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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29

Hooper fully organized the COM
munity work in fighting malaria
and mosquitoes. She lost her teach
ing position because she asked the
health department of Panama to
order the "Alcalda" or Mayor to au-
thorize further drainage work. The
drainage was accomplished, but the
"Alcalda," a politician, was deter
mined he would have no more pet
ticoat influence" within his prov
ince.
Then followed further teaching in
Panama City. with Senorita Hooper
attending evening classes at the Ma
tional University of Panama after
her days work was finished. Her
major and chief research work was
in the social and economic sciences,
so that she might be more ade-
quately prepared this time to CO.
operate in helping the living con-
ditions of the rural population of
Panama if the opportunity should
ever again come for it.
This happy day will dawn for her
when she returns to her native land
at the end of this year. During the
next few months in the United
States she will pay special attention
to cooperative methods of pro-
duction and marketing and to home
demonstration techniques calcu-
lated to bring about improved ag-
ricultural and living conditions
among the people of her own coun-
try.
The itinerary planned for her by
our Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies eventually will take her to
New Mexico and Arizona, where
she will be given an opportunity
by our Office of Indian Affairs to
study the training being given In
dams in these States. In time,
Senorita Hooper hopes to work with
number of colonies of Indians in
Panama, adapting the techniques
used in the United States, particu-
larly in the administration and
management OF Indian reservations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
|Mother-Daughter
Banquet Set at
Wilson Teachers
Student Women's Club
In Charge Of Event
Scheduled Wednesday

The annual mother daughter ban
quet of Wilson Teachers College will
be held Wednesday evening in the
Kenesaw Hotel.
This banquet is a tradition at Will
son and is sponsored by the students
Women's Club. At least 200 persons
are expected to attend.
The club has invited as special
guests Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
president of the Board of Educa
ton; Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, a
member of the Board of Education;
Mrs. Chester w. Holmes, wife of the
assistant superintendent Of schools:
Prof Anna D. Halberg, the college:
DR.. Mildred c. Stoler. faculty ad-
wiser of the Women's Club; Miss Jes-
sic LaSalle, assistant superintendent
of schools in charge of educational
research; Mary C. Breen, who re-
Gently retired from the faculty; DR.
Walter E. Hager, president Of the
college, and Mrs. Hager.
The toastmistress will be Mis-.
Daphne Brandt, member Of the
senior class. The theme for the
program will be women in Wal
Time" Brief talks will be given
by DR.. Mildred C. Stoler, DR.. Walter
E. Hager and by four members Of
the student body-Mrs. Regina Don
ovan Harrison, Helen Num-, Emily
Thour and Marguerite Thorne. Rita
Nicholson will sing two selections
and Bettey Ann Feissner will present
a dramatic sketch.
The banquet has been planned by
a special committee, of which
Daphne Brandt and Muriel Jen.
kins are co-chairmen Other mem
bers are Evelyn Refer, Marjorie
Owen, Norma Donovan, Anna
Koontz, Florence Walleigh, Edith
Bond, Virginia Rittenour and Eller
Peck.
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Women S War Role Cited
By Catholic j. Leader

With feminine students account
ing for more than one-third of the
total enrolment of Catholic Uni
versity, the enlarged part which
women will play in American life
during the war was stressed by the
Right Rev. Msgr. P. ]. Mccormick,
acting rector of the university, in a
statement issued yesterday.
In declaration addressed to the
International Federation of Catholic
Alumnae, of which he is national
director. Msgr. Mccormick pointed
out that the war has already opened
up new careers for women and
brought upon educational institu-
lions a n increased responsibility to
furnish requirements for men called
to the colors.
With the continuance of hostili-
ties" Msgr. Mccormick said, wider
opportunities will be available to
women in the professions, in in
dustry, in Government service and
in PUBLIC life. One can foresee what
will happen when greater numbers
OF men are called to serve in the
armed forces. Their positions in in
dustry. in the professions and in
government will have to be taken
over by women. This means that
women available for such services
will have to be prepared and much
Of this preparation will depend upon
the schools
When college men will be called
in greater numbers, as we expect
they will, there will be a preponder-
ance of women receiving college
training. This suggests that there
will be more potential leadership
among women students than here
tofore. The colleges must become
conscious of this situation and the
possibilities it holds out for the
| future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
National U. Arranging
Debate Team Schedule

