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Evening star., 1939-04-30
Just
Between
Ourselves
Boys Can Learn
From Perfect
Gentleman
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor,


Any boy who takes time to read
Edith Spieler's interesting story OF
Anacostia High Schools perfect
gentleman" published on this page
today, can learn a valuable lesson.
Too many boys seem to have the
idea there is something sissified
about being a gentleman. Polite
ness. they think, Is merely a pose
assumed by people who lack the
courage to do as they please.
Well, let's take a look at Ana
costia's perfect gentleman" Billy
So short that football writer's
dubbed him Wee Willie" at the
time of his spectacular 70-yard run
for a touchdown last year, he Is a
fine athlete, nevertheless. What he
lacks in height he more than makes
up for in sturdiness, agility and
courage.
Courage-there's a word that goes
a long way toward explaining Billy's
success as gentleman. But be-
fore we get into that-what Is a
gentleman?
Definitions differ, Of course. But
in the final analysis, being gen.
tleman is merely having-and show
ing-a decent regard for the rights
of others.
And Billy has that quality to q
high degree, according to ihs school
mates.
Hes always considerate Of 9TH
ers," said Irving Falk, II, Of 1708
Sixteenth street Sc, editor Of the
Anacostia Pow-Wow. Hes the kind
Of fellow who will make himself late
for an appointment to help an ell
derly person across busy street;
he'll hang from a strap from one
end of a car line TO the other, no
matter how tired he is, rather than
see an old or physically handicapped
person stand; he's mild hammered,
soft spoken-in other words, gentle
manly in every possible way"
Undoubtedly Billys courteous
manners have caused him to take
considerable ribbing from some of
his cruder associates-those boys
who sometimes mistake politeness
for sign of weakness or coWardice
But Billy has had the courage
more, the moral stamina-to con-
tinue being a gentleman through it
ell; to take the ribbings whenever
1t has been possible to do so with
out loss Of self-respect: to fight, if
necessary, to preserve that self-re-
spect.
1T isn't always easy to be a gen.
tleman," he told us. Sometimes
you're mistaken for a sissy just be-
cause you're polite, and-Well. a
fellow just can't stand for that. I
don't like to flght-in fact Id walk
several blocks out Of my way to
avoid flght-but there are certain
times when you've got to stick up
for yourself, whether you like to
fight or not!"
In submitting her story Edith.
who also is one of the editors OF
the Pow-Wow, said: Billy has
never been known to swear; of all
the students at Anacostia not a
single one has ever heard him utter
a word that could be construed as
improper in any way. But don't
get the idea there's anything sissi-
fed about him. The truth is, he's
one of the most manly fellows I've
ever met-and you can quote me
on that"
Billy should stand as an example
for other Washington boys. He
proves-if such a clear fact needs
proving-that manliness and gen.
tlemanliness mean the same thing.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

ment and the Maryland State Tour.
nament. In both tournaments no
was runner-up in the singles: then,
with Maurice Cowan. IS, student
at St. Adams School, won the
doubles championship. Two Of the
medals he won are gold and the
others silver.
I'm going to enter as many tour
naments this year as I can," he
declared. I'D like to win a singles
championship, too
Next to tennis, basket ball Is Ed
dies favorite sport. Last season
he played forward on Anacostias
junior varsity team.
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my mother and my grandmother
taught me that-but, shucks, there's
nothing remarkable about that.
Everybody ought to be polite; 1t
makes things more pleasant all
around"
Billy is a member Of the Outdoor
Patrol and the stage crew and rep
resentative of his section In the
Student Council. He spends his
summers at camp in Pennsylvania
and last year was named the best
all-around camper" there.
Il was told it was tossup be-
tween another fellow and me-" he
said, "and I finally won because Of
my politeness."
Evening star., 1939-04-30
CURFEW.
BY FLORENCE ALEXANDER

CURFEW.
Not until he had invented a
method Of telling time at night did
King Alfred begin to establish law
and order in England. In those
days, all countries were infested with
robbers. Since there were no street
lights, there was no way at night OF
knowing who was pickpocket and
who wasn't. Even when thugs were
overpowered by their intended vic
Tins, they were seldom punished by
the government, for there was no
police force and no standing army.
But Alfred was a practical man.
Since he couldn't get rid of night
robbers, he could clear the streets
Of honest men. He established a
curfew law which ordered law
abiding citizens of the steets by 8
pm.
The average person had no way OF
telling time at night, for clocks had
not been invented. So Alfred had a
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Farewell to April
Ry AGNES BAYNE, IA.
Blessed Sacrament School.

