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Evening star., 1960-09-12

purposes of all our railroads
combined. and yet at the
same time, the unused capac-
lty of the railroads is far
greater than the total capac-
ity of all the trunk highways
in the United States.
In this light. the abrupt
and arbitrary conversion to
buses, far from heralding a
reversal in the long-continued
trend of decline in public
transit, signals instead the
hasty retrenchment of an
army in headlong rout. Fur
thermore. the steady dissipa-
ton of fixed transit assets
mirrors a general diSintegra-
tion of those institutions and
things which impart perman-
ence and lasting value to a
city. Just as no athlete can
achieve definition of form or
wax strong in competition
without a firmly fixed point
of leverage, so too, no modern
city.
Not even the boom boom
outlaws of jocular function
aries can offset the depress-
ing truth that you can pick
up a bus system and run
whenever the wind shifts.
Track removal is a clear vote
of no confidence in the future
prospects of Washington.
More Traffic Congestion
Deploring the "arbitrari-
ly decreed conversion of
streetcars to buses" the
fortnight Sunday Star edi-
torial of January 3, 1860. at
tributed this senseless pillaee
to "a major misconception of
transportation needs" Citing
the contemptuous disregard
of democratic processes in
volved in the attempt to con-
front the public with a fait-
accompli, the same writer in
toned a sober prophecy:
Conversion to buses from
StreetcarS will accom-
plish nothing to improve pub
lie transportation. 1t will
merely add more automobile
traffic and create even more
congestion" Within months
scripture was fulfilled as the
District Highway Director
rubbed his hands in glee at
the 55 per cent increase in
traffic congestion on Wiscon-
sin avenue.
If the report be true that
Communist Yugoslavia will
inherit our electric equipment
for their new rapid-transit
rail lines. it is simply one
more lsmentable reminder of
the virile power of our enc
mics to wiring profit from our
mindless folly. Those re-
sponsible for such a cynical
waste. carried out full in the
face of the presidential trans
portation policy report and
in, of all places. Washington,
should count themselves for
tunate if they have passed to
their eternal reward before
the next generation looks
back in anger to where their
tin-god Progress stood
Amid an asphalt prairie of
clean and simple lines,
Hyphenated here and there
Dith plain four letter
signs,
With orinnino robots ranged
round in halo rings,
Prepared to SWeep like
Tartar blades
Across the face OF familiar
things.
Mark A IiIliS.
Evening star., 1960-09-12
AN ASPHALT PRAIRIE
For Lack of Rails q City Is Lost?

Congressional passage OF
the National Capital Trans
portation Act of 1860 under
lines a growing awareness
that an effective public tram
sit system is an absolute ne
cessity to the modern city
whose waning vitality for
bids any further capitulation
to the vagaries of chance or
the capricious dictates of
those who habitually traffick
in what they cannot afford to
love. Presidential signature
was a splendidly deferential
gesture looking in the same
direction, a holographic cli-
max to the admirable report
of the Secretary of Com
merce on Federal transpor-
tation policy.
Transit Crisis
In the language of this re-
port, not only has urban
transportation become a crit
ical problem, but the 1874 US.
metropolitan areas, contain
ing Sc percent of our popula-
ton and 10 percent of our
industrial workers, are be-
ing strangled by increased
congestion" the disastrous
results of which are mani
tested by two concurrent
trends of unmistakable i'm
port: the decline in business
activity in the heart of the
central city, and a sharp re-
duction in the use Of public
transportation facilities" To
continue building more cost
ly freeways only aggravates
the problem because more
and more of the city will be
devoted to meeting the need
for moving the automobile in
and out of the CITY," until
the idiotic impasse, already
reached in some of our large
cities, confronts us with the
enforced dedication of "as
much as two-thirds of the
total downtown land area"
to the movement and storage
of the passenger automobile.
With a sharp warning that
merely adding highways
which will attract more
automobiles which will in
turn require more highways
is no solution to the prob
lens of urban development"
the Secretary's report to the
President continued: THE
conclusion is clear that ur-
ban planning must allow for
increased use or at least
maintenance of existing rail
transit facilities"
The only alternative to
public transit in Washington
is a rising flood-tide of priv
ate automobiles which will
suffocste urban life and stifle
every opportunity for the lei
surely enjoyment of unregi-
mented private travel. AL
ready the mechanical hordes
draw closer in circles ever
narrowing like eager vultures
dogging the footsteps of be-
wildered people.
A single track can trans
port 20 times as many people
as a single lane of highway
and is vastly less expensive to
build and maintain. Never
theless, in one year, 1855. we
spent more on the purchase
and operation of private auto
mobiles-exclusive of trucks
and buses-than the entire
net investment of all our rail-
roads accumulated over a
period of more than a CEN
tury. The 1857 expenditure Of
S8.6 billion on American
highway construction and
maintenance was greater than
the total expenditure for all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
THE SUNDAY STAR HIS
Washington, D. c.
February 70, 1860
Arts Session
SetutCoIIeoe
InLynchburq

