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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
In Montgomery
Why Two Teachers Decided to Quit
BY Dee FairchiId

was more usual than its opposte-"even among
the students themselves"
ONE OF THE LADIES told the story of
Club" group that was invited to party at the
home of one of its members. Many of them got to
the party lately an hour or so. little later,
while the hostess was out of the room for few
minutes, the whole group vanished. At midnight
the gang showed up again and stayed for two
hours. All without a word of explanation, or
thought of apology, to the hostess.
These youngsters do offensive things "and
don't even know they are being offensive" one
of the ex-pedagogues told me-
But then there is the story of the kid who
stopped at teachers desk after rowdy class ses-
sion and said The trouble is you like too much.
Don't you know we're all stinkers?" Which seems
to reveal some consciousness of having been OBJ.
noxious, at that!
One of the retlreeS had made point of the
sizeable deductions that were whacked off her
paycheck before she ever saw it, What if your
take.home pay had been double the amount"
asked her
wouldn't go back for any amount of money"
she replied instantly. "Its too much of sacri-
fce-of my feelings thinking, time and energy"
SHE REMINDED ME, them of an article in
recent issue of Harpers magazine in which teach
ers were castigated for mot being human She
found to the contrary that "as soon as the teacher
acts human, discipline goes out the window"
1.-THE children have no awareness that there
is human being with feelings standing there
in front" she added. "They have no compassion"
-. So that is why these two quit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
BY Naomi l.. Wood

TWO RESIDENTS of Cabin John Valley have
left the teaching profession this year. Both are
well educated women, fully aware of how bad the
teacher shortage is, and both were good teachers.
What made them quit?
With one of them it was a matter of health.
II got bug" she explained. Instead of relaxing
during the previous summer, she took courses in
Education This kind of thing is required from
teachers for certification. "But it meant that 1
had no time to get really relaxed" she noted
"For me- teaching means a 55hour work
week." she added. And since she has family
to keep house for, this meant late hours nearly
every night once school had started
Not all of her extra time was spent in cor
recting papers. Teachers not only teach, but also
perform services like bus duty and chaperoning
dances and taking tickets at athletic events.
Teachers are treated as if they were expend-
able
1t all added up to more Of physical strain
than this gal could take. She stuck it out at her
post until all the midyear exams were admins
tered and corrected. (This means making up
separate exam for each class, to prevent cheat
ing.) Then she went to bed for month to nurse
her "bug".
THE OTHER FORMER TEACHER while she
did not suffer from actual Illness also found the
work burdensome beyond her capacities. There
was no time for her family, beyond the essentials
of housekeeping. There were no evenings" she
regretted.
She was unhappy, Furthermore, about what
seemed to be change in the character of teen
age interests since her previous experience years
ago. II taught in an area that had the same sort
of families as you find in Montgomery County"
she insists yet the children then were interested
in learning about, and discussing, social problems
Nov they call such things soap box"
"They are very advanced socially They have
plenty of poise," she says, but they are "afraid
to be in earnest about anything. They are afraid
to come out in favor of goodness"
Both of these women were disturbed by the
lack of consideration and respect that they found
among the student body mot all of them were
discourteous" they pointed out. Yet discourtesy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
At Least 800 Cases
Pilot Study on Polio
Now Under Way

countrywide survey of the incidence and eff
fects of polio past and present, has been begun
by the county chapter of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis
The results of the investigation will be cor
related at three meetings, September 81, Octo-
Der and October Is at the County Health De-
partment in Rockville. The March of Dimes will
pay for the expenses
During the past week letters have begun to
go out to the more than 800 cases in the health
department and chapter records, requesting basic
medical information on the individuals present
condition and progress
AS rapidly as these are returned, appoint.
ments are being scheduled for the clinic, Charles
Davidson, Montgomery County chapter chairman,
stressed that many polio patients have moved into
Montgomery County in recent years without max
ing contact with the local chapter He urged
these to call or write at once TO D. p Mularky,
9512 Colesville Road Silver Spring, Juniper g.
1869, who is in charge of the polio census.
Dr. Merrill M Cross, President of the Mont
gomery County Medical Society," has said that
1--WE have received reports of recent pilot evalu-
alton clinic conducted in Salisbury with National
Foundation support. These We're impressive for
showing the immense need that remains for the
rehabilitation of polio victims 1t is to the Foun-
dation's credit that it is making provision for
the care Of these people in years to come, and
the Medical Society is delighted to cooperate
with the local polio chapter to determine the
scope of this need in Montgomery County" Dr.
Austin Rohrbaugh, medical advisor to the county
chapter, will serve as coordinator of the clinic
program.
Citing the tremendous strides in rehabilitative
medicine in recent years Davidson declared I'VE
propose to see how many of these patients, re-
CARELESS of age or date of onset can benefit from
modern rehabilitation techniques. Such techniques
did not exist or were not widely used when many
of these patients were being treated"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
In Baltimore Saturday,
Honors TO Be Heaped
On Old Lady Of Sea

