The English Test ( )

Here is our Miss Brooks, starring E. Varden. It's time once again for another comedy episode of our Miss Brooks, under the direction of Al Lewis. But first... Probably no city in the world is as newsworthy as Hollywood, California.

How often have you seen headlines that read, movie stars as so-and-so, or Hollywood hero in Nightclub Brawl? If it happened to anyone else in any other town, other town that wouldn't get more than a few lines on page 10, but from Hollywood, it's front page news.

Our soldiers overseas are in about the same spot as movie stars. Attention is focused on them constantly. If one service man gets out of line, he's taken as a sample of the entire American army.

But we're grateful that the percentage is small. Most of our fellows know that a big part of their job is to build up goodwill between ourselves and other people, but the few who do get into serious trouble make it a lot tougher for the majority who are trying to do a good job.

Our servicemen are doing a lot to correct false ideas about America and their own the spot. Just like a Hollywood star, the clig lights are burning, the cameras are rolling and the whole world is watching to see how they act.

Remember, a country is known by its people. What people think of your country depends on you. Well, as it must to all school teachers, final exam time came last week to our Miss Brooks, who teaches English at Madison High School.

That's why Friday morning found me in the dinette for an early and hurried breakfast. My landlady was most cooperative. My fruit juice, Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis? Ruchus, Gully. Cereal? Cereal? Toast? Toast? Coffee? Coffee? Hat coat and bicarbonate?