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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

Carnegle-SponS0r survey OF
the American high school. 1t
was. in the words of DR.. Conant,
q dull book but realistic, /"
packed with figures, statistics
and recommendations. To the
surprise of most educators, in
Guiding its author, the l40-
page report Immediately hit
the best seller list. 1t has sold
10000 copies and another
100000 were given away to
every school principal and su-
perintendent in the land.
Ten months have passed
since the Conant report, which
cost close to a half million
dollars, was issued.
Has the Study been worth
the cost? What improvements
have been made? Is the
American high school, with an
enrolment of 9 million-and
expected to. go to IL million by
1970-providing sound edu-
cation? What are some of the
plus and minus areas in Sec
ondary schools?
1900 Schools Fall Short
In an exclusive interview
with this writer last week, DR..
Conant outlined the significant
developments that have taken
place in the Nations high
schools since his report was
issued. In many respects, the
high schools have been conSid-
erably strengthened, although
much still remains to be done.
Basically, DR.. Conant said,
the schools are doing a good
job. However, many of the
smaller schools in the rural
areas are still operating on an
inefficient basis. Seventeen
thousand Of the Nations $1,000
high schools do not meet the
standards set by DR.. Conant-
that Of having a graduating
class of 100 students or more.
Consolidation Of the smaller
schools, as proposed in the re-
port, is taking place all too
slowly. Evidently there is too
much local pride. A high school
may have only so or rs stu
dents, but as was once said
about Dartmouth, there are
those who love it.
DR.. Conant declared that the
Nations high schools have i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
Master Point
Come Results

Agriculture: Edward I, Al
len. Robert shankle. Mrs. John @.
Fleteher-Lt. Col. Jeanette Biech, -
Mhatnryn Everett-Mrs. Henry Lee,
MIS- STANLEY Beasley-D. r. Anderson.
Alexandria: Mrs. Beverly Tor
McClure-L. W. Turpin.
Arlington: Mrs. Kathleen Ron.
son-Mrs.- Irene Whitehall. Mrs II n
Campben-Paul Robb. Mai, j. G
!Aaoderley- Edwin Haglund, Mrs. Mia
Talbott-Frank Hoffman.
:, Chess: tSectiou Al Mrs Made
line solomon-H. P. stiiiweil. Mrs
Murlel Fargo-William Nazzaro -
EEGWard L. Allen-Edward Mecutchen,
oldS; tSection b Miller Roberts-
D. Meade PEBBLES, jr., MI. and Mrs.
X. j. Griffin. Mrs. Malora ChTisf.
man-Mrs. Florence MiiispauE6' M
ana Mrs. Wilbur Norris.
.CheVerly: dale Frese-Georse
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n Cheyy Chase: 1-Rose Lieberman-
3 Meade Peebie PEBBLES MS Sr Dg2 Ald N.;Op:
GGhristman.Mrs; Alice Robinson. INT Mrs :
Howar. TO- NaSmono
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HHaddad-H. P Stillwell. Mrs.
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smit fii fhuT FaGb, lM M! Lucia
Grammer-Mrs TheIma Hoicomb 5%
Mary Ida Larson-Mrs' Eleanor God
Trey; three-way tie between Mrs
Albert Levy-Mrs. Madeline Solo
mon; E, MIS-; Robert Addie-Mrs, John
Mrs F TacI Ten Mrs. Nan Williams
Mobiey 2EM Re"i Alice GHEa Hatch iM1.
Madeline Solomon. WI o
Jeanette Biech-Mrs. Hazel ~ Loft I'll
sied with Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
NeS 10y Ba,nnner-Sumner 5lliley 2
SECTION b Opal Van Horn
Miller. Pauline Ramsev-Frank
Hoover. Charles Murray-Charies
PIsyfair: Mrs. James A. Dear
G i1grDj Me Meade t,I PEBBLES; i. Mazda
ginia Dye-Ervin M. Kenison. Ralph
Greene-Chester Watson
Rockville: l-.Rose LiebeImsn-G.
Richard Lee, Mary sawyer Charles
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Hattie Arn sddiSxl neg Marie E'n En Ms
man; Mrs. Wayne .GaIlant-Dr Will
liam I. Sawyer tied with Mrs Alice
Miller-Mrs. Marvin Wofsey
Walker: Mrs. Erwin LeClerg-
Mrs. Earl Channel. Mrs Peter
Wisher-Mrs. Esther Murphy.
Washington B.IdCe League CNo-
yember 12): Section Al Mrs.
George Hertz-Don 5alfour, Tony
MMoscatello- William Nazzaro. 2-Don
Farwell-Lt. Thomas Throop, Jack
SeXton-David Osnos. Section B l.
Rooert W, Byrns-Raph Turoff, Sid
hhey Aronson-Mike Michaels 2-Olav
HHiiMvierRonald Brandon Mrs Jean
IIhSrDr. W. 8. Benedict. Section CT
ss,t 1homas E&el-Dr. Mortimer Lip
'e''' MIS- Harry Kapian-Rosemary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

