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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
30-Doy Graduate Of Jury Box Tells
OF Intensity in Municipal Court

he had been obliged to drive his
cab early and late to make ur
for the time he spent in court
One panel recently put its ap.
probation in the form of a golc
wrist watch for the deputy as
signment commissioner.
Even after they have COM
pleted their service, former juror.
call on him for advice occasion.
ally.
II feel that a jury panel is thu
only segment of the public com.
ing to the court that doesn't have
an ak to grind" Mr.. Bischoff ex.
plains.
1.-THE panel members have ont
strike on them by having beer
taken away from their jobs. W.
have to overcome that, initially
and put them at ease and worl
from there to increase their gooe
attitude about the court.
1--WE want to show them tn.
court is operating efficiently ane
make them feel as though they
belong"
One of the hardest things fol
jurors to understand is the time
they spend waiting around. Of
the average of 100 to 100 jury
trial demands at Municipal Court
in a month. possibly third &C.
tually go to trial before a jury
1t frequently is not certain unit
the last minute.
/ But when we only stood anc
waited, we also served. More
than once we were informed
that, because we were there
ready to sit on a case, it hac
been settled outside the court.
room.
Facilities for jurors are fal
from luxurious in Municipa
Court. What is rather preten.
tiously called the Jurors lounge
is actually a large room contain.
ing long wooden table, no
enough wooden chairs (someont
counted 30. a pay telephone
booth, a drinking fountain anc
rest rooms.
I But nobody complained yer,
much. We were a good humoree
lot, and only threatened to bring
cushions. We picked up the courr
clerks jargon and jovially re.
ferred to ourselves as rejects
when we were not accepted fol-
a jury.
The month flew by. And WI
did get to know one another
Our fellow Juror graduated rap.
idly from that tall, thin mar
who has the son in the Army
to Mr.. Jones'"
We had learned a great deal
and we had made those friend.
ships which come with mutual
problems and daily association.
More than that, we had done
a citizens duty.
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our decisions will be the right
ones, and we won't be tempted
to 60 along with the masses against
our convictions. I feel we must
have trust and faith in God, and
know that He will guide us.
There are people who feel that
the temptations in show business
are so great. In many ways, they
are no more so than in any other
business. Show business is a way
of life, and an expression of ones
personality
I feel it is true that the
eventual rewards sometimes are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

the big Federal Courthouse a
few blocks away and the civil
cases don't involve so much
money.
But to the human beings con-
cerned. the decisions there can
be just as important, or more so.
you will all get to know one
another in the month you are
here" Deputy Assignment Com
missioner John M. Bischoff told
the "a strangers sitting in one of
the big courtrooms a month or
so ago.
obviously, we inspected the
sea of anonymous faces around
JUS.
Chosen From $50 Names
Our number had been sifted
from some $50 District citizens
summoned for prospective jury
service that month. Some had
been excused for one reason or
another; others had not been
needed when the panel was COM
pleted. They would be called
again.
We were statesmen, house.
wives. Government workers, bus
drivers, retired people, writer's, a
varied mixture. For many, it
was the first time on a jury; for
some, the first time inside the
courthouse.
Municipal Courts tailor made
Jury system, which draws from
a single panel for both civil and
criminal cases, made us part of
the whole drama of Municipal
Jurisprudence. From a petit
larceny case in the morning, we
might go to an auto damage
dispute in the afternoon.
Proposed by Judge Edward A.
Beard, the system replaced a
previous plan, which provided
for separate civil and criminal
panels in April, 1854. The old
system employed lis prospec-
tive jurors. as compared with
the 81 on current panels.
The present plan not only
saves the Government the pay
of 80 jurors a month (they get
$7 a day., but make a more
varied and interesting schedule
for the panel members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

