Evening star., 1943-04-25
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE-
Editor, The Junior Star.

In spite of the fact that, in nearly
every family in America, some one
is risking his life in the worldwide
battle for freedom =.
In spite of the innumerable sac
rif1ces that We at home may be
called upon to make
In spite of the rationing of meat,
canned goods, coffee, sugar, fuel oil,
gasoline and shoes
In spite of the scarcity OF candy
and other sweets -.
In spite of the fact that many
school newspapers are being forced
out of business by shortages OF
paper, zinc and manpower . :.
In spite of the drafting OF high
school boys -.
In spite of everything -.
The Junior Star wishes for all its
readers :.
A happy Easter!
X X X X
And, in spite of the war and
everything else, there is no very
good reason why this Easter should
not be happy.
1t is our second wartime Easter.
And If you will think back a year,
you'll realize that we've come long
way since last Easter.
Last year at this time we had not
yet recovered from the powerful
japanese sneak punch at Pearl Har-
Dor. The Japs were still going
strong everywhere, and so were the
Germans. If there was anything,
really, to be happy about-except
the fact that the United States had
not yet been bombed-I don't re-
member what it was.
Now the whole picture has
changed. Our brave fighting men
have snatched Guadalcanal away
from the Japs, Gen. Macarthur has
driven the Nipponese out of the
most important parts of New
Guinea, Admiral Halsey has played
havoc with their navy: we have in
vaded French North Africa and are
about to drive the Germans and
Italians into the sea, or worse; we
have begun to win the war.
And because we have begun to
win the war, the sacrifices we are
making-our loved ones risking
their lives, the rationing, the search
ties, the discontinuance of student
publications, the drafting of high
school pupils-are relatively unim-
portant. The important thing is
that the United States and her AL
lies are winning. And that, 1 be-
lieve, is sound reason for saying :.
The Junior Star wishes all its
readers a happy Easter -.
Because, when you add everything
up and make the necessary subtrac-
tions, divisions and multiplications-
and even if you throw in few such
things as * equals the unknown
quantity (see how well I remember
my algebra the fact remains that
The Junior Star has good and suffi-
cient reasons for wishing all its
readers
A happy Easter!
Nancy Long is the Rowing Re-
porter" of the Central High School
Bulletin. And good jco she makes
of it, too.
The first American Junior Red
Cross motion picture is now in pro-
duction. 1t is being made in the
schools having JRC chapters; there
are no professional actors, no
"NrNf1c oh
seeing.
Journalism is being taught at
Calvin Coolidge High School by-of
all things-students. Under the new
setup, the pupils of Journalism II
teach the students of Journalism I.
Lucia Mitchell, daughter of Nc
Kinley High Schools teacher of
mathematics. Mrs. Florence S.
Mitchell, has joined the WAACS.
THE children of Friends School
have been active in Junior Red Cross
work" says a note from Miss Eliza
beth Hawthorne. teacher.
Nan Austin, j. S. correspondent,
has been chosen to represent Ana
costa High School in the annual
contest for the OAR good citizen
ship award" She's pretty too.
I'D like to tell you I think this
page is WONDERFUL" Betty Lou Rob-
inson, Brandywine, Md, says of The
Junior Star. Il had a very small
article of mine published several
years ago. You can imagine how
thrilled I was at the prospect of
some day becoming a great news
paper writer!' I hope you make it,
Betty Lou.
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