Evening star., 1941-11-30

Emphasizing its slogan. Friend Of
the Boy" the Optimist Club of
Washington will celebrate its 25th
anniversary Tuesday at Mayflower
Hotel luncheon. A charter member
will cut big birthday cake deco
Ieted with the insignia of the 'Ris-
ing Sun of OPTIMISM
The club not only meets weekly
to realize its cheerful creed but also
implements its belief in optimism
by practical boys work, through the
channel of the Boys Club of Wash
ington. which operates thre
branches in Washington. and sum-
mer camp.
The value of lending the helping
hand to a boy will be stressed at
the clubs birthday party by the
speaker of the day, DR.. Fred G
Holloway. president of Western
Maryland College. Westminster. Md
The birthday cake will be cut by the
clubs charter member. Frank M
Peirce, who will present the first
cuts to two new club members: DR.
H. King Vann and Norvell Sher-
man The clubs president, Charles
H. Cooke, will preside.
Juniors Meet Weekly.
One of the most definite ties be-
tween the Optimist Club and the
Boys Club. is the Juniop Optimist
Club, located at 2300 c street NV
the central branch of the Boys
Club. Operated on principles OF
the adult group from which it Is
patterned, the Junior club holds
meetings each Thursday night
transacts business, plans leadership
in the Boys Club and forwards plans
of the boys themselves for careers
Spirit of the whole movement Is
impressed each meeting on the Jun
ior Optimist Club members when
they receive the Optimist creed,
which they must commit to men,
ory. 1t reads as follows:
Promise yourself to be so strong
that nothing can disturb your peace
of mind: to talk health, happiness
and prosperity to every person you
meet: to make all your friends feel
that there is something in them; to
look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true;
to think only of the best, to work
only for the best and to expect only
the best: to be Just as enthusiastic
about the success of others as you
are about your own; to forget the
mistakes of the past and press on to
greater achievements of the future;
to wear a cheerful countenance at
all times, and give every living crea-
ture you meet smile: to give so
much time to the improvement of
yourself that you have no time to
criticize others; to be too large for
worry, too noble for anger. too
strong for fear, and too happy to
permit the presence of trouble"
President of the Junior Optimist
Club, who presides each Thursday
night, is 16-year-old Spero Pappa-
fotis.
Three Libraries Given to Boys.
Three libraries have been donated
by the Optimist Club to the three
branches Of the Boys Club, located
at Seventeenth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue Sc, 230 c street
NV: and Twenty-e eighth and M
streets NV.
Three health centers have been
established by the Optimists-at the
Eastern branch, the Georgetown
branch and the summer Camp
Reeder OF the Boys Club. Through
cooperation of DR.. William w.
Chase, DR.. L. r. Wagner, a dentist,
and about 35 other doctors and den
fists, voluntary free examinations
have been given 2,467 boys, with
1882 having been advised to have
special attention, according to re-
ports to President Cooke. Hundreds
Of these cases have been reported