Write a play based on one of the following scenes. Read your play to the class. The class will choose a number of the best plays to be produced before the class.

1. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

The journey in the old coach

to the home of the aunts (1 girl and 1 boy) The selling of the soap to

Mr. Adam Ladd (1 boy and 2 girls)

2. Editha's Burglar... . . . . . Frances Hodgson Burnett The meeting of Editha and

the burglar (1 girl and 1 boy)

3. Penrod...

.Booth Tarkington

The small-pox medicine (3 boys)

4. Little Lord Fauntleroy.. Frances Hodgson Burnett

Cedric tells the news to

Mr. Hobbs (2 boys)

The first interview of

Cedric and the Earl (2 boys)

5. The Christmas Carol....

Charles Dickens

Christmas at the Cratchits (4 boys and 4 girls)

This is the boy who was absent.
This is the boy whom I saw.

This is the boy to whom I referred.

22. Common Errors Corrected

154. GOOD CITIZENSHIP

A class period occasionally should be set aside in which to discuss good citizenship. Each pupil should select a topic from this list and be prepared to give a convincing talk to the class.

The chairman should see that each subject is chosen by at least one speaker and that too many do not choose the same topic.

1. Select a poem whose theme is citizenship. Read it or recite it before the class

2. How a Boy in the Seventh or Eighth Grade May Be a Good Citizen

3. School Citizenship—My Part

4. Helping My Community

5. A Boy's or a Girl's Relation to Public Servants

6. Teamwork

7. Why the United States Is Called "The Melting Pot"

8. Why Our Early Citizens Were So Thoroughly Devoted to the Cause of Liberty

9. Our Heritage

10. Why We Should Be Proud of Our Country 11. The History of Our Flag

12. The History of Our National Anthem

13. Men and Women of Our Community Who Are Good Citizens

14. Tableaux Showing Citizenship:

a) The Making of Our Flag by Betsy Ross b) The Valley Forge Encampment

c) Signing the Declaration of Independence

d) The History of Weaving
e) Inventions:

1. The Telephone

2. The Telegraph

3. The Automobile

4. The Reaper

5. The Sewing-machine

6. The Radio

7. The Airplane

8. The Submarine

155. POEM TO MEMORIZE

IT COULDN'T BE DONE

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied

That maybe "It couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried, he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it."

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done;
There are thousands to prophesy failure;

There are thousands to point out to you one by one The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin;
Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.

-Edgar A. Guest

From The Path to Home, copyright 1919, by The Reilly & Lee Co. By permission.

156. HOW TO GET THE BEST RESULTS IN USING YOUR TELEPHONE

Speak slowly, clearly, and directly into the telephone, with your lips about an inch from the mouthpiece so that you can be understood

When your telephone is not in use, always keep the receiver on the hook; otherwise your line will be out of order.

Answer your calls promptly. Failure to do so keeps the calling party waiting and may result in the loss of a message.

In answering a call say, for example, "Mr. Jones speaking" or "Smith & Co., Jones speaking." This method of answering identifies you and saves time. It is desirable to answer calls in this manner both from business or residence telephones.

The figure "0" wherever it appears in a number is part of the number and must be used in making calls.

Oral assignment. There are two kinds of telephones: machine-switching and automatic or manual telephones. Find out the difference between the two kinds and be ready to tell how to use each.

Written assignment. See whether you can reduce each paragraph of the directions for using the telephone to a single short sentence. Arrange these sentences in

the form of an outline that you might use if called on to give a talk on the topic "How to Get the Best Results in Using Your Telephone.'

157. RELATIVE CLAUSES

I

RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES

1. Bread that is well baked is wholesome.

2. Water that is stagnant is unwholesome.

3. Milk that has been sterilized is a healthful food.

Let us remove the clauses.

1. Bread is wholesome.
2. Water is unwholesome.

3. Milk is a healthful food.

Do these sentences now tell the truth? Is all bread Is all water unwholesome?

wholesome?

healthful?

Is all milk

These clauses narrow the subjects down to particular bread, particular water, particular milk.

called restrictive or narrowing down clauses.

word restrictive in your dictionary.

II

NON-RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES

Compare the sentences above with these:

They are

Find the

1. George Washington, who was born in Virginia, was our first president.

2. January, which is the first month of the year, was named for Janus, the god of all beginnings.

3. The child, who was suffering from cold and hunger, was too young to tell her name.

Remove the clauses.

The sentences still tell the truth. George Washing