Evening star., 1944-04-30
lust Between
Ourselves
By Philib Fl. Lore

woodrow Wilson High School
seems to have more than its fair
share Of students who are talented
as entertainers. Dancers, singers.
musicians and other entertainers are
to be found, of course, among the
pupils Of nearly every school Of any
size. But know of no school with
quite so much talent as Wilson.
And the Wilsonites know how TO
put their varied talents to practical
use. For some time now their
Victory Corps talent troupe" for
instance, has been touring hospitals
and USO centers, putting on shows
for servicemen.
A recent booking" as they saw in
show business, was at Walter Reed
Hospital. where, / am told, the
touring troupe made its biggest hit
so far.
Josephine Berliner started the
performance with q piano solo. and
then Jim Sandwich presented
series OF limitations. Next came a
monologue by Evelyn Cohen, fol-
lowed by Alan Strout and his con-
certina, two duets by Judy Phillips
and Mary Cragoe, a violin solo by
Mary Alice Ferguson, magic tricks
by Scott Taylor and vocal solos by
Betsy Ross and Julia Curtis, with
Denise Lambert as accompanist.
All that seems to add up to a
pretty big show, but it's only part of
what the Wilsonites did at Walter
Reed. The rest was skit, Casey
at the Bat presented by Harry
Croswell, Ralph Rogers, Richard
Parran, Fred Pelzman, Godfrey
Munter, Don Freyburg and Herman
Rogge. And, am told, the soldiers
loved it.
| But the boys and girls named
above are not the only entertainers
at Wilson. At recent dance, for
instance, Harry Ong ran through a
series OF impersonations and Johnny
Harrison demonstrated his skill as
boogie-woogie pianist. And an
Easter assembly program included
readings by Alan Strout, vocal solos
by Peggy Schaaf and John Martin
and trumpet solo by Jim Reed.
1 II any other local school can top
I Wilson in the field of entertainment,
I'd like to hear about 1t.
The music department of Roose-
welt High School has planned an
Evening of Music" program for
Friday night, consisting of a con-
cert starting at o'clock, followed
by a dance at 9:15. The school
orchestra and band will play for the
concert, and the Girls and Boys
Glee Clubs, with combined chorus
OF so voices, will sing The program
has been planned by Miss Emma
Louise Thompson.
y ~
In the Fourth War Loan drive,
Holy Cross Academy achieved four
times its original quota. Sales Of
bonds and stamps totaled $3.50 80,
enough to buy four field ambulances.
So far, Holy Cross has paid for five
ambulances.
Incidentally, 80 of the Upton
street schools juniors and seniors
IAa0FS GILL 02ANa 4ol % Jh1llOL SIUCS
course in home nursing under Mrs.
Margaret Foley.
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Junior jottings: Edwin Mighell's
prize-winning poem, Spring" was
sent in by his English teacher, Miss
Helen E. Horton. It was written in
| connection with his school work.
Kathleen Faulconer, another of to-
, days prize winners, is. writing a
column for the Silver Spring Stand
ard. 1t covers the activities of the
community's young people. :. . Mary
Margaret Mueller, 10, Cranch School,
has had variety of pets-two love-
birds, cat and some fish. The cat
died, but she still has the birds and
fish. Of the birds, she writes: "They
make a lot of noise when play the
piano" But they make up for it by
being very cute" and eating lettuce
out of their owners hand. :. Will
bert Petty. Dunbar High School, has
won two prizes with his art work.