Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-04
lust Between
Ourselves
By Philip II. Lovs

Not many girls II years old can
say they've had an essay published
IN the Congressional Record. Nancy
Hanck is one Of the few who not
only can say It, but can prove IL
with clipping.
-Nancy first came to the atten-
ton OF Junior Star readers in No.
vember. 1913, rs = student Of Gem
trail High School. Then June
Sickels, Central correspondent for
the ]. s., wrote I piece about
Nancy's work Is 4 dancer.
"She has performed in more than
100 shows for soldiers. sailors and
Marines" June wrote Of Nancy.
"She has also given four shows on
the stage ut Central"
Nancy. at the time OF June's
writing. had just been made lieu
tenant colonel Of Central's girl
cadets. Now she holds the same
rank In the girl cadets OF George
Washington University, where she
is also president OF Alpha Delta Phi
pledges, secretary Of the freshman
class and . member Of the junior
stan OF the student newspaper, the
Ratchet.
i 4 4 Il
A recent issue Of the Congress
sional Record contains this extern
sion OF remarks" by Representative
William g. Stigler of Oklahoma.
Mr.. Speaker, several months
ago, 1t was my privilege to get adj
mitted to the gallery several college
girls who wanted to witness the
proceedings of the House. Among
those was Miss Nancy Hanck.
. This young lady is a talented
dancer and. has a volunteered over
1000 hours in entertaining in mill
tary camp shows. 80 A short
time after her trip to the Capitol,
she wrote what I consider a very
outstanding essay on her visit. In
times like these, Mr.. Speaker, it is
very refreshing to read articles on
our American heritage, and I am
very pleased to insert Miss Hanck's
essay In the record. ."
That's how Nancy Hanck hap
pened to get an essay published in
the Congressional Record. It's q
very good essay, indeed-"An Amer
lean Heritage" Is the title-and I'm
sorry there isn't space to reprint it
here. However, any one interested
can easily ind it on page A244 Of
the Congressional Record (Janu-
airy ~. Nancy, incidentally, is at
tending G.. w. on a scholarship won
last June.
Last Sunday this column began a
list Of the latest recommendations
of the Children's Book Committee
of the Council on Books in War
time. Americans ALP is the title
of the list, and all the books on it
are worth reading ana keeping.
Here's the rest of It:
MAminka's Children, by Elizabeth
orion Jones (Macmillan: $OAA
family Of children ind happiness
In showing their Bohemian mothers
love of her own country and the
customs she brought to Aperica
cages 6-10)
Up the Hill, by Marguerite de An
geli Doubleday: $2)-Story of q
Polish girl in a Pennsylvania mining
town. cages 7-10)
Paula, by Marguerite Vance
(Dodd: $2)-A little girl finds new
friends among Hungarian and Polish
children in the Middle West. cages
8-l2.)
Handkerchief Holiday, by Fjeril
Hess Macmillan: $2)-Story Of a
young social worker in q settlement
house where Poles. Hungarians, Rus
slams and other newcomers meet.
High school)
The House, by Marjorie Hill Alice
(Houghton: $2)-Young university
graduates succeed In cooperative
living and defend the right of q
Chinese girl to membership in their
house. High school)
Shark Hole, by Nora Burglon
(Hohday: $2.25)-Story of modern
Hawaii. ages s-12)
Sad-Faced Boy, by Arna Bon
temps CHoughton: $2)-Experiences
of three Southern Negro boys in
New York. cages 10-12)
Steppin and Family, by Hope
Newell oxford: $2)--Story of d
Harlem boy who becomes profess
sional dancer. ages 12-14D
Shattered Windows, by Florence
Crannell Means tHoughton: So
Story of Negro girl from the North
who goes to work among her people
in the South. High school)
DR.. George Washington Carver,
by Shirley Graham and George
Lipscomb (Messner: $2.5O)-Biog-
raphy of the distinguished colored
scientist. High school)
An-American, by John r. Tunis
(Harcourt: 80 = Telling blows
against racial intolerance struck in
q high-school football story. High
school)
Little Navajo Bluebird, by Ann
Nolan Clark Viking: $2)-Story Of
an early American civilization pre-
served in modern Navajo life. cages
Slid
Hosh-Ki the Navajo, by Florence
Hayes (Random: $2)-Life on an
Indian reservation In Arizona. cages
10-14.)
A Son Of the First People, by Ade-
laide w. Arnold Macmillan; $2)-
A proud young Indian adjusts him.
self to the ways of the white man
at . Government school. cages
10-14.)