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the credit Of Mr.. Henley and his
staff Of teachers.
Bundy's special classes are re-
Taxed - not out Of hand, or
noisey. but apparently easy to
take. A visitor to the school must
be told which class is special
and which is regular" Closer
observation shows the pupils to
be older in special classes as well
Ias the somewhat informal man.
ner the subject is being pre-
scented.
But the vast difference lies on
the walls. Regular classes have
painted loud scenes Of Brazil.
Mexico. Canada. adobe huts.
Special class artists have been
channeled into blotchy drawings
of what a meat" student Is. And
elsewhere on the special classes
|blaekboards are basic lessons in
finance. health and the proper
foods 10 eat.
The slow learner missed these
things at one point-and fails to
grasp them until they have been
repeatedly hammered home.
They can't get into their heads
the idea Of a place called Brazil
so Washington is the topic:
how you get around in the place,
how much you pay when you try
to get around. and what gets you
around.
They are taught to write sc
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Slow Learners in Bundy School
Catch Up by Taking Their Time

they can identify themselves,
They are taught ways OF getting
employment. keeping employ
ment or adjusting to accidents
and unemployment. They are
fed the more hard facts Of life
The same facts the bright" kids
pick up later along the line al
home or in high school-ii
they're lucky.
Some Take . Squirt
Still, the academic, along witt
vocational skills are offered ir
hopes that some student vii
suddenly squirt from his position
as a slow learner and take hi
normal place in line. 1t has hap.
pened. and Mr.. Henley hope.
with all the interest currently
being shown the backward chile
Iit can happen more frequently.
So at Bundy you find an alert
sixth-grade class tussling with
the problem: "How does TIT
United States compare with othel
countries in railroad mileage?"
And down the hall. a few door
away. a Mrs. M. K. Thompson.
teacher. is running over the va
rious ways to pronounce the let
ter r." She has the alphabe
strung out over the blackboard
She has printed signs which SAY
IF you don't understand. ask.
Hers is the job with barrel,
measurable rewards. Hers is {
special class where actual prog
ress comes haltingly. She asket
q little boy the other day whaI
time it was. It was 1920 am.
AFTER H." he said after o loni
gaze at the clock. He was Is.
Mrs. Thompson seemed pleased
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signed. he could serve until at
least August l. 1858.
The school board, in its six
week search 70 ra successor, has
had some 40 to so names before
lit, Mr.. Smith said. About a
dozen have been interviewed, he
added.
Mr.. Smith said he doubted II
the board would have time to
make home-grounds investiga-
tons Of the final contenders for
the job.
The board last Tuesday adj
vised the council it might have
to pay $4,000 for a new SUPER
intendent. DR.. Norris receives
$l4.500.
Authority In Question
Legal questions have been
raised as to the authority of
the board to increase this
amount. Attempts to do so re-
portedly may bring court test.
News Of the boards decision to
let DR.. Norris go was leaked to
the press in late March. This
was followed by a board state
ment alleging he failed to meet
its standards Of administrative
competency. educational leader
ship and judgment in community
and board relations. Board mem
bers refused to specify their
complaints.
DR.. Norris four years ago sue
ceeded the late DR.. Edwin w.
Broome. who had retired after
SO years as school superinten-
dent.
During his term he dedicated
"a new schools and 81 additions
to schools. Some $35 million has
been appropriated for school
construction.
When he came to Montgomery
County DR.. Norris described
himself as a middle of the
roader on educational philoso-
Iphies.
Promoted Standards .
During much of his term he
attempted to create q blueprint
Of standards for teachers and
pupils. This effort produced 80
courses Of study" books setting
the goals for students.
DR.. Norris frequently inveighed
against sugar coating" of edu-
cation, declaring that youngsters
should know the discipline Of
work." In line with this he was
cracking down on automatic
promotions in the schools.
He was instrumental in the
promotion of reading clinics,
introduced remedial handwriting
and planned a gifted pupil pro-
gram. Under his administration,
science fairs became system-wide.
His programs, including his
persistent fight for better teacher
salaries. won the support Of o
big majority Of teachers.
On the business side. DR.. Nor
ris has been embroiled in fire.
quent extended discussions with
the board and county officials
over budget matters.
