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By Philip II. Love,
Editor The Junior Star.

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High School has had its own "Stags
Door Canteen," a weekly evening OF
fun in which every student can takt
part. And I am told it has proved
a great success.
Pupils of nearby Kramer Junior
High School liked the Anacostis
"canteen," but many of them were
too young to go to it. The solution
was, of course, to get up their owr
canteen program. Thus the Kramer
Kaper Klub" came into being.
The Kramerites held their first
"Kaper" on a recent Friday night
Students and teachers co-operated
in arranging the program, and ac-
cording to a report from Joan
Greene, 13, of 413 Atlantic street
S E., it was "a big success"
There was dancing, of course-to
the lively music of an orchestra sta
toned in the center of the gym
nasium. Refreshments were served
at tables in a corner and chairs for
sitters-out lined the walls. There
was even a jitterburg contest.
Everybody had such a jolly time,
says Joan, that they are hoping
every Friday will be "Kaper Night
at Kramer from now until the end
of the school year.
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While they haven't called them
"canteens" or ''kapers" the boys and
girls of Blessed Sacrament parish
have had similar nights of fun for
several years. The eighth-grade
pupils of Blessed Sacrament school
have dances in the basement from
time to time, arranged by the nuns
and chaperoned by parents, who
also serve refreshments. And for
high school students there Is a
Young Peoples Club" which has
monthly dances and occasional
plays.
It all adds up to an excellent rec
reational program for the girls and
boys of the parish.
Three school newspapers, the
Armstrong Torch, the Cook Flash
and the Morgan Sentinel, have won
certificates of honor in nation
wide journalism contest sponsored
Jointly by the National tuberculosis
Association and the Columbia Schol-
astic Press Association. The purpose
of the competition was to focus stu
dent attention on the problem OF
tuberculosis control.
Both the Torch and the Flash
were winners of first prizes in the
local phase of the contest. The Sem
tinel won the second local prize.
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Junior jottings: Hershey, Pa,
stands out in the memory of Henry
Fankhauser, 13, of Paul Junior High
School, as one of the most interest
ing places he has ever visited. He
was especially impressed by the fact
that the town provides golf courses
for boys and girls =. . Patsy Melroy,
13, of Hyattsville High School, is a
collector of books. She started her
hobby about a year ago and now
has something like IS volumes, which
she keeps In large bookcase in her
bedroom. She also likes to swim,
bowl, ice skate and ride her bicycle,
though a broken leg kept her from
these diversions for some time
The recent drive for waste paper
and scrap metal at Montgomery
Blair High School was "a complete
success" Kathleen Faulconer, Is, re-
ports. The students collected be-
tween is and 20 tons Of paper and
from 200 to 800 bushels of metal
she writes Macfarland Junior
High School is sponsoring paper
collecting contest among its various
sections. AS a result, says Naom.
Pollen, IL, sections previously
bringing in 100 pounds of paper are
now bringing in 500 pounds or more
:. Tumbling is one of the favorite
pastimes Of Lee Krider, IA, Paul
Junior High. He has performed in
numerous exhibitions d. Mary Just
Rita Gay, Grace Walkup and Hilda
Dimes are members of the staff OF
the Dunbar News Reel Phyllis
Foster, Mckinley High School, col
lects minerals. Mary Jean Well
ford, another Techite, taught SWIM
ming, diving, golf, tennis, baseball
and archery at Maryland summer
resort last summer.