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systems city-wide effort to i'm
prove instruction at all levels
Earlier this week. city-widt
achievement tests were an
nounced at a special meeting
Results showed slight gains In
achievement on the elementary
and junior high levels. but q
disappointing drop in some
subjects among seniors. And
the system still lags behind ma
tional averages Of achievement
More Findings Released
More data on the tests were
released yesterday.
Once again, the wide dispar-
ity between schools and pupil:
was pointed up. The names
Of the schools were withheld.
Most schools are making some
head way. A few schools have
slipped back in most depart
ments. All schools showed
progress at some level.
A summary showed:
/. In the third grade. an aver.
age of 10000 pupils scored in
creases from one to six school
months over last year.
2. In the fifth grade, achieve
ment retardation Of $3.50 pupils
tested is from 7 to IL school
months. But they registered
gains from one to five month:
higher than last year.
3. In the eighth grade. with
5,424 pupils being tested, re.
suits showed they are from
three months to one year be-
hind national standards-buI
this was a gain of from on,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund Mail it to The Eve
ming Star. Washington 4.
D. c.. or bring cash to
The Star cashier.
The coSt-$36.40 for IL
days. $500 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Veterinarians Elect

OCEAN CITY. Nd, June q
B.-Members of the Mary
land State Veterinary Medical
Association yesterday elected
DR.. J. Walter Hastings, jr., OF
Cambridge, as president. He
succeeds DR.. Dale Wiley Of Har-
rettSville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

year to three months over last
year.
4. In the ninth grade. where
$500 pupils were tested. their
retardation is from i've school
months to one year and -four
school months. However. this
was a gain Of about three
months to one year over last
year.
5. Students in the basic
track of the 10th grade are
from three to four years be-
hind national averages. It i:
for this type of a student the
track was established.
Three-Year Basic Lag
Commenting on the situation
at District Teachers College
Or. Hansen said that the 1885
fiscal budget Of the school is
now in the process Of being
removed from the system:
general budget.
He added that the schools
curriculum is under study fol
possible revision; a move Il
consolidate the library is being
worked out: legislation hai
been drawn up for introduction
to Congress this session to
provide authority to award
masters degrees to students
now enrolled in the schools
graduate program.
These are some Of the fea-
lures the school board has d.
rected DR.. Hansen to proceed
with in an effort to win assur.
ance Of the schools accredita'
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
TEMPORARY EVICTION
Circus Hands Unriq
Stadium Big Top
BY HARRY BACAS
Star stan Writer

The world took another bite out of the circus today
For the first time in its history the Greatest Show on Earth
had to be torn down in the middle of a
The circus had to back out Of the Of local entertain
ment built around country-music program
Ringing Barnum & Bailey lost its proud big top
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Lawyer New Mayor

RICHMOND. June q R-
City Council has elected A.
Scott Anderson, an attorney,
as Richmond's new mayor to
succeed F. Henry CARRIER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
The
Rambler
Has Not
Enough We:ld

1.-THE world Is too much
with u.s." Wordsworth wrote
more than a century ago.
On Wednesday the Ram
bier was with a group that
Just can't have enough Of this
world. And while not shar-
ing their worldly worries. he
shares their feeling that this
orb Is a most interesting one
and something TO cling TO.
Their worldly worries are
about the behavior Of the
worlds skin, going up or
down on It's land surface In
q manner 10 confuse sur
veyors and even undergoing
puzzling ups and downs
across It's oceanic areas,
three-fourths o fits surface.
They are the delegates TO
the second international
photographic Conference.
The first international
photographic Conference was
held In Sweden in 1855 and
the host was the Esselte
Corp, the Swedish map
making firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27
Student Achievement
Advances Predicted
Superintendent Hansen Sees Gain
For Elementary Glasses in ; Years

District School Supt. Carl r. Hansen. admitting he was
out limb yesterday predicted elementary school children
will reach national achievement within three years
But DR.. Hansen In press conference would not oner
for achievement progress the secondary level He
indicated high school would miss the impact OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-27

