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Evening star., 1955-10-26
PonheIIenic Group
IHonors Judge Cockrill

Juvenile Court Judge Edith
ICockrill was awarded the biennial
certificate of merit Of the Dis
Itrict Chapter Of the Professional
IPanhellenic Association In recog-
milton Of her professional
achievements in the past two
years.
The award was made at q din
Iner meeting which featured as
guest speaker DR.. Hanna Kiep.
Women's Affairs Secretary at the
German Embassy, who spoke on
the status Of women in Germany
before and since World War II.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Ohio Expert Worms D. c.
Of Tronsit Shift Peril

Indicated it is likely to shift to
the operating ratio" procedure
for setting rates and to abandon
the rate of return" method Of
determining fares and profits ir
realtion to amounts of money in
vested in transit properties.
Mr. Wasick said the "operat-
ing ratio procedure for setting
fares gives lower rates to Gus
toners when bus company''
operating costs are going down
However. he insisted. when they
are going up the public suffers.
Oil Issue Debated
Meanwhile. the utility regu.
lators debated whether the Fed.
eral Government, through thu
Federal Power Commission
should control the prices paic
for natural gas at the producing
oil and gas wells. The commits
sion has failed to do so despite
q Supreme Court ruling ordering
It to take on the job.
The opposition argument was
made by Ray c. Jones, chair
man OF the Oklahoma State
Corporation Commission. who
contended that such control
would stop wildcat explorers by
controlling the profits they might
make. He said the Federal in
terest should be to insure an
adequate supply rather than con-
troll the price so long as 1t Is
competitive"
Tomorrow morning the con-
vention feature will be q panel
discussion Of the urban bus
mass transportation problem.
One of the speakers will be Dis
trict Commissioner Robert E.
Mclaughlin, former chairman Of
the District Public Utilities Com
mission.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Young Firebug
|sCorllTllifted
7 BIuzes Started
Within 5 Months

A 15-year-old boy who in i've
months set seven fires which
caused more than $1,000 worth
OF damage today was committed
to the Board cf Public Welfare
by Juvenile Court Judge Edith
Cockrill.
According to q court worker,
the boy told him he cannot con-
troi his impulses To- start fires
and feels that shes u better on ~
an institution.
The boys parents also feel he
should not be at large at this
time. sle.
Among the structures the boy
set fire to were several garages
and q one-story brick home
which was completely destroyed.
All OF the buildings were To-
Gated near his Southeast home.
Two of the buildings. q house
and q garage, were located In his
home block. In one instance the
boy set IRE to mattresses three
times in one house before the
building was destroyed.
According to q court spokes-
man, the boy is an ideal candi-
date for residential treatment in
a psychiatric institution. The
Board Of Public Welfare has nc
such institution.
The boy first came to the at
tention Of Juvenile authorities
in l947 when he attended ses-
sions at the D. G. Mental Hy-
|giene Clinic. It was felt at the
time that he had successfully
completed q series Of treatments
and he was discharged. The
court worker said the boys par
.ents then did not appear greatly
disturbed at their sons condi-
ton, but since his latest outbreak
they have been seeing q psychia-
trist with their son.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Youth Award Plonned

John White Of the Commission
Iers' Youth Council will present
an award for achievements In
the community to the Syphax
Area Committee, one OF the
councils affiliates, at 8:45 pm.
tomorrow In Randall Junior High
School. First and ] streets S.W.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
BY HECTOR MCLEAN
Star stan Correspondent

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Oct. 20.
.--Washington's transit crisis
cropped up repeatedly in hall
way discussions as the Nations
utility regulators met here to-
day at their 9th annual con-
vention.
Both Lloyd B. Harrison and
Elmo Milligan Of the District
Public Utilities Commission staff
said numerous friends attending
the convention Of the National
Association Of Railroad and
Utilities Commissioners had
questioned them about the
Washington transit problem.
Meanwhile, they were getting
some advice also. William
IWasick. Akron tOhio) utilities
commissioner, warned "there are
lots Of pitfalls" In bringing in a
new operator for a transit sys-
tenn. IF they're mot careful, !"
he said. they'll wind up behind
the eight ball.
Seeking Successor
Capital Transit viii go out Of
business next August IA under
an act Of Congress passed dur
ing the recent 52-day strike, and
the District Utilities Commission
is now seeking a successor COM
pany.
Mr.. Wasick cautioned against
using the operation ratio theory
OF setting rates, Under this sys-
tenn, the company is allowed TO
make a fixed profit over its
operating costs, much like the
cost-plus contracts written by
the Federal Government dur
ing the war.
The District commission has
Evening star., 1955-10-26
BY CHARLES j. YARBRoUGH

