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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
BOARD TURNS DOWN
PRIVATE EYE ON
SCHOOL VANDALISM

The Board Of Education
has decided 1t doesn't need
a private detective agency to
guard District schools against
vandals.
School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning yesterday said the
Metropolitan Police Depart
ment has been catching "a
large number" Of thieves and
vandals preying on District
school buildings. PTAs also
have been helping. he added.
The board. on his recon-
mendation. turned down q
proposal by the Federal De-
tective Agency. Inc, that 1t
help police the schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

Iministration. DR.. Corning. how.
ever. labeled Mr.. Reynolds as
most competent"
The school superintendent
said some Of the complaining
group live outside the District
and only one apparently had Q
child now at Coolidge.
on other matters yesterday:
Members agreed to set public
hearing on proposed closing Of
the Francis Junior High evening
school, recommended by DR.
Corning.
Blues Recommended
The board approved a plan to
expand practical nurse training
with participation in a Federal
aid program. DR.. Corning said
the plan win require the Dis
trict to provide matching funds
Also approved was a tentative
recommendation for an eventual
return to blue uniforms for all
high school cadets, but only
after a public hearing and
further planning.
The board approved retire.
ment on January 81 for Miss
Helen K. Davidge. teacher at
Anthony Bowen School; Mrs
Margaret S. Gusack, teacher al
Budick: Miss Lucy Kno2, teach
erat Mckinley High School, and
Mrs Olive S. Daniel. secretary
at Western High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Unwed Teen Mothers
Worry Recreation Aides

tor of Christ Child Settlement
House, said I'VE see delinquency
on the rise all over the North
Ieast-delinquency in gangs"
Mr.. Barr said Northeast rec
|reation workers felt there was
Ia need for more mental health
aid for teer-agers.
Southeast recreation personnel
will concentrate on "enlivening
and enriching" existing facilities
Mrs. Ethel Williams, executive
director of the Southeast Settle
ment House said. The Southeast
group noted need for, a multi
functional building" The South
east needs to bring more recrea-
tiohal agencies into the area, par
ticularly in the far Southeast
across the Anacostia River, the
group reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Youth Injured
by Stolen Gun;
|3HeIdin Theft

The accidental wounding Of q
l7-year-old Arlington youth yes
terday led to the arrest of three
teen-agers on charges of stealing
eight pistols from a Falls Church
gun shop.
The injured youth is in good
condition with a .22-caliber bullet
wound in his leg at Fort Belvoir
Hospital, police said.
He was injured while tanning
one Of the stolen pistols into his
belt. The gun discharged, Falls
Church Police Capt. George E.
Simpson said, and a slug entered
the youths leg near the knee
and lodged in his ankle.
Capt. Simpson said the shoot
ing occurred at Occoquan Greek
OF Route 1913 near Lorton in
Fairfax County where the youths
had gone to get rid of the guns.
Three youths, two 16 and one
II. all Of Arlington, have adj
mitted the gun thefts. Capt.
Simpson said, and will be
charged in juvenile petitions to-
day with breaking and entering
and grand larceny.
The wounded youth was not
involved in the actual robbery,
Capt. Simpson said. but was
consulted by the young thieves
about how. they should get rid
OF the guns. He drove with two
of the youths to the creek
where three Of the guns we're
thrown into FIVE feet Of water
near midstream.
When the wounded youth was
taken to Fort Belvoir Hospital,
authorities notified State Police,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

by DR.. Corning to the District
Commissioners.
New housing for the teachers
college is needed regardless OF
what happens to the city college
idea, DR.. Corning told board
members yesterday. however. He
did not make a formal proposal
for going ahead on the city COL
lege plan.
DR.. Corning said the present
teachers college is "unduly
limited" because of inadequate
housing in old buildings eight
blocks apart. Laboratory, library
and other facilities are subStand-
ard, he said.
1.-THE program of the college
requires expansion in many area:
If it is to meet present day needs
and retain its generalization with
the Middle States Association, ;
the superintendent said.
AS for the city college idea, he
predicted more Washington high
school students would go on tC
college if it were available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Proposal for City College
Gets Corning's Support

