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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-26
Ohio High Schools Fall Far Short
Of COnant Standards, Be Prof. Says

"The high schools of Ohio are
not doing their job in providing
appropriate educational oppor-
tunities for their pupils accord
ing to Conant's standards" says
Donald r. Steer, professor of ed
ucation at Bluffton college.
His dissertation on the topic
"Conant's Recommendations for
the American High School: I'm
plications for Implementation in
Ohio High Schools" was written
for his doctors degree (Ph.D.)
received from the Ohio State un-
iverSity last August.
According to DR.. Steer, only
half of the high schools of Ohio
require four years of English,
and one-fourth require three
years of social studies, including
two years of history and one
year of American Problems.
Ohio law requires one year each
of mathematics and science, but
only one-fourth of the schools ex-
ceed this by requiring an addi-
tional year in one or both of
these areas.
To carry out programs of in
dividualized sequences in cleo
tive programs, Conant recon-
mends full-time guidance coun-
sellor for every 25O-3OO pupils in
the high school. DR.. Steer re-
ports that only slightly over half
of the high schools have even
one person giving as much as
half time to guidance, only one
fourth have a pupil load of I'M
der 450 per full time guidance
person, and less than one-eighth
have under 275 pupils per full
time guidance person.
Academically talented boys do
well toward meeting Conant's
recommendation on math and
science; in over 80 per cent of
the schools the majority study
either three Oh four years of
science and math. Accidentally
talented girls however, study less
math and science. In about half
of the schools, the majority study
three years of each; in over a
third of the schools less than
three years of math is studied
and in over one-fourth, less than
three years of science is studied.
According to DR.. Steer, the
recommendation fartheSt re-
moved from practice is one ad-
vocating four years of one for
eign language for the academi-
cally talented pupils. In most
schools very few study more than
two years of foreign languages.
In order that this recommenda-
ton might be carried out, Co
nant further recommends that
the third and fourth years of a
foreign language be offered re-
gardless of how few enroll.
Again, Ohio schools fail. Two
thirds of the schools do not now
offer the third and fourth years
of any foreign language. Less
than one-sixth of the schools
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-26

would offer the third and fourth
years of a foreign language witt
class enrollments under eight.
DR.. Steer says also that the
programs offered by Ohio high
schools for providing for ability
extremes fall far short of Co.
nants recommendations. Al.
though often given individualized
assignments within their regular
classes in half of the schools, the
highly gifted pupils participate
in special classes in less thar
one-sixth of the schools. Less
than half of the schools provide
any separate classes for the very
slow reader, and less than one.
fourth of them provide special
classes in courses other than re.
medal reading.
Over half of the schools utilize
ability sectioning to some ex-
tent, although in most of these il
is in only one or two basic re-
quired courses. Only ten per cent
of the schools provide either sep
arate courses or separate Sec
tons in physics and chemistry
for those pupils who have and
have not strong mathematical
backgrounds.
In almost half of the schools,
significantly less than the recon-
mended half of the English time
is devoted to composition. In on
ly one-eighth of the schools are
English pupils required to sub
NIT themes weekly.
DR.. Steer continues that, con-
trary to Conants recommends
ton, over 9 per cent of the
schools assign a class rank to
graduating seniors on the basis
of grades received in all or al
most all their courses. Although
most schools offer recognition to
their outstanding students, very
few Segregate them by sequence
for this recognition as Conant
recommends. Few schools pro-
vide the billfold-size durable rec
ord of courses and grades which
is recommended by Conant. Most
feel that providing a transcript
on request is sufficient.
Very few schools make the
recommended differentiation be-
tween required and elective
courses in determining bases for
passing marks. Two-thirds of the
schools have eight or more pc
riods in the school day, but less
than a third of the schools oper-
ate a summer school.
With few exceptions, larger
schools fare somewhat better on
these recommendations than do
the smaller schools. This, of
course, is to be expected, for
Conant concluded quite early in
his study that the school should
be of sufficient size to graduate
a minimum of one hundred SEN
iors yearly. Many of his recon-
mendations thus assume schools
of such a size.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-11-26
LEGAL NOTICE
r. 00A1A

