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The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
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dows are on the Stone Ave
nue. side of the Pioneer.
The VA Club had progress
sive party with about forty
people going to Shelly Balk's
for cocktails, Max Freifield'S
for appetizers, Steve Green
berg's for delicatessen, and
Mike Multer's for dancing.
Hillel had a very successful
membership Bar-B-Que Halo
Ween dance on Sunday night.
The ZBTs got a combo up for
dancing and, with Gerry Sill
var as M. c., the AE Phi
Pledges, Upsilon Alpha, Dar-
lene Copalman and Bob Gale,
and the ZBTs showed us some
of their talents. Even Sally
Malinsky got into the act as
we were given a Silvar version
of Tom Leher. Anita RelSer
and her committee surely did
a superb job in planning such
a great evening.
Hillel held F i d a y night
services this Friday night
with the AE Phfs giving an
Oneg Shabbat at their house
afterwards.
It's a little late, but good
luck on your mid terms and
when they are all over, come
on down to Hillel.
That's about all for now:
I'll see you around.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
Progress Report
on the Center

Now that the new Jewish Community Center
building has been completed and had fair chance to
prove itself we think that this is good time to review
its progress and give our opinion of same.
To be frank, many of us had great doubts when
the building was first proposed We were among the
most skeptcal
But seeing is believing and we have some
thing come to life that is vital to Tucson and which
should become of our greatest assets.
Much credit for this outstanding achievement
must be given Ben Brook, executive director OF the
Center who has persisted cajOed, organized, tOled,
and finally accomplished the feat of getting Center
built and then organized program OF activities that
will strengthen Jewish community life and help the
fight against juvenile delinquency by taking the child
rem off the Streets and also offer varied program Tor
adults.
Director Youth program is now functionlng winch
includes: the Guys N Gals Club, the Youth Council
Swingsters Dance Glass; game-room tournaments ira
ternal groups For the children, the Center offers
dancing dramatics arts and crafts, boys play group
girls plav group athletics, and Teen-ettes
Outstanding in the Centers program IS the Kad-
NAH Players headed by brilliant young Sherman MOL
it's founder who has brought succession OF BroaoWay
hits to Tucson and nodded amateur group VINO act
like professionals For adults the Center offers daclg
charm and physical culture classes Tor the women
crafts and fine arts workshop, photography SPANISH
bridge Yiddsh literary group, and dramatic read
ers group. IT, 11u ;u oo,
start offering outstanding discussions OF current ques
tions of interest These will be free to the genera
Much thanks must also go to Harry Bacal, pres
ident of the Center who has been the unassumng yet
dynamic volunteer spirit in the Center project Creqt
must also 90 to such outstanding Leaders as 1. r!
Handmaker Ben Solot Jack Fruchthender, Morris
shanhouse, Henry Kaufmann David Kramer, Sidney me-
Giberg, Stanley Hatcher, William Gordon, and the
many others who have helped to make the center
reality. . ,,,;oo+od
Our opinion is that the Center has not duplicated
Tucson is big enough for it, and the need has oeen
proven To Ben Brook and his ieutenants- salute
for job well done. .,.
In these troubled times, unity is must Anything
that creates discord division is positively criminal
Tn that spirit the Arizona Post urges everyone to get
ntv service rendered in the best traditions of De-
mocracy and Judaism.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
Turkey Trot
Is Scheduled

In keeping with the Thanks
giving season a Turkey Trot
will be held in the Cen t e r
auditorium Nov. % at 8 pm.
and given by the Youth Coun-
Gil. The rhythm from "bop-
ping" to sambas to waltzes
will be played by the U. of A.
band. There will be entertain
ment.
Admission is nominal and a
prize of a live turkey will be
given the lucky winner. Per-
sons interested in selling tick
cts or otherwise wish to work
on the dance should contact
Bob Bernstein at the Center.
Planned are movies once a
month in the lounge, with the
first one to be shown on Tues
day at 8. Everyone is invited
and there is no charge. On al
ternate Tuesdays there will be
a talent night.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
Book Month
Celebration

