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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Wick Byron

ceived only 22,252 votes compared with the
combined vote of 34,374 for the other three
candidates.
Divide and conquer has always worked for
small groups, especially when the thinkers in
the majority are selfish and individually ego
tistic in vote-getting estimations.
Mrs. Helen Scharf is another member of
the liberal minority in Montgomery County.
She was able to win another spot on the
School Board because she had three oppon.
ents who were kind enough to split up the
votes. Out of total vote of 56,21S, Mrs.
Scharf received $1,000 votes.
The same was true for the at-large can
didates. The liberals had two candidates on
ly, Paul Howard and Harold F. Breimyer The
others had four. Naturally, the concentrated
minority won two more spots on the import
ant School Board.
In November there are three places on
the School Board And once again the lib
erals have chosen just one for the fifth dis
trict and just one for the fourth. And both
groups have agreed on the candidate from the
second district.
Maurer, in the fifth district are James l.
Humphrey and Mrs. Anne P. Orleans, both
looked upon as more conservative. Then
there is a Mr.. Hudson whose position is not
known.
In the fourth district the more conserva-
tive element is represented by Charles F.
James and Ralph w. Crary. Stanley r.
Green is looked upon as being liberal but not
endorsed by the liberal movement" Mrs.
Lucy S. Kicker is the liberal candidate chosen
by her followers.
All of the candidates except Mr. Humph-
rey were guests of the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening. 1t
was evident that Charles F. James, a Bethes.
da lawyer, was the one candidate who seemed
to have complete picture of the present-day
situation. He talked sense and as the cam.
paign progresses it will become apparent that
ne would be an intelligent asset to the School
Board.
Because it is felt this School Board cleo
ton Is one of the most important, there will
be future columns on this subject.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Letter to Sunny Welsh
And Other Students

Dear Students:
You have all decided to go to college and
now find yourself uprooted from your home
town and living in community of people
about your same age running around cam.
pus speaking a strange tongue and living a
life that is not quite part of this world By
now you have perhaps selected secluded cor.
ner and have asked the questions: what am
doing here and what do want to get from
this place?
| cannot answer those questions from my
own experience. When went to college my
development was stunted bit by an over.
riding desire to be famous athlete and by
college administration which, for reasons
known only to it, wanted to transplant the
entire student body to the Rose Bowl To
this end the college paid football coach a
larger salary than Einstein received at Prince.
ton. Recent events have proved the short
sightedness OF that colleges decision
Consequently, will have to answer your
questions from my imagination and, by so do
ing risk the retort of the typical American
that as what is written is not supported by
fact 1t is therefore purely imaginary and of
no use. Perhaps so, but am not convinced.
For the next four years you will be per-
mitted to attach wings to your Imagination
and to mount beyond the orbit of Echo You
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

Mr.. Alden Potter seems con.
cerned about Vice President
Nixon's consistency in abjuring
religion in politics and in be-
ing concerned about being on
Gods side. The Vice President
has also said that religion
should be an issue in politics
only when one of the candidates
has no religion. This statement
would have been clearer IL Mr..
Nixon had defined religion.
Does having religion mean
membership in an organized
church, belief in the Trinity,
belief in God, belief in a super.
natural being, belief in deism,
or what? Mr.. Nixon, being a
Quaker presumably places his
own conscience in the supreme
position In matters of religious
belief. Does he grant this same
right to those who do not be.
lieve in religion?
Senator Kennedy has stated
his position clearly on the state.
church issue. He defined his
civil responsibility as 1.-THE oath
10 uphold The Constitution and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Bernard 7. Welsh

will be encouraged to chip away the incrus.
tations that tend to warp our personal lives.
You will cut off the provincial traits and atti.
tudes, prejudices of race and religion, and
deeply rooted ideas of your parents and your.
self, and, it is hoped by all your teachers that
you will then emerge from this chipping pro.
cess more genuine and natural human being.
You will not become an empire builder.
tycoon wolf Of Wall Street, ruler Of
people or one who determines the destinies
OF nations. You will leave that trivial work
to the little people who have a need to be
empire builders, etc
You will place proper emphasis upon the
important things of living. You may discover
your relationship to leaf of grass, why it is
that dogs who are old and faithful go when
they die and leave us.
Inere may now be some student sitting
alone in the silence of college library or
who Is walking with others of her kind along
some lovely campus trail who can see more
clearly than we the beauty and greatness of
human life This sight may unlock the secret
that is surely within the heart of man. and
we may learn from our college freshmen how
II may come to pass that man can live in
peace with man.
Your devoted father,
Daddy" Barney
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
A Correction

