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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01

BALTIMORE, April 80 (AP)
Algebra may be a tough sub
ject for high school students,
but it's duck soup for first
graders, according to a theory
being put into practice at sew
eral elementary schools here.
To be sure, the algebra being
taught is elementary. But it is
at least an introduction, and by
the time these pupils are in the
9Th grade they can expect to
be working equations with two
unknowns.
They start with simple equa-
tions: 5 plus x equals 2; what
is x? In the second grade this
might become g plus q plus x
equals 8; what is x? A second
grader might also get problems
like x minus 5 equals 2, and 3
minus 2 plus x equals 8.
You might say that algebra
is being generally downgraded.
Normally. it's a subject taken
in the 9th. 10th or 18th grade.
But more and more schools
across the country are offering
it in the 7th or 9th grade. par
ticularly to the brighter stu
dents.
There are even experimental
programs under way in which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01

Demerara, and Cecil R. Jonas.
%, of Campbellville, Demarara.
The two Howard graduates
named to the honor fraternity
are John H. Dean, 20, of 3506
Nineteenth street Sc, who was
graduated in January, and Ella
Mizzell, 20, of New York, a
1859 graduate. Miss Mizzell is
continuing her studies in How
ards graduate school.
Other students elected are
Guenter E. Hagedorn, %, of
1926 Twenty-first street NV,
a naturalized citizen from
PreetZ. Germany: Carolyn o.
Frost, 10. of Springfield Gar
dens, N. Y; Timothy jenkins.
81, of Philadelphia; Marva c.
Melvin, 20, of Baltimore; Her
man R. Phillips, jr.. 81, of De-
troit, and Carole c. Pigler, 81,
of the Bronx, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
TEXT TO INCLUDE
SECTION ON HOW
TO STUDY 1T

A publishing firm has
come up with what it says
is a brand-new idea in the
textbook field.
According to a release
from the Macmillan Co.,
the idea is based on the
premise that students
don't know how to use a
book effectively, and that
teachers would welcome
help in teaching them how
to do this"
What the company has
done is to include in a
world history text a special
section on correct study
habits. In addition, an en-
tire chapter of the book is
annotated to show students
how to locate topic SEN
fences. make an outline and
organize notes.
The text, which will be
available this fall, is called
Past to Present, a World
History" The authors are
Sydney H. Zebel of Rutgers
University and Sidney
Schwartz of New York's
Woodrow Wilson High
School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Sergeont's Music
Delights Queen

ASCOT, England, April 80
(AP). - A United States Air
Force sergeant met Queen Eliz-
abeth II today and received a
compliment.
The Queen and her two older
children, Prince Charles and
Princess Anne, heard the 3rd
Air Force Band play at the
Ascot horse show and asked to
meet the drum major, Sergt.
Frank Witherspoon of Louis
vile, KY,
She was obviously delighted
with the maneuvers of the
marching dance band and its
variety of military and popu-
lar jazz tunes.
The Queen shook hands with
Sergt. Witherspoon and COM
plimented him on the bands
performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Teacher Lack
Due 10 Persist

Although there will be an 8
per cent increase this June in
the number Of college graduates
qualified to teach, no lessening
of the teacher shortage is ex-
pected in September.
That is the conclusion of a
National Education Association
research report, published last
week, on Teacher Supply and
Demand in Public Schools,
1860"
The report notes that rising
enrollments will account for
the greater number Of eligible
new teachers. 1t also points out
that only 70 per cent, or 95, 900
of the 10000 June graduates
qualified to teach will go into
the profession.
A serious imbalance exists,
the report stated, in the supply
of elementary and high school
teachers. More than 10000 of
the potential new teachers
have prepared for teaching in
high schools, and fewer than
$4,000 for elementary schools.
According to the number of
available positions, however,
the figures should be reversed.
There are eight elementary
positions for every five at the
high school level.
The report noted a steadily
improving trend in the quail
fications Of elementary teach
ers although the goal of
four-year and college educa-
ton for all of them has not
yet been reached.
Other highlights of the re-
port include:
Only 6 per cent Of the po-
tential new elementary teach
ers are men, but 81 per cent
of the June graduates quail
fed for high school teaching
are men.
A larger percentage of the
potential high school teachers
are trained in those subjects
where the shortage has been
most acute-mathematics, the
sciences, foreign languages and
! English.
The total teacher shortage
next September will remain
at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
WHAT AMERICA THINKS
Most in Poll Oppose
Tough School Norms

