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Evening star., 1943-06-20
GMafemalan Children Learn English
THO Women Founded
School II Years Ago
By Frances Lide,
Women's Club Editor.

December, 1881, the school had be-
come a reality, although on an
extremely modest scale.
I'VE were told that an English
school couldn't be a success" the
co-founder related. And it was a
hard pull to develop 1t without any
capital. Every nickel we made was
invested in books, desks and other
equipment. And our vacations were
spent trying to devise ways to en-
large the facilities to meet increasing
enrolment.
But" she added, people under
stood our sincerity and we under
stood their need. That's been part
of the secret OF our success, think"
Today, the English-American
School rents two large buildings
which were residences in Colonial
times--one as a school for boys and
another for girls. Three years ago
an annex was added for boarding
school which now has 80 students.
There is a staff of so teachers
necessarily large because there must
be two sets, one to conduct English
courses and one for Spanish. e.
Many Guatemalan families who
formerly sent their children to
Europe for their education are now
patrons of the English American
School. Other pupils come from
Central American republics and
from North American and British
families.
COunteract Enemy Propaganda.
I'VE are proud of the fact that
the majority of the pupils are
Latin Americans" Mrs. Gueydan
said, "for we feel that we are carry
ing on in a practical way the good
neighbor policy and that the previ-
Gus strong propaganda effort of the
enemy has been greatly counter
acted by our school through the
teaching of the inter- American way
of life. We consider this our con-
tribution towards the proper founda-
ton for mutual understanding be-
tween us and the other Americas"
The principal also is proud that
the school has had the commenda-
ton of both this and the British
government in the work it is doing
Mrs Gueydan will return by clip
per plane to Guatemala City this
week, after a two months stay in
this country She flew to New
Orleans in April for medical atten-
ton and was able to spend consider
able time visiting relatives and
friends in her old home town of
Gueydan in South Louisiana. She
also visited her son at Miami Beach.
where he is training in the Air
Corps. A married daughter is living
IN Guatemala City. where she is
working at the American consulate.
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Hundreds of children in the little
republic Of Guatemala are learning
to speak English f1uently-and to
understand their English-speaking
neighbors - through the English
American School established IL
years ago by two women with vir-
tually nothing but faith on which
to launch their enterprise.
The gentle, soft-spoken principal
of the scheol who is also its CO.
founder, has been in Washington
this week to visit her husband,
Henri L. Gueydan. here with the
Special Service Division of the War
Department, wnere he is teaching
Spanish to Army officers.
How the school had grown from a
small institution with only % desks
for its % pupils to an enrolment to-
day of 72l was told by Mrs. Gueydan
In an interview at the Peoples Man
date Committee office where she had
called to see the director, Miss
Mabel Vernon.
Largely Guatemalans.
Eighty per cent of the students
are from Guateinalan families, al
though 20 nationalities are repre-
sented altogether, Mrs. Gueydan ex-
planned.
They range from kindergarten tots
to high school students, but the
schools place in community life
doesn't end with the classroom. For
instance, women of Guatemala City
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heads. Col Blanchfeld will speak
on the need for nurses.
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, chief Of
the Women's Interest Section, will
be the presiding officer for the day.
Maj. Gen. Alexander D. Surles, chief
of the Bureau of Public Relations,
will open the morning program with
an address of welcome. Col. r.
Ernest Dupuy, chief Of the news
division of the Bureau of Public
Relations, will preside at the lunch
con.
Army officials to speak in the
morning include Mai. Gen. George
v. Strong assistant chief of staff
for military intelligence.
Demonstrating the increasing par
ticipation Of women in the conduct
Of the war during the past IL
months. a group of women occupy
ing key posts in both military and
civilian capacities in the War De-
partment will attend.
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New Chapter Regent
And Officers Feted