Acting Dean Frank Smith OF Ma
tional University has announced
that tentative university debate
squad has been selected after try
outs.
Teams from National University
will maintain the Affirmative and
negative arguments on the debate
question chosen for this school year
by the National Association Of
Teachers of Speech:
Resolved. That the United Ma.
tions should establish a permanent
federal union with power to tax and
regulate international commerce. to
maintain a police force, to settle in
ternational disputes and to enforce
such settlements, and to provide for
the admission Of other nations which
accept the principles of the union"
Other questions will also be pre-
pared.
Because of the war the debate pro-
gram probably will be curtailed this
year. Negotiations for debates are
under way with Carnegie Tech, Co.
lumbia, Harvard, American and
William and Mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29

Georgetown University. which has
about $500 stars in its service flag
representing alumni in the armed
forces, will join in the Nation wide
celebration Of Victory Day Decem-
Der T.
The Rev. Stephen F.. McNamee,
S. j., dean of arts and sciences, an
nounced that a Georgetown alum
nus. Rear Admiral William Brent
Young, Paymaster of the Navy and
Chief of the Bureau of Supplies,
would address the student body.
There will be a convocation at IL 80
am. in CASTOR Hall in commemor-
alton of the first anniversary of
American participation in the war
Admiral Young, native Wash
ingtonian, practiced law here for a
short while before the First World
War after obtaining his degree from
the Georgetown Law School in 1915
He was promoted to his present rank
and assignment June /. Alumni of
Georgetown remember him as a
member of the relay track team at
the Hilltop.
Students Arrange Dance.
Meanwhile, the students are ar
ranging Victory dance the evening
of December II at the Shoreham
Hotel. 1t is probably the last formal
affair the students will hold during
the academic year and takes the
place of the senior and junior balls
Benjamin j. Zintak of Chicago is
chairman of the committee which
is representative of both the senior
and Junior classes. The dance is
planned as final get-together be-
fore most of the seniors 60 into the
services after the January 81 gradu-
alton.
Reports received by the George
| town Alumni Office place a number
of well-known former students on
foreign fronts and at overseas sta
tions. Maj Charles Jay Seibert II
of Washington, Foreign Service
School, 1896, is in command of q
Marine unit in Guadalcanal.
1t. q. g. John C. McBriCs. U. S
N. r., left here recently to take over
duties as assistant naval atache al
the American Legation in Ottawa
1t. Mcbride graduated from the col
| lege in 1882 and from the law schoo
in 1897.
Others in Near East.
From a station in the Near East
1t. Comdr. Leonard j. Cans, nava
observer who graduated from thu
Foreign Service School in 1923
writes that he occasionally run!
across a Georgetown man. Ensign
John G.. Locke, U. S. N r.. Foreign
Service. 1910, is a Westinghouse
who was last heard from in Cairo
Egypt.
1t. Franklin P Holcomb, Foreign
! Service, 1941, the son of 1t. Gen
Thomas Holcomb, commandant O.
the Marine Corps, recently was re.
ported in Tangiers. Morocco.
Capt. John j. Calarco, a medica
graduate of 1888 now serving as &
medical officer with the Navy, men
toned several other Georgetown
men he had run across in the Pacific
Among them were Jack Barry, 80
medical school, and Tom Ready o
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VII w.; +; E. s.
"

BREAKFAST.
Catholic Daughters of America,
District Court 2l2, Mayflower Hotel,
a;l5 am. today.
Finnish-American Society, Hamll-
ton Hotel, 7 o'clock tonight.
81 DANCE.
Jewish Community Center. Cafritz
auditorium, 9 to II o'clock tonight.
MEETINGS.
Inter -Fraternal Council, Hotel
Annapolis, 7 o'clock tonight.
Albert Thatcher Yarnan group,
Mayflower Hotel, o'clock tonight.
HIKE.
Nature Walkers, Sixteenth and
Underwood streets NV, 2 pm. to-
day.
LUNCHEON.
Washington Building Congress,
Mayflower Hotel, 1890 pm. tomor-
row
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Java Club. light breakfast, non
sectarian religions discussion, 9:l5
am. today.
Swimming, game room, ping pong
writing accessories, Jewish Com
munity Center (USOD, $50 am. to-
day.
Sightseeing trip, Soldiers, Sailors
Ind Marines Club, 10 am. today.
Refreshments. hostesses. informal
ESQ club. Salvation Army. noon.
Coffee hour, parish hall of st
Johns Episcopal Church, l2:l5 pm
today.
Roller skating party. dancing
hostesses, servicemen's Club No. !
Also pm. today.
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WPB Head 10 Address
Missouri j. Alumni