Case No. 33416
In the Probate Court of Allen Coun-
ty, Ohio. Case No. 33416, Minnie E.
Kimmel, Administrative of the Estate
of Godfrey Bigler, deceased VS.. Minnie
E. Kimmel. ct al. Civil Action to Sell
Real Estate to pay Debts.
Margaret Brown, who resides at 1040
East Monte Vista. Phoenix, Arizona and
Marie Brown. 3233 Pierce Street, Phoe-
nix. Arizona, will take notice that on
the gath day of September, 1859, the
Plaintiff. Minnie E. Kimmel, filed her
Petition against them in the Probate
Court of Allen County. Ohio, being Case
No. SS416 and being a civil action to
sell real esate to pay debts in the Estate
of Godfrey Bigler. deceased. Said real
estate described as follows:
Lot Number Ninety-six 1861 in the
Village of Button, Allen County,
Ohio"
The Prayer of said Petition is for the
sale Of said real estate to pay the debts,
costs and charges of administration
against the Estate of Godfrey Bigler,
deceased and for other equitable relief.
Said Defendants are required to answer
said Petition on or before the 18th day
OF December. 1859 or judgment will be
taken against them.
Minnie Z. Kimmel. Plaintiff
By: Dickson, Romey 4 Hunt,
Attorneys
sol National Bank Building,
Lima, Ohio
Her Attorneys
Oct. %. 20. Nov. 8, IL. 10, 26
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
CONSTANTINE BROWN
France RevitoIized in One Year

or Britain. II Is true that
the Muscovites are trying
to shove De Gaulle's foreign
minister aside as they did at
the past gatherings. But the
effect Of De Gaulle's stand
he'd already been felt when
he disposed In a few words
Of Premier Khrushchev's ma
nipulations to hold a summit
conference somewhere in the
United States.
Similarly. II the strenuous
efforts Of the advocates Of.
a meeting Of the heads Of
state fail 1t win be because
De Gaulle refuses to attend.
He has made his decision
known to President Eisen-
hover and Secretary Of State
Herter that unless tangible
results come from the Geneva
meeting, there is no reason
for him to 60 to the summit.
The renaissance Of France
has had an impact on the
rest Of the Western European
countries which have found
Paris to be a new rallying
point which could in a pinch
replace London or WASH
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike finish fight Commerce Secretary Strauss.
they won't let Ike throw his hat in the ring again. darn
II he'll throw in the towel
Rebellion in Nicaragua. Revolution has become such
leading import.
ke's team holds secret meeting finances. The
Government has hareup Of old allergy Money won't
stick to its fingers.
Space Monkey Able dies. That leaves only Baker to
sell their exclusive story-at outer space rates.
Gov Rockefeller is very clear about running for Presi
dent He has pile of words the subjec-and loves
to stack them up backwards
College commencement speaker: A fellow with pausi
BILE abb for his generation
Treasury Boss Anderson raise United States interest
rates This cheap administration. It refuses to stay
broke without paying good price for the privilege.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
DORIS FLEESON
Efforts for a Labor Reform Bill

STROBE on the national po-
htical stage in the full pano-
ply Of a victorious military
hero bent upon peace. He
had commanded the winning
armies in what he called in
writing about 1t, Crusade in
Europe, o title which retro
spect must pronounce a
stroke Of public relations
genius. He commanded the
first peacetime collective Sc
curity armies, the NATO
forces.
The simple truth is that
the present bevy Of pres
idential aSpirants may talk
and travel abroad until they
and their listeners - fall
into q coma but they cannot
begin to approach this status.
They must give attention to
details, to voting blocs and
to a variety Of special In
terests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Work Scheduled
On Aswun Dam

CAIRO, June 8 APP
Moussa Arafa. Egyptian public
works minister, said yesterday
that work on the Aswan high
dam project win begin before
the end Of the year. probably In
November.
The minister, just returned
from Moscow. told a news con-
ference the final design Of the
project viii be determined this
month in meetings among
United Arab Republic technt-
clans. Soviet experts and q
panel Of Western engineers act.
ing as conSultants to the Cairo
government.
Several Russian modifica.
tons in the original Egyptian
blueprints will be considered. :
The cost Of the projects first
stage is expected to be around
81 million Egyptian pounds, or
400 million rubles, which the
Russians are lending the UAR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
DAVID LAWRENCE
The Torpedoing Of SeIwyn Lloyd

