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Evening star., 1961-03-15
LONDON

AOGNA%AI1N
While South African Pre-
mier Hendrix Verwoerd en-
dures the boos and Kisses
of his Commonwealth col
leagues, another crowd Of
South Africans in another
part Of town has them rolling
in the aisles.
King Kong" q new musical
that has opened at the Prin-
cess Theater here, is some
thing new and different in
the way Of South African ex-
ports. Its raucus and color
full picture of life and death
in the Shantytowns Of Jo-
hannesburg is a side Of DR..
Verwoerd's domain that out
siders until now have known
little about.
Fabulous Mob Scenes
Sparked by an all-Negro
cast, with marvellous names
like Nathan Mdlede, Patience
Gcwabe and Gwigwi Mrwebi,
the play roars through the
saga Of o local prize fighter
who falls afoul Of Shantytown
gangland and winds UP kill
ing his girl. But the gloomi-
ness Of the story never man
ages to dampen the irrepres-
sible exuberance of those in
volved and serves mainly as
q thread to string together a
series Of fabulous mob scenes
which leaves the audience
goggle-eyed and painting.
The vitality of king
Kong" raises it above It's
origins and the obvious minor
defects Of production. Brit
ish audiences, one suspects,
are apt to be slightly ap-
palled at some Of the dane
ing which varies from eman-
cipated rock and roll to ZulU
tribal hoedowns. The music
Is hardly up to the standards
Of Porgy and Bess. And yet
Evening star., 1961-03-15

job in the studying of a liv-
ing language like English?
Latin is hard, gentlemen!
Don't you realize that the
accent in the schools is on
easy subjects, easy grades,
easy ethics, and torpid
minds? Being permitted to
choose their own subjects, as
they are by and large doing
now, do you think teen-agerS
are deliberately going to
choose a square" language
like Latin? That's work,
man! The practice is rather
to acquire q minimum of
knowledge as painlessly as
possible that can be easily
and quickly converted into
cash in the open market,
after graduation.
Who needs to discipline the
mind or learn to think or
employ a language with grace
and precision? That's egg
head stuff! Me, I got enough
mind to get by In school and
get by on the job: I got
language that's plenty precise
when I date a graceful chick;
I got beer and pep pills and
TV to clear my thoughts and
give me a rich life. These
are my cultural dividends;
and all the places I know
outside Of school sanction,
write, and support me in this,
having created these ideals
for me in the first place.
Bread and butter is all.
And If the accumulating cho-
lesterol chokeS the linguistic
arteries and causes cultural
apoplexy, why blame the high
schools? The schools usually
follow an attenuated debit
tered form of national modus
vivendi; they do not lead the
Nation. Do you seriously
think that some courses in
Latin or Greek will cleanse
the muddied linguistic waters
that have long since burst
outside the classroom and
have ere at ed bog and
marshes in the broad social
field?
Leon Teifer.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Latin Is "For From Dead" But EnqIish Is Sick

Your editorial Far From
Dead" on the Importance
and value of the study Of
Latin, must have been heart
warming, indeed. to the gen.
Grafton of present day old
sters whose academic educa-
: ton antedated the scrapping
Of Latin in the secondary
school curriculum by the
more lately-come leaders Of
so-called progressive educa-
ton.
The editorial might very
well have been written by
a truly great classical scholar
Of that earlier day-one DR..
Ewald Poppe-a product Of
the German Gymnasium and
the Universities of Leipzig
and Breslau. and a living in
spiration Of many q student
under his tutelage in an Iowa
high school. For any, to whom
Latin might have seemed q
dead language, he made it
come alive! Speaking 13 Ian
guages fluently and having
a reading acquaintance with
many more, he was master
of Latin, Greek and Sanskrit,
Indeed, for sheer pleasure
in a leisure hour, he often
drew from his pocket a vol
ume of Homer to enjoy the
beauty of its descriptions,
narrationS, and superb LAM
guage.
AS one Of DR.. Poppe's pro-
teges, my own personal ex-
perience can testify to the
deep satisfaction your editor
ial cites as the reward of
those who know the source of
the many English words
sprung from Latin. Such un-
derstanding gives those words
a fuller, richer meaning than
appears on the surface. On
the other hand, Greek, an
equally important source of
the English language, was
omitted from my studies and
the lack of it has always
proved a keen regret. I miss
that feeling and respect" for
words Of Greek origin that
I have for words derived from
Latin. My appreciation of the
Evening star., 1961-03-15