The District could have a city
college with an enrolment of
5000 within five years, School
Supt. Hobert M. Corning says.
DR.. Corning gave this estimate
to the Board of Education yes
terday in voicing hearty" agree
ment with the need for immedi-
ate planning for a full-scale
college. to be created out of the
present District Teachers Col
lege.
The school chief suggested a
Subdivision institutions teacher
education. junior college, liberal
arts, graduate school. specialized
professional offerings and adult
education. He said the institu-
ton, with some 5000 enrolled,
would cost around SIS million
annually to run--a little over
twice the cost Of the teachers
college.
A new teachers college build
ing has been included in a pro-
posed $50 million, five-year con-
struction program just presented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

lCUklkCICIlCc Will lCduuAB CltlC
agencies, both public and private,
concerned with delinquency to
seek more effective community
action on dealing with school
offenders.
Both actions were proposed by
board member Walter N. To-
Ibriner. Mr.. Tobriner said he had
discussed them with Juvenile
Court Judge Edith H. Cockrill
and that she approved in prir-
Iciple.
Legislation Proposed
DR.. Corning indorsed the pro-
posals. reporting that a school
committee already is at work on
the subject. Tentative legislation
amending the compulsory school
attendance law already has been
submitted by the group, he added
Mr.. Tobriner said his sug-
lgestions had been prompted by
the recent appearance in Ju-
Ivenile Court of number of
children excluded from school as
I"unmanageable.
There is no law applying to
exclusions. he pointed out. ex-
planning thatshe felt one should
he provided and that the school
system also should "regularize"
its procedures for handling such
cases.
The board member said that
setting up the proper procedure
in the schools is only half the
solution to problem. however.
Merely ousting a child from
school would pass him to some
other community agency, he said.
He declared the community
needs some specific provision for
taking care Of excluded young
sters.
Would Provide Tests
I
The school system at present
expels children after a recon-
mendation by the schools testing
department. Mr.. Tobriner said
any child subject to possible ex-
cluSion should be entitled auto
matically to a psychological or
psychiatric examination.
He also said the principal Of
his school should be required Il
report any exclusions immedi.
ately to the assistant superin.
tendent in charge of his schoo
division.
The superintendent. Mr.. To.
briner said. should have the
right to exclude a student only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
New York Woman Named
lBurdick High Principal

A New York educator, Mrs
Ethel v. Darling. will succeed
Mrs. Mary S. Resi- as principal
of Burdick Vocational High
School, Thirteenth and Allison
streets NV
Mrs. Darling was named Mrs
Resh's successor by the Board OF
Education yesterday. She will
assume the post about mid
February.
The new Burdick principal, a
native Of Jersey City, N. j.. is a
vocational teacher-t rainin 6
specialist in the New York State
educational system. She is an
expert in millinery and costume
design.
Mrs. Resi- resigned last Sep
TENDER to become vocational
specialist at the ONCE of Educa-
tion.
Confidence in Cedric o. Rey-
nolds, principal Of Coolidge High
School, was voted by the board,
The action was requested by
Supt, Hobart M. Corning in
response to a request for the
Coolidge principals dismissal
from a group Of alumni and
others.
Investigation Sought
The critical group attacked
Mr.. Reynolds for his admins
tration Of cadet activities at the
school, and asked for an invests
cation Of the entire Coolidge ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Gamblers Lose
In TaxAppeaI

