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F.W. Smither,
"a, Standards
Retired Chemist

Frederick w. Smither, "a, re-
tired chemist for the Bureau
of Standards, died Wednesday
in Mobile, Ala. where he was
living with a niece, Mrs. Fran
ceS G. Robinson.
Born in Hampton, Va, Mr..
Smither was graduated from
the University of Virginia and
came to Washington about so
years ago.
His first job here was with
the Department of Agriculture.
Mr.. Smither was credited
with pioneering a system of
standards for the Bureau of
Standards testing of soap and
detergentS. He retired in l947
and went to Mobile in 1855.
He leaves seven nieces. His
wife. Alice, died in 1854.
Services will be at 10 am.
Monday at Hines Funeral
Home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV, with burial in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
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Pucifists Protest
Commissioning
OF PoIuris Sub

PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Mar.
II (AP). - The Navy today
prepared to commission a 5000
million PolariS missile subma-
rine-one of the most power
full fighting machines ever
built - as a pacifist group
threatened to board her in a
campaign for total disarma-
ment.
The colorful and traditional
ceremonies. turning the USS
Abraham Lincoln over to her
crew, were limited to 1000
select spectators at the Ports
mouth Naval Shipyard.
Even though the public was
not admitted to the base, Navy
and civilian police kept a close
watch on municipality owned
Pierce Island, just across the
water from the berth where
the Lincoln was tied up. Paci-
fist groups in recent months
have tried boarding expedi-
tions from canoes and row.
boats in other places.
{ The New England Commit
tee for Non-Violent Action, a
pacifist organization, told Of
ficials it planned acts of civil
disobedience," including an at
tempted boarding of the in
termediate ssile-firing un-
dersea craft. The committee
also announced its intention to
begin, after the commissioning,
a 340-mile, three-week walk
for peace" from Portsmouth to
United Nations headquarters
in New York.
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Mrs. Woodward, Teacher,
World War | Yeomonette

Mrs. Myrtle B. Woodward, Sc,
"a longtime District resident,
died Thursday at Doctors Hos
'pital, after a long illness.
Born in StateSville, N. c.,
she was graduated from Erskine
College, South Carolina.
During World War I she en-
listed as a yeomanette, serving
in Washington as a member
of the Navy'S parade team and
selling Liberty Bonds.
In 1919, she became a teach
er at a private girls school
here. She left in 1922, after her
marriage to Charles Woodward,
an organist at st. Alhan's
Church. Shortly afterward she
opened her own private nurs-
cry school at 5000 Foxhall
road NV.
Mrs. Woodward worked brief
ly for the Bureau of Standards
before joining the Navy's
Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gerry at the start of World War
H. She served as a civilian
counselor and Navy recruiter
and transferred after the war
to the Veterans Administra-
ton, working there until her
retirement in 1857.
She had been active in the
Metropolitan Memorial Meth
odiSt Church. and was a mem
Der Of the Business and Pro-
feSsional Women's Club, the
North Carolina Society and
the Women's National Demo-
cratic Club.
She leaves two daughters,
Mrs. F. N. Colvin, who lives in
Morocco, and Mrs. Otis M.
Yokum Of Bethesda, and two
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Besides her husband, Of the
home address, she leaves two
sons, DR.. Lester Blumenthal,
of 5315 Connecticut avenue
NV, and Harvey. of $500
Hampstead lane, Bethesda, and
six grandchildren.
She also leaves four sisters
Mrs. BENJAMIN Brown of Nc
KeeSport. Pa; Mrs. Benjamin
Greenberg of Brooklyn; Mrs
Raymond Jacobs and Mrs
Paul Tillis, both of Baltimore
Services will be at 1890 pm
tomorrow at the DanzanSky
Funeral Home, 3501 Fourteenth
street NV, with burial in
Adas Israel Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to
ones favorite charity.
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Anna N. MeckIy,
Veteran Phone
ComponyWorker

