Evening star., 1942-07-05

| Just
| Between
| Ourselves
By PHILIP HI. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

yOuIIl.
Whether you look to left or right,
the marching line of boys and girls
stretches as far as you can see. To
the left, in the distance, the line is
somewhat blurred; you see only the
mass, not the details. AS the line
approaches, the details take shape;
YOU begin to see individuals, to rec
ognize faces, identify them by
names. In that part Of the line
directly in front Of you every de-
tail is clear and sharp; every face
stands out distinctly. But of to
the right the line dins again; you
remember the faces and the names,
but the figures become blurred, and
as in the beginning you see only the
mass.
Boys and girls come along with
their stories, articles and poems.
Some move on swiftly; others lin
ger, turning in more stories, articles
and poems throughout their school
careers. You see a lot OF them, get
to know them well. Then, almost
before you realize it, they have
grown up, graduated from high
school and disappeared over the
horizon of life. They are no longer
boys and girls but men and women.
You wonder what has become OF
them, what they are doing, how
they are getting along. Some OF
them drop you letter or post card
occasionally, call you on the phone
or drop in at your office. =.
Meanwhile, out front, the parade
goes on. More boys and girls,
more stories, articles, poems, more
faces, more names. -.
X X
These more or less random
thoughts were inspired by a bit
of news that came to me last week
concerning one OF The Junior Stars
earliest contributors.
Maxine Gordon began writing Tor
The Junior Star before it was The
Junior Star-back in 1888, when
she was II and senior at McK1n-
lev High School. Maxine had at
least half dozen articles pub
lished that year on the then
Junior Page" which was edited
by Frances Lide, now women's club
editor of The Star. In addition
she was the subject of two articles
by Miss Lide-one about her
hobby, keeping up with the news y
the other about her winning Of the
first Quill and Scroll president
scholarship to Northwestern Uni
versity.
The latest item Of news pertain
ing to Maxine is that she was grad
uated "cum laude" from Northwest
ern last month. The 1888 Quill and
Scroll scholarship gave her SOU
toward her tuition, but her excellent
work at Northwestern won her
additional tuition scholarships and
membership in Phi Beta Kappa, be-
sides. Now she has a B. 5. degree
and is working in an Evanston tlil:)
bookshop connected with the uni
versity. She hopes to return TO
Washington soon to accept an edl-
torial position in the Government
since she majored in English ano
worked on the Northwestern student
newspaper During the period she
was writing for The Junior Star
she was managing editor OF Tech
Life and author of that publica-
tons "World of Today" column
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Gordon, 4204 Colesvllle
road, University Park, Md.
X X X
Although Maxine was in that por.
ton of the parade that swept past
the grandstand before I took my
seat, the news Of her graduation
with honors set me to thinking
about the boys and girls I have
seen march by.
Ruth Buchanan, Junior Star cor
respondent at Central High Schoo
for at least two years, now doing
we'll at the University Of Mary
land. Mildred Sears, Roosevelt
High School correspondent, also do
ing we'll at Maryland. Janet
Moran, Bethesda Chevy Chase, sue
ceeding as a student Journalist
at Duke University. Joe Bill
Stephens, Woodrow Wilson, working
as a copy boy for The Star.
Peggy Weiss, Montgomery Blair
working for the War Production
Board while on vacation from the
University of Missouri, where she
is studying journalism and writing
for the undergraduate newspaper
Grace Preinkert, Mckinley, alst
Government stenographer.
And Connie Campbell of Mckinley
Ted Towers and Dick Rogers O.
Western. Bob Willenborg O.
Eastern. Anne Swearingen ane
Mary Webster of Roosevelt.
Elinor James and Violet Sweeney
of Montgomery Blair. . Signt
Sebotrotf of Richard Montgomery
Florence Hunter and Mildred
Welch Oh Mount Rainier . Mil
dred Cray, Of Bladensburg. =. Stan
ley Levy and Douglas Daley of Cen
tral. >. What has become of them
And so the parade continues
endlessly. This year, as usual, grad
uations have thinned the ranks
but they will swell again as neV
correspondents fall into line.
Would you like to march in thi
big parade? Well, now is the TIM
to start-now, while the competi
ton is less stiff than at any othe,
time during the year. Somebod.
is going to take the places of thos'
correspondents who have graduated
and it might just as we'll be you
So-get busy!
Girl Has Two Ideas