THE OLDEST FIGHTING SHIP in the United
States Navy will have birthday party in Balti-
more Saturday that should start her back on the
road to long-lost glory.
She's the u. S. Frigate Constellation once
the wonder of the maritime world not only for her
matchless speed but for her daring exploits under
a succession of commanders whose names stand
out in U. S. Naval history.
She was built in Baltimore and launched on
Sentember Z. 1897 from a shipyard about two
miles from the Pratt Street pier where she is
now moored and where on Saturday crowds win
gather to mark her 160th birthday
Among them will be high-ranking officers of
the Navy, Army. Air Force Marines and Coast
Guard. executives of the State and CITY, and Of
ficials of dozen more patriotic and historical
societies. assembled to nay tribute to the doughty
old ship that, for a time when this nation was
less than ten years old constituted the entire
strength of the United States Navy
The birthday party, to be held on the pier
beside the ship. will be brief starting at noon and
scheduled to last about one hour. but SPONSORS
of the event hone that it will have Ione-lasting
effect throughout the nation by awakenind pa
triotic citizens to the plight of the decrepit old
vessel and making them aware of her unique right
to restoration and preservation as a national
relic
In her youth the Constellation was the undis-
owners in England as well as this country for her
success in catching and defeating French raiders
and Barbary pirates.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
congressman Dewitt S. Hyde's
Along the Potomac

/ am certain that when final Judgment on
the first session of the S5th Congress Is passed
it will list reduction in the Federal Budget as our
greatest achievement The Congress responded
to the peoples demand that cuts be made with
thoroughness that exceeded our fondest hopes
believe that the urge to reduce the cost of
continued until lowered costs are reflected in
lower taxes.
One important result of the struggle with
the budget is the renewed interest in revising
gressional appropriation methods Now pending
are number of resolutions and bills calling
for revised budgetary procedure and for special
committees to study fiscal reform.
Altogether over 10.5O0 bills and resolutions
were introduced in the House during the first
but all the remaining carry over to next year.
Some of the major accomplishments of the first
session were: the middle East Doctrine; member
ship in the international Atomic Energy Agency;
extension of the Small Business Administration
with increased lending authority; extension of
Federal Housing Law; increasing Federal par
ticipation in payments of old-age assistance; aid
to the blind, dependent children, and totally dis.
abled.
During the first session I was successful in
having enacted into law, House Concurrent Reso
luton which provides for study of the problems
created by the rapid expansion of the Washing
ton metropolitan area; bill transferring to Ale
gany County the ownership of Baily Bridge at
Corriganville; a District OF Columbia bfi which
modernizes the law with respect to the descent
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Letters to the Editor
Community Theater

1t was very gratifying to me
as a member of The Kensing-
ton Players to read Mildred Har-
mons comments in The Mary
land News on the need for a
community theater in Mont
gomery County.
1t seems strange that with all
the construction OF schools, the
one thing always overlooked is
a good auditorium. 1t appears
that no expense is spared in
equipment for work shops where
boys and girls can make fancy
ash trays and little tables which
fond parents use instead of buy
ing better (and cheaper) ones
at the Five and Ten, but an au-
ditorium where real educational
and cultural values can be de-
veloped seems to be out of the
question.
How many parents have en-
dured the agony of sitting
through a full length play on
hard funeral chairs in order to
see Jimmy do a bit part in the
third act? And the chances are
they might not see him over the
heads of others, or hear him if
they happen to be sitting in the
wrong place. A gymnasium is
not designed for comfort or
acoustics.
A good auditorium with a
sloping floor, comfortable seats,
and good acoustics would add
greatly to the cultural enjoy
ment of the community, and as
well be useful for meetings of
various organizations; and as
Mrs. Harmon says, there is no
reason why it could not be self
supporting.
The Kensington Pla yers
would certainly welcome any
suggestions on this. and l am
sure are only one of many
groups who would collaborate to
every extent possible on any
movement toward establishing
a Community Theatre.
Gait Duane
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Closer Scrutiny!

