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and attended minor operations on heart patients,
keeping them calm, collected and happy"
Carolyn says her summer at Georgetown sold
her on doctors career, which has always been
her first love.
Another future doctor is Russell Peterson, 16.
OF WaShington-Lee High in Arlington He worked
with Two medical students in the animal house."
Wnere they investigated abnormal blood circula-
ton in dogs
This was good chance to see if really
wanted to be doctor" says Russell "I really en-
1oyed it, diSsecting things and all that"
Such reactions are music to the ears of
Georgetown doctors, who started the teen-age
medical program this year in an attempt to COM
bat an alarming drop in the number Of qualified
students who choose a medical career.
When the program was announced last year,
some 400 Metropolitan Area teens applied. After
consulting records and schoolteachers, 40 stu
dents were selected. The 20 students sponsored
by Georgetown finally were selected by Tipping
coin. Three students sponsored by the Washing
ton Heart Association and three private students
completed the roster.
I'VE think they've learned that doctors do
more than diagnose illnesses and give pills." says
DR.. Bruce /. Snider, one of five Georgetown doc
tors who head the program.
Besides attracting students to careers as doc
tors, ne says, the program was meant to demon
Strate that medicine includes mathematics,
physics, chemistry and many other fields.
This leaves room in the profession for some
students who remain unconverted to medicine
but are enthusiastic over their projects in related
subjects, he adds.
Dennis Herrin, II, of Anacostia High, has
spent the summer studying olfaction- proc
eSS of smelling-under the direction of DR.. James
w. Johnston, pioneer in the field.
Although favorably impressed by his expert
ence, Dennis thinks he'll concentrate on physics.
I'D hate to inject rats and things like that" he
says.
Seventeen-year-old Mayada Ami of Western
High has seen so many possibilities for career
Evening star., 1960-09-04

that now she doesn't know exactly what she'll
pick, although she's certain it will be some type
Of research.
Scientific careers also have bloSSomed this
summer in College Park, Md where teen-agerS
sponsored by the National Science Foundation
studied coslnic ray physics, fluid dynamics,
atomic physics and other subjects at the Univer-
Sity of Maryland.
Like their Georgetown colleagues, they have
participated in continuing research projects un-
der the direction of faculty members and gradu-
ate students Some find this confining but most
acknowledge that they need all the advice they
can get in the complex subjects.
Other area students interested in science
Evening star., 1960-09-04

have found additional outlets for their energies.
Michael Silverman, Is, of Western High, has
spent the summer in the laboratory of District
General Hospital studying infectious diseases.
Evelyn KarlSSon, 17-year-old senior at La
Plata (Md) High, has traded her home town of
Nanjemoy Nd, for the cool coast of Maine and
a summer of geneticS research at the Jackson
Memorial Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
Did all this scientific activity do any good?
A veteran researcher answers in the affirmative:
II think they found it broadening even if they
didn't always know what they were doing"
Star Staff Photos by PAUL SCHNICK.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Family Bibles in InouquroIs

I wish to challenge Marion
Sittler's erroneous statement
that the Washington Bible is
the one and only Bible on
which any Presidents have
taken the oath of office. It
has been the custom since
George Washington to use q
family Bible during the oath
taking ceremony.
President Harry s. Tru-
man rested his left hand on
two family Bibles. President
Franklin Roosevelt used an
ancient Dutch Bible that had
been in his family for genera
tions. President Dwight D.
Eisenhower used the Bible
given him by his mother when
he graduated from West
Point. J0ann S. Carter.
Coolidge was sworn in, fol-
lowing Harding's death. by
his father in the old Ver-
mont homestead, with the
use of the family Bible. SEN
ator Kennedy will definitely
be sworn in on the "Douay"
Bible. Let us hope that this
radical departure from the
use OF the Washington"
Bible will not unduly mar the
Evening star., 1960-12-15

ter group needs only to be
taught lip reading and given
help In psychological adjust
ment. DR.. Scouten Of Gallau-
det College. in his letter.
states correctly that the sign
language is not English. Why
then. parents Of both these
groups Of deaf children should
ask, are their children re-
quired to learn In school sign
language as well as English?
When O child uses sign
language he is not using q
straight grammatical Ian
guage. With marvellous new
electronic aids and teaching
methods unknown 80 years
ago. our system Of education
Of the deaf could be vastly
improved II an aroused public
were aware Of the possibilities.
Sign language would be less
needed II used only when
earnest and persistent efforts
to teach speech did not sue
ceed.
In recent years I have
visited many schools for the
deaf In Western and Eastern
Europe and in the Middle
East. Leading educators al
ways ask me why many United
States teachers persist in
using sign language as we'll
as English in our classrooms.
] They tell me, as my grand
father did many years ago,
Evening star., 1960-12-15
SmoII-Chonqe Stuff