foreman: There should be
better facilities for the lag
CARDS. Too much stress is
being put on the brain and
anyone not a genius is out of
the picture. That is COM
pletely wrong"
Those agreeing with Mr..
Dewey generally said the race
with Russia is so critical that
we could not weaken scholastic
standards now, or that it is
futile to try to teach the I'M
teachable.
Here is a sampling of an
swers:
A eorgia schoolteacher:
why keep the laggards in
schools and crowd out those
who try to learn? I am also
in favor of harder work, longer
hours and tougher courses in
school,"
A Wisconsin housewife: AS
a former teacher, I agree
heartily. The primary function
of school is to teach, not to be
a baby-sitter."
A retired Long Island car
penter: Every child is not COL
lege material, and the sooner
we find it out the better it will
be for real students.
(Copyright, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
ST Million Given
In School Award

The United States Office of
Education has awarded a 81
million, two-year contract to
the Glastonbury Conn public
schools for the development of
experimental materials for
teaching modern foreign Ian
guageS in junior and senior
high schools.
Under terms of the contract,
the Glastonbury schools will
produce by June, 1862, student
workbooks, teacher manuals,
recordings for use in language
Laboratories and a series of
tests.
The five languages covered
by the contract are French,
German, Italian, Russian and
Spanish. The project is au-
thorized under the language
development section of the 1853
National Defense Education
Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Lee to Discuss
Health, Welfare
At Farley Here

Frederick B. Lee, president
of the Health and Welfare
Council of the National Cap
ital Area. will address a lunch
con meeting of the Annual
Health, Welfare and Recrea-
tion Conference on Friday at
the Statler Hilton Hotel.
Mr.. Lee will snalyze the ma
jor health and welfare prob
lens of the metropolitan area.
Bryson Rash of WRG-TV
will act as chairman Of the
luncheon meeting.
Earlier, four simultaneous
panel sessions will be held on
dependency, m tai health,
youth leisure time and family
courts.
The conference is sponsored
by the Health and Welfare
Council, which shares in the
United Givers Fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
IS at Howard u. Win
Phi Beto Kappa Keys

Thirteen students and two
recent graduates of Howard
University have been elected to
Phi Beta Kappa, national scho-
lastic honor fraternity.
Five of the students are from
the Federation of the West In
dies, and two others are from
British Guiana. One student is
a naturalized citizen from
Preetz, Germany.
The West Indies students are
Paul L. Chen-Young, %. of
Spalding, Jamaica; Phyllis NJ.
Cousins Of Kingston Side, ia
maica; Carl L. Stewart. %.
of San Fernando, Trinidad !;
Pauline Y. Titus, %, of Sa-
vanna-La Mar, Jamaica. and
Oswald G. Warner, IS. of
Kingston, Jamaica.
From British Guiana are
Ivor H. Hardwood, 26, of Kitty,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Foreign News

l. At his conference here President de Gaulle Of
France said Soviet Premier Khrushchev ca Was bng
going to Berlin b) would sign separate
treaty with East Germany (c easing his stand against the
West Berlin.
Under the French constitution President de Gaulle
holds most of the belonging to the office
Minister The present Prime Minister of France is Couve
de Murvie (b Rene Coty; Co Michel Debre
The MacMahon Line has been the subject of discus
sion recently between two governments This boundary
ca Separating North and South Wet Man, b) between India
and Tibet; (c) dividing North and South Korea.
4. Syngman Rhee President of South Korea for II
Korea from the nation that conquered in 1910 That nation
years. spent much Of his earlier life in exile trying
was: ca Russia; (b) China; (c) Japan.
s. Africa gained its twelfth fully independent nation
Wednesday when the former French colony Of Togo
BaSutoland; (c) Madagascar became sef-governing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Study Shows Graduates DepIorubIe Spoilers

