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The Nome nugget., 1960-08-01
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Evening star., 1960-11-13
Book Fairs Set
At z Schools

Two area schools will hold
their annual book fairs this
week.
A three day affair at
Ketcham School, Fifteenth
street and Good Hope road
Sc, will open tomorrow at 9
am. and rua through Wednes-
day. Sponsored by the Ketcham
Parent Teacher Association. 1t
will feature books for children
Of all ages.
A book fair at Burgundy
Farm Country Day School. 1900
Burgundy road. Alexandria, will
be held from 10 am. to S pm.
next Saturday. The program
will include an illustrated talk
by AuthoreSs Flora Gill Jacobs
on Doll Houses" a display Of
heirloom. q book sale, a stamp
collection, movies and a bake
sale.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

exam. ! have only had q high
school education. The Army
can offer me o three-rnonth
course. Is electronics o good
field? I would appreciate
sound advice. How can I tell
whether I'd make a better
technician than baker?
Answer-I don't want to
step between you and the
Armyl You've been q baker
for IS years. you say. What
do the men In your outfit say
about you? / wouldn't change
professions because of one
exam. After all, aptitude
tests-and ! presume that is
what you took-are not In
fallible.
However. II you like the
field Of electronics. there's a
good future in 1t. A high
school education is enough to
enter some Of the technical
fields. Why don't you take
the three-month course. After
that. you can decide whether
you like 1t better than mixing
dough. No one, however, can
predict the future career Of
any man. You'll have to de-
eide for yourself in the long
run.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

F. Schott Of Marquette Uni
versity. Terese's teacher,
Mother M. Rita, attended q
special class there last summer
to learn the technique and
bring it back to Marymount.
Its wonderful" Mother
Rita said. Watch them"
She walked to the big abacus
placed at the top Of a black
board and called out the num-
ber, 42,36S.
Nov what is that?" she
asked 6-year-old Susan Ker-
cher.
Quick Solution
Standing by the board, Susan
maneuvered the buttons up and
down the rods, counted them
and then wrote the figure cor
rectly on the board beneath.
Il have eight units, I have
so units, I have 300 units.
have 1000 units, I have 10000
units" the f1rst-grader calcu.
lated in 10 seconds fiat. THAT
makes a total of 42,368."
She not only could write the
answer. but understood what
1t meant as we'll, Mother Rita
said. She knows the true
value Of that figure"
Marymount's second grader!
also are using the abacus fol
the first time this year. While
a number of schools-moSt Of
them private or parochial-al
across the country are expert.
menting with the abacus sys.
tenn, Mother Rita says she
knows of no other in the Wash.
ington area which is doing so
They learn so quickly" she
said of her first graders" 1T
Evening star., 1960-11-13
PTA EVENTS
CALENDAR

injecting announcements
must be in the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor by
Thursday of each peek to,
insure publication In the
column on Sunday. Notice
must include street address
of meetings. as nell as meet.
ing time and full name and,
location OF OrgGnisGtion.J
The Patrick Henry Element
ary School, Taney avenue, Alex
andria, will be addressed by
Roger A. Goodson, at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday, on the development Of
reading programs in American
education.
Other area PTA events for
the week. all beginning at 8
pm, unless otherwise stated,
are:
TOMORROW
District
Peabody Elementary, 5th and C SITS.
ne.
virginia
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, FAILS
Church: 1:30 pm: puppet show The
finder Box Of Flanders
TUESDAY
District
Oyster Elementary, 29th and Calvert
Patterson Elementary, South Capitol
sln snd Danbury SIS. go to pm,
Sx SIasIToST SloSd visitation: ns,,i; pm speech
nz FSsq yaath af3s'i9s eoune Fl ths c9%
Psyshiatric CLINIC for the Area"
Woodson Junior High, Minnesota.
ave; and Foote st, ne.
Hendley Elementary. 9th and Chess-
peake stst. Sc: Katherin Scrivener.
direcor Of elementary education. Dis.
trict public. schools. will speak on
The School Gg.riGslTp'" M.rKlsns
High Point High School, Beltsville:
$40 pm: annual Pot Luck supper
Surrattsville Senior High. Clinton,
Prince Georges County: 7:30 p.m.,'
class visitation: s pm. speech by
ant to the school superintendent in
Prince Georges County, on school
curriculum.
virginia
Westlanw Elementary, 1920 W.
Grenstead St. Falls Church; Back-to-
School Night.
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary,
Arlington; speech by George McCune,
supervisor of elementary education for
Arlington County.
WEDNESDAY
District
Fart Junior High, 601 Mississippi
ave. s.e,~
Terrell Junior HiEh. 1st and Pierce
SITS. NV.
THURSDAY =
District
Burroughs Elementary. 18th and
Monroe SITS. ne: $50 pm.
Banneker Junior High, Georgia ave.
and Euclid st. NV.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

