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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
Mental Hospital Trend
To Smaller Units Cited

the beat generation" Or.
Ross said he didn't think the
beatniks are any different
from any other generation.
Each generation has had diff
ferent means Of expressing
the outer manifestations Of
the basic inner turmoil they
express to u.s." he pointed
out, adding that he didn't
think "it's anything to laugh
about. because they have Sc
rious needs that need atten-
ton. But I think. too, it's
part of the signs of the
times"
DR.. Ross was introduced by
Mrs. Lee Walsh, women's
Editor Of The Star and presi-
dent Of the club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
Rose Ball Benefit
SET by 100 Club

The 100 Club of Washing
ton will hold a Rose Ball for
charity on Saturday at Q
pm at the B'Nal Israel
Synagogue. Sixteenth and
Crittenden streets NV.
Proceeds from the dance
will aid the needy Of the
Washington area. Highlight
of the ball will be a drawing
to select a king and queen.
Music will be supplied by
Ben Worth and his or
chestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05

all the gadgets she has to
help with her housework 1t
is no longer a supreme OBJ
jective for a woman just to
be a wife and mother"
Dissenting Voice
Mr.. Theban. while agreeing
to participate in the series Of
talks. says he actually is in
disagreement with the funda-
mental premise.
Il don't think the so-called
nuclear age has made an i'm
pact on the consciousness Of
many people, child or adult.
except slightly on the uncon-
Scious level" he declared.
Concern with the possibility
OF instantaneous nuclear ex-
tinction may be responsible
for some heightening Of ten
sion, Mr.. Theban comedies.
But mankind has been
living on the slope of Vesu-
vius for SO long. this is Just
another slope. not very diff
ferent from all the Others"
he declared. 1T is Just
another step in the evolution
and revolution of family life
started by the industrial rev.
olution."
Other factors are Of much
greater Importance in their
effect on the family. hence
the child. Mr.. Theban be-
lieves. Urbanization and the
spectacular increases in popu-
lation are but two, he
suggested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
Brushing

Nightly brushing is a splen-
did beauty and hair-health
routine. 1t stimulates circu-
lation in the scalp and dis
tributes the oil over the hair,
thus adding sheen and over
coming dryness. Even in the
case Of oily hair this is a
good measure because it tends
to normalize the little oil
glands in the scalp.
Many women become
alarmed when they notice
that their hair is shedding
more than usual. I think
most women find that this is
more or less natural If it is
not extreme, and IL it does
not last too long. This may
happen at certain seasons or
after extremes in weather or
following an illness or times
Of strain. II it continues for
a dong period. an expert
should be consulted.
Scaling Normal
Scaling is also a normal
function Of the scalp. As a
matter Of fact, the skin Of
the head constantly sloughs
of dead cells but usually
this is not noticeable. Often
when a woman thinks she
has dandruff she Just has q
very dry scalp. True dand-
ruff Is a skin disease and
should be treated by a der
matologist.
Women often write asking
If alcohol is too drying to use
on the scalp and If this will
get rid of dandruff. AS /
already have said, II you have
real dandruff you need ex-
pert treatment. If your con-
dition is due to dry scalp,
alcohol will make it even
drier. The best tonics for
this condition have little or
no alcohol in them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
Antique Show
Will Be Held
Next Week

The ninth annual Antiques
Show and Sale at the Chevy
Chase Methodist Church will
be held next week. It will
open at II am. Tuesday and
will last through Thursday.
Sponsored by the Wesleyan
Service Guild Of the Church,
proceeds will 60 to charities
including children's hospitals
and church homes for chill
dren and older people.
Sixteen dealers will par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
Divided Views

The speakers obviously are
not of one mind on their
broad topic. At a preliminary
bull session." some inter-
esting differences Of opinion
came to light.
DR.. Whitelaw, who says he
was tremendously impressed
by Soviet educational meth
DDS which he observed during
a tour of Russia last sum-
mer. will stress his belief that
much must be done to i'm
prove American education.
1T seems to me we must
begin to change our concepts
about education" he declared.
1--WE have always thought in
terms of self realization of
each individual. We must be-
gin to think in terms of ma
tional interest.
Il know that term is very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
By ISABELLE SHELTON
Star stan Writer