land three Of social studies.
This is not an easy" program.
1t requires q minimum of is
hours Of homework a week.
The bright youngsters are
not working hard enough" DR..
Conant declared. He looke6re-
Taxed as he was interviewed in
his ONCE at $50 Fifth avenue
here. The 66-year-old scholar
is a long way from retiring
He has just begun another
two-year study of the Ameri-
can junior high school, which
will probably have just as pro-
! found an impact on the Ma
tons school system as the high
school survey has had.
Its not a question of max
ing a program hard or easy"
he continued. II want our tai
ented pupils stimulated and
challenged. That is the way
we will develop leadership"
5. Consolidation Of small
schools is taking place. There
are far too many small, inef-
fcient high schools in the
country today. DR.. Conant
maintains that any school that
graduates less than 100 students
annually cannot operate effec-
lively. That would mean a
school of some 400 students.
Thousands of high schools do
not mean this minimum some
400 students. Thousands Of
high schools do not mean this
minimum requirement.
Small High Schools Fading
AS a result of the Conant re-
port, many communities are
now taking a second look at
their small schools. DR.. Conant
said that Iowa and Indiana
are ready to revise their laws
so as to make consolidation
easier. Local opposition remains
strong. But the small high
school is undoubtedly on the
way out.
Improvement in the above
five areas already has taken
place, but much that the
Conant report called for still
remains to be done. The re-
port urges tuition free summer
schools. a program of remedial
reading, special provisions for
the slow as well as talented
pupils, an academic inventory,
and more science courses
"Of course, I'm proposing a
tough academic program" DR..
Conant said. why should we
hamper our bright Doys and
girls? They can do better work
1t is up to the schools to give
it to them"
Much remains to be done
before the American high school
reaches the lofty goals set by
DR.. Conant. But many solid
Improvements are on the way.
Our youth and our country will
benefit thereby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
Foreign News

1. President Eisenhower added two capitals to n-
for next months trip One Of them (a Stockholm
(b) Bonn; tc) Madrid.
2. OF North Africa the President planned talk aboard
cruiser with statesman from: Tunisia ID Morocco;
(c) Algeria.
3. Certain remarks by Secretary of Herer were
disturbing to-, ca Korea: (b) India: West Germany
4. The Soviet Union sent notes to Western capitals
the subject Of O Disarmament (b) West Berlin Nuclear
tests.
5. Strained United States relations with Latin Amer
Nation brought exchange of The nation
ca Dominican Republic tb) Mexico tc) Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
LIFE IN
THECOUNTRY
Observations About Deer Huntino
By JAMES BIRcHFlELD

If anyone wants to find me
between now and the end of the
deer season in Loudoun County
in January, they bette, look in
the big hole I've Dig in the
back yard. It's the only place
I feel will be safe, what with
all of the high-power rifles that
may be popping off ABOUT me.
I notice that mo hunting"
signs have gone up all about my
nelghborhood, and it's a good
thing, too. For there isn't
anything about that could
stop a rife bullet if it missed
its mark.
I got a taste of deer hunt
ing last year. / went up in the
mountains one day, not to hunt
a deer, but to see what deer
hunting was like.
I ended up by hiding behind
a road banA until I felt safe
enough to make my way back
out Of the mountains. AS soon
as daylight came the noun
tainS sounded like a small war
had broken out. I'm sure there
weren't that many deer to
shoot at, so the eager hunters
were taking cracks at any,
thing that moved.
So remained still. I waited
until I thought they may be
eating their sandwiches at
noon time before 1 ventured
out of the woods.
I think the State ought to
make every prospective deer
hunter pass a test. They ought
to sit him out in the woods
and let some good shot shoot
a few leaves off the tree lust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

travels the familiar miles to
Montrose with an unfailing
zeSt for each new class and
each new day.
And you can take the word
of this aging fifth grader who
ran full-tilt into the English
language under her tutelage-
only a few yesterdays ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION
Dr.. Conont Bringing About
Hiqh School ReVisions

