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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Yankee Ingenuity
By Bruce Borton

My friend. Henry j. Fuller, who
worked his way through Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, and has long been
it's trustee and benefactor, established
there a most unusual scholarship.
1t is awarded each year to the boy
VINO has best demonstrated Yankee in
genuity." The demonstration consists
in the design of a useful product or de-
vice and its construction "by methods OF
a primitive character, of which the old
fashioned New England we'll sweep is
good example"
AS might be expected. the winners of
the scholarship award have done we'll in
graduate schools and in after life.
But today, Mr.. Fuller tells me a bit
sadly, interest in the award, as indicated
by the degree of inventive genius and
patient effort shown in the designs and
models seems somewhat to have de-
preciated Yankee boys, like Others are
feeling the influence of living under a
government where Poppa knows best
anc Poppa will provide.
Or this point the personnel manager
of a large corporation remarked re-
Gently: Many young men applying to
me for a job these days open the con-
versation by asking: What is your PEN
sion plan? Or, if am discharged, will
receive severance pay?''
This modern approach to livelihood,
the manager says has considerably
lightened the burden of his work. After
a few minutes of that sort of talk in
terrupt to ask, What quality or talent
have you demonstrated that makes YOU
think you could help this company earn
more money!"
At which considerable proportion OF
the applicants fold their tents like the
Arabs, and as silently steal away"
I am not at all pessimistic about to-
days young people. meet too many
who are not only as good as my con-
temporaries were at their age, but bet
ter.
One of them, whose father and moth
er wanted him to be lawyer, told his
parents stoutly: mot for me. I am 60
ing to be the j. P. Morgan of my gen.
Grafton. I figure that's the big chance.
A lot of my buddies are fighting shy
of private-enterprise businesses, using
all their time to think how they can
become pensioners of Washington. The
few of us who really believe that hard
work pays dividends ought to have a
cinch."
His father, looking through book
about South America which the boy had
bought, found written on the f1yieaf
the name of the boy and of his room
mate who is to be his future partner,
as follows:
Campbell and Mathews, Investments.
We sell everything but our integrity"
Copyright. 1850. King Features Syndicate. 1nc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Too Many Cubs?

I read your article of August 7, con-
corning limiting the number Of taxi
cabs.
You state that perhaps the greatest
demand for the bill comes from the taxi
operators themselves. Sure. who else
would be concerned about our liveli-
hood? Not the public, as you stated;
certainly there has been no public
demand for it. The public doesn't
care if there are a million cabs on the
street. Why should they2
You also stated that even with about
5000 cabs licensed in Washington there
is little visible evidence that there are
too many. Where do you keep yourself,
in a closet?
Compare the number of cabs in the
District to other cities. and notice how
many more there are here than else:
where Stand on Fourteenth street be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and New
York avenue, NV, and count all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Before Our Eyes

There have been other times in history when
statesmen have sat and talked and talked and
talked while SenSeleSS disaster engulfed man
kind. Generally those futile performances were
staged behind closed doors. The people who were
marked as the victims of statesmanShip'S failure
knew little of what was going on.
But now, for the first time, this same tragic
spectacle is being acted out before our eyes.
TeleviSion has brought the So-called debate in
the Security Council into thousands of American
homes. All that one need do is twist dial, and
he becomes a front-row spectator at what looks
ominouSly like an opening scene in the ruin of
civilization.
1t is a deeply depressing experience. With
shaking hand Mr.. Austin, for the United States,
strives to keep the record straight BritainS Sir
Gladwyn Jebb deity exposes the lie which pa
radeS as truth But it all seems wasted hope
less effort The waves of truth and reason beat
vainly against the massive impaSsivity of Russia S
Mr. Malik Not even the 'merest child could
believe that the Soviet delegate and his grim
vSaged aides are there in the interest of peace
and good will. They seem more like robots than
living men-robotS driving relentlessly toward
some perverSe and terrible goal With an in
tenSity of purpose that defieS Cancellation and
stiles hope, they hammer away-conStantly
seeking to substitute falSehood for fact, to make
black appear white, to dress up evil in the gar
mentS of rectitude.
When the performance fades from the tele
vision screen, one is left to wonder what it is
that these men really are trying to do. Are they
stalling for time as did JapanS peace emiSsarieS?
Are their lies and monStrouS deceitS designed to
blind and befudde the helpless millions who
might otherwise take sides against them? Are
they agents who have been given job to do, not
knowing themselves what its ultimate purpose
may be?
Whatever their real aim, it is hardly possible
to turn away without having come to one settled
conclusion: These men do not want peace, and
there is virtually no hope that any negotiation
with them can produce a peaceful settlement
If we wish to survive in this world, we must
match power with power, and, if possible over
match theirs If any one thinks there is any
other rational course, let him look again at Malik
and company. Perhaps it is good thing to have
this grim and sinister spectacle brought into our
homes If we do not act now to save ourselves
it will not be because we have had no chance to
see the shape of things to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
A Problem for ALL eochinq the Deaf

