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Evening star., 1947-11-17

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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
High School Chatter
By Clara Blevins


ions, the choice of profession, and
the choice of the boy or girl to fall
in love with.
MAKE your choices purposeful
and make them unselfish," DR.. Hol-
laway concluded.
Say, We have another play com
ing up April 8, at 800 p. m, "But
Fair Tomorrow" a dramtic club
presentation, in the high school
auditorium. Tickets are now on
sale from members of the cast.
Previously, mentioned the mem
bers of the cast, but here today I
have the committees They are as
follows: Publicity and advertising,
Jack Butler, general chairman;
Joyce Clark, Mildred Bowers, Don
Funk, 10 Ann Williams and Barbara
Hartsock; costumes and make up,
Doris Butts, general chairman; Pat
Stills and Mary 10 Murray, cos
tune assistants; Marilyn Murphy
Murphy and Nancy Saylor, make
up assistants; 10 Ann Beachley,
Peggy Lambros, Janice Zaiser, and
I Pat Crunkleton; property, Amelia
Falk, general chairman; Jean Hag-
erman, Carroll France, Doris Roney,
Nancy Milton, Carolyn Dodson, Roy
Lowell, Barbara Odend'hal; scenery
and light, George Payette, general
chairman; Courtney Miller and
Stanley Bond, lighting; John Diu-
quid and KEN Poole, flats; Mirianne
Hirshman, Wanda Hines, Patricia
Emerson, Lucille Geiselman, Ruth
Carroll, decoration; Helen Hite and
Dolores Kennedy.
Tuesday, March IS, the second
election was held in the home
rooms to decide who would become
the secretary of the Student Gov
eminent. And as chances were
John Davies came out on top with
over four hundred votes, to the
three hundred votes for Barbara
Odend'hal Q'n spell that girls
name right for once).
''The Power Behind the Nation
was presented at the high school
Monday for all history students, by
the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Co. This film showed the process
of mining coal, as a fuel, as chem
zeal and as base for nylon.
The best years of mans life arc
the last ten just before he stumbles
and Mrs"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Senior Scouts To
Hold Annual Dance

Invitations have been sent out for
the Fourth Annual Senior Scout
Promenade, to be held at Uncle
Johns Cabin, Friday evening, April
IS; with dancing and entertainment
from 8 to 1870 p. m. Music for
dancing will be furnished by the
new Al Gruber Club Royal Or
chestra.
The members of the Order of the
Arrow, a honorary camping society
of the local Boy Scouts of America,
are sponsoring this years dance
This committee is doing a COM
mendable job, and is leaving no
stone unturned in doing everything
possible to make this dance better
than ever. The committee includes:
Eddie Senior, Jr., G. Phillipy, r.
Spielman, ]. Reeder, B. Bearinger,
G. Funkhouser and D. Shirley. Roll
and G Hebb is adult advisor to the
committee.
The evening of dancing will in
clude some very special dances;
cake walk, spot dance, and Senior
dance. There will be a door prize
presented to two lucky couples at
tending. So far, the entertainment,
which will be presented as a floor
show, will include a complete re-
vue by the Judy Corrigan Study of
Dance; that mystifing trickster,
Reno the Magician; and several
other entertainers, with whom only
tentative arrangements have been
made. Refreshments may be OBJ
tanned at any time during the dance,
however especially prepared re-
freshments will be served after the
floor show as part of the price of
admission.
Tickets may be obtained from
any Scout Leader, or member of
the Order of the Arrow. They will
also be on sale at the promenade,
for all Senior Scouts and their
friends.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27

