Evening star., 1947-03-28
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

FFODdDly LIe HlOSG enLIluSldSIlC-
ally and thoroughly read newspa-
pers in the city Of Washington are
those printed at the variouA, high
schools here.
Combined calculations of the pa
pers at the is high schools runs
close to 10000. Besides giving the
students publications in which to
express views and talents, they
serve as training ground for many
boys and girls who will make good
in the newspaper profession later.
And just what do these 10000
teen-age readers get for their
money when they buy their school
paper?
The average high school news
paper is four pages, appears every
two weeks and is very modern in
formal. Four of them are printed
on the presses in the school printing
shops, the others are done by COM
mercial printers.
Gossip Columns Featured.
Most of them feature some sort of
gossip column. At Central High
School it is called "Dateline" and is
written by Ernie Monroe Mr.. Mon
roe, who seems to be as good
Walter Winchell as the high school
press has to offer, goes in for items
such as Jack Vert, Dot Avencena,
Jean Miller and Steve Manos max
ing foursome these days"
His fellow students love it.
Most of the papers, however, have
anonymous gossip columns, un-
doubtedly on the theory that man
or woman who exposes the love
affairs of his fellows deserves some
protection. At Mckinley High. the
column is called observation Tow
err" At Chamberlain Vocational
High School, all pretense is thrown
aside, and it is called Gossip" with
subhead, Keep up with your
gossip"
Wallace Wade, the editor of the
Anacostia High School Pow-Wow,
is photographer as well as an ed
itor. One of his issues calls for
longer straws in the school cafe
terra or shorter milk bottles"
1t also carries story about Wal
lace winning second prize for taking
the best photograph of Movie Star
Tom Drake when he was in Wash
ington for the premiere of his movie
on the atom bomb, The Beginning
or the End" Wallace said he in
tended to get into the newspaper
Photographic business one of these
days.
The Pow-Wow also has a lady
sports editor, the only one in the
high school press. Miss Virginia
Lancer also is pretty definite about
her ambitions. In response to
question, What will you be doing
10 years from now?" she answered:
Sitting in press box beside
Grantland Rice"
At Armstrong High School, the
Torch cartoonist has a social con-
sciousness that is apparent in his
drawings. One issue carried a draw
ing by Roy Reynolds of a teacher
calling the roll in class. The line
under the cartoon read: by the
time she has finished calling the
roll, the period is over Armstrong
classes are notoriously overcrowded
The editor, William Brown, draws
cross word puzzles which are
printed in the Torch with prizes Of
fered for the first solution.
Inquiring Reporters Busy.
The inquiring reporter columns
are found in most of the school
papers. At Western High School.
the Breeze features a mythical
character known as the Breeze
Hound who queries students on
anything that comes to his mind.
The Hound one week asked What
would you do during the extra hour
if there were Is hours in a day?"
Craig Angel answered, Eat;
Wade Hubbard, Sleep" and Jacque
Jacoby. Follow my secret heart"
All of the papers feature person.
ality sketches each issue of promi-
nent students. At Coolidge High
School, the Courier picks Colt
Cover Boy or Colt Cover Girl"
for each paper.
Dolores Williams writes disc
Dope" FOR the Dunbar High School
News Reel. At Anacostia, Jean
Mclaughlin writes Spinning the
Platters' Ali papers go in for the
latest information on hot records.
All the editors concede they have
troubles occasionally in getting
their papers out on time.
Miss Esther Ludke, editor Of the
fastener at Eastern J gh School,