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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-11-01
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It's Long Past Due IFS Up to You

The Seattle Public Library with the of city admin
Situations
library hampered
facilities that other
only small for its job is in serious disrepa from
long and from the 1949 earthquake damage.
election will asked to
Proposition ballot that will build central
public site building
buildings
facilities Foundation which built all of
Seattle library buildings the YesIer branch funds
available for construction
reputation library system sustained;
population their increasing interests it cannot function
outmOded which
library
Building
the
gressiOn. Which you choose?
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-11-01
COMMENTS
on CoevuI Life
By VICTORIO A. VELASCO

Nature is kind. After the scorch-
ing heat of summer and the fatigue
of manly labor, Mother Nature COM
forts us with the soothing breeze
of autumn, its temperate weather;
and as we wander along man-made
highways we feast our eyes upon
Natures masterpiece-the majestic
mountains and the trees on the
hills, their leaves in varied colors
no painters brush can ever excel,
and toward the sea we see the
splendor of the western horizon in
a riot of sunset colors. We need
all these after the summers heat
and hard work.
But we are tired and weary. We
have gone through the days labor
and we have met with the unpIeas-
antries of competition, the double
crossing tactics of those we had
trusted; we have witnessed the
modern version of the Judas kiss
that betrayed his master; we have
heard the tinkIing of silver as it
passed hands = from the master
tyrant to the traitor; we have seen
the modern replica of the fable of
the greedy dog that lost his bone
for wanting another one, we have
seen the deceit of friends, the
masked smile of enemies; we have
seen the filth of Mans desire for
power and greed for gold. And we
are a bit tired.
But Nature is kind. 1t offers the
soft hours of the evening and the
magnificence of its outdoor pano-
rama that our eyes will once more
see real beauty in its naked form
and see kindness in its genuine
state. They offer relief to our tired
eyes that have been seeing through
out the day all the filth and in
decencies of mans relation to his
fellowman, all the hypocricies and
pretensions of Gods poor children.
Nature is kind.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-11-01
TIME OUT
with the Editor

Don't look now, but there is
Pinay at the School of Journalism
of the University of Washington
who is definitely going to make the
grade.
And while we are on the subject
of journalism, let us remember that
so far only one Filipino student had
ever graduated from that school.
That was Agustin Palacol, way
back in 1924. Some others started
on their way but could not make
the grade.
And now back to our present
scribe in that high-standard school.
Gentle readers, meet Dolores Esti-
COY, junior journalism student and
on the reportorial staff of the Uni
versity of Washington Daily Her
recent brain-child for the Behind
the Headlines" column and her fea-
ture article, which is reproduced
elsewhere in this issue, are enough
indication that Dolores has the
stuff in her.
Let's watch her smoke!
Il
The board of trustees of the 1923
clubhouse fund recently met and
decided to resume, after twenty
years, the campaign for more funds
for Filipino community clubhouse.
If may say so, this is the height
of Mans optimism. Who would care
to put more money into a "fund''
which has been dormant for the
last twenty years, in which the
trustees have not offered any con-
crete program for the materializa-
ton of such a project? And, much
more, no financial report? Will
somebody lend me his sleeve?
want to laugh.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1950-11-01
Warming to Our Advertisers

attention that newspaper publishers
have eeced number of advertisers by collecting for
which which less times
contracted for We shown adequate
evidences of such professionally unethcal conduct
We therefore, hereby advertisers and all other bust
firms that responsible for the action of
poses advertising of this without
credentials from the publisher
1t the practice of the FORUM collect ad
single advertising representative of this
in the FORUM.
ViCTORio ACOSTA VELASCo
Editor and Publisher
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Sesqui Events
Where to Go,
Whut to Do