former cannot compare with
my appreciation Of the latter;
the former are strangers, the
latter are friends.
On another page of that
same edition of The Star, I
was interested to read that a
certain woman sis an alum
nae" Of q certain college!
Had the writer Of that item
known his Latin, he would
have known that one woman
could not be thus plural
ized"! And the same error
alumnae instead Of alumna-
occurred recently in still an
other column. A mistake
very frequently seen in print
is the misuse Of the word
candelabra as q singular,
whereas, Of course, it is q
plural form. One candlestick
with branches is a candela-
brum; two or more candle
sticks with branches are
candelabra. In still another
article the plural criteria was
used when the singular cri-
terion was meant.
These and similar errors
are regrettable when made by
people whose education
should have taught them
better. They are glaring evi-
dence of the anti-Latin cru
SADIE. However much they
may be used; they are wrong
and use cannot make them
right. But offenders are not
so much to be blamed as are
iconoclastic educators, many
Of whom found Latin too
difficult for their liking, SO
blamed the language instead
of themselves.
Dorothy s. Crosby.
= = 4 4
So The Star and DR.. Mason
w. Gross, president of Rut-
gers, think that the revival
Of dead" languages in the
high schools will further
American culture and once
more give students a rich
mother tongue. First things
first, gentlemen. Before you
pitch into Greek or Latin,
how about urging a decent
Evening star., 1961-03-15

Therefore, the question seems
to be, II an evil exists should
someone take action to cor
rect 1t, or shall we let 1t go
simply because tradition as
signs US only one role? When
you think about 1t, Uncle Sam
would have probably gone out
Of business years ago, II our
actors were not able to under
study and assume other parts.
]. M.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Not by Money Alone

This being Red Cross Month, the
time is appropriate to remind the public
that the Washington Metropolitan Area
chapters Of the Red Cross need more
than dollars to carry out their vital
mission of mercy in many fields. For
tunately, the chapters financial needs
have been taken care Of through con-
trtbutionS to the United GiverS Fund.
But blood to save more lives is urgently
needed-and so are volunteers to parti-
cipate in the various service programs
of the great humanitarian organization.
During the remainder of March the
six regional chapters will redouble their
efforts to recruit more blood donors.
The aim is to so enlarge the list Of
donors as to eliminate the slumps which,
all too often, cause blood supplies to fall
to critical levels. At present, in order
to meet the normal requests from 81
Federal and civilian hospitals in the
area, the Blood Center must collect an
average Of 425 pints Of blood each day,
from Monday through Friday. When
disaster strikes, the drain on the supply
becomes Of grave concern. The Red
Cross makes no charge, of course, to the
hospital or patient for blood donated
through the regional center.
Concurrently with the blood cam
paign the chapters will seek to enroll
more volunteers for hospital service,
first-aid courses and the many other
services for which 1t has become noted,
in war and peace. In proclaiming Red
Cross Month, President Kennedy aptly
stated the responsibility of the COM
munity in this program: "The Red Cross
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Case for the Catholics

rs One aim of the Catholic attack on
President Kennedys aid-to-education
bill has been to show that some form of
Federal assistance to parochial schools
would not necessarily be unconstitu-
tional.
Their arguments in this respect
certainly cannot be dismissed out of
hand. 1t is true that in the Everson
.(school buS) case Justice Black, speaking
for the Supreme Court majority, said:
mo tax In any amount, large or small,
can be levied to support any religious
activities or institutions, whatever they
may be called, or whatever form they
may adopt to teach or practice religion"
But in the decision itself, as distin-
guiShed from the sweep Of the quoted
language, the court approved the use
OF tax funds to provide free bus trans
portation for Catholic school children.
Other instances can be cited where in
direct Federal assistance to Catholic
schools has gone unchallenged in the
courts.
The net result, we think, is that no
one can say where the Supreme Court,
In q test case, would draw the line on
tax-supported assistance to parochial
schools. It Is conceivable that scholar
ships payable to Catholic children, or
even long-term, low interest loans to
Catholic elementary and secondary
schools, might meet with judicial ap-
proval. But the risk, as contrasted to
the unQuestioned constitutionality of
aid to public schools, Is great. And it is
this risk which argues so persuasively
for separation Of the two forms of edu-
cational aid.
In his recent statement, Cardinal
spellman seemed to be saying that he
was opposed to any aid bill unless it
included aid for Catholic elementary
and secondary education. A spokesman
for the National Council Of Catholic
Men has testified that the pending bill
should be amended to include "provi-
sion making proportionate fund avail
able" for long-ternn, low interest loans
to parochial schools. He described this
as the very minimum" provision which
would mske the bill "minimally salts
factory to u.s."
The inference Is that the bill, with
out such provision, will be. actively
opposed by Catholics. And in such event
it may well be defeated-with the result
that there will be no aid for either
public or parochial schools.
Any such result, we think, would
be both unnecessary and unwise. 1t
would be unwise because it surely would
generate bitter religious controversy. It
would be unnecessary because any form
Of aid to Catholic education ought to
be able to stand on its own constitutional
feet If the arguments advanced by the
proponents of such aid are valid they
should not fear the separate approach.
And, above all, they should not put
themselves in the position of opposing
and defeating any aid unless 1t conforms
to their own views on this controversial
issue.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Not Washed Up at IS

