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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
District Area College!
Planning Ambitious
Dramatic Program
>By WolIoce {. Cioyton

College students Interested IL
good drama-either as partic1'
pants or spectators-will fine
Washington area schools have an.
ticipated their interest.
American University plans sia
productions this year; George
Washington University has added
a faculty member to help with the
direction of it's four plays: Howard
University's program will be some
what curtailed during the fall, but
will regain it's impetus when the
Howard players return from
three month tour of Europe;
Maryland University has employed
a set technician to help with its
program, and Catholic University
as usual, plans an ambitious
schedule which probably will lead
of with Romeo and Juliet"
indicative of the ever-increas-
ing emphasis on collegiate drama
in this area is the program at
American university.
Two Plays Last Year.
Last year the university stu
dents presented but two plays.
The new season has already
started, with an out-of-doors pres
entation of Our Town" The
Thornton Wilder classic, which
played four-day run last month,
will be presented on the campus
again the week of September 26,
Presentation of four one-act
plays is scheduled for the week OF
November 7; after the Christmas
holidays. THE Male Animal will
be presented and an original musi-
cal comedy is scheduled for the
week of February 20. A still un;
selected play will occupy the week
of April Z, and the ambitious
American University season will
close with it's traditional Shake
spearean production.
Julius Caesar" will be the play
this year, and it will be done out
of-doors at the Shakespearean
theater during the week OF
May q.
Productions Tripled.
American University is frankly
making a bid for recognition as
school with an accomplished
theater group. DR.. Severino Mon
tano, newly appointed associate
professor in charge of theater
activities, hopes to develop a COM
munity dramatic group at the
school. whereby students and
Washington residents will COM
(See DRAMATICS, Page Ego
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Catholic High School
Here for Boys 10 Be
Readyin Two Years
(picfure on pnne Ed
By Fred De luno

While preparing for the firs1
full day of classes tomorrow ir
the city's parochisl schools, Wash
ington Catholic school officials are
turning a no less interested eye
on a bare 11-acre plot of land fal
out in the Northeast section OF
the city.
For there, at 1900 Hardwood
road NE. a large new building
will begin to rise soon that almost
two years from now is expected
to experience some Of the same
opening day hustle.
1t will be the new $1,000, 000-
plus high school for boys an
nounced last Wednesday by the
Most Rev. Patrick A. OBoyle.
Archbishop of Washington. De-
tailed plans for the structure were
revealed yesterday by Archbishop
OBoyle.
To Have FL Classrooms.
Situated on one of the highest
points in the atty between Sol
diers' Home and Catholic Univer-
sity, the building when finished
will stand three stories high and
will accommodate nearly 1000
students in its 81 classrooms. Con-
struction is scheduled to begin
in late October or early November
and should be finished in time
for classes in September, 1851.
The project is part of a $780,
900 archdiocese building program
that also includes five elementary
schools in the area, one OF
which-St. Hugh's in Greenbelt,
Md.-is slated to open its doors
this October Is.
No name has yet been selected
for the new high school. Arch
bishop O'Boyle said. 1t will be
shaped like a gigantic III" and
will bear a large cross atop a
central stair tower that will face
the sky.
Augustinian Fathers will make
up the staff, tentatively set at 38,
each of whom will have individual
living quarters. They also will
have their own library and a
chapel with 10 affairs.
Washington Architects.
Architects are the Washington
firm of Murphy & Locraft, noted
for their work in churches and
schools. Among other buildings
here designed by the firm are Dun
barton College OF Holy Cross and
the Hebrew Academy Of Wash
ington.
Other parochial schools in the
archdiocese opened last Thursday
for halliday sessions, with full
scale operation to begin tomorrow.
An innovation this year in
Catholic elementary schools is a
new civics course emphasizing the
obligations and rights of American
citizenship. That text will be 1.-THE
Christian Citizen-His Challenge, u
co-authored by Rev. DR.. Thomas
J. Quigley, director of schools for
the diocese Of Pittsburgh. and Sis
ter Mary Dennis Donovan.
Among changes in top personnel
is the appointment of Brother j.
Edward as principal Of the Mill
tary road school Of st. Johns Col
lege. New principal at Immacu-
lata Junior College is Sister Mary
Genevieve. Sister Margaret Agnes
1Coa NATIIOI rs po no ECD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11

