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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-20

people a common interest and en-
able them to work constructively
for the common welfare.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-20

APPROXIMATION by Thomas
E. Dewey Of New York named the
week before election as that states
Apple Week"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-20

THAT SAME PRE- ELECTION
WEEK, the Wayne County mich
igan) Republican Finance Commit
tee expressed its fear of a repudi-
alton, by the county, of Senator
Vandenberg. This" quavered the
committee, could have awe-inspir-
ing repercussions."
Evening star., 1946-09-08

and lab fees in addition to giving
$50 a month subsistence to single
veterans and 500 to married ones
While such sum scarcely is ade-
quate In the face of today's high
living costs, veteran may live COM
fortably by working part time. Wives
of married students also may work
to supplement the family income.
Many Lacked Foresight.
1t is unfortunate, however, that
many universities lacked the fore
sight to prepare for the avalanche
of CT enrollments. Numerous schools
today, a year after vi day, still
are seeking solution to the prob
lem. Such factors as the lack of
qualified professors and the dire
housing shortage are understandable
to a degree. but it does seem ade-
quate emergency measures could
have been adopted by this time.
Washington is to be congratulated
for its scholastic efforts on behalf
of the veterans. All the local uni
versities, including Georgetown,
Catholic University. American Uni
versity, Maryland University and my
own school. have watched enroll
ments skyrocket to record heights.
Yet they are handling the crowds
satisfactorily, if not ideally. George
Washington has done an outstand-
ing Job; so fine, in fact that Gen
Omar Bradley, head of the Veterans
c ~ of hn
an example of college ingenuity and
initiative in meeting the emergency.
CIV will have fall enrolment of
more than 5000, compared with
about 5000 in 1941. Summer ses-
sions have been as full as regular
preWar terms. But there has been
no throwing up of hands in despair.
University officials have provided
temporary dormitories, recruited ad-
ditional part-time instructors and
utilized all classroom space by in
augurating 16-hour day.
Students Help Change.
All the credit for GW's adoption
should not go to the authorities,
however. The students, determiend
to make up for lost time. have had
finger in the pie, too. Co-eds, who
bemoaned the lack of males during
the war, are reyeling in the present
ratio Of six men to every girl. About
$50 candidates turned out for foot
ball practice, and student commit
tees already have made big plans for
athletic events this fall and winter.
Fraternities and sororities are re-
established after long period of
enforced idleness.
Veterans, including the women,
are discovering that the Greek letter
organizations have changed with the
times. No longer "rah rah clubs"
their spirit is one of constructive
activity rather than irresponsible
tomfoolery.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
New Pupils Need
Birth Certificate
| And Vaccination

Is your child ready to enter school?
District law requires that all chill
dren entering the District school
system for the first time, no matter
which grade, must present birth
certificate and evidence that they
have been vaccinated for smallpox.
Nothing else is required in the
health line However, DR.. George
C. Rutland, District health officer,
recommends that children also be
immunized against diphtheria and
Whooping cough and have a thor
ough physical checkup.
Any defect noted such as faulty
vision, bad hearing or bad tonsils
should be taken care of if the child
is TO be expected to do good work,
he says.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

Among the little-known heroines
of the public school system are the
substitute teachers.
At a moments notice-Qsually be-
fore breakfast-they must forget
their plans for the day and hurry
to strange school, there to face
a classroom Of youngsters anxious
to try the mettle of this teacher who
is not their familiar Miss Jones'"
A good substitute, by all accounts,
must combine the patience of Job
with the charm of a Mrs. Miniver. +"
She has to be versatile enough to
teach the first grade one day and
sixth grade the next. She must be
adaptable enough to deal with
teachers pets and problem children
within minutes after seeing them
for the first time.
And, incidentally, she is supposed
to teach the children something.
Two Kinds of Substitutes.
There are two kinds of substitutes
the "annuaS" and the per diems. y
The former group is carried on the
regular payrolls the year round
filling whatever vacancies occur
until new teacher can be found.
There are only about 10 of this va
riety in the school system.
The per diems" are different
and more numerous species. They
fill spot vacancies caused by the
sudden illness of regular teacher
and like emergencies. Their $6-a-
day pay comes out of the salary of
the teacher they replace.
Many per diems" are former full
Evening star., 1946-09-08