An unusual arts symposium,
with an imposing array Of par
Elephants, will be held this week
at Randolph-Macon Woman's
College in Lynchburg, Va.
The symposium is designed
to show that the creative proc
ess is a learned activity-not
an accident of nature which
strikes only lucky few.
Participants include the Rob-
ert Shaw Chorale and Orches-
ira, the Jose Limon Dance
Company; John Ciardi, poetry
editor for the Saturday Re-
view; Painter Jack Levine;
Roger Sessions, composer and
music professor at Princeton
University; John Canadav, art
critic for the New York Times;
Rollo May, psychiatrist; Eliseo
VivaS, philosophy professor at
Northwestern University;
George Valid, Harvard biology
professor, and Joseph Kramm,
Pulitzer prize winning play
wright.
College officials stress that
the symposium, partially sup
ported by S6,450 grant from
the Danforth Foundation. is
meant to be a learning expert
ence - not entertainment. It
starts Thursday and continues
through Saturday.
Miss Elaine Dahl, chairman
Of the symposium committee
and head of the colleges music
department, says that what
we really hope for is reafirma-
ton of a teaching philosophy
that places the creative impulse
and process at the center OF
learning and foremost among
the detectives of higher educa-
ton"
She hopes that, after the
symposium is over, students and
faculty members will have
enough confidence and under
standing to try applying more
creativity and Imagination TO
their work.
Because the college believes
the philosophy behind the SYM
postum is of vital Importance to
American education. it has in
vited representatives from so
colleges and universities
throughout the country to at
tend the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
AbIurd Resigns Job
As Postal Official

The resignation of Charles
D. Ablard from the posts OF
Post Office Department judicial
officer and chairman of the
board of contract appeals was
announced yesterday by Post
master General Arthur E. Sum-
merf1eld.
Mr.. Ablard will undertake a
project on administrative law
and procedure for the Ameri-
can Bar Association, the an
nouncement said.
The Enid (OklaD native took
his law degree at the University
of Oklahoma and also holds a
master of laws degree from
George Washington University
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
National News

l. top chemical warfare authority
Nations doctors be told about poison
make suggestions how make them ethal b)
they will be able combat them Co private research will not
overlap Government work
q Named to head the Scandal-ridden Chicago police
force was "a veteran FBI man. (b) college dean;
minister.
g. Named to head the Yale campus police after
of student escapades veteran FBI man: tb college
DEAN Co minister.
A. President Eisenhower says the Nations defense
cties "a Constantly developing" adequate into the
indefinite future; Co in need of drastic overhaul
Senator Kennedy, Democrat Massachusetts offered
Senator Humphrey Democrat Minnesota treaty" for the
Wisconsin primary which would regulate "a Cam
pagn spending b. topics of debae c televson appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Foreign News

l. On his Latin American tour President Eisenhower
Will not visit: IA Uruguay; b) Costa RIGA Chile
q The French announced the development of car
cnotron device which: ta) automatically translates
b) changes coal diamonds nucear means c)
jams anti-mssle and an-aircraft radar.
g. Confronted with exhibit ndonesian art Premier
khrushchev responded by "a Growing like any,
thing lb) buying some Co promising reciprocal Russian
display later this month.
T. President Eisenhower said he taking his Latin
American tour "a With fears for his personal safety
only after the Secret Service had persuaded him
&C. with 1.-The gravest of misgvings"
s. lowering of the quota, Cuban diplomatic
note threatened would result "a Breakdown of proposed
United stateCuban talks (b cessation diplomatic
relations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