The so-called Kennedy Quarters
doctored with scarlet f1ngernail polish
or bits of plastic tape to clothe the like
ness of George Washington in the raj
ment of Roman Catholic prelate-are
on par with most of the religious jokes
that have not Unexpectedly blossomed in
the wake Of the election.
Off1cials of the Bureau of the Mint
are naturally and properly concerned
about any such DETACHMENT of coinage.
There is no apparent violation of the
law, however, and Leland Howard, the
assistant director of the Mint, has placed
this childish fad in its rightful perspec-
tive with the comment, II guess you Just
let the people have their fun and hope it
doesn't go too far"
We don't think it will. Children,
more so than ever If they are grown-up
children, must have their Jokes. The
>best way to handle the juveniles engag-
ing in this tomfoolery is not to encour-
Evening star., 1960-12-15
The Voice of Dixie

In Illinois Republican controlled
electoral board has announced that the
States q electoral votes win be cast
for John F. Kennedy. And in Texas
Republican efforts to challenge the
Democratic victory in court proceedings
have failed.
Down in Dixie, however, eight un-
pledged electors from Mississippi and
six from Alabama propose to fight to
the bitter end. After a closed meeting
on Monday, these IA electors announced
they will cast their ballots for Senator
Byrd OF Virginia. Their strategy" runs
along these lines: If other Southern
States join, 1t might be possible to deny
Senator Kennedy victory In the Elec-
toral College, thereby throwing the
election into the House. To these men,
1t Is Incredible" that any Southern
House delegation would refuse to sup
port Senator Byrd. This would mean
certain defeat for Richard Nixon, with
the result that Republicans would join
forces with the South in order to defeat
Senator Kennedy and elect Senator
Byrd as President.
1t is hard to believe that grown
men really can believe in such monu-
mental nonsense. But these Southern
ers evidently do believe it, and II this
Is the case it lays bare much of the
reason for the tragic story which is
slowly unfolding in Dixie. For II men
IN positions Of leadership can indulge
In such soaring flights from reality,
how difncult 1t will be to persuade the
mass Of the people that times actually
are changing, that this is 1860, ant that
they cannot hope, to live apart very
much longer.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Why the Navy BoIks

some weeks before the 8ymington
committee presented its plan Tor re-
vamping the Department eof Defense,
Navy spokesmen circulated d long gum
mary Of their views on various reorgani-
zation ideas. One sentence in their report
goes long way, we believe, to explain
why the Navy and Air Force are battling
each other over Pentagon changes. The
sentence Is this: "The Navy is for
continuation Of the federated structure
Of the Department Of Defense wherein
the services retain responsibility and
authority consistent with the purpose Of
each, similar to the states rights retained
by each State of the Union"
The Navy's states rights" approach
to defense organization would leave con-
siderable autonomy and sovereignty In
the four services, Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marine Corps The services, fed
Grated at the top, would advise the civil
ian chief executive In policy and then
individually carry out that policy.
The Air Force on the other hand
believes Estates rights" in the world of
defense are as obsolete as crinolines. Air
officers urge nothing less than abolition
Of the services and centralized direction
Of military activities under a powerful
Secretary Of Defense and single chief of
STAFF.
The Symington plan, like all other
reorganization proposals made In the
past, takes some measure of autonomy
from the services and increases the
power Of the Secretary Of Defense and
his chief Of staff. Naval officers resent
efforts to chip away at their present
states rights" privileges. Air Force offl-
GERS applaud the same efforts. The
merits Of the Synington plan are difn-
cult to determine without thorough
study, but we have the feeling that the
Navy's philosophy is, in the long run,
on the losing side.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Bad Timinq