ever else they had planned to do
she recommends.
Children who count on a sick
teacher as the signal for a vocation
from the three RS are doomed to
disappointment. Every regular
teacher is supposed to keep a study
plan in readiness in her desk drawer
so the substitute will have a guide
to the class progress.
Getting Substitute a Problem.
Getting a substitute teacher pre-
sents problem in itself. Charged
with this chore are the divisional
directors. Mrs. Florence H. Rogers,
director of the sixth division, with
1870 teachers and $500 pupils to
worry about, has been aroused from
sleep at $50 am. to produce as
many as five substitutes.
You should hear some of the ex-
cuses," Mrs. Rogers sighs. In the
course of dozen calls I learn that
baby had the coiic, relatives are
coming from Keokuk, there's no
food in the pantry. or a dentists ap-
pointment just can't wait"
once in while, too, a substitute
says she's just rather not go back
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Adult Glasses Begin
Sept. 30 at YMCA

Offering a wide variety of In
struction, fall term day and evening
classes under the adult education
program of the YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV, will begin
September &c. Mrs. Rebecca Slater,
director, has announced.
Open to men and women, the
classes include instruction in typing
and shorthand, beauty and person.
ality techniques. home economics,
bridge playing, interior decorating,
cooking, dress making, infant care
and preparation for marriage.
Also offered are language courses,
including English, French, Portu-
guese. Russian and Spanish; public
speaking. writing, acting, music and
art.
Evening star., 1946-09-08
5000 Catholic High
Pupils Returning 10
Glasses This Week
By Jerry o'Leory, Jr.

I Most of the 5000 Catholic and
parochial high school students in
the Washington area will return to
their classrooms tomorrow and later
this week for the fall-winter term,
almost two weeks earlier than their
public school contemporaries.
The citys more than 10000
parochial elementary school students
resumed their studies last Tuesday.
The 450 cadets of st. Johns COL
lege High School will report back
to the old school site at 1925 Ver-
mont avenue NV. Originally, it
was planned to send the freshman
class to the Christian Brothers new
24-acre tract at Military road and
Oregon avenue NV, but failure Of
the Russians to vacate has DELAYED
this move. Not until the Russian
Purchasing Mission School moves
out will the first year cadets move in.
Building Delayed.
Brother Fidelis' Thomas, newly
appointed director of st. Johns, said
the extensive building program at
the former Kaufman estate also
will be delayed until occupancy il
assured and material shortages have
eased.
With record enrolment already
registered for this school year.
Brother Thomas plans to introduce
the student body to new military
science course to be called a Junior
reserve officers training course. In
stead of the flve-hour weekly drill
given cadets during the war, the
students will drill two hours and
study the military manual for two
hours. Otherwise. st. Johns stu
dents will take straight academic
course
st. Johns has added inter school
baseball and track teams to it's ath-
letic schedule for the first time in
recent years.
Gonzaga Opens Tomorrow.
Gonzaga High School College, 27
l street NV, also reopens tomorrow
for freshmen students as the insti-
tuition begins its 125th year here.
Higher grade students do not return
until Thursday The Jesuits' stu
dent body of 600 will have the op-
portunity of taking five language
courses this year: Spanish, French,
German, Latin and Greek.
Gonzaga, which combines clas-
sical with scientific courses, is
member of the Association of Col.
leges and Secondary Schools for the
Middle Atlantic States and Maryland,
the Jesuit Education Association
and the National Catholic Educa-
ton Association.
The 40 boys and girls who make
up this years student body at st.
Paul's High School, 1921 v street
NV, will report for registration
Thursday. st. Pauls is one of the
two Catholic high schools in the
city which admits both boys and
girls.
The other nonsegregated school,
st. Anthonys Parish High School,
Twelfth and Monroe streets NE.
has been accepting registrations
since June. More than 230 students
will report for classes tomorrow
morning.
265 for st. Cecelia's.
st. Cecelia's, the Catholic high
school at COS East Capitol street,
will begin registering the main
student body tomorrow morning.
Freshmen, however, signed up FRI
day. More than 265 students are
expected to make up the roster
when registration is completed.
Girls at st. Cecelia's are given a
college entrance and commercial
course, plus classes in music. speech,
dramatics, harp, piano and violin.
(See PAROCHIAL, Page ESD
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Veteran Believes Influx of GIs
Has Improved Our Colleges
By Joy Johnston