Chairman Donald NJ. Nelson of
the War Production Board will be
speaker at the University of
Missouri Alumni Association ban
quet at 7 pm. Saturday in the
MayfloWer Hotel.
Mr.. Nelson, a member of the
class of 1911, will discuss Our War
Production Program"
Also on the banquet program will
be the story of "Seventy-two Days
in a Japanese War Prison" by
Morris Harris, who for IS years
was with Associated Press Bureaus
in Japan and China. Mr.. Harris,
class of 1921, was held three months
by the japanese before being re-
turned to the United States on the
exchange ship Grinsholm.
A dance will follow the dinner.
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DR.. I. 0. WedeI Heads
College Of Preachers

The Rev. DR.. Theodore o. Wedel,
canon chancellor of Washington
Cathedral. has been elected warden
of the College of Preachers, the
Right Rev James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, announced
yesterday.
DR.. Wedel succeeds the late DR..
Re Barney T. Phillips as warden.
For the last four years he has been
director of studies for the college,
an institution which affords post
ordination training to Episcopal
clergymen.
Before coming to Washington, DR..
Wedel was a professor of English
and biography at Carleton College
in Minnesota and had taught the
same subjects at Yale University
He studied at the University of
Texas and Yale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29

200 High School
Editors 10 Attend
6. ". Conference
.!
Program Completed
For Annual Event
Set for Friday

Three specialists in the field Of
news reporting will address about
200 high school journalists at the
George Washington University High
School Press Conference Friday In
the University's Hall Of Government.
Speakers at the morning session
will include Earl Goodwin, radio
commentator: Paul Miller. chief of
the Washington bureau of the As
sociated Press, and Lyle c. Wilson,
manager of the Washington bureau
of the United Press. DR.. William
Crane tombstone, jr., professor of
political science and dean of the
Junior College of the University,
and Kimber Vought. president Of the
Student Council, will welcome the
delegates.
Section discussion meetings held
In the afternoon will be conducted
by staff members of the University
newspaper, the Ratchet.
Leaders Listed.
Leaders of the sections will be :.
Melvin Beers, news; Eileen Shana-
han. editorials: Julius Epstein, make
up, and Anna Bean. yearbooks. DR.
Regis Boyle, member of the faculty
Of Eastern High School, will speak
to the advisers.
Chairmen of the second group
Of discussion meetings and the
topics will be: Harry Nicholson,
problems of the editor: Oscar Moss,
problems of the business manager;
Charles Daugherty, features; Theron
Rise, sports, and Frank Alexander
art
Features of the all-dav program
which will draw high school Jour-
f1alists from the District, Virginia
Maryland and West Virginia, in
clude tour Of the campus by men,
bers OF Mortar Board and Omicron
Delta Kappa, senior honorary Or
ganiza tons, and buffet luncheon
Prizes to winning entries in the
conferences newspaper contest will
be awarded by DR.. Cloyd Heck Mar
win, president of the university, at a
closing banquet in the Cosmos Club
at 7:30 pm. DR.. Elmer Louis Kay
ser, professor of European history
and dean of university students, will
be the banquet speaker.
Prizes to Be Awarded.
Prizes will be awarded for the
best news story, editorial, feature
interview. column and sports story
submitted to the judges. The judges
are: Herbert E. Angel, assistant to
the archivist of the United States
John r. Busick, university director
of athletics; Margaret Davis. edito-
rial assistant to the Washington
Post; Charles Daugherty. member
of the board of editors of the Hatch
ct. Philip H. Love, assistant Sunday
editor of The Evening Star and lee
turer in journalism at George Wash
ington, and Merlo j. Pussy, asso.
ciate editor of the Washington Post
and lecturer in journalism at the
university
A committee of high school news
paper adviser is assisting Mrs. Mar.
celle LeMenager Lane, assistant pro.
lessor of journalism at the univer
sity, is planning the conference. Thu
committee members are: Jean Moi
fat, Anacostia; Mrs Jeanette Kern
Central; Kathryn Trufant, Calvin
Coolidge; DR.. Regis Boyle, Eastern
Robert D. Brinker, Mckinley; Mrs
Olive H. Robb, Roosevelt; Myrtle
Bray, Western, and Mrs. Elain,
Haworth, Woodrow Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
A|can Highway Supervisor
To Talk Here Tomorrow