Teachers salaries still low.
For public schools throughout
the Nation, says the National Edu-
cation Association. the year ahead
will be one of difficult adjust
ment. A $300,000,000 education
aid bill has been stalled in Con-
gress.
The United States Office of Ed
ucation estimates an elementary
school enrolment of 23,377,5 500
this fall. an increase of 100000
from last year. High school en-
rollments are up 263, 900 to a total
Of 6,533,000.
First-graders of all ages, the
Census Bureau estimates, will in
crease from 3.926,000 last year to
4,048,0 900. The Office of Educa-
ton reports 100000 of them are
Swear -olds, compared to 2,723,-
600 last year.
New Construction Lacking.
The school picture is compli-
Gated by the almost complete alb
sence of new-school construction
An NEA study of city schools
shows 100000 pupils housed in
obsolete buildings; 1853 school
systems providing halliday ses-
sions to care for 123,700 pupils.
OF 1000 communities examined,
sc per cent needed one or more
elementary buildings, 40 per cent
senior high schools. % per cent
junior high schools and % per
cent needed other types of school
buildings.
Federal officials estimate that
500, 100000 will be spent on new
buildings and improvements in
1949, compared with the one
billion -dollars-a-year expenditure
deemed necessary for the next
10 years.
Another problem is maintaining
qualified teaching stats. The NEA
says that more than $4,000 new
elementary teachers are needed
to replace teachers holding emer-
gency certificates, to handle ex-
panded enrolment. for normal
requirements and to get classes
down to a Nation wide average of
IS pupils.
1900 Teachers Graduated.
To meet this demand, colleges
this year graduated only 1900
teachers for the elementary
schools.
The Council of State Govern
ments,( reporting on the qualifica-
tons of teaching stats in the
48 States, shows over $1,000
teachers with no college prepara-
ton; over 10000 with less than
two years of college. Forty-one
per cent of all teachers in ele-
mentary and secondary schools
have less than four years of COL
lege work.
Most poorly trained teachers
work in rural elementary schools,
the council says. In Minnesota, for
example. all but SO of $500
teachers with less than two years
college preparation are employed
in xural schools; Tennessee, over
$500 out of 1000; Georgia, all but
"a out of 1900 with no college
preparation; Mississippi, over
3.700 with no college and less than
$50 Of these are in urban school
systems.
AS the new school year opens,
teachers salaries are higher, but
the council reports average an
nual salaries of teachers, includ-
ing principals and supervisors,
range from above $3,400 in New
York to less than 81 800 in Missis-
sippi. Nearly half of Arkansas
teachers received less than $500
in 1918. In Georgia, 46 per
cent were. in this low bracket;
Kentucky, 81 per cent; North Da-
kota, ~ per cent, and Nebraska,
26 per cent. On the other hand,
California, Nevada and Washing
ton had no teachers receiving less
than $2.400.
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but School Supt. HOBART M.
Corning and his staff are going
out on no limbs predicting by
Just how much. The rise is ex-
pected in the elementary grades
war babies still-and in the
colored high schools.
Last year found the second
day enrolment up to $1,000. BY
October. when the peak normally
is reached, the number of stu
dents in the public schools was
90,866.
Factors in Increase.
Two factors enter in the ex-
pected larger number of children
entering grade schools. The large
birth rate during the war is surg
ing up to the school level-reach-
ing it first last year-and the
District has eliminated midyear
promotions in the lower grades
as a starter to abolishing them
throughout the schools.
Last year a child had to be 5
years old by November l to enter
kindergarten, but this year he
may be 5 years old by January
Is and still get in kindergarten
in September. This will bring in
about half the number of children
who normally would register for
the second semester in February.
Increasing school population in
some sections of the city is ex-
pected to force at least IA ele-
mentary schools to operate part
time classes for more than 300
boys and girls. Five of these are
white schools and the remainder
colored schools.
Part-Time Glasses.
The white schools where the
part-time classes will be necessary
are Kenilworth, Beers. Congress
Heights, Patterson and Stanton.
while the colored schools are
John F. Cook. Langston, Morse.
Richardson, Thomas, Birney An
mex, Garfield, Turner and Payne.
The crowded situation is regard
ed as serious in the colored high
schools. Cardozo - already OPP
Grating on a triple shifts ex-
pecting it's peak enrolment last
year of more than 1,700 to be sur
passed. The schools rated ca
pacity is only 1,040. Dunbar with
a capacity of 1915 is expected to
enroll more than last years 1,740
and the same is true with Arm
strong where 1850 attended last
year. although the capacity is L.
OFT.
The Board of Education still is
trying to decide what to do about
Cardozo. Three plans are being
considered-the permanent trans
fer of Central to colored students,
the temporary transfer of Central
or the transfer of Wilson Teach
ers' College students to Central so
the overflow from Cardozo can use
Wilson'S building.
Lack of Qualified Teachers.
DR.. Corning said the lack of
teachers for the white elemen-
tary schools still is a big problem.
He said that about 245 of the 800
teachers in the white
schools would be temporary. The
only encouraging sign is that the
temporary teachers are improv-
ing.
The lack of qualified teachers
does not exist in other levels
either in the white or colored
schools, although the lack Of
,eacher positions in the budget
the co1ored schools par
,icularly from getting sufficient
eachers to cut down the size Of
.lasses. En-
Briefly. here's what students
,oing to school must know about
to get through the
irst day:
The elementary, Junior high,
;enior high and teachers colleges
See D. c. SCHOOLS. Page ESD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Teacher Shortage Still Critical
As Schools Face Heaviest Year
By Doyid Taylor Morke
AP Educotion Writer

