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June, 193 5 Page 157 49. The policemen helps us to cross the street. He blows his whistle when the lights change. He helps people when they have accidents. He will stop a speeder to give him a cer- tificate. The speeder must then pay a fine for breaking the law. The policeman is our friend. He helps children who are lost. The policeman takes burglars to jail. He protects our community. 51. The milkman is one of our best friends. He brings us good health. We appreciate his kindness. He brings us milk very early in the morning while we are sleeping. 52. The coalman works hard. We like him because he brings us coal. Coal keeps us warm. 53. The vegetable man is a helper because he brings us fruits and vegetables. He keeps them fresh and clean so people will buy. When he comes to the door he says, "Do you want any vegetables today ?" 54. If we do not have cars of our own, the motornian helps us to get around. If you can't find a place to park your own car downtown, you can take the street car. The conductor takes the money from people who wish to ride on the street car. Sometimes he helps old people to get on the car. 55. The postman brings our mail. If you write a letter to your grandmother she will answer it. Then the mailman will bring her letter to you. A postman must be honest. A postman must be a good citizen. A postman must be able to read. A postman must be on time. A postman nnist not open other people's letters. Sometimes he brings good news. Sometimes he brings bad news, but we think he is very good. 56. It is a snowy day. The wires have fallen down. The electricians have come to put up new wires. 57. The farmer grows food for us. He raises wheat, corn, and vegetables. He takes care of cow'S, pigs, horses, chickens, sheep, and other animals. The farmer gets up with the sun when he hears the rooster crow. When the sun goes down he goes to bed. The farmer sells his food to the vegetable man. The vegetable man sells the food to us. 58. When the breadman comes he blow's a whistle. He brings fresh bakery goods every day. 59. The carpenter builds homes for us. Some carpenters make furniture. The carpenter needs machinery to help him make inside trimmings. The carpenter uses many tools. He keeps them in a tool chest. The carpenter is a good worker. 60. The taxi takes you anywhere you want to go. The driver keeps his cab clean and makes it shine. He drives care- fully because he is responsible for other people. 61. Jack's father is in the storage business. He moves furniture from one house to another. He takes freight from the depot and delivers it to the stores. 62. Firemen put out fires. Firemen save people's lives. Firemen are brave. Firemen are strong. Firemen are quick. Firemen must be ready at all times to answer the alarm. 63. The plumber puts pipes in houses. The plumber fixes leaks. When a pipe breaks the landlord calls the plumber. The plumber comes just as soon as he can. 64. The nurse helps the doctor to make people well. The doctor studies very hard so that he knows what he is doing. 65. In autumn the leaves fall. The street sweeper cleans up all the leaves. The sweeper also takes up other trash. Then the streets and alleys look neat. The man who runs this ma- chine is a good helper. 66. The street sprinkling department sprinkles water on the streets so that the dust will not fly. This man goes up one street and down another. Sometimes he has to fill the tank with water. 70. This is Robert Warling's grocery store. Robert is in our class. He helps his mother and father in this store. He knows how to wait on customers. 72. We have many Red and White stores in our community. 74. There are several shoe shops in our district. 75. There is a boy in Alcott School whose father owns this hardware store. This is Clark's Hardware Store. 76. The O. K. Cleaners are just across the street from our school. 78. We studied public buildings in our community. This is the Alcott School. It is located at Tennyson St. and W. 41st Ave. Mr. Eugene H. Herrington is the principal. 80. St. Vincent's Orphanage takes care of boys who do not have mothers and fathers. 82. The Smiley Public Library is used by many people in this part of the city. It is in Berkeley Park. 83. This is a branch of the big post office. This saves us a trip to town. It is within walking distance of our homes. 84. This is the Old Ladies' Home. Old ladies who do not have homes of their own live here. They like to be together. 85. New words were learned while we studied the com- munity. We asked the teacher to put these words on the board so we would know how to spell them. Here are some of them: Piggly Wiggly, Miller's, Prince Market, Berkeley Grocery, Oriental, U. S. Post Office, Alcott, St. James, subtraction, map, blocks, houses, tracks, add, addi- tion, sign, nickel, white, arithmetic, community, grocery, police- man, station, postman, margin, measure, church, stores. 89. The next pictures will show what fun we have in our community. We play tennis together in Berkeley Park. We go swimming in Berkeley Lake. Before we can go swimming again, Eugene says: "The water must be purified because there are germs in it." We like to have picnics in Berkeley Park. 92. We go to the theater. Children should not go to the show on school nights. Why? Because they would be too tired to do their work in school the next day. 94. Elitch's is open only in the summer. It is across from our district on W. 38th Ave. We like to go on the Derby. 97. On the playground we play games. We learn how to play together. We learn to play fair. We learn to do right in all things. 98. This is our community 'Tis one we love And you should see. When you come to the convention of the National Education Association this summer, you will, of course, be interested in the meeting's of the Visual Education section. This film will be on display or shown at one of the meetings. We hope to see you there. Chart Intelligence for All (Concluded from page 154) immigration policies. A line chart, produced to show the periodic racial influxes which have af- fected the changing American scene, might lead to a more detailed study of the cultural backgrounds of some of these racial types and explain in part their occupational limitations. Education can use charts, but a hit-or-miss chart- making program would tend to make us chart- muddled, not chart-minded.