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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23

had managed this converse
ton, so that none Of it was
needing, carping, sly digs
beneath the belt, and so on.
In the past, these had
always been the weapons of
the other. much to sensitive
Jones discomfort.
This time he had been de-
termined to forestall the
other.
His method was. such a
simple one that maybe it viii
help others.
After all. the sensitive ones
Of this earth need a great
deal of help, Everybody picks
on them. They are the butt
of the smart aleck. Even
grave physicians of the soul
look their worst when they
meet a sensitive soul. They
know he is hard to handle,
and probably may know more
of their speciality than they
would like.
Temp Jones handled this
common situation this way:
He simply took the CONVEX
sational lead.
BY keeping on asking ques-
lions, he threw the other
into a hopeless chase of ideas.
At no time did Jones give
him a chance to sling the
arrows of outrageous for
tune.
The fellow was leaping
from crag to crag, so that
he could not find time to
draw his harpoon and let 60.
He was too busy answer
ing questions.
After he had left, Tenn
pleton Jones wondered If the
fellow knew just what had
happened to him, and why.
Such a person is, of course,
smart, in the ordinary sense
OF the word. He knew a
thing or two. On reflection,
he must have realized what
had happened to him. At the
time, in all probability, he
had an uneasy feeling.
Such characters must real
ize that they are nuisances,
or do they? Life is a COM
pick problem, any way you
look at it. Some people prefer
to believe there is no such
thing as hate, but the die
tlonary says there is. The
world is complex, any way
you regard it, and the best
way OF handle it, as we 90
along, is to see the good and
forget the bad. William
James said that a long time
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23

In his letter to The Star,
May Is, Charles P. Beazley
refers to the giving of for
eign aid" to Communist
nations as Confusing" 1t is
certainly all of that. He might
also have said that the giving
of other millions to the
so called "underdeveloped"
countries Of Africa and Asia
to contain" communism is
senseless.
In his recently published
autobiography. II Was a
Savage" Prince Modupe, son
Of a chieftain of the $3.50
tribe in French West Africa,
demonstrates that the forms
Of occidental life merely
distress and demoralize the
members of races to whom
the spiritual essence of occi-
dental culture will forever
ain incomprehensible.
Therefore, our International
list "do-gooders" should stop
the further waste Of our tax
dollars on "underdeveloped
areas" and find other sink
holes down which to pour the
blood that they drain from
the arteries of our economic
life.
Old ReactiOnary.
I have just finished read
ing the letter from SILLY Old
Isolationist." This is. with
out doubt. one of the most
devastating bits of prose it
has ever been my pleasure to
read I want to say a hearty
ana heartfelt Amen" to the
sentiments expressed.
If our Government stopped
sending our money all over
the world to help our enemies
destroy us and lifted a little
burden from our overtaxed
citizens, we'd all be better
of. Instead Of pampering the
Communists and fellow
travellers, we should heed
Teddy Roosevelt's admoni-
ton to speak softly and
carry a big stick"
Howard Wesley KiefeF. DID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones was load
ed for bear, as the saying
goes.
Having been subjected be-
fore to the carping CONVEX
Sation Of the fellow, Jones
was primed for conflict.
AS usual, in such cases, he
wasted his efforts.
In half an hour, the fellow
never said one thing to rile
the tip feathers of an angel.
Jones felt let down. no.
Here he had bristled UP,
mentally, ready for conflict.
all to no purpose. Somewhere,
there is a saying about this,
and a good one:
1.-THE guilty flee where no
man purSueth, but the right
eous are bold as an lion"
Jones had always liked that
part about IAN lion" Gives
it an old-time feeling.
= \ +
Most diet experts today be-
lieve in a big protein intake.
Others reject this, saying
that we should go back to
carbohydrates, thus keeping
the human mental frame on
a quiet keel.
Take your choice.
Almost every subject to-
day has two sides, and never
the twain shall meet, as an
expert said.
To eat plenty of proteins
is supposed to keep one per-
petually geared for flight or
flight" the key slogan of the
age.
There are still those who
do not want either to fight
or fly.
They had rather stay put,
as it were, in peace.
4 4 Il
Our hero was relieved when
the other left him.
His atmosphere, as one
might say, was not conducive
to peace and happiness.
1t is an amazing thing,
how contentious people carry
this aura around with them.
They seem to saturate the
very air with diSsension. Just
how much of this can be
put at the door of others is
a question.
Certainly all of this fault,
as of any other, cannot stem
from one. There must be a
meeting Of interests. The
hostility must have a foil,
as they say in the theater.
4
Jones was glad to see the
other depart.
He wondered just how he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23
Charitable View