spelling and the misuse of
grammatical construction cited
by the business executives:
Due" is spelled as dew" "a
tank" becomes ian tank" ITO"
becomes too" or two" Week"
lis spelled as weak" He
doesn't" becomes "he don't"
! The deficiencies noted cover
a wide range. They include poor
spelling, punctuation, choice of
words. sentence construction,
paragraphing. the logical con-
ltinuity Of subject matter, and
a failure to emphasize points
by use of clear statements in
llayman's language.
/ Sometimes the teachers them
selves do not speak or write
English correctly. 1t is not I'M
common to hear a teacher say:
Between you and I :" He
don't -. !" If I was you ="
| What can be done to correct
these glaring errors? Many high
school and college graduates
will find that even though they
may get a job at a good salary,
they may not be able to keep
it if they cannot use the Eng
lish Language at least tolerably
wen. Here is what the business
executives suggest:
/. Increase drills on funda-
mentals in spelling. syntax and
the essentials of grammar.
2. Stimulate students to read
more, including not only cur
rent materials and technical
subjects, but still more widely
in the classics.
/ 3. Give greater emphasis to
writing and rewriting, with an
Approach to self-criticism and
evaluation.
4. Improve the techniques of
teaching basic English skills,
stresslrg in teacher training
more knowledge of subject mat
ter as opposed to methodology.
Interest Held Key
Over and over this opinion
is repeated: Make the study
of English more interesting
and stress it repeatedly from
the primary grades up"
One executive, who employs
hundreds of high school and
college graduates, puts the is
sue even more simply. He
urges; ALLOW more time for
drill, drill. drill"
When the business man
speaks, he speaks from expert
ence. He has to deal with the
product Of American education
on a day-to-day basis. His
criticism cannot be shrugged
off. Schools must realize that
English is not a three or four
year high school course that
ends with passing grade.
Actually, English is an es-
sential part Of life that every
student must take with him
: wherever he may go. Perhaps
when the students, their par
entS and teachers realize that
this is a down to-earth, bread
and-butter subject; not a the
oretical, abstract course. Eng
lish will get the recognition 1t
deserves in our culture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
National News

l. The Bureau Of Labor Statistics said that in March
the national cost of living index a Dropped below the Feb
level (b) to about the level March, 1885,
(c) to high.
q Under the unsurpassed civil rights BILL voting referees
will: a) Watch election in the South; tb watch
elections after judge has determined the of
referee is warranted have reside outside the voting dis
trct in which they ofhcate.
3. Republicans in Western State have pledged all
of their votes at the Republican National Convention
favorte SON. Barry oldwater Mr. odwaer is a) Senator
from Arizona b) Senator from New Mexico Co Governor Of
Colorado.
The of 1860 taken the before the start OF
the Civil War; showed that the population of the United States
then about (a) 80 million; (b) As million Co so million
The first of the lunch counter "sit-in demonstra
tons in the South started chain store restaurant In
Greensboro N Co. (b) Antonio, Tex c) Biloxi Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Washington Area News

l. Two similar proposals in Congress to give voting
rights to the District would Amend the Constitution to
allow national representation (b) provide the
two Senator's (c) Set up self-rule for the city.
2. poll by The Star of 400 of the House
showed that 32 Of them in favor Of allowing
residents to vote in national elections b) giving the
back to Maryland Co declaring the city province.
3. survey of business in the Washington shows
that about 100000 people employed here
OF them work for the Federal Government (b) most
ployed in private business half employed each field
A. Campaigning vigorously for the Democratic primary
here May two announced candidates: a) Senator
johnson and Ada Stevenson (b Senators Kennedy
mington (c) Senators Humphrey and Morse.
s. Egineers have started test drilling the National
Guard Armory East Capitol street the proposed site
Ca National cultural center b District stadium rapid
transit interchange station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Stevens Institute
Given SI,250,OOO

HOBOKEN, N. j., April 30
(AP). - Stevens Institute of
Technology announced today
receipt of a S1,250,00O gift from
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene McDer-
mott, of Dallas, Texas.
Mr.. McDermott, a 1919 Ste
vens graduate, is chairman of
the executive committee of Tex
as Instruments, Dallas. The
gift is in the form of 5000
shares of Texas Instruments
common stock.
Jess H. Davis, president of
Stevens, said the funds would
be used for the new 13-story
Stevens center scheduled for
completion in September, 1861.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Odd Fellows to Visit
Soldiers Tomb

More than $500 members of
the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows from throughout the
United States and Canada will
make the annual pilgrimage
to the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in Arlington Cemetery
at 2:30 pm. today.
The ceremony, which dates
back to 1884, will begin with a
parade from the main gate of
Fort Myer to the tomb, where
wreaths will be placed and the
Odd Fellows deputy sovereign
grand master, Gene j. Bianchi
of Oakdale, Calf, will speak,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
BY DR.. BENJAMIN FINE

