The Switchboard Operator ( )

Armist Brooks starring Eve Arden. Well, most rivalries between school teachers are restricted to working hours. But the one between Armist Brooks of Madison High School and Daisy Enright extends into their personal lives. In fact, to see these two English teachers engaged in one of their frequent verbal tips, a casual observer might think that either one

would cheerfully cut the other's throat for a nickel. But this isn't so. No, indeed. I'd give four cents chain. And after what happened this past week, I might not even take the penny. It all started last Friday morning.

I was in my room packing a suitcase for a little weekend trip, and my landlady was helping me. Mrs. Davis, Mr. Boynton's going to Eagle Springs for the weekend, so I thought it was only logical for me to go to the same place.

Does he know you're going? Nobody knows. Why not? reasons. I want to spend these few days with Mr. Barton alone and if Daisy Enright finds out our destination that little dream is done for. You mean she go off to Eagle Springs too. On her jet broom. She's giving me some real competition lately. She has a certain way with men that just seems to make them do whatever

she wants them to. Why even Mr. Conklin's partial tour? That's nothing new. I've known for a long time that she's the principal's pet. Well, I wish he'd keep her on a leash. The minute there's a chance to make a bit of extra money around school, she's the first one to get a crack at it.

He even put her in charge of the new switchboard we had installed last week. But doesn't that require an experience telephone operator? They're pretty difficult to get right now, so she's filling in temporarily. She takes the board herself during her free period, and appoints various other teachers to take over the rest of the time.