To condemn an adulteress
and declare she is unfit to min
lister to the needs of her own
child sanctions bigotry. To as
sumo a more charitable atti-
tude would be to recognize a
mothers love for hey own child
is irreplaceable.
Parent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23

lncTe appears 70 DC nearly
twice as much ice In the Ant
arctic as hitherto estimated.
Instead Of an average
thickness OF q kilometer and
a half over the six-million'
souare-mile continent at the
bottom Of the world a more
likely figure Ia two and a
half.
Spread over the whole
earth II would form q blanket
about lao feet thick. II melt
ed II would raise the gen.
eral sea level 200 feet.
This Is a preliminary ind
Ing from reports Of Interna-
tional oeophysical Year SCI
entists now occupying APP
proximately 40 stations on
the Antarctic continent, ac-
cording TO DR.. Harry Wex-
Ter Of the United States
Weather Bureau. chief scien-
tific advisor for the United
States Antarctic committee.
Estimates Conjectural
Admittedly. DR.. Wexler
told an Explorers Club TO-
rum. the present estimates
are quite conjectural. A great
amount Of data has been re-
ceived both from the Amer
lean stations and those of
other nations but a great
amount of processing must
be done before there can be
definite conclusions.
The data to date contain
no evidence whether or not
this vast ice mass actually is
melting, increasing or re-
naming static. At McMurdo
Sound of the Ross Sea, for
example, observations show
no change in the glacier
fronts since they were meas
ured by the British Scott ex-
petition more than 40 years
ago. Extent of glaciers over
an extended period is a good
measuring stick of ice accu-
mutation. Slight differences
are recorded in other glacier
fronts from year to year.
Just now the mean annual
temperature at the historic
United States station at
Little America seems re-
Gently to have gone up about
five degrees Fahrenheit. Last
month the temperature was
almost 20 degrees. higher
than for April last year. This,
however. may be quite tenn
porary and next year it may
be colder. Reservations in the
past have been quite scat
tered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23
Champ ChoIIenqed

1t would be comical if it
were not so serious that some
of the lightweights in Con-
gress would have us believe
that they know more about
organizing the national de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23
Cultural Center

