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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
U. Of Nd. Probe

NEWLY ELECTED Gov ]. Willard
IN Tawes - so far - has handled him
self like veteran in this whole incident in
volving the demand for an investigation of
the University of Maryland.
We do not know just what motivated
could be four or five reasons underlying the
development. Speaking quite frankly, we
doubt if sincere desire to help the univer-
sity is one of them.
The proposal seemed to be making
substantial Roadway until Gov. Tawes sug-
gested that the supposedly indignant
delegate sit down with DR.. Wilson H. Elkins
university president, and talk things over
He also added that he personally had no in
formation that would require an investiga-
ton and went on to say that if such an
investigation were conducted by the General
Assembly he hoped very much it would not
turn into witch hunt"
Then, for some mysterious reason,
things took different turn. The noise for
an investigation subsidized and at this writing
no resolution calling for the supposedly
much-needed investigation has been intro
duced and it would be quite surprising if one
is even drawn up. The governor handled
himself well in the whole thing.
We earnestly hope he is equally circum-
spect about another legislative move by this
same Prince Georges County delegate and
some of his Prince Georges colleagues to
give the alumni control of the university.
Under their bill, the membership of the
university's board of regents would be in
creased from IL to IA with a majority of
them being alumni. This is foolish pro-
posal. The alumni of the university are no
more entitled to a majority voting bloc on
the board than are engineers, or lawyers, or
Prince Georges County residents, or paper
hangers, or people with two heads. The
university belongs to the people of the State
of Maryland - those who have only been
paying taxes for one year and those who
have been paying them for 80 years. The
primary qualification for appointment to the
university board of regents should be
sincere desire to see to it that the university
becomes healthier, increasingly vigorous
educational institution.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
Some Would Drive
Away New Industry
An Opinion

1t is time for the Montgomery County Coun.
Gil of ParentTeachers Associations to take its
head out of its clustered drawing rooms and
become aware of this modern fact: new light
industry need longer be misfit even in
beautiful Montgomery County Maryland.
At a meeting January q, the Council of
PTAs adopted an extraordinary resolution The
resolution expressed concern over program de.
signed to attract industry to the county. The
Council claims to have seen nothing that con.
Vinces its members that children will be better
off culturally or educationaly anything showing
the average residential area will not dcteriorate,
on that the average taxpayer will benefit finan.
cially in any significant manner as a result of
push to bring light industry into the county.
This is pure nonsense.
In its resolution the Council takes the position
that adequate controls and restrictions must be
developed for all types Of commercial and indus.
trial coming classifcations to insure against UNI
desirable industry crossing the sacred portals.
That the Council Of Parent.Teacher Associa.
tons would pass and pubcize such resolution
is somewhat shocking.
Here is a group that has been extremely
active and vocal in demanding more and better
schools, higher salaries for teachers and extra
costly programs for school children. And
these people are smart enough 10 know there
must eventually be easement Of the tax burden
OH residential and commercial property. They
must know the value Of attracting light industry
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
County Comment
Is Teenager Code
A Parental Aid?

On Saturday group of parents will sit down
with student body leaders from several county
high schools to discuss the possible drafting of
"teenagers code" Its aim would be to prescribe
acceptable norms of conduct for various youth
activities such parties, dating, drinking, driving
and so on.
We mentioned the plan to a friend, who
sponded with a deep frown and some vague
mumbling about Conformity" and "togetherness"
Gaining Conference he made the point that chill
dren different parents different and family
standards are different how could one set
of rigid rules apply to all teenagers?
An important part of growing up, he
argued, is the development of ones own per-
sOnaI set of values and standards. And why
should they necessarily be identical to those
of the next blOke? The theory that people
are different is just sacred to our national
code as the one that emissions equal Opp0r.
tIInity for all.
What about the youth who is more responsible
and selfreant than most of his colleagues? Is
it fair or wise to deprive him of the right to earn
special privileges by virtue of his ability to use
them with intelligence and caution?
We took these objections to Bruno O. Vein
schel dynamic young Bethesda executive who
is spearheading the code plan as chairman of
the County P'TA committee on youth guidance.
Weinschel stressed that the code would be
merely minimum standard" sort of sine qua
non of smooth social functioning, that would not
be intended to substitute for sensible familymade
rules where such exist.
Its real value he said, would not lie in its
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