More power to Retire."
who 'wrote Legion Of Un-
wanted"
I have been through all
this, have experienced the
Scornful attitude when I
tried to secure work after 65.
I had a successful engineer
ing career. and still am hale
and hearty. I soon found out
that as far as engineering or
any other real worthwhile
job was concerned. I was a
has-been.
Hobbies. civic work and
neighborhood projects palled.
Travel around our fair land
the same. When one trav-
els these days the "get-the-
money-boys" spirit you meet
and to o great extent the
atrocious food you have
pushed at you, soon not only
pail but may soon lay you
low.
Finally in order to be oc-
cupied I aped a friend and
took a job for several months
as salesman in a department
store. About all I can say for
this work is that it is illumi-
native peddling with little
left after taxes.
AS q last resort I fell back
on an old love of mine: writ
ing. This, contrary to opin-
ions I have heard, is real
work. But I am my own boss
and enjoy 1t. I do not have
to sell to eat. I may never
set the North river afire with
my literary efforts, but I am
no has-been and am happy. I
wish I could say the same Of
some others in my situation.
Another RetireA.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Medical Chart on Aging Americans
By THOMAS R. HENRY

the patient an opportunity
for a better life"
= = 4
Ability to adjust to both
heat and cold declines mark
edly with age.
This may be the reason old
folks tend to be so fussy
about the weather, 1t Is ex-
planned in a report by the
United States Public Health
Service.
The idea that old people
are less tolerant to heat
seems to be supported, the
report says, by at least one
piece Of evidence. There were
striking differences in re-
sponseS Of young and old to
temperatures between 72 and
100 degrees F., not uncom-
mon In this country. Young
folks Is to "a years old re-
Sponded with enough sweat
, ing to keep the body tenn
peratureS at normal levels.
II they remained quiet there
were no LII effects but If they
stood erect for as much as
five minutes, about half had
spells Of faintness.
Reactions Differ
Folks between so and 80
years old did not sweat as
readily as the younger per-
sons. Their body tempera-
lures tended to rise more
rapidly and If they stood
erect their tendency to spells
Of faintness was more pro-
nounced.
More surprising" says the
report" was the difference
in responses of young and
old to a temperature of ap-
proximately 48 degrees Fahr-
enheit, also quite common.
In this experiment the sub
jects were nude. In eight to
IL minutes the 20 to 80 year
oldS started shivering vio-
lently. They shivered at a
rate and intensity equivalent
to doing mild work.
Those IS to 80 year olds
failed to start shivering
after 40 to IS minutes. Only
one older person in ten
responded with an increase
in metabolism. There was
little or no increase in pro-
duction Of heat by the body,
whereas the younger people
had responded with q three
fold or fourfold increase in
metabolic heat production.
This raises a number Of
questions as to how the
human organism responds to
environmental stresses"
Evening star., 1961-03-15

earlier engineering mistakes
by having grated slots in its
roadway slab to reduce The
effect Of winds.
@. Are the top winnerS in
big national contests investi-
gated before the prizes are
paid?-N. E.
A. An information silly
known detective agency does
investigation work for many
clients who specialize in or
ganizing contests, and makes
exhaustive investigations |. of
thousands of top contest win
nerS annually. Most contests
narrow down to a small group
of potential winners. Before
prizes are awarded, each of
these persons Is thoroughly
checked to make sure thatshe
has followed contest rules to
the letter.
@. Why do chefs wear
tall white hats?-W. H.
A. The hat is both TIA
ditional and functional. The
tall white cap as the distinc-I
tive garb of a master chef
dates back to 1866, when theI
King Of France recognizedI
and franchised the Frei1chl
trade union of cooks and'
granted them certain privi-
leges. The height indicates
the wearer's rank, that is
the taller the hat the higher
the rank Of the chef.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Supreme Penalty