Charges of failing to buy q
gambling tax stamp should be
tried in the jurisdiction where
the gambling occurs. the United
States Court Of Appeals ruled
today.
The court struck down a con-
tention by the defendants that
since the tax was to be paid to
1.-THE District director of Internal
Revenue in Baltimore, the trial
should have been held there.
At issue were the convictions
lof Wallace Beach and Abraham
Greene on charges of gambling
Operations and conducting such
Operations without buying a tax
stamp.
In its opinion. upholding the
lconvictions. the appellate court
declared:
"The appellants here were moi
charged with evasion Of a tax
payable in Baltimore, but with
the doing of acts in the District
!. which made them liable tt
pay the special tax of $50 pei
year."
Greene had been sentenced tt
serve one to three years in prison
and Beach to serve Is months tt
four and one-half years. The
Governments case was presented
by Assistant United States At
torney Nathan j. Paulson. Rep.
resenting the defendants were
Attorneys Charles E. Ford anc
H. Clifford Alder.
The appeal was heard BY
Judges David L. Bazelon, Charles
Fahy and John Danaher. No one
Judge was named as author Of
the opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

II recognize him and I think, BY
George. he recognizes me-"
But the matter wasn't settled
This morning, Col. Selwyn was
called on to identify yet another
candidate. This was a dog
named Rinny who belongs to the
family Of John Poletti, 433 Sixth
street NE.
Rinny was away from home
all day Monday, too. He came
home at 1880 pm, wet, hungry
and very sore in the toes" Mrs
Poletti said.
Mrs. Stringfellow said her dog
is a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Mrs. Poletti said her dog is
part boxer and part poodle.
Reverses Himself
Col. Selwyn said the two dogs
are so alike only an old acquaint-
ance could tell them apart. And
he reversed himself completely
This is the dog, I'm abso-
lutsly positive he said, point
ing to Rinny. Last night ]
would have sworn it was Thomas
Jefferson. Now, it has all become
clear. The dogs look enough
alike to be twins. but I know
Rinny is the dog I marched be-
side"
Both dogs are an off-white
Both have tan ears. Both wear
"a woebegone or II Marched All
Day with the National Guard
expression.
But Thomas jefferson has q
tan patch the side of a half
dollar on the small of his back
Rinny doesn't. That was the
final clue. Col. Selwyn said.
Rinny is IA months old. The
Polettls got him from a police
man when he was a pup.
Like Thomas jefferson, he il
Ia Democrat, Mrs. Poletti says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

leads and conjecture. Dogs were
brought forward from several
points as the one who marched
in the parade"
All that was known for GER
tain was that a white mongrel
had marched clear from one end
of the parade route to the other
at the head Of the District Ma
tional Guard unit, kept step
nearly all Of the way and
brought President Eisenhower to
his feet laughing and pointing
and calling to Mrs. Eisenhower
to come look at the sight.
Millions of television watchers
saw it happen. None OF them
knew the dog.
Candidates File In
Then the candidates started
coming in. Dogs large and
small, purebred and mongrel, of
high and low degree.
The Star turned to Col. George
Selwyn to identify the right
dog. Col. Selwyn, who lives at
900 Churchill road, Mclean, Va,
is commanding officer of the
260th Anti-Aircraft Group of
the District National Guard. Col.
Selwyn had marched beside the
dog at the head of his troops
in the parade.
Last night. after inspecting
several dog candidates. Col. Sell
wyn had the answer.
This is the dog" he said,
and pointed to a dog named
Thomas Jefferson. He belongs
to Mrs. Richard H. Stringfellow
of 612 A street NV, who is
personal secretary to Repre-
sentative Bennett. Democrat of
Florida.
Thomas Jefferson had been
away from home all day Mon
day. He came home wet and
hungry about $3.50 pm.
That's him." said Col. Selwyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