be measured in minutes. And
the teachers spent hours upon
end correcting and reading
English compositions.
That has changed. Chicago
for example, has increased its
English requirements for all
students from three to -four
years. 1t also has decreased
the teaching load of its English
instructors from $50 to 135
pupils. And in Pasadena
Calf, typical of many other
cities, the maximum load for
English teachers has been cut
to 125 students. This certainly
is a step in the right direction
The Conant report deserves
credit for this sound educa-
tional trend.
Language Development
3. More attention is now paid
TO foreign languages. DR.. Co.
nant found that. almost with
out exception, the high school:
did not provide a sound pro-
gram in the foreign languages
For the most part schools
offered only two years of any
language, which meant that
even the bright students could
only take two years. This is
not enough to enable a student
to be able to speak fluently oil
to read and write the language
The school board should Offer
a third and fourth year of q
foreign language. no matter
how few students enroll, DR.
Conant said. Many high schools
are now doing just that. They
have introduced more Ian.
guages, and they are offered
on an advanced level.
Moreover, foreign languages
are now started in the elemen-
tary grades, where they really
belong. More than 10000
children from grades one tt
eight now take French, Ger.
man, Spanish and other mod
ern languages. And, in the
high schools, more emphasis il
being placed on the third ano
fourth years Of a language, not
Just the first two. We may vel
become a nation of linguists
4. The accidentally talented
student is getting more atten-
ton. Although the high schoo
is geared to the average stu
dent. DR.. Conant strongly be.
lieveS that the gifted young
ster should not be neglected
His report urged school super
intendents everywhere to pro-
vide a better education for the
upper IS per cent of the schoo
population. AS a result of hi
recommendations. several hun
dred high schools have
strengthened their academic
programs.
More Work Needed
Instead of the traditional lt
units of work, DR.. Conant rec
ommends 10. He also wants q
longer school day, going from
six periods to seven or ever
eight. Many schools are now
following the Conant proposals
Their students get: Four years
Of math, four years of English
four years of one foreign Ian
guage, three years of science
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
After As Years She
Would Teach Again

of her career there. working by
special request with a group Of
difficult" boys who turned out
to be among her happiest mem
cries.
Even fifth and sixth grade
boys usually tower over her s.
foot-l-inch frame, but she is
heroine and pal as we'll as ath-
letic coach. And on the coach
ing front she is very nearly as
busy as ever today at Montrose,
which has been her teaching
home for 80 years. She is its
principal as we'll as a teacher,
and is deeply engrossed in every
inch of the county's smallest
school.
Although the pleasant little
structure on Randolph road is
b e coming an anachromism
among Montgomery's current
crop of plush modern school
buildings, Mrs. Howes points
out that it fills their needs per-
Ifectly.
Mrs. Barbara RooSa teaches
first and second grade, Mrs.
Eleanor Chadwick has the
third and fourth. Mrs. HoWes
herself is in the familiar posi-
ton of teaching fifth and sixth
grades with a class of Is. Total
enrolment is SO, so that the
largest group is 81 or smaller
than many classes in the
county.
Mrs. Howes is a firm be-
lever in the power of good
books, and children are en-
couraged to do a lot of outside
reading. Their building houses
a library, and bookmobile IA
cilities also are available.
Living in the same home in
Rockville at 401 Anderson
avenue for IS years, Mrs. HoWes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
Ago Khan to Talk

Prince Karin Aga Khan w,
spiritual leader of 20 million
ISmaili Muslims, will speak at
1880 pm. tomorrow at a
luncheon in his honor at the
National Press Club. His sub
ject will be The New African
Research Foundation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ

This quiz is based on recent news appearing in
The Star Try testing yourself on current events of
Washington area. the Nation and the world by
filling in the blanks with the letter designating the
answer that you think is correct. Then turn to
Page Dc for list of the correct answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22