that such will be the case. We must
make the effort. If we are unsuccessful
there is always manualism, but the
converse is not true. If one should
attempt oraliSm after manualism, a great
deal of valuable time will have been
lost, time that may never be regained so
as to reap the full benefits of the method.
With this as background, few words
are in order regarding the establish
ment of an oral day school by the Dis
trict Board of Education. Obviously,
such a school would require the services
of trained teachers of the deaf, chosen
from among those who believed in the
advantages of the oral method. 1t would
be expected that the school would utilize
the results of all the modern research
on hearing, the process of communica-
ton and the transmission of informa-
ton, none of which is being done at
Gallaudet College. In particular, every
vestige of residual hearing would be util-
lied by the understanding use of modern
electronic equipment.
It is further presumed that the school
would be set up in a building also oc-
cupied by hearing children, and it would
thus give the deaf daily contacts with
the hearing. Dean Fusfeld views this as
dangerous, but the program, properly
handled, could be beneficial to both
groups. The hearing boys and girls could
come to understand the problems Of the
deaf and the deaf children would be
given an opportunity to adjust to hear
ing world at time when they are best
able to make that adjustment. There
are schools today where this is being
done In addition, as the handicapped
children progressed they could take more
and more of their class work with the
hearing classes until there was no need
for the special school at all.
At a day school, the deaf children
would have the opportunity of being
with their families at night This is
beneficial only if the parents have a
wholesome attitude, and in this regard
it might be desirable to institute some
cooperative effort, perhaps an activity
of PTA, toward educating the parents
to their responsibilities. We believe this
could be done.
I cannot close without some word for
the deaf Negro children in the District.
They do not have even the advantage of
an education on Kendall Green. Instead,
they are sent to what is basically a
school for the blind, which gives them
a modicum of manualism and little, if
any, education. The oral day school
program should be available to all.
Weiont Wothen Dunn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
To the Editor of The Stor:

To the Editor Of The Stor:
A RECENT letter to The Star by Mrs.
L n Lester Malhoyt, on the education of
deaf children in the District, elected
reply from Dean Irving FuSfeld of Gal
laudet College. This exchange has not
been too enlightening to the general
public, and I would like to discuss some
of the issues involved.
might first say something about my
qualifications and interest. I am physi-
ciSt working in the field of acoustics,
and somewhat over a year ago our now
3l2-year- daughter suffered a severe
hearing loss as a result of influenza
meningitis. My wife and have made
rather thorough study of the problem of
her education, and we have tried to do
this as effectively as possible. In what
follows, I shall try to make clear our
reasons for supporting the present pro-
posal before the Board of Education:
namely, that the board establish an oral
day school for deaf children within
its own framework, rather than dis
charge it's obligation by sending these
children to Kendall School (the primary
and secondary school preceding Gallau-
Diet College, set aside for the deaf
The problem for the deaf child, to a
much greater degree than in the case
of the hard-o f-hearing child, is one of
communication. This can be partially
solved by teaching him to read, but there
still remains the difficulty of instan-
taneous communication with his fellows
This involves not only the satisfaction
of his material needs, but also much
of his mental stimulation and indeed
his general adjustment to society.
For decades there has been a spirited
argument as to the best method of over
coming this difficulty. On the one hand
there are those who believe that the
deaf person is incapable of coping with
a hearing world, that he is automatically
confined to a group comprising those in
a like predicament. To this end, they
believe that it is only necessary to pro-
vide him with means of communica-
ton that is adequate to this group. This
means is known as "manualiSm.' 1t
consists of sign language which bears
little relation to English-augmented,
where necessary, by finger spelling. BY
its very nature it forces the individual to
seek his companions among a small
segment of the population. and to make
his adjustment to that segment.
On the other hand there are those
land in his lifetime Alexander Graham
Bell, primarily an educator of the deaf,
was among them who believe that the
majority of deaf children can be taught
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Fifty. Years Ago in The Star

Jane and Sue Amber, Julia Young, Sallie
Dahl Annie Fitzhugh. Dorothy Green,
Edith Patterson, Annabelle BaXley, Edith
and Gertrude Yates, May Noel. James
Young, Hearn Patterson, Frederick Noel,
Marshall Jones, Writ Triplett, William
Strother, Reed Yates, David Smith, Kim
brough Moss, Keith Marshall. Carey
Amber and Rozier Bailey" SunnySide,
it seems, was a subdivision of the old
Thomas G. Marshall estate 1t still bears
the same name but no longer is owned by
the Marshall family.
The Star on August IT, 1900, quoted
the London Sketch as saying: Probably
there is no one better read in the history
of the sword, as there is no man better
verSed in it's use, than Capt.
po.,.a ot Alfred Hutton F. S. A., who
IL 60 inherited his love of fenc-
"'e '~o'u ing from his father" This
authority then was cited as
explaining: ITO the swordsman Shake
speare's plays are especially interesting,
but none more so than the play Romeo
and Juliet (which) is full of fighting in
single combat Firstly, you have the en-
counter between the retainers with
swords and bucklers; secondly, the duel
with single swords between Tybalt and
Benvolio, which finishes with a peculiar
seizure of the wrist. Then there is the
encounter between Tybalt and Mercutio.
each armed with two swords. Afterwards
comes Romeo's fight with Tybalt with
rapier and a dagger, illustrative of the
death of Tybalt by means of the thrust,
passato soto, delivered on Bonded knee;
and, lately, the fight between Romeo and
Paris in the tomb with rapier and dagger.
the final blow being given to Paris as his
wrist is seized
King and Queen, the celebrated diving
horses, were at River View amusement
park just half a century ago, and The
Star for August 10, 1900, told how:
These horses, which have
Diving At conev Island for the past
Horses year. are the only horses in
the world which, without be-
ing led or driven in any manner, run up
an incline to platform about so feet
high and dive head first into tank of
water 12-feet deep and 20-feet wide.
This exhibition has been secured by Capt.
E. S. Randall from Capt. Paul Boynton,
who receives the sum Of 1000 for eight
Jumps. Both horses are white and
have never had harness on them. Prof.
Holloway Cor Hallway, who trained
them, travels with them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