how it rates. Is there q place
that rates schools?
Answer-No. there isn't. Your
problem isn't unusual. Many
families move. for one reason
or another, from one section Of
the country to another. If your
child is in the sixth grade in q
good Eastern school. will he get
the same challenging work II he
enters the sixth grade in a
Southern or Western school?
1t depends upon the school
system. While most sixth grades
are pretty much alike. enough
differences exist that might
make the adjustment difficult.
In some systems he might be
ready for the seventh grade. In
others he might be put back to
the fifth. Each school system has
its own standards. The United
States operates about $4,000
different systems. Unlike the
European countries. education
here is lodged with the local
communities land rightly so
in my opinion).
You ask how to find out
whether a system is above or
below the national norms.
Really, that wouldn't help you
much even If you knew the
schools rating. Within q
school system you may find
good and bad schools, and in
deed, within a school itself, you
will find good and bad classes
depending on the quality OF
teacher your child is fortunate
enough to get.
What should you do? Be-
come active in the school PTA
in the citizen committees on
education, or in mother groups
within your new commu-
nifty. Unfortunately. educa-
tional quality is uneven in this
country. Schools should be
good everywhere.
QuestiOn-After IS years in
the Army as a baker, they
now tell me I have an extra
high rating in the electronics
Evening star., 1960-11-13


Falls Church, is considered
bright, she's probably no more
so than a lot of first-graders
Enrolled at Marymount School,
2807 North Glebe road, Ar
lington, just two months ago,
she's exceptional in arithmetic
because her teacher is using a
new tool to teach it.
By the end of the year the
pixiyish youngster and her 1s
first-grade classmates will be
able to solve math problems
now being taught in the con-
ventional manner at the fourth
grade level.
Version Of Abacus
The tool is a modern version
Of the ancient Chinese abacus,
in this case a series Of differ
ent colored buttons" strung
on metal rods which enable the
person who uses it to outdo in
speed and sometimes in accu-
racy many Of today's expensive
and intricate math machines
Long considered an excellent
calculator, the abacus is still
used by merchants and bankers
throughout China and Japan
It's the oriental adding ma
chine, and the Marymount first-
graders, just getting acquainted
with it, nevertheless appear to
handle it like veterans. One
string of buttons is used to
count units of 10. another the
units of hundreds. a third the
units Of thousands, and a
fourth the units of tens of
thousands.
A well-defined program for
putting the abacus to use in
American classrooms was de-
vised recently by DR.. Andrew
Evening star., 1960-11-13
COLLEGE NEWS
Two to Tour Europe
With Cornell Sinners

She is president Of Delta
omicron. national collegiate
honorary music fraternity;
secretary of the Pan-Hellenic
Council. and is a member Of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, New.
man Club, French Club and
the William and Mary Choir:
She is the daughter Of, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto E. Struve.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
EDUCATION
FORUM
College Adjustment Often Difficult

QuestlOn-WnaC happens 70
bright high school students
when they get into college?
Our son. was on the honor roll
and even won q scholarship.
He entered college this Sep
tember and is 1ioundering. We
are afraid he'll funk out.
What went wrong?
Answer-Many parents are
in your quandary. They ask
me: What has gone wrong?
Why does a gifted student fail
to make the grade when he
enters college?
Actually, the majority do
make good. But occasionally
we find that the transition
between high school and col
lege is too difficult and the
adjustment becomes shaky.
Some college freshmen do not
find themselves for the first
six months. After all. your
son has been away for less
than three months.
But I strongly urge that
the high schools and colleges
work out q better program fol
entering freshmen. No mat
ter how much high school,
graduates hear in advance
many are not prepared for the
life they find on the college
campus. They do not know
how to allocate their time
how to use their freedom, par.
ticularly If they are away
from home for the first time
My guess is that If your boy
is bright, he will snap out Of
it and adjust to college work
The drop-out rate is high.
know, but most Of those whit
funk out of college cannot
carry college-level courses. L
your son is emotionally vel
adjusted and wants to remair
in college. he has everything
in his favor. The experience
Of most college deans is thai
once the initial stages ART
past. the students settle dowr
to hard work.
Question: am interested il
the best education I can ge
for my children. Because of m!
husband employment, W,
move frequently. How can W,
tell whether the school system
is good? Is there a basic cur
riculum that all schools use
Our children are bright. Ye
some schools are two years be-
low the national averages, som,
o years above. The prospec
school system won't tell u
Evening star., 1960-11-13
COLLEGE NEWS