Democracy has been unjust to
the gifted student. AS one
Junior high principal told the
writer, 1.-The teacher shoots for
the middle of the class" and all
too often, as she put it about
her own school, 1.-The bright
child isn't challenged. and the
lowest probably learns nothing"
| Another educator said not
long ago: about l per cent
of the school population have
intelligence quotients OF 100 or
above. 1t is time to pay atten-
ton to these children in our
schools. Unless we challenge
these young people, democracy
will suffer-
Little Done in District
The extent of what Washing
ton schools have done on the
problem was partly outlined re-
Gently by a school official.
"In the elementary schools
he said, there are no special
classes for the gifted and not
enough provision for enrichment
of the curriculum is made. There
are no specially trained teachers
and no budget to meet the extrs
Icosts of needed materials.
up to the present. little ha
been done and that mostly BY
the classroom teacher who hasn'
sufficient training or time to NEE
the problem adequately.
Secondary schools are doing
what they can, but it is too
little"
A layman might suppose tina
bright children could take carr
of themselves pretty well under
adverse circumstances. Teach
ers say this is not so.
In an elementary classroom
recently a silent boy appeared
Ito a visitor completely uninter
Iested in his reading lesson, bu
was identified as the rooms mos
brilliant pupil. In another room
a quick. animated little cir
joined a slow-reading group. TIL
teacher said she had spent week
,Itrying to calm nervous Sigh
lad so he could cope with hi
classwork. The boy had one o
the rooms highest los.
Overtime on Bright Pupils
At Eastern High School, Mrs
Emily Gosling, who has laugh
there for over Is years. said SIN
works overtime to keep he
brighter pupils from falling be
hind. This is because there arr
children of so many differen
ability and achievement level
in her classes that class tim,
isn't enough.
The current events club is re
Isponsible mainly for keeping tn
best students ahead, she said
In class, she explained, she ha
to leave them to their own de-
vices"
At Sousa Junior High School
Miss Eleanor P. McAuliffe, prin
cipal, said: "There is a ties
range of four or five years il
practically every single class
even though I have homogeneous
grouping"
With big classes, the teacher
can't do much for individuals
she said.
Fewer Teachers; More Pupils
Six years ago at Woodrow
Wilson High School. which las
June sent three-fourths of it
graduates on to further educa'
ton, academic classes averaged
around 26. Today. with an IN
changed enrolment. the schoo
has five fewer teachers art
classes average five pupils more
We've been gradually losing
teachers since I came here il
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on the teoehins problems Of ths
District public schools.
1880" Principal John F. Brough'
er said.
The only classes that are likt
what most used to be are thoSt
in foreign languages, and the!
are bigger than formerly, too
ITS no luxury to have Is in &
language class" said Miss Vir'
|ginia Ronsaville, assistant priu.
cipal, who used to teach French
Twenty five pupils can't SPEAK
much French in IS minutes, she
pointed out.
She also noted that the teach
ing burden grows faster than the
size of the class. "A teacher car
do twice as much with a class
lot Is as 35 or 49," she said
The extra 10 or Is children
make a very big difference"
Wilson, though it is PRACTICAL.
non -integrated, has been losing
teachers in the equalization O
the city's formerly white ant
Negro schools, which began sew
eral years ago. In the last fiv,
years, Wilson sent $500 of it
1,800-odd graduates to college
and just as fine a quota is ex
pected this year. But this i
only because of increasingly hare
work, according to Principa
Brougher.
Pressure Increases
The cutbacks have put pres
sure on everything, Miss Ronsa
vile said. The school must thinl
twice before setting up an ad
vanced mathematics class, be
cause of fear it might be consid
cred "undersize." But the alter
native is to deprive students o
a chance at being a step ahea,
in college.
4 A remedial reading class no
long ago was dropped, for tn
same sort of reason. The schoc
is not without reading problem.
despite its high standing.
:. There is a tentative plan TO
a reading acceleration cours
for brighter students, and al
experimental advanced mathe
matics course for student
headed for science and engineer
ing. But there's doubt eithe
can be given. Currently, in tn
District, classes under Is ar
theoretically banned. and tn
potential enrolment isn't Ger
tain.
/ The country has seriou
scientist shortage, but it haSn'
effected Washington school fl
nances.
Compared to the brigh
youngsters in some Washington
high schools, however, wilson
future college graduates are wei
of. Lots of others in the city
according to the record, are still
making a splendid showing. Blu
the teacher pinch is on every
where, and the competition fol
the teacher time in most school.
lis getting worse.
Assistant Supt. Carl F. Han.
sen has proposed a challenging
new course for gifted high
school students, designed to put
them on their mettle and give
them a better chance agains'
stiff college competition. HI
also wants to set up specia
courses for other students-ar
extension of the kind of ability
grouping the schools already try
| to do. Neither can be done with.
out more teachers.
TOMORROW: Speeding thu
Slow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
Roads Trial Slowed
By Evidence Dispute
CRISIS IN THE sCHOOLS-10
Top Pupils Neglected,
And Nation Loses, Too
By JAMES G. DEANE

