In some subject an outstanding art of courtesy and the like Or the entire room mgy receive a special recognition from the teacher principal or a visitor In that case each child may add to his list of commendations note of each commendation Is kept In a folder with the castle and as soon as a child has fifteen he may add a stone to his castle A friendly race between the boys and the girls In a sixth grade club to see which group can complete a castle first is helping to keep that club active and happy Two castles side by side on the schoolroom wall are having stone after stone added for health attendance punctuality attention and the like One Idea Is stressed each week and at the end of the week the group which has succeeded best receives a stone The English committee In a fifth grade club serves Its group by making scrap books of newspaper clippings The clippings are underlined to show the language rules they are studying such as the use of the apostrophe and One Tribune Junior Get Call with those of the west in the forming of Knighthood Classes and the using of Knighthood of Youth material In the classroom Dozens of circles or "castles" have been formed In New piesident The library committee of a sixth grade cuib has written down one side of a wall chart the names of the pupils and down the other Bide the names of the library books in their room Each book is numbered Across the top of the chart are the numbers of the books When a child reads a book he marks under the number representing that book an A B C or D depending on whether he considers that book excellent good fair or poor During club meetings the committee calls on pupils whp e have rend books during the week to tell why they graded each book as has they did This same committee room also made a bookcase for the and has encouraged the loaning or donating of books Is with the result that the new case nearly filled In this sixth grade group each child Is building his own castle The stones for this are earned by special recognition or commendations These may JAipe Me for the slides Salt Lake playgrounds are already filled every afternoon with crowds of youngsters trying to forget the worries of final examinations In the Jolly atmosphere of tricky bars and slippery slides These preseason fans will be on hand with all the old regular playground devotees and all the new youngsters who have not yet learned what fun Is to be had free of charge for nothing! when the formal opening of Salt Lake’s seventeen recreation centers takes place Monday Four centers not operated last year will be added to this season’s list so that boys and girls from every part of the city can find a convenient place to enjoy supervised play handwork reading circle and dramatic activities The new centers are located at the Jordan Junior high school on Tenth West and Sixth South the Jackson Junior playground on Seventh West and First North the Uintah playground at Thirteenth South and Fifteenth East and a playground at the Neighborhood House The other centers are: Liberty park playground Sugarhouse playground back of the Sprague library Columbus school Twenty-sixt- h South and jTifth East Central Second South between Second and Thud East Victory Tenth East between Second and Third South Ensign at the Ensign school Lindsey's Gardens L street and Ninth avenue Children’s Service society Thirteenth South and Twelfth paik on Tenth North and Fourteenth West Sorenson Eighth South and Twelfth West Washington Fourth North and park First West Lafayette South Temple and State street and Pioneer park At each center competent directors will be in charge of all activities Athletics Including swimming and ball games sewing painting woodwork dancing singing harmonica band draamtlcs and hikes and parties will be features of this season’s work The picture shows Helen and Nula Lappas and Thula and Dean Le-nardent Central playground fans getting in a few slides before the grand rush of Monday begins East-Riversid- David Livingstone— A Biography David Livingstone a missionary himself studied medicine He joined the missionary society and was sent to Africa In 1841 Here In Bechuana he worked for several years and explored a vast section of the country westward to the Atlantic He then returned to England end published his Missionary Travels" In 1858 he was apjioinied chief of a govern ’ tion -- This can be accomplished eas- ily if you get to work ahead of time Then you can say “Did you see my story In The Salt Lake Tribune Junior?" “What? You don't write for a newspaper do you?” “Oh yes Indeed We all do!" Just something casual like that and you will have your friends around you looking over your shoulder eager to see the section wanting to write for It too and everyone will be happy Try it won't you? e as and traveler was born in Scotland in 1813 He worked In a cotton factory from 10 to It years of age and attended a night class for the study of Latin He determined to become a missionarv and to better equip own To make it seem more really truly your very own it would be an excellent Idea to have something you have written or drawn In the sec- ment expedition to explore the Zambesi and this led to the publication of “The Zambesi and Its Tributaries" In 1865 he set out to help to solve a the disputed question regarding watershed of the Nile In which he few a After a while spent quite years had passed people gave him up for lost but Mr Bennett of the New York Herald sent H M Stanley to find him and he succeeded but he could not persuade him to return He died among his faithful attendants In 1673 Hts body was sent to England and burled In Westminster MARGARET DUDLEY 13 alibey Salt Lake 50 points) This Week In History June 8 1709— Paper money was first authorized and Issued in New York June 9 1862— The United State decreed the abolition of slavery territories of the Union In all June ed Jefferson Franklin and Robert Livingston 11 1776 — Congress appointJohn Adam a committee to prepare the Declaration of Inde- pendence12 1665— Tlie city ot New June Yor k incorporated under English law and a mayor five aldermen and a sheriff were apointed KNICRT CONSTANT HOPE NEESON Age 12 Salt Lake 25 points i - TLA VS IV RECITAL Knight Constant -- Martha Janet Garn Richfield appeared recently In a piano recital Knight Constant Martha Janet ts another of our mem- bers to distinguish herself sician as a mu- lly Hope Nclsoti |