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THE LEXHIPBP
APRIL. 28, 1925
THE ROBBINS RECORD
Edited by the Students oj %obbins School
The Staff
Grade 7 1 I-’’®' Aaron
Grade 7 II Louise Klrkman
Grade 6 1 James Raper
Grade 6 II Bennie Huffman
Grade 5 1 T. V. Klrkman
Grade 5 II Grelchen Sink
Grade 4 A David Pickard
Grade 4 B Earl Waltman
Censor Miss Caroline Mann
WASHINGTON IRVING
Washington Irving, an American
author was born In the city of New
York, April 13, 1783. He was the
youngest son of William Irving, who
had come from Scotland and settled
in New York, as a merchant before
the Revolutionary War. Washing
ton, at the age of sixteen, had enter
ed a law office. His father had a
large library, which he used a great
deal, Chaucer and Spencer being his
favorite authors. In 1804, with an
excuse of a tendency to heart trouble,
he traveled extensively in Europe.
Irving wrote many books, but we
know him best as the author of
“Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and ‘‘RlP
Van Winkle’*.
He spent his last years of life at
Sunnyside in his own sleepy hollow
on the banks of the Hudson, with his
neices. Here he died November 28.
1859. I
WEYMAN PEACOCK.
ORGANIZATION OF GIRL SCOUTS
On March 22nd a Girl Scout Troop
wa.s organized with Miss Josephine
Weaver as Captain. The troop now
consists of thirty-two members or
four patrols of eight members each.
Mrs. Charles Young and Miss Chris
tine McCrary, our first lieutenants
have shown a great deal of Interest
in our work. The Girl Scouts helped
a great deal on Field Day by keep
ing back the crowd during the events
and by keeping the score. The boys
will have to hustle, because the girls
are soon going to show them a thing
or two.
FANNIE PORTER COWLES.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
When James Monroe became Pres
ident in 1817, Spanish Colonies were
revolting against the harsh treatment,
and the United States had recogniz
ed their Independence. Then a league
called the “Holy Allegiance" was or
ganized by some of the European
Countries to help one another in case
their subjects should rise in revolt.
Monroe then warned the nations of
Europe that none of them would be
permitted to start any new colonies
in North or South America, and that
the United States would not allow
any interference with an American
government. This has been the fix
ed rule of the United States ever
since.
FERDINAND WATSON.
The preliminary contest for the
seventh grades in reading and decla
mation will be held April 24. in Rob
bins School Auditorium. From this
contest, six readers and six declaim-
ers will be chosen to represent the
class at Commencement.
Grade 7-1. Miss Burgiss, had 100%
attendance at Sunday School and
Church on last Sunday.
Robbins School Winners lu Parent-
Teacher Attendlance for April were
Miss Leonard’s Grade 2-A and B, Miss
Mann’s Grade 7-II.
GILMER CROSS.
living for some days on parched corn
and that he would have to ask for
food. This was given them with
promptness.
When General Lee’s faithful soldi
ers saw that the end had come, they
were overcome with grief. To his
soldiers Lee said: "Men. we have
fought through the war together. I
have done the best I could for you.
My heart is too full to say n ore”. On
the following day. General I>ee issued
his farewell address to his army and
returned to Richmond.
VIRGINIA McCRARY.
SKETCH OP JOHN BURROUGHS’
LIFE
LEE’S SURRENDER TO GRANT
Grant and Lee met in a residence
near Appomatox Court House to ar
range the terms of the surrender.
After the two great commanders had
shaken hands, they spent a few min
utes in general conversation. Gen
eral Lee then asked for the terms of
surrender. General Grant replied
that the army should lay down arms
and not take them up agam during
the war. The terms were quickly
written out and signed by Lee. Grant
realized that the Confederares would
need their horses to raise tiieir crops,
so they were allowed to keep them.
Lee then said that his men had been
John Burroughs, one of .\merlca’s
favorite writers on outdoor life, was
born at Roxbury, N. Y., 1837 and
spent his boyhood on his father’s
farm, working, reading and studying.
He found great enjoymen: in read
ing Emerson, Walt Whitman and
Matthew Arnold. The fir.st he said,
awakened his religious feelings; the
second quickened his interest in hu
man nature; the third taught him to
think and write clearly. His first
published book, “Walt Whitman, as
Poet and Person”, was written while
he was a clerk in the Treasury De
partment at Washington. He left
this position in 1873, was frr several
years a national bank examiner, and
then having bought a fruit farm at
West Park settled down to the con
genial life of a farmer, student of na
ture and essayist.
Burroughs’ essjays are read and
loved both in the home and in the
school, and are enjoyed .’qually by
the children and their elders. Few
other nature writers have '.lis gift for
making the beauties of outdoor life
a reality to the reader. He also
wrote a number of poem=, collected
under the title “Bird and Bough”,
He died in 1921.
LORAINE ANDERSON.
Miss Cridlebaugh. in Speliing Class
—“Can one of you give us A sentence
containing the word “pouU'.ce”?
Billie—'“The girl was dressed in a
poultice”.
Fred—“What meat do you consider
most valuable”?
Cabell—“Chicken, because you can
eat it before it is born and after it is
dead”.