Northwest washington recrea-
ton workers today expressed
concern over what a spokesman
termed the "high incidence" OF
unmarried mothers of Junior
high school age.
The group also noted that an
increasing number Of teen-agers
are quitting high school. II
recommended that public and
private agencies should work for
greater family participation in
recreation programs.
The staff and volunteer work.
ers of Northwest recreation
agencies met with the United
Community Services recreation
and group work section in the
Guy Mason Recreation Center.
I'VE concluded that many
teen-agers in the Northwest are
not reached by recreational serv-
ices" Miss Marjorie Murphy
assistant professor at Catholic
University's School Of Social
Science declared.
She noted that the North
west needs better recreational
Accommodations, more programs
for preteen-age children and
public support for indignation OF
|recreational agencies.
Bernard Locker, UCS section
vice chairman and presiding
officer, said reports from all four
Washington area recreation
groups concluded there was q
need for more family RESPONSE
bility through formation Of
neighborhood committees.
zone big lack Is adult educa-
Ition," Miss juicy Bouchard, ex-
ecutive director Of the Barney
Neighborhood House. declared
I'VE must move down to the
block and involve the people
themselves in future planning.
William Barr. executive direc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

for a certain number of days
with the Board of Education
taking final action in all cases
The District Corporation
Counsel's Office is to be asked tt
draft legislation providing spe-
cific legal authority for exclu-
sions. The board would draw uE
its own detailed rules for apply
ling the proposed statute, Mr.
fTobriner said.
With reference to the pro.
Ijected delinquency conference
Mr. Tobriner suggested that the
Commissioners Youth Council
Juvenile Court Advisory Com.
mittee, Public Welfare. Health
and Police Departments and the
Family and Child Welfare Sec.
ton Of United Community Serv.
ices should be among the agen.
cies represented.
No Ideas for Handling
The board member said he hao
mo idea" how the proposed out
of-school program for excluded
offenders should be handled
The school system now puts
chronic problem-pupils in special
Isocial-adjustment classes. but
the number of such classes is
not great enough to meet the
needs. according to officials.
The Tobriner proposals won a
strong Endorsement from Mrs
Ruth B. Spencer, new board
member, who complained of q
lack Of coordination between the
schools and other agencies.
I'VE need some preventive pro.
gram" she said, adding that mos
stress now is on correction anc
remedial measures.
A four-man majority Of the
Davis subcommittee which re.
Gently investigated school condi.
tions recommended ''liberalizing'
of the present school, attendance
law. which requires youngsters t.
attend school until 16.
The Davis group did not specif!
just what steps it had in mind
Some school principals hav'
urged that steps be taken Il
cope with serious schoolroon
! offenders.
I Mr.. Tobriner, after yesterday
session, said he did not contem
plate that his proposals would re-
suit in the ousting of more stu.
dents from school than occurs al.
ready. No figures on exclusions
I were Obtainahle from officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

A caller says he was in a
drug store on Sheridan street
when a man about 80 years
old came in and asked the
druggist II he had three
Pittsburgh stogies for 1--WE
Genus.
What's happened to the old
hitching post? william H.
Miller reports he's spotted one
substitute. At the Adelphi
shopping center on University
Lane he saw three horses tied
to the outdoor telephone
booth while their riders sat at
the drug store soda fountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
ProbIem-Pupil Exclusion
Sought by School Board
Low to Allow Action Is Urged;
Proposals Backed by Corning
By JAMES G. DEANE

Twin counter the Districts school delinquency prob
lem under by the Board Of Education.
The board yesterday decided to legislation specifically
providing for exclusion from school Of ncorigbe problem
children.
School sup Hobart NJ Corning also directed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
The -
Rambler
The President
Thut Time Forgot
By JACK JONAS

Here it is the sesquicenten-
NAL year of his birth, and
nobody has come charging up
from Missouri to demand
honorS, celebrations and COM
memorative stamps for David
Rice Atchison, 18th President
of the United States.
1t matters little that Atchi-
son nearly slept through his
tenure as Chief Executive.
Friends Weakened him in time
to appoint a cabinet and hear
requests for favored positions.
And, as he himself reported:
ut was said my administra-
ton was the most successful
and popular one ever known,
there not being a removal or
an appointment during my
whole term"
Some historians would dis
agree with the legend at the
base Of a bronze statue erected
to his memory in Plattsburg,
Mo.-"President of the U. S.
one day"
But the people who write
the encyclopedias say he was
legal" President March 4,
lS4s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Democrats Top Suspects
In Poroding Dog Case

