Evening star., 1955-06-09
3 in Arlington
Give Views on
Setup
Convention of 900 ,
To Nominate Three
For Board Tonight

Nominating Convention dele
lgates, who will ballot tonight TO
a slate of three.
| In a relaxed atmosphere
speakers outlined their ideas fo
improving the county's educa
Itional system while praising th'
work of the present school ad
ministration.
The remarks that were thI
closest to active criticism O.
current school policies CAM
from Mrs. Ruth Cox, formel
president of the Arlington Civil
Federation.
Some Reservations
Mrs. Cox, an unsuccessful
County Board candidate in 1852
who said she had tremendous
respect for the board members
added:
believe that som,
aspects of our school policie
and administration need furthel
improvement. I regret tt
say this, but in my opinion
many parents :. are not en-
tirely happy with some aspects
of our school program. -.
General education, reading
methods, discipline, the prepara'
ition, choice and serving of foot
in our cafeterias, the reporting
system-these are some OF th'
things which some of our par
ents are not entirely satisfied.
Arlington Independent Move
ment will put up a slate in op'
position to Nominating Conven'
Ition standard bearers for thu
three School Board seats in tht
November election. Stan Stan
ton, a Democrat, is in the ract
as an unaffiliated candidate.
Two Mention IntegratiOn
Only two of last nights speak
ers, Mrs. Barbara Riches anc
Mrs. Lois B. Kane, touched or
the subject of integration.
Mrs. Riches, chairman of thu
School Boards Kindergarten
Advisory Council, said a threat
to the school system is "the at
tempt to eliminate free public
schools in the pretext of pre-
venting integration." She added
81 believe that we must con
stantly remind ourselves that ou
purpose is to lessen-and not in
crease - intolerance and dis
unity. -"
Asks Solution
Mrs. Kane, a former economist
with the Office of Price Admins.
tration. declared that a majol
problem is to work out a solu.
ton to desegregation." She
added:
THE subject is complex, anc
neither I nor the so-called ex.
perts have the answer. Only
after continued further study oil
all its phases can we attain the
goal required by the Supreme
Court and preserve and better
our present school system"
Here are some comments and
suggestions offered by the other
six speakers:
DIR. Barnard Joy, incumbent
although other problems must
receive attention, our two most
important problems have been
and will be increasing enroll
Iment and the teacher shortage" !"
John ID. MOtz, Department OF
Agriculture official - Adequate
facility planning based on con-
Itinuing population trends iS a
major need)."
William G.. Raleigh, manag-
ing editor of the Bureau of Ma
Itional Affairs Atomic Industry
Reporter-"I am concerned with
what appears to me to be-shall
I call it-aimless opposition to
progress and change in public
education, apparently in any
form. merely because this was
not the way it was done when
We were very young"
James G. Stockard, former
president of the; County Council
of PTA's-"We need to keep the
(schooD building program ad-
justed to the birth rate. II
elected, I will weigh and decide
every question as carefully as if
all the public school children
and all the tax bills are my
own"
ROLAND w. Stoebe, Depart.
ment of Defense official-"We
have a good school system j..
but it can be improved much
more. For, one thing, we need
imagination and new ideas for
using our present school build
ings and our teachers to dc a
more efficient job"
George b. Wood, General Ac-
counting Office audit supervisor
u propose) a periodic inde-
pendent study of the business
methods used (by the school ad-I
The talks were given at Wake
field High School, where the
delegates will meet at 8 pm. toI
vote. Candidates must receive a.
majority vote to be nominated. /
If more than one ballot is needed,
candidates receiving the least
votes will be eliminated from the
contest until there are twice asI
many candidates as vacancies on
each ballot.
This years convention has 978i
delegates and alternates, rep
rs organizations. They
include 81 parent-teacher asso-
Citations, % civic groups. seven
countrywide organizations, five
ore-school groups and four
Iomen'S clubs.
Scouts Plan Air Trip
twenty-five Cub Scouts from
Pack ABS. Silver Spring, will fly
Saturday from Wash