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Evening star., 1953-08-26
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Schwartz OF
Alexandria, Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Tamara to Mr.. Monroe Lenoff.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Lenoff of Silver Spring.
Md.
Evening star., 1953-08-26
-Pnlm Photn

MISS NdFJOEIe-EIIcH JcHCA'
The marriage of Miss Mar
jorie Ellen Jentz of Alexandria
to Mr.. John j. Woodring of Ar
lington took place August % at
the Fairlington Methodist
Church. the Rev. Beverly Wat
kins officiating. A reception fol-
lowed at 710 Devon place in Alex
andria.
The bride is the daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. John JentZ of
Jersey City, N. ]. She was grad
uated from Greenbrier College
of the University of Kentucky
with highest distinction, and
earned her masters degree at the
University of Virginia. She is a
member of Chi Omega sorority.
Mr.. Woodring, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. Blair Woodring of
Reynoldsville, Va, graduated
from Pennsylvania State College
and Benjamin Franklin Univer-
sity.
The couple will make their
home in Arlington.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
School Rites Omit
Religion Conflicts

References to Christ as a
Divine being were eliminated
from Christmas programs in sew
eral Prince Georges County
schools, Supt. William S. Schmidt
said today.
He said the program changes
were made after complaints by
Jewish parents that certain ma
terial in the programs conf1icted
with their religious beliefs.
Verses referring to Christ as
the Messiah were eliminated
from carols and New Testament
material originally planned for
use at Langley Park Elementary
School and at two other county
schools which Mr.. Schmidt de-
clined to identify.
Yesterday, the Rev. Don c.
Shaw, pastor of the Episcopal
Church of st. Michael and All
Angels, Langley Park in his
sermon. spoke of anti-Semitic
expressions by some parents of
children at Langley Park Ele-
mentary School and said such
expressions "are suggestive of
underground communism or Nazi
methods"
Mr.. Schmidt said making the
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Man Caught Hiding
Under Carl Break-in

Arlington policemen investi-
eating break-in at a garage
found a man hiding under an
auto, took his picture and
charged him with burglary.
He was identified as Otis j.
Baker, 80, colored, of the 1900
block of South Nelson street.
Policemen James Mangan and
William E. Curtin said they were
cruising in Rosslyn about 2 am.
yesterday when they say a bro
ken window at Nash Arlington,
2015 North Moore street. They
crawled through the window
and searched the place, after
calling for help.
Baker was found under a car
just as Police Sergt. Philip Lucas
arrived. Sergt. Lucas had a cam
era which is carried in his cruiser
for use in investigating acci-
dents. He took the mans picture,
which was introduced in County
Court today at a preliminary
hearing.
Judge Hugh Reid ordered
Baker held on $4,000 bond for
action of the grand jury.
Assistant Commemorative At
torney Louis Koutoulakos re-
qested the high bond because, he
said, Baker already was out on
bond on an auto-theft charge
and was scheduled for trial jan
uary 6 in Arlington Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

ing proper and sound training In
child psychiatry are sadly lack
ing throughout the country,
"Majoring" in child psychiatry
requires additional years of
training. In dealing with the
mentally mixed up child. psy-
chiatrists find it's time-con-
Stunning job. He must work with
the child's parents, his teacher,
those who have close contact
with him-all as a part of the
treatment"
To some, another disturbing
trend is in the drift away from
institutional psychiatry into pri-
vate practice. Institutions. such
as st. Elizabeths. are finding it
more difficult to staff the wards
with competent men. Private
practice, psychiatrists point out.
is more rewarding-f1nancially
and personally.
The Washington psychiatrist
is a busy man. He does charity
work at local mental clinics.
consultations and tries to keep
up with his private practice. One
reported he had to call six diff
ferent psychiatrists before he
could find one who had the time
to take a new patient.
The price per visit can be any
where from SIS to $25. depending
on the patients ability to pay.
If this seems high, psychiatrists
say, the general practitioner can
see four to six patients an hour
sometimes more.
If psychiatrists ever do find
what makes people tick and
ometimeS took, if they eventually
sometimes took, If they even
tually do have all the answers,
they might explain why some
people suddenly go of the deep
end. But more important they
could rescue those on the blink.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
By John McKelwoy