Hail d CCtlGUIy dSO IL oo PACCOS Wal AAA'
The Star for August II, 1900, reported:
Am bilious mercury
reaches the highest record
'1ot of the year. Nothing hope
Weofher full to look for. Sixth sue
cessive day of excessive
Temperature" Official Weather Bureau
bulletins gave noontime readings OF SO
to 96, but ION the level where human
beings and not the birds encounter the
atmosphere" it was 100 in the shade.
However, THE breeze was stronger than
yesterdays. was more westerly and did
acceptable work in aiding evaporation on
the cuticle of the suffering crowds"
Washington was not alone in the heat.
Forest fires were raging in the CatSkllls
in New York, and the sun broke large
plate glass window in the Postal Tele-
graph Office in Cleveland.
There was daring hold-up and rob-
berry this morning about Ills O'Clock at
the Virginia end of the Aque
duct Bridge" announced The
'oo'Poos Star on August 10, 1900.
Busy THE affair occurred on the
road between the office OF
UQe washington O. AJ1cdG CACICl ~
road at the end of the bridge, and the
barn of the same company, perhaps 300
yards distant The victim was Charles
F. Auth, the night Waterman" He was
accompanied on his rounds of the yards
by two colored men. Following his
usual CUSTOM the Waterman peered in
one car and found four men in it. He
ordered them out. IL. His command
was obeyed promptly. The four men,
however, came out in a bunch and
caught the Waterman and his COM
panions unawares. They were all armed
and carried their revolvers in their hands.
Their faces were covered partly by white
handkerchiefs which were SO we'll tied
that they remained in place during the
subsequent encounter. The watch
man was thrown to the ground and his
pockets rif1ed." Nothing was taken from
the colored men because they had moth
ing of value on them"
Front-page space in The Star of
August IA, 1900, was accorded news of
the death of Coils Potter
Huntinoton Huntington, president of
NJ the Southern Pacific Rail
road Co. He had been we'll
known in Washington for
his political operations, and his manage
ment of the affairs of the S. P. system
had made him a national figure. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Friendship and Craftsmanship

Mr.. Truman's statement that Mr..
Acheson and Mr.. johnson will remain
in the cabinet so long as he is Presi-
dent, is comparable with Mr.. Acheson's
statement that he would not turn his
back on a friend named Alger Hiss.
Friendship is the finest human i'm
pulse, transcending even love (so-calledb
and marriage; and many broken mar
riageS would have survived had the con-
tracing parties remained friends.
But how far should ones friendship
go. when his country's safety is at
stake?
Paul Stewart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Letters to The Star

empty ones.
AS for the rush hour being cream"
you can have it. What money is taken
in, is dumped in the gas tank on &C
count of the heavy rush-hour traffic.
Former Taxicab Driver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

audience to the very heart of commu-
niSm.
Superlatively motivated though it was,
the Governors action has prevented a
real blow being dealt to the Communist
war of ideas His action leaves the Com
munist Party free as before to carry
on it's dangerous inflltration.
Good motives alone are not sufficient
to answer the subtle casuistries of the
Communists creed.
f C. SchWarz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13

A pseudonyn1 is permissible only
When letter carries correct name
and address of Uriter. Please be brief.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
ItsiIftsiFftsifItsifI iIfIsiIIs.iIfisiff1siffI
Board Of Health
montana State Board of Health:
: Helena, Montana
G. D. Carlyle Thompson, M. D..

Nutrition
Public health aims to assist il
maintaining the general health OF
the people at the highest possible
level. 1t is an established fact that
nutritional standards play an i'm
portant part in the growth and
development of the child, in pre-
vention of disease, and in building
and maintaining adequate health
at all ages.
Essential food elements are
abundant and easily obtained. Poor
nutrition is due partly to failure
in using these readily obtainable
foods properly. In Montana it is
likely that almost everyone has
enough to eat; however, it is nee
essary that selection of food be
done wisely to provide the essen
tial nutrients for the family.
Distribution of food has been
improved and cold storage and
freezing methods have been de-
veloped. These factors make pos
sible an adequate food supply con-
tanning the necessary food ele-
ments, and are available at a mod
crate cost to more people during
all seasons. Canning and other
methods of food preservation have
added greatly to the sources of
essential foods during the whole
year.
Food and Health
1t is important to remember that
a person who appears to be of nor-
NAL weight may still be poorly or
improperly nourished. Signs of
food deficiencies generally do not
show up as a dramatic or sudden
and frequently r over
looked. In general, improper nu-
triton is due to poor food habits,
and a lack of knowledge and I'M
derstanding of simple elementary
principles of proper food require
ments.
The division of maternal and
child health, and public health
nurses working with mothers and
children, and the divisions of
education and dental health,
working with groups of people,
have given consultation in nutri-
ton as a part of regular family
and school health services.
The school lunch program offers
an excellent medium through
school children and their
parents can apply directly the fun
1amentals of good nutrition.
High school classes in home
making, health education and
science, and the All and home
demonstration clubs which are
sponsored by the extension service
are excellent places to learn up to
the minute information on basic
foods and body requirements.
Research
Nutrition research has advanced
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04