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hAlJlClpdCcu ~ ItldL ulcCClI1B, MI .
Smith said.
The board, however. does not
anticipate going to the deadline,
the board president added.
Five Complications
Complaining the boards job
of finding replacement for DR..
Forbes H. Norris. whom it has
refused TO reappoint. are five
factors:
1. The bitterness among coun-
ty residents and professional ed
ucators over the ousting Of DR..
Norris.
2. The refusal Of the County
Council to be pulled into the
controversy by approving a sal
airy UP to $4,000 for a new
superintendent.
3. The relatively short time
which the board has had to ex-
plore the field because Of its
surprise action.
4. The scope Of the job and
the controversies surrounding it
in a county which next year will
enroll some $4,000 pupils.
S. Realization that the Norris
situation is certain to be q key
factor in next years school
board election.
Pullen Approval Required
The school boards selection
week search for q successor. has
of State Schools Supt. Thomas
q .Pullen.
Failure to name a new man by
Friday night probably would
mean that, unless DR.. Norris re-
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ago "a failure to measure up to
our responsibilities"
Urged Tag Increase
Mrs. Wilkins tried to restore
a big portion Of the school cut
and several other items by adopt
ing a S. auto tag increase which
would raise an estimated $780,
900. Other board members re.
fused to go along with the
motion with the strings attached
but several indicated they favored
the increase if the revenl ne were
used solely for capital improve
ments. Mrs. wilkins said she
would bring the matter up again.
Voting for the $3.50. 900 school
reduction were Chairman James
Keith, who suggested the figure;
William Moss, Mr.. Leigh and Mr..
DeBell. Against it were Mrs.
wilkins. Mr.. Freehill and Gen.
Richard p. Ovenshine. Gen.
Ovenshine thought the cut
should not exceed $4,000.
Supt. w. T. Woodson said he
did not know what effect the
slash would have in school OPP
erationS. DR.. Clyde Gleason,
member of the school board,
told supervisors he believed the
$377 900 capital outlay portion
of the school budget would have
to bear the brunt of any cut.
Supt. Woodson said the school
budget was conservative" and
represented very little advance
in the development of the school
system"
Items Restored
The supervisors restored $780,
900 of a $4,000 reduction made
earlier In the public works
budget SO that the department.
could hire more inspectors for
construction and could take over
drainage design for school
projects.
The supervisors also put back
$4,000 Of a $4,000 cut in the
police budget. AS approved, the
police department would be able
to hire 10 new officers July
and 10 more January /. The
department had asked for 80
new men.
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Tranquilizing drugs have
helped both retarded and delin-
quent children at the Chidlren's
Center at Laurel. Md. and are
a valuable part Of the program.
ofhcials there believe.
The drugs have been particu-
larry effective with retarded chill
dren. DR.. Wilfred r. Ehrman-
traut. medical director Of the
center. reported. DR.. Ehiman-
traut studied the effects OF the
drugs on so delinquent young
sters from Cedar Knoll. and go
retarded persons from the Dis
trict Training School.
The Cedar Knob children
ranged in age from 8 TO 10. AT
the District Training School
where some retarded persons
have lived all their lives, the age
range was 4 to n. The entire
center is run by the Districts
Department of Public Welfare.
Chlorpromazine and promo
zine were the drugs used In a
six-month study. Neither is adj
dieting. Promzaine is said to
have no serious side effects
Chlorpromazine on occasion has
caused jaundice.
The drugs were used In the
study on children who were
severely emotionally disturbed
They will continue to be given
at the center.
These agents are not q cure
DR.. Ehrmantraut said. "They
provide one method for accele-
rating the rehabilitation OF the
child. They enable a severity emo.
tionally disturbed person to
maintain a reasonable amount
lof human dignity"
A supply of drugs worth about
81 500 Is used each month. Pro-
mazine. known commercially as
sparine, is supplied by a we'll
known drug company. The CEN
ter is buying chlorpromazine
known commercially as thora-
zine.
DR.. Jack Kleh. medical director
of D. c. Village, and DR.. Joseph
IFazekas. chief of staff of d. &
General Hospital. also worked
with the study at Children's
Center. DR.. Kleh presented q
paper in Milan this month. writ
ten by the three doctors, which
incorporated the results Of this
and other studies.