The news story Council
Seeks New Laws for Safe
guards" on Page One of the
September 8 edition of the Sen
tinel referred to a recent fatal
accident involving a ditch cave.
In during work being carried
on in connection with a Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com.
mission project"
This accident actually oc-
CURED on a State Roads Com
mission storm drainage project
in connection with the improve
ment of Connecticut ave. This
work was not the responsible
ty of the WSSC.
Washington Suburban SAM.
tary Commission standard spec.
ifications require that contrac.
tors working on WSSC projects
exercise care in providing shor.
ing and drainage in excavation
to provide adequate protection
for their men.
In addition, on work which is
not on a contract basis, but is
done by Commission forces,
there is a standing rule that
excavations of more than shout
der depth be shored to protect
from the hazards of cave-ins.
Arthur P. Brigham
Public Information Officer
Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

significant that the six School Board candidates an
. pearlng at public meeting Monday were united in
tneir concern over spiraling educational COSTS
The seventh candidate James l. Humphrey is m,t
Oh town. but ne expressed similar views during his CAM
pagn TWO years ago when he was narrowly beaten out
or board seat And he has made no secret of his stand
on the subject since that time
Both Humphrey and candidate Charles F. James have
mace clear however, that they oppose ndiscrminate
sasnes IN the School Board budget What they do insist
on is that Montgomery County taxpayers must decide
"hat KIND OF education they want their children to have
The choice is clear Do the people want to continue
ne present philosophy of spreading knowledge thin or
40 tey prefer increased emphasis OH the basic tools If
learning? WIS u
AS James pointed out at the Monday meeting snor
soreo by the Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Com
merce no one can be considered truly educated unless he
can read easily, speak in fluent grammatical English
ana possess at least basic understanding of mathema
tics - eiiid-
Surely no one who is interested i'm true education
can quarrel with this. Nor can there be any ar1,nant
over James charge that teachers are oyerbrdened with
extacurcuar duties that have relation to teaching
There is no question that learning suffers when teach
ers must dilute their instruction by being forced TO keen
class and health records collect fees order supplies MT
up displays look after nose-bleeds and perennalN =
grade papers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Too Much Analysis
Not Enough Work
Thoughts

recent newspaper summary of a report
by the Educational Policies Commission shows
that some of our educators are doing their
best to replace the classroom with the PSYCHE
artists couch.
The report, which is aimed at elementary
school programs, is replete with words lifted
right out of textbooks by Jung, Adler and
Freud. AS matter of fact, if teachers tried
to follow the commissions recommendations,
they would have to resort to mass analysis
of the kiddies before permitting the young
sters to stop drawing pictures and start learn
ing how to read and write.
For example, the 20-member commission,
which is sponsored by the National Education
Association and the American Association of
School Administrators, warns against teach
ing children to read before they are emotion
ally ready for this gigantic task Otherwise,
they predict the pupils will be frustrated"
and this will "inhibit" future earning
Nor can you teach children a foreign
language without first determining whether
they have the proper motivation" whatever
that means They also need stable personal
relationships" with their teachers to protect
their tender phsyches. And there's no use
giving them any homework unless you in
vestigate the home first and find out whether
the environment" is satisfactory
This is a repetition of the nonsense that
emanates periodically from the clustered Of
fees of those educational administrators who,
paradoxically enough, seem to have their own
mental block against education.
Not satisfied with the lag in the learning
process that is all too evident in so many of
the schools throughout the country, they want
to slow it down even further by probing the
minds of the children to determine when thew
are ready to buckle down to the job of using
their brains.
Why should the child of today be consid
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

