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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones has start
ed a one-man campaign
against onions.
He has fortified his argu-
ments by citing a recent gar
den party at Buckingham
Palace for Americans-hot
dogs and hamburgers-but
no onions.
The caterers were in
structed to provide none.
mo reason was given US. +"
said an official.
A mighty good idea, ac-
cording to Temp Jones, who
has been fighting this battle
for years. without too much
success. he is the first to
admit.
Onions and spinach have
been Jones pet peeves for a
long time.
The latter, he says, re-
ceived its death blow when
scientists proved that the
iron in 1t is not assimilated.
It's there. all right, but the
human system can't utilize it.
But the onion is different.
Nobody ever really loved
spinach, despite the plain
fact that many said they did.
Children were told that
spinach was good for them, /"
when all the time they knew
it wasn't.
And they we're right, re-
markedly enough.
But when it comes to on
ions. many people like them
better than ice cream, really,
so what can Jones do about
IL?
A suspicion Of onion, he
says. is tolerable.
No doubt he has eaten
onion In mitigated form with
out ever being aware of it.
In fact. one of his favor
ties, a health food salt with
various ground vegetables in
1t. shows up onions when
dropped on a hot egg.
There is just a little, how
ever, not enough to cause
Jones' hackles to rise. Hack
kles. erectile hairs along a
dogs neck and back.)
4 4 4 +
The dislike for onions,
leeks and chives is fairly
common. Jones has discov-
cred, though most people are
more diplomatic about, the
matter than he is.
They viii not. openly. speak
against these worldwide IA
voriteS.
It'just happens that those
who do not like onions are
usually very outspoken in the
matter. They have to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16
Mob Scene

Being the descendant OF an
Alabama land and slave
holder who lost a fortune
as a result Of the Civil War,
there can be little doubt as
to my basic sentiments re-
garding indignation. But the
television pictures recently
Of the little preschool-age
colored children almost
brought tears to my eyes
the frightened. confused look
on their little faces as they
were being forcibly led
through an understandably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
D c Please incloe 3
BIZ THE HASKIN Sc

@. Is it true the seventh
year Of marriage is the risk
iest?-P. r.
A. This is not true, &C
cording to q survey by the
National once of Vital Sta
tistics. Forty-four per cent
Of United States divorces &C.
cur in the first five years Of
marriage. and ten per cent
Of these break-ups occur in
the first year. OF couples
who have been married seven
years, only six per cent di-
vorce.
@. Is 1t true that the same
man built the Suez and Pam
anna Canals?-O. T.
A. Ferdinand de Lesseps
d805-l89D, French diplo-
mat. began both these ca
mails, but finished only the
Suez. De Lesseps was "A
years old when appointed by
the French to supervise the
construction Of the Panama
Canal. Determined to build 1t
without locks, he refused to
be dissuaded when faced
with the tremendous din
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16

angry, hate-consumed mob
was one I win not soon for
get. To make tiny children
the pawns in q vicious game
Of the overly ambitious poll,
ticians and misguided ex-
tremist groups who would
effect social change "over-
night" seems nothing short
of criminal. And in that
regard, has any group done
a greater disservice to
the colored race than the
NAACP?
A. SartOr MRS. w. E.)
Memphis, Tenn.
4 4 4
I am free, white, and will
be II in three weeks. I am
also an American citizen, a
fact Of which I am very
proud. However, at the pres
ent time, / am not as proud
of my race. I realized this
when / saw newsreel pic
lures Of the white youth Of
our Nation so cruelty jeering
at two colored boys in Little
Rock. Ark. There were
tears in the eyes Of these
two boys, and there were also
tears in my eyes when I real
lied that all of the people
in this scene were Americans.
members of a nation which
is supposed to be God-fear-
ing and peace-loving.
Communism is a terrible
thing. but is this cruelty
which is beginning to show
itself in the American youth
less terrible? Is it a good
thing for these young boys
to grow up with animosity
growing in their hearts even
before the whiskers grow on
their chins? To what end is
this leading? To the COM
plete destruction of every
thing the United States Of
America represents, maybe
even to the destruction of
the citizens themselves?
Something must be done.
but / cannot do it. / don't
think any of these so-called
'betterment" societies can
either. Action must be taken
by our governing bodies; the
bigger the body, the better
the action. There must be
some way to compromise and
make the majority Of people
happy. My own suggestion
would be to put q type of
segregation into effect
whereby we would have ade-
quate and equal schools
built to accommodate both
races. Thereby. we would not
have I'd risk the chance Of
the harmful effects on the
children which intermar-
riaRe would produce. This
may be the wrong answer, in
fact 1t may be entirely
against the principles Of the
people who are more aware
of all Of the facts than /
am, but at least 1t seems TO
me that it or any solution
would be somewhat better
than mob demonstrations,
National Guardsmen out
side of the windows Of our
schools, bombings Of school
buildings. and so many other
insults TO our American way
Of life. Please put yourself
in the position of the chill
dren Of this country. How
do they feel? How do they
know the correct way to act
without you setting q bet
ter example?
Before we try to clean UP
the world. let's give some
deep thought to our own
serious problem.
Mary Catherine Kelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Two Men in q Statement