Reading The Star article
on Dorothy Yancowsky's let
ter moved me to write my
opinion on capital punish
ment.
Demanding the death Of
those proven guilty only &C
complishes one thing-the
death of that person. That
persons death does not bring
back the life Of his victim nor
does it erase the terrible
memory from the victims
relatives and friends. The
person who commits the
crime is maladjusted and
therefore becomes prompted
by q passion Of anger or ha-
tired. To react to such q sit
uation as the murderer does
proves his inability to cope
with himself. Should such q
person be killed because of
his lack Of control? Wouldn't
it be more human to set up a
program Of Cd guidance and
understanding and (2) pro-
vide a useful occupation for
the inmates, to prepare them
for another chance in society,
or at least to enable them
selves to become useful citi-
ZenS, because everyone owes
that to their country? The
country owes them some
thing, too, and that thing Is
life, which was given to them
by God, and must be protect
ed by this Government.
Is there anyone british
enough to take life away from
another? Are you willing to
play Cod?
Elaine GOehrig.
= 4 4 4
Someone ought to tell Dotty
Yancowsky that it Is useless
to waste sympathy on youths
such as Salvatore Agron, as
much as he needs it-better
she should cry for the ones
yet unborn. I wonder when
this country will realize that
before we can do away with
juvenile delinquency in any
form we will first have to
raise the moral standards Of
a good percentage Of parents,
or, which I prefer, have a
sterilization program.
Since the birth of this
country, as far as I know, not
one cent of the Governments
money has gone into q pro.
gram for "bettering the NOR
al standards of parents"-at
least that is what I would call
it for lack of a better title.
Mrs. r. i. ScanlOn.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

Approximately 8 per cent
Of the American population
now Is more than IS years old.
The population In this age
group has increased about
80 million, or 26 per cent, in
10 years and now Is increaS-
ing at the rate Of about 1000
a day.
These statistics have been
published by the National
Institutes Of Health of the
Public Health Service. The
increase is bringing quite new
and difficult problems into
the field of medicine.
Fatality Pattern Noted
I'VE are faced with the
fact" says the NH report,
that the great majority of
fatal illnesses occur in ma
ture individuals. The tremen-
douS advances in medicine
and sanitation in the last
so to IS years have largely
eliminated the great
scourges, the acute infec-
tious diseases, and tubercu-
losis, which formerly brought
death to so many infants,
children and young adults.
Fatal illness is becoming
increasingly the prerogative
OF the older age groups. In
1865, 56.5 per cent of the
deaths in the United States
occurred In people over IS
and another 25.8 per cent in
people As to Ga. In other
words, 1928 per cent of all
deaths in that year occurred
in people who were As or
older. In 1920 only so per
cent Of deaths were in this
same age group.
IF we equate death rate
with serious illness, which
we probably can 10 with
only minor reservations,
four -fifths of all serious ILL
nesses now occur in this age
group. So all physicians ex-
cept obstetricians and pedi-
africans have to pay more
and more attention to people
As or older.
Although the aging proc
ess may be differentiated
conceptually from disease
processes both types should
be treated. Physicians should
treat the aging process by
conditioning the patient psy-
chologically to accept and
live with the fact that he is
aging. Disease should be
treated vigorously, not only
to prolong life but to give
Evening star., 1961-03-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
teTs are subject to coHdensG-
ton. Those not used tOill be
returned only tOhen accom-
panied By self . addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

belongs to all Americans and Ishope that
all Americans will participate in sup
porting 1t this month"
Evening star., 1961-03-15
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKINS SERVICE

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The Republican., 1961-10-05
Deer Park Firemen Called