cred any different from the one of a genera
ton ago who learned to read and write in a
speclfled school grade without all this clap
trap about being "emotionally ready?"
what sets American children apart from
their counterparts in European schools where
they are taught foreign language along
with their native tongue almost as soon as
they enter the classroom for the first time
and without any gobbledygook about "rnotiva.
tion?"
Is it the true function of teacher to an.
prove the home environment of her pupils be-
fore assigning home work?
NO wonder there are complaints about
tne failing standard of education while col
iege ana university officials deplore the in
adequate framing which so many of their
entering students have received in the basic
tools of learning
NO wonder this nation is being outdis
tanced IN the race for intellectual and scen.
ulc supremacy by other countries whose edu.
cational leaders are concerned with instillirg
learning In their children, not in analvzing
them.
FOR some reason, the trend in recent wears
has been to make learning a game II vo,
lose SO the theory goes, it's because you're
just not ready to read A T, or add 2 and 2
or print your name in huge block letters.
everything is made easy; and it's never
the child's fault if he doesn't learn. OF course
not It's because his home life is unhappv mr.
maybe he's frustrated because his mother
forces him to eat spinach.
Let's face it. Learning is hard work II
takes concentration and repetition--but above
all, 1t involves work. There's nothing wrong
with that. And the sooner a child discovers
that he has to work to learn to read. to write
and to add, multiply and subtract-and that
no one is going to do it for hirn-the sooner
ne viii be prepared to make his Contribution
in life
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Letters to the Sentinel

Edward E. Stonestreet and
1 a mily, DR.. Stonestreet's
mothers name was Adelaide
not Caroline. My name was
Bessie Stonestreet Greene-not
Bessie Brewer Greene.
In the picture of the baseball
team the names are Nicholas
Brewer-not Michael Brewer,
Somervell Dawson-not Sam
uel Dawson, and Roy Warfield
mot Ray Warfield.
| would like to congratulate
the folks responsible for the
wonderful success of the Cen
tennial Celebration. Thank you
very much.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Nicholas Brewer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

that Americans have the right
of non-belief; the Vice Presi.
dents stand on this issue is not
clear to me. Vice President
Nixon has said that the U. S.
Government should issue arti.
fetal birth control information
to foreign nations requesting it;
Senator Kennedy's stand is not
clear to me on this issue.
Mr.. Potter has compared the
views of Bishop Oman with
those of the Pope. In the view
of some, Bishop Oman may
appear to be in a weaker posi-
ton since he does not claim
infallibility in any field. I do
know that Bishop Oman be-
lieves in the separation of
church and state. but the prsc-
tees of the Catholic Church in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

all its parts-including the First
Amendment and the strict
separation of church and
state" When asked about posi-.
Die dictation from his church
on moral and spiritual issues,
Senator Kennedy declared, 81
will not accept dictation from
any source" 1t must be noted
that the Senator was criticized
by many Catholic publications
for his stand on this issue.
Catholics need not depend on
their conscience in matters of
faith and morals. The dogma of
the Catholic Church, not to be
questioned by the faithful.
comes from an infallible source.
the Pope. Not only is the Pope
lnfallible in matters of faith and
morals, but he also determines
what areas are covered by faith
and morals. Members of the
Catholic clergy have defined
what they mean by conscience
Pope Leon XIII: "Union of
minds requires complete
submission and obedience to the
Roman Pontiff, as to God Him.
SELF Cardinal MERCER: 1.-THE
papacy-the accepted and cher.
ished supremacy of one con.
science over all other con.
sciences! Father John v.
Sheridan in Roman Catholic
Things, August Is, 1858:
There is no conflict between
the dictates of a Catholics con.
science and those of his church
for the simple reason that the
dictates of his conscience win
always follow and reflect those
OF his church for its mem.
bers conscience are actually
formed by the DEGREES of the
Church."
There are two questions on
which Vice President Nixon and
Senator Kennedy apparently diff
Ter. Senator Kennedy has said
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
Valuable Service