This year marks the 150tn
anniversary of establishment of
the permanent seat of the United
States Government in the District
of Columbia. The National Capt.
tai Sesquicentennial Commission
has scheduled the following events
in observance of the city's 150th
birthday (free of charge unless
otherwise noted:
Continuing.
'Faith Of Our Fathers" Paul Green's
pageant honormg George WASHINGTON; Ct
the Ssalicsntennis ampnitnsa1es
Tickets. at 90 cents to s2.4o. are for
sret sas at sw M upaf fks Muse Mart City lsa
1850 F street NV and lilo Seventh
street NV; at the Worldwide Travel
Service, 2672 Connecticut avenue NV;
the Veterans Service Center. Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue NV. and
at the amphitheater box office.
ployes are entitled to q 20 per cent dis
count on reserved seats purchased at the
Service Center or amphitheater.
and drawings recording four centuries Of
American history, at the Corcoran Gallery
OF Art, Seventeenth street and New York
avenue NV
"Washingtoniana," exhibit of pictures.
pamphlets and rare books from the col-
lection of the District Public Library. at
the Corcoran Gallery.
Also, "Plan Of Washington," architec-
tural exhibit, with a model layout Of the
Nations Capital. Gallery hours: 10 am.
Makers OF History in Warrington -
paintings of great Americans, the National
Gallery of Art, sixth street and Constitu-
tion. avenue NV; Picture Of the week;
Chief Justice John Marshall" by Ches-
ter Harding. Picture-of the-week lectures
at 1890 and $50 pm. Gallery hours: 10
am. to pm.
'sMiIestones in American Achievement %
an exhibit marking the sesquicentennial
Of the Library Of Congress, as well as Of
| the District. at the Library, First and
East Capitol streets Sc, 8 am. to 10 pm,
An exhibit Of old pictures. prints and
portraits OF early Washingtonians. at the
Central Public Library. Eighth and x
"The Freedom Train Exhibit" at the
National Archives exhibition hall. Con:
stitution avenue between Seventh and
Ninth streets NV, 8 am. to 5 pm.
"The Nations Capital and George wash
ington University" exhibit of paintings.
lithographs, maps. political cartoons and
books. at the university library, 2033 @
street NV. Hours: 9 am to 10 Pm.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

. grands, small uprights and consoles. Next
week regular prices 60 back in effect, so
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Paint Helps Mercury

Mercury. messenger of the gods
was gaudily decorated by students
of Trinity College, Cambridge
England. recently. They daubee
gold paint on the statues hair
pink on its body. silver on its
toenails. f1ngernails and ankle
wings. Said a man who lives near
the statue: "It used to be a dirty
stone color. I think the painting
has improved 1t immensely"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
PENTZ HURLS, BATS
RAIDERS TO VICTORY

Last Thursday evening, on The
Washington School baseball dia-
mond, the Washington boys handed
the down. country ST. James nine a
shutout defeat, ITO. This was the
Raiders debut of the season.
Don Pentz was the whole show.
He not only hurled no-hitter, but
also blasted out two home runs to
help his own cause. He let four men
get on base during his stay on the
mound, all via the base-on-balls
route.
The fielding behind Pentz was SUI
perb, with not a single ball getting
by the Washington boys. Owens,
Rogers and Cross also collected two
hits apiece for Washington.
The batteries were: Pentz and
Cross; and Astberry and Holden.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
ETA. Club Plans
Social For P-T.A.

AS climax to their projects, the
local Future Teachers of America
Club will close the year by preparing
program for the P-T.A. meeting at
The Washington School, on May II.
For the past few weeks the Eta.
members have been busily engaged
in working on the project and they
plan to invite the parents of the sixth
grade students at Winter Street
School to attend the meeting. The
parents will be conducted on tour
through the building and will meet
the teachers.
Following the tour, the business
meeting will be held, with Mr.. Rob
ert Myers presiding. The program
will be turned over to the Eta.
members, who will lead the P-T.A.
in get-acquainted games. Refresh
ments will then be served.
Mr.. Harold Bookbinder, guidance
counselor, is the advisor of the Eta.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
Exhibit Displayed
By English Section

Room 101 is the scene of a very
interesting and educational exhibit,
set up by the students of rs in less
than one week. The figures in the
exhibit, which were drawn by Ron
aid Dietrich, consist of camels, Ara
bian horses, dromedaries and Arab
shieks. The scene shows a caravan
stopping at an oasis to rest before
continuing their journey.
This project, started by the stu
dents, was taken from the story
Lance of Kanana," written by Har-
ry w. French. The main character
of the story is Kanana, boy who
would never lift a lance unless it
would be for "Allah and Arabia"
If you care to see this exhibit, stop
at Miss Boward's room at your con-
venience.
This is YOUR paper, - Boost III
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11

and one loss. For the winners, Huff
had two hits. The winners lineup
was: Cutshaw, P; Vaugn, SIS; Canoe,
CT; Sigler, BIB; Grouse, 1B; Kersh-
ner, IF; Huff, RI; Strenge, C; Cow
er, 2B.
Favored ga won their third
straight game over Cd, ga. The win
put ga and 9E into tie with three
wins apiece. Barr had three hits,
including home run GAS lineup
was: Barr, 1B; Bowman, BIB; Beg
carly, c; Beginner, RI; Butts, p;
Barr, SIS; and Carpenter, CT.
9E shellaced &C, So. Lead-off
batter Shafer was the leading hitter,
while the other players were: Spoo-
nire, Trumpower, Wetzel, Stenger,
Souders, WATSON and Wagner. The
final game will decide the title next
week, when 9E meets favored ga.
The seventh and tenth grades did
not play.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
AS We See 1t

