Evening star., 1941-04-13
Maryland Girl Turns Egg Shells Into Variety of Interesting Characters
Just
Between
Ourselves
. BY PHILIP Fl. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

Happy Easter, boys and girls-a
very happy Easter to all OF you'll
But what does Easter mean to you?
Is 1t Just another holiday? Is it
a holiday that is somewhat happier
than most for no other reason than
that it represents a fairly long va
cation from school? Or is 1t happy
occasion, so far as you are con-
cerned, only because you can have
fun"-because you can dress up
and roll eggs and eat candy to your
hearts content?
had intended to write something
about the true meaning of Easter,
but Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, IA, Mac
farland Junior High School, made
the job unnecessary, She covered
the subject very neatly, I think, in
the following brief note:
The dictionary defines Easter as
the anniversary of the day on which
Christ rose from the grave, a yearly
church holiday which comes on a
Sunday between March 81 and April
26. But, to me, it means even more
than that. 1t is day on which we
should drop down on our knees and
thank our Heavenly Father for all
the blessings He has bestowed upon
us We should think about some
thing more than what we are going
to wear and the fun We are going
to have. Did you ever stop to think
what the children Of Europe will
be doing today? Perhaps they will
have a little more butter, but it is
more probable they will spend the
day in air-raid shelters. Remem-
Der. when you are all dressed up
and having a good time with the
family. that you should be very
grateful, indeed"
Eugene Swartz, IT, Anacostia High
School, whose story Of European
life was awarded a prize in a recent
issue of The Junior Star, has a
stamp collection which he values at
nearly $500. His father is an expert
on stamps, he says, and has helped
him most generously" with his COL
lection.
II don't collect indiscriminately.
Eugene writes, but specialize in
sport stamps-that is. stamps bear
ing pictures of sport or issued tc
commemorate sport events. I have
the right TO call myself a serious
collector. because I have all the
sport stamps issued this year in the
whole world"
Eugene's collection has been showr
in several stamp exhibitions and has
brought him three prizes.
kH*
Jeanne Barinott, IA, Taft Junior
High School, one of the more than
200 junior and senior high school
pupils who volunteered to deliver
safety talks to passengers on street
cars and busses, found the ex-
perience profitable in an unexpected
way
"I made four speeches Friday
morning. and each time I was ap-
plauded.' she reports. Then I went
to school happy. feeling that I had
done my very best for worthy
cause. That night"-and here is
where the profit came in-"I took
part in a play without being at all
nervous. My speeches had helped
me"
Junior jottings:
Another note from Eugene SwartZ
who is refugee from Luxembourg
tiny principality now held by Ger
many, says: You will understand
how much 7 enjoy the free, easy
school system here. Far from weak
ening my efforts in studies, 1t stim-
ulated them. Never before have I
felt such eagerness to learn. The
United States offers such rich in
tellectual treasures" Gene Bellas
IA, Powell Junior High School, offers
a prayer for our President: May
God preserve his health and guide
him during his next four years as
the head Of our Government; and
may He guide us through these per-
ilous times to a happy and peaceful
ending" Charles Carlin, Eastern
High School, has participated in
several shark hunts near Miami