proved in these areas since his
report came out:
l. Better guidance programs
have been introduced. The
Conant report found that guild
ance and counSeling were in
adequate in most of the Ma
tons secondary schools. Dur
ing the past year many school
systems have added to their
counseling staff, and have de-
veloped training programs to
improve the guidance teachers
DR.. Conant believes that there
should be one guidance coun-
selor for every $50 to 800 stu
dents. At present few schools
meet that figure. Many schools
do not have one counselor for
1000 or 1000 boys and girls.
The Federal Government has
made funds available to schools
to improve their guidance pro-
gram. Within a year or two
DR.. Conant suggests, his propo-
sal for an improved guidance
staff will be accepted in hun
dreds Of high schools.
2. The teaching of English
and English composition has
improved. DR.. Conant found
in his two-year study, that
many schools simply did not
know how to teach English,
and that frequently this SUBJ
ject was sighted. AS a result,
the high schools graduated boys
and girls who could not write
lntelligently. and who had diff
flculty in using the English
language.
Hundreds of high schools
during the past year, have done
some pretty hard soul-search-
ing in the teaching of English.
And they have come up with
good, although perhaps expen-
Sive answers. DR.. Conant found
that most of the schools he
visited required their English
teachers to be in charge of $50
to 200 pupils. AS a result, the
time that a teacher could de-
vote to any one student could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
BY BENJAMIN FINE
North American Newspaper Alliance

NEW YORK, Nov 21.-The American high school is
undergoing drastic revision largely through the efforts Of
one man-Dr James Bryant Conant former president of
Harvard University and former United States Ambassador
the Federal Republic of Germany.
Last January Dr. Conant now-famous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
WBL to Play Come
Thanksgiving Night

Area bridge clubs will close during
the day on THANKSGIVING, but the
washington Bridge League will hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

The outhOr, q Pulitzer Prize reporter.
is sducotion editor Of the North
American Newspaper AIIionee and
deem Of the Groduote School of
Education, YeshiVo University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22
More Work Needed

Riordan. Mrs. Kenneth Somers-
James Sourilas tied with MAZDA Cain
Mrs. Grace Wray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-22

In the annual competition for the
Eomens pair title at the Monday
Duplicate Bridge Club, Mrs. James
Goode and Mrs. John o Hassell
Oftedal and Mrs N. A. olmstead
: with 174la will be hard to catch
Ranking third in the match which
was begun last Monday and ends
tomorrow, are Mrs. George p
Schoolcraft-Mrs C. C Mcdonnell
1881. Mrs. Stanley Beasley-Mrs,
Florence Grif1th. 1914, are fourth
in the 26-pair field. VI
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
r. A. Sanders
New P-TA
President

Reuben A. Sanders, of 10106
Dallas ave-, Silver Spring, was
elected president of the Mont
gomery County Council of Par
ent.Teacher Associations this
week and William L. Freien-
muth was elected first vice pres
ident.
Others elected to office were
Mrs. H. Herbert Fox, second
vice president, Michael March,
treasurer, Mrs. w. Richard Lo-
max, secretary, Mrs. Walter I'm
sworth, assistant secretary.
Regional vice presidents for
the new year are George Au-
man, Mrs. Philip Thorson, Sid
ney Dorros. Ray Murphy, Rus
sell Stone, Sam Groner, Mrs.
Saul Miller, Mrs. James Mann,
Mrs. Georgia Lawson, Eugene
Stevens Ill, and Mrs. John Da-
Wis, of the new region X.
The following chairmanships
were announced: membership,
Miss Edith Throckmorton; Spot
light. Mrs. Dale Jackson; pro-
gram, Jack Matheny; FILES,
Mrs. James Sherman; health,
Mrs. M. Allen Pond; legislation,
Richard Schifter; teacher retain
ment and recruitment, Joseph
Els; youth guidance, Bruno
Weinschel; music. Mrs. Edward
Dunton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
Foster Care
$$$ Asked
By Royer

Increases totaling $35, 1913
which would be paid to
foster parents caring for
children under jurisdiction
of the Montgomery County
Welfare Department were
requested this week by Wei
fare Director William E.
Roger.
His request would result in
foster parents getting $54 a
month instead of $45 for regu.
lar board of children II years
old and over; SIS instead of
$3.50 per month for clothing,
school supplies, incidentals and
recreation for the same group
of children; and $40 instead of
$50 for clothing purchased for
a 12-year-old when he is first
placed in foster care.
Roger appeared before the
Council following an appeal by
the Foster Parents Association
of Montgomery County which
has asked for increases that
would cost the county $81 1888,
$4,000 more than the Depart
ment's request.
At the end of April, Roger
said, the county had 1893 chill
dren in foster care, 1863 of
whom are in foster homes and
the remainder in institutions.
Washington child placement
agencies are using Montgomery
County homes for foster care
and the city's Department of
Public Welfare pays $50 to $50
for board and incidentals to 81
county foster parents. Mont
gomery County rates range
from $50 to $50 a month, Roger
said, and the competition de-
prives the Welfare Department
of many potential foster
parents.
"The Welfare Board hopes
the county will appropriate ad-
ditional money to supplement
foster care rates" Roger said.
Whether the county does this,
Roger urged the Council to re.
quest the State Board Of Wei
fare to revise foster care rates
SO that counties with higher
living costs can get more of the
recent increase in State funds
allowed for foster child care.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
P-TA Council Adopts
Parent Youth Code