with slightly more Anonymity
than the congressional delega-
|tion from Alaska, hometown
movie extras put the House Of
Representatives back II business
yesterday.
The extra session was called
for the Washington scenes oi
Columbia Pictures production Of
the broadway hit. .The Solid
Gold Cadillac" and q proposal
ia double the pay Of Govern
ment employees would have car
rfed unanimously. All Of the
extras were aii Government en-
ployes except me.
Like many another star. the
role was thrust upon me. That
the professional caterers served
ham at lunch was d c0inciden
/ ignored with more aplomb than
1 did the food.
Typical Froduction
IN q way It was typical oi
many House sessions. They
worked an day long for 80 Sec
onds' result on the film. They
kept turning back the clock for
purposes Of continuity.
The extras. taking the parts
Of House members. we're on hand
at 8 am. sharp. As they filed
in. a guard observed: 1T don't
look like we'll need a roll call
today. They all seem to be pres
ent and accounted for"
The only accredited member
of the House, Representative
Wilson, Republican Of Indiana
had some time TO kill and Just
dropped In. Hell be there when
the movie hits the screens some
eight months hence and the
people Of Bedford, Ind. are 60
ing to love It.
Mr.. Wilson was asked by one
of the directors If the scenes ap-
peared normal.
sWell," he explained, Il see q
lot of new faces around here. ]
just hope there isn't that much
of a turnover next time"
wilson To Frame Pay
In the case Of the extras. the
base pay Of $l9.43 Is for watt
ing. The talent Is donated. as
well it should be. Representa-
tive Wilson will get bis.
Il intend to frame It," he
Columbia brought In 80 peo-
pie, including the stars. Judy
Holiday and Paul Douglas; six
truckloads Of equipment from
New York and the 200 extras
from hereabouts. Electricians
and lighting experts swarmed
over the House chamber FOR
hours.
Rehearsal 6as brief. The
takes were numerous. They even
took out five seats. Patiently
almost reverently in difference to
the locale, the extras sat there
squirming less than the certified
occupants.
"This," said Representative
Wilson. "is the quietest I've ever
seen 1t in here" You could have
heard a hot water bottle hit Q
ping g-pong ball.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Movie Recruits U.s.. Aides
For House Extro Session

This was about the time Fish
bait Miller, the official doorkeep-
er Of the House, strode In with
some valuable technical advice.
Before 1t was over. Director
Richard Quine was uncertain %
TO Just who was directing the
picture.
Eye on Souvenirs
One Of Mr.. Miller's duties-ai
the behest Of oflicial Pafiiamen-
tarians Louis Deschler and WI
liam r Ray-was to watch that
gavel and ink well--ws don't
want them stolen"
In brilliant green tail-to-the-
wind sports shirt. Mr.. Miller was
up to his role with d helpful
hand. With the other, he was
even helping serve the lunch.
When the movie appears. the
man IN Speaker Raybnrn's i'm
posins chair win be !. w. Mem
deisohn. 81, Of $3.50 Thirtieth
street NV. q sanitary engineer
for the Interior Department.
'Oh. yes" Mr.. Mendelsohn ex.
planned. II had experience ir
Western High School theatricals
That was years ago, Of course.
In the parliamentarian's chail
for this nomination for eight Os.
cars was Edward ]. Kelly. super.
intendent Of National Capita
Parks. AS one Of the members
OF the House was T. sutton Jett
Mr.. Kelly's assistant.
Department Quorum
In fact. National Park Service
and the Interior Department hac
the quorum Of the day-and u
the credits don't say so. Secre.
tary Mckay is going TO want Il
know why.
The episode proves one thins
conclusively. Actors are born
not made.
Two assistant directors ex.
planned yesterdays action.
aSit there and be natural
you'll pardon the expression, moi
like dummies land when Mis-
Holiday leaps up and says Mr.
Congressman, I'd like to know
why . -, all you do is turn youl
heads quickly to look at her."
That's all there is to It. except
perhaps, where can you get {
solid gold Cadillac for $19.43?
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Nurses to Elect

WINCHESTER, Va. Oct. 26
(R.-The Virginia Association OF
Nursing Homes opens its second
annual convention here today.
The meeting ends tomorrow with
the election Of officers.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
Shriners Oyster Fete

Shriners Of the Almas Temple
will hold their 18th annual Oyster
Festival at Q pm. Saturday in
the grand ballroom Of the willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
ByTOM BURKE