In last weeks issue we ran a
story about the local student, Mar
garetta Mel avish, very talented
art student, winning first prize in
the county and second prize in the
state art contest, sponsored by the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women.
The prize winning tempera
painting is now being displayed in
the window of Hays, Inc. on West
Washington Street, and from
there it will be taken to the Wash
ington County Museum.
Margaretta has had four years
of art at The Washington School
and has taken Saturday lessons at
Mr.. Wizards studio. The art
courses that she has taken have
given her broad background and
basis on which to continue art in
any of various fields. Her studies
have dealt mostly in the field of
fine arts, using all medals, such as
oil painting, charcoal, water color,
pen and ink, pencil, pastels and
tempera.
Her success has been achieved
by studying diligently, and
through many long hours of prac-
tice in this field.
Perhaps a large portion of the
credit goes to Mr.. Willard, her art
instructor and teacher in The
Washington School, who has spent
much time with Margaretta and
many other talented students, and
who has tried to develop and in
crease the knowledge and appre-
citation of the fine points of art.
Examples of Mr.. Wizards
classes were well expressed in the
presentation of Mighty Joe
Young" prize winner in the l949
Mummers Parade, and The
House of Horrors and The De-
struction of the World" major
attractions of the lo4o and 1850
Fun Night celebrations.
1t is our hope that Margretta
will be able to continue her studies
and succeed in adding something
to the great field of art.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
Murnps Disappear
Attendance Better

1t seems the mumps epidemic has
disappeared from The Washington
School, and as a result the April at
tendance was much better. THE ele-
mentary school tied the seventh
grade for the attendance high of
April each having a total of 92.2 per
cent. The tenth grade was next with
1877 per cent and the eighth grade
followed with 1871 per cent The
ninth grade was again last with 85.1
per cent.
Comparing the attendance of April
with that of March, the elementary
school made the largest increase. The
only grade to decrease was the ninth.
The attendance percentage of each
grade was as follows: elementary
school - fourth grade, 96.3; second
grade, 93.8; fifth grade, 93.5; sixth
grade, 93.4; third grade, 92.1; first
grade, 84.4. In Junior High School
the percentages were: IL, 1913; 7R,
92.8; ~, 92.2; TX, Ola; TT, 91.2;
ct, 92.3; 81, 81; 8Y, SO; Ok, 87.4; 8R,
81.6; GA, 87.5; Oh, 85.2; Cd, 85.2; 9E,
1873; 1OD, GIL; 1OC, 90.1; 1OA, 1913;
ZOE, 1913; and lob, 889.
Congratulations to IL for having
the highest attendance average OF
the Junior High school,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
Fifth Grade Class
Exhibits Hobbies

Would you like to have so many
pencils that you would never have
to borrow one again? There is one
person who has, and that is Kenneth
Reid. Kenneth is fifth grade stu
dent who has as his hobby, collecting
pencils. He has already collected
over a thousand.
This was discovered when the fifth
grade class, taught by Miss Frances
Cottrill, held hobby show for the
P-T.A.
Not only pencils, but any number
OF other odd hobbies were disclosed
For example, pot holders were ex-
hibited by Glenda Delauder. Other
unusual hobbies were: collecting
dress samples, Ethel Eby; weaving
jeanne Brill; chemistry set, Donald
Burger; collecting sandstones. Re-
becca Scufins; birthday book, George
Keener and stuffed animals, Thomas
Conrad.
More common hobbies exhibited
were:
Embroidering, Dolores Marouiss
Gloria Shank, Elaine Burger. and
Bonnie Baer; skating, Beverly Spiel
man and Glenda Delauder; collect
ing miniature horses, Pauline Fitz;
collecting miniature dogs, Harris
Miller; collecting stuffed animals
Thomas Conrad; picture puzzles. Re
becca Goetz.
Collecting small chains, Carl Gear
hart; modelling clay, Marie Barnhart:
playing cowboys and Indians, Leslie
Suder; cowboy and Indian material.
Richard Pontz; playing cowboys,
Glenn Spahr, Richard Vaughn and
Donald Gossard; baseball, MURRAY
Delauter, Marvin Brown and Ronald
McNamee; pictures of planes, Martha
Schlotterbeck; pictures of model
cars, George Keener, Jr.; pictures
and models of ships, Leroy Brown.
Scrapbook of movie stars, Pearl
Gross; assorted scrapbook, Billy
Younker; stampbook, Dolores Mar
quiss; dog pictures, Gordon Sanders;
scrapbook of states, Kenneth Reed;
My Weekly Reader, Katie Baker;
and scrapbook of dogs, Catherine
French.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11