It could be the evening traffic,
perhaps a too-watchful parent,
or alcohol, or a critical mate;
even the boss, or in-laws, or that
inescapable responsibility.
Notwithstanding is wor-
rying a lot of Washington people.
Often they get it out of their
systems alone and in a variety
of ways including suicide. Some
just live with it and fight it.
More and more are taking
these problems to a group of
medical men who have studied
long and hard to handle mental
illness.
People see these psychiatrists
because they are anxious, wor-
ried. tense. fatigued or depressed.
They're having difficulties in get
ting along with people.
PsychiatristS are as normal, or
as a abnormal as any one else.
They have their own troubles.
Jokes and a general skepticism
of their profession bounce of
the psychiatrist-he's used to it
and says it shows an increasing
awarenesS Of what psychiatry is
all about. Phychiatrists admit it
is hard to measure the results
of their efforts in many cases.
Yet they talk of a deep personal
satisfaction when their patient
begins to understand why he has
troubles and feels life is worth
1t after all.
Awed by Responsibility.
The conscientious psychiatrist
is awed by the tremendous re-
sponsibility in dealing with the
mentally mixed-up individual
He knows a wrong word, a sharp
criticism, can plunge q tossing
mind into greater depths.
There are those people who
Evening star., 1953-12-28

DR.. OverholSer has said, they
(shock therapists) were doing
something to the patient.
The comas and convulsions
offered visible evidence that
something was going on. Elec-
trio shock therapy-adminis-
tered by the use of a small and
readily portable apparatus-ap-
pealed to the unframed; there
are still too many alleged psy-
chiatrists, the extent of whose
therapeutic knowledge is locked
up in their little black box"
Yet, psychiatrists emphasize.
there is no question that shock
therapies have shortened the
course of certain mental ILL
neSSeS.
Ice-Pick Surgery.
Still another form Of treat
ment, considered in some quar-
tiers as being in the last resort
bracket" is pSychoSurgery-bet-
ter known as ice-pick surgery.
In the operation, the doctor cuts
fibers In that portion Of the
brain believed to be causing the
trouble. The operation produces
irreversible changes in a persons
personality.
One remarkable thing about
psychiatry in general is the lack
of child psychiatrists. It would
seem that very many of mans
emotional troubles begin in in
fancy-or so psychiatrists indi-
cate. Yet. for several reasons,
psychiatrists tend to stay away
from this form of psychiatry.
A local child psychiatrist says
there is a tremendous need" for
such men in the Washington
area. He gives these reasons for
the shortage.
The opportunities for reeEiv-
Evening star., 1953-12-28

brook lane off East-West high
way and Beach drive
Manta was on her horse,
Ebony Fox, which her parents
had agreed to buy for her as a
Christmas present because Of her
riding achievements. .As she
and the horse approached a az
foot jump. the horse apparently
gots its foot caught in the bar,
police said, and Manta slid off
to one side with the horse top
pling over on her.
She was found about 10 feet
from the jump when police and
the Silver Spring Rescue Squad
arrived. Witnesses told police
the horse rested it's weight on
Manta for several seconds and
then managed to get back on
its feet.
Listed As Accident.
DR.. Frank ]. Broschart, county
medical examiner, said the girl
died from a cerebral ,1emorrhage
caused by crushed skull He
listed the death as accidental.
With Manta at the time, be-
sides her mother. was a cousin.
Lorraine Whit, 9, of 2113 Han
ever street, Silver Spring, who
was learning to ride.
In addition to her parents,
Manta is survived by a brother,
Richard, 18. f1rst-year student
at Montgomery Junior College
Evening star., 1953-12-28

later-at 1928 p.m.-by DR..
John H. Rosser at Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda.
Daughter of Architect.
Manta was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel T. Morgan.
She was a ninth-grade student
at Eastern Suburban Junior
High School and was an accom-
pliShed rider. Her father is an
architect with Offices at 1924 L
street NV.
According to Montgomery
County police, the accident oc-
CURED in the riding arena at
the Pegasus stables on Meadow
whether one of Mr.. Small's lieu
tenants might try dislodging the
popular Senator.
The other three Republican
incumbent DelegateS-Albert r.
Hassall, Harry E. Taylor, jr., and
William R. Hughes-have said
nothing about their plans. Most
assume that they will seek re-
election. Being discussed as addi-
tional G. o. P. Delegate candi-
dates are Clifton L. Cleavenger
of Laurel and Lawrence Burns
of College Park.
Prince Georges has six seats
in the House of Delegates. Two
are now held by Democrats Will
kinson and Pumphrey.
Seen as good bets to seek Dele
gates jobs on the Democratic
side are Robert Matthias, former
county school board counsel and
assistant county attorney, and
Ernest Loveless. jr., former
liquor board counsel.
Blair Smith is being talked
about as Democratic candi-
date for States Attorney, the
job now held by Republican j.
Carlyle Lancaster.
All of the five Republican
county commissioners except
Mrs. Fannie Spicknall are ex-
pected to seek reelection. They
probably will be opposed in the
primary but the only challengers
shaping up this early are Will
liam r. Rice of Forest Heights
and Sherman HollinSworth,
real estate man.
Democrats who are beginning
to look and talk like commits
sioner candidates include Mrs.
Irma Bogdanof, a leader in the
county Civic Federation; Err
nest L. Hines, who was foreman
of the grand jury last spring:
Chris Sondberg of Riverdale;
Mrs. Ruth Swami of Hyattsville;
Arthur w. Brunei of Riverdale,
Mayor Jesse Baggett of Hyatts-
vile, and Charles H. Drown of
Lanham.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
FairIand Garage Damaged
As Oil Stove ExpIodes