An experimental teacher-im-
provement program which re-
search scientists hope win be q
model for the Nation and win
more. students for scientific
studies viii be launched In Ar
lington, it was announced today.
The National Academy Of
Sciences National Research
Council will sponsor the pro-
gram in cooperation with Ar
lington school officials. teachers.
parents and businessmen.
Eight universities and coll
Ieges in this area are being
drawn into the plan. They are
expected to adopt q joint cataIog
of special summer courses de-
signed to bring science and
mathematics teachers up to date
on advances In their fields.
Businessmen and the Federal
Government are participating In
a facet Of the plan which calls
for temporary summer employ
ment Of secondary school teachers
in laboratories In this area,
Loosening Of Civil Service em-
ployment procedures to enable
such temporary, summertime ,hir-
ings. Is In the discussion stage.
Learn and Work Plan
Through the combination oi
advanced education and tempo
rary employment. MAS officials
feel, secondary school teachers
viii be able 10 teach better,
teach more Interestingly and at
tract more students to their fields
Or. S. D. Cornell. executive
officer Of the NAS-NRS, and
John s. Coleman, executive sec
retary Of the Academy's division
of physical sciences. said the
continual decline Of student in
terest In scientific fields of learn
ing spurred the research scien-
fists interest in the problem.
The academy Is 3 private, non-
profit organization Of $50 scien-
fists which was chartered by
Congress in 1868. It is dedicated
to the furtherance Of science and
is required to act as an adviser
to the Federal Government.
Shortage Of Scientists
Mr.. Coleman said the United
States is already experiencing q
shortage Of scientists and re-
search leadership. Unless the
trend away from scientific study
can be reversed at the high
school level. he said the short
age win grow worse.
He said representatives ot
George Washington, Georgetown,
Catholic, American and Howard
Universities. the University oi
Virginia. the University Of Mary
land and the District Of Colum-
bia Teachers College win meet
at the Academy tomorrow to be-
gin planning the special courses
to be offered for the first time
next year.
Mr.. Coleman said other COM
munities In this area have been
invited to participate aid are
expected to do so. In Arlington.
however, plans are well under
way for establishing q scholar
ship foundation which would pay
fees for the county's science and
mathematics teachers to attend
the special summer courses. The
courses are expected to provide
credits toward higher degrees.
Besides the scholarships. the
academy hopes to interest Ar
lington's School Board in pro-
viding partial pay during the
summer for teachers to particle
pate. Many OF the teachers
would normally take temporary
summer work because Of finan-
cial burdens.
Possibly 200 temporary sum-
mer jobs can be. obtained for
those teachers who would rather
Evening star., 1955-10-26
$4,000 Taking
Tests
$500 From Area
Vie for Scholarships

Nearly 10000 high school
$500 Of them from the
District. Maryland and Virginia.
today were being tested through
out the Nation to determine
which $50 have the top, apti-
tude that viii entitle them to
college scholarships.
The scholarship program Is
being financed by sos million
In grants from the Ford Founda-
ton and the Carnegie Corp. and
represents the largest independ-
Hnt scholarship program In the
history Of American education.
The tests are being conducted
BY the Educational Testing Serv-
Ice Of Princeton. N. j.. among
nearly 1900 high schools. The
service is q nonprofit organiza-
ton whose administrative costs
in this project are financed with
$500. 600 Of the total grant.
Eligible are the most promis-
Ing 5 per cent OF seniors in each
public. parochial, private and
semiprivate high school in the
They will be selected
on the basis Of aptitude alone,
of race, nationality
or religion.
ZIG In District
In the District, ZIG students Of
3 2schools are taking the tests.
The figure includes 1872 students
Of 10 public high schools and the
Capital Page School.
Two Of these schools Eastern
and Cardozo- missed out on the
tests because of "slip-ups" in
falling to make necessary ar
DR.. Carl F. Hansen, assistant
superintendent OF schools In
charge Of high schools. said the
slip-ups were wholly accidental
and unfortunate" DR.. Hansen
said he does not believe the two
schools can new participate at
this late stage.
The official said that at q
principals meeting as recently
as last October IL, the school
heads were issued written re-
minders Of the scholarship tests
The educational service had
no breakdown OF the number OF
participants in the school sys-
TENS of the Washington area.
Officials said that on q State
wide basis, however. 948 seniors
Of LAT Maryland high schools
and 1888 students Of 237 Vir-
ginia schools are taking the test.
Across the Nation only 1000
participants will survive the first
test. These will take d second
exam on January IA. The $50
top scorers here who survive fur
ther screening will be notified OF
their scholarships before May /.
Purpose Of the project is to
select the students best qualified
generally for college regardless
OF their financial ability to at
tend. Individual grants will
range from 5000 to $4,000 per
year for four years, depending
on the students ability to pay
About half Of the most able
high school graduates now forego
college largely because OF inade-
quate financial means.
To Be Screened
The winning students are to
be screened not only for scho-
lastic aptitude but for other
qualities indicating that they
are exceptionally able to profit
oy advanced education.
The 1,400 next highest rated
students who fail to place among
The $50 winners will have a
chance at other scholarships.
Their names viii be submitted
tot colleges and scholarship
agencies for consideration as
scholarship students.
To date, the program includes
three groups Of merit scholar
ships: National Merit Scholar
ships, Sears Foundation Merit
Scholarships and Time Life
Merit Scholarships.
Evening star., 1955-01-04

