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Evening star., 1940-06-09

ents of some of the burden OF pro-
viding you with clothing and spend
ing money; but, in the long run,
you'll render them greater service
by sticking to your education. For
II you plunge into the workaday
world without the best possible
equipment, you may never get be-
yond the clothing and spending
money" class. AS the years 60 by,
you may find your friends and ac-
quaintances-those who are giving
themselves the best educations OBJ
tainable, even at the cost of tenn
porary sacrifice-passing you with
the speed of a modern express train
overtaking horse and buggy. And
you'll wish then that you had not
tried to pit your horse buggy
education against the more up-to-
date streamlined variety.
So whatever the arguments pre-
sented to you, don't give up your
school work-don't sell your future
prospects-for mess of pottage in
the form of clothing and spending
money" In country in which up
ward of 100000 people are out OF
work, there is bound to be terrific
competition for every job. And you
owe it to yourself-and also to your
parents, who have labored to bring
you this far along in life-to equip
yourself as thoroughly as you can
to meet that competition.
X X X X
In submitting her poem, Refugee
Child" which is printed elsewhere
on this page, Esther Hansen wrote:
Il only wish / could do something
better than write poetry to urge
every one to join the Childrens
Crusade. 1t seems to me this is the
least we can do. There are over
400 900 homeless in Finland. All my
own relatives are in Denmark.
Please urge all Junior Star readers
to contribute to the crusade and to
thank God they live in America.
The inclosed poem is feeble effort
to express my feelings"
Esther is wrong about her poem,
as you will agree when you read it.
1t expresses her sentiments in a
way that is anything but feeble"
Evening star., 1940-06-09

downstairs. Lenore went to her own
home for help. entered the apart
ment below The sight of Norma.
dazed, bruised and cut all over, was
one I will never forget. She had
fallen on sewing machine. There
was a bump on her forehead the
size of half dollar.
I cleared away some of the glass
and then washed the bleeding cuts
on her legs. Lenore then returned
with her brother and with Stanley,
my brother, who is 16. In a flash.
Stanley was giving orders, and we
were trying to carry them out. AS
Boy Scout for eight years. he
knew first aid and felt he could do
a better job than any of us.
1t took Is minutes of feverish but
careful application Of first aid to
bandage Normas wounds and stop
their bleeding. Lenore then ran
home again and luckily found her
father, who rushed Norma to the
hospital There she was given
tetanus anti-toxin for prevention of
!ockjaw.
The doctor told Norma that if
Stanley had not taken care of her so
quickly, the anti-toxin wouldn't
have served its purpose. Fortu-
nately, she recovered.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

national tourna- Shirley Turner.
ment held in New Haven, Conn. He
placed third at New Haven. to
which he won a free trip with his
local victory.
Bowling is not the only sport in
which Billy participates He plays
football and softball and is a men,
Der of the Powell track team. He
has won 26 medals in various con-
tests. For the last three years he
has been a winner in city school
high jumping contests Last year
he was second in the high Jump in
the junior high school meet
In bowling, Billy prefers to play
for team. Already he has bowled
for several groups, but at present
he is not regular member of any
team
Next year" he said. Il will enter
the District tournament again and
hope to win the title and the trip
to the national which will be held
IN Atlanta, Ga. I will try to win the
national championship for Washing
ton and redeem myself for the defeat
at New Haven this year"
Billy bowls "just for pleasure
Thus far his highest game has been
l6o. He will enter Central High
School next September, and he hopes
to make the Central bowling team
when he gets there.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Sun Must Be Hot
For ChuckWalla

How would you like to live in one
of the hottest deserts in the world.
where you never got anything to
drink but sunshine?
This is the fate of the chuckwalla,
a lizard found in the southwestern
part of the United States and In
Western Mexico. The chuckwalla is
one of the fiercest-lo looking creatures
imaginable, but he is really harm
less and defenseless little fellow. He
is timid, gentle and easily handled,
and makes a good pet when cap
tured, provided he has comfortable
quarters and proper food.
The chuckwalla, like other rep
tiles, is cold -blooded, rather than
warm -blooded, as we are. That Is
why he can bask in the sun on a
rock so hot that we could not touch
it. And how he does love his sun
baths!
It's a good thing that he does, too,
for that's the only kind he ever gets!
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Greenbelt Students
Enjoy Their Part
In Album Contest
BY DOROTHY WOOD, 13
Greenbelt tMd.J School.

