Evening star., 1939-04-02
Just
Between
Ourselves
Correspondents
Meet Serious
Competition
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Y,uior Htap Editor

Our corps of school correspondents
continues to grow. Today we well
come three newcomers-Doris Bal
lard Of Hyattsville High School,
Philomena Sampagna, Anacostia
High School, and Jane Winnings,
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
Phil is likely to encounter some
rather stiff competition, however,
because two other Anacostia stu
dents are working on stories for the
Junior Star. Her rivals are Beatrice
Silver, IS, and Edith Spieler, is, the
latter editor Of the Anacostia Pow
WOW Jane already has an able
competitor in the person Of Harriet
Wallis, who has succeeded IN land
ing a story on this page every week
since she started acting as our
Bethesda Chevy Chase correspond
ent Jane isn't newcomer" IN
any strict sense of the word, and
neither Is Doris. Both have con-
tributed to the Junior Star from
time to time in the past, but their
contributions today represent their
first ventures into the field Of
news correspondence, and-well. that
makes them newcomers so far as
news is concerned, doesn't it? ..
And speaking of newcomers, Claire
Kenney, II, associate editor OF the
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beacon, hopes to see her name
added to the list as a result of
story on which she is now hard at
work. x++
From Truesdell School comes the
following note, signed Mrs. 1sraels
Class and accompanied by an at
tractively bound mimeographed
magazine. I'VE are sending you
a copy OF our magazine. 1t
is our first issue. and we would
like you to send us some COM
ments, and If you have any sug-
gestions, we would be glad to have
them" Well, the Purple and
Gold, as it is called, strikes us as be-
ing mighty fine piece of work. 1t is
well written, intelligently edited and
attractively bound, and we congrat-
ulate the students responsible for
it The issue before us contains
wide variety of material-news,
editorials. poems, even a cartoon.
The editorial staff consists of Nelson
Shapiro, editor, and the following
associate editors: Dorothy Novak,
current events: Jeanne Mullen,
school news; Janet Ralph, stories
and poems: Phyllis Herndon. book
reviews; Clarence Holden. sports;
Editor Coiner and Billy Phillips. car
toons and riddles, and John Slattery,
pets A touch Of pride-pardon-
able, we hope-prompts us to point
out that Janet is a frequent con-
tributor to The Junior Star A
postscript to the letter brings up a
question that is often asked: Gould
we enter these stories, ETC., for prize
contributions" The answer: No
sorry-but only original and un-
published contributions are eligible
for publication on this page.
w. H. Dunn, jr., assistant secre-
tary of the National Capital Gas
Model Club, 5535 Illinois avenue
NV, has asked us to announce that
the organization will hold a contest
from 10 am. to S pm, on April IS,
at Hybla Valley (Va) Airport. The
competition will be conducted under
the rules of the National Aeronautic
Association, and, according to Mr..
Dunn, there will be "a great num-
ber of prizes, and more will be
added" The Fauntleroy Liter
ary Society of Washington isn't a
children's organization, but-well,
Shirley Temple is an honorary
member, just the same. The little
actress wrote to the society last
week, declaring herself honored to
become its youngest honorary men,
ber j.. Annette Wynkoop, 8, Route
2, Rockville, Md, has couple Of
right interesting aunts, judging by
two bits of verse which showed up
in our mail one day last week. One
has to do with Annette's aunt's hat:
My Aunt Marjorie has a hat,
And it is very TALL
When she gets into car,
She hardly gets in at all.
Her hats so very funny,
She looks into a mirror and says:
For this I paid good money!"
As for Annette's other aunt:
MY Aunt Verna is a teacher,
And can she get mad?
When she says, go to your seats" !"
The children know they better had.