application to the great majority of teenagers
the 80 percent or so who don't need written rules
in order to behave sensiby 49, but to those who
have been deprived of guidance and direction at
home.
Nor could a code be expected to influence
those at the other extreme: the five percent
who account for about three-fOurths of all
trIIancy, Juvenile crime and other teenage
their rehabilitation 10 established enforcement
and correctional agencies.
1t would be aimed rather at the 10 or 10
percent of teenagers who although they are sell
dom in trouble with the authorities, nevertheless
lack the sense of direction and social awareness
of the majority of their colleagues These are
the ones, for example who apparently do not
realize that gate-crashing will gain them nothing
but unpopularity.
In such cases, Weinschel points the finger Of
blame directly at their parents. code, he be-
lieves, would exert pressure on these parents to
assume the responsibilities of discipline and guild
ance that they have been Sinking.
The codes provisions, he feels, could be made
general enough to appeal TO all. AS an example,
he cites statewide code in Minnesota which
seems to have gained wide acceptance by both
parents and youth.
Among other things it deplores partycrash
ing, asks that a responsible adult be "at home
and on CALI at teenage parties, admonshes against
lights out at such affairs, lists Suggested times
for ending dances and other gatherings and adj
vises youths that "it is not disgrace to decline
an alcoholic drink"
1t sounds pretty nnocuous, at that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
Metro Revolution

II bloodesS revolution aimed at over
~ throwing existing governmental ma
chinery in the Washington area has been
quietly going on in recent months. The
movement, of course, is metro" the need
for greater emphasis on area government
as the monster of "suburbia" grows and
grows and grows.
Chief among the factors leading up to
this revolution are: "a dependence of the
various governmental units on each other,
and on the mother" area, and (2) complete
and absolute dependence by all the govern
mental units in the area on the Potomac
River.
For many months now, an exhaustive
study of local government in Washington
area has been conducted under the leader
ship of the Joint Congressional Committee
on Washington Metropolitan Problems.
About $4,000 has been spent on the study
thus far and an additional $4,000 to enable
the committee to conclude its work was
authorized Monday.
In word, the Joint Committees final
report urges that the major governmental
units in the Washington area, such as Mont
gomery County, each keep their individual
autonomy. 1t is well that the experts empha-
sized this because any recommendation to
the contrary would be totally lacking in
realism. At the same time, the committee
states that such governmental functions as
transportation, water and sewer should be
conducted by bodies that would represent
the area not units within the area. And
we agree heartily with the logic of this
reasoning.
Approximately one-third of the areas
Federal employees already work in the SUBJ
urbs and pending relocations will raise this
figure to 40 percent This being the case,
the Federal Government feels, and rightly
SO, that it has direct responsibility to pro-
tect its tremendous investment and help
guide the pattern of suburban growth. 1t is
regrettable, however, that the Federal Gov
eminent should be automatically thought of
as the only one TO sponsor expanded activ-
ties the proposed new Regional Planning
Council and that its members should be APP
pointed by the President. Why not give the
units within the area a chance to work it
out themselves?
We agree, however, with most of the
Joint Committees findings and great deal
of good should result from the comprehen-
sive reports that have been made. Respon-
siblc citizens will want TO study them and
area governments assured of theif "
omy = no doubt will applaud them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

and the high type of person that comes with it,
This group must know that the labor
market, tax structure and land costs In Mont
gomery County would only interest the
higher types of light industry.
Apparently the P.TA Council never has
bothered TO find out the effect Of this kind of
development on community.
There are reports made by and on behalf of
the county government which supports the prop
osition that industrial development of the type
that would be interested in locating In Montgom.
cry County would result in real tax advantages
to the county.
In addition protection Of. residential com
munities is being insured by adoption of rigid
performance standards now under consideration
by the Park and Planning Commission and the
County Council.
We sometimes wonder If there is not con-
centrated effort on the part of some individuals
to overload the residential tax burden in order
TO get the citizens 10 cry out for Federal aid to
education and all that implies.
1t would be nice to have your cake and eat
II, TOO. The PTA Council however, should be
aware that the cake needs something besides
icing.
In order % have good schools, excellent
teachers with decent salaries we must have
balanced tax structure. Why the Council Of PfIAs
chooses negative rather than positive action
remains d Irystcy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

You could almost see the student hitchhiker
shivering in the cold as he stood in front of Cole
Field House in the gathering dusk on the Uni
versity of Maryland campus last Friday after
noon l stopped and he heaved a sigh of rehef
as he pumped himself into the front seat.
After few blocks headed toward Langley
Park, asked: Are you senior?"
yeah" he replied.
What are you studying?" 1 continued. EN-
gineering," he answered.
What are you going to do when you grad
uate?"
Guess I'll get an RoTC commission and go
into the service"
Have you been reading all this talk that's
been in the papers about investigating the uni
versity?"
Yeah I've read it," the engineering student
said.
what do you think about it?" asked.
"Oh don't know. 1 don't know of anything
that should be investigated"
''Well, what about all this unrest at the
University of Maryland that some people are
talking about"
''What unrest?"
"The delegate said the university should be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
School Suites?