ASehccit 'n1o'P OSEOOI.
The Marlboro Chapter of the Pill
grims Of st. Mary's recently spon-
sored contest on Maryland albums
for all sixth and seventh grade
school classes in Prince Georges
County. Our room at Greenbelt
School, including both grades, de-
cided to enter the contest because
three-fourths of the class came
from States outside of Maryland.
We gathered material on the
founding of Maryland and its colo
nial life and then studied the land
disputes Maryland had with neigh
boring States. Maryland in the
Civil War was one of the most in
teresting subjects.
From the Civil War. we traced the
States history through the Recon-
struction Era and the establishment
OF important industries. Baltimore
City with its industries and variety
Of occupations afforded a most fas-
cinating study. The same was true
Of Chesapeake Bay and it's prod
ucts.
Then came the job of compiling
our information and making the
album itself. On the cover we used
black and gold. the States colors,
with picture Of the ark and a dove
at sea, drawn by two of the boys in
the class.
When the album was finished, it
contained stories, pictures, outlines,
graphs and maps. The greatest
pleasure of all came when we found
we had won second prize in the con-
test.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Nations Flag Has Another
Birthday Next Friday

A white flag means truce, yellow
flag flown from a ship means con-
tagious disease aboard, a red flag
means mutiny and revolution, while
black stands for piracy and war.
The flag that means the most to
every American is the Stars and
Stripes. This flag had its birthday
on June IA, l776, and this date is
observed annually as Flag Day. BY
order of Congress. the following
resolution gave our flag birth
Resolved, that the flag of the
l3 United States shall be l3 stripes
alternating red and white, and the
Union shall be 13 white stars on a
blue field" This order was carried
out. and Betsy Ross of Philadelphia
made our first flag.
On April 4, 1918, Congress again
passed an act fixing once and for
all the arrangement of our flag
with the 13 red and white alternat-
ing stripes and the blue field with
one star for each State in the
Union. Thus, we have our flag to-
day OF 48 stars and 13 stripes. Let
us do our duty that she may always
float proudly over the land of the
free and the home of the brave.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
| PriSes Totaling 5!
| offered for Best
| Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star
Prizes of ST each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules must
be observed.
l. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2, Name, age. address. telephone
number Gf any and school of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every contribution
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; if typewriter
they must be double e-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether it is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions.
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the prin-
cipal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanteO
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porterS for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however
to decline to issue reporters cards
or to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears ad-
visable.
Address: Junior Star Editor. The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

sponsible for much of the enter
tainment of Techs swingtime re-
view. She made up the dance for
taught it to those taking part. She
did an acrobatic dance herself. and
in the final number she and two
other girls did a ballet dance
Strange as it may seem. dancing
is just hobby with Doris. Her am
bltion is to be a home economics
teacher. She utilized her ability to
sew in making several Of the cos
tunes for the tap chorus. In fact,
the show kept her so busy that she
worked on it not only before school
and during section periods, but even
during her lunch period.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

look IOr permanent JOD, raCher
than a temporary one. That, at any
rate, is the impression left with me
by many Of the young people who
have visited my off1ce in recent
weeks.
whats the use of going to school
all your life?" one of these visitors
high school sophomore-asked
i've got more education right now
than my father had when he started
to work He quit school in the
seventh grade, and he's always been
able to hold down a pretty good
job"
I'm tired of having to depend on
my parents for spending money"
said another high school student a
senior. with fairly good perma-
nent job, I could provide myself
with clothes and spending money,
and still be able to help the folks by
paying a little board"
THE sooner you start working the
better" argued another visitor. 1T
takes too long to get anywhere in
the world, anyway, so why put off
getting started? If you start young
enough, maybe you'll get somewhere
by the time other people are getting
out of college-and they'll just be
starting"
OF course, you have heard these
arguments. or variations of them
maybe you've even advanced some
of them. All OF them sound plausible
enough. but-well, if you'll take the
trouble to analye them, you'll find
they aren't as sensible as they seem
at first.
When Dad quit school in the
seventh grade. education wasn't
nearly so important as it is now
adays College educations were
comparatively rare then and the
employer who insisted on them
might have found himself short OF
help. Now, however, so many people
have college diplomas that en-
ployers can afford to be more
"choosy,' with the result that, all
other qualifications being equal, the
applicant with the best education
usually gets the job.
1t is commendable. in a way. to
think of trying to relieve your par
Evening star., 1940-06-09

