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Evening star., 1959-11-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELk

Required reading"
If there ever was a killing
phrase. this was it.
1t made the reading blood
of any boy run cold. 1t chilled
his marrow of appreciation.
More harm has been done
to literature by these two
words than all the rest put
together.
Required reading"
1t strikes at the very heart
of true appreciation.
How can anyone read and
appreciate if he is required
to read?
Only in a dictatorship,
where Big Brother prevails,
can reading be made re-
quired.
Our democratic processes
function so strongly here
that millions of Americans
refuse to this day to read
books just because they were
forced to in high school.
It is too bad, because they
would love Jane Austen if
they would give themselves a
chance.
She does something to you.
What she does is plain-she
enters your reading blood
and pretty soon you are see
ing life and people the way
she sees them.
The way she sees them is
with clear eyes.
Nobody ever fooled Jane.
Perhaps that was one reason
she never married.
i Il 4
Yet beneath her clear
headedness lies a warm heart.
The kind smile she gives
the reader is scarcely found
so warm from any other
writer.
Life and love, pride and
prejudice, these are a hun
dred more qualities and
psychological things spring
to life from this creator.
If we follow her adven-
lures, we come to see life
plain, and if we see life plain
we see it as it is, not as we
might like it.
This is, surely, to be mature
We have heard a great
deal about maturity in recent
years, but Jane Austen knew
all about it years ago.
Evening star., 1959-11-12

Why should the public be
glad Mr.. Chalk, D. c. Transit,
signed so readily the union
boss demands?
Why should the public be
asked to pay a 25-cent fare
simply because Mr.. Chalk
succumbed and asks for it?
Why should rush-hour peo-
pie, those going to and from
their work, be asked to pay
more than those with leisure
to travel at other times?
Why should the public be
asked to double D. c. Trans
It's net income or to make
Mr.. Chalk richer?
Why should Congress and
the city guarantee 61a per
cent profit to this public
utility-at the public'S ex-
pense?
Four per cent is considered
good income on investment
stocks, five excellent. Why
should one company, D. C.
Transit, be chosen to receive
the high level of 6la per cent?
Finally, why should not the
District of Columbia and
Congress look to and work
for the best interests of the
public without giving in SUI
pinely to those interested
only in piling up personal
riches?
The percentage income OF
the city's other public util-
tiles is below 5 per cent.
Surely that should be enough
for D.. Transit too.
It is time the public is con-
sidered.
Streetcar Rider,
Evening star., 1959-11-12

is the usual thing in these beauty
contests. We prefer to think that the
suspicious Of Miss United States and
Miss Canada have been unduly acti-
waited by the quiz show scandals For
our part, after careful study of the
photoe' aphic evidence available via AP
Wirephoto, we are willing to accept Miss
World-all of her for real
Evening star., 1959-11-12

stated that they were the
bravest people in the United
States. I don't think this is
true because our family does
not have a TV set, never has
had one, and I don't think we
ever will. So I think we're
braver than they are.
Spaight Overman.
(Age, I'D
W.
Evening star., 1959-11-12

How about one on Jane
Austen soon?" writes C. P. NJ,
jr., of Arlington, Va. "You
haven't discussed her books
since several years ago."
Ten. to be exact.
Jane Austen is timeless.
Her stories wait for their
readers. 1t reminds one OF
the beautiful poem begin
ming, THE friends I seek
are seeking me-"
This is true of all books.
Every good book has its
readers, though they may be
oceans apart. In time they
will read.
The quiet, appreciative
reader will like Pride and
Prejudice" and the others;
the rambunctious reader, If
so he may be called, will not.
The classic instance of this
was Teddy" Roosevelt. Pos
sibly one should not have ex-
pected a Rough Rider to ap-
preciate the calm, witty Jane,
with her fair for the hidden
thrust.
Teddy" wrote in one OF
his books that he had no use
for this lady's works.
They bored him. We do
not recall that he put 1t
exactly that way. but that
was the gist of his comment.
Jane Austen's novels bored
him.
They didn't bore Sir Wal
ter Scott, who claimed to
have read her books II
times, if not each, then at
least Pride and Prejudice. "
We might read Emma"
II times, but not the other.
Pride" bores us, too! We
have tried for years to get
over this feeling about this
story, but it still bores us
not as it did President Theo-
dore Roosevelt. perhaps, but
still it bores.
The rest of her stories
All, they are wonderful!
They are not boresome
except to a few readers, and
one may wonder just how
much of the tiresomeness is
in the individual reader.
Maybe the fault lies back
there in high school. when
Pride and Prejudice" was
required reading.
Evening star., 1959-11-12