Two Washington area stu
dents have been chosen to make
q European tour with the Cor
nell University Glee Club dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
They are William B. Easton,
a fifth-year student in the
school Of engineering physics,
and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. Easton. 4739 Tildea street
NV, and David L. Losee, a
senior in the same school,
whose parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
L. K. Losee. 206 N. Edison
street, Arlington.
The club will sing concerts
in Moscow, Stalingrad and
Westminster Abbey in London
Barbara ]. Hefiin of Wash.
ington has been included in the
cast Of Inherit the Wind
scheduled by the College Play.
ers Of Western Maryland Col.
lege, Westminster, Md, for the
annual Thanksgiving play latel
this week.
A senior, Miss Hefiin is presi.
dent Of the Delta Sigma Kappa
Sorority and a member of the
Student Christian Association
Her parents are Mr.. and Mrs
Charles M. Hef1in, jr., 1924
Minnesota avenue Sc.
Bob Bennett of Arlington, ar
ABB government major al
Georgetown University, ha.
been elected president of thu
Philodemic Debate Society or
the campus.
Mr.. Bennett was for foul
years a member of the debat.
ing team at Brooklyn IN. "
Preparatory School.
He is the Philodemlc repre-.
sentative on the student council
and was the editor of the now
defunct freshman newspaper.
For three years he has beer
on the staff of the Hoya
campus newspaper. He pres.
emily teaches American history
and public speaking at Gonzags
High School. He is planning tI
attend Georgetown Law Schoo
after graduation.
His parents are F. Robert
Bennett of New York City anc
Mrs. Nancy w. Bennett of the
Dominion Arms, 333 South
Glebe road, Arlington.
Rainette M. Struve of Alex
andria, an English major al
The College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg. Va, has
been tapped for membership
in Pi Delta Epsilon, national
collegiate journalism society.
Miss Struve has served on
the staffs of the Royalist
campus literary magazine, and
the Colonial Echo, college
yearbook.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
DUPLICATE
BRIDGE
CALENDAR

TODAY
District Of Columbia Champion.
ships, Sheraton Park Hotel; open
teams, l and $3.50; Metropolitan
pairs (restricted to players with less
than so master points,, and $3.50.
MONDAY
Andrews. Andrews AFB onicers
Club; MP pairs, 7:45. -Arl-Fax, 1920
Arlington boulevard; MP pairs, 7:45.
Chevy Chase, 5000 West avenue, Be-
thesda: MP pairs CnvitationaD, 7:45.
David Taylor Model Basin, Carde-
rock; pairs, 7:15. Duplicate Bridge
open pairs, s; junior master pairs, s.
Fort Meade, Commissioned Ofncers'
Mess; pairs, 7:45. Thomas Circle,
Apt. 100. 2440 sixteenth; pairs. 1880.
Washington Bridge League executive
committee meeting, Hotel 2400 Six:
teenth. 7:45. Labor, cafeteria. Labor
Department; pairs, z.
TUESDAY
Arlington Bridge Studio, Wash
ington boulevard and Court House
road, Arlington: pairs. 10 am. Du-
Dlicats Bridss Center g Dupont cir cir
awood sif sassra cla6house 500 SaSGsa sonss
Federal. Hotel SIoO Sixteenth; pairs.
7:45. Federal PeweF Commission,
oflcial dining room, GAO Building;
pairs, $3.50. Internal Revenue SerV.
ice, cafeteria, IRIS Building; MP pairs.
MP pairs, 7:45. Oflcers Service Club,
1874 Twenty-nrst; pairs, 3.
WEDNESDAY
AEudas Achim Mems Club. 1900
Valley drive, Alexandria; pairs, 8.
Arlington BridEe Staadio. Washing
ton boulevard and Court House road.
Haven Country Club. Alexandria;
pairs. .7:45. Bethesda, Women's
Chess, Apt. col, Hotel 24OO Six
teenth; pairs. 7:45. Congressional
Secretaries, New House Once Build
pairs, 8. Grand Slam, 222 N. WASH
ington, Falls Church; MP pairs.
7:45. Penthouse, executive dining
room, HEW Building; MP pairs,
7:30.
Duplicate Bridge Center, o Du-
Church, 500 S. Cherry. Falls
Church: pairs. 9:45 am. Goren
Duplicate: Apt; . SSS. 24S0 sixteenth;
noon. Washington Bridge League
(ACBL until, Sheraton-Park Hotel;
MP pairs, 7:@h.
FRIDAY
Arlington Bridge Studio, wash
ington boulevard and Court House
road. Arlington; pairs, II am. Chevy
Chase Juniors, 6SO3 West avenue,
Bethesda: pairs unvitationaD, 7:45.
Duplicate Bridge Center, 6 Dupont
circle: MP pairs, 1890; pairs, s.
Euclid, Apt. 109, 2440 Sixteenth;
pairs, 7:45. G0ren BEGINNERS Du-
plicate. Apt. 500, o4SO Sixteenth:
pairs. 8 observations, AD. 4-0116).
Irving Street, Ala N. Irving, Arling-
ton; pairs, 7:45. Rockville, Civic
Center. Rockville: MP pairs. T:45.
Walker. 800 Forty.second place.
Ayattsyille; pairs 7:16 am:
SATURDAY
Agriculture. Apt. 100. 244O Six
b1 Isen'h; M5 pairs Chess lressgy'tSns Sp, S
Hotel 24OO sixteenth; pairs. 7:45.
Duplicate Bridge Center, 6 Dupont
circle; pairs, l; pairs, 8. Walsh,
1882 Massachusetts,: pairs, 7:46.
ACBL FALL NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Nov. 19-27-Statler-H Hilton Ho-
tel, New Cork, N. Y.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