Pen names may be used "
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16

culties presented by the Gu
Zebra and Chagres, the
mountain and stream which
barred the route. After two
years work, scarcely one
tenth Of the planned excava-
ton had been done, and It
became evident that neither
the time nor financial sched-
ule could possibly be carried
out. At 50. de Lesseps gave
UP the work and returned to
France.
@. On what average height
Of men and women are cal
orie charts based?-P. o.
A. The average chart as
sumes the mans height to
be 5 feet, Z inches, and the
woman's to be 5 feet, 2 inches.
To adjust daily calorie needs
for adults taller or shorter
than this, women should add
or subtract so calories for
each inch. and men should
add or subtract so Galleries.
The recommended number
Of Galleries also changes ac-
cording to age groups and ac-
cording to work performed.
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letters are subject to conden-
sGtton.
Lawrence adheres to the
time-honored precepts Of the
wisest Of scholars and lead
ers in political science and
philosophy - the most i'm
portant Of which emphasizes
q. government by law rather
than social interpretations or
expediency. Aristotle's own
definition Of constitutional
republicaniSm places empha-
sis on ethical Interpretation
Of law as it was meant to be
at the time it was written.
For this is truth. The people
and the people only should
establish law through their
duly elected representatives.
Thomas Stokes, on the
other hand. advocates mod
ern Interpretation Of old laws
in order to improve social
conditions. There is sub
stance in the utterings of
alarmed United States citi-
zens that nine old men are
debating United States law
and policy.
David Lawrence's columns
about States rights make
good reading. but the myth of
States rights was settled at
Appomattox. The present
turmoil might well be de-
scribed as Reconstruction,
Part II. The Confederates
went into the Civil War as
free men. They came out Just
like their Yankee brethren.
despite the pretty words of
Lincoln at Gettysburg. Kindly
allow me to quote H. L.
Mencken:
The Gettysburg speech is
at once the shortest and most
famous grafton in American
history. But beside it all the
whoopings Of the Websters.
Summers. and Everetts seem
gaudy and silly. 1t is elo-
quence brought to a pellucid
and almost gemlike perfec-
tion-the highest emotion
reduced to a few poetical
phrases. Nothing else pre-
ciSely like it is to be found in
the whole range Of oratory.
Lincoln himself never even
remotely approached it. It is
genuinely stupendous.
But let US not forget that
1t Is poetry. not logic; beauty.
not sense. Think Of the argu-
ment in IL. Putting it into
cold words Of every day. the
doctrine is simply this: That
the Union soldiers who died
at Gettysburg sacrificed their
lives to the cause of self
determination-that govern
ment Of the people. by the
people, for the people should
not perish from the earth. 1t
is difficult to imagine any,
thing more untrue. The
Union soldiers in that battle
actually fought against self
determination: it was the
Confederates who fought for
the right to govern them
selves. What was the prac-
tical effect Of the Battle Of
Gettysburg? What else than
destruction Of the old sover-
eighty Of the States, 1. e., Of
the people of the States? The
Confederates went into battle
free; they came out with their
freedom subject to the su-
pervision and veto Of the rest
Of the country-and for
nearly 20 years that veto was
so effective that they en-
joyed scarcely more liberty,
in the political sense, than so
many convicts in the peni-
Tertiary"
AS in the past, the carpet
baggers are ready with the
tombstone to erect at the last
resting place Of that myth,
state Sovereignty, even
though guaranteed by the
United States Constitution.
The veto' mentioned by the
late Mr.. Mencken is still eff
fective.
E. II. Alexander,
Member. Tenn. Chapter,
Federation for Consti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-16

The purely legal approach
10 integration taken BY David
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3-BEDRM. SPLIT-LEvEL with lse.
lot; for sale by OWNER. with
$4,000 down. $1,000 LIST trust.
Owner will assume balance by End
trust. Mantua- Langhorne Acres
area near Melpar CIR 3-A4QS
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.