or his average even by taking
the course over and receiving
the highest possible grade in
the subject. The council was
concerned about the effect Of
this rule upon students who
found the transition from
nigh school to the university
difficult or in other instances.
where students of university
caliber we're willing to devote
their efforts to correcting
earlier mistakes. The change
in this rule obviously had no
effect on the quality of in
struction. To those few who
believe that too many people
are receiving higher educa-
ton and that a larger number
should be expelled, changing
the "F Rule" has been called
bending to pressure; but full
investigation would convince
most rational people that the
university was wise in mod
flying the rule.
To develop proper perspec-
tive and understanding of the
position of the Alumni Coun-
Gil relating to enlarging the
Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Maryland. it must
be explained that the coun-
ellis study began before the
present administration took
office. Interest was not de-
veloped because of actions OF
the present administration or
because of anything relating
to football. The study con-
tinued over a period of years
and included on the commit
tee were distinguished citi-
zens of the State who con-
sidered both the function OF
a board of regents and the
practice of other universe
ties. To begin to understand
some Of the reasons for the
unanimous position Of the
Alumni Council, a comparison
should be made between the
membership of the Maryland
board and the boards o1
other universities and colleges
, in the State of Maryland such
as Johns Hopkins University
and Hood College. and ol
nearby State universities
such as the University o.
Pennsylvania and the Uni
versity of Virginia. Further
understanding of the position
of the Alumni Council woult
be developed by reading
Memo to a College Trustee
prepared for the Fund TO
the Advancement of Educa
ton by Beardsley Ruml ant
Donald w. Morrison.
Dispassionate analysis o
the University of Maryland
Evening star., 1959-11-12
THE POLITICAL MILL
Time to Throw Hats in the Rinq
By GOULD LINCOLN

Massachusetts leads the field
into a public announcement.
Supposedly, others would not
be far behind.
The time for such an
nouncements seems to be
here. Take a look at what
happened in 1851 and 1855,
with presidential elections in
1852 and 1856. The late Sen
ator Robert A, Taft OF Ohio,
always a fortnight man, an
nounced his candidacy for the
Republican presidential NOM
ination on october l6, 1851.
In 1855, Adlai Stevenson
threw his hat in the ring for
a second presidential nomi-
nation on November l6. And
Senator Estes Kefauver Of
Tennessee, the runner-up in
the Democratic National Con-
vention of 1852, was not far
behind Mr.. Stevenson in 1855.
His announcement was made
November l6. Mr.. Stevenson's
announcement was made at
a press conference in Chicago.
and Senator Kefauver, the
following day, held a press
conference in Washington to
announce himself.
Eisenhower Entered Late
In 1851, Senator Taft had
as possible opponents for the
Republican nomination Har-
old E. Stassen, former Cover
nor of Minnesota; Gov. Earl
Warren of California, the late
Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan. Gov. Dewey OF
New York, another twice
defeated candidate for the
presidency, was a possibility
only in a deadlocked conven-
ton. Much the same position
as that occupied by Mr..
Stevenson today. The winner
Gen. Eisenhower-was not
entered until the early part
of 1852, when his name was
placed in the first preSiden-
tial primary-that of New
Hampshire. Mr.. Stevenson
entered the Democratic race
in November 1855 and went
on to win the nomination.
Senator Kennedy, in reality
campaigning for next years
presidential nomination for
at least a year, feels he must
capitalize on his personal ap-
peal and popularity with the
rank-and-file voters. To do
this he must win convincing
ly in some of the important
presidential primary States.
It is believed he has the
first primary, on March 8 IN
New Hampshire, sewed up.
But he must show his
strength outside New Eng
land if he is to expect a
nomination. He has been
dabbling his feet in the politi-
cal waters of California. Ore
gon and Wisconsin. In Ore
gon, because of the State
laws, he will be entered by his
friends in any event, no
matter whether Senator
Morse campaigns against him
or not.
In California, Gov. Pat
Brown has said he wishes to
be a "favorite son" candi-
date and warned Senator
Kennedy to stay out. But the
Senator has had a great well
come recently as he cam
paigned in the State. In Wis
consin, according to present
advices from persons close to
the situation, he would al
most surely carry the pri-
mary except perhaps for two
districts bordering on Mime
sofa, where Senator Hum
i phrey may be favored.
The Massachusetts, Senator
has to make up his mino
about these primary contests
and in the comparatively
near future. Senator Hum
| phrey also has indicated he
will go into these presidential
t primary fights. What othel
candidates will do remain:
to be seen.
Evening star., 1959-11-12