tulips, snowballs, daffodils. azaleas,
lilacs, buttercups, iris, lotus, pansies
4 and ferns. Most of them were
gathered by the children from their
own gardens.
The blueprints were made by the
sixth grade pupils, while those in
the fifth grade chose color arrange
ments. The second grade presented
the results of actual experiments
with plants and insects Individual
and group flowers were shown by
{ the fourth grade. The fifth and
sixth grades joined in presenting
q living garden picture.
- In the center of the garden.
mounted on stand, was a fountain
with a pebble path of different COL
ored stones that led to a cottage.
There were small branches repre-
: senting trees and single flowers rep
resenting flower bushes. Moss was
used for grass.
-. One of the features of the festi-
val was Dutch garden arranged by
fourth-grade pupils who have been
studying Holland. They were
dressed in native costumes and sang
songs as they thronged around a
flower shop that was part of the
setting.
Little boys and girls of the first
grade made paintings and fairy
gardens and flower store and those
of the third grade a small stand
bearing miniature flowers and vases.
The kindergarten set up a small
greenhouse. These are among the
many things that attracted the at
tention of parents, other relatives
and friends of the children who
visited the school for the festival
w We found it all very interesting
because it helped us to know flowers
better and to appreciate them more.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

about four months ago. Its mu-
sicians are from American and
Maryland Universities and Western
and Wilson High Schools. The in
struments include a trombone, three
saxophones, three clarinets, trum-
pet, guitar, piano and drums.
Mary Ann, who has played the
piano for the past years, hopes
to become a composer Asked how
she gets the inspiration for her
songs, Mary Ann said, They Just
come to me-" She lives at 67O6
Forty-fourth street, Chevy Chase,
Md,
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Aeronauts Will Hold
Model Plane Meet

The Silver Spring CMd) Aero
nauts, boys model airplane club,
will hold an all-day competition at
White Oak Field on the Avenel road
near Silver Spring Sunday, June %.
Prizes will be offered to boys with
the best planes in the gas, stick and
glider model classes, and in fuselage
design, according to Louis Hess,
leader Of the Aeronauts. Any model
plane builder may compete, regard
less OF whether he Is q member Of
the Aeronauts.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Refugee Child
Prise Contribution.
BY ESTHER E. HANSEN, Is,

ny LS nLn Z. nANSEN, Id,
Roosevelt High school,
The child was thin. her face was
worn,
Her homespun dress had long been
torn;
She kissed her rag doll tenderly,
Another little refugee.
AS she stood in line for her mid day
meal,
She was just another Of those who
The crushing blow Of wars dark
Sweeping over their native land.
A whirr, a dark object
That fell from on high,
And her home and friends
Were blown to the sky.
Gone are the playmates that she
knew,
A barren waste where her garden
grew,
Around her lies q ruined land,
How can these little ones under
stand?
Evening star., 1940-06-09

in the arrange
ment of flowers
came to the
school, and she
showed us how
they should be
presented ac-
cording to color,
size and type.
The exhibits
were not only
flowers but also
pictures drawn
by the pupils
and blueprints
of flowers in our
neighbor h 90 d.
These ipcl116ed
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Little Things
BY MILDRED EDLER, Is,
Anacostia High Srbool

BY MILDRED EDLER, Is,
Anacostia High School
Thank God for little things.
The shadow of a swallows wings
Against the sky,
A tree which bravely, proudly flings
Its branches high.
My spirit ever thrills
To smoke which curls from distant
hills
And drifts away
To ferns and nodding daffodils
Which greet the day.
Thank God for break of dawn,
When somber night at last has gone
On phantom wings,
Thank God for dreams that linger
on,
For little things.
What Counts
BY JANE L. FENDRICH, Is,
Anacostia Junior High.
What counts in a person is not his
looks or MS manners,
Not the clothes that he wears, nor
the speeches he makes,
Not the way that he talks nor the
curl in his hair, or the banners
They wave when he comes down the
street, not the people he
knows, or the breaks
That he gets, not the tone of his
voices or the money he make..
What counts in a person is not how
he dresses.
Not the things that he knows, not
the place
He has in the world, but the people
he blesseS.
The thing which matters Is not who
wins the race.
But who loses it best with a smile
on his face.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

