Evening star., 1943-05-16

president Of the recently-organized
Leaders Club. The organization
consists Of girls chosen by the gym
nasium teachers for their leader
ship qualities" The Leaders Club
meets in the gym every Wednesday
after school ito referee and umpire
all kinds of sports, as we'll as to
play games correctly" says the
Coolidge Courier.
Mckinley High School is proud
of Its Cadet Corps-and with good
reason. The Techites not only won
top honorS in the recent cadet COM
petitions, their team placed first in
the annual military map problems
contest. Anacostia came second and
Woodrow Wilson, third.
Carol Burtner captained the VIM
ming team, composed of David Metz.
Martin Moul. Stuart Bouchey, Leo
Wilson and Stephen Anderson. The
Daughters of the American Colo
niStS awarded Capt. Burtner a gold
medal and the members of his team
bronze ones.
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Louise Kretsinger, secretary of
Techs June graduating class, COL
lects pins as a hobby. She is es-
pecially interested in service pins,
and her collection totals more
than 20.
Roosevelt High School students,
under the direction of Miss Ma
thllde Eiker, are working Victory
garden plot approximately 100 feet
square on the grounds of the Health
School, Thirteenth street and
Arkansas avenue NV.
st. Johns College will hold its
annual cadet drill Friday, Cesar Au-
gusto Caceres reports The high
schools six companies will compete,
with ribbons going to the members
Of the winning unit.
The annual oratorical contest
was held recently says Cesar.
There were two divisions, one for
seniors and juniors, the other for
sophomores and freshmen. Robert
Barry won the gold medal in the
senlor-junior division, and the soph-
omore-freshman gold medal went to
Joseph Connor"
Betty Armes, Central High School,
collects phonograph recordings and
miniature horses.
Several Mothers Day poems
reached The Junior Star too late for
publication last Sunday. Contribu-
tons intended for use on a certain
date should be sent in as early as
possible. The latest any contribu-
ton can be considered for any given
Sunday is 4 pm. on the preceding
Wednesday.
The best of the poems that came
too late were by Audrey Jane Mil
lang, IA, of Alice Deal Junior High
School; Joan Murphy, II, Calvert
School, and Doris Damn, 10, Whittier
School. And I hope their mothers
see this, so they'll know they were
remembered in a very special way
on Mothers Day, even though the
tributes intended for them did not
get into print
Students of Oxon Hill (Md) Con-
solidated School have bought enough
war bonds and stamps to purchase
about Is jeeps, writes Catherine B.
Heitmuller, Is. Frances Rice chris
tened one of the jeeps recently in
the presence of more than 900 other
girls and boys. 1t was named Clip
per- because that is the schools
emblem.
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Buchanan School has aided the
war effort in many ways, says note
from Alice M. Smith, II, "but what
We did yesterday made us all feel
very proud. We bought two jeeps
for the Army" she continues. THE
soldiers brought them to our school.
A little boy in a soldiers uniform
poured water over the jeeps, chris
tening them Buchanan Hornet and
Rodney E. Stillwell,' the latter in
honor of the first boy from our
school to be killed in the war. He
was II years old. His mother was
present at the christening, and we
gave her bouquet of flowers. When
the soldiers rode away in our jeeps,
We all cheered and clapped. 1t was
a thrilling sight, and I was very
proud and happy to have small
part in it."