Evening star., 1940-09-22
and Girl Exchange Messages Over Their Private Telegraph Wire
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE-
Junior Star Editor.

Tomorrow is a day that combines
both sadness and gladness.
Its sadness comes from the fact
that it is the first day of school
at least, for the thousands Of boys
and girls who attend the public
schools of the District of Columbia
1t is only natural for young people
to be sad when their summer vaca-
tion is over and they have to re-
sumo their studies. There is lot
of fun to be had in the good old
summertime, and now. alas, 1t is
ended. From now until next June,
with only brief vacations at Christ
mas and Easter, every boy and girl
will devote most of their time to the
job of getting an education. And
its very serious job, too.
For education becomes more and
more important with each passing
year In years past, education was
q minor detail in the lives of many
people. Men with no book learn
ing" whatever were able to achieve
success in many fields. I once had
q great-uncle, for instance, who
never learned even to sign his own
name. yet he died a multimillionaire
the head of large corporation that
still bears his name.
More for His Money.
But the world is different now.
With $500 900 people lacking jobs
in the United States, employers
can afford TO be much more
"choosey" about whom they hire
than they were in the old days
And when an employer has to
decide between an educated man
and an uneducated one. he will
pick the one with the education
nearly every time. Why? Simply
because he feels that he Is getting
more for his money. Even the
company whose founder could not
write his own name now asks pro-
spective employees how much educa-
ton they have had.
And that's where at least a part
Of tomorrow's gladness comes in.
Every boy and girl should be glad
they live in country where educa-
ton Is free, where they can count
on at least a dozen years of school
training regardless of whether their
parents are in the social register or
on the relief rollS-and, more i'm
portant still-where what they are
taught Is not distorted by a schem-
ing ministry Of propaganda.
Friends Are Remembered.
But the other part OF tomorrow
gladness comes from something else
something simple yet important,
something thrilling yet common
place: Friendship! Against the sad
ness of having to say good by to
the summer vacation and all the
fun 1t represents there is the glad
ness of rejoining old friends in ia
miliar schoolyards. of forming new
friendships in new classes. The
friends We make in our schooldays,
whether they be congenial fellow
students or helpful and understand
ing teachers, are the friends that We
remember longest. I have forgotten
many of the people with whom I
have been associated in one way or
another since leaving school, but I
can still tell you the names of all
my teachers and most of my class
mates from the first grade on!
Note to Teachers.
Now that classes are resumed. the
J. S. will be welcoming some new
correspondents. AS in the past. the
teachers of journalism and English
in the high schools OF the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
are invited to appoint boys and girls
to act as correspondents. The ap-
pointments may be made on what
ever basis and for whatever periods
the teachers deem best Usually,
however. teachers seem to prefer
to appoint boy and a girl for each
semester. This strikes me as about
the fairest possible arrangement, but
well, it's up to the teachers. My
only concern is to make it possible
for every school to be represented on
the j. SIS list of reporters, and to
see that all correspondents have the
same opportunity to try their hand
at writing for publication. Teachers
should tell their appointees to call
at the J. S. Office for detailed in
structions as soon as possible.