AAAS 40 L poooCd ~
to her over the
skylight.
Too ! a te, I
W a r n e d h er
about stepping
on the gla S S.
Down she went
to the apartment
below, a drop of
10 to IL feet. At
first, Lenore and
I were too fright
ened to move.
but in a few Sec
OndS we real
lied what hap
pened and ran
Evening star., 1940-06-09

been replaced
by flags. The
word flag comes
from an Anglo
S a X on word
m e a n | n 6 to
f | O a t . People
always h av e
carried an en-
blem of some
design for group
/ d e n t ifcation
and expression of
their allegiance.
Flags are car
ried on ships to
show the cOun-
try to which
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Dusk
By LEON DU GOFF, 16,

BY LEON DU GOFF, 16,
Roosevelt High School.
The phantom clouds, enemies Of
the day,
Were creeping and spreading over
the earth,
Blanketing the sun, turning red to
gray,
Hiding color and extinguishing
mirth;
Changing those to thought, who
were before gay,
Just as day must eventually be
night,
Mans mind must deal with things
other than play;
For a great cause has been upset
by man displaying might.
What is this like a star at night?
That leads as second guiding
light;
Is it champion of the strong?
Yes-He will rise and right the
wrong;
For it is written that the gay must
be gay,
Just as night will eventually be
day!
Evening star., 1940-06-09

they belong. War vessels carry
flags to show the rank of the COM
manding officer In the Army each
regiment has a different flag to
distinguish it from other units. At
sea flags also are used for signals
when ships communicate by the
international code Each nation
also has a private code
Evening star., 1940-06-09

" II ! { II l l T S |
" re copy
righted, h a v e
been retained by
the publishers
to whom they
were submitted.
When Mary
Ann writes her
songs. one of the
boys in t h e
= ~Aristocrats, 10
piece orchestra
that she leads,
makes an Or
chestration for
1t. The band
yYtoc nrooy,i7o6
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Orchestra Leader
Has Composed
: Many Songs
BY ROBERTA RULE, 16.

Mary Ann Aitchison. 16, junior at
Woodrow Wilson High School,
leads an orchestra and has COM
posed Is songs. She wrote her first
song when she was eight and re-
Gently completed her latest
Although none of her songs yet
have been published, four of them,
Evening star., 1940-06-09

the War d m a n
Park Hotel, she
gave out Ha-
waiian leiS at
the door. and
during intermis-
sion she and her
teacher did a
Hawaiian dance.
They gave me
a corsage of the
most beautiful
gardenias, and
it thrilled me
cry much,'
Doris said.
The you n 6
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Raindrops
BY ELAINE ELLSWORTH, Is

BY ELAINE ELLSWORTH, Is.
Woodrow Wilson High School
Pitter- patter come the raindrops,
AS they fall down from the sky;
= The mother cloud is weeping,
For the earth is getting dry.
So she sends her teardrops down,
= See them sparkle merrily.
Just listen to them patter
g. AS they fall on field and tree.
When she thinks we've had enough
2 She quickly stops them-so
And calls the big bright sun
And tells the wind to blow.
So let us when we're weeping,
Put a limit to our tears
Guard well the drops, and be ready
To smile on through the years.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Posers

A quick trip via the Poser Route
will help us to brush up on some of
the things to be seen in the world.
-. /. Where is the Great Pyramid?
81 2. What is the full name of the
man-drawn vehicle used In the
Orient?
g. Where is the temple of Angkor?
4. What is the name of the IA
4. NOUS leaning building in Italy?
= S. Where is Liberia?
6. OF what country is the kanga-
roo native?
Z. What bodies of water does the
eueZ Canal connect?
- 3. What Is Pnom Penh?
Evening star., 1940-06-09
My Dog Jim
BY JUNE SICKELS, IA,

ny VO1NE 01VNEA0, H,
Powell Junior High School.
When school first started, my spot
ted dog, Jim,
Looked so sad and forlorn when
waved good-by to him.
But now that school is almost out,
My little dog and I will go roaming
about;
We might 60 fishing down at the
lake,
Or eat green apples and get .
stomach-ache.
But whatever we do, no matter
what it is.
He'll be my friend and I'll be his.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
The Bee That Stung
Prize Contribution.

