Evening star., 1960-07-17
SERVICE SCENE
=RV7CE SCENE -
From 1--WE toMiIitory 7 ak
Mrs. Shoup Is the Marines First Lady
BY RUTH DEAN
Star Stan Writer

A former English teacher
who once taught Shakespeare
"by giving 1t to the kids in
their own language" is now
the chatelaine of Command
ants House at the Marine
Barracks.
Zola Shoup has applied
this rare gift of inventive
ness, one hallmark Of a fine
teacher, through 29 years Of
married life as a Marine
wife whose first interest is
people anywhere, anytime,
any place"
The wife of Gen. David M.
Shoup, commandant OF the
United States Marine Corps,
Mrs. Shoup is blond and pc
tite with electric blue eyes
that look at you with a
friendly directness that must
have brooked no nonsense in
the classroom.
But one also gets the i'm
preston that this former
teachers classes must have
been fun for her students.
Her use of teen-age "Jive
talk" to translate" the
Elizabethan age into goth
century terms youngsters
could understand, she said,
was employed only as an in
PRODUCTION" to awaken their
interest toward more serious
study application to subject
matter that otherwise would
seem dull to them.
Communication
If she were teaching today,
Mrs. Shoup added with a
grin, she might even utilize
some of the modern-day
beat" talk to put her sub
ject across, for to her time is
a relevant thing. Some OF
the obscure dialogue in
Shakespeare's plays, particu-
larly among his lower-claSS
characters, she observed, was
the street slang of that day.
To this Marine wife, COM
munication is an important
common denominator OF
understanding between all
peoples. 1t is one Of the rea-
sons it was so natural for
her to use the language OF
one age to teach about an
other, and why she enjoys
and sees so many similarities
in the people she has met
from all over the world, ex-
tending her interest in them
even to their languages, Gus
toms and food.
There's something inter-
esting about everyone 1
meet" observed Mrs. Shoup.
IT guess that's why I like
Navy Relief. 1t has been my
one charity through the
years. I'm just as interested
in the hard work my fellow
volunteers do as I am in the
many people in real need
who seek the Navy Relief
Society's help"
Mrs. Shoup is chairman
of the 1860 Navy Relief Ball
which will be held on Octo-
ber 10 in the ballroom OF
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
THE ball is just our way
of having fun while raising
money for Navy Relief" she
said. But while a lot of hard
work goes into preparations
for the ball. "the good work
of the society is done in the
Office" she stressed.
"The Helping Hand"
Aid to widows, funds fol
schooling, care of mentally
retarded dependents anC
dental work, Mrs. ShouT
cited as some of the examples
of 1.-The helping hand" Nav!
Relief gives Navy and Marine
Corps families when unfore'
seen emergencies arise which
cannot be taken care OF b!
current funds.
She also pointed out tina
sometimes the society's Judg
ment must be influenced b.
compassion and common
sense in particular case
where you can't find the rul
in the book"
In the seven months they'v
been in Com m a nd a mt ,
House, Mrs. Shoup says "1'v
fallen head and feet first int
a lot of activities I didn
dream existed" Some of thes
activities include being o
the boards of organization
that benefit the service q