A musical comedy farce, a take
off" on the famous play Carmen"
by Georges Biget, will be presented
by the Spanish students at H. H. S.
on Auril IS in the high school aud
itorium.
Since the actual story and ar
rangement of the play is to be sec
ret to the student body, I have
been asked not to write lot about
it, but according to Mrs. Towson,
Spanish instructor at H. H. S., you'd
never recognize it.
The original play was rewritten
and rearranged, and with a little
modern South American music
novelty chorus numbers, and in
terpretative Spanish dances added
here, and some speaking parts there,
it has turned into an operetta. In
stead of in Seville, Spain, the set
ting will be laid in Brazil. As most
of you know, Carmen was a gypsy
cigarette girl in a cigarette factory,
but in our play it'll be coffee fac
tory (reason-they've got an awful
lot of coffee in BraziD I'd better
not say anymore about the play
until after April IS, but l can tell
you that Carmen will be played by
June Martin. Other important mem
bers of the cast are: Toreador, Ted
Meyer; Captain of the Guards, Vic
tor Bowers; Micaela, Jean Hager-
man.
All costumes, except those for the
girls, will be ordered from Balti-
more.
There will be an introduction to
our version of "Carmen"-a typical
scene at the Val, of high school kids
sitting at tables drinking cokes.
The Pan American Day program is
over and it is being torn to shreds
by this happy group, In this way
the actual program will be pre-
scented.
The adaptation was done by Mir
ian Hirshman, George Payette, Rae
Spector, Fred Jones and Trinkey
Morgan, with contributions from
other Spanish students.
DR.. Fred D. Holloway, president of
the Western Maryland College,
Westminster spoke to the student
body Tuesday, March IS, on the
question of making wise choices.
''Life is full of choices, but you
should be able to choose the best
way" he said.
The main choices during a per-
sons life are: The choice of compan-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Joseph Craig Again
Heads Local Union

Joseph E. Craig was elected pres
ident of Amalgamated Local 842,
UAW-CIO, last week, in balloting
that concluded on Saturday even
ing, gaining majority of about 300
votes over his opponent, Sherman
Snodderly.
Other successful candidates were:
Vice-president, Paul Hogan; finan-
cial secretary, w. H. Mclean; re-
cording secretary, Connie James;
guard, Edward Vaughn; sergeant-at-
arms, C. w. Rogers, board members,
Arthur Fuss, Bill Parker; trustee,
John Hammond.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Winter Street PIT. A.
Holds Regular Meeting

At the meeting of the Winter Street
PIT. A. last Thursday night, Health,
Safety and Character Education"
was the topic Of discussion.
DR.. Margaret Sullivan, pediatrist,
the first speaker, stressed the phys
ical needs of the child, particularly
the very young, and the value of a
periodic check-up.
Rev. Gordon Sperry, assistant pas
tor of Christ Evangelical and Re-
formed Church, said in his talk on
character Education, that the three
ways to develop charcter were: First,
to be raised in a good family atmos-
phere; second, to have good assoc
iates. which would influence a boy
or girl to become a better adult;
and third, we'll rounded religious
life.
Mrs. Floyd Benner, member of
the Winter Street faculty, suggested
that there should be developed with
in each child an awareness of the
dangers he may meet in every day
life.
Following the discussion, the group
was entertained with several selec-
tions on the zylophone by Miss Mar
garet Amsley.
Mrs. Lawrence Downey, Mrs. Al
bert Baltzley and Mrs. Charles Rum
mel, were appointed members of the
nomination committee, to nominate
PIT. A. officers for next year.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Council OF Churches
To Meet Here

At a meeting of the Maryland
Delaware Council of Churches, held
in Baltimore on Friday, at the Stan
ford Hotel, plans were made for
the spring meeting to be held May
q, at the Presbyterian Church in
this city.
The guest speaker will be Mrs.
Harper Selby. Reservations may be
made by calling Miss Irene Middle
kauff, phone 971-J.
Mrs. George Bell and Mrs. M.
w. Dutton were the delegates from
Hagerstown at the meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Would Teach Auto Driving

AS means of reducing the num-
Der of automobile accidents involv-
ing teen-age drivers, Magistrate
William L. K. Barrett, of the Bal
timore Traffic Court, believes that
the local high schools should include
compulsory course in automobile
driving, particularly safe driving,
in their curricula.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Shifting The Blame