Mrs. Norris NARROW, retiring re.
gent of Independence Bell Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolu.
ton, entertained in honor of the
new regent, Mrs Meta G. Miller
and other new officers at a garden
party yesterday afternoon.
Other officers are Miss Ella Hodg.
son. vice regent; Mrs. James P
Farmer, treasurer; Mrs. Henrietta
Lockrer, recording secretary: Mrs
Albert Jones, corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Anneca Johnston, regis
trar, and Mrs. L. I. McDougle, jr.
historian.
~ The party concluded a season
during which the chapters activities
included the raising of funds for 6
Crossnore scholarship, 100 per cent
support of the mobile unit for blooo
donors and purchase of War bond
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frequently meet at the home making
department to learn how to cook
from American recipes. Some re-
quest recipes for rolls. biscuits and
cakes. Others want to learn how
to make certain types of pies or to
roast the Christmas turkey. Reci-
pes for ice cream also are popular.
The greatest contribution the
school is making in the field of
good neighborliness," however, is
through its instruction in the Eng
lish language-its main objective.
Most of the kindergarten pupils
there are "a this year-are from
Spanish-speaking homes, but their
work is conducted entirely in Eng
lish AS a matter Of fact their
teachers are imported from Eng
lish-speaking countries and don't
understand Spanish on their ar
rival
With the adaptability Of the
young the children soon use Eng
lish as f1uently as they Go their
native tongue Mrs. Gueydan likes
to tell of one bright youngster who
is extremely proud of his bi-lingual
accomplishment. Not long ago he
remarked to his teacher, You
know, I'm afraid I'm forgetting my
Spanish! I wanted to say some
thing to my mother the other day
and couldn't think of the right
words"
Both Spanish and English.
Both Spanish and English are
used for courses taught from the
first grade up to high school
which conform to regulations of
the Guatemalan Department of
Public Education.
The high school, however, is con-
Quoted mostly in English, although
such subjects as Spanish grammar
and literature are emphasized as
part of the plan of study for these
four years.
AS English. American and Span
ish textbooks are used. the ideas,
ideals and traditions of three coun-
tries are brought out.
Especially practical has been the
commercial and secretarial course
which is growing in popularity
Sixty-four girls are enrolled this
year, 16 more than last year, while
the number of boys jumped from
l8 to "a in the same period
Secretarial training includes
translations from English to Span
ish and visa versa, Mrs. Gueydan
pointed out. AS inter- American re-
lations become increasingly impor-
tant in business as well as political
fields, there is a growing need for
such secretarial instruction. Mrs
Gueydan said that many of the
boys and girls trained at the school
have been employed by Pan-Amer-
lean Airways and similar Offices
where English is required.
Mrs. Gueydan is the American
half of the school firm" her part
ner being Miss Ayleen de Montmo-
rency, daughter of an Englishman
and a Guatemalan mother. Miss de
Montmorency, incidentally, has beer
awarded a fellowship by the British
Council on Education and will leave
for England in August for a years
study at Cambridge or oxford.
School Founded in 1881.
Mrs. Gueydan said she became
interested in establishing such g
school when she went to Guate-
mala in 1923 to be with her husband
vino was there on business. By
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Picnics Planned
At Three USO
Parties Today
Week.End Outing
At Compton Farm
Enferfains 80

USO parties planned by three
local clubs will be picnic style today,
if the weather permits, although
arrangements have been made for
the various groups to get together
indoors in the event of rain. .
A weekend party at the farm Of
DR.. and Mrs. Wilson Compton in
Herndon, Va, was the red letter
event for 80 servicemen and girls
on the Planning Committee at the
USO operated at the Central YWCA,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Mrs. Compton is chairman of their
Adult Advisory Committee.
This group left Washington last
night, via bus, for the Virginia farm
where a varied program was ar
ranged for their entertainment.
The girls were accommodated in the
guests cabin, while the boys were
given hunks in two spacious lofts.
Their schedule today includes boat
rides on the river, outdoor games
and breakfast and dinner at the
farmhouse
Mrs. Katherine Pell, director Of
USO activities in the Northeast
Protestant Churches, will meet war
workers and service men at the
east end of Stanton Park, Sixth
street and. Maryland avenue NE,
at 1:30 pm. today for an outing.
The group will go by streetcar and
bus to Barnard Park, where they
will picnic on boxed lunches and
play soft ball, badminton. volley ball,
croQuet and quoits. This Is the
second of regular semi-monthly pic
MICS scheduled by Mrs Pell for all
young war workers in that neighbour
hood, who want to join with service
men in her programs.
Mrs. Virginia Sholar, director Of
the USO club in Bethesda operated
by the YWCA, has scheduled an
other of her regular Sunday picnics
from to pm. today at the Recre-
alton Center on Norwood drive in
Chevy Chase. In addition to the
outdoor games, hostesses are bring
ing portable Victrola for dancing
after supper.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Junior Club Extends
Season Through july