Recently Washington told meeting of principals
that gifted children the real underpeged of the Capitals
schools.
The he said is that teachers too preoccuped
problems brightest youngsters like the duleS
more or less fend for themselves.
This just Washington problem The late noted educa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

A SCREEN is recessed in
one wall, and a series of color
transparencies are projected
on it automatically, from the
rear. A few feet in front of
the screen is a long bench.
People sit there by the
hour, sometimes, and watch
those pictures" the Society
man said.
Other recent additions to
the Society's collection-and
now on display-are masks
from Africa, Admiral Peary's
North Pole flag, and a collec-
ton of those unusual birds,
Birds of Paradise.
In a case with replicas of
gold medals awarded by the
Society, and received by it, is
a card holding several gold
nuggets. The card says they
were sent in, just as they were
taken from Clear Creek, Colo,
as a members dues.
eyes, he got his membership
card" the Society man said.
Street Scenes
Trash in a hollow tree on
E street near Eighteenth
street NV.
A group of laborers stopping
to Sidewalk superintend" an
other group of laborers doing
construction work near Scott
Circle. =.
Two potted plants setting
at the curb of a busy down.
town sidewalk, getting the
advantages of a sunny day,
on Eleventh street near H
street NV.
A woman carrying a blan-
ket-Wrapped baby, fresh from
a christening in a church on
Tenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
A Thnnght fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY LISA KIRK
Singer

My favorite story in the Bible describes the temptation
of Christ three times by Satan in the wilderness 1t is
found in the fourth chapter of st. Matthew.
In life there many so-called temptations, and
feel each must decide ourselves what is right
for us. If we believe enough in God and in ourselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

greater in show business than in other fields and there
fore the temptations to sacrifice oneself for these
rewards be quite powerful. However, believe the
moral of my favorte story is: ITO thine self be
true" If you work hard enough, and put your faith
and trust in God He will reward you.
Tomorrow: Waldron Berry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

Miss Horriet Griffiths. q reporter for
The Stor hos just completed q
months tour Of duty on O Municipal
Court jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHs

There is a sense of intensity
around the Municipal Court
buildings, even when the halls
are not visibly bustling with law
lyers. litigants and witnesses.
The crimes judged there are
not as serious, in general. as in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

THE NJ U 5 Il U MS PRIDE
stands at the far end of the
room. 1t is a mammoth head,
about eight feet in diameter,
looking as if it came from a
big stone Buddha. It's Mex
lean, however, and the label
calls it the "Laventa Head"
"Papier-mache," the Society
man said, rapping it with his
knuckles, then beaming with
satisfaction at the look of sur
prise his comment caused.
1.-THE original was deep in
the jungle and much too
heavy to bring out" he went
on. $50 they made very care
full measurements, and a lot
of plaster masks, and then
built this one"
The material in the exhibits
are from the Society'S expe-
ditions.
They're always digging up
something" the Society man
said. %
The Society also is proud Of
the stone it has bearing the
earliest recorded date known
in the American continent. 1t
has a series of lines and dots
down its face, and the scien-
fists have translated those
into a date.
81 don't know how they ever
got, November 4, 291 BIC, out
of that" the Society man said,
"but there it is"
Alexander Graham Bell, one
of the Society's founders and
its second president, would be
proud of the newest exhibit
a display of aircraft models.
Bell tinkered with air.
planes. He invented the fin.
He also helped a fellow named
Langley develop an airplane.
Unfortunately, it didn't fly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

This is the 10th Of series Of articles
on the teoehins problems Of the
District public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
The
Rambler
An Easy Way
To Go Exploring
By JACK JONAS

