Salt Lake Tribune | 1931-10-04 | Page 79

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Young Writers Find Old New Orders Similar "A striking similarity between thd ancient order of chivalry and ouf modem Knighthood club between the problems and dangers that faced ancient knights' and those that face modem children and between the duties and privileges of knights BOO years ago and knights today was pointed out in every prose contribution received this week Such a similarity is only natural because our club was founded upon the same ideals as the anicent order and our desire was to meet the same needs which obviously will always be felt by those who are striving to be better But it is nice to know that our members see clearly and understand fully the principles of our organization Esquire Geraldine Sievert Modena won first place Page Mary Barker Ogden was second Page Carina Morrison Richfield was third and Knight Bernice Mills Tooele won honorable mention IS KNIGHTHOOD OP THE PAST? The other day I heard a little boy lamenting the fact that there were ” " S no more good old days left I asked him what days he wished to have He at once replied: “Oh the days when people slew dragons fought battles did good deeds and helped the ladies when they were 'in distress " This is what I told him and I repeat it to you: “Those days will never die Always there are battles to fight good deeds to do and ladies to help What about your mother? Isn’t she sick sometimes or is the baby cross? You can help her then and she will be one woman you have helped or call them damsels if you will ti 1 i i s “What about the little girl in your class who is always being made fun of became her clothes are poorer than those that the other girls wear? You could help her by not joining the boys hi making a joke of her and always treat her like a princess when you come In contact with her” “But the fellows will make fun of me” the lad protested “What If they do? They will soon stop it and besides you are the best ball player they have They won’t be auxious to lose you How about that little boy that seems always to be pulling down the scoldings during the arithmetic class? Why not invite him over to your house tonight to sleep You could go home right after school and work on the hard examples until suppertime and from then to bedtime He may repay you by helping you with that geography history or nature that has been bothering you ‘In every school and every class there are those who are troubled They can be comforted and the trouble struck from their hearts by the sword of friendship If you can- not find any knights or any Round Table why not start the style and have one? Get the boys and girls together and elect a King Arthur and Queen Guenivere Start from Page and go through all the ranks Meet every so often and listen to the deed of the members and award the h rhest with the names of some famous Knights and mavbe a badge if the treasury will afford it Go through you school with sword and shield ready to uproot all evil and plant In Its place the seeds of kindness and companionship I am sure that it will bear fruit far above all your expectations” “I know it will” the boy said fervently So he girded on his sword took up hLs shield and forward marched ESQUIRE GERALDINE SIEVERT Modena Utah KNIGHTS OLD AND NEW We are always reading books about the knights of old We read of their daring deeds their adventures and their fierce battles We come to think almost that all a knight did was to ride around and fight or else eat and be merry This is not the case True knights did have to fight often but there was another duty stressed even more —charity This good work was spread ail through the land Knights who were charitable had greater honor than those who were only brave They must always think of the comfort of others When I want to do something elfish I always say to myself “True JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 4 OUR POETRY CORNER Lords and ladies knights and pages ail the pomp of early court hie and all the beauty of chivalry were at the disposal of our young poets this week as the contest subject was Knighthood Most of our contributors however displayed a shyness in dealing with this rich material and confined their efforts to modern knights Knight Crusader Lael Woolsey Salt Lake won first place Knight Zelda Newton Mona second place Knight Dorothy Wipprecht Salt Lake third place and Page Fames Kenner Salt Lake and Page Marjorie McKmlay Salt Lake honorable mention Hugh Judd Rupert won 100 points for the best poem submitted by a child under 9 e AN OLD CASTLE In a castle dim and gray Where shadows creep and spiders play Whose walls have crumbled year by I5 ' We’re learning right from wrong DOROTHY WIPPRECHT Salt Lake (Age 12) KNIGHTHOOD TEACHINGS Boy I’m proud Do you know why? Because I’ve learned Never - t- lr totell a he It’s awful mean To tell a he And so I don’t That’s why HUGH JUDD Rupert Idaho (Age 6) Young Pianist Winning Honors For Ilis Playing year Making it seem more dark and drear Where empty coats of armor stand Here and there on every hand Where rats and lizards both abound And vines cover the walls ana ground — Who can tell of a better day When the castle and all within wer gay? Pages hastening to and fro As the ladies bade them come or go) Knights in shining armor drest Riding forth on some brave quest Ladies dressed in rich brocades At the time of the Crusades Falconing hunting and the game ot chess Were favorite sports then I guess Tapestries on the walls were hung While rushes on the floor were flung Windows were narrow and placed up high So that arrows could not through the opening fly At one end was a fireplace— Taking up a lot of space— A throne was put at the other end Which the lord of the castle was won’t to ascend Perhaps the king himself lived there — Perhaps ’twas owned by a princes fair— Perhaps— But the castle has known joy and strife And cannot tell of its former life For this castle grim and gray Has slowly crumbled and molded away KNIGHT CRUSADER LAEL WOOLSEY Salt Lake City (Age 12) A