How is the world different
for the child since the advent
Of the nuclear age?
In what way has the family,
the community. the tempo,
the climate of values been af-
fected? How has the world
changed physically, intellect
ually. aesthetically and NOR
ally? What can the family do
to help the child adjust to all
this? What can the schools
do?
These and several related
questions are the earnest con-
Germ of the Washington Eth
cal Society, which is sponsor
ing a series Of free lectures on
the subject. Each talk will
start at 8 pm. at the Ma
tional Housing Center, 1925
L street NV.
The speakers on the philo-
sophical aspects of the ques-
tons are John @. Theban,
executive secretary Of the
Family and Child Services of
the District; DR.. John B.
Whitelaw, chief for teacher
education of the Once Of Ed
cuation Of H. E. W.; DR. D.
Wells Goodrich of the Ma
tional Institute of Mental
Health; and Algernon Black,
leader of the New York So
ciety for Ethical Culture.
A practical basis for the
discussions. in the technical
sense of delineating nuclear
progress to date. was laid
earliel this week by DR..
Maurice NJ, Shapiro. super
lntendent OF the Naval
Research Laboratory's Nu-
cleonics division.
Mr.. Theban will speak
March Is on the Role Of the
Family. DR.. Whitelaw will
SPEAK the following week,
March II, on Schools to Meet
the Challenge. DR.. Goodrich
will speak March 81 on the
Creative Use of Inner Conflict.
Mr. Black will wind up the
series March 81 with a dis
custom entitled The Child's
World - Moral Values and
Realities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
BY RUTH DEAN
Star stan Writer

Mental hospitals Of the
future probably will be small
units of 1000 beds or fewer,
DR.. Mathew Ross, medical
director of the American
Psychiatric Association, pre-
dicted yesterday.
In a luncheon address to
the Women's National Press
Club at the Lafayette Hotel.
DR.. Ross pointed out during
a question period after his
talk that "the day Of the
large mental hospital is
probably on the wane." Some
Of today's institutions house
as many as $4,000 patients.
the speaker pointed out.
I'VE think now in terms Of
hospitals Of no more than
1000 beds as more suitable to
our current practices In
medicine" He also added
that I'VE must find some way
Of using the existing large
hospitals by breaking down
its facilities into smaller
units"
AS to the appropriation Of
public funds for building Of
new hospitals. the APA off,
cial said he hoped legislators
would keep in mind that
fewer Of us want great big
monstroSities."
Hospital Trend Studied
At the same time, DR.. Ross
agreed with another ques-
toner that there seems to
be a trend all over the United
States of more people being
released from mental hospi-
tails than are admitted.
But there is some begin
ming evidence to show that
more people are being read
mitted to mental hospitals"
he added. "Statisticians are
studying these figures, but
we don't yet know what they
mean"
In his talk. DR.. Ross de-
clared that there are only
about 1900 physicians in the
United States who specialize
in psychlatry-about one for
every $4,000 persons.
At the same time, he point
ed out that approximately l.8
million persons receive some
form Of psychiatric treat
ment every year in our coun-
try.
THE law of supply and
demand operates in PSYCHE
airy in much the same man.
ner it does elsewhere" DR..
Ross said. There are too
many patients for too few
well-trained psychiatrists to
deal with them"
DR.. Ross praised the role
Of the press in exposing the
inadequacies Of the mental
hospitals and in publicizing
the need for more support
for all kinds of psychiatric
facilities.
But there is a need for a
more fundamental contribu-
ton - "the necessity Of
changing an entire cultural
attitude toward mental i'll
ness" he stressed.
There is the necessity to
obtain public recognition
that mental health and men,
tai illness. like death and
taxes. are everyone's business
and q community response
bility."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-05
WHY GROW OLD?
Healthy
Hair Is
Important
BY JOSEPHINE LOwMAN

NN"'NNt eNa
1t is true that hair, its
natural texture and color and
its styling. have a tremen-
dous effect on a woman's at
tractiveness.
Nothing makes her look
dowdier than poorly groomed
hair. II her tresses are dull.
dusty or covered with lint, or
wispy or straggly at the hair
line. this Immediately adds
years to appearance and de-
tracts from the whole pic
ture.
Evening star., 1959-11-23
Projecting an IMAGE