The sign outside the big
gray stone building on Six
tenth street is prominently
placed, but 1t is so unimpos-
ing that a second look Is
needed.
1t says: visitors Welcome,
9 am. to 4::30 pm
But we get a lot of Wis
itors," the man inside the Ma
tional Geographic Society's
headquarters at Sixteenth and
M said. I'm the spring, as
many as a thousand a day."
There's a lesson for curators
in the museum section, the
part that brings the visitors.
It's neat, uncluttered, and yet
teeming with items to pique
the interest of the eternal boy
who's always wanted to go ex-
ploring but never has.
1t doesn't have that "mu-
scum look"
Hundreds of color photo
graph enlargements-se!ected
from pictures used in the
Society's magazine - line the
walls.
These are expensive and
take a lot of time" the So
ciety man said, "but we think
they're worth it.
This big map here with the
red lines shows all of the So
ciety's expeditions. 1t gets a
lot of attention"
He pointed to two big stone
jars.
These were recovered from
a ship that sank in $50 Be"
he said. lone of them still
had wine in it. It was tasted,
and I understand it was ter
rible stuff-pretty bitter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14

TOMORROW: Speeding tn,
Slow.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01

en- us but our character we
make. Just as man prizes his
character, so is he. This is the
true standard of man." To
the faculty members he remind
ed that they should be hOnored
to carry out their task. He told
them that they must build with
in their students a deep sense
of honor, and a knowledge that
integrity is not merely a word,
but way Of life. He also told
them that they must show by
exa mple and illustrate the
strength of a clean life. New
faculty members for the year
were presented. They are: CT
les Segars, MED, Alabama
State College, Principal of the
Laboratory School; Hobart Cope
BIS, Arkansas AM & N Col
lege, Music; Vina P. Douglas,
MS, University of Wisconsin,
Biology; Helen Hampton, MS,
Texas Southern University,
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01
MvC Second On
0ffense;First On
Total Pass 0ffense

ITTA BENA-Mississippi Vo-
cational College held its Fall
Convocation last week at which
time President J. H. White well
coined faculty, staff and stu
dents. President White delivered
dynamic address to the as
Can't Have Something for Moth
ing. He told the studnts, eve
are building a structure. It is
called character, and every act
of life is a stone. If day by day
We are careful to build our lives
with pure, noble, and upright
deeds, at the end will stand a
fair temple, honored by God
and man. But, as our deak will
sink ship, and one flaw break
a chain, so one mean, dis-hon-
orable, untruthful act or word
will forever leave its impression
and work its influence on our
characters. Our minds are Civ
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01
New Doll Ready
For Christmas Civinu

Now ready for Christmas gift
giving is this new all-vinyl
brown-skinned doll which six
year old Norma Dansby of Ak
ron, Ohio, is holding.
This is the doll which was de-
signed by the Sun Rubber Com
pany of nearby Barbertown,
Ohio, to meet all the require
ments parents wanted in a doll
for their children. It is IS inches
tall and is a real deluxe doll
because it drinks, vets, COOS and
even blows bubbles! The arms.
legs and head move and the
arms and legs are dimpled. The
simulated dark, wavy hair hangs
in natural-like ringlets, giving
Sun Rubber's new doll the life
like appearance of a baby. It's
dressed in a two-piece sweater
set with matching booties. A
tiny nursing bottle and bubble
pipe complete the accessories.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01
NOVEMBER, 1856
College Has
Hiqh Enrolment

ITTA BENA-Mississippi Vo-
cational College has set a new
enrolment record. The Regis
trar's office revealed today that
the college has enrolled 1,4O1
students this quarter. There are
las Freshmen (68 males and II
females), ia Sophomores (54
males and 60 females), SO Jun
iors (52 males and 80 females),
81 Seniors GAG males and 36 fe-
males), "a Practical Nurses, 16
Terminal Trades, NurS ery
School 10, Laboratory School
1888. There are also 100 in-ser-
vice teachers enrolled for Short
Courses. Of the All regular col
lege students, 176 are transport
ed daily by the college six bus
lines and 295 are boarding stu
dents. The states youngest four
year college opened its doors in
1850 with eleven students.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01
GOD AND THE HARVEST