in a slim pamphlet - will be
mailed home next month with
the report cards of 10th, 18th,
and 18th grade Montgomery
County Students.
1t deals with dating, smoking,
displays Of affection in public
and i'm automobiles, acceptable
standards of dress, parties, and
many other subjects.
Largest overall admonition to
students and parents is that
youngsters strive for a tough,
self discipline to cope with the
complex moral and social con-
cepts of a modern society.
The code is the outgrowth of
months of work by the MCCPTA
and students who together
evolved a 15-item QUESTIONABLE
that was mailed out recently to
1000 students and as many
parents.
Bruno o. Weinschel, chairman
of the Youth Fitness Committee
of the MCCPTA said that he got
a 55 percent return, "The larg.
est return, was told, that school
authorities had ever observed
in similar samplings."
The overwhelming reaction
was in favor of a code, Vein.
schel said. The code will be ac-
companied by excerpts taken
from a speech by President
Eisenhower, made on the sub
ject of National Youth Fitness.
This code should not be con.
sidered a set of suggestions only
for students, but for parents as
WE'LL" Weinschel said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
Bank Notes
Its 18th
Birthday

A dinner dance at Manor
Country Club Saturday night
celebrated the 18th anniversary
of the Montgomery County Ma
tional Bank, E. Montgomery
ave. and S. Perry ST., Rockville.
More than 100 stockholders
and employees gathered for cock
tails prior to the banquet and
stayed on for dancing to the
music of Timothy Crofton and
his orchestra.
Judge Charles Woodward,
seated at the speakers table
with Mrs. Woodward, delivered
the blessing. Introductions we're
made by Reuben Riggs, presi-
dent of the bank for the past
five years.
The speakers, all bank direc-
tors, were Judge Thomas Amer
son, who described the history
of the institution and thanked
stockholders for their loyalty
and support; Judge James
Pugh, who discussed the future
of the bank; and Judg. Thomas
c. Kelley, who explained the
function of the trust depart
ment.
Mrs. Riggs and the wives of
the judges were also seated at
the head table which was cen
tered with an arrangement of
golden chrysanthemums and red
roses trimmed with a gold 18th
label. Each woman guest re-
ceived a corsage of multi-colored
chrysanthemums.
Members of the committee ar
ranging the affair we're Vincent
Peter, Lloyd Jones, jr., and John
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28

A "Parent-Youth Code"
setting up criteria of teenage
behavior at school and at
home was unanimously en-
dorsed Tuesday night by the
Montgomery County Council
of Parent Teacher Associa-
tons.
The code eight pages long
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
sGrOpe Is Ready
For FLOiuer ShOlU

Around the Clock" will be
the theme for the tenth annual
flower show to be sponsored by
the Washington Grove Woman's
Club Sunday, at the Club House
in Washington Grove,
Exhibits and arrangements
win be received from 10 am.
until 100 pm, according to
Mrs. Ben S. Thompson. chair.
man. The show win be open
10 the public from A until 6
pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
X of c Field Mass

The second annual Memorial
Day Field Mass, sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus Coun.
ellis Of Montgomery County, will
be held at IL am. Saturday at
the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
on Georgia ave. extended.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28

premium costs.
The funds investment port
folio last year returned an inter.
est income of about 3h percent,
trustees told the board in their
annual report.
Fund balance is now 1855, 300
they said.
The old four-room Dickerson
School was totally destroyed aft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-28
County Aide
C.. l.. Howard
Dies at IS

Cliffard L. Howard, jr., ma.
tive of Rockville who lived with
his wife and four young laugh
tiers at BOP Roxboro rd., Rock.
vile, died of a heart attack Fri.
day. He was IS.
"Cli1-, as he was known, at
tended public school in Rock.
vile and was a veteran of World
War II. He was field survey
party chief with the office OF
the county surveyor, where he
was employed for II years.
Funeral services were held
Mo- y at the Robert A. PUN.
phrey Funeral Home, Rockville,
with the Rev. Raymond P. Black
OFF, ing. Burial was in the
Presbyterian Cemetery, barnes.
town.
Mr.. Howard leaves his wife,
Catherine c., and their eur
daughters; Sharon Lee, IL; Pa
tricia Lynn, 8; Linda Sue, 3, and