The t1ctlon tnat o canol-
date for President Of the
United States is not a candi-
date until he says publicly,
II want 1t and am a candi-
date" is becoming more and
more ridiculous as these fall
days 60 by. On the Demo-
cratic side, Senators johnson
Of Texas, Kennedy Of Massa-
chusetts, Symington Of Mis-
souri, and Humphrey Of Min
nesota for weeks have been
moving about the country
speaking, submitting to press
interviews and television and
radio broadcasts for one pur-
pose-to drum up support for
their presidential candidates..
Organizations in their sup
port have been launched in
all parts Of the country. Their
friends have tossed their hats
in the ring. And still they
persist in their stand that
they are not candidates"
that they are trying to make
up their minds whether or
not to enter the race.
Adlai Stevenson, the Demo-
cratic standard bearer in
1852 and 1856, who still has
many hackers for a third
nomination on the ground
he has more on the ball than
any of the active unan-
nounced candidates, is keep
ing away from the hustings.
Indeed, he has reiterated
many times that he is not a
candidate. No one doubts,
however, that he would accept
a denomination if it should
come from the Democratic
National Convention next
year. Two Democratic Gov
ernors-Williams of Michigan
and Meyner of New Jersey,
who a year ago were looked
upon as likely to be strong
contenders for a presidential
nomination in 1960-have
also. been quiet, but not from
choice. Gov. Williams has run
into serious trouble over the
financial troubles of the State
he has governed so long
largely because a Republican
legislature has fought to 9
finish his proposals for in
creased taxes to meet the
States needs. Until the prob
lem is solved, he remains ir
the doghouse politically. Gov
Meyner has concentrated or
a political battle for Demo.
cratic control of the State
Senate, which he lost recently
He may start travelling nov
that that has been decided
Certainly, his friends are
urging him to do so.
Rockefeller Still Deciding
The Republicans have tw'
unannounced candidates TO,
the presidential nomination
Vice President Nixon ant
Gov. Rockefeller of New York
Mr.. Nixon really does no
have to announce his candi
dacy. Nor has he bothered II
say much about it. His can
didacy has been taken TO
granted for a year or more
Gov. Rockefeller, on the othe.
hand, is still pictured al
undecided about running
campaigning vigorously ii
the Far West and other part
of the country. The purpoS'
of his trips about the coun
try, it is said. is to learn !
he should enter the race Il
which he has already com
mitted himself, unless al
signs and facts fail. The big
gest surprise the county
could receive politically woul,
be an announcement the NeN
York Governor will not run.
Which one of these candi
dates, Democratic or Repub
lican, will take the frs
plunge and announce he is
candidate for President?
is anybody's guess. But
would not be surprising
Senator John F. Kennedy {
Evening star., 1959-11-12
Moscow VS.. Peipinq?