Formal celebration of Jew
ish Book Month will be held
at the C n ter this Sunday,
starting at 2:30 pm. in the
auditorium. Featured will be
a presentation by the Drama
tic Readers roup of "The
Teacher and the Coat, a de-
Iightful tale from the world
of Sholom Aleichem. 1t is di-
rected by Sandy Rosenthal.
Guest speaker, announces
Mrs. Harry Strauss, celebra-
ton chairman, is B. Surasky,
well-known Yiddish lecturer
in Jewish literary circles and
a Los Ang eles community
leader. He will speak in Yid-
dish.
There will be an extensive
display of Jewish books all
day in the lobby of the Center.
During the afternoon Mrs.
Leon Bitter will formally
make the gift of a set of Child
ren's En- ncyclope ia s, an
nounces Mrs. Harry Gorodess,
chairman of the Center cul-
tural committee.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
By BRENDA KURN

Editors Note: AriZon a
Post is happy to welcome it's
new columniSt).
Hi you all:
The Catscapades has a new
reporter who will try to take
over the great jobs done by
her predecessors. If you've
got any gossip or suggestions,
let's hear from you.
Even with resting up from
the float and studying up for
our "D's", we managed to
squeeze the craziest HalloWe'-
en- week end ever.
If you happened to see a
few angels or devils floating
around the graveyard on Sat-
urday night, don't worry, they
weren't visitors from the
world beyond but some ZBTs
and their dates scavengering
around to complete their lists
for the "Big Hunt" Jan Le-
vich and Buddy and Liz Solo,
mon and Jim Bloch proved
themselves to be the b e t
hunters, and Dave Finder and
yours truly copped the prize
for the best costumes. The
prizes: the biggest stuffed an
imals imaginable. After cider
and punch, dancing and sing
ing, we were still trying to
figure out how many win
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
Honor Mrs. GoIdwyn And
Dr.. WhifehiII For Services

Panel will be honored at a
brunch at the Elks Club Nov.
20 at II am. by the Commun-
ity Council, announces David
Kramer, president. Also being
honored are retired members
of the Social Service commit
tee after three years service:
Mines. Harry Bacal, Stanley
Hatcher, A. A. Michaela nd Joe
Baum, Jack osner. New
chairman and members OF the
committee will be announced
at the brunch.
Also guests will be the SO
physicians and dentists who
make up the professional
panel. DR.. Milton Goldberger
heads the Panel.
At the brunch there will be
reports of activities. Benja-
min Brook, Council director,
will talk on new horizons fac
ing the Social Service Depart
ment. Mines. Joe Myerson and
Stanley Hatcher, chairman
and co-chairman respectively,
are planning the event.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04
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E~r'3'.saS;
AgrOn-Sabin

ASFOIl-OdDHl
Recently the announcement
was made of the engagement
of Harriet Rae Agron to Rub
in Sabin of New York by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. julie
Agron, 5232 E. Holmes. Miss
Agron is a graduate of the
Central high school in st. JOS
eph, Mo-, and now employed
at Infilco.
Her fiance is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Morris SbinoWitZ,
Bronx, N. Y. He is a graduate
of Brooklyn College with a
major in Economics. Mr.. Sa-
bin was recently discharged
from Ft. Huachuca. No we'd
ding date has been set.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-04

Retiring after serving two
years as C h a ir m n, Mrs.
Elmer Goldwyn of the Social
Service Committee and DR..
Jules Whitehill of the Doctors
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-07-20

Chairman of the Commission,
and Assemblyman Vincent
Thomas, Vice Chairman of
the Commission, headed the
delegation. Th e delegation
was accompanied by Repre-
sentative Robert c. Wilson of
the Thirtieth Congressional
District of California and Mr..
Merrell F. Small, Administra-
tive Assistant to Senator
Thomas Kuchel.
More Meetings Planned
In addition to representa-
tives of the Department Of
State, representatives of the
Department of State, repre-
sentatives of the Departments
of Interior, Commerce and
Treasury were also present to
meet with members of the
delegation. Mr.. Jack Martin,
Administrative Assistant to
the President, also attended
the meeting.
Various related aspects Of
the tuna situation in Califor-
MIA were discussed. The dele
cation presented information
bearing on the matter and ad-
vanced a number of sugges-
tions to deal with the situ-
alton. The Government repre-
sentatives indicated that this
matter is now under immedi-
ate and active study by the
Executive Branch. 1t is ex-
pected that this study will be
completed in the very near
future.
The delegation is planning
to meet further with other
agencies of the Government
to consider the situation in
the tuna industry in Califor-
MIA.
No doubt the above will
come as encouraging news to
members of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union residing in and
around San Pedro, California,
who have been hard hit by
the present conditions in the
tuna industry along the West
Coast.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-07-20