On Tuesday a marriage of in
terest occurred in Laurel when
George Wagner and Miss Katie
Frank of Park City were united
in matrimony with Rev. Walz of
Park City pronouncing the mar
riage rites.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ebel of
Park City, entertained several
friends Friday evening at a
sumptuous 6 o'clock dinner. The
table was beautifully adorned
with a bouquet of bronze-hued
dahlias set in a blue cut bowl.
Covers were laid for Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Snidow and daughter Vir-
ginia, Miss Lydia Rodes, Richard
O'Malley, all of Billings and Ed
ward Daniels of Clarence, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Allen and
children left Tuesday for Living
ston where they will visit for q
week with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Taher.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
CHURCH
4OO Durland Avenue

400 Durland Avenue
M. H. Juengel, Pastor
Sunday school and Bible class
at 9 a. m.
Worship services at 10 and II
a. m.
Ladies Aid, Oct. 5, 1880 p. m.
Walther League, Oct. 10, 1880
p. m.
Confirmation instruction, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, 7 p. m.
Satan laughs at our toll, mocks
at our wisdom, but he trembles
when we pray.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Laugh Treatment

Feel kind of stiff and tense when
you 60 to bed? Try a brokers'
laugh treatment. He starts laugh
ing after he gets into bed, artificial
ly at first, but 500 funny expert
ences come back to him and the
laughter becomes genuine. After he
has laughed himself into a pleas
antly relaxed state of well-being he
is ready to succumb to the Sleep
inducing charms Of a good quality,
comfortable bed.
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH

H. c. Haemmelmann, Pastor
Listen to the Carlton, 9 a. m.
Sunday school, $3.50 a. m.
Mission festival service in Eng
lish with Rev. Kenneth Biel as
speaker, 1920 a. m.
Mission service in German, 2:30
p. m.
Young peoples meeting and clos
ing worship service combined, 7:1S
p. m. The Rev. K. Biel of Sidney,
Mont, will be the speaker for the
day. Everyone is welcomed to at
tend these services and to have a
share in sending the Gospel thru
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Auxiliary
Activities
Plan Enrolment OF One Million
Women For Patriotic Service

Plan Enrolment OF One Million
Women For Patriotic Service
Enrolment of one million women
for patriotic service on the home
front is the goal of the American
Legion auxiliary in it's campaign
for members for 1851, now getting
under way throughout the nation,
Mrs. Opal Mckinney, president of
Laurel auxiliary unit, has an
nounced.
The present e b h i p
strength of the auxiliary for 1850
is approximately 975,000, a new
high record. The organization has
approximately doubled it's strength
since the close of World war II,
and Mrs. Mckinney predicted fur
Their large increases in face of the
new war threat.
opportunity for patriotic serv-
ice in many fields is open to
women of war service families in
the American Legion auxiliary"
Mrs. Mckinney said. "We need
additional workers in our Ameri-
canism and national security ac-
tivities, as well as in our endeavors
for disabled veterans, and the
widows and children of the dead.
There is so much to be done in
these critical times hat every
woman should find a place where
she can serve effectively"
Laurel outlook., 1950-10-04
Fen+on Agency
LAUREL, MONT.

rapidly during the past decade and
many food facts accepted a few
years ago have been %disproved by
recent Investigation. 1t has been
recommended that public health
groups and citizens whose knowl-
edge of general nutrition was not
obtained recently, investigate
current ources of information and
keep abreast with the times.