Evening star., 1947-03-23
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love.

The most surprising bit Of news
to come my way in a long time is
this note from Woodrow Wilson
High School:
"Math can be fun
AS a student, I always found it
anything but fun. In fact, I don't
recall ever having made good mark
in it. And I still get into trouble
every time I tackle any figure higher
than 10.
This is written soon after an eight
hour bout with my income tax re-
turn. AS is my habit, I worked out
my tax six times without getting
the same result twice. On the
seventh try, the tax was within a
nickel of the third result, so I
settled for that. Next year, If I'm
not in Jail, I'm going to ask help
of those Wilsonites who think that
''math can be fun" (
It's the Wilson Math Club that
processes to find fun in the sub
ject. Under the guidance Of Mrs.
Ruth B. Lane, mathematics teacher,
the group recently devoted q meet
ing to the quest And. my spies
report, it was highly successful.
The fun, I'm told, was in the form
OF problems and puzzles" at which
Lee Blore. secretary treasurer of the
club. proved himself sort of Junior
Einstein.
Dunbar High Schools recently
established Student Court is admin
istering justice and getting some
cleaning done at the same time.
AS reported in this column a
couple Of weeks or SO ago, the court
was set up for the purpose of trying
students accused OF infractions Of
the school rules. Before hearing
its first case, the court-judge, dis
trlct attorney and clerks-sat in on
some real trials conducted by Munic-
lpal Judge A. w. Scott.
The first students tried at Dunbar
were two boys, charged with disobey-
ing the hall patrol by using the
wrong stairways. Judge and jury
listened gravely as the prosecutor
and the defense counsel presented
their evidence through the testimony
OF witnesses.
Both boys were found guilty. and
Judge LaVerne Clark sentenced one
to clear the cafeteria for two days"
and the other to sweep the armory
after recess periods for two days"
Junior jottings: Club Teen, 614
E street NV, has new furniture and
equipment. incidentally, Tony Laz-
zari. Mckinley High School, is editor
of the CTS weekly Gazette, for
which Betty CLANCY, Chamberlain
Vocational School, is doing some top
notch reporting. :. Want free trip
to Holland? Then, if you are high
school senior write an essay of 1000
to 1000 words on THE Influence
OF Dutch Settlement on American
Civilization" and mail it before MAY
l to: The Chairman Of the Essay
Project of the Centennial Commits
sion, DR.. Clarence De Graaf, Hope
College, Holland, Mich. The first
three prizes will be trips of about
weeks to the Netherlands; three
other prizes will be trips to Holland,
Mich, during the celebration of the
centennial Of the Great Migration
from the Netherlands to the Middle
West. Details of the contest may be
obtained from the Centennial Com
mission. Jane Chiles, new editor
in-chief of Tech Life, worked her way
up from q reportorial job in three
semesters Mozelle Bigelow, long
time Us correspondent at Eastern
High School, has been advanced to
assistant copy editor of the Eastern
er g. Junior Red Cross members
In New Orleans schools collect fish,
scales for servicemen and veterans,
who use them to make jewelry and
ornaments