Evening star., 1943-03-21
Just
Between
Yourselves
PHILIP H. LOVE
Editor. The .1lninr Star
The big news today IS
Spring!

Spring!
Yes, spring begins officially today
And that means that Old Man Win
ter-even though he may have few
mean tricks left in his ornery sys-
tents through. He may give us
some unpleasant moments before he
finally says good-by, but he can't
really hurt us. Young Mr.. Spring
will see to that.
This spring should be more well
come than any other since the one
that followed the bitter winter al
Valley Forge. What with unusually
cold weather, lots of snow. ice and
sleet and shortages of fuel oil and
COAL this winter has been eXcep-
tionally hard. And I, for one, am
glad to see it end.
Spring brings with it 4. only
bright, warm days, but the Jmise
of happier times to come. Soon
we can lay aside our overcoats
gloves and galoshes and throw open
our windows and doors. Almost be-
fore we know it, Easter will be here
and then-summer. And that means
vacation from school and plenty OF
time for baseball, swimming and all
the other outdoor activities that
every normal boy and girl loves.
Welcome, young Mr. Spring. May
you bring us all the pleasant things
you always have brought-and, in
addition, real progress toward VIC
tory!
Spring is, of course. a traditional
time for house cleaning So here
goes on some miscellaneous items
that have been cluttering my note
book for some time:
Mckinley High School is stress
ing pre-induction courses for boys
likely to be drafted at the end OF
the present semester. Phyllis
Schwartz, Roosevelt High School
has sung for the USO at Forts Bel
voir. Meade and Myer Mike
Denikos is the only Central High
School athlete in recent years to
play on four championship teams
In addition to being on the 1941 and
1912 football squads, he was men,
ber of the baseball team that beat
woodrow Wilson High School In
Al and of the track team that left
everybody in cloud of dust in
40. His biggest thrill as a high
school athlete, he says, was running
80 yards to a touchdown against
Anacostia. He was president of the
February graduating class. Box
Masterson, star end of the Redskins
is teaching physical education al
Calvin Coolidge High School. As
good at baseball as he is at foot
ball, he will coach the Coolidge nine
National headquarters of the
Junior Red Cross has received ar
illuminated scroll made by an IL
year-old Icelandic boy to express
the appreciation of his country,
children for gifts sent to them from
the United States.
Franklin Sherman School, Nc
Lean, Va, "has gotten into a pa
triotic mood and is doing everything
it can to aid in winning the war,
says Berge Hatchik, IL. . There Is
plenty of excitement at Tech" &C
cording to Vivian Mcneil. 16, who
writes: "As you know, we won the
interhigh basket ball championship
and The Star tournament. We're
pretty proud of our team" She adds
that she and Jeanne Barinott, au-
thor of one of today's prize winning
stories, "are going to be in a Greek
play at school soon" Mary
Theresa SchwarZ, II, Calvert School
whose poem, "Tojos Swan Song -
was recent prize winner, reports
Some friends and I have organized
a club called the WCC, which stands
for the War Chest Campaigners
We send out little magazine every
week, have shows at home. raff1es
and various other projects to earn
money. We shall turn all our profits
over to the Red Cross War Fund
The 81 prize I received for 'Tojos
Swan Song will go to the fund also. -
-. Hope Purcell, II, Drayden, Md r
says she never really appreciated
school until the Little Flower
School, Great Mills, Md, closed ION
account of no bus" She was glad
to resume her studies, she says
when the school reopened after
being closed about a month.
Shirley Jeffery, Mckinley, hopes to
become a commercial artist.
Gloria Hyman, Roosevelt, sells War
savings bonds and stamps in a
downtown theater. . David Tate
was the first Coolidge student to
enlist in the armed forces. He
joined the marines.