A ndtiUe W1Shingtonidn and
Roosevelt High School graduate,
Jay Johnston resumed his studies
at George Washington University
this summer after four gears in
uniform. His service included
tlDo gears duty in the Mediter-
ranean theater 1Cith the Army Air
Forces. He subsequently, 1Das en-
rolled for sir months at the Uni
Dersity OF Southern California.
From this background he giDes
you his impressions OF local COL
lege life.
When the bell ending class rings
out, it is only a matter of seconds
before the campus is moving mass
of bodies and noise. The green
lawns soon are camouf1aged by
young men clad in an odd assort-
ment of khaki shirts and other cast
off service regalia, blue dungarees,
letter sweaters and whatnot. The
only note of uniformity appears to
be the gold discharge buttons CLINT
ing in countless lapels and button
holes.
The scene is typical of colleges
from coast to coast, and represents
a novel situation in all such in
stitutions. More than 100000 ex-
have f1ocked back to the
routine of lectures and labs. An
ticipating less than half as many,
officials have been amazed
at this turnout under the GI Bill
of Rights. But they have been
amazed no less by the manner in
which these great swarms of vet
Grams are applying themselves.
Veterans Lead Glasses.
Already the vet has proved to be
on the whole, a serious, hard-work-
ing student. His average grades
are higher consistently than those
of the nonveteran student. The
veterans average age is about %
and the additional maturity he at
tanned as a service man has helped
him to a better understanding OF
the benefits of a college education
Whether to return to college OF
accept a temptingly lucrative job
was hard decision for the veteran
to make. No doubt the CT bill
made the choice much easier. When
the bill came into being, host OF
college students was reborn sinful
taneously.
AS student veteran at both the
University of Southern California
at Los Angeles, and here at George
Washington, I have had an oppor-
tunity to observe the merits and
faults of the GI bills educational
program. The merits far outweigh
the faults. Only a fraction of the
veterans could have returned to col
lege If the Government had not de-
cided to pay all tuition. book costs
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Higher Educational Standards
Linked With Americas Fate
NEA Officer Holds QuibbIine Over Costs
Jeopurdizes Progress of individual and Nation
By Willard {. Giyens
Executive seeretory. National Education Asso

With the opening of new school
year, it is important to remember
that careful appraisal of the ade-
quacy of the American schools te
meet the needs of children and the
welfare of the Nation is a continu-
ing responsibility of American citi-
Eens 1t is responsibility that can
not be lightly regarded at any time
It is responsibility of the utmost
moment in this new and faSt-moV-
ing age.
The world we live in today is in
the grip of scientific and ideologi-
cal revolution. It's inventions and
innovations differ from each other
in that some are threat and
Others a promise to civilization. No
one of these movements will wait.
Scientific knowledge is advancing in
laboratories around the world.
America can easily lose its. record
for scientific achievement unless it
seeks and educateS those who can
maintain it. The dignity and worth
of the individual human being
which are the basic tenetS of the
American way cannot be served eX-
cept through the intelligent home
defense of a vigorous American
citizenship for which the basis is
laid in our American schools and
colleges.
Much at Stake.
That defense must be built now
There is no time to bubble over
the reasonable cost of education.
There was no quibbling over the
cost of radar. carriers or Superforts
in the late war. To bubble would
have been to lose lives and perhaps
victory. There is no less at stake
in the issues of peace. A people who
can pay for a war can pay to main
tain and improve what the war was
fought for.
American children have an as
signment that is not optional. They
are introduced to an incredibly COM
plex world, world Of quickly
achieved knowledge and skills, of
racial and class tensions, of inter-
national frictions, of bettered ira
ditions, of huge debts and of newt
able change. They must find their
way in the world We live in, and
they must have the education which
will help them do so. Our provi-
sions for such education are not
adequate.
Americans take too much for
Evening star., 1946-09-08