In the Montgomery County,
School budget, too little attention
is being paid to the request for
administration building. 1t
sounds so innocent and neces-
especially if presented with
pictures of half dozen supervi-
sors sharing the same office. But
why shouldn't they? Their work
is not done in the office, or should
not be. 1t is extremely rare for
pupils, teachers, or parents to
ever visit in their office. But If
the supervisory staff is now too
swollen for the present building,
surely there is plenty of space in
Lincoln Junior High; additional
warehouse space can be put up
much less extensively than ex-
ecutive suites, while the Junior
High already has electricity,
plumbing and such niceties that
are quite superfluous in a ware
house. The money saved could
go for more classroom space,
which, with additional excellent
classroom teachers, is the real
need of Montgomery County
Schools. No primary class should
have over 25 pupils. Do you know
any so small? Other classes
should average below &c. DO
they? Maybe if you count the
scores Tor is it now hundreds?)
of supervisors" A great pity, as
many were excellent teachers,
and now never touch a class. (Of
course some were merely experts
at currying favor and attention
from the bosses" as the only
way to get top salaries)
Now, to provide teachers at no
additional cost for these extra
classrooms, have each supervisor
teach for half of each day. COB
viously, this does not apply TO SUI
perintendent Whittier and his inn
mediate assistants, who must per-
force give most of their attention
to the business rather than edu-
cational problems Of the schoolsD
Many experts believe that this
closer contact with classroom
teaching is necessary for super
visors to maintain proper contact
with teachers problems. Certain.
ly no one can say that such work
would be misuse of expensive tai
ent; rather, the opposite may be
true today, as if hospital would
take all Of its best surgeons and
put them to administrative" jobs
overseeing other doctors, but
never let the surgeons operate
again. In education, the field Of
basic importance is the class.
room, not the administrative Of.
flee.
j. ii. Morris
PascO, Wash.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
Letters to the Editor

perintendent next year. For your
information, Chicago, H., which
to the best of my knowledge, lis
the top-paying city, currently
pays its superintendent, an eX-
Marylander, $37, 800.
l sincerely trust that this in
formation may change your view
point. We must neither become
parochial nor parsimonious in
our concept of this position.
Arthur ID. SimOnds, jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
Police Praised
AlphOnZO Lee

Having heard many comments
regarding the promptness and
the efficiency of the Montgomery
County Police, who were called
upon Unexpectedly for special
service last week, / am glad to
add my own hearty appreciation.
The meeting of the community
at the Flower Hill Church, TO
hear an explanation of the Red
land Development Plan, turned
out to be considerable larger
than we had anticipated. While
it was a joy to see the overflow
ing house, the parking was a
problem. Available space in the
church yard was occupied very
quickly and in the good Ameri-
can way, the side of the highway
began to take the overflo. See
ing the stemming of through
traffic, the police were called and
quickly responded.
In no time, they had limited
traffic on the move and kept it
moving throughout the evening,
a most appreciated accomplish
ment. Our men who sponsored
the meeting want to thank them
for their wonderful service, and
at the same time apologize for
putting them on that spot unex-
pectedly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05
One Students View
Of U. Of Md. Probe
Roger FurquIhor

investigated because there is so much unrest
on campus
Maybe he knows about 1t; don't"
How about the other students? Do they
talk about it?"
~Oh, some mention it once in awhile but
just to laugh at"
you mean they think it's funny"
"Yeahp
'Why?"
'Oh, because that's the way politicians act,
guess"
Il suppose it is kind of funny at that. This
politician who said he was going to have the
university investigated said he was tired of the
unversity's being made political football the
last five years"
"Ha, ha! What does he think he's doing?"
II don't know but 1t all sounds kind of
funny doesn't it?"
'Yeahp (Pause) well, I guess he got a
few votes out of it,"
Probably SOL Anyway, he got quite few
headlines. Do you think that was what he was
after?"
Gould be . -
How far you going?"
Let me out at this next corner, please. And
thanks for the ride! See you later
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

center could be its most COM
mendable project. 1t would mark
the beginning of an era in our
county when all of the children
will have the opportunity to de-
velop their full potential and be
trained to become useful, profit
able citizens of whom we may
be proud. Nor do l claim any
one school above the other. Since
my tax dollar helps to pay for all
of the schools, they are all my
schools.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