THE Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce is rem
dering valuable service to the community in its pur
suit of program which has the objective of making
of the countys youth eligible for employment with
local commercial and industrial firms
Working in cooperation with the Montgomery Coun-
ty Youth Commission and representatives of the Board
of Education the chamber is attempting to effect closer
aison between county business and the school system
with view to gearing the educational program to the
preparation of graduates for jobs with the areas grow
ing business community.
Such comes at opportune time nasmuch
the Board of Education is undertaking extensive
study of the school systems curriculum and appears
willing to effect changes recommended by the 26member
study commission provided they fall within the scope of
State requirements for accreditaton Thus the cham
Der of commerce and the youth commission can make
their recommendations at time when the stage
already set for some changes in the curriculum.
The whole idea of course let the educators and
the students know what subjects best train the stu
dents for employment with specific business and industry
in the The educators then could make available
such courses deemed essential and the students
could map their training programs to qualify them for
fields they find attractive and interesting.
In view of the countys mounting stature as center
of scenceorented industry much of the emphasis
ing placed this field The chamber of commerce has
found in its contacts with representatives of these indus
tries that they are anxious to employ local people pro-
Wded they have the preliminary training necessary to fit
them for the specialized jobs available and the school
system thus has rare opportunity to give local youth
a boost toward lucrative and interesting careers
However, the chambers program is not conferred en-
urely on industry and at recent meeting with represents
aves OF the youth commission and the board of euca-
ton it was suggested that future school programs include
some orenation in the fields of retail sales and other
commercial activity This seems like sound idea mas
much as many OF our students adhere strictly academ-
c courses without giving too much thought to what they
might want to do in the future
While Montgomery County is among the highest per-
family income communities in the nation there are many
students who cannot afford to go to college from high
school, or who prefer to step Immediately into the cate
CORY of wage-earners.
1t would be great boost to the school system and
tremendous asset to the graduating students if an educa-
uona program could be developed that would enable the
graduates to move Immediately into ganful employment
and at the same me help solve the personnel problems
OF local firms that now find necessary to 60 far afed
to obtain employees qualified to meet their particular
needs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

nations like Spain and Italy
clearly shows that the Pope does
not. I'm sure that Bishop
Oman would not support the
dictatorship of Portugal. Spain,
and those of Latin America;
since the Catholic Church has
given such support, / presume
the Pope approves. am rea.
sonably sure that Bishop OK.
nam believes in Thomas Jeffer.
sons statement, Error of opin.
ion may be tolerated where rea.
son is left free to combat it,"
but am inclined to doubt that
the Pope does. AS an American
who believes in the ideas this
nation was founded on. | must
side with Bishop OMAN.
Lester L. KimbIe
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15

The County Council in wise move launched survey
TINS week to determine the extent of substandard
evenings IN the county and the consequent need for
county housing code.
|. is untnlnkape that county as rich as Montgom-
cry should tolerate appreciate degree of sbstandad
housing The wisdom of the Councils move therefore
cannot be questioned
Eventual adoption and enforcement of housing
code would not be without its problems however AS
was pointed out to the Council by County Health Officer
" Wlam Peoples considerable public education will be
needed to inform the public of the new standards
Furthermore code enforcement almost inevitably
will result in the eviction of some residents from homes
owned by those who will prefer to raze their buildings
rather than bring them up to the standards It will be
the countys responsibility therefore to make some pro-
vson POSSIBLY through the construction of temporary
housing units to assist any who would be so evicted
But all OF this is looking somewhat far ahead The
first step the survey itself It should be undertaken
and completed as possible.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-09-15
The Riqht Names

Would appreciate Il II YOU
would do me the favor of pub
fishing this letter; 1t is not one
OF criticism, but being one OF
the oldest living residents Of
Rockville / feel that l must cor
rect a few names for the rec.
ord, published in the Program
for the Centennial by the Cen.
tennial Committee.
In the group picture OF DR..
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