In the popular political terminology
OF our times, New York'S Governor Rock
efeller is currently engaged in "pro-
jecting an image" Of himself for all to
see. He is doing this, presumably, on
advice of competent political counsel
and as part of his own exploratory ven-
ture into national (aS distinct from
State) politics. At some point, of course,
Mr.. Rockefeller will make a decision as
to whether or not he is candidate for
the Republican presidential nomination
in 1860. That decision no doubt will be
based in large measure on public reac-
ton, as he and his advisers have inter-
preted it, to the image which he is now
creating.
1t is somewhat early yet to antici-
pate this reaction, but certain outlines of
the image are clearly visible. Dating Mr..
Rockefeller's political career, and the
public reaction to it, from his successful
run for Governor in 1858, the first picture
is one of refreshing personality of great
energy talking perSuasively about State
wide issues. Once established in Albany,
there was more Of the same with the
added qualities of skill and determina-
ton applied to his dealings with the
State Legislature. This fall came the time
to demonstrate broader interests, to be
seen and heard on the national stage.
In addition to travelling to the West
Coast, the New Yorker has filled busy
schedule of speaking engagements closer
to home. Among other things in re-
cent weeks, he has discussed EaSt-WeSt
trade, national economic growth, nuclear
and conventional ornaments and the
attractive qualities Of other presidential
possibilities. His latest venture, before
the Foreign Trade Council in New York
City, was the proposal of a Western
Hemisphere economic union comparable
to the European Economic Community.
For the record, Mr.. Rockefeller can
and did claim special competence in
inter-American affairS-baSed not only
upon long personal interest but also
upon his service in the early 1940S as
Co-ordinator of Inter American Affairs
and Assistant Secretary of State for
Latin America. His recent speech was
friendly and understanding toward the
problems of our neighborS, as well as
emphatic about the mutual interde-
pendence" within the hemisphere. It's
timeliness was obvious in the light of
current concern about developments in
Cuba and Panama, particularly, and
reports that President Eisenhower is
considering a recommendation that he
should make good will" trip to the
south in 1860.
There is no sign at the moment that
Mr.. Rockefeller has run out of subjects
or that his versatility is limited. The
image, when it is fully projected, should
be complete enough for an informed
public appraisal.
Evening star., 1959-11-23
Freedom to Give

I should like to thank your
paper for publishing Arlan
D. Keeling's letter entitled
Freedom to Give" on No
vember 8. His point is well
taken. If the United Givers
Fund is such a worthy or
ganization, certainly it can
get along without having to
resort to methods of extor-
ton.
In the Government, where
probational employees are dis
missed without any rights-of-
review upon the sole recon-
mendation of their supervisor
who may be a UGF solicitor,
obviously there is no freedom
to give if anyone values their
job. I learned this fact the
hard way.
Two years ago when I re-
fused to contribute my quota
to UGF in the District gov
ernment, the solicitor
promptly fired me on the
ground that I failed to dem
onstrate adequate ability. The
District Court refused to open
the case and probably the
higher courts will follow suit.
Perhaps the District govern
ment had cause for this dis
miSsal other than my refusal
to give money to UGF through
Evening star., 1959-11-23
Tests and the u. N.

The United Nations General Assem-
bly, now has adopted three resolutions
on the subject of military nuclear
testing. One calls for an intenSiflcation
Of the Anglo-American-Soviet Geneva
negotiations to put a permanent end to
such testing under a system of inter-
national control. Another asks all states
to refrain from setting of any exper-
imental detonationS as long as the
negotiations continue. And the third
specifically exhortS France to cancel its
projected atomic shot in the Sahara.
All this may seem to be sound
enough, but there is nevertheless good
reason to view it with reserve. Actually,
in acting as it has, the U. N. has been
less than realistic in a number of re-
SpectS, especially as regards France. This
is so because the French have been pre-
pairing for months paSt-long before the
ASSembly'S reSolutions-to stage their
first A-bomb test, and they have made
clear that they are determined to go
ahead with it. Their position is alto
gether understandable: They are not a
party to the Geneva talks, and they have
an indiSputable sovereign right to do
what they think is best for their national
prestige and security. Accordingly, now
that they are on the verge of success, it
is rather futile to expect them to aban-
don their drive to get into the exclusive
nuclear club, whose only present mem
berS are Britain, the United States and
the Soviet Union.
AS for the negotiations in Geneva,
the AsSembly'S resolutions seem to imply
that there should be no testing whatever
even if those negotiations drag on and
on, month after month, without making
any real progress toward an agreement
establishing genuinely effective safe
guards against the danger of violations
or evaSionS. In the circumstances, AM
baSsador Lodge, our chief delegate to
the U. NJ, has done well to serve notice
that the United StateS-which Is obli-
gated to refrain from military nuclear
tests only until the end of this year
will not keep on refraining from them
indefinitely merely on the basis of empty
talk. That is to say, certain types of
American detonationS will be resumed
in due course in 1860 unless the Rus
slams begin to show some solid signs at
Geneva Of being ready to accept ade-
quate international policing.
The point made by Mr.. Lodge, with
the full backing of Chairman McCone of
our Atomic Energy Commission, is cru
cial one. If Geneva continues to produce
nothing but meaningless conversation
in the weeks ahead, then our country
will be completely justified in reviving
at least its non-contaminating under
ground nuclear testing program. 1t is
all we'll and good for the U. N. to enact
high-Sounding resolutions on the matter,
but certain stubborn realities must still
be reckoned with by the free West.
Evening star., 1959-11-23
FomiIy-StyIe Union