THE RAMBLER caught up
with the c photographers
Wednesday morning when
they were touring the estab-
lishment of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey in the Fiji
teenth street and Constitu-
ton avenue corner Of the
Commerce Building.
The amazing thing about
them was their tirelessness.
They had just come from a
week Of conferences on the
measurement of the earth at
Northwestern University at
Evanston, ILL.,, north Of Chi
cago. They had spent Mon
day in the map division Of
the Library Of Congress and
Tuesday in the Army Map
Service at Dalecarlia on the
District line. And here they
were grasping at every bit
Of information and examin-
ing every exhibit.
1t didn't seem to occur
to them that mans interest
has shifted to satellites and
other planets and on into
outer space. They were still
interested in the world.
At an initial conference,
Willis r. Heath of the Uni
versity of Washington, who
has, among other. things,
been deviSing Braille maps
for the blind, asked:
What about sea level?"
Lansing Simmons who had
the chair, turned that one
over to James B. Small, chief
of the leveling branch. Mr..
Small said changes had been
noted; that changes was
twice as fast on our Atlantic
as on our Pacific Coast and
greatest in the Gulf.
That seemed to satisfy
everybody except the Ram
bier. He didn't know
whether the change was up
or down. So he sought out
Mr.. Heath after the session.
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2,4OO More Pupils
Expected in DC.
Increase Means
30-to-l Rutio
Muy Be Delayed
BY JOHN M. McKELwAY
star stan Writer