Blessed Sacrament School.
Farewell, April, farewell, April
Thanks for your sunshine and
your rain,
Thanks for filling our days with
gladness,
And for making our grass all
green again.
Farewell, April, farewell, April
Thanks for bringing our flowers
on their way,
Thanks for the buds on our trees
and bushes.
Goodbye, April-hello, May!
Evening star., 1939-04-30

trophy-a gold one-was captured
in a tournament held that same
month in the Chevy Chase Ice
Palace.
Along with the trophies Carolyn
won two titles-second ranking
woman" player Of the District and
fourth ranking Of Maryland. An
eighth-grade pupil at Leland Junior
High School, she has been playing
table tennis only about a year and
a half.
Lawn tennis, basket ball and
swimming are high UP on Carolyn's
list of favorite sports, but table ten
mis- leads them all.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

Slhtll . VI 6 { Y i,
c Wy Chase,
Md, won her
first trophy
bronze statuette
last spring in
a tour nament
S p on S ored by
the w ON e n S
League. L a S t
M a r c h h e
earned a silver
trophy. also a
statuette, in the
Women's Dis
trict Champion
ship T urn a =
voort Tho cftoor
Evening star., 1939-04-30

Park, Md, dancing is merely an in
teresting sideline. Il devote most
of my spare time to playing the
piano." she explained. Il like
dancing lot, though; in fact, I've
been member of the Community
Center Ballet for the last three
years"
All the girls agreed that one Of
the incest things about membership
in the dance group-aside from the
fact that it provides excellent exer-
else and interesting diversion-is
that it involves no home work.
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whom are Keen
ly interested in
modern in t e r
pretative dane
ing. Their prac-
tice sessions are
directed by Bar
bara Feiker as a
project Of Or
chests, the mod
ern dance group
at George Wash
ington Univer-
sity. The girls
helped to make
the costumes in
W h i C h t h e y
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Scientific Sonnet
Prise Contribution.
BY MARY CATHERINE RUDDY, ,13.

Sacred Heart Academy.
She walked into the chemistry "lab,'
Her heart was light and free;
She didn't know the difference
'TWiXt atoms 2 and 3.
The sound it made was deafening,
Each piece flew far and wide;
Next day the choir sang mournfully
May Peace With Her Abide"
And now we weep a silent tear,
For she was Just a learner
A lovely child whose funeral pyre
Was lit by a Bunsen burner.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

School, Dot won
a bronze pin for
speed and &C
curacy in the
1899 n a t i on a l
typing contest.
She tapped out
So W ords a
minute with a
minimum of er-
rorS.
Last summer
Dot won a prize
by singing "Ah,
Sweet Mystery
of Life" in a
beauty and tai
emf contest in
Evening star., 1939-04-30

High S c h 90 ! ,
started playing
tennis at the age
of 10, with his
old er brother,
Robert, acting as
coach. Now he
plays n e a r ! Y
every clear day
on the Fairlawn
courts, in Ana
costa Park.
All E d d ! e S
trophies W r e
won last year
in The Stars
Middle Atlantic
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mittee OF three
judges, all mem
bers Of the fac
ulty, from As
boys nominated
by various girls.
The school pa
per, the Pow
Wow, sponsored
the contest and
a n n ouncement
of the winner
was made Friday
a t q d a n c e
given by the edi-
torial staff. Mrs.
Helen MacMur-
Evening star., 1939-04-30

The definitions:
Across.
/. A struggle for superiority.
8. Pretended attack.
10. Motor car.
IL. Colored.
IA. Royal navy (abbr).
IS. Numbers (abbr).
II. Advertisement.
10. Within.
10. For example (abbr).
20. Neuter pronoun.
81. Part of verb Ito be-"
%. Printers measure.
Is. To turn aside, swerve.
At. Additional.
20. A gum exuded by trees.
81. Dined we'll.
Down.
2. Often.
8. Gas used in luminous signs.
4. Note of the scale.
8. Finishes.
6. Pig pen.
7. Sailor.
9. To sum up.
II. Join.
IS. Willing, enthusiastic.
16. Belonging to us.
20. Climbing plant.
81. Surface size.
a.. Pour forth.
"a. Encountered.
28. Before.
%. A number.
30. Steamship (abbr).
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
PUZZLES.
Crossword nllZZle Snlllti ion
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Planting a Tree
Prise Contribution.
By MAYME BROOKS, 13.