The Junior Woman's Club of
Chevy Chase will extend the club
year through July this year to con-
.inue its war activities, according
to an announcement.
A meeting tomorrow night at the
clubhouse will feature program to
include Red Cross sewing and a
brief business session. 1t. Frances
Seibert of the Marine Corps will be
the guest speaker.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Women's CITY Club

What the Red Cross is Doing for
Our Armed Forces at Home and
Abroad will be the subject of talk
by Mrs. Edward ST. John, vice chair
man of the speakers bureau of the
American Red Cross. at the weekly
'get-together" of the Women's City
Club, at 8:l5 pm Tuesday. A
program of music arranged by the
clubs music chairman, Mrs. Ger
trude Lyons, will be presented fol-
lowing the talk,
Evening star., 1943-06-20

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Evening star., 1943-06-20
fe.Savina Course

A life-saving course will be Of
fered to prospective swimming
teachers, camp counsellors and
women guards at the YWCA pool
commencing June %. Glasses will
be held from to 5 pm. every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
throughout the summer. Women in
uniform who may go overseas are
urged to join the group.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Rochelle Alumnae
To Hold Picnic

The Washington Chapter of the
College of New Rochelle Alumnae
Association will hold picnic at
$50 O'Clock today at Pierce Mill in
Rock Creek Park. The meeting,
which will be the last Of the season,
will honor June graduates of the
college.
A special guest will be Miss Ruth
Fox of 45l4 Connecticut avenue
NV. who was graduated "summa
cum laude" and who won the Car
dinal Hayes award as the outstand-
ing senior.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Notre Dame Club

Members of the College of Notre
Dame of Maryland Club of Wash
ington will meet at $50 pm. Tues
day at the home of the newly elected
regent. Miss Dorothy Phelps, 322
West Bradley lane, Chevy Chase
Md.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
Alumnae to Elect

A business meeting followed by
election of officers will be held by
the Washington Chapter of the
North Carolina Woman's College
Alumnae Association at 7:30 pm.
Wednesday at the Bellevue Hotel.
Evening star., 1943-06-20
D. G.. Federation

The District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Womens Clubs will meet at
1890 am. Thursday at the Gill;
Bert. 2460 Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Arthur c. Watkins will preside
at the meeting which will be the
last of the season,
Evening star., 1943-06-20

Old Colonial days 1Uere re-
called By the play, Sand Man
Pack OF Dreams" Which Junior
American Citizens included in
their program for the District
OAR. Doris Boswell appeared
as George Washington: Bette
Anderson as q dancer, and
Eleanor Johnson in the role of
an d-taShioned NANNY.
Star staff Photos.
Evening star., 1943-06-10

WMAL, 9:3o-spoight Band: Charlie Bar.
nets from tho Naval Base, Weymouth. Mass.
Wl0P. 9:30-Stags Door Canteen: Willie
Howard, 1ulIu|ah Bankhead. Igor Gohn and
Hi Low Jack and Dame Quartet.
WRc t0:30-MsNh Of lime: Brig, Gen. B.
NJ Bryan reports on first Axis pr,onen In ihe
United States.
Evening star., 1943-06-10