Inc DlSLrlCt school system
today estimated an enrolment
Of ll3.505 students next Sep
TENDER. an increase of almost
2.400 in one year.
Last year there we're lll.ll4
students. There were 94.7l6 in
1850 and 92.sl0 in 1910. In
1890. the total enrolment was
only 7s.45S.
Figures for the next school
year were estimated by Boise L.
Bristor. statistician Of the sys-
TEN. They show an increase
Of about 5000 students on the
elementary level. a slight in
crease In junior high schools
and q drop in senior high
school enrollments.
Comparison Of Figures
Compared to the last school
year. the figures show:
Elementary-72.766 in 1857
8; 75.438 in 1889.
Junior high-l9.9l0 and 20,-
0lS.
Senior high - 1889 and
1881.
The decrease on the senior
high level is nothing new. This
reflects the disinterest in high
school of boys who turn to
jobs or the service. And until.
according to Mr.. Bristor, the
system can design some pro-
gram to hold these students in
high school the decrease will
be experienced.
Elementary Increases
On the elementary level, the
load continues to increase. In
1890, for example. theJe were
1882 elementary students; in
1851, 60,493. Mr.. Bristor said
the increase will continue for
the next five years-and pos.
sibly after that.
School officials expect q
marked drop at District Teach
ers College-from l,073 last
school year to 982 in Septem-
Der. This reflects, according to
surrounding the future Of the
Mr.. BriStor, the uncertainty
school, together with the ques-
tionable status of its accredit-
alton. 1t might drop even lower
by September, depending on
decisions affecting the college
between now and September.
The estimates also show: A
slight increase in vocational
school enrollmentS-from 1858
to 1888; the Veterans High
School Center will continue OPP
erations with the same number
of students. 6l3. it had last
year.
Effect on Ratio
The projected enrolment
figures mean, school officials
point out. that the long sought
goal of a 30-to-l ratio in ele-
mentary schools will be doubly
difficult to reach in some
areas of the city. Heavy popu-
lation increases will be felt
generally in the central portion
of the city-extending into the
Petworth area and east Of
Union Station.
1t is in these areas that new
school sites are either non.
existent or expensive.
In the background. accord.
ing to school officials. is the
uncertainty Of urban renewal
| in these areas. Until the type
Of dwelling or form public
housing will take is decided,
school officials have no way OF
measuring school needs, based
on population figures.
Racial breakdowns are not
available as yet. The complex
ion of the system last year was
about II per cent Negro, and
this figure is expected to climb
a few more percentage points.
In l945, the system was about
SIS per cent white, IS per cent
colored. In 1850. for the first
time, Negro students moved
into the majority and have In
creased steadily since that time.
/ A.. aanh
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be RENTED to the Commissioner of Finance and, by him
covered into the general fund Of the Treasury.
Section Sc. Penalties for illegal acts
Whoever makes an illegal connection to a potable
water supply system, or uses the water for illegal pur-
roses, or in any other way hampers, damages, or inter-
feres with any such system or any part thereof, including
Sny distributor line thereof, shall be fined not more than
$50 or imprisoned not more than so days, or both
SECTION 82. Title 80 of the Virgin Islands Code is
further amended by striking out all Of chapter 5 thereof.
SECTION SO. Title SO, Subtitle 1, Part II, Chapter
As, Subchapter j, Article B, of the Virgin Islands Code, is
amended by adding, Immediately following section 1912
in such Article B. the following three sections:
Section 1913. Inspection of carriers; penalties for prior
delivery of cargo
Whoever, being the master or other officer of any
sloop. schooner, or other type of carrier bringing mer-
chandise taxable under chapter 3 of this title or section
201 () Of Title %, from French, British, Dutch or other
foreign islands, delivers any cargo before his ship or car
rier is boarded and inspected by a Customs official or any
other Official authorized by the Federal government or the
Government Of the Virgin Islands, shall be fined not more
than $500 or imprisoned not more than 80 days, or both.
Section 1914. Smuggling or Justification Of documents;
penalty
whoever, being an importer, or the captain or other
officer of any ship or other carrier
"(D smuggles merchandise covered by chapter
3 of this title or section 201 (b) of Title %; or
~ faIsi6es invoices or manifests-
shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more
than 80 days, or both.
Section 1545. Suspension Of importers license for
violations
whoever, being an importer, violates any provision
Of. chapter 3 Of this title, section 723, 724, 783, or 784 of
this title. or any rules or regulations lawfully issued with
respect thereto, shall have his importers and business
license suspended for not more than l year, in addition
to any other penalty imposed by law.
SECTION "a. Section 1868 of Title 33 of the Virgin
Islands Code is amended to read as follows:
Section 1868. Tax Assessor, appointment; vacancy
"The Governor shall appoint a tax assessor, who shall
hoy,o=I oor Ioro1o11oI ~ 4 Niro;o Tc1o~Ir ~ Loco 4hon-
three years. The tax assessor shall be attached to the office
Of the Government Secretary and shall prform his func-
tons and duties under the supervision and control of the
Government Secretary,
I'm case the office of the tax assessor becomes vacant,
the Governor shall appoint a'person to fill such vacancy.
SECTION IS. Section 3 of Title "a Of the Virgin IS
lands Code is amended to read as follows:
aThe Board shall be RESPONSIBLE for advising the Com
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LEGISLATIVE
"Subchapter III. Saint Croix
Section 81. Scope Of ~subchapter
The provisions Of this s~ubchapter apply only in
ST. Croix.
Section 81. Public outlets; restriction to domestic use
"lal There shall be maintained in the public works
yard at Christiansted and the public works yard at Fred
eriksted a special metered outlet where water from the
potable water supply system may be purchased at the rates
prescribed by section 83 of this title in such quantities as
the Commissioner Of Public Works deems to be available
without impairment Of the public domestic supply.
s(b) It shall be illegal to draw water from public out
let's, except from those referred to IN subsection (a) Of this
section, for any purposes other than domestic use.
Section 83. Rates for the sale of potable water
Water from the potable water supply system shall b.
sold to private, commercial, and industrial users at the
following rates:
Minimum charge per month
First 1000 gallons per month
...,...... 200 per thousand gallons
Next 5000 gallons per month
$50 per thousand gallons
Excess above 10000 gallons per month
........ LBS per thousand gallons
Section "a. Free water for INDECENT persons
Water from the potable water supply system shall b
furnished free Of charge through the public hydrants, for
domestic purposes only, to those persons who, as deter
mined by the Commissioners of Public Works under the
rules and regulations issued by the Governor pursuant to
section 81 Of this title, cannot afford to pay for such water.
"Subchapter ~. PROVISIONS Applicable throughout
Territory
Section 81. Scope of s~ubchapter
"The provisions of this s~ubchapter apply throughout
the Virgin Islands.
Section 90. Applications for use Of potable water
AL applications for connection with the potable
water supply systems and use of potable water shall be
made in writing to the Commissioner of Public Works on
forms prescribed for such purpose.
5c"+ion 90. Connections and installation of meters; fee
Ali connections to potable water supply systems, in
Guiding the installation of water meters, shall be mad
only by the Commissioner of Public Works or his autho-
rized representative within the Department of Public
Works. In each such case, a fee Of $3.50, payable in adj
vance, shall be made for such service. No connection with
in private buildings shall be made by the Department Of
Public Works. Any connection to a potable water supply
system other than as provided in this section is Illegal
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Guiding the installation OF water meters, Shall be mad
only by the Commissioner of Public Works or his autho-
rized representative within the Department of Public
Works. In each such case, a fee of $3.50, payable in adj
vance, shall be made for such service. No connection with
in private buildings shall be made by the Department Of
Public Works. Any connection to a potable water supply
system other than as provided in this section is illegal.
Section "a. Reading Of meters; bills; disconnection for
nonpayment; fee for reconnection
Potable water meters shall be read each month and
bills shall be rendered to users on a monthly basis. If any
consumer fails to pay his bill within 80 days after it is
rendered, his property shall be disconnected from the pot
able water supply system by the Commissioner Of Public
Works, or his authorized representative within the De
partment of Public Works, and shall not be reconnected
Herewith until all bills in arrears have been paid, and the
additional sum of $500 has been paid for making the
reconnection.
Section 95. Deposit of monies
"All monies collected or derived from the operation
and administration of potable water supply systems shall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
Community Hospitals
Aid Research, I eoching