If little Johnnie brings home a
bad report card it may not be his
fault but his teachers, so say the
State Department of Education,
State Teachers Association and
Maryland Congress of Parents and
Teachers, who maintain that I'M
qualified teachers teaching subjects
they have never studied themselves,
a makeshift educational program
and crowded, broken-down schools
may quite possibly be the cause
for a students unsatisfactory marks.
This &c vO11r town boost it.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Discontinue Studies

More than 1000 war veterans
who had enrolled in Maryland
schools have discontinued their
studies under the CT Bill of Rights,
according to the Baltimore Regional
Office of the Veterans Administra-
ton, which explained that this fig
ure does not include those registered
at the University of Maryland or
in Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Garden Pilgrimage Scheduled

The Federated Garden Clubs of
Maryland will make their 10th An
nual Maryland House and Garden
Pilgrimage, May 3-13, at which time
over 100 Maryland Homes and Gar
dens will be open to the public.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
Antique Show Planned

Announcement has been made of
a Maryland Antique Show to be
held in the Maryland State Armory
at Towson on May IA, Is and Is.
All antique dealers and lovers of
antiques are invited to attend the
exhibition.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27
1t Happened
During The Week
Continued from Page 81
Catawba College Alumni
CIub Elects Officers

About 40 alumni and parents were
present at the recent meeting of the
local Catawba College Alumni AS
ISOLATION, in the Rose Room of the
Hotel Hamilton, at which time Park
w. T. 10y, Jr., was elected president
of the club.
Other officers elected were: Edwin
j .Trexler, vice-president, and Made
line Herbert Peyton, secretary-treas-
urer.
1t was decided by the group to
hold a reunion at Hershey Park on
the second Saturday in August this
summer. Paul Caldwell read a let
ter of greetings from DR.. A. R. KEEP
pei, president of the college. Motion
pictures were also shown at the
meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-03-27

This is your town, boost it.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

which strongly recommends
Legitimate exposure" of real
Communists and real Fascists."
Nobody in power seems to want
to expose the Fascists today and
l have no doubt that Rankin,
Thomas and STRIPPING of the
un-American committee con-
slider their antics Legitimate
exposure" of real Commu-
nists." This un-American COM
mittec, created by Congress, is
subverting the same Bill of
Rights the report seeks to
strengthen.
In other words, the Presi-
dents group indirectly aids
those who today are trying to
take away our rights. Reaction,
working the Moscow DOGGY
through the un-American COM
mittee, has succeeded in Gre
ating such an anti-democratic
atmosphere that only deter
mined action will get Congress
to pass the progressive legisla-
ton asked by the report.
What's more, the atmosphere
gets worse. In Trenton, N. j.,
last week, Communist meet
ing was broken up. But if you
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
-rRANK-LY SPEAKING
FRANKLY SPEAKING
More civil rights toIk
3Yyl!ll Xyy,yglyyII Sy.Q3y1
Frank |155:Il I|:Us

think they are after only the
avowed Communists, consider
that at Jersey City group of
pickets tried to prevent a meet
ing at which DR.. Frank King
don, national co-chairman of
Progressive Citizens of America,
announced his candidacy as a
Democrat for U. S. senator. Hate
rides more and more openly in
America.
I SUSPECT that the same
reactionary forces that fathered
the Taft-Hartley law, split the
unions and now use the Red
scare to silence liberal and pro-
gressive thought will render
the usual lip service to the re-
port because it is based pri-
marily on that most embarrass-
ing failure of democracy, the
treatment of Negroes. But l
am confident the Negro people
will want action instead of
words and that this will be
major issue of the 1913 CAM
paign in the nations black
ghettoeS.
Unfortunately. the Presidents
committee fails TO realize that
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