Yes. sir. that's what they did And
somehow he seemed to have grown
tremendously all in a minute He
looked almost twice as big as
Granny had ever seen him before.
This was because his long hair
stood on end. Altogether he looked
so fierce that it was no wonder
Bowser the Hound stopped short
and then hastily backed away.
Digger snapped his Jaws together
angrily. and his snarls were more
ugly than before. He stopped for
just a minute and then ran right
at Bowser again What do you
think Bowser did? Why, he gave
little, frightened yelp. turned, put
his tail between his legs. and ran!
Yes, sir, that is just what Bowser
did. Granny Fox had hard work
to believe her own eyes. Bowser
actually was running from Digger
the Badger!
He didn't run far. You see,
Digger didn't chase him. He was
quite content to make him turn tail
He knew that it was OF no use to
chase him because his own legs were
so short that he couldn't possibly
catch BoWser. So, as soon as Bow
ser turned to run Digger stopped.
Bowser stopped and looked back.
Digger snarled that ugly sounding
snarl of his, as much as to say.
Come on! I'm waiting for you.
I'm just aching tor fight"
Bowser barked bravely enough,
but he didn't offer to come a step
nearer. Then he remembered
Granny Fox and saw her sitting
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Old Granny Fox considers herself
very smart. And she is very smart.
Yes, sir. she certainly is very smart.
But the plans of even the very
smartest people do not always work
out as they have planned. AS she
ran just ahead of Bowser the Hound
straight toward the place where Dig
ger the Badger was trying to keep
out OF sight by stretching out fiat
in the grass she was nightly
pleased with herself, was Old
Granny Fox. Her clever plan for
getting Digger into trouble was
working out just as she had hoped it
would. She glanced up at Blacky
the Crow, flying overhead, and grim
ned. She was glad, very glad that
he was on hand to see what was 60
ing to happen. You remember that
Blacky saw Digger the Badger get
even with her for making fun of
him and saying unkind things about
him. Now he would see her get back
at Digger, and so she was glad that
he was there.
He laughed at me-" she muttered,
but now he'll have a chance to
laugh at Digger. He'll see that no
one can get the best of Granny Fox.
Ill show him"
She could see Digger lying fiat
on the ground, trying his best to
keep out of sight, and her lips
curled with scorn. Hes afraid"
she thought. quite forgetting the
fact that she herself was afraid to
stand and fight Bowser. Hes
scared out of his wits"
When she had almost reached
Digger she ran faster so as to get
farther ahead Of Bowser. Then
she gathered herself for a long
Jump, 1t was a very long jump
indeed and it took her right over
Digger and far enough beyond to
be quite out Of his reach. The
moment her feet touched the
ground she ran a little way and
then turned with smile on her
crafty face to see what would han
pen. On came Bowser, and then,
quite suddenly, something happened,
but not at all what she had expected
would happen. No, sir, it wasn't at
all what she had expected would
happen. Indeed, it was so very
different from what she had ex-
pected would happen that she hardly
knew what to do or think. You
see Digger the Badger didn't behave
at all as she had thought he would
He didn't wait for Bowser to reach
him. Instead, he suddenly sprang
forward to meet Bowser. He was
snarllng in a way that made such
an ugly sound that it sent little,
cold shlvers all over Granny Fox.
his lips were drawn back so that
ne showed all his long, sharp teeth.
His eyes seemed to fairly blaze.
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and the more we learn what they
are accomplishing, the more we
desire to visit them.
They have been called the pio-
neers of the plant world Ger
talnly, without them, the surface
of the earth, in many places would
be bare and lifeless.
There are lichens growing all
about us. Sometimes, there are
beauties on our garden wall, on
boulders, tree trunks, cliffs and
boulders. Usually. these neighbors
are neutral gray-green, and We
pass them by.
The lichens are thallus plants and
are included with the molds and
mushrooms (phylum Mycophyta)
Neither of these plants develop
roots, leaves or stems All lichens
grow into either a fattened. crust
like plant or an erect, bushy one,
resembling sponge or gray
coral. There are a few members
of this group that take the form
VI 1ldSiIC, VI dllSilAllS lldll Inc
growths. This is the Old Man S
Beard type.
Lichens were known to the an
cient Romans, Hebrews and Greeks.
One genus was the source of purple
and blue dyes. Many we're be-
lieved to have medicinal value.
Lichens are co-operators. They
live in close relation with others in
a partnership known as symbiosis,
whereby both partners benefit by
the association. They prefer fog,
dew and mist to rain. They have
no roots and absorb the moisture
from the atmosphere. Because they
are sensitive to impurities, they
live only where the air is free from
poisonous gases.
The two partners. a green plant
and a colorless one. finally reduce
their host to powder, and this, in
turn, enables other plants to grow.
Collectors must bring home frag-
ments of the rock If they wish to
study lichens as they grow. The
pale gray-green streamers of the
trees would not flourish II taken
from their cool retreat.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
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on the AIR TODAY.
Sar Flashes: Latest news, WhAl al 4:55 pm.
WRc, 7:30-Bob Burns: From Camp Hood,
lev.
WWDc, 7:45-Rehard Eaton; Senator Ralph
Brewster Of Maine on u, Tho Present War
Mobilization Plan EHediveE
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open -mouthed, and with such a dis
appointed look on her face. BoWser
barked two or three times more at
Digger, then ran around in half
circle and once more started after
Granny Fox. Granny gulped down
her disappointment and started off
across the green meadows, with
Bowser after her. and there was
bitterness in her heart. Her plans
were all upset. 1t was too warm
for comfort and yet she had got to
run until she could fool Bowser with
sharp trick and get rid of him.
Worse still. she hadn't got even
with Digger the Badger at all. You
see. smart as she is, she hadn't
been smart enough to think to find
out if Bowser and Digger had ever
Evening star., 1943-06-10