education Americas children flock back to
school:
up year.
short schools overcowded
building billion
children ready for kindergarten place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
10000 Enrolment Expected
As Schools Open Tomorrow
By Colt HendIey, Jr.
Education Editor OF The Stur

end of the vacatonsand start of school fun
really girls OF the District
who must report public for that first day OF
the semester.
surpass enrolment of 8 last year,
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(See CATHOLIC, Page !
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(See DEANE, Page ED
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(See NEARBY SCHOOLS, P. E-S
Evening star., 1949-10-09

in. Her first reaction is to defend the
person who got her into trouble.
In her seven years with Ken Muir
rays 'Blackouts, she missed only
seven performances. She holds rec
ord for 2,332 consecutive perform
ances and was always the first to
arrive at the theater.
There is some debate in. movie
circles as to the quality of her intel
igence. There is \ school that
holds her to be q tsshrewd
COOKIE" who has. adopted in
real life the dumb roIe she plays
on the screen. Others insist she is
MY Friend Irma" in the flesh,
doesn't have to act the part at all.
My own impression is that she
is neither dumb nor devious, but
absent minded in the most literal
sense of the word. Her mind is ever
elsewhere. and she views life and
people through a benevolent he@e.
Suitog Dianst Know
SHE can't bear to be discourteous.
she winces at the mere thought of
distressing anyone. She would rather
seem stupid than defend herself from
injury. When she married Allen
Nixon, she neglected to inform a
previous suitor of her marriage, be-
cause she couldn't bear to hurt him.
He remained for months afterwards
under the impression that he was
engaged to her.
A helpless sort of girl. And yet
what harm has her docilty done
her? The meek shall inherit the
earth. Marie has her share in Holy
wood real estate. The End
Evening star., 1949-10-09
chow | BECAME A STAR"
Continued from page nine

umphed, and Marie is still under
the impression that the devilish in
genuity of the press agents rather
than her own talents made her a star.
To be sure, she doesn't have to 70
in for stunt publicity any more, now
that she is top star infradio - fifth
in national rating on the air - and
the feature attraction in her come
back film. MY Friend Irma." Her
salary runs into four figures weekly,
and her hold on the box Office is
unassailable.
shs cs-lht Refuse
That being the case. why did she
recently consent to being photo
gaphed sitting on a cake of ice?
"Oh," she explains vaguely. "the
press agent was 80 nice didn't have
the heart to refuse him. Do you
know. he actually sent a bouquet of
flowers to my room!"
Flowers indeed! If they were less
than the rarest of orchids, the press
agent was an migrate.
For Marie is the gentlest and
most docile creature that ever was
in show business. She positively
can't say no" to a press agent. She
recently signed paper without
reading it, of oourse) that obligated
her to lose Is pounds in three weeks.
1t was in connection with a reducing
pill advertisement - for the before
and-after illustrations. Since Marie
had already reduced to her limit for
Evening star., 1949-10-09