Drama in the newspaper rooml!
Armed men! A room hastily ran
sacked! A girl kidnapped by the
bandits! Could such thing happen
in a school house? Seems unbe-
lievable doesn't it? At least that's
what the members of the newspaper
club thought when, during their
meeting Thursday afternoon, May 4,
the door suddenly banged open and
two men, armed with rifles, were
seen crouched in the doorway.
"You Mr.. Bookbinder?" one snarl-
ed. Mr.. Bookbinder nodded. "Out-
side!" was the reply and he was
forced from the room.
The bandits then turned on the
students and ordered them to line up
with faces to the window. Thinking
it was some sort of a joke, or an adj
vertisement for Fun Night" they
merely laughed and remained in
their seats. Again the command was
given, but the class still remained
seated. Patsy Hare was then singled
out and when she refused to leave
her seat, one of the fellows seized
her arm and pulled her from the seat,
owe turning the desk.
The students, very much confused
by this series of events, instantly left
their seats and lined up, closing the
windows as ordered. The bandits
held a hurried search of the items
lying on the desks as if they were
looking for something special.
After searching several of the stu
dents, one motioned to Florence IN
ger saying, That's the one" The
other agreed and with much shout
ing and commanding, left the room,
taking Florence with them
The class, both amused and amaz-
ed, returned to their seats and ex-
citedly began jabbering about the
unexpected incident.
Comments such as 81 didn't know
if they were kidding or not" or 81
laughed all the time" or II was
scared to DEATH were heard.
Later, Mr.. Bookbinder returned,
and when deluged with questions,
merely told the club members to
write a detailed report of the event.
AS can be expected under such
strained conditions, the descriptions
of the two bandits varied quite
bit, with the club members giving
each of the men nearly every color
of eyes, hair and clothes, imaginable.
After the descriptions were writ
ten the two culprits were brought
into the room and were revealed to
be Duke Stouffer, Junior College
student, and Charles Chatkins, a stu
dent of Hagerstown High, who were
brought to the club for the purpose
of giving club members practice in
observing and writing accurate de-
scriptions of events. What a relief!
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
Book ReUiew
Sword Of The Wilderness
by Elizabeth CoatsWorth


The eleven-year war between Will
liam and Mary and Louis XIV, which
was begun in 1888, formed an excuse
for attacks and frontier expeditions.
The French who depended upon fur
trade to live, needed to be friendly
with the Indians. The English on the
south had long summers for farming
and were merely annoyed at the
sight of the redskins. After an at
tack, captives were taken into Cana
da and either kept in Indian villages,
or were sold to the French. Some
died; others married French or In
dams, entered cohvents, or traded
and returned to their families. This
is the background that formed the
setting for Sword of the Wilder
ness" an interesting story of the
early days of American history.
On an early August morning the
Hubbard homestead was attacked by
Indians without warning. Seth Hub
bard found himself dragged through
the forest, along with John Ham
mond, tall, 1.-THE, young man; and
diligent matron, Mrs. Snow, and
her young daughter.
The group was carried in canoes
to the Indian village, where they met
series of shocking incidents. First,
they were forced to run the gauntlet.
The gauntlet was a sport in which
prisoners were required to pass
through the mobs of Indians, who
beat them with sticks. Next, John
Hammond was to be burned at the
stake, but was saved by Keoka, an
English girl who was reared by the
Indians.
Leaving the village, Seth was car
ried north to Canada where he lived
an exciting and narrowing life for
nearly two years.
Almost any boy and girl between
the ages of twelve and fifteen would
enjoy Sword of the Wilderness"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11

