Evening star., 1944-04-23
lust Between
Ourselves.
BY Philip II. Love,

I overlook and passed q girl and o
boy Of about high school age.
don't know what they were talking
about, but I heard the girl say:
Hes big real estate man."
Huh" the boy retorted. "I'd
rather be Navy oflcer!"
That, I thought, Is why we are
doing so well in the war-because
our young people place patriotic
duty above personal gain. A really
"big" man in real estate or any other
field Of business makes more money
and lives in greater comfort than
an officer Of our fighting forces.
But our youth Is not concerned with
making money or being comfortable;
the only thing that matters is that
we win the war-and, 1 Of course,
quickly.
Boys and girls still in school are
helping in many ways to bring VIC
tory nearer. Even the youngest of
them are buying War Bonds and
stamps, collecting waste fat and
grease, rounding up scrap paper and
working for the Red Cross and other
organizations aiding the war effort
In one way or another. Older girls
and boys are holding down spare
time jobs. Those with talent as
dancers, singers or musicians are
helping to entertain members of the
various services. And they are doing
it all with far less complaining than
Is heard from some of their elders.
As matter of fact, ! have yet to
hear word of complaint from any
boy or girl concerning rationing or
any of the other inconvenience of
wartime All the grumbling I have
ever heard has been from grownups.
Many Of our soldiers, sailors,
marines and coast guardsmen are
boys-at least, in the sense that
they are not yet old enough to vote.
Thousands Of 18-year-olds are 60
ing into the fighting services every
month. And they are not COM
planning about 1t, either.
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Before Pearl Harbor some adults
thought 1t smart to belittle our
youth. Boys and girls aren't like
they used to be-" they would say.
They're soft, fabby-spoiled. What
they need Is some good old-fash-
ioned hard knocks. That's what
builds character"
Well, our young people are get
ting more than their fair share Of
hard knocks, and they are taking
them without whimper. They are
fighting and dying ON the worlds
farf1ung battlefronts and they're
working and sacrificing at home.
And they are proving themselves
anything but spoiled"
Their spirit Is, I think, typified by
the remark Of the boy who would
rather be a Navy of1cer"-or even
an ordinary COB, I'll venture-than
"a big real estate man."
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| Leland Junior High School re.
Gently held "a very worthwhile as
sembly," says Martha Jennison, Is,
lof 218 Rosemary street, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Ensign Sanford gave a very in
teresting talk about her experiences
in the WAVES" Martha continues.
students who attended Leland
last year remember Ensign Sanford.
only she wasn't Ensign Sanford
then, but Miss Sanford, teacher OF
Science. She said that, although
her position is unexciting, she and
the others of the WAVES know that
they, in their own small way, are
contributing to the all-important
task Of winning the war and the
peace that will follow"
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Calvin Coolidge students will
present their spring play, "The Man
Who Came to Dinner" at 8 pm.
Thursday and Friday in the school
auditorium. The title role, played
by Alexander Woollcott in the orig
|inal Broadway production, and by
Monty Woolley in the road show
and the movie, will be taken by
Howard Ticton-who, says a note
from Molly Ruther Geiger, "does it
very well in rehearsals."