At this season of the year two words God" and
Harvest" become foremost in our thinking because
around these words hang the Thanksgiving Day story
which dates back to the year 1921 when the Pilgrim
Fathers gathered their families together, prepared
feast and gave thanks to God for the great harvest He
had given them.
Our world today has moved away from the crude
and hard way of producing the crops these people
rejoicing over but should not have moved away from
producing men and women who sincere and devoted
to the principles of right.
Maybe some of us have not braved the dangers of
fighting for the right of actually blowing the fields or
sowing the Seeds but certainly reaping benefits
from the harvest of those who did, When we bow our
heads to give thanks on Thanksgiving Day, as surely
most of will, should remember how dependent
each of us upon the other and how God has worked
through countless numbers of persons to bring the
things which make living comfortable and pleas
ant.
The growing practice of church services Thanks
giving Day is indeed fitting and proper This is possibly
indication that people not just concerned about
Turkey with all the Trimmings" football and other
sports, but about their hearts, for what could please
God for the rain and sunshine for His bountiful
goodness in giving us great harvest than clean and
pure heart.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01

Mr.. and Mrs. James Wren of
Los Angeles, California spent
several hours here not long ago.
The Wrens short stay was due
to the fact they had come on
the occasion of the funeral of
Mr.. Wren's mother who lived in
or near ClarkSdale. Mrs. Wren
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph johnson of thic city.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01

Chemistry; Jay Royce Hawkins,
MS, Indiana University, Physi-
cal Education; Robert Louis
King, MA, Tennessee A & l
State University, Political Sci
ence; Princess Jones, MA, ILL
nois University, English; Melba
Merchant, MS, Tennessee State
University and advanced study
at Wayne University, Home
Economics; Silas Peoples, MA,
and advanced study at New
York University, Social Scienc-
es; Mary H. Pratcher, MA,
New York University, Pre-
School Education; Leroy Raeife,
Med, Rutgers University, So
cial Science; DR.. E. H. Miller,
Ph.D., University of Dion
(France) Post-Doctoral study,
Universities of Wisconsin and
Chicago, Modern Languages;
Cephus j. Smith, Md, AElaba-
ma State College, English; An
derson Taylor, BIS. Tuskegee
Institute, Building Construction;
William Davis, BIS, Arkansas
AM & N College, Machine Shop;
John Wo0d1f,d, MS, Tennessee
State University, Sociology ana
History and John T. Parks, M.
A., Atlanta University Business
Administration. Returning to the
faculty this year after a two
year leave of absence was Ma
BILE w. Anderson. She has been
working for the Point Four pro-
gram as a Public Health Edu-
Gator in ETHIOPIA.
1t was also announced that
the following faculty members
pursued studies toward their
Doctorate degrees this summer.
Cubic Howard of the ducation
Department completed all resi-
dence requirements at Indiana
University, Ulysses Mcpherson
and Clarence Jackson of the
Physical Education Department
studied at Indiana University,
Ozzie Payton, Industrial Arts
studied at the University of Den
YER. He was elected into mem
bership of Phi Delta Kappa, a
professional fraternity in Edu-
cation, and Mildred Turner did
advanced study in Mathematics
at Indiana University.
President White stated that
one of his aims was to build
Mississippi Vocational College
into one of the top schools in
America.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1956-11-01

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Mack of
Philadelphia, Pa, were recent
visitors in the city. Mrs. Mack
is the former Alma Hinkle and
was here visiting her mother,
Mrs. Olena Hinkle and sister,
Mrs. Mabel S. Woods. They left
Sunday evening, Oct. %, to
spend a few days with Mr..
Mack's parents in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-10
Eisenhower's Doctor
Aids General in Koreu

SEOUL, Korea April 10 Pr
DR. Paul Dudley White, heart
specialist and medical adviser to
President Eisenhower, arrived
here tonight by special plane
from Japan TO treat an Army
general who suffered a heart
attack.
Mai, Gen John w. Harmony
So, chief of the United States
military advisory assistance
group in Korea. had a heart
attack while playing handball
Yesterday afternoon He was
taken TO the 12lst Evacuation
Hospital at Ascom City, near
Seoul. Doctors said his condition
was "clinically excellent