depths of the cool forests make
the atmosphere seem even cooler.
But it has a strange eerie effect on
one who comes to a spruce glade
all festooned with this drapery
At once, the nursery stories come
to mind. and we hunt here and
there to see If 1t is not possible to
see fairies, elves, gnomes and COB
lins. With such a setting, can 1t
be possible they are absent?
Nature lovers are Just beginning
to realize how beautiful many Of
the uchens are. But they have an
important part to play in the world,
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met before. They had long time
before. and Bowser had learned to
respect those sharp teeth of Dig
gers. AS for Digger he trotted of
home. chuckling all the way, while
the hoarse laugh of Blacky the Crow
followed Granny Fox as she ran
and added to the bitterness In her
heart.
Evening star., 1943-06-10

Wrong: DO like I do" This usage
is dialectal and should be avoided.
Do not use like" for "as." Better
say: Do as I do.
Wrong: He acted friendly like -
The authorities call this usage a
vulgarism. Better say: He acted
in friendly way.
Wrong: John is strong like Will
is" Right: John is as strong as
Will is.
However, in the meaning Of "re-
sembles; OF the same appearance
or qualities" the word like is cor
rect, as: He looks like his father:
she feels like simpleton; 1t is not
like this at home.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.

Lack-Like.
This weeks Slip O. the Tongue:
He likes sufficient education" No.
This error is especially common
throughout the South and West.
Like" and liking" must never be
used for lack" and lacking" Bet
ter say: He lacks sufficient educa-
ton. Lacks rhymes with sacks.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Natures Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY
OLD MANS BEARD
(Usre1 bdrbdtd.)

Old Mans Beard is sometimes
mistaken for Florida moss. Both
are gray and hang like long tufts
Of hair from the twigs and limbs
of trees. The moss Is seen in great
abundance in Florida; the northern
coniferous forests present a hoary
and venerable appearance when
draped with the boards.
This beared lichen is thallus
plant and its hairlike tufts in the
Evening star., 1943-06-10

WRc. 8:00-Brles and Morgan: 5nooks turns
farmer.
WMAL, 8:30-Town Meeting: Should WON.
On Relnqush Their War Jobs 10 hen!'
WT0p, 8:30-Deaih Valley Days: The Brass
Bard Funeral Of 0uong Kee'
WpC. 9;00-husie Hall: George Murphy with
bino expected momentarjly,
Evening star., 1943-06-10

Ldst-mtnute changes IN radio pro-
grams sometimes reach The Star
too late for correction that ddp.
Evening star., 1943-10-24
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