The wealthy Nizam of Hyderabad is
having the sort of family troubles that
have befallen many another head of
household. His relatives are ganging up
on him with demands for larger living
allowances.
There are, however, some unusual
circumstances in the Nizam'S plight.
For one thing, he has 600 relativeS-a
lot of relatives by any standard. For
another, they have formed union, COM
plete with bargaining agents, and are
threatening to picket the old boys pal
ace unless he makes a cost-of-living
adjustment in the handout department.
They have even asked for government
intervention, just as unions have done
at times in other places, although the
authorities at New Delhi are keeping
hands off. Presumably, there is no
showing of national emergency.
At first glance, the Nizam would
seem to be up against a pretty tough
Evening star., 1959-11-23
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
How the Body Is Kept in Balance
By THOMAS R. HENRY

There is q bridge" across
the brain.
It is buried somewhere
deep in the brain structure,
under the cerebral cortex,
and keeps animals from ever
becoming completely one
sided.
This is poStulated in a
report to the American As
sociation for the Advance
ment Of Science by Drs. Al
Ian M. Schrier Of Brown
University and Roger w.
Sperry of the California
Institute Of Technology on
experiments with split
brain" cats.
The animals were con-
ditioned to move objects
with one or the other front
paw in response to light sig
nails. Then the connections
between right and left halves
of the brain were split sur
gically, and one eye was
blinded. theoretically a sig
nal then would be received
by only one side Of the brain
and the impulse for motion
transmitted to only one paw.
Signals Integrated
Actually, however, this
didn't happen. The response
with either paw was about
the same as before the
operation. Several explana-
tions are possible one of
which, the experimenters re-
port, is the existence of a
"sub-cortical integrating"
system which receives in
formation from both sides
Of the body and in which
impulses controlling all the
limbs originate.
A similar hypothesis, they
point out, has been advanced
by DR.. Wilder Penfield of
McGill University, world
known as one of the foremost
living neurologists, with a
hypothetical "centrenceph-
alic system" which kept the
body two-sided despite any
injuries to the cortex.
There is as yet no evidence
as to whether the bridge is
a discrete physical entity.
o
Behavior Of the isolated
Evening star., 1959-11-23
Unhappy Rider

During this time Of better
m ass transportation con-
sideration, it might be help
full to give some case histories
of specific tricks natives Of
Washington a. present have
to make to get around on
public transportation. A trip
to the Cobb Desert could
hardly be more arduous. One
case in point is the trip from
town to Massachusetts, and
Nebraska avenues NV, a
distance of only about five
miles. First one squeezeS into
a trolleyful of sweating
humanity on F street, which
clumps its way to H and
Seventeenth streets NV.
There one has to walk two
blocks, wait for two, traffic
lights and struggle across two
streets with heavy traffic,
and stand and wait up to
40 minutes Sundays and
holidays) for a bus. Then
instead Of being taken a
logical direct route out of
town, the bus struggles
through thick traffic all
around Dupont circle.
At Nebraska and Massa-
chusetts avenues, one de-
barks. Again it is necessary
to negotiate two more busy
traffic lanes and lights-two
corners obliquely opposite
each other being set up so
that the helpless pedestrian
is going against traffic at all
times. One block away one
waits up to 80 minutes for a
croSstown bus, or walks "a of
a mile or more Git doesn't
run on Sundays and holi-
days. to get home at last!
At the corner Of Nebraska
and Massachusetts, avenues
Evening star., 1959-11-23
SUccess:?

