Evening star., 1946-04-14
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love-

School cadets, has souvenir room"
containing rifles, bullets, bayonets,
banners and other mementos of his
travels, which have been extensive.
In 1885,, for instance, he toured
Europe, visiting many of the battle
fields of World War I. =. Another
st. Johns boy, Hugh Everett, Sd,
recently returned from a winter
vacation in Mexico. He was given
time of to take the trip, the Sabre
explains, because his scholastic
achievements were SO high" Climb
ing the Pyramid Of the Sun, visiting
the ancient Mayan temples and at
tending bull fights were high lights
OF the trip. Gertrude Bonnet,
Taft Junior High School, has 260
postcards picturing scenes in near
ly all the States and in Canada
The collection, she says, has made
my study Of geography more inter-
esting than it would have been
ordinarily" Some of her most beau
tiful cards were obtained on a trip
across the country to visit her
father, who was in a Seabee camp
near San Francisco. Every time
the train stopped long enough" she
writes, Il would 60 into the railroad
station to get more cards for my
collection. On our way out West
we travelled the northern route and
returning home we came over a
southern route"
Dunbar High School has two sets
Of twins, Vivian and Stanford Dean
and Hermione and Ralph Smith.
Vivian's hobby is postage stamps, of
which she has at least 1000; STAN
ford's principal interest is bacteri-
ology. Hermione likes to sew; Ralph
is interested in radio and photog-
raphy. Alma Robinson, Dun
bar sophomore, has half dozen
japanese guns brought home from
the Pacific by her father. One, she
says, was taken from the grandson
of Gen. Yamashita. -. Xavier Bow
ser and Julio Figueroa, also of Dun
bar, present puppet and movie
show for their friends every month
The recreation room of Julio's home
serves as theater and their latest
production is "Springtime in Mil
waukee.' Dunbarites shipped
more than so boxes of food to the
children of France in March.
Newest addition to the long list of
activities of the Boys YMCA is a
Radio Club. The club will cover
all aspects of radio" the announce
ment promises, from the building
of crystal sets, one-tube sets and
superhet receivers to the repair of
home receivers" Another new
activity at the Y is wood-carving
class, conducted by Red Smith.
-. The Jewish Community Center
has new organization for girls
from IA to 18. It's Lamba Sigma
Chi, and Beverly Danzig Georgia
5745) is campaigning for members.
Farley Eaton, Paul Junior High
School, reports: MY brother Nelson
collects drawings from several diff
ferent newspapers. He has about
465 and has collected them for over
four years" Nelson attends Coolidge
High School. Chanta Baudelaire.
Central High School student re-
Gently arrived from France, is the
great granddaughter of Charles
Baudelaire, famous French poet.
author of Les Fleurs d umal" and
translator of Poe. Among the
newer students at Anacostia High
School is Alfred Reyes, who spent a
large part of his life dodging the
Japs in the Philippines. He speaks
japanese. Spanish and Latin. as
well as English. A native of New
York. he went to Manila when he
was less than year old. Mario
Biondi, voted the best dressed and
most popular" girl of Mckinley
High Schools June graduating class,
designs all her own clothes. Some
body else has to make them. though
because. as she cheerfully admits
in Tech Life interview, she can't
sew.