A fire believed to have been
started by an exploding oil stove
caused an estimated $4,000
damage last night to a combina-
ton garage and snack bar on
the Columbia road at Fairland.
Md.
Chief Herman Dig of the
Hillandale Volunteer Fire De-
partment, said the exploding
stove apparently sprayed burn
ing oil throughout the interior
of the rear portion of the build
ing. Most of the damage, he
reported, involved building con-
tents.
Firemen from BurtonSville,
Silver Spring and the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory at White Oak
also responded.
The place. known as Docs
Service Station. was closed at
the time. Its owner was listed
as William Due Frene. 1912
Twenty-fourth place, West Hy-
attSville.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Doctor al u. Of Md.
Answered in Attack
On Graduate Tests
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.-Are
the State examinations a medi-
cal graduate must take to be-
come a doctor in Maryland a
fair measure of his ability?
DR.. Milton S. Sacks, associate
professor of medicine at the
University of Maryland, says
they aren't.
He says they test only an
applicants ability to remember
facts and not his ability to syn
thesize these facts and exercise
good judgment. DR.. Sacks calls
the examinations ."the f1imsiest
Of projections for society"
DR.. Erasmus H. Kloman, head
of the State Board of Medical
Examiners. disagrees. He says
the examinations are an ade-
quate test of an applicants med
ical ability and. in DR.. Kloman's
opinion, couldn't be improved
on"
Dr.. Sacks had voiced his criti-
cism in a speech before the Phi
Delta Epsilon Medical Frater-
nifty Saturday.
DR.. Kloman in defending the
tests yesterday said:
"They are given by men who
come from the schools and the
questions are the same kind of
questions that are given in the
four years of medicine"
He noted that the American
Medical Association sets require
ments for all medical schools in
the country and added:
"These are reliable schools and
turn out medical men. All that
the State examinations do is to
see that graduates have acquired
the knowledge they were sup
posed to acquire in medical
school. It's up to the schools
to give the men the knowledge.
The boards can't do that"
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Ex-CoIoneI With New Ideas
Keeps u. ofMd. ArtPupiIs Alert

or should be-visible to artists
in almost identical models.
Col. Wharton's innovations
have helped increase enrolment
in the univerSity's fine arts
classes from only so when the
Department. was started in 1945.
In the Army, the colonel de-
signed the triangular red. yel-
low and blue "armored" patch
worn by hundreds of thousands
of servicemen during World
War II.
Russians Used Tank.
Later, he worked on drawings
of the Christie tank. a closely
guarded military secret in 1921
The Army never adopted the
tank. however, and the patent
was bought and later used by
Russia during the war, Col
Wharton said.
His Army career began when
he won a service scholarship to
the Maryland Institute of Art ir
Baltimore. He completed a four
year course there in one year
He also studied at the Univer-
sity of Virginia and Duke Uni
versity, where he was graduated
Before that, he was the only
male student at Lander Female
College, in Greenwood, S. c..
from which he was graduated at
the age of IL.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
$500 Marriage Licenses,
$500 Divorces in 1853 .