Parker-Gray School, Alexandria. Va.
Here we leave you, little tree,
To Mother Earth's kind care;
Your happy heritage will be
The earth, the sky, the air.
Good Mother Earth will hold you
dear
And tuck your feet up warm,
And whisper sturdy words OF cheer
When you must brave the storm.
You'll grow up some far-off day
And guard with loving pride
Our children's children at their play,
And spread your great arms wide.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

women.
For the IT.
year-old artist,
who Is q senior
at Be. c., has
found that, no
matter how hard
she tries, she Just
can't do a good
job of sketching
women.
1T isn't that
Tn, not interest
ed In women"
she explained.
"As q matter of
Evening star., 1939-04-30

fact, I'd love TO Mary Jane Moofe'
be able to draw them well. I sup
pose it all goes back to my transfer
from Brightwood School. in the Dis
trict, to Leland Junior High School
In Maryland.
"At Brightwood I specialized in
drawing babies-and they were
pretty babies. too. Then we moved
to Maryland, and the art teacher at
Leland asked me to sketch Q man.
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Prise Contribution
BY DOUGLASS DALEY, Is,
Central High School.

The first modern dance group
ever organized in a Washington
high school is now engaged in stren-
uous weekly practice at Central.
Established last fall. the group
has a membership of As girls, all Of
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Of 1910 Crittenden street NV. 1--WE

of 1910 Crittenden street NV. "We
get a stiff workout In each lesson"
II think it's grand" declared
Dorothy Glaves, II, Of 1920 Lamont
street NV. Sometimes I make up
dance routines of my own. think
the modern dance ought to be
major subject in all high schools"
1T would be fine if all high
schools had modern dance classes"
suggested Dorothy Sweeney, 16. of
22l Longfellow street NV.
With 16-year-old Joann. who
lives at l8 Ash avenue, Takoma
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Spring Beauty
Prise Contribution.
BY LOIS MARI, 10,

Prise Contribution.
BY LOIS MARI, 10.
Whittier School.
The sun shines in all its splendor,
The flowers look so fresh and
slender,
And daffodils are coming up.
Here see buttercup,
There Is an iris, tall and white
That just shot up during the night.
For spring has come, with beautiful
days
I wish it would stay with us always!
Evening star., 1939-04-30

tlOn q { I n e
nearby M a r y
land school.
The movie is
being made by
A. H. Lochner,
who began work
on 1t last Feb
ruary. 1t opens
with a view of
the stu d e n t S
e n t e in g the
school in t h e
m ornin G and
members of the
faculty report
ing for duty,
then poeS on to
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Natural Feeling
By CHARLES McCOMB, 8,

Barnard School.
In spring, when tadpoles come out
And birds fly about,
I like to 60 out and play
And run and sing all day.
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Little Dog
By STELLA ANAGNOS, Z,

st, Pauls School.
I had little dog, and his name was
Ted;
I put him to rest in good warm
bed.
He soon fell asleep, and began to
SnOre,
And woke up the dog that lives
next door.
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Athlete Is Named Perfect
Gentleman at AnacOstia
BY EDITH SPIELER, 16,
Anacostia High School.

Billy Spencer, II, of 2107 Fairlawn
avenue Sc. has been chosen as
Anacostia High Schools perfect
gentleman"
The selection was made by q COM
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Prize Contribution.
BY HARRIET WALLIS, II,

Mary Jane Moore is always glad
to aid Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School activities by drawing posters
to advertise them-but don't ask her
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Puzzles

Il
This word diamond is built around
something you see at the circus.
The second line is to perform, the
third means pertaining to the ear,
the fifth is cat and the sixth is
to place. Form the diamond.
AoHSsAT 3
r
Next come word chains also con-
cerned with the circus.
Change BIG to TOP in three
moves
Change LION to CAGE in six
moves.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Blair Student
Wins Prizes
Habitually
Talents Earn Girl
Recognition in
Five Fields
BY VIOLET SWEENEY, II,
MONTGOMERY Blair High School.

Winning prizes is something of
a habit with Dorothye Scott. 18, of
430 Cedar avenue. Silver Spring, Md.
An honor student in secretarial
work at Montgomery Blair High
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Nothing to Brae About

Jr.-Pop, what is an ancestor?
Sr.-Well, I'm one.
Jr.-Yes, I know; but why do peo-
pie brag about them?
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Film Is Made
OF Hyattsville
Activities
Students Pictured
When Unaware
Of Camera
BY DORIS BALLARD, II
Hyattsville High School.

Student activities at Hyattsville
High School are being recorded in
"School Days-1939 Model" mo-
ton picture now nearing compile
Evening star., 1939-04-30

Ever stop to think that day
breaks and never falls, and night
falls and never breaks?
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Girl, Is, Captures
3 Trophies for
Table Tennis
BY PAT Money, IA,
Leland Junior High School.