curred-could lose votes for
the incumbent party and
that hence q change would
be salutary.
But even conceding the de-
STABILITY Of presenting q
strong front in the elections.
why was the story given such
prominence. and did the
Times perhaps everyday q
piece Of political gossip that
never was intended to af-
feet Mr.. Lloyd's present po-
sition at Geneva?
Unfortunately. the Soviets
viii have no difficulty putting
an Interpretation on the
whole affair that will suit
their purposes. They will take
1t for granted that Mr.. Lloyd
was too tough TO suit Mr..
Macmillan and too harmo-
NOUS with the viewpoints of
the French and American en-
voys. and that this develop
ment represents q retreat by
the British and o split in the
unity hitherto presented.
The Soviets viii say Mr..
Macmillan Is at odds with
the other Western leaders.
Denials have been issued
already to counter such mis-
conceptions, but q foreign
minister who is, for any rea-
son. on the way out doesn't
have the influence that he
otherwise exercises when he
has the full confidence Of
his superiors.
Mr.. Lloyd has done q SUI
perb job in Geneva. It's too
bad somebody bungled and
cut the ground from under
him when he most needed
unequivocal support. But the
ways Of politicians are devil
Gus, and they haven't yet
learned how to keep from
messing UP foreign affairs in
the middle Of delicate nego-
tiations with a dangerous adj
versary.
(copyright, 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Indonesiu Buys
U. S. SURPRISES
BY the Associated Press

The Agriculture Department
yesterday announced the sale
of $40.3 million worth Of farm
products to Indonesia under its
surplus disposal program. The
sum includes certain ocean
transportation costs.
Under this program. the de-
partment accepts foreign cur
rencies for the products.
The sale includes $23 mil
lion worth Of cotton, S. million
in wheat flour. $7.2 million in
rice and 50 million in non-fat
dry milk.
Transportation costs were es-
timated at So million.
Twenty-Five per cent Of the
Indonesian currency received
for these commodities will be
set aside for loans to United
States and Indonesian private
enterprise in that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

regarded as having been
thrown on the political junk
heap after the errors and
incompetence he had shown
as head Of the government
after the liberation.
We construe the expression
man on a white horse" to
mean a military dictatorship
with all its implications Of
harshness and curtailment Of
civil rights and human free
donls. This is apparently an
obsolete conception--at least
insofar as France is con-
cerned. For while there were
serious misgivings about the
De Gaulle dictatorship" not
only among the French po-
liticos who saw the end Of
an era but also among the
British and American people
to whom interference Of the
army in political strife is re-
pugnant, the results Of the
De Gaulle administration In
one year are close to miracu-
lous.
There was an almost in
Simultaneous return of conf
dence among the French
masses, with a decisive de-
cline in Communist infiltra-
tons. After acceptance by
plebiscite Of the new consti-
tuition and the election Of a
new parliament this return Of
confidence became more ac-
centuated. The flight from
the franc not only ceased,
but those who placed their
funds in the safety Of Amer
lean banks began to with
draw them. Between January
! and April 80 Of this year
not less than 1911 million re-
turned to France from the
United States alone. The
French currency is now hard
ening fast.
There are. Of course. still
many hurdles in the way of
Frances economic recovery.
A moribund economy cannot
be revived In only a few
months. But what is far more
important is the fact that the
French people feel that they
have regained much Of their
lost dignity and prestige.
There is an almost unprece-
dented moral revival which
even the casual traveller can
sense after a few days in
what was described a year
ago as a dying democracy.
Frances moral revival is
being strongly felt on the
international scene. At all
the past conferences the
French were merely there.
At the present foreign min
listers powwow in Geneva,
France is playing as much
Of q role as the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Royburn Assures Support for Group
In House Backing Kennedy-Ervin Bill

the Kennedy-Ives bill, a
measure for which 1t would
gladly settle this year. Next
year they could well be con-
fronted with a bill they would
like less.
The NAM Is In turn told
that 1t has a point Of no re-
turn, too. Members Of Con-
gress with constituencies in
which labor is important
cannot enact the bill labor
wants but they can veto one.
In self-preservation they
might do exactly that. A
public interested less In
technical aspects than in
action would be much more
apt to take out its wrath on
all incumbents rather than
spare just MANS pets.
1t is sometimes argued that
Democrats will suffer worse
from a labor reform impasse
because most Of its presiden-
tial candidates are members
Of Congress. Certainly all
such candidates prefer enact
ment Of a bill, especially the
Senator from Massachusetts,
whose name is attached to it.
Yet two landslides for Mr..
Eisenhower indicate that in
choosing o President the
voters today attach relative
ly little Importance to his
record on any one domestic
issue. 1t may or may not be
true as some people believe
that they are chiefly inter-
ested in the President in his
role Of director Of a foreign
policy which will keep the
nuclear bombs from falling.
What should be remember
ed in this connection is that
Mr.. Eisenhower's unique sta
tus cannot be duplicated by
any 1860 candidate now in
sight in either party. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