The chances are three-to-one
that a couple married in the
District during 1853 will make a
go of it.
Figures at the U. s. District
Court for the District Of Co
lumbia show over $500 couples
applied for marriage licenses
and $500 filed divorce or MAIN
tenance suits.
Last years totals were: 10,100
licenses and $500 breaking up
their marriages.
Although officials point out
the rate of divorce suits has
leveled since the sharp rise fol-
lowing World War II, the judges
have recommended the establish
ment of three-judge domestic
relations court to handle family
litigation. They belive such a
step would aid the htigants and
take the work load off them.
speeding up other court trials.
The judges expect 5000 civil
suits to have been filed during
1853 and 1000 criminal cases
handed over to them by the
grand juries.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
British School Plan
Names U. of Va. Man

j. N. G. Finley. director of the
University of Virginia Center in
Arlington, has been named an
honorary adviser to the British
Universities summer schools pro-
gram.
The program is offered by Ok
ford, Birmingham. London and
Edinburgh Universities to provide
special summer courses for stu
dents from America, Europe and
the British Commonwealth. De-
tails of the plan are available
from Prof. Finley at the center,
1912 North Quincy street, Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

fatty refuse to see a psychiatrlSt.
They don't approve of them and
never will.
Yet, there is the patient who
seeks a psychiatrist much as he
would a doctor right after the
first sneeze or fall. A prominent
local psychiatrist feels it's a
growing fad among the sophisti-
Gated to pay weekly visits to a
pSychiatrist.
In the Washington area there
are about 400 psychiatrists. They
are practicing privately. in in
stitutions. in clinics and some
times in all three. They engage
in teaching, research, and in
vestigative work for the Federal
hospitals, the medical schools
and privately.
The number Of psychiatrists
has rapidly increased here since
the end of World War II. Some
230 psychiatrists were registered
at that time.
The increase started when a
number of psychiatrists left the
service while stationed at install
lations. like Walter Reed Hos
pital. They settled here and en-
tered the local medical field.
Psychiatry in general has been
given a big lift after World War
II, due to successful results in
the treatment of a vast number
Of mental cases produced by war.
AS an example. IS per cent of all
hoSpitalized Naval personnel
were cases of emotional illness.
More of a respect for psychi-
airy became evident, not only in
the medical profession, but in
the public SIS well.
Mental Ills Understood.
DR.. Winfred Overholser, super
intendent Of st. Elizabeths Hos
pital. has written that after thA
Evening star., 1953-12-28

A retired Army colonel. who
once helped design a tank. now
is an art professor at the Uni
versity of Maryland and has
his students working with auto
mobile paint and plastics as a
test of their creativeness.
Col. James P. Wharton, U. S. A..
(retired) served in the tank corps
at Fort Meade, Md, from 1919
to 1926 under Capt. Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Since 1948, he has
headed the Fine Arts Depart
ment on the. College Park camp
us. He feels that unconventional
art materials and subjects keep
his pupils work from getting
stale.
Paint With Spatulas.
Col. Wharton has his $50 stu
dents apply quick-drying auto
paint with spatulas instead of
brushes. They also paint on
sheets of plexiglass. The work
is transferred from plastic to
paper with a roller when it is
finished. And he uses two look
alike models instead of one in
life classes.
The students have to paint
double" portraits of two sis
terS. for example, as a workout
in painting different character
and personality traits that are
Evening star., 1953-12-28

tient is taking a lesson in him
self"
Another said the object of psy-
choanalysis is to make the pa
tient learn what makes him
"tick" as a person.
Patients see the psychoanalyst
up to four times a week in hour
long sessions. The treatment can
continue for years.
'Hands-On' Treatment.
One relatively modern off,
shoot of pSychoanalysis-a
hands-off type of treatment
is psychotherapy. the "hands-on"
method Psychotherapy is said to
furnish, according to one who
practices it, that certain some
thing the vanishing family doctor
used to hand out along with
pills.
The patient is reasurred. The
psychiatrist does not "tell' him
what to do. but. rather, sug-
gests and carefully persuades.
And it could be some people
find in the psychoanalyst or in
the psychotherapist someone
they've never had before-a
sympathetic listener.
For more serious forms Of
mental illness, like deep depres-
sions. some psychiatrists are
using drugs and electricity.
Patients have been shocked"
back to normal or to a state
where the pSychiatrist can en-
ploy psychotherapy.
Shock therapy came more into
use, a pSychiatrist has pointed
out, because people looked on
psychoanalysis and psychoterapy
with some suspicion. The two
were Intangible" and people
wanted quick results. They
wanted obvious proof" some
thing was done for the patientJ
Evening star., 1953-12-28