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salary increase which had been
cut out in an earlier budget
session. If the scent increase
is approved it would mean a tax
rate Of 1925 per 500 valuation
on real estate and personal
property.
In addition. the supervisors
probably will get a request to
adopt q IS increase in the auto
license tax in order to finance
some capital improvements. A
motion by Supervisor Anne
wilkins yesterday to restore some
budget cuts with an auto tag
increase failed, but she said it
would be brought UP again
Wednesday.
Vote Is 4 to 3
At q four-hour session yester-
day, the supervisors cut the pro-
posed STAT million school budget
by $3.50. 900 on a 4-to-3 vote. The
action came after Joseph Free
hill and Mrs. wilkins tried un-
successfully to keep the school
budget intact and A. Claiborne
Leigh and Stuart DeBell tried to
reduce it by $3.50. 900.
Mrs. Wilkins accused fellow
board members Of breaking
faith" with the voters in actions
during the past few days which
sliced approximately 100000
from a proposed $23.1 million
budget.
Promises to provide urban
services was the thing that
elected most of u.s." she said.
I'VE have all been concerned
with threats Of annexation and
incorporation, but If the county
doesn't provide the urban areas
with services they need. the
people have no alternative"
Mr.. FreehilI failed in a move
to keep the school budget and the
property tax rate intact on the
hope Of finding additional
sources Of revenue during the
next fiscal year. Other super
visors said they did not want to
adopt a budget without being
sure Of where the money was
coming from.
Mr.. Freehill said he considered
the boards refusal to adopt q
business license tax several weeks
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may act on three measures or
which public hearings already
have been held.
One would establish standards
for chemical tests Of motorists
accused of drunken driving. The
most controversial feature Of this
bin Is the implied consent" Sec
ton under which anyone who
operates q vehicle In the District
Is deemed to have agreed to q
test Of his blood or urine II ar
rested for drunken driving.
A second bill would bring the
District in line with all Of the
rest Of the Nation in adopting q
Uniform non-support law TO catcf
up with deserving fathers.
The third bill would exempt
the Metropolitan Police Reliel
Association from certain provi.
sions Of the local insurance laws
Other Pending Actions
A Senate appropriations sub.
committee in charge of the Dis.
trict budget. which held thret
days Of public hearings last week
is expected to meet sometime
this week to mark up the bill
probably soon after Chairman
Pastore. Democrat Of Rhode Is.
land, returns from his home
State.
A report on the problem o.
building q bridge or q TUNE
across the Potomac River al
Constitution avenue is expected
to be drafted sometime this weeI
as soon as District Subcommittee
Chairman Bible returns to tn,
capital.
A conference report placinl
the proposed $50 million Ma.
tional Cultural Center in Fogg,
Bottom was due to be called VI
on the House floor for action thi,
week, but late indications wer,
that 1t may be postponed unit
later in the session because Of op'
position repeatedly building up
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican Of Virginia, and q mem
Der Of the District Committee
favors the Southwest Washing
ton area for the center. He con.
fidently predicted that the Fogg,
Bottom site would be defeated Il
the conference report-alread,
approved by the Senate - Il
called UP In the House any time
soon.
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city and hospital officials. Mr..
Mclaughlin reported. ut was
agreed that the District also
had Q moral obligation to its
citizens to keep the hospitals
functioning. At that time 1t was
suggested that the District take
care Of as many indigents as
possible and send the excess to
private non-profit hospitals. he
wrote.
Because Of many benefits
received by the hospitals q re-
endorsement rate was set at less
than actual costs.
Change Shown
For many years, the arrange
ment worked satisfactorily" Mr..
Mclaughlin said. q. in later
years, however, the hospitals be-
gan to discard the agreement
and insisted on full costs.
They no longer wanted to
give credit to the District that
the hospitals were realizing GER
tain benefits such as getting ma
terial with which to train their
medical personnel. or the fact
that under the Hospital Center
Act the District has paid or will
pay ~One-fourth Of the cost Of
building many Of the hospitals
or additions, and one-half for
those that will form the new
hospital center, at q total cost
to the District Of about SITS
million"
Eventually the planned ad-
missions program" was worked
out.