menus, technique, and phlloS-
ophy Of foreign news coverage.
Katharine is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clete P. Baum,
1914 Glenbrook road, Bethesda.
y
Jan van der Walk of BIB
Macomb street NV, and a
Junior majoring in history, has
been elected clerk of the Con-
gresisonal Club at the College
of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio.
y Y \ =
Dianne Elizabeth Mildly of
Washington has been pledged
to the Beta Sigma chapter of
the Alpha Xxi Delta Sorority at
the West Virginia Wesleyan
College, Buckhannon, w. Va.
Dianne, a freshman, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Melville Mildly, 2841 North
ampton street NV.
y
Sarah Kajdi of Parkville, Md.
has been elected editor, and
Charles F. LeFew of Hagers-
town, Md, business manager,
of Aloha" the senior yearbook
at Western Maryland College,
Westminster, Md.
Sarah, an English-education
major, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Laslo Kajdi, 1900
Taylor avenue, Parkville.
Charles is a sociology major
and member of the Delta Pi
Alpha fraternity. He is the son
of Rev. and Mrs. Charles M.
'LeFew, 538 Washington avenue,
HagerstoWn.
&
Susan BlatZ and COrinne
Tietjens, both of Washington,
have been named to the Deans
honor roll at Western College
for Women, oxford, Ohio.
Susan, a freshman planning
to major in music, is the
daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Frederick w. Blatz, 1908 Piney
Branch road NV.
Corinne, a junior sociology
major, is the daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Norman o. Tietjens,
1909 Overlook lane NV.
Howard B. WescOtt of Silver
Spring, and Stephen A. Hoe
mack Of Bethesda, sophomores
at Washington College, Ches-
tertown, Md, have been given
admission grants to the New
York University Junior Year
in Spain" program.
They will study Spanish at
the university during Septem-
Der this year.
Steve. whose present major
is economics, is the son Of Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Washington Area News

T. Fairfax County school officials say released time" &C
Invites such band ca Are desirable and should be
creased fb duptng classes and ought
(c) should be studied for possible modification.
q The prosecutor the California trial of Larry
Motherwe says he will try to the death of Washington
Widow Pearl Putney rs cold blooded
profit; b) accidental a of passion.
g. The Metropolitan Police have announced they will try
out six Ia Motor scooers; Cb hecopers c) compact
Studies by the Army Corps Engineers of the Wash
ngton areas future water needs reveal that
million system of wells would feasible answer
tb) inadequate (c) one of several alternatives.
5. National Park Service officials ordered design
contract for tunnel beneath The Washington Monument
(b) the Potomac; of the Lincoln
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Drop-Outs Posing Serious Problem
By DR.. BENJAMIN FINE

The high school drop-out
problem has reached the stage
where one of every three stu
dents who enters high school
does not remain to graduate.
What is worse. only half of all
pupils in the elementary grades
finish their high school pro-
grams.
Two recent studies focus at
tention on this important prob
lem. One is by the research
division of the National Edu-
cation Association, while the
other was sponsored by the
Educational Testing Service of
Princeton, with support from
the Carnegie Corp. 1t was di-
rected by DR.. Glen Stice, re-
search associate Of the testing
service.
Both studies reach similar
conclusions: Too many bright
boys and girls fall by the way
side. DR.. Stice, for example. re-
ports that each year $4,000 stu
dents with sufficient ability to
graduate from college do not
complete even their high school
education. This represents a
huge loss of potential skills to
the entire country.
Drop Outs at Disadvantage
Why should We be concerned
at the huge drop-out rate?
Aren't our colleges already
overtaxed The NEA says we
should be concerned. Here are
two Of their very solid reasons:
/. Juvenile delinquency is 10
times more frequent among
drop-outs than among high
school graduates.
2. A person without a high
school diploma is the first to
be laid off in times of unem-
ployment and the last to be
rehired when prosperity re-
turns.
A recent study by the Depart
ment Of Labor brought out a
similar trend. 1t showed that
boys and girls who did not
finish high school were at a
distinct disadvantage in the
labor market.
The NEA makes the point
that education, unlike crime,
does pay. A high school grad
uate can expect to earn an
average Of $4,000 more, over
a lifetime, than a high school
drop-out. His earnings will be
$4,000 more than a person
who quit at the end Of the
eighth grade.
Jobs Decrease
Openings for unskilled labor
decrease every year. It is
known that schooling is closely
related to job level; unemploy-
ment is greater among school
drop-outs than among those
who have finished high school.
Thus 1t can be seen that a boy
or girl without a high school
diploma is at a disadvantage
financially, vocationally and
socially.
Who is the average drop-out ?
What does he look like? Where
does he come from? And what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28

and Mrs. August F. Hoenack,
8409 Seven Locks road, Be
thesda. He is a member of the
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Howard, a language major,
is secretary of the same fra
ternity. His parents are Mr..
and Mrs. James B. Wescott, 5
Normandy drive, Silver Spring.
II Il
Beatrice A. Lanning of
Washington, and a music major
at the Southwestern Bible
College, Lakeland, Fla, has
been named to the Deans
honor roll.
She is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. r. B. Lanning, 811
Thirtieth street Sc.
-
Monte r. Edwards, a Uni
verSity of Maryland engineer
ing student, has been chosen
chairman of the Maryland
State College Youth for Nixon
organization.
Monies immediate task will
be to organize Dick Nixon Clubs
on each college campus in the
State.
He is a member of the Sigma
Chi fraternity, and also be-
longs to the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers.
= -
Area youths elected to offices
in the Phi Kappa Theta frater-
nifty at Catholic University are:
Michael v. Mcmahon, treas
urer. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James P. Mcmahon, 1341
T street Sc.
Paul Russell SCHNEIDER, SER
geant-at-arms. A sophomore
economics major, he is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E.
SCHNEIDER, 6O13 Goldsboro
road, Bethesda.
Thomas Eugene WiIlging,
recording secretary. An eco
nomics major, he is the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Willging.
1881 Montague street NV.
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SPOTLIGHT
on EDUCATION