when the authorities were conduct
ing drive against burlesque houses.
Marie used a mock strip-tease for
her act in Ken Murray's Black
outs" that fabulous stage revue that
ran seven years in Hollywood and
opened last month on Broadway.
Obligingly. Marie showed up in
court wearing her mink coat and
very little on underneath it.
The script called for her to fling
off the coat and launch into a
dramatic speech about our boys in
the foxholes.
"This," she was supposed to
say, ''is what the boys are fight
ing for. This is what they want
to come home to"
The judge turned red in the face.
and looked 80 menacing that Marie,
who hadn't liked the stunt in the
first place, became thoroughly fright
ened. Instead of making her dra-
matte speech, she burst into tears.
Rich Company
DESPITE this, the costume II or
the lack of it - carried the day.
The story broke in all the papers,
and Marie was quoted with Gypsy
Rose Lee and Ann Corio in defense
of the art of strip teasing.
Il rather resented being put in
their company. she observed wryly.
They were making much more
money than I was at the time"
Anyway, the press agent tri-
Evening star., 1949-10-09

ture, it is because the spirit of
sportsmanship is not entirely dead
in show business. To take advantage
of Marie Wilson would be like shoot
ing fish in a barrel. There would be
no fun in it. since Marie never knows
or minds when she has been taken
Evening star., 1949-10-09

her role in the movies, it would have
been quite dangerous for her to meet
the extra 15-pound commitment.
But she had promised, and she was
game.
# they let her out of that one and
other predicaments of a similar ma
Evening star., 1949-11-22
Rise From Chair Easily
By Josephine Lowmon

| down should not be sudden move
mentS.
You will know from the CONVEX
sation or general atmosphere or
your own intention, that you are
leaving soon. You do not have to
hurry this activity. You can sit
and talk a minute or so on the
edge Of your chair or the divan
with your legs and feet together,
# the divan or chair is very deep
and this makes your knees bend
very sharply, you can place your
| feet a little to the left or to the
right, knees together, and still look
graceful.
know this sounds kind o1
superficial, but truly 1t makes q
great difference in the impression
you create. If you try to get your.
self up out of deep divan without
this technique you will need 9
helper and II you push yourself
up you will look 10 years oldel
than you are!
| If you would like to have my
leaflet No. 81, "Grace and Charm,
which gives you help in walking
gracefully and exercises for poise
send a stamped, self-addresset
envelope with your request to Jo'
sephine Lowman in care Of Ths
Evening Star,
Evening star., 1949-11-22
CLIPPED BEEF SALAD.
(Fron, J. D., WashingtonJ

Once yeN are sitting gracefully
IN a chair. you have the problem OF
getting out of it, and sometimes
this Is the greater of the two!
7 said your feet should rest on
the door but should be placed a
lttle. forward. . When you are
ready to get up bend your right
knee and place your right foot
back few inches. Bend forward
slightly from the waist, tuck your
hips under and let your thighs do
the work. Your weight will be
equally divided between your two
legs.
Do not use your arms. In other
words, do not push yourself UP
by placing your hands on the
arms of the chair. Also, do not
use them like wings or propellers.
Let them fall naturally as you
rise. Keep the arms relaxed
through this process.
II you are sitting on a deep
divan, or in a deep chair, place
your hands lightly on the edge OF
the divan or on the arms of the
chair. lift your hips and move for
ward toward the edge of the divan
or chair, preparatory to rising
After all, getting up or sitting
Evening star., 1949-11-22
Readers Clearing House
HARRISBURG. PA.