BY this time it should be
apparent to everyone that
the success Of massive racial
integration in the public
schools of Washington can
not be measured alone by
the benefits allegedly being
derived by Negro school
children. If this kind of
integration is not to become
a dismal failure it must be
accepted as desirable not only
by the Negro population but
by the white residents of
Washington as well. That the
white residents are not will
ling to accept the situation is
becoming more evident every
day. AS more and more Negro
pupils move into what were
once all-white schools, more
and more white pupils move
out. Massive integration is
resulting only in massive re-
segregation.
And there is another factor
which should be considered
but which, so far, has been
played down or ignored by
the massive integrationists.
1t concerns those unfortunate
white children who are forced
by the economic circum-
stances of their parents to
attend predominantly Negro
schools. Are these children
deriving benefit from their
tutelage by Negro teachers in
the midst of overwhelming
numbers Of Negro pupils most
of whom are from the lowest
stratum of our society?
Harvey H. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1959-11-23

@. In the old popular song
School Days" what is the
line that follows Reading
and writing and arithmetic?
e. L.
A. This song by Will D.
Cobb and Gus Edwards, copy
righted in 1906, contains the
lines: "Readin' and ritin' and
'rithmetic, Taught to the
tune of a hick'ry stick.
@. What are the names Of
the different teeth cuts on a
mechanics fleet. K.
A. Files are classified as
either single or double-cut,
and are graded according to
teeth spacing. A file with a
single row of parallel teeth
is called a single-cut file, and
those which have one row of
teeth crossing another row in
crisscross fashion are called
double-cut. A coarse file has q
Evening star., 1959-11-23
Questions and Answers
Nv THE HASKIN SERVICE
By THE HASkIN SERVICE
BY mail to question Of fact By
Washington
sen.addressed

small number Of large teeth:
a smooth file has a large num-
Der Of small teeth. From
coarse to fine, terms are:
rough, coarse, bastard, Sec
ond-cut, smooth, and dead
smooth.
@. What is the proper way
to sew Fiberglas drapery
material on a sewing ma
chine?-M.S.
A. Use a good quality
Dacron or fine cotton mer-
cerized thread, and be sure
the needle is sharp. Use o
fairly long Stitch-8 or 10 to
the inch-with loose tension
on both top and bottom
threads. and light pressure on
the pressure foot. Stitching
is easier if done through a
strip of paper placed under
the stitching line between
fabric and machine.
Evening star., 1959-11-23
THIS AND THAT
By. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Barking dogs and thunder
ing planes
These and other noise
makers bring woe to sensitive
ears.
E. M. C. of Arlington has a
remedy, to wit, ear stopples.
"A letter recently about
barking dogs repeats expe-
riences many Of us have had
with disturbing noises-air-
planes, traffic, TV, snorers,
etc.
I'VE can't usually control
the noise, but we can help
our ears by getting a box OF
stoppleS, sold at many drug
stores.
II get a box Of 10. and one
is supposed to warm them in
the hand and put one in each
ear.
1T found, however. they mt
my ear better If I warm one,
then cut 1t in half; shape
each half like a cone, and
push one end in ear.
This shuts out even the
sound of a quiet fan. and
cuts of the noise Of airplane
engines that are tested
near us.
"I would like to add that
I saw the mockingbird mat
ing dance last spring-one
would hop two hops to the
right, the other facing 1t
would do likewise, and they'd
alternate-the cutest thing in
birddom."
+&%
Perhaps it is not so much
the ears as the mind that
hurts when it comes to noises.
There are some persons
who are annoyed a great deal
more than others. The man
or woman who is fortunate
enough to go to sleep almost
instantly is very well off, but
probably doesn't know it.
AS our correspondent says,
most of the outside noises
nobody can do anything
about.
It is here that some form
of mind control, as it might
be called, comes to the fore.
AS a matter Of fact, there
have been big books written
upon this problem.
Templeton Jones has sew
eral of these volumes, but has
never got around to reading
them, and probably never
will, because he is afraid they
won't work.
1t is really too bad, he
thinks, when one proves to
his satisfaction that a book
won't work.
Self-help books, as they
are called, have grown in
numbers since the last war
to end all wars.
Probably the writer's there