MiIwaukee's Croat Central Committee
Props For 21st Croatian-American Day
Extraordinary Day Of Entertainment To
Highlight Festivities At Arcadian Park

Milwaukee, Wise. -- Just
as our body requires good
food and plenty of rest, so
do our Croatian people need
another Croatian Day Picnic.
1t reflects life in our or
ganization and it's failure to
would indicate a grad
ual decline in our societies
activities.
And so it is year after year
that the member organiza-
tions of the Croatian Central
Committee of Milwaukee are
determined that our society
shall offer the requirements
for a better and fuller life by
sponsoring the Annual Ame-
an-Croatian Day.
Our members and our
friends look with interest to
this big affair each year, as a
place to rededicate
themselves in the ideals and
of our great Gro
attain Central Committee.
Whether it be on the sports
field, the dance hall, the pro-
gram or at the refreshment
tables, the desire is the same;
and that is that our Croatian
ancestry shall be honored in
a most esteemed way.
We will assemble again this
year on Sunday, July 81, at
the choice picnic grounds of
Arcadian Park located on w.
Greenfield Avenue and So.
both Street.
There will be entertaining
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-07-20

We appreciate the concern
which has been expressed re-
garding the effects of i'm
ports of tuna fish on the live
lihood of American fisher
men. The situation of our do
mestic tuna industry has
grown very complex over the
years and involves a variety
of interests including not only
those of the fishermen but
those of the boat owners, the
tuna canning industry, the
consuming public and this
country's foreign policy OBJ
jectives.
Various agencies of the
Executive Branch of the Gov
ernment, including the De-
partments of the Interior,
Commerce, and State, have
been making an intensive
study of all factors bearing
on the situation, gathering
data, and consulting with
representatives of both the
fishing and canning segments
of the industry.
Government Sympathetic
While it is, of course, not
possible to predict what the
outcome of this intensive eff
fort will be, the Government
is giving active and sympa-
thetic consideration to the
matter and intends to take
into account the interests of
all concerned in a fair and
equitable manner.
A delegation representing
the California Commission on
Interstate Cooperation, COM
posed Of California State
officials, accompanied by rep
resentatives of the canning
and fishing segments of the
tuna industry and of the
Council of State Govern
ments, called on Under Secre-
tary of State Herbert c. Hoo
yer, Jr., and other officials of
the United States Govern
ment on June 20 to discuss
the situation which has arisen
in the industry in California.
Mr.. Maurice G. Sparling,
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-07-20

music starting at 1900 noon.
There will be music for all
who like to polka, waltz, jit-
terbug or do the kolo until
900 PM. Dance music will
be furnished by both the Villa
and Vesta Tamburitza Or
chestras.
We think we are offering
an interesting and entertain
ing program. 1t will include
the newly organized Mothers
Club Kolo Dancers, and those
popular Midwest T. v. per-
formers, the Croatian Folk
Dance Group under the spon-
sorship of the Croatian Wo-
men Branch No. 3.
For those hearty appetites
we again will have our tradi-
tional barbecue of Is lambs
and Is spanferkle. To relax
the body amidst pleasant sur
roundings we will have 4 pop
ular refreshment bars serving
any and all kinds of liquids to
quence your thirst. Try to
come to the park early so that
you will have time to associ-
ate with all your fellow men,
bers and friends.
Let's all get out for this
great t celebration, Milwau-
KEGS 21st Annual Croatian
Day Picnic at Arcadian Park,
on West Greenfield Ave., at
136th st. on Sunday, July 81.
Bert Bedalov
Louis Rukavina
Publicity Committee
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1955-07-20
California Tuna Industry Is Pledged
Support OF United States Government
CrOatian Fraternal Union Members Are
Among Many Hurt BY Imports From Japan

Washington, ID. c. - The Department of State has
ceived letters from persons engaged in
nected with the tuna fishing industry which express
the present condition of that industry These let
ters state that the tuna fishing industry depressed the
result of tuna imports, principally from Japan.
Evening star., 1955-05-27
Why Take 1t Seriously?