Deer Park Firemen were called
last Friday morning at IT'S to the
Utility Coal Co, in the Bethlehem
Section near Deer Park.
Chief VIM. Clatterbuck stated
the fire had been burning in a
coal tipple but was out on arrival
of the department.
Firemen also answered a call
on Friday morning September %,
at 1855 when the automobile of
Eston Nazelrod was discovered
ablaze. The fire which apparently
had smouldered overnight did
considerable damage to the in
terror of the vehicle, Clatterbuck
said.
Firemen announced they would
sponsor a shooting match at the
Fire House on Thanksgiving day.
The Republican., 1961-10-05

ern pike eggs and one million wall
eye eggs were planted in Garrett
county.
There we're largemouth bass and
bluegills placed in farm ponds
Also listed was the planting Of
5000 brook trout, 1850 brown and
14,150 rainbow trout all adult, and
10000 brown fingerlings and Al
brood fish.
Under Department of Forests
and Parks we're a number OF addi-
tional statistics. Timber sales from
state forests included S25007 50
from Savage River, and $8276.98
had S5,198.83 from timber sales
and $22 ,55364 from other income.
There are approximately $4,000
acres of forest land in this coun-
ty. There were 10 fires with 345
acres being burned.
The Department of Geology has
issued lis permits in this county
for persons to drill wells
These and other statistics in re-
gard to natural resources are con-
tanned in this sixteenth annual re-
port
The Republican., 1961-10-05
"A. D. Weathers
Continued from Page Onel

Continued from Page Onel
In reply to a question about
whether men should retire at the
age of 65, he felt this was not
sound philosophy at all He said,
1T lets a man go to seed. He is in
his prime at 65"
He was asked if he felt that Oak
land and Garrett county offered
as much business opportunity as
they did when he arrived in Oak
land in 1884, and he declared, "Op-
portunities are even better today.
Garrett county is just in its in
fancy"
Does he think that we will
change as much in the next 100
years as we have in the past cen
tury? yes we will. Back so years
ago we didn't believe that things
could be like they are today, but
they are"
He would not like to return to
the good oid days" when the pace
seemed slower. He said 1--WE had
no conveniences in those days"
For particular words of wisdom
to pass along to the oncoming
generation he admonished, AL
ways give an honest days work
and keep busy"
The Republican., 1961-10-05
Statistics Shown
In Annual Report
OF Maryland Board

The sixteenth annual report of
the Maryland Board of Natural
Resources, for the year 1859, car
rics a number of interesting sta
tistics figures. particularly whea
concerned with the Department of
Game and Inland Fish the De-
partment of Forests and Parks,
and the Department of Geology,
Mines and Water Resources.
The report showed total of
4835 hunting licenses issued dur
ing the fiscal year amounting to
S9,237 so. There were 4,435 county
resident licenses, 210 state resi-
dent, and 1870 non resident per-
mits Hunting licenses throughout
the state brought in S5968l7 So
Game birds released in this
county included 269 adult turkeys
and 408 turkey eggs, 125 pheasants
adult and 300 pheasant young.
One hundred sixty raccoons we're
live trapped in the county, also
eight deer and 13 beaver
The deer kill was listed at 713,
with 704 during firearms season
and 8 during bow and arrow sea-
son. This was the highest of any
area in the state other than Aber-
deem Proving ground where 961
were killed. There were 596 killed
in Allegany
Fresh water fishing licenses
from other income, with S954.38
from Swallow Falls and S14,733 98
from other income. Potomac also
totaled 8,708 for an amount of $29,-
354.5 This included 3,448 resident
licenses, 562 nonresident, 2.282
special three-day tourist, 10 spe-
cial Potomac river, and 2,406 Deep
Creek Lake boats.
Statistics on warm water fish
planted in public waters: 345
smallmouth bass over 10 inches,
1,080 largemouth bass fingerlings,
900 mixed bluegills, and 361 SOP
miscellaneous which included 450
pickerel. 752 striped bass, 300 great
northern pike and 100000 walleye
fry. Also one million great north
The Republican., 1961-10-05
FaII0ut Shelters

Continued From Page One)
fense office in the Court House.
Mr. Schell urged all personnel
connected with Civilian Defense
to do their utmost to spread this
realization of the need for fallout
protection to PIT. A. groups, serV-
ice clubs, fire departments, and
other groups.
He emphasized that persons
should not wait for financial help
from the federal government to
construct the family shelter or
community shelter. Those attend
ing the state meeting were told
that no money was available at
this time but that long term loans
with low interest rates were recon-
mended for persons needing to
borrow money in order to get this
protection
Il am convinced of the urgency
of the program" Mr. Schell said.
Nov we need TO convince the gen
eral public"