IN the next elgnJ weeks 4
million boys and girls will be
graduated from high school,
and another 100000 from COL
lege. About half of these young
graduates will enter the labor
market. There are plenty Of
Jobs available, but many
youngsters, fresh out of school
or college, will find the going
rough when they come up
against the hard realities of
the business world.
An extensive three-year
study. made by DR.. Joseph
Mersand. past president of the
National Council of Teachers
of English, reveals that those
who do the hiring are not very
pleased with the product of
American schools and colleges.
The majority of business and
government executives who
employ large numbers of young
men and women just out of the
claSSrooms are sharp in their
criticism.
The most common faults, &C
cording to the survey, the most
extensive of its kind ever made.
are these:
High school and college grad
yates do. not know how to
spell They do not know proper
punctuation. Their grammar is
inadequate and inaccurate.
They have a pronounced weak
ness in vocabulary. They can
not write clearly or concisely.
Criticism Cited
In an interview, DR.. Mersand
warned that schools must take
immediate steps to improve the
basic skills of our youth. He
is chairman of the English de-
partment at Jamaica High
School and is on the faculty of
the Graduate School of Educa-
ton, Yeshiva University.
Our schools and colleges
must improve the English skills
of their students" DR.. Mer-
sand said. I'VE must take the
criticism of the business lead
ers seriously"
And the criticism is caustic
"In the past five or 10 years, "
said a prominent executive,
English proficiency has &C
tually gone down hill. This de-
cline is most noticeable in the
girl high school graduates
whom we hire in large num-
bers for our stenographic and
secretarial jobs. but it also is
noticeable in the technical
people whom we hire for re-
search and manufacturing po-
sitions."
Overwhelmingly, business ex-
ecutives indicate that they
find deficiencies in spelling,
grammar and punctuation.
More than half the applicants
who take the spelling test given
by a leading oil company fail
each year. A majority of bust
ness Arms reached in the sur
vey report that spelling is the
most glaring deficiency.
Punctuation Deficiency Common
Next to spelling, punctuation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
COLLEGE NEWS
BoWIes' Son to each
Two Years in Africa

honor program at the college
starting with her junior year
The work involves partici-
patton in inter-departmental
seminars and completion of a
senior-year independent study
project.
Carolyn, an education major,
is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon w. Damours, 2017
North Woodrow street, Ar
lington.
Gordon Pickett PeytOn, jr., a
sophomore at the University of
the South, Sewanee, Tenn,
where he is an airman second
class in the Air Force ROTC,
is serving as an element leader.
He also is a member of the
rifle team.
Gordon is majoring in lib"
eral arts and belongs to the
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
He is the son of Mrs. G. P.
Peyton. 1928 South Twenty
sixth road, Arlington.
y 4
George Washington Univer-
sity and four Government
agencies recently announced a
cooperative ''earn-while-you-
learn" program to enable
qualified high school graduates
to get college education while
holding a part-time job.
Participants in the program
Officially called the Public
Careers Program-will attend
the university full time while
working at the National Blu
reau of Standards, the Federal
Communications Commission,
the State Department or the
Navy Department.
They not only will earn
money to pay for their coll
lege expenses, but also will be
entitled to regular civil service
benefits.
The program is open to both
men and women. Jobs are
available as typists, stenogra-
pliers and student-trainees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
Germans Welcome
MurIene Dietrich

BERLIN, April 80 (AP).-
Marlene Dietrich was back in
her home town today for the
first time in Is years.
She got a warm welcome
from a crowd of about 200
persons, many Of them news
men, when she stepped from a
jet airliner at Tegel airport.
The actress wore q mink
coat and a suit of buff wool
with the tiny red ribbon of
the French Legion of Honor
in the lapel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01

As Much as Possible
Among those who disagreed,
and those who agreed with ex-
ceptions, there was a strong
undercurrent of belief that
every American is entitled to
as much education as possible.
An Illinois school teacher put
this idea into these words:
by all means, we should
give the talented every oppor-
tunity to become leaders, but
we should not deny the right
of as much education as can
be absorbed by the dull and
the slow, even If we have to
modify courses for them"
Here is a further sampling
of the reasons given by those
who disagreed:
An Iowa cook, a woman:
Science seems to be the big
deal, and certainly if a student
doesn't like that field he
shouldn't have to go into it.
Let him get into his choice.
God must love the common,
average one because he made
so many of us. So each to
his own. This isn't Russia
yeti"
A Nebraska construction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01
COLLEGE NEWS

