Evening star., 1939-11-05
c. Boy Makes Straight AS in Studies Boystown Trp
Just
Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP n. LOVE,
junio1 star 11ttoe,

printed last week BY The Star q
aiding Central High School students
in their study Of current events.
Mrs. Helen II. Weber. teacher Of
history at Central, has asked mem.
bers Of her classes to save their
copies Of the supplement and to
bring them to the classroom for
reference in connection with their
studies of European developments.
THE supplement contains good
maps, and I shall use them In all
my classes" Mrs. Weber said. "A
number Of students mentioned the
map edition to me the day after
1t was published. We shall find
them very helpful In our weekly
current topics period.
You'd be surprised" the teacher
continued, what these students
know about current events. Part
OF that Is due, Of course, to the
fact they live in the Nations
Capital. This knowledge shows In
their daily recitations."
Discussing the war, which the
supplement brings before the
students In several forms. their
history teacher said: 1T 10 very
thrilling to pupils who do not re-
member the last war. They find 1t
interesting and exciting, Just n
their elders did 20 years ago.
Then, too," she added, II believe
the young people Of today are more
inclined to see both sides Of the
war question, whereas in some
cases older people are not"
The students are using the sup-
plement not only for current study,
but for comparison. History classes
have access to Z display that shows
the swiftly-changing map Of
Europe over the course Of hundreds
Of years.
It's always q pleasure to me to
see Halloween come and so-espe-
cially go.
Not that I don't like Halloween.
you understand. It's Just that I'm
never happy on the day after that
grand old holiday.
Take the day following the Hal
loween just passed. for example.
The world appeared perfectly
normal when I arose that morning;
I'd enjoyed a good nights rest
the observance Of the holiday hav-
ing been unusually quiet, thanks to
the rain-and I was fairly happy.
1T certainly was 4 quiet Hallow-
Gen." my daughter Ann remarked
at the breakfast table.
1T certainly was" her mother
agreed. 1T was q whole lot differ
ent from last year. Remember"
EYES," Ann laughed. Somebody
soaped all the windows. Just after
they'd been washed, and the whole
Job had to be done over again"
That reminds me-" mother
snapped. suddenly pushing her chair
back from the table and hurrying
to a front window.
MY goodness!" she exclaimed a
moment later. They've done it
again-soaped the windows, and I'd
just had them washed!" There was
a short silence while she hastened
from one window to another. Then,
Every window" she cried. Every
window streaked with soap!"
They soaped the car last year,
too" Ann observed.
We'll, they couldn't get to the
car this time" I answered. II had
the good sense to lock 1t In the
garage"
Breakfast over. I prepared to
leave for the ONCE. The rest Of the
family Joined me, Is they wanted to
bring the automobile back for use
later in the day.
I'd just backed the car out of
the garage and was turning in the
street when Ann exclaimed:
Look, Daddy! Somebody's chair
is up that pole!"
It was telephone pole, and some-
body had managed somehow to
hang . large greer porch chair
from a climbing spike about 20 feet
above the ground.
"Why, It's our chair!" I shouted.
Everything was 20 quiet last night
Il don't see how they got 1t OF
the porch without making any
noise; and I don't see how they rot
1t up that pole, either!"
And I don't see how you're 60
ing to get it down." Ann put In.
Well, in the end had to pay q
boy to help me get the chair-may-
be one Of the very boys who con-
trived to put it Up the pole, for al I
know!