puts them way ahead" and
with very little extra effort.
In a few weeks Terese's class
will 60 into subtraction, multi
plication and division. of course
using the abacus. Come June,
and the end Of their first year
in school. the youngsters
knowledge of arithmetic in
general will be at the fourth
grade level.
I'm the second and third
grades" Mother Rita said, I'VE
will go into greater detail.
When the class is In the fourth
grade we will 60 into frac-
tions."
Up to Calculus
The proposed curriculum for
the fourth through the sixth
grades includes calculations
with approximates, ratio, pro-
portions and percentages,
Mother Rita explained. Accord
ing to the Schott plan, by the
time the students reach the
ninth grade, they should be
handling advanced algebra and
geometry. The method even
takes them into simple calculus
To stimulate interest, each of
Mother Rita's students has been
given an abacuS all her own.
About 4 inches square, they
are made of brightly colored
plastics, with each string of
buttons a different shade.
That way" said Mother
Rita, they won't confuse the
value Of one string with the
value Of another"
Evening star., 1960-11-13
sy BENJAMIN FINE

The outhor. Q Pulitzer prize reporter
Is edueotioa editor Of the North
Amerieon Newspaper AIIiones
Questions concerning education
and careers should be oddressee
to him at BIS Brewer avenus. Rock.
vile Centre, Lons lslond, N. Y.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
First Graders Learn
Moth Using Abocus
BY JOHN ROSSON
Star stan Writer

Three hundred and forysix plus 289 plus 78 plus "a
is 727," said First-Grader Terese De Grand proudly
To Terese only years DID, the easy Despite
her adding large figures cinch it only
second to do 1t.
While Terese. the daughter Of Mr.. and Joseph A.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Camera and sound men begin about two
hours ahead of time setting up bewildering
profusion of tripods, lights, micrOphones,
wires and knobs. Somehow by conference time
the gadgets are in place
Correspondents stalt to line up in the hall
20 minutes or more in advance. Regular White
House press corps members saunter in at the
last minute, like the privileged characters
they are, to reserved seats accorded them on
the theory they are occupied with the beat"
until conference time.
"GuestS'-a few feature writers, foreign
and special students and others admitted
as a courtesy-may sit and watch, but may
not ask questions.
About 1870 persons can sit downstairs and
others are accommodated on a balcony. Total
attendance has run as high as 31l. That was
Evening star., 1960-05-08
Continued From Preceding Poge

in 1855, after the President announced he
would seek reelection despite his heart at
tack the previous September, and again after
his ileitis operation.
The lights brighten, and correspondents
are all seated as the clock hands approach
1890 The buzz and hustle quiets down, and
the newsmen ready their pencils and pads.
From an anterOom, the President strides
in with a smile of greeting, bringing the press
to its feet Press Secretary James c. Hagerty,
Associate Press Secretary Ann Wheaton, and
Wayne Hawks. chief of records, follow and
take take seats behind him.
The press sits down. Unless Mr.. Eisen-
hover has an opening statement, there are
no preliminaries. The deferential chorus
begins
Mr. President"
Evening star., 1960-05-08