II says 30 In the current issue Of SPORT
magazine, which claims to have latched onto
. confidential chart rating Of al the N. l..
players. report prepared by q manager as
q guide for trades. SPORT apologies for
not naming the manager. (''We are sure
you'll understand that it would be mighty
embarrassing to the party1in question II We
were to spill the beans.'9
Ted Kluszewski Of the Redlegs now is
the top first baseman, with the Dodgers
Gil Hodges "only thin shade behind" Red
Schoendienst Of the Cards and Granny
Hammer run Ia among second basemen
Evening star., 1955-01-04
TereshinsI<i Takes Over as Redskins End Coach
Foeni,1g siaP Sports
Washington, .. c.. Tuesday, January 4 1s55A-ls 80
Win, lose Or Drew.
By FRANCIS stANN

WILLIE MAYS 10 NOT the best centerAeder in the Ma
onal League Duke snider is And smoky Burgess Of the
Phlies the top catcher with Roy campanea No
Until he sold to the Indians Ralph Kiner the
LIZ lnAkAa -
Evening star., 1955-01-04
FroteroIIi Boek as Coach
Boiling to Start Strong Team
In Golden Gloves February

! Western light heavyweight
Gloves title in 1852 while COM
peting for Chanute tIll.) Air
Force Base. Prior TO that he was
a runnerup in the Eastern Gold
en- Gloves light-heavyweight
ranks at New York In 1851 while
competing for his home town,
Newark, N. ].
Boiling has q solid welter-
weight In Clid Robinson, q
washington boy who has been
boxing for about five years In Air
Force competition. He reached
the finals OF the local Gloves
tournament in 1852 and lost q
close one to Tommy (Dynamitel
williams. Robinson win give
all Of the l47-pounders q good 60
for It.
The Airmen are strong In the
middleweight and fiyweight di-
visions, too. They have Roland
Walker In the i60-pound class
and Chuck Gates as their n.y.
weight candidate. The rest Of
the lineup win be determined by
the middle Of the month.
Meanwhile. from the civilian
ranks Of the Gloves comes the
announcement that Otis HaEris,
weIl-known local boxing figure,
has been named ring coach at
the Southeast Metropolitan Boys
Club. Harris win concentrate on
novice boxers and says he is
anxious TO look over additional
recruits between 8 and . pm
The new 8 Police Club coach
holds three Of his novice candi-
dates in high esteem. They are
Charles Harvey, Q middleweight: /:
James johnson. q featherweight,
and Herbert Douglas, q bantam
weight 'They are all ready to
go after novice honors," Harris
says. They've earned their
spurs in junior competition
Other Golden Gloves novice
and senior camps throughout the
area are pushing their training.
since the deadline for weight
making and physical exams Is
only three weeks away.
Evening star., 1955-01-04