II there place in Valhala for that shocked millions
into smiles and made President laugh and
throw salute then the keepers of the place two
berths.
It may never be decided for which Washington
dogs performed all those herocs Monday the Inaugural Parade
For three days there had been rmor false
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24

SENATOR ,ATCHISON- of
Missouri, president pro tenn Of
the Senate. was trying to sleep
of his fatigue in his WASH
ington home that Sunday
morning when opportunity,
and friends, knocked.
The friends pointed to this
sequence of events:
Two days before, the out
going Vice President had re-
signed and AtchiSon had been
elected president pro TEN Of
the Senate. Thomas Hart
Benton, who nominated him,
and Daniel Webster, extolled
his virtues.
Atchison worked hard at his
task, right up to the adjourn
ment of the Senate at $3.50
am. that Sunday.
President Polk believed his
term ended at the precise
moment the Senate adjourned.
Having closed my official
term as President of the
United States at 61a o'clock
this morning. !" he wrote
in his diary.
Zachary Taylor, not as cagey
as President Eisenhower, put
on his swearing-in ceremony
until the following Monday,
because it wasn't felt proper
to hold a parade and an In
augural Ball on Sunday.
Even if President Polk
hadn't felt his term ended at
"615 o'clock" the Constitution
defines the Presidents term
as -four years" That would
have ended it at noon Sunday,
March 4.
And, by the rules of the day,
when there was no President
or Vice President, the next in
line was "the President of the
Senate for the time being"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
MIR. ATCHISON,

MIR. ATCHISON, a tall,
convivial bachelor, had a
sense of humor, and probably
accepted the whole affair with
tongue in cheek.
I'VE had been hard at work
In the Senate finishing up
business" he said, "and having
lost much sleep, I probably
would have slept all day had /
not been wakened by some
personal friends who came to
contratulate me and to secure
positions for certain parties.
In order to do everything
proper style, I appointed a
full cabinet. !"
Mr.. Atchison, born in Fay
cite County, KY, August II,
1907, was recognized as an
able Senator from the time
he first came in by appoint
ment in 1843.
His career out of the Senate
was colorful, too. After he
left it in 1855, he led the Mis-
souri, Border Rufians" who
raided Kansas territory. He
was ardent as a lawyer in his
unsuccessful defense of the
Missouri Mormons.
Some spoilsports among the
historians would point out
that Atchison wasn't even a
Senator on that March 4 in
1849.
Those historians would say
his Senate term ended March
3, 1849, and that he wasn't
officially seated in the new
Senate until the following
Monday.
But is doesn't seem right to
let the i50th anniversary year
Of the birth Of the 18th Presi-
dent Of the United States pass
by without something being
done. Those Missouri Con-
gressmen ought to get busy.
Milford chronicle., 1957-10-04


Another matter Of mutual interest
is the Eli Walls ditch at the south
end of town. his ditch provides the
southern drainage for the town and
town officials wish to have the ditch
lowered and cleaned in keeping
with the improvements they are
making ON the town roads. A cul-
vert. property of the railroad, would
have to be lowered, also.
Parishioners of St. Michael the
Archangel Catholic Church gave
a surprise housewarming party for
their pastor, the Rev. Leo Mont
gonery, at the church hall this
week
Father Montgomery, who is al
present living in the parish house
of ST. Edmund's Catholic Church
at Rehoboth, will move into the new
local parish house next week. The
parish house is adjacent to the
church on Edward ST., and is the
former home of John Wardell.
Gifts to help furnish the new
house included an electric toaster
iron, ironing board, two sets OF
dishes, lamps silyerware and the
like.
Father Montgomery will do his
own housework for the time being
Mrs. Albert Lenox chairman for
the shower, was assisted by Mrs
Vincent Sears, Miss Ann Conway
Mrs. Joseph Hylinski, Mrs. Willis c.
Pusey, Mrs. Madeline Miller, Mrs
Richard Roessler, Charles Maillet
and Frank German.