Samuel S. Bowles, 20, son of
Representative Bowles, Demo-
crat Of Connecticut, will leave in
August for a 2-year teaching as
signment in West Africa.
He viii be graduated next
month from Yale University in
economics and political science.
The African assignment was
offered by the African-A meri-
can Institute. He will teach
American history at a college
in either Nigeria or Ghana.
y
Jerry B. L. Haley of Falls
Church. a I'd lieutenant in the
Army ROTC at Virginia Poly
technic Institute, has been des-
ignated a distinguished mill
tary student"
A senior majoring in chem
ical engineering, he is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Haley,
1918 West Lawn drive, Falls
Church.
Kay DOpp of Arlington and
Barbara Jean Harling Of Falls
Church, students at Wilson
College, Chambersburg, Pa,
have been appointed to the
staff of the Billboard, the
campus weekly.
Kay, a Junior, has been
named copy editor. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
don M. Dopp, 1907 Twenty
sixth street South, Arlington.
Barbara, also a junior, will
be exchange editor. Her par
ents are 1t. Col. and Mrs. Edwin
A. Harling. 805 Molly drive,
Falls Church.
$50
Michael Mosettig, a senior at
Coolidge High School, has been
named winner in the national
current events quiz contest of
Quill and Scroll, the interna-
tional honorary high school
journalism society.
He becomes eligible for a
$500 scholarship to the college
of his choice. He answered II
of the 70 questions in national
and international current
events to qualify for the award.
A part-time employee of The
Star, Mike is sports editor of
the Coolidge Courier, the school
newspaper. His parents are
DR.. and Mrs. Erich Mosettig,
66l5 First street NV.
E. WayleS Browne III, a
freshman at Harvard Univer-
sity, has been named to the
deans list. His parents are Mr..
and Mrs. E. Wayles Browne
jr., 1904 Irvington avenue, Be-
theSda.
y
Carolyn A. DamOurs, a soph-
omore at Wheaton College,
Wheaton, H., has been ad-
INVITED to the uppet- divisions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-05-01

is selected as a major de-
ficiency of recent school grad
yates. Thirty-three of 50 exec
utives reached in the study
rated spelling as their No. |
problem in hiring graduates;
% listed punctuation as an
outstanding deficiency.
Next in order Of critical
notice is grammar. Many OF
the answers tend 70 group
grammar with inability to or
ganize thought or to express
meaning clearly. Here are typ
ical examples of faults found
by the business executives:
THE college graduates have
difficulty in writing clearly and
concisely."
"a girl with two years OF
college failed as a file clerk
She didn't know the alphabet.
Secretaries don't know how
to use the dictionary. Most OF
them have never heard OF
Fowler or Roget"
Recent graduates, including
those with university degrees
seem to have no mastery OF
the language at all. They can
not construct a simple declara-
tive sentence, either orally OIL
in writing. They cannot spell
common, everyday words"
And another business leader
said: Punctuation is apparent
Ily no longer taught. Grammar
is a complete mystery to almos
all recent graduates"
The vice president of an i'm
portant insurance company
added that the greatest de,
ficiency of the students is thu
lack Of knowledge of basic
sentence structure, spelling, anc
punctuation. This is especial!
true of many who apply fol
stenographic and tipping po'
sitions, where such knowledge
| is essential to successful joE
performance.
Next in order is weakness il
vocabulary. Under this de-
ficiency are included such de.
fects as IAN increased use o
trite words, cliches and jargon,
inability to use a dictionary
properly" lack of knowledg,
of the meaning of common.
place words" and 1.-The choice
Of confusing or misleading
words"
Here is another concern fol
our educators: College gradu'
ates frequently do as poorly il
writing, spelling and punctua'
ton as do the high school stu
dents. Evidently they have
learned little about the basic
skills or writing in the foul
years that they spent in college
Examples Given
Recent college graduate,
generally are deficient in Eng,
fish" the businessmen complain
Here are examples of poor