Evening star., 1941-01-12
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: By PHILIP ii. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

Inc Junior Quar-.
Jane. who is IT, and lives at 704
Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md, was
a Junior Star contributor even be-
fore there was Junior Star. winch
is to say she has been writing for
the J. S. since the days when 1t
was known as the Junior page"
At that time, everything on the page
was written by adults; everything,
that is, except five letters on as many
subjects. These contributions were
published in a column called the
Junior Page Letter Box" and the
authors were awarded prizes OF 81
each.
1 was reminded of the fact that
Jane is a veteran contributor by
letter of thanks for recent prize
dollar. That dollar, she informed
me, was the eighth that she had
won as j. s. contributor, and the
contribution for which it was
awarded was the 18th published
under her name. But, she added,
Each new publication has the thrill
of the first one"
James published material has In
cluded letters, poems, fiction and
stories about her schoolmates. first
at Leland Junior High School and
more recently at BetheSda-Chevy
Chase High School. Right now,
she is one of the two alumni editors
dorothy Rogers being the other
one) of the B.-C. c. student news
paper, the Tattler.
Despite her success as j. S. con-
tributor and a high school journal
ist, Jane retains her natural mod
esty-which, I feel obliged to add,
is a rather reliable indication that
she is likely to continue to be sue
cessful. People of genuine ability
are nearly always modest, I have
observed. And, as measure of
James modesty, I quote the closing
paragraph of her letter, which was
accompanied by two articles on the
activities of fellow students at
BIC. c.:
Il hope you find the articles in
teresting enough to use Thank you
again for your boundless encourage
ment. I appreciate it deeply"
Thirteen contributions published
in the J. s., eight of them prize
winners, and she merely ''hopes"
that her latest two will be consid-
cred interesting enough to USE!
Just to keep the record straight,
it should be reported that, after
writing the letter referred to above,
Jane won another prize. This
brought another note from her, say
ing: I've run out of new ways to
say, Thank you But, after all.
since you know every one spends all
his savings on Christmas gifts, you
can imagine how thankful are they
for gift dollars. So extend to you
my thanks"
How many boys and girls can come
anywhere near to matching James
record of IA contributions published
in the j. S, and nine of them prize
winners?
Too many J s. contributors are
one-timers: that is. they send in
one story or poem, perhaps win one
prize, and that's the last that's heard
from them. The one-timers are
welcome, of course, but I'd like it
much better if more of them would
continue with their writing efforts
Take Jane as model, or, for that
matter, any Of the long list of other
frequent contributors-Mildred Ed
Ter, Charles Stebbins, Alice Louise
Reed, Mary Webster, Eugene Jones
and Robert Willenborg. -.
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Mention of Alice Reeds name re-
minds me of a note received from
her not long ago. 1t was a rather
long and chatty missive, and it con-
cluded: II almost forgot to thank
you for the dollar I received for "A
Yuletide Prayer And even though
it is shamefully late, I'll start the
new year right by taking the oppor-
tunity to thank you also for the
other four-or was it five?-dollars
that I have received for previous
contributions since I began writing
for the j. S. nearly two years ago"
Well, how many girls and boys
can match that record?
Junior jottings: Miss Margaret
Manning, English teacher at Ana
costa High School, encourages her
pupils to write for the j. S., explain
ing: II find it adds good deal of
zest to composition writing to have
possible publication as an objective"
!. Gladys Arnold, Is, a recent
prize winner, wrote: Thanks for
the dollar. Fifty cents of it went
to pay my fee to join the Girl Scouts.
The rest was used to buy Christmas
gifts for the needy" Mae
Angus, 10, Anacostia, was considera-
bly, impressed by the recent Ice
Follies, she wrote, adding: THE
only thing lacking was a jitterbug
contest. The management will please
note. . Virginia Butler, II, also
of Anacostia, had an interview with
Clem Stralka, Redskin guard. His
advice to high school footballers,
she reported, is: Listen to the
coach, keep strict training, take the
game seriously, keep up with your
studies and always play clean
game" Which is sound advice,
whether you play football or not!