But they aren't necessarily
guilty of burglary"
mo, perhaps not. But they
are guilty of vagrancy. And if
you treat them exactly in the
right way, they'll plead guilty
of burglary. have you there
well, them" said Alice, Am
to understand that if you are
guilty of one thing you are al
ways accused of being guilty
of something else?"
Il beg pardon" said the
Knight, haughtily. 81 am not
guilty of anything"
II used the word you only
because one gets so confused if
one uses one in ones sem
tences."
objection overruled," said
the White Knight. Answer Yes
or No.
Answer Yes or No to what?"
ITO the charge
"But Pm not charged with
anything"
Perhaps not. But you will
be-
"Why?'
"B ecause you are kind
hearted"
Being kind-hearted is no
crime"
Mot a crime, exactly, per-
haps, but it can be an official
Inconvenience"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

ccWTHO are these poor unfor-
w Inmates in this miserable
bull-pen?" asked Alice, a SYM
pathetic tear in her eye.
"They are guilty of free
speech said the White knight.
Please don't tease me-" said
Alice. Persons cannot be
charged with free speech"
who said anything about
charging them with free
speech?" demanded the White
knight. "They aren't charged
with anything of the sort. Free
speech is only what they're
guilty Of"
well, then, what is the
charge against them?"
"They are charged with being
vagrants.''
But they aren't vagrants."
certainly not. But you can't
deny that they are guilty of
free speech"
II thought that the only per-
son who could be charged with
vagrancy was tramp"
What a primitive notion!
Tramps are never charged with
vagrancy."
"What are they charged with
them"
with burglary"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

HOPE you VIII not be
impatient with me-" said
Alice. Pm really quite inter-
ested in this system, and I
would like to know more about
it,
please choose your words
more carefully. You sound like
a spy, and if I thought you
were, I would be compelled
on. my conscience as a citizen
to have you arrested on a
charge of resisting arrest"
"But l haven't resisted ar
rest"
eff policeman tried to ar
rest you on charge of resist
ing arrest, wouldn't you resist?"
"Of course"
You see, you're guilty al
ready
OH" said Alice, just a lit
Otle exasperated, lets
change the subject. Who is that
man sitting in the solitary con-
finement cell?"
That said the White
Knight, lis Dangerous Grim
inal."
ooh, a murderer"
Certainly not. More danger
Gus than murderer. He is
a Thinker"
"It's no crime to think"
you don't seem to get the
idea at all. 1t is crime to OBJ
struct the traffic."
How did he obstruct traf-
fic?"
He didn't. But he declared
that it was ridiculous for
judge to drive in an intoxicated
condition to the court and SEN
tence men to Jail for driving
while intoxicated"
II don't see what that has to
do with obstructing traffic"
"That's exactly the beauty of
tit has nothing to do with it.
That makes it so much easier
to prove"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

IF he appeals, we charge him
with something else. There's
the beauty of the system. If you
charge a man with the crime
he really committed, your pros
ecution is limited to one count.
But if you charge him with
something else, you have the
whole book of statutes to
choose from.
"If man gets free on four
or five various charges, we
commit him to an insane asy-
lum."
Doesn't it happen sometimes
that a man gets free of every
thing?" Alice asked.
ooh, certainly. But the sys-
tenn provides even for that. BY
that time he has spent all his
money on litigation, his repu-
tation is ruined, and he has
spent as much time in jail as
he would have spent on the
original charge anyhow"
"Then," said Alice, in sad
bewilderment," Am ! to UNI
derstand that most of the peo-
pie in jail are innocent?"
Every one, ''said the White
Knight tolerantly but YEARLY,
everyone in the world, my
dear child, is innocent of some
thing"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

the rights of all citizens are
indivisible. The long denial of
constitutional rights 10 Negroes
makes if easier TO deny rights
TO others. Our strong reaction
aries. who subvert the Consti-
tuition by refusing full equality
to darker Americans on the
ground that they are criminals.
inferior and childlike. have led
large sections of America INFO
believing that Communists are
agents of foreign power and
want TO overthrow the govern
ment by force and violence"
Having established this thought
pattern. they classify all gen.
uine liberals and progressives
as Communists"
Reaction isolates Negroes be-
cause it knows that if we
black and white Americans
smash the artificial barriers of
race and work together, we can
break the power of the econ
omic dictators of America. Re-
action isolates liberals and pro-
gressives as Communists be-
cause it knows that these people
may lead the way in eradicat-
ing poverty and reducing fat
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