MAGAZINE WASHINGTON c. MAY 1860
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22

expect Ken Rosewall to be an
equally strong contender. He is
NOT a man of the ''big serve" His
game comes from a far more grace
ful-and possibly more entertaining
era. 1t is stroke-making perfect
ion built to rally forever if nec-
cessary. He has an all-court game,
a never-say-die attitude, plenty of
ecourt-craft" and has turned out to
be great crowd pleaser.
AS an amateur, the sllttle" Whiz
Kid Che is only feet 81 won all
the major titles except Wimbledon,
where he was twice runner-up. He
and Lew Hoad, the other Whiz Kid,
were the bulwarks of the Austral-
ian Davis Cup team from 1858
through 1856. He played in eight
Davis Cup Challenge Round singles
matches against the United States
and won six of them. What he lacks
in size, he more than makes up in
stroking ability, court savvy and
just plain fight.
HOad will not be making the tour
for the World title this year. He
has been advised by physicians to
rest bad back which has been
plaguing him for some time, so
he will remain in Australia after
the matches there. 1t twill be upon
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22
Turtles Offer
Allergy Aid

INDIAN WELLS, Calf. (P)-Two
boys. one in Connecticut and the
other in Los Angeles, have turtle
each, one of the few pets they are
permitted to own.
1t began when the Connecticut
boy read newspaper story about
the Desert Empire Turtle races
held annually in California's Mo-
jave Desert.
The boy, suffering from an all
ergy which prevented his having a
pet with fur or feathers, wrote to
DR.. James w. Henry of the Indian
Wells Lion Club asking him for a
turtle as a pet.
The letter gave Henry an idea.
He suggested that the club make a
project of sending turtles to child
ren.
So into the sand and cactus
tramped the Indian Wells Lions
Club in search of a desert turtle.
One was found and shipped by air
to Connecticut.
A few months later a Los Angel
es physician heard about the pro-
ject and asked for a turtle for his
grandson, also afflicted with fur
and feather allergy Another home
was found for a turtle.
Now Henry and the Indian Wells
Lions Club are waiting other re-
quests. When they come, out into
the desert they'll go again.
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22
Bridge Traffic Up
Again In December

Delaware Memorial Bridge traf-
fic increased by nearly $4,000 We
hicles in December, 1859, over the
same month a year earlier. and
business for the first seven months
of fiscal 1959-6O topped the pre-
vious period by GA per cent.
The figures were revealed by
Frank ]. Horty, bridge general
manager, in his monthly report to
the Delaware Interstate Highway
Division. consulting engineers. and
the original purchasers of bridge
bonds.
1t was also revealed that 28 rev.
enue bonds were retired during De-
cember, which were purchased on
the open market at a price under
the maximum of 105. This brought
the total of retired bonds to $751;
175,000, the report states.
December traffic jumped a "heal-
thy IL per cent Mr.. Horty said,
with a total of 727,327 vehicles
crossing the span as compared to
67S,S61 year earlier, an increase
of 4S.466 vehicles.
For the period of June / through
December 81 the traffic volume was
6,321,06 vehicles compared to S.
943,737 vehicles during the same
1958-59 fiscal period-a gain of
378,327 vehicles.
Revenue in December totaled
$450.368.05, compared to $414.-
46O.20 in December, 1858, and the
seven-month period brought in $3,-
S04,37S.35 as against $3,554, ,798.00
for the same 1958-59 period
Mr.. Horty announced that Emory
Postles topped toll collectors in
their monthly efficiency contest and
received $500 u. S. Bond. Will
liam Manlove and Francis Riley
were In second and third places re-
spectively.
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22
Concerning World Pro-
fessi0nal Tennis Champ
ionship Feb. 3rd & 4th

Ken Rosewall, the ''little Whiz
Kid" of Australian tennis whom
critics believe has the finest back
hand since Don Bulge, is expected
to be big threat to World Pro-
fessional Champion Pancho Con
zales when the 60-match tour for
the 1860 title swings into action.
The title event which will take
four contenders and Gonzales a.
round the world in less than three
months of competition-indoors,
outdoors and on all type surfaces
begins in San Francisco on Jan.
28 and will move into the. Philadel-
phia Arena for two days, on Feb.
3rd and 4th. On the tour, besides
Gonzales and Rosewall will be
Alex 0lmedo, the boy from Peru
who is the newest amateur to join
Jack Kramer's pros. Tony Ira
bert, former U. S. and Wimbledon
champion, and colorful Pancho Sc
gura.
Olmedo, being the newest, will
hold the spotlight but tennis critics