society. O1 course, tnere are tIlS
basic skills and knowledges which
are constant necessities for all
people. These essential tools of
learning must be mastered by all in
dividuals If they are to be literate
in a practical sense
The idea of mastery may be ter
rifying to us since we know that
children differ so widely in general
and specialized abilities. OF course
all children cannot master any block
of curricular offering at the same
age or at the same grade level.
These basic essentials can be mas
tered by some at any early age: for
others the training must be post
poned and repeated with constant
checking in order to be certain that
learning has actually taken place
and whether skills, once acquired,
are retained. In life we are Judged
by what we know and can do thor
oughly. Approximation do not seem
to be important
Children Differ in Ability.
The greatest difficulty In cur
riculum planning, however, is the
adaptation of subject matter beyond
these basic skills, to the varying
talents, interests and ambitions of
young people Children differ widely.
Nature did not create them by the
use OF a common mold and in
school, even if it were desirable, it
would be impossible to reshape them
according to a common intellectual
pattern. We know that in later years
these children will engage in multi
farlous occupations. 1t is the re-
sponsibility of the school to adapt
the training to their various in
terests and abilities so that each
will be prepared to assume effec-
lively his adult responsibilities.
Then, too. there is the problem that
the needs of society change. One of
the most serious criticisms of ed
ucatlon has been that in spite of
rapidly changing way of life the
process within the schools has re-
manned relatively static. 1t is OF
vital Importance to the children
themselves, to the community and
to the Nation that the work of the
schools be reattuned from time to
time to the changing requirements
OF society. If the young people in
the schools are to be effective in
adult life, the training which they
receive must be appropriate to the
kind of life and its demands which
they will experience in. later years.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

20 a certain class. I ask her why,
but she says she's rather not say.
Then l don't ask any more ques-
tions"
Substitutes who are mothers are
a big help, according to Mrs. Rogers.
1t seems they are more careful
with the offspring of other mothers,
both in class and on the playground.
She is inclined to sympathize with
all substitutes, though. Their most
frequent complaint, she says, goes
something like this:
Just when I've learned all the
children's names and have become
fond of them I have to leave them" I"
Evening star., 1946-09-08

Mrs. Hollister will say that some
of the older pupils TRY you out a
Bit" but she insists that if they have
become fond of their permanent
teacher they will behave very we'll as
a whole.
"Just get them interested in some
thing and they'll forget all about
throwing that paper dart or what
Evening star., 1946-09-08

an "annuar'-is concerned, the
whole trick is to win the children s
confidence. With reluctance typical
Of her calling. Mrs. Hollister cannot
recall ever facing classroom full
Of downright rascals. Once in a
while I get class I don't care for
quite SO much" Is the way she ex-
presses 1t.
Evening star., 1946-09-08

Uu,0OU through
out America will
be in the line.
In the District
of Columbia al
most 1000 will
be ON their way
to public schools
and t e a C hers
colleges. They
will enroll in
1913 elementary
schools, l9 Junior
high schools, II
S e nior h i G h
S C h ools, S vo-
cational h | G h
schools, 2 teach
Evening star., 1946-09-08
DR.. Corning Anoiyzes Needs
IOf Washington School Plants
Citizens of Future Should Be Provided
With Best Facilities, Superintendent Says
BY Hobort N. Corning
Il SxleaIx

The school bell rings! In response
thereto great army will soon be on
the march. an army of youth on its
way to school. Approximately 2S,-
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Daughter in Third Grade. .

It happened at Randle Highlands
School. where her child, Diane, was
a third-grade pupil. 1T worked out
fine" Mrs. Wallace recalls. She
called me Mother but none of the
other children seemed to mind. And
1 had chance to compare my child
with others. You know, teachers
don't always tell mothers every
thing"
Names present a big problem to
most substitutes. Reluctant to point
and say Hey, you." many will call
on THE little girl with the blue
ribbon" or The boy with the red
hair" Sometimes they play game
calculated to produce the names
without embarrassment or. ask the
children to pin name tags on them
selves.
As far as Mrs. Jeanette Hollister
Evening star., 1946-09-08

ly differing children and 70 The re-
quirements of a rapidly changing
society. OF course, there are the
basic skills and knoWledges which
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-15
Vet Available For
Vaccination Of Dogs
Here February 1928

DR.. A. j. Joyner of Gulfport
will be in Pascagoula February
% and %, located at various
points during the two days for
the convenience of the populace,
to vaccinate dogs against rabies,
he announced. DR.. Joyner is a
graduate of the Kansas City
Veterinary College.
Chief of Police J. E. Shirley
has urged that owners of dogs
see that the animals are prop
erly vaccinated against rabies.
Last year, he pointed out, there
were a number of instances of
dogs going mad and also cases
where an unvaecinated dog bit
some passerby, making it neces-
sary for that person to take the
Pasteur treatment.
DIR. Joyner's schedule will be
as follows: Friday, 8 to 10 a. m,
A and P Store on l4th street;
10 am. to noon, 18th street COM
munitv house; / to 3 p. M, Mar
ket street and Lincoln avenue,
near Stigler's store; 3 to 5 p. M,
new recreation building on Mar
ket street; Saturday, 3 a. m. to
noon, Duby's Cafe, APO Market
street; | to 5 p. m, City dog
pound.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-15
Mrs. Skeezix Honey
Honored At Shower
At Tillotson Home