The Star Is to be COM
mended for its recent edi-
torial, Changed Site Situa-
ton" It's support of a Ma
tional Cultural Center in the
Nations Capital on the Mall
site directly opposite the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art is
heartening and greatly APP
preciated.
That our Nations Capital
should contain a National
Cultural Center commensu-
rate with its position in world
affairs goes without saying.
London, Paris, Rome, and
even Madrid are all the cul-
tural as well as the political
centers of their respective
countries. Under the pro-
visions Of S. 1895, the Full
bright = Thompson proposal
for a National Cultural Gen.
ter, situated on the Mall site
directly opposite the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, with
out expense to the taxpayer,
since project financing is to
be by voluntary private sub
scription, Washington. d. c.,
would begin to achieve its
rightful place in the cul-
tural life of our Nation.
While I consider that a
National Air Museum in the
Washington, D. c.. area would
be an interesting historical
attraction, I feel obligated to
point out that such a strue-
ture could be and should be
located somewhere other than
the Mall site which, by act
of Congress in 1898, was des-
ignated for a National Art
Center. Furthermore, I fail
to understand why q third
National Air Museum (already
there is one at Wright-Pat-
terSon Air Force Base in Day.
ton, Ohio; one Scheduled for
the Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs, Colo, and
this latest proposal for an
Air Museum in Washington,
D. c. should be given pri-
GRITTY at this particular time
over the first and only Ma
tional Capital Center of the
Performing Arts in the United
States of America.
Should the Congress in
dorse the recommendation of
the National Capital Plan
ming Commission, the case
for a National Capital Cen
ter of the Performing Arts
is rather hopeless and pro-
ponents of the cultural CEN
ter are once again right back
where they started, for in
such event not only would a
site for the center have to
be located, but a congress
sional appropriation would be
required for the purchase of
the site, and this at a time
when economy in govern
ment is being exercised, would
render the prospects for OBJ
tanning such appropriation
dim indeed. However, should
the Congress oppose the rec
ommendation of the National
Capital Planning Commits
sion through enactment of
S. 1886 into law, and this
obviously would be the logi-
cal course Of action for the
Congress to pursue, and the
course of action I personally
strongly recommend, the Ma
tional Capital Center of Per-
forming Arts would become a
reality and without jeopardy
to the erection of the third
National Air Museum, since
as was the case in connection
with the two air museums
at Dayton, Ohio, and Colo
RADIO Springs, Colo, the third
air museum likewise will be
paid for and maintained py
the taxpayer.
Marie A. Hurley,
National Legislation Chair
man, National Fedora
ton of Music Clubs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23

@. Has the mockingbird a
song of its own or does it
simply initiate the song of
other birds? A.McM.
A. Though adept at MIN
licking others, the mocking-
bird also has a beautiful
song of its own. 1t can copy
with equal ease the chipping
of sparrows, the twittering
Of swallows. the cawing of
crows or the strident call of
the whippoorwill. 1t can even
initiate the scream Of a
hawk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-23

@. What are the principal
cargoes shipped through the
Suez Canal?--D. G..
A. A chart published by
the New York Times in De-
cember, 1856. showed that
major items in northbound
trade were oil. ore, grains, oil
seeds and textiles-with oil
making Up 76.5 per cent Of
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Parent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
In this issue:

Cove. Mitzi CoYnos BY Fronk PowoInY
q cssfboerd: Elder Statesmen
Aninai AIIsy; Crows Nest
0 Doa'i let Them Grow Up Too fosil
q ~. What Your Wife Won't Tell ToUl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

10 Blueprint For A crosh Proorom
- Mitzi Meeh Soior
76 FIeiisa: McCouy And The Gid BoodH
~ feshies Find: Here Cones Spring
"a Feed Coribbeon Fish Dinner
IS Quiz EN-
- Hsaifh: What Do Your Ofeoms ReoIy Meon2
- Lest Lsvshs Car OF The Future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
20. This Week TN.

EUCLID M CoR0ToE PSesdaW SruLRso
WILLIAM NcoLs BEACH, Executive Editor
cD@ Ave.. ks~yoA uNx
Ia md
IN S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26
The Stranger
Ill Never Forget

Once this distinguished philosopher
Then he who gave him Of his
ny WILLIAM ERNE8T BOOKING
of CoudssH ordC WHEATON"
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TINS WEEK Meses'"s/Jsnssry 10. isss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

men-in-straits, because | have been there"
And it has made me see that the details Of
existence, favorable or adverse, have always
a tinee Of the irrational. the Maynard, the
absurd. II has made me see that joy or frus-
tration cannot lie in these details. but in US;
and that it is in our power to reverse their
negations.
The seeds Of adventure are in our hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

