Evening star., 1926-10-24

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Nouris Thies, Silver Spring, Md,
wears old--Giro.
Annie Mary Walker, 1892 First
street northeast. 10 wears old---.Ielry.
Ellen Zirpcl. 390S Jenifer street, s
years old-DomIneckus.
Why "Hi-BOy" Won.
Now HiBoy, the Judges said. is a
good name for that young giraffe he
cause. first Of all, 1t Is short and will
be easily remembered by the thou
sands of Washington youngest ers who
plan to go out to see him as soon as
he gets here. A gain. the name is Ger
tainly charac e,'istic. for although our
Hi-Boy is only feet tall now. he
is due to grow nearly 10 feet taller.
provided everything goes well with
him and he lives to a happy old age
In addition. the name Is suggestive
of a salutation and one can already
vision the children gathering around
his cage and greeting him with "Hi-
Boy."
HiBoy. the judges know, was sug-
sested by some other children, and it
seemed popular with the letter
writer's. But Nildred's little poem,
which accompanied the name won
her the prize. So, children. please
don't he offended IL You think Won
thought OF it first. The Judges say
they tried their hest to he fair and
square. They had no idea whose
names they were picking when they
chose the winners. They simply go
lected the best names. then went over
the letters to find out what the chill
dren had written to back them up.
Concerning the other names, the
jlldges-A assistant Secretary AleXan-
der Wetmore OF the Smithsonian In
stitution, William n. Blackburn, head
keeper at the Zoo. and oliver Owen
Kuhn. news manager OF The Star
have this to say:
Advantages of Other Names.
I'm picking the word Bumps for
second place the judges were impress
ed with th@Anusualness of the name,
coupled with the human interest he
trayed by the s-year-old author. VIII
liam A. Maidens. Now any little boy
who loves his brother so much that
he wants his nickname perpetuated.
and, Furthermore. has ingenuity
enough to connect that name with the
very common sense assertion that the
giraffe has bumped right into the
Zoo. which sure does need him. must
be recognized. So Bumps figured
high in the final reckoning.
"Jungo is a most excellent name for
any animal coming from tropical
climes and the first child to suggest
this was Louise Grotlisch, out Wood
side way. Louise suggested other
names, but Jungo was outstanding.
ANY one Of the three names might
have been picked for first place with
reasonable expectation OF complete
satisfaction but Mildred Smiths little
poem to the young giraffe was CON
sidered the clinching argument"
Hi-Boy Was Favorite.
The word "Hi-Roy." with varied
spelling. seemed to bp favorite
among the children contributing their
efforts to the contest. 1t was sent
in more than any other single name.
but Mildred Smiths also had the ad.
vantage of having been the first sub.
mitted.
Miss Smiths poem is printed else
where. When she was told by Star
reporter. who called to see her and
get her photograph, she was sur.
didn't expect it. Mildred said she
wrote three letters to The Star and
was determined to win the prize. She
had read about animals coming to
Washington and about children sug-
gesting names for the giraffe. At
frst. she said. she wasn't interest ed.
maybe q little hit bored. but as she
began looking at the names
Some OF them were so silly. YOU
know" she confided to the reporter.
why it was perfectly stupid to sup
pose little children and 5 years
old had thought of them. Mythology
and science-imagine a child think
ing OF some of those things. So l
thought I'd send one in
1T wasn't that l expected to win,''
she said. for I didn't"
Girls Cleverer, Says Mildred.
Mildred didn't think that it was
surprising that girls should win two
out Of the three prizes. Why" she
asked. in response to the reporter .
question. "Why. because they're
cIeverer. Isn't tha. simple enough!"