Brig. Gen. Clarence L. Sturde-
want, supervisor of the recently
opened Alcan highway to Alaska
will be the principal speaker at a
luncheon of the Washington Post OF
the Society of American Military
Engineers at 1890 pm. tomorrow at
the Hamilton Hotel.
Gen. Studevant will discuss con-
struction of the highway.
Guests of honor at the luncheon
will include Ernest Gruening, Gov
ernor of Alaska. and Delegate An
thony J. Dimond.
Load the guns thatll lick the
Japs. Save every drop Of waste
kitchen fats. Take them to your
meat dealer.
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G. u. Victory Day Program
To Honor Alumni in Services
Admiral Young Of Gloss Of 1915 to Speak
At Student Convocuton December7

Washington, college, 80; medical
school. '36, and recently, in London,
1t. Harry j. Connolly of Baltimore,
a medical alumnus of 1898 wrote
that he had met 1t. John Harron,
formerly of Georgetown, and Michael
c. De Vito of Washington, who grad
uated from the medical school in
1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
D. c. Girl on Stuff
Of COLLEGE Newspaper

Miss Mariana M. Evans, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.
3405 Lowell street, has been ap-
pointed a member of the news re-
porting staff of the Simmons Col
lege News. it has been announced
by the college.
Miss Evans, a junior in the School
of English at Simmons. is a grsdu-
ate of the Ward Belmont School.
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Peru Presidents Son
To Speak at YMCA

Senior Manuel Prado. son of the
President of Peru, will speak on
Big Game Hunting in Peru" at
the monthly meeting of the Pam
American Club of the Central
Young Mems Christian Association
at 8:15 pm. Wednesday at the
YMCA Building, 1885 G. street NV.
The address will be illustrated with
motion pictures.
Senior Prado attended oxford
University in 1889 and was grad
uated from Harvard University in
1941. He is in the Office of the CO.
ordinator of inter American affairs.
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sented by members of the Merit
Club and the public is invited, it
was announced. Proceeds from the
dance are to be used to purchase
new equipment for the 'Y" branch's
athletic department. Oswald T. Nc
Intyre is chairman of the Merit Club
and j. Virgil Tucker its business
manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29

Branch, Young
Mems Christian
Association, to
be held in the
"Y" branch to-
morrow evening.
A program in
connection with
the d a n ce is
scheduled to be-
gin at 8 pm,
with dancing to
start a half hour
later.
The dance will
be the first Of
, series of pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
D. C.. Girl Is Chairman

Miss Joan Calhoun, daughter of
Wendell Calhoun. 608 Woodside
Parkway, Silver Spring. Md, has
been named chairman of a student
war chest drive at Muskingum Col
lege. New Concord. Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
Pianist 10 Be Guest
Artist at " Dance

Fletcher Henderson, pianist and
orchestra leader, will be guest artist
at a dance under auspices of the
Merit Club of the Twelfth Street
Evening star., 1942-08-06

Electric cords are precious In
these war days for two reasons.
Lamps and appliances just can't get
along without them and Uncle Sam
needs the copper and rubber they
contain for war materials. But cords
can take it II you handle them with
care and repair them at the first
sign of wear Here are some helpful
suggestions to prolong the life of
the cords you have on hand.
First of all, remember that cords
bruise easily. Don't let them get
knotted and twisted and don't shove
them into drawer -which-way
Continually bending a cord wears
out the Insulation. and that leads
to exposed wires and possible shock
or to short circuits and blown fuses
Instead, wrap the cord loosely
around the toaster or other small
appliance when 1t isn't in use. Wait
until the appliance is cool, of course,
for heat does as much damage to a
cord as carelessness. Hang extra
cords on well-rounded hook or coil
IAiSil iOuoCLy dAlu ldSlCA Will
metal clip or rubber band before
putting them away.
Always connect q cord at the ap-
pliance end first, then at the wall
outlet. To disconnect 1t, grasp the
plug at the wall outlet and remove
it with a firm, quick motion Never
yank the cord itself-its a strain on
the cord, and it isn't safe either.
Once a cord becomes frayed, SO
that the wires are exposed, it should
be repaired right away by some one
who knows how Husbands usually
do, and you can learn too, with a
Evening star., 1942-08-06

little coaching. II only the cover
ing OF a cord is worn, wind friction
tape around the worn spot. Don't
attempt to patch broken plug
it should be repaired. And this goes
for cords and appliances both--be
sure the current Is "off" before max
ing any repairs.
Only rubber covered cords can be
safely exposed to dampness or
picked up with wet hands. Any
other type of cord should be thor
oughly dry before you use 1t or
touch 1t. Use only approved mois-
ture- proof wiring out of doors.
Don't run an extension cord under
a rug If you can help 1t. II there's
no other way to handle the wiring
problem, then be sure the cord Is
fiat. not round. Never nail extern
sion cords to the wall or floor. It's
more satisfactory, and far safer. to
install extra outlets If at all possible.
Evening star., 1942-08-06

