Evening star., 1940-06-09
BY DANIEL HENKIN.


Having secured permission of the
Board of Education, Washington
high school students tomorrow will
begin their own campaign to boost
the District Red Cross war relief
fund.
With extensive plans launched by
two Roosevelt High School girls
efforts are now being made to in
terest all high schools in the city
In the drive.
Here is the story of how the drive
originated and what the students
are seeking to do:
Greatly interested in aiding inno-
cent victims Of the war. Laurel Boil
giano and Daoma Winston, two
Roosevelt students, wished to print
an appeal for Red Cross donations
In the school paper. Learning that
a ban existed against solicitations
of funds in the schools, the girls
wrote a letter of protest to Miss
May P. Bradshaw, principal of the
school. She, in turn, gave the letter
to Assistant Supt. Chester Holmes,
who read it at a Board of Educa-
ton meeting on Wednesday. The
ban was thereupon lifted.
Restrictions Imposed.
Several restrictions were imposed
by the board, however, namely,
that the contributions shall be
purely voluntary and that there
shall be no embarrassment to any
students who for various reasons
may not be able to contribute so
much as a penny to the fund"
In personal reply to Miss Boil
giano and Miss Winston, DR.. Holmes
wrote:
May I say that it is very refresh
ing to find our high school students
50 alive to the present-day emer-
gency? I think you are to be con-
graduated on your initiative in un-
dertaking to have such drive for
funds for the unfortunates who
have not sought this war but who
are the primary sufferers from it.
Your humanitarianism is to be
highly commended
Long active in Red Gross work,
both girls belong to the Foreign
Correspondence Club and thus have
had the opportunity of reading let
ters from students in many Of the
war-torn lands.
Grandmother Knitted.
During the Civil War, when the
Red Cross was but an infant organi-
zation, Miss Bolgiano's grandmother
knitted for the soldiers. Her mother
knitted for the Red Cross during
the World War I, and today Miss
Bolgiano is continuing a job begun
In 1861.
Organizer Of a knitting circle at
Roosevelt, Miss Winston contributed
three sweaters for Finnish relief.
She plans to do surgical wrapping
during the summer. and hopes to
organize q group of girls for this
work
Both girls are occupying key po-
sitions in the drive at Roosevelt.
Miss Bolgiano. who recently became
editor In chief of the school news
paper, The Reporter, will direct the
campaign. Miss Winston has been
placed in charge of Thursdays &C
tivities. Borrowing an idea from
The Stars Mile of Dimes" for
Presidents Birthday Ball funds, she
plans to have students place dimes
on the round table, located in the
main entrance of the school,
Plan High School Extra"
Once having received the signal
to go ahead, high school students
have lost little time in planning the
campaign. One of the outstanding
features will be a one-page high
school extra" which The Star will
print as its contribution to the high
school fund.
Each Of the high schools will have
an opportunity of contributing ma
terial for the extra" which will be
distributed to the various schools on
Wednesday. Miss Mildred Sears
and Bud Firestone will edit the spe-
cial edition.
In a start for early copy, Roose-
welt students yesterday interviewed
Nine. Procope, wife of the Finnish