Chairman Mcmillan Of the House
District Committee is perfectly justified,
OF course, In asking the Housing and
Home Finance Agency to hold up q plan
ming grant for the Adams Morgan urban
renewal project II he feels the project is
wrong. In our judgment, however, the
grounds he cites do not support this
action, and we hope the ALLEGATION is
made as requested by the Commits
sioners, the Redevelopment Land Agency
and the National Capital Planning
Commission.
Mr.. Mcmillan argues, in short, that
the grant should be withheld because
Q) the entire District urban renewal
program currently is being investigated
by the House and Senate District Com
mittees and (2) he believes majority
OF the Adams-Morgan residents oppose
the project.
II the HHFA decision were whether
to proceed at once with positive action
to revamp the Northwest neighborhood,
there might be good reason to wait,
as Mr.. Mcmillan suggests, until Con-
gress gives "some final expression"
But this is not the case. All that
now Is at stake is whether the various
agencies should proceed with studies
which are expected to consume Is
months-toward the development of
plan to determine whether, where and
how urban renewal powers might be
used beneficially there. Surely the con-
gressional investigations will be finished
by the time the studies are, and the
studies can be made to conform to any
changes in specific renewal policies or
procedures. In the meantime, it would
seem foolish to delay the studies
needlessly.
Chairman Mcmillan produced no
evidence to support his charge that most
Adams-Morgan residents want no part
OF urban renewal. Indeed, the public
record points to the contrary. The prof.
ect, furthermore, grew directly from
voluntary two-year effort by residents
and businessmen to improve their area,
largely through means of rehabilitation
and conservation. A large segment of
the population has grasped the idea that
urban renewal might assist these efforts,
and the prospect of close citizen-govern-
ment participation in such a project
deserves at least the chance to succeed
Certainly the opposition from sew
eral organizations and individuals has
been intense, both to tentative proposals
and to the concept of using urban re-
newal at all. The point, however, is that
such ideas are purely tentative at this
stage, and may be approved, revised
or rejected later. The only time that
either the proposals or the protests can
properly be assessed, it seems to us, is
after firm plan is developed for con-
Sideration-not before.
Evening star., 1960-12-15

solemn ceremony on January
20. Allen F. Bell.
hA
Whereas. I agree with
writer Sitter that George
Washingtor's inaugural Bible
is a great historic and tradi-
tional book, I cannot agree
that the Washington inaugu-
raj Bible belongs to this coun-
try and to the people Of this
country, and I'll make plain
the reason why.
While 1t was planned
George Washington's admin
istration was to begin on the
first Wednesday in March.
1889, 1t wasn't until April 80
that George Washington took
the oath of office.
The inaugural ceremony
was staged on the balcony Of
the Old City Hall, sometime
known as the Federal Build
ing. which was located on
Wall Street in lower Manhat-
tan. The Bible for this his
toric occasion was borrowed
from the Masonic Lodge in
New York City, and that his
toric and traditional book is
one of the priced possessions
of the lodge. Stan Stanton.
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Unshoken Tory Voice