munist China and the Soviet Union,
despite their shared theological faith,
are intrinsically so different from each
other, and have such separate and dis
tinct national interests, that they may
well find themselves at loggerheads in
the not too distant future. This thesis
has been gaining ground In the free
world for some time past, but 1t has
been discussed in only very gingerly
fashion, Sotto voce, lest the possibility
be exaggerated to the point of needlessly
offending Moscow or causing widespread
wishfulneSs.
Now, however, as has no other
western leader to date, President
Charles de Gaulle of France has openly
commented on the idea in exceptionally
frank language. He has done so by
singing it out as one of the important
factors behind Premier Khrushchev's
tension and negotiate peace-promoting
agreements with the United States and
the Atlantic Community as a whole.
Perhaps this is an illusory view but the
eloquent and fortnight general has left
little room for doubt as to his own con-
viction that fear of China's long-range
potential is beginning to loom large in
the Kremlins thinking. He has stated
the case this way:
No doubt Soviet Russia, in spite of
having aided communism to take root
in China, recognizes that nothing can
change the fact that she is Russia, a
vulai ofE u1in hos
quered part of Asia, and is, in sum,
richly endowed with land, mines, fac
tories and wealth, face to face with the,
yellow masses of China, numberleSS and
impoverished indestructible and am
bilious, building through trial and hard
ship power which cannot be measured
and casting her eyes about her on the
open spaces over which she must one
day spread.
Moscow and Peiping, of course,
have repeatedly exchanged vows of
eternal friendship, and no one should
be surprised if Mr. Khrushchev and
Mao Tze-tung exchange them once
again and castigate General de Gaulle
in the process. But the history of the
world is replete with the record of such
pledges between nations, and it is re-
plete also with the record of those
pledges being shattered by the force of
circumstances and the course of ineXo-
rable events. Nothing stands still in life
but death; everything in the society of
men and their governments is subject
to change-sometimes slow, sometimes
faSt-and the Soviet Chinese relation
ship is no exception to this law Of
nature.
Certainly it must be that the Soviet
Union, with its population of little more
than 200 million, gives sober thought on
occasion to the fact that China and its
$50 million people multiplying now at
a rate of about 13 million annually will
be nation embracing at least billion
men, women and children by the end of
the century, which is only 40 years dis
tant. Certainly, too, regardless of the
shared Communist faith, the Kremlin
can hardly be Indifferent to Peiping's
drive for power or the Chinese pressureS
likely to develop in the decades imme-'
diately ahead. Speaking for the record,
Mr. Khrushchev may resent President
de Gaulle'S remarks, but the chances
are that he sees more than little logic
in them.
Evening star., 1959-11-12
Bravery and TV

In one of your latest issues
of This Week magazine !
saw an article on a family
that turned off their TV set
for one year. The article
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
FHS Takes 1856
Win Over Eagles
For Third Straight

F'arlnVille High otitscoIsad Green's
VILE County III every Quarter but
4 the second to gain A to So VIII
Monday night on the Eagles court
The vlotoly was the third straight
for the FHS Wolverines TO give
them a 81 Hlark for the season
The game was d makeup Of the
contest postponed Oh Dacambel IL
10y The snow and freeze
The WolVe1 ines, with Ale,, Holmes
7 ADVANTAGE III the first quarter and
maintained ii throughout by a mar
row margin.
F'arlnville had a 1913 margin at
Tie halftime internlisslon and led
1923 after three quarters. In the
final quarter. the Wolverines rallied
to pull away fol the win taking a
l4-3 margin.
As in their previous wins. the
Wolverines got good scoring sup
port throughout the lineup. In adj
dition to Holmes top effort. John
Jones and Bobby Gilmer Clipped in
with nine each. Buddy Smith col
lected six points and joel Coleman
added the last four
Bob Callahan. with l6 points. and
Buddy Cato with nine, were the top
scorers for the Eagles. who dropped
to a 20 District mark. Randolph
Henry. Farmville's opponent here
in Memorial Armory tonight Fri
day, edged Greensville 1886 before
the holidays.
In the preliminary game. the
| Greensvlle girls defeated the VOL
verettes SO to 40
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09


Well. the next best thing HAS hap
pened The Virginia Game Com
missions Fish Division Has given
the Farmyille Herald report Of
the fish population counted and
weighed when Horse Pen I.ake was
drained this fall
The 1876 acre lake. within The fed
cral Lee Experimental Forest area
was drained by Commission fish
technicians during the week 0l Sep
TENDER 2227 to rcnovate Il vs. a
public fishing pond
Discarded Species
All of the fish were sorted &C.
cording to species and size and then
weighed after the water had been
drawn down. Very small slnlish
and crappie and all Afonph' fish
We're discarded. CatchaMc- Si1e SIM
fish and crapple and All Of The bass
. were returned to the lake
A total of 22l pounds Of fish or
ll3 pounds per acre Of water. we've
recovered. vi that total. I'd per celt
were undesirable species. or rough
fish. including su ckers. golden
sinners. bullheads and GELS
Bass accounted tor III pcf ceilt
Of the total weight and tias pi5za
variety tipped the scales en maste
at 1874 pounds However. therA were
only ~ fish II tha all-inpntanl d.
termediate group III ii ti4clah I'll
inches. weighing tosetiler III.
pounds. Several bass over flis
pounds were recovered.
The Division found hat o4ly i4e
pounds. or % per cent ot the total
sunflsh population was ayailablt
to the angler The balance pre-
sumably. remained top small ID DE-
hooked in the oyeI5aiaac@d fieAt
for food
Weight BY Species
The species and pound Of each
taken after the take wa- drained
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
FHs Opens Armory
Play Here Tonight
Against Statesmen