last war there was considerable
breaking down on the part of
the public of their previous fears
of mental disorder. Through re-
turning soldiers the public has
learned that emotional difficult
ties, major or minor, may oc-
cur in anybody, particularly
under stress and that there is
nothing shameful or specially
mysterious or incurable about
them"
The practice is divided into
subspecialities. These include
pSychoanalySiS; d m n iStrative
psychiatry; clinical psychiatry:
institutional psychiatry and child
psychiatry.
Psychoalanysis is probably the
best known method of treatment
in psychiatry-and also the most
joked about. The psychoanalyst
is still using his well-known
couch, while in some cases, a
chair serves the same purpose.
Reason for the couch-which
started with DR.. Sigmund Freud
is to give the patient complete
relaxation. It also serves to re-
move the doctor from view.
AS the patient talks of day-to-
day problems, his relationships
with people, childhood memories.
or dreams, the psychiatriSt at
tempts to pick up threads Of hid
den desires and conflict. Before
hand, the pSychiatrist tells the
patient its best to tell everything
it'll help them both.
The psychiatrist figures these
emotional conflicts are making
the patient act strangely in GER
tain circumstances or suffer from
body ailments. However, he re-
mains out of the picture for the
most part, stepping in now and
then to offer. ideas. As one psy-
choanalyst explained: "the pa1
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Farewell Services

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Dec.
% (P).-The Rev. Cyril j. Hoover
yesterday conducted farewell
services in the Bunker Hill Meth
odist charge he has. headed near
here for the last four years. He
leaves Friday to become pastor of
the Ridgeville (Md0 Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1953-12-28

to jump hur-
dies at Chevy
Chase riding
stable.
The victim,
Manta (Rusty)
M org a n of
9214 M a n
chester road,
fell under the
n o + S e Wn1le
her m o t h e r
looked on. She
w a s % r o.
nounced dead
less than a
half h0nr
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Gov. Battle Gets
7-Point Plan
On State Water
Advisory Council
Outlines Course for
Future Legislation
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 28.-
A continuing study of Virginia S
water resources and problems
was urged today by the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council.
The council in a 51-page report
to Gov. Battle, failed to recon-
mend any legislative action other
than ! general seven-point state
ment Of policy to guide future
legislation.
Included in the report was a
recommendation the council be
empowered to continue its
study.
If the continuation was
granted, the council said, it would
consider drafting definitions of
terms to clarity existing laws.
Other things the council said
it would consider would be the
feasibility of creating a State
water conservation board and
administrative procedures gov
erning the building of dams,
reservoirs and similar structures.
A proposal in the report ad-
vised that the State Water Con-
troll Board continue its studies
on "the gallonage use of water
from surface sources" and make
its findings available to the
council.
The study would cover the
problem affecting the industrial
and municipal use of surface
water, the water problem related
to agriculture. and the legal
background of the problem.
Policy Suggested.
Provisions for the basic water
policy suggested to the general
assembly by council would in
clude:
/. Recognition that the use
of water for domestic. municipal
industrial, agricultural and all
other beneficial purposes is a
matter of great public interest
and welfare.
2. Recognition that the con-
ditions and needs within the
State Of Virginia with reference
to the availability and use of
water are such that the public
welfare requires that water be
preserved and put to the highest
or maximum beneficial use and
that the waste of water be pre-
vented.
3. Recognition that by pro-
viding the right combination of
sound adjustment in land and
water uses. proper watershed
management, and the orderly
construction Of dams, reservoirs
and other protection of surface
waters. as we'll as land. the pub
lie interest and welfare are best
served.
Would Protect Investments.
4. Recognition that the prop
er use and management of sur
face waters facilitates and makes
practicable the conservation of
ground water, land and other re-
sources.
5. encouragement of and rea-
sonable legal protection for
sound investments in the devel-
opment. use. conservation and
protection of water and related
land resources.
6. Assumption of responsible
ity on the part of the State for
the control and regulation of de-
velopment and use of surface
waters.
Z. "A declaration that existing
valid rights to the use of surface
waters and the continuance
thereof shall not be impaired"
Gov. Battle last January told
the council existing laws on the
States water resources are
poorly adapted to modern con-
ditions."
He asked a review of the stu
alton and recommendations for
appropriate" legislation.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Charles Town Firemen

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Dec.
% (SpeciaD Shirley Hunt has
been named president of Citizens
Volunteer Fire Co. here, succeed
ing Franklin Weller.
Evening star., 1953-12-28
Will Pick Contest Winners

The Kensington (Md.) Cham
Der of Commerce tonight will Sc
lect II winners in the eighth an
nual outdoor Christmas tree
lighting contest. Prizes will
range from IS to SIS in cash.