team. The Wildcats received
1,0e0 points and finished more
| than 200 points ahead of rum
| nerup Duquesne in the voting.
The streaking Wildcats have
won seven In row this season
after posting a ESQ record dur
| ing the l953-54 campaign. The
defending Southeastern Confer
ence champions also go after
their l30th straight home court
victory Saturday night when
they play host to Georgia Tech
in their only game this week.
Two Convincing Victories.
Adolph Rupp's charges saw ac-
tion twice last week, winning
convincingly each time. Ken
tucky trounced st. Louis by II
points and followed that up with
o I0l-6e lacing Of Temple last
Saturday night,
The rest Of the top 10 teams
underwent q thorough shufiie as
q result Of holiday tournaments
and Q wave Of upsets. Only
fifth-ranked San Francisco re-
tanned the same poll position az
last week.
Duquesne (8-l, climbed from
eighth to second with $50
points. The Iron Dukes, who
collected IA iirst-place votes,
can attribute their rise to . ma
tionally teleyised victory over La
Sale in the finals Of the Madi-
son Square Garden holiday fes-
tival
North Carolina State tl2-i)
dropped one notch to third
place. while La Sale s9-a)
slipped from third to fourth.
The Wolfpack. with $40 points.
we're jolted from the unbeaten
ranks Saturday night at the
hands Of twice beaten Villanova.
LaSalle accumulated $50
points. followed by San Fran
cisco t8-D with SIS points.
George Washington (8-2) adj
vanced from ninth to sixth with
338 points on the strength Of
winning the Richmond Invita-
tional. UCLA t9-2) showed the
biggest increase. jumping from
18th to seventh. The Uclans,
who displayed fine outside shoot
ing befcSs bowling TO LaSalle in
the semifinais Of the Garden
holiday festival, edged eighth
place Utah 276 points to 26o.
The Utes didn't play last week
and dropped . notch from
seventh.
Missouri t7-2l, by virtue Of
capturing the Big Seven tourney,
rose from 18th TO ninth with 262
points. Dayton te-2l was
knocked from the unheatens last
week tn fan from fourth to 10th
with IT'S points.
The University Of Maryland,
which failed to hit the top 20
last week, vaulted to the ilth
spot on the strength Of upsettins
Cincinnati to win last weeks
An-American City tournament
at Owensboro, KY.
IIIlneis. Niagara Tumhie.
Illinois t6-3), sixth q week ego.
and Niagara (7-3l. No 10 last
week. both tumbled out Of the
top 10. Illinois. which bowed 20
Wisconsin Saturday night.
dropped to i2th. while Niagara
slipped 70 18th.
IN last nights games. D1n
Evening star., 1955-01-04
Duke and Nebraska
Due for $13O, 900
Grange BowIPoyoH

MIAMI, Fla, Jan, 4.--Duke
and Nebraska viii receive al
most $13O.000 each for their
Orange Bowl football game,
Van G. Kussrow, schedule
chairman Of the Orange Bowl
Committee, said yesterday each
team already has been paid Its
$4,000 guarantee and that
additional compensation will be
made when the oficial audit Is
completed.
Oklahoma and Maryland got
2l,30e.3l each for their ap-
pearance q year ago.
The schools must split the
funds with their conferences.
the Atlantic Coast and Big
Seven.
Chief increase over the net
revenue Of $405, ,748.53 for the
1854 game viii come from the
television and radio rights. This
totaled $1,000 for the Duke
Nebraska game compared with
$73.750 last year. Gate receipts
were expected to be only slightly
more than the s3el,2e3.T5 Of
1854 because the record crowd Of
6S,750 was only 500 larger than
the previous turnout.
Evening star., 1955-01-04
improving Hoyas Out
To Upset High-Rated
CoIoniaIs tomorrow
s.sr stan Photo
BY George Huber

Georgetown University's young
basketball team will have an up
set In mind tomorrow night
when 1t plays George Washing
ton at the Georgetown gym, but
as far as the Colonials are con-
cerned 1t viii be just wishful
thinking.
The Hoyas are an improving
lot, but George Washington al-
ready Is good and viii be fa-
ored IN tomorrow nights $50
o'clock game even though play
ing on the Hoya floor and before
the very vocal Hoya students.
In meeting Georgetown to-
morrow night the Coloniais
finally viii be biting into the
meat of their schedule after
touring the tournament circuit
during December. Only two reg
ular-schedule games have been
played--both against Wake For
est for q split--whiie the rest
Of the Colonials' activities has
been in three tournaments, from
which they brought home fine
collection of hardware and
gained the No. s ranking III the
latest AP poll.
CIV Displays New Awards.
Newly installed in GW's
trophy case are the winners
awards from the Steel Bowl and
Richmond Invitational tourna-
ments, plus 4 runnerup award
from the Aii-C College tournament.
There also is a long, slim bit Of
metal presented to GW's can
tain and high scorer, Corky Dew
lin. as the most valuable player
In the Richmond tournament.
All tournament play is now
behind the Coloniais until they
get to the Southern Conference
championship rounds in March,
and tomorrow night they take
on Georgetown In their first
game In defense Of their unof-
ficiai Big Three title. They won
this rolnd-robin affair among
the three big teams Of the
Washington area last year BY
taking Georgetown twice ana
splitting with Maryland. which
split with Georgetown.
Even though CIV figures to be
the better team this time. It
isn't taking GU lightly. The
Coloniais were on the practice
noor and working hard last FRI
day, the day after they finished
up at Richmond. and Coach Bill
Reinhart ran his boys through
more workouts yesterday and
today.
Georgetown also had its
tournament action last week.
finishing third In the queen city
Tournament at Buffalo with
victories over Fordham and
Georgia Tech and q loss to st.
Bonaventure. That gave them
q 7-2 record so far, compared
10 George Washington's go.
Last weeks results showed the
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