Although Carolyn Wilson is only
10, she is the owner Of three table
tennis trophies.
Carolyn, who lives at 6801 Forty
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Anacostia Boy, Is,
Wins Variety of
Tennis Prizes
BY PHILOMENA sANrPOGNA,
Anacostia High School.

Edwin Richardson is only IS, but
his skill on the tennis court already
has won him a leather handbag, q
white sweater and four medals.
Eddie, a student at Anacostia
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Tapestry of Spring
By EDITH WELLS, IL,

East Silver Spring School.
I'll weave into my tapestry of spring
The beauty given every little
thing
The warble of the robin at his work,
The babble Of tiny, ripping brook;
The rustling sound Of giant white
oak trees
AS greenest buds unfold their little
leaves,
The coolness of a soft breeze passing
through,
The cloudless sky of dainty azure
blue,
Raindrops dancing lightly on the
ground
While sunlight f1ickers family all
around.
Have you ever seen q worldly thing
AS lovely as my tapestry Of spring?
Evening star., 1939-04-30

Teacher-Can any one tell me how
macarOni is made?
Johnny-First you take big long
hole and then you wrap some dough
around it.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

She quickly took her glasses out
And set them on her head.
"Oh, what a lovely colored patch
On Tuckie's pants" she said.
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Dr.. Gewehr 10 Address
Phi Beta Kappa Group

The Phi Beta Kappa Association
of the District will meet tonight at
$50 o'clock at the Carlton Hotel
to hear DR.. Wesley M. Gewehr, pro-
fessor of history at American Uni
versity, on why Europe Fights an
UnWanted War
The meeting will inaugurate the
26th year of the local organization.
Wade H. Ellis, lawyer, will preside.
Others attending will include DR..
Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the
National Geographic Society; Joseph
M. Long of Hyattsville. Md: Prof
Francis j. Hemelt of Catholic Uni
versity, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of George Washington Uni
versity: DR.. James Brown Scott, head
of the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace: Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle of George Washing
ton University, Prof William c.
Reudiger of George Washington
University, Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Clyde B. Aitchison
and Robert L. O'Brien of the United
States Tariff Commission.
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Local Town Hall Group
To Heur Dr.. Ezekiel

DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel, economist
and author, will be guest speaker
before the Town Hall Associate
Group at the Jewish Community
Center at 845 pm. today.
DR.. Ezekiel will deliver a prelim-
mary talk on the subject How Will
the War Situation Affect Unemploy-
ment," and later will lead discussions
after the group has listened to the
radio broadcast of addresses by
speakers on Americas Town Meet
ing of the Air" program broadcast
from Town Hall, New York. Sched-
uled to speak on the latter program
are John NJ Carmody, administrator
of the Federal Works Agency; Mark
M Jones, economist with the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association,
and Henry Pratt Fairchild, sociolo-
gist.
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Not Guilty Plea Entered
On Is Narcotics Churoes

Robert T. Burgess, as, pleaded not
guilty yesterday to is charges of
violating the narcotics laws when
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage, and
posted $4,000 bond for his appearance
before the grand jury.
Arrested Tuesday by Federal agents
and local police, Mr.. Budgess said
he was a former member of the
Maryland State police. A search Of
his rooms at 224 G street NV. dis
closed quantity of what police said
was heroin hidden in a false tram
som. The officers also said they had
taken marked money from Mr.. Bur-
CESS, given him earlier for "evi-
dence."
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Amended Federal AcI
Simp|ifies Pay Roll
Tax Reporting
Unemployment, OId-Aee
Levies Both Based
On Wages Paid
mo. 23 OF a Series on Social
Security.)