MODERN KNIGHT The knight of old in armor bright Rode forth to meet his foe His gallant steed and shining lance All set to strike a blow When foe was down or in distress He’d wait to set him right No Knight would ever be unfair Though fiercely waged the fight And so the modem knight today In all he docs is fair And be It work or be it play He'll always do his share ZELDA NEWTON Mona (Age 14) MODERN KNIGHTHOOD (Tune Jingle Bells) We’re knights of modem age Bad habits are our foe We conquer them each day And slay them as we go Our castles built of stone Each one a habit good We're reigning from a throne Of happy childhood K of Y ! K of Y ! You hear it very day K of Y ! K of Y I It helps in every way K of Y I K of Y ! C'ome Join us in our song— For from its helpful service Fifty-eigairplanes carrying 100 persons participated in the second annual tour of Oregon and Washington ht knights always think of the comfort Of others" Tliese kind deeds done by knights should be recognized and honored by us Our club teaches us to be kind an! truthful Why cant we be knights today not only in bravery but in charity too? PAGE MARY BARKER Ogden Hours of study and practice are bringing their reward In the way of fame and honor to Dean Harmon Although he is only 10 years old and might reasonably expect to work many years longer before any notice be taken of his music Dean has already won a radio contest in which more than 2000 children took part Dean won this distinction by the finished way in which he played Rachmaninoff's Prelude ih C Minor and Paderewski's Minuet both very difficult numbers for one so young Dean has been studying piano only True Pet — Stories — — — True pet stories may be submitted at any time One hundred points are awarded far each one published with an additional hundred points if the story is accompanied by a snap aiiot we can use A SMART CAT When my father was a little boy there were many gophers destroying the crops They were burrowing into tlie ground everywhere The county would pay five cents for ( very gopher that was trapixxl and killed They had to be skinned and the skins taken to the county clerk who destroyed them and paid the bounty At this time my father had a very Intelligent pet cat Khe had been fed One some of tle skinned gophers in the yard nkmlng she appeared with a gopher In her month This she promptly laid down at father's feet He skinned the gopher and gave her back the meat which site ate After this each morn big diming the summer and sometimes oftener slie would bring in a gopher and lay it at the feet of one of the boys always waiting to get it after the hide was removed She seemed to under- - IV 1931 Serm Playing Kniglit Leads Wee Twins To Join Our Club May and Ray were twins Just 1 years old They always played together and had Jolly times One day Ray found in the attic a wide leather belt and an old army helmet He put these on and Uiought he looked like a Knight “Let's play Knight and Lady May! I” he said “Yes!” cried May and went to see what she could find to dress In In a moment Ray came downstairs with his belt and helmet and a long stick for a sword “Come look at me May I” he called "Nol" May answered from the bedroom behind whose closed doors she was busy “I am dressing up like Qu°en Elizabeth Why don't you be Blr Walter Raleigh?” “All right" agreed Ray and away he went to find something for a velvet cloak to lay down for his sister to walk upon In an old chest upstairs he found a length of blue velvet He thought it would do nicely and draped it around his shoulders He came downstairs again and there was May waiting for him She had on big sister's pink silk beaded ball dress and an hat with a long plume in it Bhe had put on daddy's dress suit vest for a bodice Arm in arm and walking very pompously the children entered the parlor Daddy had just come home from work and when he saw the children he burst Into a laugh "Who do you think you are?” he asked "I am Queen Elizabeth and Ray is Bit Walter Raleigh” said May Just then with a courtly bow Bir Walter Raleigh swept off his cloak and laid It before his sister who thanked him with a gracious smile and stepped daintily upon the blue velvet "Well you are pretty good make- believe knights” said their father “How would you like really and truly to be a knight?” May and Ray danced up and down forgetfid of their lordly clothes “How daddy? How?” Their father opened The Tribune Junior and showed them the appli- cation blank “Oh daddy won't you please give us a Job so that we can earn our 13 cents?” begged the children "If you will rake the lawn clean I will give you each 25 cents’’ said their father The twins took off their finery and put It away Then how the leaves flew! And how quickly they filled out their application blanks and dashed away to the postoffice f LOIS COLE Ogden stand that die and tine boys were ing each other a favor KNIGHT ZELDA NEWTON do- Mona KNIGHT a FAITHFUL DOG I am going to tell a story about Knight my fifth dog Knight always follows me to school in fact ho follows me wherever I go Somehow he always manages to do it without being seen by the family One day Knight was run over by a car Daddy and I put him in his bed and left him In the morning when daddy went to get him he won Bo daddy took the car and gone went after him Just as he expected KrrlglJ was at the schoolhouse door He had limped clear to the school-hou- ee and was waiting for me This shows the faithfulness of my dog Kniglit AIDE JFRRY STONE Age 9 Jerome Iikiiio A CURIOUS I have a DOOnnFLL good pet of which I am very fond He is Romeo a brown and wlilte short haired birddog with floppy ears and a tall that wags at everything No one dares step up on our porch until someone calls Romeo away so he acts as a doorbell for us But ho 1s bolter than most doorbells as ho warns us whether it is friend or stranger that is calling If a friend comes Romeo beats his tall kmdly against the poreh floor If a stronger calls Romeo barks Umdly at him Romeo has never bitten anyone but he frightens many He love chtklren however and Is very playful with then! LOIS COLS Ogden