But then the man called me back to ask why
was doing what was doing. He took an
interest, asked many questions. Then he told
me Of a school that was looking for teacher
of business arithmetic; and proposed that he
mention me to the owner.
His quite unnecessary concern led to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24

poor materials of instruction,
and in some cases not even a
playground
One problem that still exists
although there has been improve
ment with Indignation is bus
transportation. "As the crow
flies the Lincoln children live
within a radius of 80 miles now.
But some of them have to travel
SO miles or so which means get
ting on the bus at 7:30 AM, and
arriving home at 5 PM.
This gives them little time for
homework or play. If the bus is
late in the morning they often
miss their first period class COM
pletely. Absenteeism is high
among these students and when
they do come to school they are
too tired to work at peak eff
cheney.
In spite of the uncertainty of
his own future, DR.. Monk is look
ing forward with pleasure to the
end of all these problems when
the closing of his school puts a
period to segregation on the jun
ior high level.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24
Shut-in Day
Announced
By Church

Next Sunday, April l7 has
been designated as "Shut-in Day
at the Wheaton Bible Church.
All shut-ins and elderly friends
and members of the church will
be special guests at this service.
Those unable to attend will be
visited in their homes by mem
bers of the Sunday School and
other organizations of the church.
All shut-ins who would like to
participate in the special pro-
gram should call the assistant
pastor, the Rev. Howard Talley,
at JU. 5-6354, for arrangements
in getting transportation to the
church, or having representatives
call at home.
Also, those who cannot visit
the church are invited to hear
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ton until the P-TA bought an
old bus for their use.
When the high school moved
to the present site in 1885, the
staff included five teachers WHO
taught a general curr culum
with some agriculture, vocational
and home economic courses. In
duStrial arts were added in 1916
and commercial courses in 1947.
Became Junior High
An enrolment of 300 in 1850
overcrowded the Lincoln school.
In 1851 with the opening of Car
yer it became a junior high.
Peak enrolment was in 1858
81 when 670 junior high students
crowded into Lincoln. Integra-
ton and the sending of the ninth
grade to Carver this year has cut
the enrolment to 294
DR.. Parlett Moore was the first
principal, followed by Mrs. Mar
garet Jones and then DR.. Monk
in 1851. Monk has taught Eng
lish, social studies, science and
math at Lincoln since 1947.
The biggest improvement in
his experience in the caliber of
Negro students coming to Lin
coin following the closing of the
one and two room schools
throughout the county and the
establishment of the consolidated
schools at Rock Terrace, Long
View, Sandy Spring and Taylor.
The achievement, resourceful-
ness and general ability of the
students graduating from these
schools was noticeably higher at
the Junior high level than those
coming from the substandard
schools with one or two teachers,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24

where in the system. He bases
this on the fact that all but one
have tenure and have given salts
factory service.
Another improvement in recent
years, Monk says, has been an
adequate supply Of materials of
instruction and equipment. TIL e
shop equipment in particular he
rates as excellent.
Looking back over the years,
however, the junior high prin.
cipal feels that the education Of
the Negro children in Montgom-
cry has been sadly lacking.
A brief history of Negro sec
ondary education shows the first
high school housed in two rooms
in an old frame building on the
site of the present Rockville
Shopping Center.
That was in 1927 with a begin
ming enrolment of 40 students.
The first graduating class in 1881
had total of nine.
In those days the students had
to furnish their own transporta-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24
Grove Auction
viii Be Held

A community auction of va
riety of articles will be staged
from 9 Am. until 4 Pm. May
10 in the Washington Grove Audi
toriun. The Groves Woman's
Club will benefit from the pro-
ceeds.
Articles to be donated or con-
signed for sale may be brought
to the auditorium from 10 AM.
until Pm. April &c and May 3;
from 1880 until $3.50 Pm. May 5
through May 9.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24

Sundays Wheaton Bible Church
Hour which will be broadcast
over Radio Station WIDOW, 1910
kc, from 8 to 9:15 Am.
The Wheaton Bible Church
meets at Glenmont Elementary
School, Georgia Ave-, and Mason
SITS, with morning worship serv-
ice at noon and evening services
at 7:30.
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books he gives to Mrs. Lucia
Stanton, one of the best librar-
ians in the state, according to
Monk. She was transferred to
Wheaton this. semester.
What will happen to the rest
of the staff if Lincoln closes
won't be known before May. But
Monk is optimistic that space will
be found for all of them else
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Zone of a Series)