Britain's Conservative Government
has spoken with forceful voice in
recent days in support Of increasing
the nuclear deterrent power Of NATO,
particularly through employment of
atomic powered and Polaris armed
American submarines. In taking this
position just prior to the important
NATO meetings in Paris, Conservative
leaders pressed their fight vigorously on
two fronts. On Monday, in the House of
Commons, they beat back by an impress
sive 318-to-16S vote Labor Party mo-
ton OF censure of government defense
policies. Only few days earlier, Lord
Home, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, broadcast nationwide appeal
FOR public Endorsement of these policies
with specific mention of the capacity
OF the Polaris submarine to deliver
instant and annihilating retaliation"
on an aggreSSor.
The Commons vote and the debate
preceding it demonstrated first of all the
unity and determination Of the Con-
servativeS in favor Of continued close
defense partnership with the United
States. Accordingly, government spokes-
men made it clear that they are not only
fully satisfied with current British
American understandings about control
and operation Of Polaris submarines
which will have base privileges in Brit,
ain, but that they would welcome assur-
ances that American nuclear capacity
will remain in the NATO arsenal and that
Polaris craft will be added to the, alli-
ance forces. Prime Minister Macmillan
himself turned aside Soviet warnings of
the past week end against the Polaris
agreement by curtly reminding Labor
critic that Britain will not bow to
blackmail
The House proceedings likewise
brought into the open the depth Of di-
vision within the Labor Party. The
censure motion itself centered on criti-
cism OF the government for not having
an adequate voice in the Polaris control
and for NATO's undue reliance on nu-
clear weapons" Hugh Gaitskell, bas-
ically friend Of the British-American
alliance, sponsored the motion but it fell
far short Of satisfying the extremist
faction which has demanded unilateral
British nuclear disarmament. Seventy
Labor abstentions in the voting provide
measure Of the strength of this faction,
and bitterly emotional speech by their
spokesman, newly elected Michael Foot,
indicates the depth Of their antagonism
to the present British-American defense
relationship.
While the hardness Of this division
In Labor ranks contributed to the Con-
servative margin in the vote, 1t promises
also a continuous potential for criticism
and trouble-making in Commons. Lord
Homes appeal for public support was in
apparent recognition Of this fact, and in
hope that the neutralist sentiment Of
the unilateralists will not spread dan
gerously throughout the country. It is,
OF course, essential to the alliance that
this should not happen in the homeland
Of one Of the major partners.
Evening star., 1960-12-15

I wish to express my adj
miration for Dorothy Wiki
sons letters In The Star Of
November Is and December S.
Miss Wilkison deplored the
emphasis on the teaching Of
the sign language to the deaf
in schools supported by the
United States taxpayer. and
also the use of other public
funds to finance research in
this language and to popu-
larize its use. I notice that
Miss Wilkison's original letter
was met by a barrage of crit
icism from educators in Fed
eral and State supported
schools which teach mainly
by the sign language.
I represent q family which
for flve generations has been
actively concerned with the
problems Of people with
speech and hearing difficul.
ties. My grandfather, Alex
ander Graham Bell. strongly
advocated that deaf children
be educated orally-that is,
they should be given more
than occasional lessons In
speech and lip-readine. as is
done nowadays at Gallaudet
College. In addition, he urged
that they should use speech
and lip reading for all class
room work and be encouraged
to speak out loud during
every waking hour. How
much French can q child In
a public school learn If he
has two or three hours of
instruction in French a week
and then uses English the
rest of his waking hours?
Learning to speak out loud
Is extremely difficult for a
child who has never heard
the human voice. Yet, he is
forever cut off-no matter
how brilliant his mind may
be-from companionship with
the vast majority of people
If he has not learned to
speak.
Neither I-nor anyone else
who desires to help the deaf
would interfere with the
wishes of those deaf adults
who. if they have not learned
to speak satisfactorily. prefer
to use the sign language
among themselves. It is a
language. however, which can
be learned quickly after a
person has finished his edu-
cation in schools.
My concern is chiefly for
the young children starting
their education, and for the
many young people who lose
their hearing after they have
acquired the command Of
spoken language. This lat
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DepIores Archaic Method of Teaching Deaf

that this Is an archaic method
of classroom instruction which
was discarded by the Inter.
national Congress Of Teach
ers Of the Deaf in Holland in
1888.
No school or college for
children Of normal intelli-
gence, supported by the tax
payers money. should en-
courage this outm o d e d
method Of instruction. Why
should our Government. both
State and Federal. financially
support a method Of educa-
ton officially discarded rs
years ago in Europe?
Many kinds Of problems
face educators Of the deaf:
the greatest Of these is lack
Of qualified teachers. Federal
aid to all areas Of education
will be considered In the
next Congress. Provisions
should be made to insure that
Federal funds will be ear
marked specifically for train
ing teachers of the deaf who
will teach orally.
I recommend that any
Congressman who is inter-
ested in the future good Of
our deaf children request o
thorough and impartial in
vestigation Of education Of
the deaf in this country.
Lillian Grosvenor Jones. r
Evening star., 1960-12-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
Kennedy's Sure Political Touch
By GOULD LINCOLN