"As. late as last year." he said,
"the hospitals agreed TO these
proposals and assured the Com
missioners that If effectuated
they would make no further de-
mands as to the medical char
tiles program. The planned adj
missions program has had the
effect Of the Districts sending
patients to the hospitals when
they (the District) could have
cared for them in public facil-
titles. Certainly it was agreed this
condition was Of some value In
offsetting the difference between
the reimbursement rate and the
actual costs"
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Robert e. Mclaughlin. president
Of the board Of commissioners
wrote:
1.-THE Commissioners believe
the medical charities allotments
are principally subsidies for per-
Torrance Of charity services that
often are financed through COM
munity action. In general. it APP
pears that with these hospitals
receiving large sums from the
District for capital costs plus
large payments for operating ex-
penses. coupled with the fact
that the hospitals devote 80 to
40 per cent Of their facilities TO
non-residents. that the sums al
lowed by the House are entirely
adequate"
At last weeks budget hear
ings. Senator Pastore, Democrat
Of Rhode Island, asked for q
written report on why the Com
missioners cut out proposed in
creases for private hospitals in
the medical charities program,
DR.. Herbst Explains
The House sent the budget
bill to the Senate with the pri-
vate hospitals per diem rate
increased from $14 to SIG, al
. though the District did not seek
the raise. DR.. william Herbst.
representing the Medical So
ciety. asked for an additional
$3.50 over the House bill to
bring private hospitals up to
costs at District General Hos
pital.
DR.. Herbst said that as long
as private hospitals continue to
, lose vast sums "the indigents
and all the rest Of US viii re-
ceive substandard medical serv-
: ice."
Mr.. Mclaughlin said that in
order to understand the prob
: lem 1t is necessary to 60 into
some of the background.
As far back as 1913 the mat
ter Of District payments for
charitable care was q major
: issue, he said. Many Of the hos
pitfalls were in serious trouble
. because the Community Chest
had withdrawn its funds and
some were faced with the pos
sibility of closing, he added.
After q conference between
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+: Two bills are before the House
/: subcommittee. One. by Repre-
: sentative Mcmillan. Democrat Of
South Carolina, who is chairman
. Of the fun committee. would limit
: to 10 per cent the amount Of .
debtors salary that could be
attached. Drafted by the District
Bar Association, it Is identical
to bill by Senator O'Mahoney.
Democrat Of Wyoming.
The second bill. by Representa-
tive Dowdy. Democrat Of Texas.
would exempt all salaries or
, wages from attachment.
Third Bill Offered
A third version of the bill, by
Representative Celler. Democrat
: Of New York. would exempt food
/: shelter and clothing from gar
nishment and would retain tee
present $500 q month exemption
. for the head Of a household OF
+: $50 q month for a single person
+: The legislation followed 0
: series Of stories in The Star, dis
+: closing how the present garnish-
ment law works q hardship On
: many low-salaried persons and
their employers.
+: On Tuesday at 10 am. prop
erty owners along the path Of
the new Route 240 leading into
Washington from Montgomery
County. Nd. will appear before
the Police. Firemen, Streets and
.'Trafic Subcommittee.
+: They will protest the Districts
: plans to connect the Inner Loor
freeway near washington circle
I: with Route $40 by way Of ar
expressway that would cross the
4: District line near Dalecarlis
: reservoir. The District Commits.
. sioners have been asked by sub
(: committee charm a n Davis
Democrat Of Georgia. to presen;
their views.
/: Executive Sessions Slated
/: Two Senate District subcomit-
F.: tees will hold executives sessions
. Wednesday afternoon. One
: headed by Senator Morse. Demo.
crat Of Oregon, will prepare a re-
=: port on the problem Of hungry
: children in public schools.
