Evening star., 1946-06-30
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love.

Inc 1o-year-OlQ girl pictured at
the left Is the Junior member Of
successful author artist team. Her
mother, Minnie Frost Rands, wife of
DR.. Robert B. Rands, Agriculture
Department scientist, Is the senior
member. Their first book, Punk"
written by Mother Rands and Illus
trated by Daughter Audrey, is soon
to be published by the Island Press
of New York.
For Mrs. Rands, writing for pub
lication is not a.new experience.
She is the author of two published
plays, "The Slamatan," based on the
superstitions of the people of Java,
among whom she lived from 1918 to
1922, and "The Prince of Peace" q
religious drama. The latter was
produced for more than two years
by various churches and clubs.
For Audrey, however, "Punki" rep
resents a definite step forward in
her ambition to become profess
sional artist. The book, intended
for boys and girls IL years old and
over, contains 20 Of her best pen
d1lO-1Alk vi awnings.
So far, all Audrey's training as an
artist has been obtained in public
schools-first at Paul Junior High,
then at Coolidge High, from which
she graduated week before last. She
may enter the National Art School
in the fall, however, as she has won
q years scholarship. Right now, she
can't make up her mind whether to
accept the scholarship or to get q
college education before beginning
her formal art education.
Audreys illustrations for Punk"
were made from photographs and
rough sketches by her mother. And
lest any one get the idea that draw
ing for ones mother is easy-Audrey
had to make one of her illustrations
eight times before the senior mem
ber Of the team was satisfied!
The day after her graduation from
Coolidge, Audrey few to Guatemala
for two-month visit with her sister,
Mrs. Lawrence A. Beery. Most of
the time, she said, she will "just
draw and paint"
The Randses live at 1880 Floral
street NV.
Junior jottings-Prettiest girl at
Mckinley High School this past
year, according to a poll taken by
Tech Life, was Lauretta Bernhard.
Handsomest boy was Duncan Har-
kin. And the "all-around-Techites," :"
whatever that may mean, were Mary
Jane Sunderland and Dick Peck
:. =. Helen Ruiz, who lived precari-
ously In her native Manila during
the Japanese occupation, won rec
ognition this past year as one Of
the most talented pianists at Central
High School Just before grad
uation, Holy Cross Academy stu
dents tried to decide who was the
perfect senior" The results: Gerry
Hugg's beautiful chestnut brown
hair" Elinor O'Brien's dancing blue
eyes," Sary Zaldivar's "long lashes, I"
Mary Ann O'Connell's classic
aqueline nose" Gloria Rocha's "ex-
pressive mouth" Frances Howard's
Creamy complexion" Pat Widmay-
er's winning smile" Mary Ann
Callahan's "dimples," Miriam Lo-
pez's beautifully tapered hands,"
Phyllis Creels figure" Gerry CAL
lahan's smart Clothes" Teresa
Leonard's "all-around charm" Ma
rie Reilly's personality" Helen Ann
Powers "dependability," Jane Will
hotties school spirit" Barbara
Croarkin's infectious giggle," Betty
Cassidy's wit" and Diana Hub
bard's mellow voice" all added up
to what Ruth Herbert and Joan
Fitzmaurice described in an article
in the Cleaner as "in reality, our
senior class"