LONDON.--Suddenly and
with no apparent reason ex-
cept domestic politics, the
influence at the Geneva
conference hitherto welded
50 skillfully by Selwyn Lloyd.
the British Foreign Secre-
tary, has been torpedoed.
Seldom has there been
such q vivid illustration Of
how, with the best inten-
tions. q political maneuver
designed to ease the way for
the promotion Of o man to
q higher post can turn out
to be o faux pas.
For. whatever may have
been the motive - and it
probably had to do with
preparing the way to remove
some Of the handicaps the
Conservatives face in their
general election to be held
soon-the net result was to
throw q monkey wrench into
the wheels of international
diplomacy at q critical mo-
ment.
To announce that one Of
the Big Four ministers is
on the way out is to say,
In effect. that there Is some
thing wrong with his per-
Torrance as a Foreign Secre-
tary. The London Times.
which published the first
article. had Q scoop on Mon
day morning, but the in
formation wasn't presented
in q simple article with even
anonymous attribution Of
the sources. The story was
made UP Of speculative COM
Inents such as usually are
found on the editorial page.
1t said In part:
I'VE may safely accept that
Mr.. Macmillan has lately
taken Mr.. Selwyn Lloyd's arm
In paternal grip. led him to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Rockefeller Accepts Challenge

taken except with large box
fuls Of salt his general prot
estations that he Is really
interested just In being q
good Governor Of New York.
But they are surprised that
even before mid-1959 he has
so dared Mr.. Nixon.
As the position is seen here
by some Republican politi-
clans in both the Nixon and
Rockefeller alliances, the
Rockefeller brain trust has
now made a basic and pos
sibly a dangerous assump-
ton. This is that the Gov
ernor can be presented in
New Hampshire in 1860 as
Mr.. Eisenhower was present.
ed In 19S2-as the only GER
tain COP winner In the
election.
The decision also assumes.
and this is even more iffy,
that Mr.. Nixon can be pre-
sented as only the 1860
equivalent Of the Taft Of
1852.
Senator Taft, Of course, was
vulnerable most Of all because
Of the chant. "He can't win"
But he became thus vulner-
able largely because Of one
disability that Mr.. Nixon does
not have. Senator Taft, in a
word, was thought by mil
lions to be some sort Of isola-
zionist. though this Judgment
was far from exact.
But nobody can possibly
pin such a tag on Mr.. Nixon;
actually, the charge that he
is a divisive politician is far
stronger. His greatest present
strength rests in the foreign
affairs leadership he has
already seized. Indeed, he is
going to Moscow in July as
the Presidents representative
to our national fair In Russia.
This mission Is an undeniable
boost to his ambitions. It Is
not too unlikely that precisely
this awareness caused Gov.
Rockefeller TO come out
sooner than anyone had sup
posed he would.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03