ALEXANDRIA. near Pentagon - 5
bedrms., . baths. dining room. full
basement $500 Taft ave. or TIE
6-0640 after l pm.
ALEXANDRIA-3-be bedroom brick.
yrs old; Sl2.700, $500 dn. TIE
6-00e3, TIE. $685.. %
ALIEN. BUCKNELL MANOR, s3t
Cavalier dr.-Attrac. Cape Cod;
bedrms. and den. u baths; equip
kit: 5000 down Total $4,000
Move in today JE. 4-747S.
ALEX.-Cor. lot: 3-bedrm. rambler
compl. equip. kit; S12.250. AS
sumo AZ GI loan, terms to suit
XII S-S250.
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REDUCED S2,55O-Neatly designed
rambler. de luxe kit. radiant heat,
. lovely bsmt.. scr. porch. patio, Ice.
corner lot. garage. close-in; $4,000
down. ACME REALTY CO.. ia. q
14o1 LA H-0lkS
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by OWNER-S22 $50, as
sumo 1890 Gi 4hes. 3-bedrm.,
2a-bath brk. split-leyel: fam. rm.
cor PAL Glen ave. DU. 5-7035.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-07

Y'ALL COMET! To Columbia Pines,
Annandale. and see our attrac
3 bedrm. antique brick rambler
pretty is-acre lot In quiet, happy
neishborhood with lots of trees and
peaceful living. Just yrs. old. with
all mod. cow: many extras. incl
full bsmt.. Ice. scr. brick porch. G-E
kit. firepl, etc You'll save money
by dealing with owner at the low
r,rirn nf gu nS0 CI R.2A00
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
ARLINGTON
SEE THIS TODAY

Ideal, for suburban living. Brick
FUZZY seaiipped Kitchen. nun large sp stor.
age closet; full bsmt. finished for
game room; side screened porch
and garage. Excellent schools and
u Corners shopping within walking
distance: Is to 20 minute drive to
Pentagon. ga N. Qclntana st .
Err: convenient terms, JE. 1922
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NORTH SPRINGFIELD - Attractive
3-bedrm. rambler with carport,
1repl. facing both liv. rm. and din
ing rm. beautiful wooded lot with
well-tended garden. $4,000, fnanc-
ing to suiL huyer CT 6-lAR4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-07

COUNTRY CLUB vIEw-First offer
rambler, with Q full baths on main
fir. large all-electric kitchen. side
screened porch, full bsmt.. garage.
Located on quiet dead-end street
and the sa-acre lot is heavily wood
ed. Priced for immediate sale at
SCI. $50. Call IA. 4-130O, q til 9
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APPEALING CAPE COD HoUsl
Z minutes from Pentagon Bids
Owrer assigned to illinois will sci
Cor si4.950. 5 rooms. enclosed porch
trust about $500 PAYABLE ss'
monthly. inc. int. taxes and tnsur'
ance. Night or Sunday. call Mr.
Rhodes, RA. 6-723a LOUIS P
SHOEMAKER. 1919 X St. NV. MA
S-1l66.
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on @4-acre wooded lot. with full
basement: separate dining room:
de luxe G-E kitchen; screened
porch. S26.500. THE GROOM
co IA g-4ARS
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WAREHOUSES WANTED
INDUSTRIAL PROP. for RENT

10000 SO. Fl, clean. clear and
level, fronting on No. hwy.
adjacent to the Nations CAPITAL.
minutes from BALTIC. or wash
! or materials storage. UN. 4-l700,
4 Mr. BRAYMES.
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$2,700 Dr., $78 Per Mo.
~! Assume ,H, Az ss THA; So-ys loan mt +
home. rec. rm.. sun patio. sim. winds
mr.. Langley PIX, all shop. HE. 4
3342. after $50 pm. Fri, ANYTIME
Sat, sun.
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a. 7-e1el Realtors IA. 7-ssl
BUCKINGHAM

In sought-after Ashton HeiEhts
this 3-bedrm. is delightful. with
patio and trees: other features are
Earage and full basement; Sl7:a50
INC, IA. 2-4SO0.
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APT HOUSE

