Evening star., 1940-12-08
Chinese Student 5 Describes Wartime Life British Boarding School
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

Junior Star Editor.
A bulky envelope bearing Bal
timore postmark appeared on my
desk one morning last week. 1t
contained q letter from Richard E.
Hines, ", explaining how he is
earning extra money for Christ
mas" But it was not the letter
that gave the envelope its heft, it
was a dog-a wooden Scotch terrier
that looked almost real enough to
bark.
The animal measured slightly
more than 2 inches from nose to
tail and was somewhat less than
one-quarter-inch thick. His body
was in two shades of brown and
across it were neat white letters
spelling my name. A small safety
pin was soldered to his other side.
In the note accompanying his
novel gift, Richard had written:
II take thin pieces of wood and
saw them into different shapes, such
as Scotty dogs, rectangles, hearts.
etc. After rubbing them smooth
with sandpaper I paint them what
ever color is desired. On the re-
verse side fasten a small square Of
tin by bending the corners and
forcing the sharp points into the
wood. On the front I paste letters
from alphabet macaroni. These
may spell the name of a boy or
girl, or the name of his or her school
or club. For several people who
bowl a great deal, I have made
tenpins and put their names on
them"
Richard sells his novelty pins for
5 cents each. Thus far, he has
earned nearly 81, but he hopes to
have much more than that by the
time he does his Christmas shop
ping.
I thank Richard for the pin he
sent to me. His address, in case
any of The Junior Stars other
readers should like to write to him,
is 2442 East Preston street, Balti-
more. He is a 7-B pupil at that
city's Public School No. As.
Thank YOU" notes from boys
and girls who have won prizes in
the J. S. contributors contest are
nothing new. but here's one that
is different
Dear Editor:
This thank you note
+ IS. 50 seen hard sitf,ns 70 Sri5e here thinking
Most half the nieht.
must say the rieht thing
And word ii tust so.
In the best way ! know.
I'd much rather shout
Gee, Tn happy today
Come. look at the paper
Hurry faster I sayt''
For nv THANKSGIVING poem
Has won me a prize;
I'll write this note gladly.
With Joy in my eyes!
Ruth Davis. II. Paul Junior High
School, is the author. And. as If
the verse were not enough. she
added: II hope this poem will tell
you how glad I was when my poem
won a prize
1t did.
X X
Junior jottings:
Latest addition to the list of
school newspapers is the Coolidge
Courier, published by the students
of the new Calvin Coolidge High
School. Holley Murray and Mills
Yarnoff were awarded free subscrip-
tions for suggesting the name OF
the publication. which was selected
from 80 submitted to special COM
mittee headed by Merrill Sickles
Speaking of school publica-
lions, Hand in Hand. the Maret
magazine, is said to be the only one
in Washington that is printed in
two languages English and French)
Silverlogue, the Montgomery
Blair High School Yearbook, was
awarded a gold medal for f1rst-place
rating in its class by the Columbia
Scholastic Association, according to
a recent announcement by Miss
Margaret Williams, the annual'S
faculty adviser Elise Pinckney,
Roosevelt High School senior, has
appeared in several movie shorts
Lorraine Cooper, II. Takoma
Park Md Elementary School. says
Virginia's famous Endless Caverns,
near New Market, were discovered
by her great-grandfather and his
two brothers. They were hunting
rabbit and it went into a hole
and they followed it, she explains
Most interesting organizations
at Oxon Hill (MdD High School,
in the opinion of Mary Grimes, Is,
a student there, are the Van Dyke
and Churchill Literary Societies
An experience that Mary Ann
Mitchell, IS, Montgomery Blair,
wouldn't trade for anything" she
writes, was playing piano solo in
downtown restaurant. Red and
green spotlights made me feel like
celebrity" she adds.