On Thursday evening, May Is, a
three-act farce, Saved by the
Belle" directed by Mrs Harold
Bookbinder, will be presented in The
Washington School auditorium by
the schools Dramatic Club. The
play, written by Thomas Sutton, is
a hilarious farce on college life.
Rita, played by Mary Natter, is
beautiful young thing with a rich
CD uncle and ambitions to be doc
tor. However, her uncle, who is
financing her school career, dies at
most inopportune time and leaves
her very strange inheritance.
With the aid of her friends: Mitzie,
played by Nancy McCauley; Lulu,
Florence Unger; Harriet, Doris
Kuhn; Fudge, Patsy Shambaugh;
Ginnie, Helen Harshman; and Bon
ME, Connie Long; she foils the at
tempt of Warren, a young reporter
who is in love with her, and Doris,
who is jealous, to tell Mrs. Fish, the
house mother, that the inheritance is
young fighter with his manager,
who are living in the Sorority ga
rage. Doris is portrayed by Louise
Spickler, Warren, by Don MARQUES,
and Mrs. Fish by Trixie Kilroy.
Ralph Elliott plays the fighter, Jack
lie, and Lynn Meyers plays the part
of Slugger, the fighters manager.
This dramatization is full of fun
and action, and as the plot thickens
the laughs come thick and fast. Don't
miss this Funniest, for you'll be sure
to get an evening full of rib-ticklers.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
An Interview With
Mr.. Samuel Bohince

The subject of this weeks inter
view is Mr.. Samuel Bohince, teacher
of the Industrial Arts Department,
who was born in Irwin, Pa, on jan
uary 81, 1922.
Mr.. Bohince attended grade school
in Penn Township, and then went to
Penn Township High School. His
favorite subjects in high school were
math and chemistry. After high
school, he attended State Teachers
College in California, Pa. In college
his favorite subject was machine
shop work and his hobbies were
sports and hunting. His favorite
sport was football, in which he play
ed quarter back. He belonged to
the Rifle Club, the YMCA, the Ben
Franklin Printers Guild, the Indus
trial Art Newspaper staff, and the
Epsi Lon Pi Tau, the national in
dustrial arts fraternity.
With the coming of World War II,
he went to the Midshipman's School
at Notre Dame University. Then he
was sent to the Pacific Area as COM
handing officer of a Lei and then
Of a Let. He spent most of his time
in the area around Saipan and Guam.
After the war Mr.. Bohince did
graduate work at Ohio State Univer-
sity and the University of Pittsburgh.
He is married and lives near the
Dual Highway.
Asked how he liked our Industrial
Arts Department, Mr.. Bohince re-
piled that it was better than the
other schools in which he has taught
Gle spent three and one-half years
at California and Penn Township
High Schools), in that it has more
phases of Industrial Arts. He likes
the school in general and finds the
students quite cooperative.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
Our Fun Night Went
Over With A Bang

One of the most exciting and sue
cessful Fun Nights in the history of
The Washington School was held
Friday evening, when approximately
three thousand people turned out for
the spectacular event. Not only stu
dents, but their parents, friends and
relatives packed the two main floors,
auditorium and cafeteria to see some
of the most unusual sights ever
staged.
Hundreds crowded the music room
to see the minstrel show, put on by
the ninth grade girls. Never was
there more beautiful singing than
the negro spirituals.
Droves jammed the doors of the
Stork Club to see the one and only
Milton Berle," with 'The Rock
ettes," Mercury Players" 'Pavlo-
vete," 'Dinah Shore" and frankie
Lane"
Surgery attracted SO many people
that "Dr." Muth became very excit-
ed. When he operated he found
spaghetti, tin can, a broken heart,
a rib, a gall bladder, and an alarm
clock. He cut leg off, knocked four
teeth out, pulled one, and drilled
two.
Destruction of the World, freaks,
pet show, game room, and bingo
were well patronized, and the coun-
try store was damned to capacity.
Cakes were always in demand and
more food was sold than ever before.
Hamburgers and hot dogs were sold
as fast as they were made, and the
soft drink counter was busy every
minute of the evening.
The Junior 1--WE Joint was another
popular spot.
And at eleven o'clock, after the
television set had been awarded to
Mr.. r. F. Hawn, the crowd trudged
YEARLY out of the building, after en-
joying very successful evening.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-05-11
- THE SPORTS CORNER =

of Eddie Owen, who only allowed
five hits.
At the end of the first inning the
Yankees were leading AZ, and in the
second inning they increased it to
II. The final score was 1912. Owens,
Wiles, and Shrader led the Yankees
in batting, while CutShaw, Pentz, and
Rogers collected one hit apiece for
the Red Sox.