In the interest of fairness it
seems to me that you deserve
some specific information con-
corning the salaries of school SUI
perintendents in other areas of the
country besides our immediate en-
virons. AS you know, it would
be difficult to find community
that made more demands on the
time, talents, and abilities of an
individual than does Montgomery
County on its Superintendent of
Schools. We are among the fast
est growing counties in the coun-
try, among those having the high.
est standard of living, and one
which, at least in my opinion,
makes the greatest demands on
its public schools. While this is
as it should be, feel we are able
and should pay salary to our top
administrative official comparable
to those in similar large commune
ties.
have, therefore, secured a
listing from our National Re-
search Division of the salaries Of
superintendent in the current
school year of cities Of over 200,-
600 in population. These figures
should be compared, then, TO the
present $4,000 paid in Montgom-
cry County. The list is as follows:
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Pastor
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The list continues but ] Shall
not extend this one. Suffice it
to say that the great majority Of
these systems are paying more
this year than is Montgomery
County and more than the Board
Of Education proposes for its SUI
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-05

Long Beach, Calf. .....S27, 165
Oakland, Calf. ...o... 22,50O
San Diego, Calf. ....".. $4,000
Denver, Colo. ............ $4,000
Miami, Fla.
(Dade County, ".... 10000
Indianapolis, Ind. ..... 20,250
New Orleans, La. .."... 23,50O
Minneapolis, MINI. go. 10000
Omaha, Neb. .y.....~... 1900
Rochester, N. Y.....a... 22,450
Cincinnati, Ohio ...oo. $4,000
Houston, Tex. .4.~~-.~. $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
YOUR FAMILY AND you
Why Are Bachelors
So Mdrridge-Shy?

All these men were from
the educated part Of the pop
ulation. They did not include
the hobos. derelicts, felons.
and bachelors that one might
see in the soup line at some
Midnight Mission. But only
500 Of them we're believed
to be potential husbands OF
any value.
My analysis Of the brief
biographies left no doubt that
most Of them we're so much
in love, either with them
selves or with their mothers.
that there was no room for
any other love in their lives.
A sample description is:
High school principal, re-
fined. popular. attractive in
every way. but so closely tied
to his own mother that it's
impossible for any other
woman to come close to him.
I know. because I spent three
years trying to do so myself"
Many Of them in this study
were described as having
built up a taste for variety
in superficial friendships
with women--in other words.
they have never reached the
level of adult emotional ma
turity.
So it goes, down the list.
But remember. Miss l.. that
800 were superior persons.
who probably had excellent
reason for not marrying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-01
TRINITY GRADUATE
Blind Woman Helps Blind
Through Schools in Orient

hand account of the school
for the blind which opened a
year ago in Saigon.
Miss Caulf1eld spoke at a
benefit tea at the home of
Mrs. Wesley K. Harris held
under auspices of The Friends
for the Blind in Viet-Nam.
Mrs. Gerald Warner, sister
of Ambassador U. Alexis
johnson. United States en-
voy to Thailand, acted as
treasurer.
The school in Saigon
started with eight pupils, has
a few more now, and it is
hoped that by the end of the
year it will have IS, Miss
Caulfleld said.
1t is similar to a school
she founded in Bangkok in
1888 which now has an en-
rollment of las.
In fact, it was the success
Of the Bangkok school which
led to the Wet Namese ven-
ture.
I'm 1856, when I was plan
ming to return home for a
visit, the Wet Namese Am
baSsador to Thailand sug-
gested that his country might
be interested in a similar
work for the physically han
dicapped in Saigon and asked
me to go there on my way
home" Miss Caulf1eld said.
The government was in
deed interested. The Presi-
dent was among the officials
who saw her, and she was
asked to make a plan for a
modest step" toward provid-
ing education for the blind
Miss Caulfleld didn't know
it then. but by coincidence a
young Wet Namese woman,
Miss Maria Pho-Lang-Tai
was at that time training at
the Perkins School for the
Blind in Boston in the hope
of being able to do something
for the sightless in her home
land.
Miss Caulfield met Miss Tai
while she was working up a
plan and the two returned to
Saigon where Miss Tai was
put in charge of the school.
Though the school has no re-
ligious affiliations, Miss Tai
is now training two nuns to
help with the teaching.
All of the work Miss Caul-
field has done with the
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schools has been volunteer
service. She makes her liveli-
hood teaching English and
from her lectures which help
to finance her extensive
travels.
Aunt of Actress
In this country she always
visits with her brother and
well known niece, Actress
Joan Caulf1eld, in Los Ange-
les.
In recent years, Miss Caul-
field has Travelled alone which
is possible. she said, because
of the airplane. "Air travel is
a wonderful help TO a person
who can't see," she COM
mented.
At one time, her constant
companion was a young Jap
anese girl she adopted" while
living in Japan. Her daugh-
ter married a Japanese liv-
ing in Bangkok and died
when she gave birth to twins,
a son and a daughter.
Il kept the twins for some
time, but they have been with
their father in Tokyo since
he remarked" she explained.
Nov there are three other
children, so l have five grand
children in ALL"