Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-08-11


always stand and wait-were 25
women, led by Shirley Hatch,
who conducted operation big
Sweep last week and got the
dirt and dust out of the swim
ming pool to prepare it for the
finishing construction.
Dee and Arthur Dolnick came
from Ohio last weekend to visit
with David and Ruth Korb of
Denfield Court, and the Polish
half of the Fitzgerald-Wojtanow-
ski clan made their annual pill
grimage from Perth Amboy. :.
Nyetska Polska go Braugh!
AS each week seems to top the
previous one at the Recreation
Center we can only imagine what
a fabulous program will be held
in the final days coming up.
Mrs. Korb, Mrs. Mason and Mr..
Coblentz who have been so
roundly praised by the parents
all summer are quick to return
the credit to the parents and to
Mr.. Moran who serves as guiding
light and prime rooter. Among
the mothers who helped in recent
weeks were Mrs. Sato, Mrs.
Schneider, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Reed, and of course Mrs. Ward.
The Either ball play-offs will be
at Twinbrook this week and the
junior boys softball team has
made the finals. A city-wide tai
ent show is planned for tomor-
row with Mrs. Marty Reed coach
ing "our Gang" in community
singing.
The artificial heat generated by
the concern of parents and teach
ers about the possible and prob
able use of the Lyons mansion
subsidized Monday even as the
natural heat moved out to sea
before a cold front. A week of
playing a parlor game patterned
after the television show Down
you go" (The local version is
called, "Dr. Norris said .............")
led to a meeting of the executive
committee of the PTA on Thurs
day night which was continued
until Monday night. At these
meetings the members attempted
to formulate the answer to DR..
Norris's public request for an
expression of opinion from Twin
brook. Their letter to him is
quoted in part:
Dear DR.. Norris:
1--WE appreciate the fact that
you have sought our opinion in
determining whether to use Glen
view for Twinbrook children or
to employ double sessions in the
present building.
ut appears to us that in this
situation there are two types of
problem-one having to do with
the physical plant at Glenview
and the other having to do with
teaching and supervision. In the
former it would be necessary, of
course, to comply with all health,
safety and sanitary regulations
such as having the lighting meet
standards for schools as estab-
lished by the Illuminating En-
gineering Society-ASA and other
safety standards established by
the Fire Underwriters in remodel
ing a building which was design
ed for a different purpose, so
that it could be used as a tenn
porary school building. We as
sumo that your office has already
thoroughly and carefully consid.
cred these requirements and the
time and cost of the necessary
renovations.
with regard to teaching and
supervision we feel less compel
ent to express opinion. The Elk
ecutive Committee discussed the
problem carefully but soon dis
covered it was unable to make
a decision, both because we dc
not know your plans for Glenview
in detail and because we do not
have the professional competence
required. For the same reasons
there is no informed or crystal
liZed public opinion in Twinbrook,
and it would be unjust to expect
anyone TO attempt to judge com
munity feeling in this matter.
"Such considerations as wheth
err sufficient teachers can be sup
piled if the classes would be
smaller in the small rooms al
Glenview, whether double shifts
for a shorter period each day il
adequate space would be prefer
able, are decisions which should
be made by professional educa
tors, not parents, We under
stand that the extremely limited
budget for books, library anC
visual education equipment may
complicate the decisions. W.
think that it is most unfortunate
that budgeting is apparently Sc
close that thare ic littIa flaxihil