Junior High still hanging in
the balance, its principal, DR..
Louis S. Monk, is confident
that the end of this school
year will see the end of segre-
cation for Negro junior high
students in the county.
In spite of County Council
action recently cutting out al
$55,000 item from the school bud
get to convert this Negro junior
high to a warehouse and trans
portation center, DR.. Monk feels
sure that Lincoln will close this
year.
Supporting his belief that the
School Board will not change its
plans for next year, the Lincoln
principal points out that lit won't
take one red cent to close Lin
coin but it would take operating
funds to keep it open. Nothing is
in the budget for Lincoln next
year as far as l know
Transfers Voted
The board voted early this
year to assign the Negro Junior
high students to the schools
closest to their home next Fall
except for those going on to the
senior high.
Carver Senior High was slated
to become an integrated junior
high by 1860 but the cost of con.
verting it was also deleted by
the County Council from the
school budget
There is certainly no doubt In
DR.. Monks mind that Lincoln
should be closed. AS school
plant, it is inadequate, incon.
venient and falling TO pieces"
he says.
Swarms Of termitcs empty
classrooms every Spring for
whole periods at time. Termite.
ridden rotting joists cause the
floors to sag away from the base.
boards which in places crumble
to the touch.
This occurs in the old section
of the main building which was
originally an abandoned building
In Takona Park moved to the
present site in 1885 and given a
veneer of brick.
The site. at first eight and a
half acres, was increased later to
II acres which now hold the
main building including a cafe.
terra and two classrooms added
In 1915, temporary gym in 19i9
temporary shop building in 1850
and three other temporaries
housing the overcrowded home
economies department and extra
classrooms.
Plenty of Leaks
All of the temporaries leak
rain from top to bottom and even
the comparatively new cafeteria
has water coming straight
through its walls in stormy
weather.
Aside from these faults, il is
the temporary nature of the
buildings that makes work diff.
cult, Monk says. They are make.
shift buildings, poorly planned,
lacking facilities and storage and
proper partitioning for their
teaching purposes.
Another trouble inherent in
the site as anyone attending
meeting at Lincoln can testify Is
the fact that it is located next
10 the 3 and o railroad tracks.
When a train is passing. all
work ceases in the physical edu.
cation, English and social study
classes in the gym and the indus.
trial arts classes in the shop
building, both within a few feet
of the tracks.
Quality Is High
In spite Of the physical diff
culties. DR. Monk says his 10
teachers and vice principal, Mrs.
Romano Robinson. are doing an
fxcellent job and he is proud Of
Nc high caliber Of education
offered.
adequate library arpropria-
tons in recent years. supple.
fnented by funds raised at the
annual Mardi Cras, have given
him on outstanding library al
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24
End of an Era Nears
With Lincoln Closing

though it is housed in too small
a room.
Credit for the selection of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24
Bowen Dog Wins

Van Guard of North Riding,
champion samoyed dog belonging
to Mr.. Frank B. Bowen of 1905
Ardennes Avenue, Twinbrook,
swept the field in the Old Domin.
ion Kennel Club Dog Show, held
Saturday at Annandale, Virginia
Placing first in open class. Van
Guard went on to win winners
dog, best of winners, and best of
breed classes. This followed his
recent best of breed award at the
National Kennel Club show in
March.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-24
Young COP to Hear
Hagerty, Devereux

Presidential Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty and Represen
tative James P. Devereux, Repub
lican candidate for Governor Of
Maryland, will be the principal
speakers at meeting of the
Appalachian Council of Young
Republicans April 26 at Carve
Hall in Annapolis.
Approximately 100 delegates
are expected to attend from
Maryland, West Virginia, vir
GINA, Kentucky and the District
of Columbia.
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S & NJ IN E L soSNTS eaD,
A0--ThursdaY. April 74zt9ss
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