Farmville and Randolph-Henly.
both enjoying three-gam winning
streaks. meet here tonight Friday
i'll the seasons first high school
game in Memorial Armory
The Statesmen have Whipned
Kenbridge 1925, edged Greensville
3lr36 and topped Park View 1884
i'll their last three Starts They have
lost 10 Buckingham and Victoria
The FHS Wolverines. losers only
10 Buckingham in their first start
this season have defeated Black
stone. Kenbl!dse and Greensville by
comfortable margins in their last
three outings
The FHS Wolverettes Will play in
the evenings preliminary. starting
at 100
Next Monday. night. Crewe Highs
Railroaders are due at Memorial
Armory before FHS goes back to
the road for January n and % con
tests at Victoria and Amelia.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09

Hampden Syduey's basketball
squad, which tlas found the re
bounding and clutch-play touch it
lacked before ME holidays, faces
TWO important Mason-DiXon Con
ference tests, starting tonight
Thursday When Mt St Mary's
comes to Cannon GYMNASIUM.
Saturday hight Catholic UniYer-
sity 81 Wa4hMg.on WLll cone M
Death Valley w its totT into the
loop southern division.
Coach Claude Miami n raiaTenat-
at Tigers humhled Washington ana
Lees Generals here Monday night,
"a 10 IS. Their play Was continue
ton Of that which helped them
Win three straight il the Bride
water cDne4e holiday tourney for
the uHoffieial u,lc
Tourney seore~
In thBt vacation PERIOD event.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
District 3 Court Review


Brunswick Highs Bulldogs have
added GreensviHe and Amelia u
their list of victims since the holl-
days to take over the pace in Dis
trict 3 with so mark.
Buckingham. also with Ill un-
sullied loop record. although losa#
to Appomattoy in an out-of-the-l oop
contest, has 40 mark in District
3. +
The pace-settiMg Bulldog had
rough going to win over Amelia. j
five-point 43-43 victim. and Greens!
vile, which fell b. only three. 40-34
At that margin. it appears only al
question Of time until some loop!
squad gets the honor Of dumpinei
the front runners
Larry Clarv. contestlng for ihei
loops individual scoring .ead teA-
.inues to pace Brunswick. moW fam
GUS for its late-game rallies He had
y against Amelia. but fell to III
against strong guarding Green
vile.
Victoria with five victories
against only 67-63 setback by
Brunswick, has added TWO stroag
performances since the holidays
The Painters, paced by Tom Estes
end Emmett Williams. have toppled
Greensville 57-32 and Crewe - %
in home games since after holiday
compitition resumed.
The Panthers, consistently scoring
heavily. are certain TO make q CON
test out of the district raee.7and ap
pear to be one of the squads to bea
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-01-09
.Appomatt0x Snaps
Buc String
With $3.50 Win

ElucEingfiam'.. 10 point lead after
Three quarters eNapoIated IN the
heat II Appropriations Highs rally
AID Tie Hornets, athletic nemesis
for the BUGS took d e2-60 Win on
The buckingham enillt Tuesday
hight
Coach Martin Conway squad
seemed to have the rugged inter
district scrap III hand with 1888
lead a. lie fourth quarter got
Underway The visiting Hornets,
however doubled the count OH the
losefs III that period "A - 10 exc
out The victory
The loss Was The first in six
starts for Buckingham. but it viii
not count against the BucS district
fecold since the Hornets compete
in District 4
Davis. Huddlcston and HudginS
hit in double figures for Btlcking-
ham. but the games scoring hon
ors went to the visiting Hornets
Earl Carter, who neted 10. -Four
OF the Hornet starters hit for double
figure scoring,
Buckingham scoring Davis IS.
Huddleston -. Hudgins Ii. Falls
8: Thomas z. SWartz s.
Appomattox scoring: Carter 10:
Almond l6; Mitchell a. DosS 10.
Edmonds 3.
Buckingham II IA % IL 80
Appomattox IA IA 10 "a 60
In the preliminary game. the
Buckingham girls edged Appomat-
tox 1854. winning by the same mar
gin as the boys lost By TO give the
night an exciting tinee