Evening star., 1941-04-27
Youth Collects Hundreds of Political Campaign and Advertising Buttons
Just
Between
Ourselves
= By PHILIP III. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

| partS OF tne cOuntry-One In IeXdS
and the other in Ohio-want to
know if they are eligible to par
| ticipate in The Junior Star con-
tributors' contest.
The Texas reader is Alice Zona
Gompers, IA, of 223 Allen street,
San Angelo, while the one in Ohio
is Ann V. BartoS. Is, of 1919 Ham
ilton avenue, Lorain. Both are
high school students.
Alice. who is great-grand-
daughter of the late Samuel Com
| pers. one-time president of the
American Federation of Labor,
writes:
II wish you would tell me if I
am eligible to become Junior Star
reporter. 1t might please you to
know that, even in wild and wooly'
Texas, we read and enjoy The Star"
AIMS letter, though worded diff
ferently, is along the same general
line
A typical Texas rodeo would
make an interesting story for j. S.
readers, Alice believes Here in
San Angelo" she says. sis old Fort
Concho, which fought off Indians
and outlaws many years ago. Here
are sundials and many other relics
of the old days. I believe your
readers would be deeply interested
in what Texas has to offer
| X X y
But Ohio also has something to
offer, according to Ann.
"Lorain is a busy, cosmopolitan
| city with population of approx
mately $4,000 people" she writes.
I'VE have one public senior high
school, four junior high schools
and several elementary schools.
Some time ago, every pupil in every
classroom in Lorain was asked to
write list of characteristics which
make good American citizen.
| These lists were collected and sort
ed until the following seven ideals
were compiled into one Code of a
Good American:
"The Good American
Takes care OF his mind and
body;
Learns the three Rs and
takes part in the best OF art,
music and literature;
"-prepareS himself to make
an honest living;
makes friends BY being a
good neighbor;
"-obeys the lalOs and re-
! enects nuth0ritU'
"-co-operates tUith others in
! every effort to make q better COM
munity and better Nation;
"-honorS God"
!
"A framed copy of that code. Illus
trated with portrait Of Abraham
Lincoln, now hangs on the wall OF
every classroom in our city" Ann
continues. "As students, we cannot
help feeling proud of our effort.
1t is our own original work, and it
has gained national prominence
through magazine articles written
! by our school officials"
But the code represents only one
of the many patriotic projects car
ried on in the Lorain schools, Ann
points out. Our present project" J"
she adds, lis living up to the stand
ards which we have set as our ideals
of good American
X
/ Well, if Alice and Ann can write
stories that are as interesting as
their letters, I, for one, am in favor
of printing them in The Junior Star.
| However, since the J. S. is issued
primarily for the boys and girls of
Washington and vicinity, feel that
they, rather than I, should decide
whether or not their contest should
be open to residents of other parts
! of the country. After all, they, not
I, would have to meet the additional
competition for the five weekly prizes
of 81 each. So, boys and girls, please
let me hear from you on the ques-
ton raised by the letters from Alice
and Ann.
Junior jottings:
An interesting account of a visit to
a wholesale furniture market in New
York comes from Lorenzo Thomp-
son, Is, Anacostia High School i.
A recent j. S. story by Peggy Weiss,
II, Montgomery Blair High School,
brought fan letter" from Fort
George G. Meade. The writer is an
18-year-old f1rst-class private from
Norfolk, Va Louis Rothschild,
jr.. Brown School, reports that the
Atlantic City boardwalk, on Easter
Sunday, is "a place of wonder" . :.
More than 20 boys and girls partici-
pated in plantation Daze," a min
strel show held by the Charles Coun-
ty Md All Senior, Council for the
benefit of Physicians Memorial Hos
pital, La Plata, says a note from
Agnes Elder, IA, Sacred Heart School,
Bel Alton. Mcfarland Junior
High School students recently made
tour of inspection of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, reports Frances Haw-
thorne, Is. Students defeated
their parents and teachers in a re-
cent one-act play tournament at
Anacostia. Alice Reed, Nan Austin,
Harry Fischer, John Douglass and
Kenneth LomaX comprised the cast
of the, winning play. Ito the Victor"
. A visit to a lumber yard proved
interesting and Illuminating to 5-B
pupils at Stoddert School, says note
from Christine Withers, IL. Il never
knew there were so many different
sizes and colors of wood before" she
writes. Writing poetry is the
hobby of Eva Iacone, Is, of 2611
Monroe street NV, a shut-in.
PoSerS