Randall Junior HiGh School.
Once I sat upon a bee,
The bee got very mad At me.
He stung me SO good and hard
I jumped as if I were lard
Popping out of the frying pan
And to the house like the wind ran,
The little bee wanted to sting me
So he flew right in at the door.
I went up to my room to hide,
But the little bee flew by my side.
With the fly swatter I killed the bee
So then he stung no more of me.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
A nSWerS to POSerS

l. At Gizeh in Egypt. Q. Jinriki-
sha. 3. Cambodia in French Indo.
China. 4. The Leaning Tower Of
Pisa. 5. On the west coast of Africa
6. Australia. 7. The Mediterranean
and Red Seas. 8. The capital OF
Cambodia.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

cIltcTcQ Une lis
trict boys duck
pin tournament
several months
ago and won the
championship.
Chalking up
the highest game
of the tourna-
ment, l54, Billy
not only gained
the title in his
first major CON-
petition, but he
won the right to
represent tn e
District at the
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Nature in the R0,c
Teacher-Where do lions reach
their greatest size?
Willie-On circus posters.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Money Saved
Boy-Do you know the difference
between q taxi and a streetcar?
Girl-No.
Boy-Good. Well take q streetcar.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
He Played No Favorifes

Teacher-Your history was bad,
and I told you to write the lesson
out 40 times. You only did it II
times. How do you account for that7
student-My arithmetic II bad,
too.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Flower Show
Featured by
Dutch Scene
Interesting Exhibit
Shown in Festival
At Truesdell
Prize Contribution.
BY JOANNE FOSTER, II,
Truesdell School.

I Children in every class at Trues-
dell School took part in our recent
flower festival For some time be-
fore. We were busy preparing and
arranging the exhibits. A specialist
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Scouts First Aid Helps
Save Accident Victim
Prize Contribution.
BY GLORIA JOYCE LOWY, IA,


One evening last sill
back porch for US The
friends Lenore Ungeider l6
living New York
reach the porch
OF wired glass Half Of this boarded
Evening star., 1940-06-09
louh Wins District Boys Ducp Title First Year as Bowler
Just Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

Some OF the schools already have closed and the others will
for jobs they hope keep
Is the latter that this column addresses
At this time OF nearly
puoy school attendance likely to temptedat
Evening star., 1940-06-09
DOtfy

DOny
Teacher-What is your idea of
harmony?
Smart Sophomore-A freckle-faced
girl In polka-dot dress and leop-
ard coat, leading a giraffe.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Girl Becomes Teacher of
Hawaiian Dancing at Is
BY CONNIE CAMPBELL. I6.
Mckinley Hish School.

To attend school and teach dancing something
pshment Doris Spnge 16
Hawaiian interpretive dancing
promoted through classes ballet
now teaching Hawaiian studio
Doris remembers we'll her public
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Places Third
In National
Competition
Powell Student Has
Won 26 Medals in
Sports Contests
Prize Contribution.
BY SHIRLEY TURNER, IA,
Powell Junior Hieh School.

Billy (Bo) Wright. IA. OF 1885
Meridian place NV, student at
Powell Junior High School, had been
bowling for only a year when he
Evening star., 1940-06-09
BY RUTH DAVIS, II,
Rr;ohfwooa C,haoI

Banners we're used in olden times
as the insignia of nations, armies
and navies. but today they have
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Waits the Difference
He-Shall we waltz?
She-It's all the same to me.
He-Yes, I've noticed that.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Diner-Waiter, can't you hurry up
that turtle soup?
Waiter-Im afraid not, sir. You
know how turtles are!
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Say, Bill, why do you always hit
your horse on the right side?"
"Wal, figure If I git one side a.
goin', the other is pretty slure to fol-
low"
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Gould Be-

Could Be-
Percy-Ah. dearest, only speak
those words that will mean Heaven
to me!
Polly-Go jump in the lake.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

:sUIl lIle grass. OIlCP OH tHe porch,
we found we were short one chair
returned to the house to get it and
| told Norma to take the chair from
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Hospital, and she appeared along
with other dancers from the studio.
At sorority banquet and dance at