President elect Kennedy
again has given evidence Of
a sure touch-an intuitive,
yet common-sense judgment
in public affairs and public
understanding. His appoint
ment Of Dean Rusk, head Of
the Rockefeller Foundation,
to be Secretary Of State gives
him as his top Cabinet officer
a man Of remarkable ability,
Of wide experience. In other
words. a Secretary of State
who engendegs respect - a
prime requisite for the head
Of the United States State
Department. Mr.. Rusk has
been a Democrat all his life
but has not worked at it.
He is not a political figure.
However, his appointment
was, none the less, a wise
political move. For the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Rusk
solved q political problem
indeed. two political prob
lens for the President-elect.
The first problem grew out
Of the fact that a large num-
ber Of Democrats desired and
sought to bring about the
appointment Of Adlai Ste
venson to head the State De-
partment. Mr.. Stevenson.
who twice has been the
Democratic nominee for
President and who long has
been associated with inter-
national policy. throug h
service with the department
and through his travels
abroad and his many state
ments during his presidential
campaigns.
Senator Kennedy's second
political problem was due to
the aid he received from
Chester Bowles, former Gov
ernor Of Connecticut and
former United States Am
bassador to India. Mr.. Bowles
not only helped win the
presidential nomination for
President, but gave up a
career in Congress in order
to become the Senator's ad-
wiser on foreign policy ques-
tions during the recent presi-
Dental campaign.
Hand on the Throttle
The evidence Of the sure
touch Of the President-elect
goes further. For Senator
Kennedy persuaded Mr.. Ste
venson to become Ambassador
to the United Nations. and
he appointed Mr.. Bowlee
Undersecretary Of State.
It is amply clear that the
President elect intends to
direct foreign policy during
his administration as Chief
Executive, that he win decide
the policy and look to his
team" as the Rusk-Steven-
son-Bowles trio has beer
called, to carry 1t out. This
does not mean he will not
give ear to the advice that
comes to him from the Sec
retary Of State. or that he
will not promulgate these
policies through the Secre.
tary. He has made 1t cleal
that he will expect to have
Mr.. Stevenson take part ir
the formulation Of foreign
policy. Indeed. when Senator
Kennedy announced his selec-
ton Of Mr.. Stevenson for The
Evening star., 1960-12-15
Inside Nigeria

manned almost entirely by
Nigerians. The North has
also recognized the necessity
Of keeping pace with the rest
OF the country and Is not
tagging behind in this re-
spect. It is well-known that
there is no lowering Of stand
ards In these two regions.
On the question Of foreign
investment, ! think it win be
much more correct to say
that most American business
men are not going to Nigeria
and to other parts Of Africa
because they have not rec
ognized and accepted the
basic Conflict of interest"
that goes on in the under.
developed countries. Nigeria
and perhaps most under
developed countries want and
need foreign investment and
at the same time fear to
have foreign companies have
100 per cent ownership Of in
dustries in their country.
This conflict Of interest seems
to be contradictory to their
proclaimed desire for foreign
capital. but one has to un-
derstand that the tide Of ma
tionalism now sweeping
Africa and perhaps Latin
American countries, Is such
that political considerations
sometimes overshadow eco
nomic necessities. Business
men will have to reconcile
themselves to this contra
dictory state of affairs. It
appears also that most busi-
nessmen would prefer to in
vest with a native entire
preneur" rather than directly
with government or govern
ment corporations. Unfor-
tunately there are certain
sociological factors which
impede the growth of such q
class. With a per capita in
come Of $100. 1t seems inev-
liable that the government
will have to take over the
role Of entrepreneur and
provide the "motor-force"
for economic development in
the early stages. If Nigeria
is to develop at all, the take
off" period must receive some
stimulant from the Federal
and regional governments.
This is a matter of practical
reality and should not be
confused with Socialism"
On the whole, I frankly be-
lieve that Nigeria offers great
opportunities for foreign in
vestors. Nigerian leaders have
made it clear in numerous
pronouncements that they
are willing and prepared to
cooperate with foreign in
vestors to the mutual benefit
Of both parties. Apart from
size and natural resources.
Nigeria is in the hands Of
moderate leaders who are
determined to bring some
security into the otherwise
turbulent continent.
E. O. Sanu,
Head Of Chancery, Embassy
Of Nigeria.