have been reading with a
great deal of interest and a
greater amount of inward boil
ing the various accounts of the
late goings on within the Coun-
ty school system. An editorial in
your August 20 issue asks the
public not to condemn our edu-
Gators with the term, "knuckle-
heads"
True, much has been accom-
plished over the past ten years,
but one wonders how much
more can be done. or is being
undone. by the present regime.
II would seem that the real edu-
Gators are being flushed out and
a gang of power-loving politi-
clans is running the show.
I have reason to believe a
number of errors have crept
into the reporting done by YOUR
paper, and other publications
too, on the matter of the school
situation. We are not asking
you to take sides on an issue
which affects the entire popula-
ton. We simply want some hon.
est reporters to bring out the
truth before the public. Isn't
that why we are privileged to
exercise the right of free
speech?
Won't you get to work and
give us the truth. the whole
truth, and nothing but the
truth? If there is something
"rotten in Denmark" we want to
know about it!
jeanette G. Wootton
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Assessors Case

The dismissal this week of Henry H. Carter
from his job as a county tax assessor is, in part,
a vindication of the countys division of assess
ments Carter was given public airing of his
charges in Baltimore before the State Tax Com
mission and the SIC didn't feel there was enough
substance to them to pursue the matter further.
1t is not possible to say that the Ste dismissal
is a complete vindication of county authorities.
Nor can it be assumed that because of the dis
missa1 there was no substance to Carriers claims.
In very real sense, the State Tax Commission
and the county assessing division are one and
the same. And in broad sense Carter was
tried" by the very persons he was accusing.
However, the fact remains that Carriers presenta-
ton before the SIC fell somewhat short in offer
ing concrete facts to back up his claims If nothing
else, the incident should have pointed up to coun
ty officials the extreme Importance Of continuing
to adhere rgdly to standards OF absolute fairness
and ir partiaIity for all citizensof both high or
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Town Clock

BY the excellent reporting of
the Montgomery County Sent
incl of August %, on page 1, it
has come to my Mortified atten-
ton that one of the most heart
warming landmarks of our
County Seat has been destroyed
and alphabetically cast in the
dump.
In reference to this lovely old
Seth Thomas Clock which was
put in our Town center about
1910 from 18th and C Streets,
my INDIGNATION is centered not
only on the loss of this useful
and sentimental clock to our
Community, but on the manner
in which it passes.
1t explains great deal to me
as resident of only Is years in
this County which has puzzled
and confused me profoundly and
often. 1t answers questions in
my mind. like the non-existence
of a Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently aired in your publication,
the scrappy character of our
quaint" and hazardous streets
Commerce Lane. to name one
the uncoordinated office quar-
tiers of our Board of Education,
and also why l have so little to
be proud of in my County Seat
of Government lin general. 1t
also tells me whv so few people
care what Rockville looks or
acts like, or what it possesses
in its character and personality
as a town, and County Seat.
/ see a bright citizen-future
for our favored offender-this
volunteer fireman who so
blithelv DESTROYS the structures
and safety of his own commu-
nifty in his misguided attempt
to rescue a woman burning her
own trash. He can look forward
to a long and comfortably pro-
tected life where nothing he
does will be censored-be it bar
reling down the City Hall doors
or levelino the Court House it.
self. VIII this lenient procedure
of Indifference be duplicated
should he overturn a loaded
school bus? And while I'm here,
Mr.. Editor, NAV / ask: Could
this be the very first driving Of
Tense written off of our un-ar-
raigned culprit's operators per.
nit.
This distasteful incident leads
me also to consider the full
force of comfort it lends to our
Montgomery County youth who
can set this as their goal of ex-
emplary conduct for the young
men-about-town.
Is our County Motto to be:
Anything Goes For Nobody
Cares? / cannot accept it.
A. Men. X.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Liked Fish Stories