Under the recently amended Fed
eral act, tax reporting for employers
is simplified by making unemploy-
ment compensation and old-age and
survivors insurance tax provisions
more nearly alike. After the year
1899, Federal unemployment COM
pensation taxes will be based on
wages paid" as they have always
been for old-age insurance. In both
programs. only the first $4,000 year
paid to an employe will be subject to
the Federal tax.
Under the present Federal law,
unemployment compensation taxes
are based on earnings of all workers
employed in plants or commercial
firms having eight or more employees.
Whether an employees salary is $500,
$4,000, or 100000 this year, the en-
ployer now pays tax on the entire
salary of that worker. If the State
law is changed in accordance with
the new Federal act, taxes will be
levied on the first $4,000 only of an
employees salary.
system Little changed.
Congress left the unemployment
compensation system virtually un-
changed except as to the employers
taxes. The new law permits refunds
and adjustments of taxes Of en-
ployers who were late in paying their
1886, 1887 and 1888 contributions to
the State unemployment compensa-
ton funds.
A recent statement of employers
duties under the amended Social
Security Act and the Internal Reve-
nue. Code, issued jointly by the Social
Security Board and the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, calls attention to
the fact that the unemployment
compensation tax return which is
made annually by employers to the
Federal Government should be filed
not later than the last day of jan
uary. Form $40" provided for this
report will be sent by the collector
of internal revenue to all employers,
once they have filed pay roll tax
return. However any employer who
fails to receive the blank is advised
to write or call at the Office of the
collector and secure a copy of the
form.
Tax on Pay Rolls.
A tax of 3 per cent is levied on
pay rolls under the Federal Unem-
ployment Tax Act, against which
there is allowed credit not to
exceed 27-10 per cent. This amount
is paid into the unemployment COM
pensation Trust Fund. leaving three
tenths of per cent to be paid to
the Federal Government. In other
words, nine-tenths of all the unem-
ployment compensation tax money
collected in the District will go back
to workers in the form of unemploy-
ment compensation benefits. One
tenth of this tax money goes to the
United States Treasury. The Fed
eral Government pays the cost of
administering the unemployment
compensation law.
The collector of internal revenue
for the District of Columbia is NJ H
Magruder, with Offices at the Custom
House, Lombard and Gay streets
Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1939-11-09

sored by the v. p. I. Chapter Of Tau

sored by the v. P. I. Chapter Of Tau
Beta ri.
Prof. Rankine was known as chief
among the founders of modern SCI
entific engineering and, as such, one
Of mankind's greatest benefactors.
Among other reasons given for
inaugurating the memorial plan are
that the writings of Prof. Rankine
have unquestionably played an
enormously important part in the
gigantic and marvellous industrial
development that has taken place
in this country in the past so or go
years." and that "the United States
is heavily indebted to Rankine and
ought to honor him gladly and even
eagerly"
William H. Rasche, professor OF
mechanism at V. P. I. and repre-
senting the Memorial Council, who
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Rankine Memorial
Gifts Sought From
Engineering Students
Y. P. |. Headquarters
Set Up to Roise Funds
To Honor Scientist

Contributions from college engi-
neering students throughout the
United States are being sought
through the International Rankine
Memorial Movement to complete a
fund of $4,000 to erect a memorial
to the late Prof. William John Mac
Quorn Rankine, Scottish scientist,
at Glasgow University, Scotland.
The movement has its headquar-
ters at the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute' Rankine Memorial Council,
Blacksburg, Va, where it was spon-
Evening star., 1939-11-09

is author Of the above statement,
also asserted there is no memorial
to this great pioneer engineer any
where in the world
"The proposed memorial" Prof.
Rasche adds, would bring great
honor to and materially increase the
prestige of engineering colleges and
the profession of engineering in the
United States
Evening star., 1939-11-09

40, will hold its regular meeting at
pm. tomorrow in the Epiphany
Church parish house, 1917 G street
NV.
The club will discuss an educa-
tional program to combat prejudices
against persons over 40 who seek
employment. The campaign will in
clude methods of improving the eco
Evening star., 1939-11-09
Fraternity to Give Dance

The Joseph H. Choate Chapter of
Sigma Nu Phi Fraternity at National
University will hold a dance at the
Hotel 2400 at 10 pm. tomorrow,
President William Cochrane has an
nOunced.
Evening star., 1939-11-09
HOUSING Films at Y. M. G. A.

Two Federal Housing Administra-
ton motion pictures will be shown
under auspices of the Central Young
Mems Christian Association at Tbs
pm. tomorrow in the "Y' building,
1876 G. street NV. George Bidwell
will be in charge.
The Washington times., 1939-01-13
HARRINGTON
ACCEPTS UNION

Col. F. c. Harrington, WPA
Administrator, has recognized
Local No. l of the United Federal
Workers Of America, a CIO union,
as a collective bargaining agent
for the Washington administra-
tive staff of WPA and has estab-
lished an appeals board, the local
has announced.
Negotiations on administrative
raises for a number Of employees
are expected to begin within
two weeks.
The appeals board, to be COM
posed of a representative Of the
administration and of the union,
will hear appeals of employees ris-
ing out of the recent reclassifica-
ton of WPA.
It was understood by the union
that no diSmissals will be made
at present and that orders will be
issued against overtime. Before
definite plans are made for any
future cuts in the staff. the union
will be called for further negotia-
tions," the announcement by the
local stated.