To the Editor:
Your May 18 editorial headed
"Why Johnny Can't Read" and
your May 10 publishers blurb
indorsing the book, "Why Johnny
Can't Read" by Rudolf Flesch
confirms Barnum's well-known
remark that one gullible person
is born every minute.
Why is The Washington Star
so firmly convinced that this is
a highly commendable book?
What are the qualifications of
this Rudolf Flesch that make
him so great an authority on
the subject of how to teach chill
dren how to read?
According to his advertising,
Flesch had lawyers training in
Austria, wrote doctoral dis
Sertation on the so-called art of
plain talk. followed that up with
spate of books telling writer's
how to write and thinkers how
to make sense, tutored a certain
12-year-old Johnny" who some
how had arrived in sixth grade
without being able to read
and then conducted a one-man
investigation of methods used
throughout the United States
for teaching children how to
read.
That is the background that
now permits him to write: The
teaching of reading-all over the
United States, in all schools,
Evening star., 1955-05-27
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
I am very much interested in
the articles appearing in The
Star by Mr.. Flesch, author of
why Johnny Can't Read"
Why is that we Americans
must be informed by those for
eigners who have been granted
refugee scholarship" (Which
we can't obtain for our own sons
and daughters) just what is
wrong with our public school
system?
Long before Mr.. Flesch was
born a new system was intro
duced in our teaching by a man
by the name of Pollard. Many
of the older teachers will recall
that this new system was not
very popular with the teaching
force as it entailed a great deal
of hard work as well as study, on
the part of the teachers. But
may it be said to their credit
that many of the best teachers
embraced it and taught the chill
dren the sounds of all the con-
sonants as well as the sounds of
the vowels, in the alphabet.
I think this system was intro
Evening star., 1955-05-27
FIesch Book AssoiIed
AS Distorting Truths

My daughter was taught to see
the whole word and to remember
the look of the whole word as a
picture. On her schoolroom wall
was a picture of a dog; under
meath, in capital letters, DOG;
a picture of a mother with two
children; underneath, the word
MOTHER. Hence. for years, any
word beginning MO she would
call Mother 1t might be
monkey or mountain. but to her
it looked like mother.
Her teacher exclaimed to me,
isn't is wonderful the way they
are learning to read whole words
without knowing a single letter."
My feeling was, Isn't it tragic
the way they are learning to
bluff?"
Moreover, it was years before
my daughter could look up a
name in the telephone book be-
cause she had no idea in what
order initial letters came. If she
wanted Wilson" she had to
start with Abbott" and skip
along through the whole book.
It seems evident that the old
fashioned way of spelling pho
netically is much the better way.
even for English with all it's ex-
ceptions and idiosyncracies. :.
Ona Winants,
(Mrs. F. w. Haverkamp),
Evening star., 1955-05-27
Sides With DR.. FIesch

To the Editor:
What's the matter with revert
ing to a little of the basic
mechanics of reading, along with
DR.. Flesch?
It would seem that reading
should be just what he says it
should.
The educators who, so far,
have criticized his contentious
seem to involve reading with
everything else in the curricu-
lum, history, science, zoology,
mathematics and sociology:
everything except spelling, which
could be related.
Anyway, it would seem that
given the mechanics of reading,
word sounding by phonetics. the
pupil should achieve vocabulary
building, with good, semantic
evaluations, through the other
courses as time went along. I'll
string along with DR.. Flesch . i.
Earl SCOOP Shutz.
1925 Fifteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1955-05-27
Red Chinese Reported
Getting Valued Gear