Without teaching and re-
search the modern community
hospital would be little more
than a high-class repair shop.
But with these programs the
hospital becomes an instru-
ment of medical progress with
the quality of medical care
cycling ever upwards.
With this in mind the Hos
pital Center's board of directors
established an Office of medical
education to help direct the
training of the interns and
residents.
Few people realize the i'm
portance of the white coated
intern and resident.
Reacts on Patients
The private physician relies
on residents and interns to
watch his patient when he is
not there and to see that pre-
scribed treatment is carried
out correctly. He must rely on
them to inform him whenever
there is an unexpected change
lin the patients condition.
Good interns and residents
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the recommendations Of the
various speciality boards and
the Council on Medical Educa.
ton Of the American Medical
Association.
They include supervised.
practical. clinical care and
management of patients in the
residents particular speciality.
The resident is given more and
more responsibility as his
training progresses.
Training programs at any
hospital are vital and neces-
sary. The cooperation of the
public helps. At the Hospital
Center no teaching with
patients will be done except
when in the best interest of
patient care. No patient will
be used for teaching without
the patients. permission and
his private physicians consent.
When the patient is enlisted
he will not be annoyed or both
! cred unnecessarily.
But. physicians emphasize,
the cooperation of the public
is important. When the white
clothed intern or resident
comes into the room to ex.
anime the patient. he is COM
ing to learn under the SUPER
vision Of an older and wiser
physician.
When he leaves he will leave
a little wiser and better able
to practice medicine. He may
he your physician tomorrow.
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mean better medical care for
the patient.
The Hospital Center has 30
rotating and three dental in
ternships' and over so resi-
denotes. It has 10 RESIDENCES
fully approved by the council
on medical education.
I When a student is graduated
by a medical college he must
spend a year in an approved
hospital as an intern. After
wards. should he wish to spe-
cialize. he will spend at least
two years and possibly three or
four as a resident before he is
eligible for the examinations
of the various speciality boards.
The intern's duties include the
history. physical examination.
care. progress and follow-up OF
assigned patients. He is re-
quired to attend daily rounds
with the attending staff, lee
lures, conferences and autop-
sizes. He goes to clinics and
departmental meetings.
Residency Benefits
The residency training pro-
grams also have many benefits.
The programs are based on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
Center Offers Largest
Private Psychiotric Unit