The second executive meeting
: on Wednesday will be that Of
: the Judiciary subcommittee,
: had headed by Senator Clark,
Democrat Of Pennsylvania. It
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Hearings Set Tomorrow
On 2 Gornishment Bills
By ALEX r. PRESTON

Public hearings two bills revising the law relating To
punishment and attachment Of salaries here will held
10 am tomorrow by the House District Committee
An estimated 5000 garnshments a month clutter up
Municipal Court docket About 30 fled by the dollar
down dollar week" type against the small
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Field Cut to 3 or 4 Men
For Norris School Post
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

Final decision school superintendent Montgomery
County still pending although the field has
four men, according to School Chairman Latrop
Smith
That the situation the board approaches Friday
deadlne for appointing school chief
The board will meet tomorrow night. No appointment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-26
By JOHN M. McKELwAY

Bundy School which to be just another school
building heart Of Washington takes most Of street
between Fourth and Fifth streets NV.
has goodsized playground which gets muddy
after Up down either side Of the school are old
sad yards Directly
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Association
Of Home Builders board Of
directors meeting continues
at the Statler Hotel.
National Association Of
Electrical Distributors opens
a five-day convention at the
Sheraton-Park and Shore
ham Hotels.
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from the school Is O junk yard
which buys paper. metal, rags,
iron springs and old stoves. Some
of these things have spilled from
q garage into the sidewalk in
one incredible tangle.
Yet Bundy Is one Of the bright
est spots in the school system.
The other day, Benjamin j
Henley, principal Of Bundy. was
chatting with a visitor out on
the sidewalk. A quiet, conscien-
tious man, he had strolled out
side the school for q smoke-a
requirement Of the Board OF
Education.
Zone Of My Boys"
A green truck stopped abrupt
lily, the driver recognizing Mr..
Henley The two chatted.
How long have you been
with the Government" Mr.. Hen
LEY asked.
Five years." said the driver,
q young man. cocky. nonchalant.
How many children" asked
Mr.. Henley with . smile.
"Only one" said the driver
with q trace of relief.
Then he drove OF.
"He was one Of my boys,
said Mr. Henley. who once taught
shop to slow learners in South
west Washington. "See," he
emphasized. hes got a good job
He's holding It. He's even build
ling UP some security. Maybe he
won't 60 any further. but he's
out Of trouble; he's got q place
lin society"
In essence, this is what Mr.
Henley and his teachers are
up to at Bundy. For 1t has
fallen to them to prepare a flock
of kids for a future with some
meaning to it.
Relaxed, Informal Style
Bundy Elementary School, In
a strikingly relaxed, informal
manner. is apparently bringing
slow learners along to q point
as educators say, consistent
with their ability TO learn" The
pressure to keep up" with the
average or bright child has been
removed for the slow learner
And they are being led towards
q life, as for example, q laborel
but a laborer with some sense
of responsibility and maybe q
bit Of dignity: q laborer who
can indorse q check. read want
adds. Ill out an application
blank. provide q family with
food and shelter.
Bundy was originally set up
in 1886. for average, slow learn
ing children in the immediate
area. II Is distinguished from
other elementary school by the
presence Of five work shops
which attract the slow learner
Today, with an increased
awareness Of the need for special
education in District schools
Bundy has 269 children from S.
elementary schools scattered
throughout the city.
But the school also has some
200 additional children, thank
fully average. who is five regular
classes make UP the schools NTH
and sixth grades. The regular
classes provide some incentive
for the slow learners and, i'm
portant. help to prevent the
school from becoming known as
an exclusive center for those
who fiunked elementary school
II classes were q bit smaller
throughout the public school
system, the slow learner might
have been saved In normal
class. The trouble often is that
he requires SO much time Of q
hard-pressed teacher. the rest
Of the class suffers.
At Bundy. he gets needed at
tention In classes which range
from 20 TO rs per teacher.
Visitors Are Guided
Special-class children some-
how know their status-perhaps
through the taunts Of other
children. Yet they do not seem
to be laboring under any par
ticular stigma. And this Is 10
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Foirfox Board Will Vote
Wednesday on Tax Roise
Property Levy Increase of 3 to 5 Cents
Held Likely With Rate at $3.25 Per 500

The Fairfax Board Of County Supervisors scheduled
for Wednesday 1957-58 budget which, after $250O0O
school yesterday property Of cents
the board agreed suggestion by County
Carlton Massey that consider additional
half Of ernloxe
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Commissioners ExpIoin
Hospital Cost Figures
Note to Senate Worms Of Paying
Double for Core of Charity Coses

The District Commissioners yesterday explained Congress
they only $14 for charity private
pitfalls while the type of patient costs $3.50 District
General Hospital
In request by Chairman Pastore Of Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee charge Of the District budget