HONG KONG, May 27 (P.-
Two large freighters believed to
be Polish are unloading cargoes
of apparent Importance to the
Reds at the Communist island
OF LapSapmei, 20 miles west of
Hong Kong, reports from Por-
tuguese Macao said today.
Fishermen returning to Ma
Gao from waters surrounding
the area said the Communists
sent two patrol launches to the
area to keep fishermen away
before unloading began Mon
day.
Evening star., 1955-05-27
frustrated Parents
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The Star is performing a most
outstanding service by printing
why Johnny Can't Read" by
Rudolf Flesch. The subject of
''moderniZed" teaching meth
ods. particularly in reading and
spelling. is one about which I
have long been indignant. It
is fast becoming a rarity to
find young person, even among
university graduates, who can
] write an entire sentence with
out misspelling several simple
words. And it is just as unusual
to meet anyone younger than
40 or SO who enjoys reading
anything more advanced than
the comic pages or a sexy mur-
der mystery
Most frustrating of all is the
fact that when a parent, COM
pletely out of patience with the
schools. begins to teach his chill
dren to read and spell correctly,
and to enjoy good reading.
teachers reaction is an indig-
nant note or a parental inter-
view requesting immediate ces-
sation of such activities as be-
ing mot in accordance with
modern methods" and as inter
fering with our teaching" The
more interference" of this type
on the part of intelligent par
ents who are genuinely con-
cerned about their children's
welfare, the better it will be for
the children.
n
Evening star., 1955-05-27

A National Education Associa-
ton official today indicted DR..
Rudolph Flesch's book. why
Johnny Can't Read" on four
specific counts.
DR.. Frank w. Hubbard, direc-
tor of the research division of
the NEA. said generally that the
book contains so many false
allegations and half-truths that
it would take a text of equal
length to refute many of his
statements.
DR.. Hubbard is secretary-treas-
urer of the American Educational
Research Association in addition
to his NEA post. His specific re-
plies to the FleSch book are:
1T is not true that 80 or 40
years ago pupils made more prog
ress in reading than they do
today in the schools. Such stand
ard tests as are available for
comparable children and condi-
tions show that decade by decade
there has been steady improve
ment in reading. Teachers of long
experience know that today's
child reads many more books
on a greater variety of sub
jects and with greater under
standing than the typical child
of a few decades past.
1T is not true that all children
learned to read without diff
culties by the heavily-saturated-
with-phonics methods of the
past. Many of them failed again
and again in the earlier grades
and later dropped out of school.
Today. fewer of them fail in
reading and many others re-
spond to remedial methods
which makes it possible for them
to continue in school. The phonic
method is recognized today as
useful tool in the teachers in
structional kit but it is not wor-
shipped as cure-all.
1T is not true that the phonic
method was thrown out of the
schools because of inadequate re-
search. Even when scientific
studies were in their infancy,
classroom teachers had noted the
weaknesses of the phonic method.
Educational and psychological
research helped teachers to dis
cover many of the blocks to
learning and accelerated the
movement toward more interest
ing and sensible textbooks. :.
Modern teaching and modern
textbooks continue to use pho
nice. although not to the extent
which Mr.. Flesch recommends.
When Mr.. Flesch contends that
the phonic method was thrown
out bodily he is merely setting
up a straw man which he can
attack.
ut is not true that there is
some educational ogre that DOM
mates education today and pre-
vents teachers from using the So
called 'phonic' method of teach
ing reading. Never before have
there been so many different
kinds Of books. Teachers are
continuously seeking textbooks
that make for better reading
skills through a higher quality
of reading content and more ef-
f1cient methods. :"
Here are additional letters
from, The Stars readers on DR..
FleSch'S book:
Evening star., 1955-05-27
Sides With Burr
To the Editor

To the Editor:
want to express my thanks
for Mr.. Samuel Engle Burr, jr.'S
article in The Star on read
ing. He picks flaws in Flesch's
theory that need showing up.
English is not a phonetic
language, and German and
some other languages are:
I studied German and I can
now read any German book with
perfect pronunciation and not
understand many of the words
because there is only one way
to pronounce the letters, with
known changes for the sound of
vowelS with the umlaut, and
set pronunciations for "ei" and
"ie," etc. Anybody who knows
the first principles Of that Ian
guage can read. Just as Flesch
Evening star., 1955-05-27
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