, any blemishes. You do not need to
silk it, however, because the silks
separate easily from the kernels
after they are dried.
Then steam the corn for 10 min
utes, or hold it in boiling water from
to IL minutes-or until the milk
is set" The milk is set when no
fluid comes from the kernels when
you cut across them. ..--
When through steaming or boil
ing the corn, drain it, cool it, and
cut from the cob.
II you have some way to dry
the corn by controlled heat, you
will find this method much quicker
than sun drying. If you have
drier, or can make one, spread the
kernels on trays = to q inches deep
and dry the corn at l30 degrees to
l40 degrees F. Stir while drying to
separate the grains.
Properly dried corn is hard, brit
tie, and semi-transparent. The
kernels break cleanly when crushed.
When you take the corn from the
drier, sort it over carefully. If
there are any kernels that show
signs of moisture put them back in
the drier. Also if you are not sure
that the corn as whole has dried
sufficiently, keep it in the drier
little longer, but with the temper
sture lowered.
AS a precaution against insects.
you can return all foods to the
drier just before storing them. or
at any other time that seems nee
eSsary, and reheat for 10 to Is min
utes at temperature from 165 de-
grees to 180 degrees F.
Evening star., 1942-08-06

And in hot weather, especially, other
changes. can take place that may
make canned corn difficult to keep
If the corn stands around very long
before it Is put up Can it quickly
and keep it cool until you do.
When you are ready to can, shuck
and silk the corn and cut it from
the cob. deeply enough to take off
most OF the Kernels without remov-
ing the hulls, too. Do not scrape
the cobs for the whole-grain style
canned corn.
Put the corn in kettle. Add l
teaspoon Of salt for each quart of
corn and about 2 cups of boiling
water to quart CT corn.
Heat to boiling, and then pack hot
into glass jars or tin cans. Be sure
to leave head space when packing
Il inch for glass jars and Il inch
for tin cans. Head space is neces-
sary so the corn will have room to
expand during processing.
Tin cans for home canning are
scarce this year because of the need
for tin and steel plate for war. If
you do can corn in tin, however, be
sure the cans have C-enamel lin
ing. Corn in plain tin cans turns
dark-not that the dark color is dam
eerous to health but it makes the
corn look unappetizing.
Once the hot corn is packed into
glass or tin containers. lose no time
in getting it into the pressure can
ner.
And, above all. process canned
corn under steam pressure, in
regular pressure Gamer. 1t is not
safe to try to can corn in a boiling
water bath or in the oven. Corn is
starchy; heat penetrates it slowly.
And corn must be thoroughly proc
essed to the center of the jar to kill
the bacteria that may make it spoil.
So, to play safe, process corn at
$40 degrees r., or 10 pounds pressure.
Processing time is as follows: Sixty
minutes for pint glass jars, 10 min,
utes for quart glass jars, so minutes
for No. tin cans and IS minutes
for No. 3 tin cans.
Then cool the corn thoroughly and
store in q cool, dry place-a dark
one. too. for glass jars. Flat sour
can easily develop in home-canned
corn not cooled quickly enough or
stored in too warm a place.
Drying is an old method of keep
ing summers sweet corn for win
ters eating. In recent years it has
given way to a great extent to can
ming. But wartime brings a short
age Of canning equipment, and so
again honaemakers are turning to
drying as q way to conserve food.
You can dry corn either by con-
trolled heat or by the warmth OF
the sun.
First, huSk the corn and remove
Evening star., 1942-08-06
Proper Handling Will Help Lengthen Life
Of All Electrical Cords and Appliances

Makeshift wiring Is an expensive
economy. II you need longer cord
on an appliance or lamp, let an cleo
trician lengthen 1t for you. It Id
dangerous to try splicing ii yourself. !.
Another word to the wise Ats In
here. Don't ever use substitutes for,
fuses. Fuses are safety devices "a
warn you that something Is wrong.
and makeshifts are no protection.
Before replacing . fuse, find out
what the trouble Is. It may be an
overloaded circuit, defective wiring
or short circuit. Whatever II II.
rectify the fault first, then replace
the fuse.