| PALERMO, Sicily. June 8
(AP). - The possibility Of a
Communist election victory in
Sicily Is worrying the Christian
Democrats. Italy's dominant
Catholic party.
It Is by no means certain
that the Communists and the
fellow-traveling left viii win
in the vote next Sunday. But
the Christian Democrats. who
have won every vote here since
the allied landings in World
War II, fear that the tide may
have turned against the West.
The Christian Democrats
have been hard hit by defec.
lions in their own ranks.
Sicily's Strategic Role
The Importance Of the vote
In this largest island Of the
Mediterranean is clear.
Sicily controls the mid-Medi-
terranean. It has a tenth Of
all Italian voters. It's Augusta
Bay is a major refueling point
for the United States 9Th Fleet.
Americas big Mediterranean
air patrol base recently was
moved here from Malta. The
island has been mentioned as a
base for NATO intermediate
range ballistic missiles; within
striking range Of the Soviet
Ukraine.
| The Christian Democrats
control here collapsed last win
ter. Wealthy landowner Silvio
Milazzo bolted the party ranks.
accepted Communist and Fas-
cist support, and was elected
President.
He contend e d that the
Christian Democratic govern
lment in Rome was not doing
enough for the semi-autono-
nous region Of Sicily.
The c hristia n Democrats
ousted Mr.. Milazzo and four Of
his major henchmen from the
party but were unable to break
his control over the regional
junta.
The 1859 election for the 90
seat regional assembly gave
Christian Democrats 81. Com
munists 20, pro-Communist
Socialists 10. Monarchists 8.
Fascists 8, Democratic Social
lists 3 and Liberals 3.
Reds Win Aosta
An early May election in the
similarly semi-autonomous val
ley Of Aosta, along the French
italian frontier. set alarm bells
ringing in Christian Democratic
ranks.
For the first time since the
war the Communists won a
majority In Aosta's regional
assembly, backed by fellow
travelling local parties. Only a
few weeks earlier the Vatican
had told Catholics that 1t was
forbidden to vote even for
Christian parties which support
or aid atheistic communism.
The Communists protest that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Nation Sample of What Con Be Done
When 1t Rallies to Patriotic Leadership

This column has reported
frequently the emergence Of
France as a new and revital-
lied force among the nearly
demoralized free nations Of
the world. That country with
a small population compared
to the 208 million in the So
Wet Union and ITO million
In the United States has set
an example of what a nation
can do when it rallies around
genuine patriotic leadership.
When Gen. Charles de
Gaulle took over the reins
Of France q year ago. he had
on his hands o state close to
total moral. financial and
political. bankruptcy. There
were as many political par
ties as there were ambitious
politicians. These parties and
politicians. while jockeying
for power, combined their
efforts TO overthrow any adj
ministration which gave a
vague impression Of strength
by remaining in Office for
more than q few months.
THE interests of the coun-
try" had become an express
sion used only for the pur-
pose Of replacing a set
of politicians by another
Office hungry crowd.
The French people them
selves had lost not only faith
in their leaders but had be-
come so frustrated that the
voices they expressed at the
polls had become meaning
less. "Je m'enfoutism" Il
don't care q damn had be-
come the political slogan.
And cheap, selfish politicians
were thriving on it. Everyone
for himself was the watch
word. Translated into practi-
cal consequences. 1t meant q
lessening Of concentrated
economic efforts for the good
Of all, and particularly a
flight from the franc.
The big industrialists and
financiers transferred large
sums to banks in Switzerland
and the United States. Lit
tie people bought gold coins
or ingots. This was done
especially by the still-pros-
pering farmers.
France was going to her
destruction fast. This. at
least, was the consensus. not
only Of the casual foreign OBJ
server but also that Of many
French people themselves. It
was heard all over that only a
man on a white horse could
save the situation.
The man appeared, not on
a white horse but in a black
limousine. He was Gen. de
Gaulle, whom every political
observer in France abroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-03
Governor Won't Holt Plan to File Name
In New Hampshire Against Nixon

being thrust at the customer.
so to speak.
Mr.. Nixon, for his part,
could be said to have had his
less elegant goods spread out
under lights In Macy's more
proletarian show window all
the time.
Here Is also an unmistak-
able indication that Gov.
Rockefeller's advisers feel he
has an excellent chance to
take New Hampshire against
Mr.. Nixon as Mr.. Essen
hover took 1t against Sena-
tor Taft nearly a decade ago.
And this in spite Of great
changes in the fundamental
political power balance within
the State.
Then, Sherman Adams was
Governor Of New Hampshire
and later was President
Eisenhower's right-hand I'M
til the famous vicuna coat gift
from Bernard Goldfine forced
an Adams resignation. He was
riding high in the State. But
now If anybody Is the boss of
New Hampshire it Is Sena-
tor Bridges: the Governor,
Wesley Powell, is a Bridges
protege.
Each 1860 contender-Mr.
Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller
has something to lose in New
Hampshire. But the Gov
ernor, as the outsider look
ing in, so far as the regular
COP. national organization
is concerned, has more to lose.
A defeat in New Hampshire
might well finish him of for
1860. A defeat for Mr.. Nixon
there would certainly do him
no good. but ID would not be
so nearly fatal.
The most interesting point
Of all. and especially to the
Nixon people here, is that
the Governor has decided to
disclose his purposes so soon.
They have never. Of course.