Evening star., 1939-04-21
Arlington Schools
Offer Cooperation
In Soap Box Derby
Kemp Opens Woodshops
In County Institutions
For Boys to Work on Cars

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For Boys to Work on Cars
The use of every high school wood
shop in the Washington metropoli-
tan area for boys entered in The
Star-American Legion Soap Box
Derby was assured today, as the
Arlington County Va) schools were
added to the list of school systems
aiding in the Derby.
In statement supporting the
Derby, which will be held early in
July, Fletcher Kemp. superintendent
of Arlington public schools, said,
I'VE shall be glad to open our shops
at Washington-Lee Junior-Senior
High School and Thomas Jefferson
Junior High to the entrants in the
Soap Box Derby. Both schools have
enthusiastic groups Of boys who are
planning to enter"
Mr.. Kemp announced "shop teach
ers in both schools will offer every
possible opportunity to the boys and
! will advise and assist in any way
possible under the rules of the con-
test.
"It is my belief that entrance in
the Soap Box Derby presents fine
educational opportunity for our
boys" Mr.. Kemp continued. 1--WE
learn while doing. and we learn
most while doing when there is a
real need and while interest is high.
believe that all of these factors
will be present for boys in the
Derby"
Teachers Who Will Aid.
Arlington County shop teachers
who will take part In the Derby pro-
gram are Louis G. Hamm. Eugene
r. Yager and Clifford E. Hughes at
Washington-Lee High and Vernon
G. Hanna at Thomas Jefferson
Junior High.
Mr.. Kemp is one Of three score
educators, business leaders, public
officials and heads of civic organi-
cations in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia who are sup
porting the Derby, coaster racing
event for boys from 10 to Is years
of age, inclusive.
Previous announcements informed
boys entering the Derby that their
school shops would be available in
Washington through j. Elmer Zear-
foss. director of manual arts in
District public schools; in Mont
gomery County, Md, through DR..
Edwin w. Broome, county super
intendent; in Alexandria, Va,
through Superintendent T. c. Will
liams, and in Prince Georges County,
Md, by arrangement with Super
intendent Nicholas Orem. All of
them are listed among the Derby's
sponsors.
o. C. Holleran, director of the
Derby and former chairman of the
District American Legion's Ameri-
canism Commission, said this fine
support from schools in and around
Washington is very encouraging. 1t
means our boys will have a chance
to build better and safer cars with
the benefit of tools and machines In
the manual training rooms"
Teachers Who Are Helping.
In Washington a great majority Of
Derby candidates are junior high
school students. The following
teachers. under Mr.. Zearfoss' super
vision. already are assisting Soap
Box Derby candidates for the second
annual Derby:
s. H. Kramer and c. Foster. Ana
costa Junior High: E. F. Brum-
baugh, Alice Deal Junior High:
H. H. Cleary, Eliot Junior High;
H. S. Harbour, Gordon Junior High:
M. j. House, Hine Junior High;
Walter j. Wondrack, Jefferson Jun
ior High; Joseph H. McCauley and
James r. Reilly. Langley Junior
High; c. E. Combs, Paul Junior
High: E. L. Cooney and r. c. Hart
ley, Mcfarland Junior High; John
H. Williams and r. H. Darby, Powell
Junior High: Walter Griest, Stuart
Junior High; J. T. Oliver. Taft
Junior High; j. Wilson, Central
High; P. G.. Lackey, Eastern High:
L. T. Brown and r. L. Williams,
Mckinley High; J. D. Mccormick,
Roosevelt High; Mrs. Page Kirk,
Western High. w. F. Baxter, Wood
row Wilson High, and two occupa-
tional center teachers, Clark Her.
onimus, Peabody, Fifth and g
streets NE, and E. L. Wheeler, Cur
tbs School. Thirty-second and o
streets NV.
Registration for the 1889 Soap
Box Derby has been under way for
the past week, and scores of early
contenders already are at work
planning and building their racing
cars. Directions for entering the
Derby are printed elsewhere on this
page.
Watch The Star for Derby news.)