/ read the fish story in your
paper. My family and I all en-.
joyed it and really got some
laughs. wish you had some
more.
V. Il. Athey
Read fish story in your paper.
More of these please. 1t made
us laugh. That was the best.
+. b. McDonough
Fish story good. Would like to
read more.
Thomas w. Musser
l read the fish story in your
paper. Why don't you print more
of these, please? We need to
laugh in these hectic days.
Virginia Musser
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Hearing Locole

Many persons in Montgomery County won
dered why the Henry H. Carter hearing before the
State Tax Commission last week was held in
Baltimore 1t concerned a Montgomery County
matter all of the principals We're Montgomery
Countians and it was principally of interest in
Montgomery County Hence, they reasoned, it
should have been held here
What they were unaware of the fact
that State Agencies headquartered in Baltimore
and Annapolis have additionally made Montgom.
cry Countians come to them-rather than vice
versa Sometimes there are as few two
three State officials conducting the hearing but
they have refused to descend from their Himalay-
an heights and remove the hearing to the county
where. potentially, hundreds of people are inter-
ested It has been strictly case of taking the
mountain to Mohammed.
The reason this is so is because the problem
is peculiar to Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties The other two big Maryland Counties
are Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County.
They border on Baltimore City and hearing in
downtown Baltimore is no problem for them. The
other 10 counties are relatively small There have
been no demands from them that State agencies
reverse their usual procedure and hold away-from-
the-main-offce hearings for the convenience of
county residents So protests from Montgomery
and Prince Georges County have produced moth
ing Almost nothing. that is. Once or twice the
Public Service Commission did consent to ride
over to hold hearing on public transit problems
in the Silver Spring Armory But that has been
the extent of it. If wait for the various State
agencies to soften their attitude on this score,
we've probably got long wait 1t might be
possible that some sort of law could be enacted
but we're not at all sure that would be practical
ble Anyway. the county's Legislative delegation
might think about It,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
County Airport

/ want to express my appre-
citation for factual reports in
your paper on the Montgomery
County Airport situation.
I have used and wish to make
increasing use of a business air
plane in connection with a Be
thesda based enterprise. 1t is
difficult for me to understand
how any county community with
a population equal to Provi-
dence, r. l., or Omaha, Nebras-
ka, can expect sound growth
and economic betterment with
out one or more airportS.
1t is reported that Montgom-
cry County has over 100000
population-more people than
Hillsborough County, Florida
(Which has 3 airports), or San
Bernardino County, California
(which has 5 airports). l won
der how many of the County's
citizens know that we must all
share responsibility for the fact
that the whole State of Mary
land has only Z Federal-aid air
ports, while Iowa with SINH
lar population has 81 such air
ports? This means that there is
only one airport for every 3d.
428 people in Maryland as COM
pared with one airport for every
48,888 people in Iowai
Another puzzling thing about
the whole tagging aeronautical
situation in Montgomery Coun-
ty and in Maryland is the lack
of any reference to business air
craft landing requirements in
the November, 1856, preliminary
plan for regional development
by the Maryland-National Park
and Planning Commission. 1t
just is not possible today for
any competent planners to dis
crss planning for Industry" or
Commercial Activity" without
mentioning the landing require
ments of aircraft - and yet air
ports were never mentioned in
the Planning Commissions re-
port!
With Federal-aid funds avail
able to pay half the cost of
Montgomery County airport for
business and private aircraft
users, and a Federal Policy Re-
port stating that 'The Ameri-
can people have accepted the
airplane as a primary means of
travel" there is both an incen-
tive and basis for site selection
and construction of an airport
without delay.
Time is fast running out for
Montgomery County to get
full so percent of airport land
and construction costs under the
Federal-aid Airport Program.
The Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration must have the Coun-
tvs total request for airport
Federal-aid within four months.
am lust one of many people
in business and industry seri-
ously concerned ut,the Coun-
tvs delay in undertaking Wig
orous and sound business air
port program.
John F. Russell
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05
Ya&tspnls,ta y,
G6lnthStatha

Established 1855 by Matthew Fields
SENTINEL PUBLISHING CO.. INC.
Published weekly. Thursdays, at 215
East Montgomery Avenue, by the Sen
tinel Publishing Company, Inc, Cy M.
Campbell, president.
Entered as second class matter at the
Post-Office at Rockville, Maryland under
Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-05

of real property where person dies without leav
ing will; two private claim bills; an immigration
bill; and two immigration bills that became law
as part of Joint Resolutions.
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