COUNT building with living I'm.
bedrm.. large dinette and bath each
nicely furnished: in a Northwest
location. on carline Excellent renta
history: income. $4,000 per year
plus owners apt: expenses low. Op.
vestment. ideal for owner occupany
Very. reasonable terms for responsible,
purchaser Price. S135,000. Call sol
WOLBERG. ewes. ia. q-l7S6.
SHANNON & LUcHs CO.
724 14th st NV. Ma S-234t
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CHEsTERBROOK WOODS, 2
FAIRFAx COTNTY pTaddock nm
LORCOM LANE : charming bTicI

LORCOM LANE Charming brick
rambler. on beautifully wooded 200.
n lot; large liy. rm with fireplace
screened porch, de luxe Kitchen in
hedrms . tiled baths lone on
master bedrm full bsmt par
tally finished recreation rm built.
IN garage few minutes IN D. G or
Pentaron, without traffic HIGHT
Priced az only 80 $50 For further
details, call THE DARBY co
y 20 "a
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WE'RE JUST
ITCHING

To show you this handsome. spar
king white. all-brick rancher. on q
wooded lot and featuring Q delight
full floor plan with foyer entrance.
unusually spacious living room with
fireplace. separate dining room open
ing 70 secluded screened porch. 4
large bedrooms. ga baths ultra de
equipment 'eolorama" styling. with
full basement and plenty Of rrcre-
alton room space Just completed
and awaiting your approval. Only
S24 $50, with easy terms. We think
you'll like ~
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NEAR SEVEN CORNERs In exciusil

HOP AND A SKIP to the Pentagor
and D. C--white Cape Cod, suit.
wants large rooms. Living I'm
grand piano size. modern equip
ment in kitchen with table space
3 bedrms plus den; basement
beautiful lot on quiet cul-de:sae
Lee hwy KE S-5350
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BRICK RAMBLER

w. NtAAelgs N-2
RE- T-2il3; after 5. RE 5-S35I
BRICK RAMBLER
New custom built. on lge.
wooded lot in fine residential
section; g blks. from schools.
Lge liv rm. with Roman
brick fireplace wall, din. rm..
fully equipped kitchen. 3 bed
rooms. bath. patio with built
in barbecue, full basement. gas
forced-air heat. S22.500.
2-Story Frame Home
Liv. rm.. din. rm.. kitchen,
den. 3 bedrms.. bath: all lge.
rms; stove, refrigerator. dish
washer, screens and storm
windows. Close to shopping
center. $4,000.
LAUREL REALTY co.
$50 Washington Blvd PA 5-l5OO
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HOUSES FOR SALE-MD.
(cONIlNUeD)
$500 DOWN

KENTLAND-Assume large AZ
@! loan on 5-rm. semidet.. with
full S,%t So SiMPP iT mo RiF nsIgTs'
RE- r-2iI3; after S, RE. 5-S35T
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ALEX.-Lovely 7-rm. and bath; de-
tached brick Cape Cod. features
incl Ist-fioor bedrm.. pine-paneled
den: auto, gas heat: outside. fire-
place. ON large lot: price S16.15o;
Only 1854 per mo. after small
down payment, FLOYD E. DAVIS
CO. 1929 K st. NV. MA. s-o3o2'
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ALIEN, $3.50 down-Niee brick row
house, Just reprinted and papered
refgr. and now flooring In kit. tile
bath, fun hsmt.. gas h " h. Month
" payments, $3.50, Listing ll67 :
q TIE. 6-l40O, XII. 9-6644. AL
BAKER & SON. INC. REALTY
BROKERS. sos N. Wash. St, Alex"
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3 good hedrms., Ia baths. rec
rm, 2 freplaces. built-in scr. snc
storm windows, scr. porch. fenced
yard Fine est. neighborhood. M
schools, shops, bus Well below
market, S1s.500. OWNER. ia. s.
1919
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SPRINGFIELD Lynbrook split
level-3 bedrms.. l "a baths, screen
ed car-port, finished rec. rm., del
Hotpoint equip, washer and drier,
assume $4,000 CT. 30-yr. loan.
agents. FL, 4-ShRA
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
icoNIINuEnl

MCLEAN AREA. s14. sOo-charmlns
4-bedrm: Cape Cod. First A.. liv.
bedrms,, bath; 2 bedrms. up; fenced
ySrsd;; o trees; 2 6lss Sod bus SUI, school, oil
Service Si s ssSh mo- sS al and conven.
t.ona. financing. JE. 2-4664. LU-
CHILE COOK. ACT. JE. 2-3272.
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MEX.-sHTRLEY HWY.-Low Own