pital here is the 24-bed section
at the George Washington Uni
versity Hospital. 1t is nearly
always full with a long waiting
list.
The recent Steinle report
took note of the psychiatric bed
shortage. It even recommended
opening up the city's District
General Hospital psychiatric
unit for private patients.
The INDECENT patient gener-
ally ends up at District Gen.
eral and is later committed to
st. Elizabeths Hospital if he
is a Washington resident.
Many private patients, how
ever, feel there is a stigma at
tached to them after leaving
q mental institution, even a
private sanitarium.
Often the private patient
will go to institutions far away
from his home town so his
friends will not realize he is
being treated for a mental dis
order. This happens despite
constant efforts by psychia-
trists to educate the public to
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Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY. MARCH 0, 1858
look at mental troubles as phys
ical disorders are looked at

look at mental troubles as phys
ical disorders are looked at.
More Units Set Up
More and more general hos
pitfalls are establishing PSYCHE
atric units. A few years ago this
would have been unthinkable.
The trend in psychiatry is
swinging away from the purely
analytical approach toward the.
medical approach, combined
with psychotherapy. 1t is APP
parent that gradually the
length of disqualification is be-
coming shorter for many pa
tients. New drugs have helped.
Excited. disturbed patients
can be Gained. This fact makes
psychiatric sections acceptable
adjunctS to general hospitals.
And, the patient can tell his
friends he has been in a gen.
eral hospital without mention
ing a mental disorder.
The Hospital Center's unit Is
not like a sanitarium. Here the
patient will be brought in vol
unfairly and treated by his
pSychiatriSt.
This new unit is not expected
to reduce the number Of adj
missions to st. Elizabeths, but
to accommodate patients who
would otherwise refuse to be
treated locally.
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There'II Be No Miscellaneous
On Hospital Center's Bills

Ever wonder what "niscel-
laneous" could possibly mean
on your hospital bill?
This won't happen at the
Hospital Center. where the &C
counting system is believed to
be unique among hospitals.
You'll know what you're paying
for down to the last detail.
Dozens of electronic ma
chimes, tapes and punches will
be used to give the patient a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

The Washington areas larg-
est private psychiatric unit
opens with the Hospital Gen.
ter.
The 73-bed section will help
relieve the acute shortage of
private hospital facilities here
for the mentally i'll. Many pri-
vate patients have been forced
to seek disqualification out of
town.
The center's psychiatric unit
will be primarily devoted to
acutely Ill patients who need
swift and early treatment to
keep them from becoming
chronically i'll.
They will receive fast "one-
two punches" of drugs and psy-
cotherapy.
After this period Of intensive
hospital treatment by private
psychiatrists-probably averag-
ing two weeks-it is hoped
many patients can be sent
home and placed on an out
patient basis from the private
doctors office.
"a Beds at CIV
The only other psychiatric
unit in a private. general hos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
COMBINED HOSPITALS MERGE
WITH RED GROSS BLOOD BANK

This months Red Cross campaign for blood donor
pledges will help the Hospital Center well
other Washington area hospitals
DR.. Warwick T. Brown. administrator Of the
institution, has urged the public to respond to the
campaign to prevent future emergencies.
During the past two fiscal years, the Red Cross
Washington Regional Blood Center has supplied the
three merging hospitals with total Of 1888 pnts Of
blood On number of occasions however the Red Cross
has had to issue emergency appeals for donors.
Garfield Hospital. which is Joining the center, has
maintained facilities for accepting blood These
will be moved to the center this month
They will be used as convenience in case Of
emergencies, however The center will not be stated
for routine blood donations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

fully descriptive and analysed
bill.
Each statement will show the
date. the item and the totals.
Each will be kept up to date
day by day.
From the moment the patient
enters the admitting office to
the moment Of discharge his
progress will be recorded and
the costs noted. This informa-
ton will be used for statistical
studies as well as for billing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09

From modern, scientific lighting ;. to the new
million-volt X-ray equipment, this new hospital is
replete with reasons why Pepco power-sight
unseen-s one of the busiest members Of the staff.
Electricity controls air purity, temperature and
humidity sheds strong, pure lighting in surgery
~ pipes music into nursery areas and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-09
"a Beds at CIV

The only other psychiatric
unit in q private. general hos