profits. Reaction stands ready
to make war against any group
that threatens the domination
of Big Business.
THE Presidents committee
ought to know that this is the
real reason for the hate against
minority racial, religious and
political groups. The committee
should realize that when one
group is isolated and attacked,
all of us suffer. Under our
traditions, we are actually I'M
American if we split up liberty,
handing it only to those groups
who serve the interests of the
rulers.
The Presidents committee
forgot that under the Bill of
Rights. real Communists" also
have freedom. There is no more
constitutional justification for
the legitimate exposure" of
real Communists" than for the
legitimate exposure" of real
Negroes" There should be no
special rights for nom ommu-
nisis just as there should be
none for white Americans.
That's what the committee was
supposed 10 see about anyway.
this business of special rights
for favored groups.
I repeat, the Bill of Rights is
for everybody. It's indivisibIe.
But We've got to fight to make
1T work, and the Presidents
committee, despite my differ
ence on this one point, has
written document which every
American should support.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
. Alice in
JusfieeIunn nd
BY JAKE FALSTAFF

Jake Falstaff was the pseu-
donYm of Herman Fetzer 1885,
1929. A newspaperman in Ak
ron and Cleveland. and for a
short time in New York. Fetzer
conducted his "Pippins and
Cheese" column with wit and
audacitY.
His story. Alice in Justice
Land" appears in a recent an
thologY. Midland Humor." ed
tied by Jack ConroY. and pub
lished by A. A. WYn Co.
Permission has been granted
TO The Chicago Star by Fetx-
er's widow. Hazel. and the pub
fishers TO reprint this story.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

commended statutes in the near
future. The only hope is a de-
mand for action by an aroused
citizenry.
Federal fair employment leg
islation, a strong anti-lyncyhing
bill, abolition of the poll tax,
outlawing OF restrictive residen-
tial covenants are some of the
goals sought. But this is a day
when Big Business rules the
nation, and Big Business still
finds race and religious preju-
dice highly profitable.
BUT for all its strength, the
report had one major weak
ness. This was that section
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
eeTHE whole system,' said
i Alice, lis silly"

Nothing OF the kind" said
the White Knight. Its very
sane and very human. If you
hate your neighbor as you love
yourself, you don't charge him
with being hateful person.
You call up the police and tell
them that his automobile is
parked without a tail light.
That's our system exactly.
Only we carry it a step far
ther. Our system has been
made SO perfect that the tail
light doesn't have to be out.
it can be proved that it might
go out-that it's potentially out.
by the same token, you see,
people might gather in groups
to discuss the opinions of the
man who says a drunken judge
oughtn't sentence drunks. And
that might obstruct traffic."
"The whole system seems to
be predicated on the word
might" said Alice.
Might said the White
Knight, solemnly, makes right.
The whole thing in a nutshell
is this:
Its much easier to convict
a man of something he didn't
do than it is to prove that what
he really was doing was a
crime.
so if man is guilty of pass
ing tracts, we charge him with
ittering the streets. If he is
picketing, we charge him with
lettering. If ne writes book
which doesn't agree with our
economic notions, we have him
arrested on a charge of obscen-
ity. If he thinks the working
man has as much right to drink
as the executive, we apprehend
him on a charge of violating
the Mann act.
IF the charge doesn't stick.
we try another
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

fuI groups and IN
dividuals to sub
vert our Consti-
tuition that l fear
the committees
report may be
m er ly orna-
mental. / see no
sign of Congress
or state legisla-
lures voluntarily
passing the rec
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
THAT was a stirring

document prepared by
President Truman's Civil Rights
Committee. But so is the Con-
stitution with the Bill of Rights.
1t is the law of the land and
if it were observed in letter
and spirit, there would be no
need for a special presidential
committee.
1t is because there is deter
mination by selfish but power
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

profits. Reaction stands ready
to make war against any group
that threatens the domination
of Big Business.