in the rate of drop-outs. More
bright boys and girls drop out
in Southern schools than those
in any other part of the coun-
try. Fourteen per cent of high
aptitude students leave before
completing high school studies
in Southern schools, compared
with 6 per cent in the Midwest.
The overall attrition rate for
students enrolled in college pre-
paratory courses is slightly
under 10 per cent, compared
with 80 per cent for those in
general, vocational or nom
college programs.
Suggested Remedies
Much concerned at this
trend. DR.. Stice of the testing
service comments: If high-ap-
titude attrition is to be cut
much further it seems clear
that ways must be found to
identify and motivate such
neutrality-suspicious. through en-
richment programs and more
adequate early guidance"
This sion also is
reached independently by the
NEA. This study notes that the
community and the school have
an important part in establish
ing a scale of values. An eff
fective public relations program
must aim at making school re
spectacle" for all students, and
at strcssing the values to the
individual of education for life.
This is a challenge to the
schools, to parents, to the COM
munity and to students" the
report concludes.
only through cooperative
effort can it be met. Only a
realistic approach can lead to
success"
The high school drop-out
problem is not only the schools
problem, it belongs to the en-
tire community. Juvenile de-
linquency has become an ex-
pensive disgrace in many parts
of the country. If delinquency
can be kept down, as the NEA
study implies. by keeping the
youngsters in school, then every
effort must be made to find
ways to interest and excite
them so that they do not quit
before graduation. Because of
the high correlation between
juvenile delinquency and school
drop-outs, all Of us have the
responsibility to encourage
youth to finish high school.
| Our high schools are free
and open to all boys and girls.
A record number of students
now attend these schoolS-in
the neighborhood of 10 million.
But quantity alone is not
enough. We must make the
high schools more challenging,
more exciting. more Stimulat-
ing for our millions of young
men and women who now find
them dull and uninviting. We
will not only help our national
economy. but we will do a dis
tinct favor to the youngster
himself.
(By the
North American Newspaper Alliance)
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PTA Fashion Show

The Jackson Road Ele-
mentary School PTA will spon-
SCR a fashion show at 7:30
pm, Wednesday, March II at
the Hecht Co. store in Silver
Spring, Md. Refreshments will
be served after the show at the
Bank of Maryland, 925 Per-
Shing drive.
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can we. as citizens, parents and
members Of our community do
about it?
These questions are answered
in part by the NEA and Prince
ton studies. This is what they
found:
l. The average drop-out is l6
years old. Often he has been
marking time, waiting to reach
the age when he can quit le-
gally. He is most likely to quit
between the ninth and 10th
grades. Frequently he will not
return after a summer vaca-
ton.
2. More often than not, the
drop-out has Stunned participa-
ton in eXtracurricular activ-
tiles. He is somewhat of a re-
cluse, having failed to become
part of a social group within
the school.
3. His relationship with his
teachers and fellow students
are marked by tension, suspi-
cion and strain. He has a poor
attendance record, lack of in
tereSt and a chip on his shoul-
der.
Parents Share Blame
What about the parents? The
majority, the studies show, are
unimpressed by the value of
education; indeed, they may
even sheer at book learning"
Or the family may find school,
ing a financial burden. The loss
Of money that takes place be-
cause the boy or girl is not
working becomes a decisive fac
tor.
Most OF the drop-outS find
school dull and uninspiring.
Many have difficulty with their
courses. They do not see how
algebra, history, biology or
math will help them earn a
living. AS a result, they con-
clude they are wasting their
time, and quit the moment they
are old enough.
, The tragedy in the high
drop-out rate, educators agree
is the loss to the Nation Of po-
tentially gifted and brilliant
youngsters. Why do they drop
out? Because frequently, school
does not challenge them.
/ Guidance Needed
ITO keep youth in school,
the NEA study declares, at
tention must be focused on a
meaningful Curriculum, en-
lightened guidance efforts, and
a program Of financial aids"
In addition to an improve
ment of the curriculum, the
study suggests that all stu
dents be encouraged to take
part in various school activi-
ties. In other words, everything
should be done to make high
school attractive for the stu
dent, whether he is bright, av-
erage or slow.
| There is a regional difference