On Thursday afternoon of last
week Mrs. William Tillotson
threw open her home at 1410
East TYLER avenue at a stork
shower honoring Mrs. Skeezix
Haney.
Janquils in lavish quantities
We're used in decorating the buff
fet and in vases and holders in
other parts of the home, one par
ticularly effective arrangements
being a metalized baby shoe with
all the worn and scuffed places
still showing, that held flowers.
Mrs. Haney received a number
of appropriate gifts, the presen-
tation being made in a blue-be-
ribboned basket.
After Mrs. Haney opened and
admired her gifts Mrs. Tillotson
served a salad course with fling
er sandwiches and other delicac-
les.
Besides the honor guest Others
present were Mesdames L. +
Taylor, Tom Bates, James cogs-
well, Isadore Levy, Ben Dukes
Cade WileV, Joe BlankenshiT
and r. Griffin and small Bobb,}
Griffin.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-15
BELvIDERE VISITORS HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dunbar,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Black
ledge, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Buck
and Nh. and Mrs. Roy Weaver
of Belvidere, H., are vacation
ing in Pascagoula where they
have rooms at the home of Mrs.
r. C. Pollitt on Beach Boule-
ward. They are all friends of
Verne Barnes, secretary-manager
of the Pascagoula-Mos Point
Chamber of Commerce, three of
them being past directors of the
Belvidere Chamber of Commerce
when Mr.. Barnes was connected
with that organization. The
group is ENJOYING golf on the
local course The men are all
past presidents or directors OF
BelMar, one of Northern Illinois
best country clubs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-15
Misses Robinson And
Golf Entertain For
Mss Doris Mccoy

A pretty pre-nuptial affair cen
ering around Miss Doris Mccoy
(. gho was to become the bride of
7. c. Deleomyn the following
saturday was a gift shower at
Which her maid of honor, Miss
Miss Beulah Golf We're h~ostesses
Dimple Robinson and bridesmaid,
at the home of the last named,
Tuesday evening, Feb. 5.
Flowers were used in decorat-
ing the home.
The presentation of the gifts
came as j complete surprise to
the honoree who received a large
number of lovely and appropriate
presents.
The hostesses were assisted bv
Miss Goff's mother. Mrs. G. f.
Goff ana Mrs. O'Neal Poitevin
in serving a refreshment course.
The guests were Miss Mccoy,
Mesdames l. f. Mccoy J. c.
Delcomyn, ST., C. w. Chambley,
and John Mellon and Misses Do
rothy and Katherine Rhodes Of
Moss Point and Bernice Goff, Sue
Richardson, Clara Taylor, Freda
Brewster, Helen Stevens and
Freda Stafford.
Others sending gifts but who
were unable to attend were Misses
Mary Smith, Helen Poitevin, Dor
is Hamilton, Aylene lilly, Edys
MCMILLAN and Mesdames Tress
Bexlev, Eloise Esslin and Max
inc Sullivan.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-15
Preston MouffroY
Has Party On His
Seventh Birthday

The seventh birthday of Pres
ton Mauffray was happily cele-
brated by a party given by his
mother, Mrs. N. E. Mauffray at
the family home, 701 9th street
last week.
Outdoor games furnished a.
musement, with Patsy Fox COM
ing off with a prize.
After games had been conclud-
ed Mrs. Mauffray was assisted by
Mrs. Lamar Cresswell in cut
ting the pink and white birth
day cake and serving it with
ice cream.
The young guests were Billy,
Bobby and Margaret Davenport,
Dannie Miller, Patsy Fox, Ken
meth Lee, John Lawrence, Jr.,
Yvonne and Myrtle Bennett,
Elaine, Norma and Elizabeth
Mauffray, Dickey Gradick, June
Farris, Jeff Brantley, and jim
mic and Rita McGrath.