Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-27
southeast Boys Hobby Is Collection of Souvenirs First World
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP Fl. LOVE
Editor, The Junior Star.

Another OLD year is on us way OUT,
another new one heading in.
Looking back now, the old year
has not been so bad, all things con-
sidered. 1t got off to a gloomy start,
following the Japanese stab in the
back at Pearl Harbor, and the out
look was made even darker by what
happened at Singapore, in the Phil
ippines, Burma. the Dutch East
Indies, Russia and Libya. But. as
the days stretched into weeks, and
the weeks into months, the picture
gradually took on more cheerful
colors. Today, thanks to the brave
fighting men of all the United Ma
tions-thanks to important victories
at Midway, in the Solomons, New
Guinea, Russia, Libya and French
Africa-the future seems brighter
than at any other time since Hitlers
hordes smashed their way across
France and the Low Countries.
On the home front, life is more
difficult than it was year ago. and
it will undoubtedly become more so.
Boys and girls, as well as men and
women, walk where they used to
ride, stand in crowded buses and
street ears to go where they used to
travel in the comfort of family auto
mobiles. Young and old alike feel
the pinch of wartime shortages.
But, even after all that has been
said, the fact remains that the
year beginning Friday promises to
be better in many ways than the
one that started last January /.
Happy New Year" was but an
empty phrase at this time in 194l;
today, it is an expression Of faith
based on solid accomplishment.
So, for all its readers, the Junior
Star wishes in 1913:
Peace-if it means the end of
Adolf Hitler g. Co. and all that
criminal combine stands for -.
Prosperity-if it does not stand in
the way of putting A. H. & Co, out
of business for good and all. -.
Happiness-in spite of any per-
sonal sacrifices that may be in
Guided in the price of victory. .
Courage-to face whatever may
In other words, a happy new year.
if it is possible to have happy new
year, and, in any event. the sturdi-
ness of spirit to face unflinchingly
whatever kind of year it may turn
out to bel
Seven pupils of Benning School
took pen in hand to tell the j. S.
what they and their associates are
doing to help the war effort. Such
a pile of mail from one school l
never saw before!
The Student Council sold S2l4.30
in War savings stamps on Pearl
Harbor Day" bringing the total
sales since October % to $76085,
Mildred Statham reported. .. The
way we got the children to buy
stamps Betty Boggs explained,
was by giving two plays" Chill
dren should invest in stamps, any
way. instead of spending their
money for candy and movies, Betty
Lou Peterson commented, Ben
ming also has been collecting all
kinds of scrap" wrote Anne Math-
eWs. =. In one teachers ROOM"
put in Marion Disney, "a boy
brought in rs keys. In my room a
little girl brought her rubber doll,
which she probably didn't want to
lose. That just shows how much
she loves her country >. Ann Ep-
pard suggested: I'VE should all sing
in wartime, to keep up the morale.
In my class we sing funny action
songs, such as My Hat Little Peter
Rabbit and Old King Cole"
And Margaret Whiddon observed:
1T is so important to know what
is going on in the world. That's
practically the motto in my ROOM"
The fifth grade of Blessed Sacra-
ment School has invested ST 500 in
stamps and bonds since last Sep
TENDER. In the same period, B. S.
pupils have earned % Junior Red
Cross first-aid certificates, conduct
ed successful scrap drive, prepared
scrapbooks for the Schools at War
Program" and contributed a boxful
of toys to the needy students of a
rural school in North Carolina. :.
Tech High School CORRESPONDENT
Vivian McNiel reports: Phyllis Hall
is editor of the yearbook, the Tech
lite. Jeanne Barinott, J. S. CORE
spondent has been elected president
of the Student Citizenship Council
Barbara Weber wants to be re-
porter-for life. Barbara Hauter.
another j. S. correspondent, is a
very active member of Jango."
Bethesda-Chev Chase High School
students ''commemorated Pearl
Harbor, says Margaret Ann Sparks,
by investing s754.60 in stamps and
bonds. . Jack Bowman, Coolidge
High School, was the first AFRAID