MEX. -sHTRLEY HWY.-Low Own
and hirh monthly payments car
buy 9-fm., 1-fioor split-level ram
bier (32xlS liv. rm.i This fabulous
home has everything Loo. on ar
acre, Is min. from d. c. Highest
point in Northern Va. Vacant
Your terms, from S2T5 to Sea5 mo
with less than 100 Own. to any
one E F. STEFFY. JE. 4-3444
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-19

The FarmIlle business com
munity more than fifty mer-
chants and service proprietors r.
offers It's second annual George
Washineton's Birthday Sale three
days hence on Friday
The toWn-wide, one-day event
has been in the planning and
preparation stages through the
coordination Of the Chamber Of
Commerce Tor nearly two months.
Now all is III readiness for what
businessmen say viii be day Of
outstanding values"
a study Of this issue of The
Farmville Herald viii reveal what
merchandise and service oppOr-
tunities are to be available during
the 8 a m. to $50 pm. bargain
whirl The values are explained
and described in advertisements
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-19
Merchants Present Offerings in This Issue
All FarmuiUe Business Community Ready
For 2ndAnnuaI Washington Birthday Sale

values in keeping with the day
celebrated the first president S
birthday They stress that honest
values are offered: that those
items TO be sold are those widely
sought and needed in most house
holds.
It is. as the sponsors say. not
only day Of merchandising, but
a day Of celebration, with consid-
cradle Of the celebration at the
expense Of those backing IT,
There is one more area Of en-
phasis which the businessmen
have stressed i'll advertising and
announcements, THAT being that
the sales values are of an extent
that they can be presented only
one February %.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-19
Historic Era Ends
AS Southern R.R.
Hats Service

The Southern Railroad discon-
tinued passenger service on its
Richmond-Danville line Saturday
with the swan song runs Of
Trains II and r.
The State Corporation Com
mission had authorized discon-
tinuance a few weeks earlier on
the SoutheIn's plea that it was
losing s150.000 annually on the
operation.
Amelia, Bukeville. Meherrin.
Keysville, brakes Branch and
other communities along the
route were among those offering
only token resistance in the face
of the roads plea and not much
holding effort at the metropolitan
terminal points.
End OF the runs Saturday
brought to close more than a
century Of rail service serving the
area along the southwest-north-
east axis. Most of freight revenue
had passed over to trucks rumb-
ling along the adjoining traffic
strip of U S. Route 500.
History as much as convenience
was involved in the resigned, but
sad climax of an era. The South
ern carried leaders of the Con-
federacy to safety when Rich
mond was abandoned; General
Lse's route of retreat was shaped
III part by his hopes of receiving
provided by rail.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1957-02-19

1t is the first institute III tIle
United States to be devoted
specifically to the study Of South
ern regionalism, according to DR..
Francis G. Landlord. Jr, pre-
sident Of the college.
Lecture Series
The Institute has planned two
series of lectures in the spring
and summer by visiting scholars
and members of the faculty, The
spring series, scheduled for April
IS. will be on Education That
Doesn't Educate: The Persistence
Of Virginia Folkways" by Dr..
Francis B. Simkins. professor Of
history at Longwood: The Image
of an Army The Confederate
War in Southern Literature" by
DR.. Louise D Rubin. Jr.. associate
editor of the Richmond News
Leader: and Critical Essays in
the Southern Literary Messenger
by Dr. Gardner B Taplin, as
sociate professor OF. English at
LongWood.
The summer lectures to be held
on July 10 will consist Of speeches
on Assessment Of Vnginia's
Natural Qualities by Explorers
and Early Settlers" by DR.. Gray
Dunbar, instructor in geography
at Longwood; Ellen Glasgow and
the Southern Literary Tradition"
BY DR.. G. Hugh Holman, professor
of English at the University OF
North Carolina, and a symposium
on Interpreting Virginia History.
Participating in the symposium
will be Dr. Marvin w. Schlegel,
Longwood professor of history;
Miss Spotswood Hunnicut, super
vising teacher Of social studies at
Matthew Whaley School, Wh-
liamsburg: and DR.. Lawrence
Burnett, Jr., field editor and re-
preventative. Charles Scribner'S
Sons.
Other Projects
Graduate and undergraduate
course work in Southern and Viz
Continued on page 81