(Fron Mrs. G. w., WdShtngt0n.)
In reply to the query from Mrs.
E. F. W., Brentwood. about Har-
risburg, I would like her to know
that we are former residents Of
that city and hope to return to it
soon. AS for her query on living
conditions, you will find them very
favorable, prices of homes are
much lower depending on location.
That means a lot. The schools are
modern and fairly close for all.
There are two large city High
Schools known as William Penn in
the uptown residential section and
the John Harris High School in
the hill section of the city. Also
many Catholic schools, churches
"a very large Catholic high schooD
are there. Many private schools
also and Penn State has an exten-
sion school there. AS to climate,
it varies by five degrees and the
humidity is very much like D. C..
due to closeness Of Susquehanna
River. The food and clothing
prices may be a bit higher than
here, but not too much different.
If you want to locate in fine sec
ton, I would suggest the follow
ing: Colonial Park, Montrose Park,
which are suburban, also Camp
Hills or Highland Park or Le-
moyne.
7 hope this is of help and should
you desire any additional informa-
ton, please write to me through
the RICH.
CHANGING RECIPES?
From Mrs. r. d. p, SilDer Spring.
have few questions concern
ing the changing of some recipes.
/. If a recipe calls for 4 table
spoons of sherry what amount OF
sherry extract should be used to
take the place Of it? Should addi-
tional liquid be used to make up
the 4 tablespoons? If so. what?
2. How can a recipe using fresh
milk be changed to use sour milk?
8. How long would it be neces-
sary to steam a pudding or cake
in a pressure cooker when under
regular steaming method it takes
an hour?
4. Can any one give me a recipe
for non-alcoholic egg nog and
cranberry punch?
S. Is 1t possible to store cookies
for four or five weeks? If so. how?
+, Any help will be greatly appre-
ciated.
PAINTING MAGNOLIA LEAVES?
From Mrs. J. S.. L. WasltingtonD
1 am anxious to paint green
magnolia leaves as a Christmas
decoration. I have always done
this just prior to the holiday week.
They survive and are attractive
for about 10 days. This year I
am desirous of gliding them a
month in advance. Can any OF
you readers tell me how I can
successfully do this by a basic
treatment which will prevent
them from drying and curling?
Evening star., 1949-11-22
CLASSES STARTING.
IErnfn .YWCA AIernndrin

| tffOHk "SAS <1tCsLU5tNf ""
/ New classes in rug hooking are
beginning at the Alexandria
YWCA, 602 Cameron street. Mrs
Augustine Bresnahan, instructor
will teacher three classes, one or
Tuesday morning from 10 to IL
one on Tuesday evening from
1880 to $50 for men ana Wome4I,
and one after school on Tuesday
from $3.50 to 4:3O tor boys ano
girls 8 years and over.
The complete process of hook
ing. shading, making flowers ano
scrolls. selecting, cutting and dye
ing material and binding rugs il
taught.
Advanced bridge lessons by 9
Culbertson teacher with eigh
years experience are being Offered
at the Alexandria YWCA Monda!
evening at 8 pm. Both men anc
women are invited to attend thu
class. which is taught by Mrs. ]. c
Williams.
X X \ X
TWO QUESTION?
from Mrs. r. T. p,
.. TakonlG Pdrk.)
I would like information con.
cerning the following:
i Where to write regarding "out
of date" silverware patterns.
The name and author of tht
poem containing these lines.
II built me a nest in the old oal
tree
AS pretty a nest as every coule
/ be-"
TO SHRINK SWEATER?
(From Mrs. c. F., HyattsuilleJ
1 Will some kind reader give
me information on shrinking 6
mans all wool sweater? Thanh
you.
I WILLOW WARE POEM.
From Mrs. p. Du L., Washington. J
| For Mrs. c. S., who requested
this poem. There are several ver-
sions of this Chinese folk tale
but the basic theme is carried
throughout all. ..>.
THE LEGEND ON THE PLATTER.
My willow ware plate has has story.
/ From the land of the teal and the tes
And the little man with the queue;
Romance enters into the feast
On the % old H China pisse from M the East
| Koong shee was q mandarin's daughter.
For surely her fathers accountant
Might never wed Koong Shee.
so Chang was expelled from the compound
| The lovers alliance to break.
And pretty Koong Shee was imprisoned
In little blue house by lake.
The doughty old mandarin reasoned
1t was time that his daughter shoule
And the groom-of his choosing--wouls
That silly romance from her head;
years had great artists &. been ens ;tsshn
4 Her headband of scarlet lay waiting.
She should ride in gold wedding chair
He was buisly plotting and planning.
| When . message was brought him ont
| day.
Young Chang has invaded the palace
| And taken his sweetheart away.
They were over the bridge when he saw
| them,
They were passing the big yellow tree.
And . boat at the edge Of the water
Stood waiting for Chang and Koonf
| ehee.
i The furious mandarin followed,
!. And the groom, with revenge In his eyes
| But the little boat danced on the water
And Travelled away with the prize.
/ When vengeance pursued to their shelter
/ And burned the pagoda, they say. -
4 From out of the flames rose the lovers.
/ "A nair Of doves. winsins away. "'
And they new toward the western Heaver
| > The pretty Koongl Shee and her Chant
Or so says the famous old legend
/ From the land OF the Yangtze-Ktang
wouldn't be one TO deny 1t, 3,s54s.
/ For the little blue dove and her mat
Forever are flying together ..
L. Across my old willow PLATED s4--.4