Miss Anna N. Meckly, 81, a
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. employe for "a years,
died yesterday Of cancer in the
Washington Hospital Center.
Miss Meckley, of 1401 Fair
mont street NV, had lived in
the area since 1925. She was a
native of Kelly Township, Pa.
Beginning as an operator
with C&P in 1926, Miss Meckly
later became a clerk in the
traffic department of the firm.
She retired last December.
Miss Meckly was a member
of the Marian Chapter % OF
the Eastern Star and was a
member Of the Life Member
Club Of the Telephone Pioneers
Of America.
She leaves two brothers
Palmer B. and Merrill. both OF
Milton, Pa.
Services will be at noon Mon
day in the Hines Funeral
Home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Milton.
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brothers, Oliver T. Bradshaw
of Granite Falls, N. c., and
Bryan Bradshaw of Gastonia,
N. C.
Funeral services will be held
at 1870 pm. Monday at the
Metropolitan Memorial Meth
odist Church, Nebraska and
New Mexico avenues NV.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery. Friends may call at
GaWler's Funeral Home, 1855
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
The family asks that express
sions of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to the
memorial fund of the Metro
politan Memorial Methodist
Church.
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Dratha

yATES, CAPT. ROBERT RALEIGH
c. Z. c., U. s. Navy (Retired). Or
Mopday noPngr harsh vi9ss i9sl 6 cAPT I.r
late Margaret Taylor Yates. father
of BENJAMIN R. Yates and grand.
father OF Mrs John P. Huber
Graveside service on Monday. March
10. at II am. at Arlington Ma.
tional Cemetery. Friends are in.
Gate at 1880 am. New YORK
City papers please copyD IL
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Boots UnsinkubIe

NEW YORK.-A line of
pleasure boats made unsink-
able by structural sprayings
with a rigid polyester urethane
foam is being marketed by a
New York company.
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E. M. Hale, President
Of Publishing Firm

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Mar. II
(AP). - Earl M. Hale, II
founder and president Of the
educational publishing firm o1
E. M. Hale g. Co., died yester-
day.
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Obituaries
lnurtltr1H

GISBLATT. JACOB. On Sunday.
March IL, 1851, at IL noon. there
will be an unveiling of monu-
ment to the memory of the late
Sholom Cemetery. Friends and rel
atives will leave from Beth Sholom
Synagogue. 18th st. and Eastern
ave. NV. at IL am. IL
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w. Kenner, USCG (retired), oi
Edisto Island, S. C.
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ALDRTCH. OLIVE J. on Friday.
March 10. 1861. at her residence,
,1915 Fox St, West HyattSville, Md.
Gssis.ne. Ds MTs a HeTtko Of aonpa shs above 0s
Miami, Fla, and Mrs. M. Gordon
1of Los Angeles. Calf; mother in
! law Of julius A, Hertko. Friends
may call at the Lee Funeral Home.
: 4th st: and Mass, ave. ne, where
: March 13. at Z pm. Interment
private. II
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NoAn Worthy NIaS Nation
KATHRYN RARICk. secy. 12
MORAN. NELLIE D. On Friday. March
Hospital, NELLIE b. MORAN Of
l1O9 Westlawn drive, Falls Church,
Va. wife OF the late J. Sterling
Falls Church. va; Alvin c. Of Ar
lington. Va; James 8. of New York
City and Ebert M. Moran of. HILL
crest Heights. Nd. She also is
survived BY three sisters, Mrs. John
Lucy Wrenn Of LeesburE.. Va. and
Mrs. Audrey schooley OF Purcell
vile. Va. Friends may call at the
Muse 4 Reed Funeral Home. Lees
burg, Va, where services will be
ana ana 0 1nsePment a1a ntsn Wnion e cemesery. e. y
Leesburs,. Va. Baltimore, Md.
papers please copyJ IL
MORGAN. LILLIAN FRANCES. Sud
denly, on Thursday, March 9. 1861,
at her residence. 30l North Bryan
81 sEs AMTilnSton MnpSnHA Va LILLIAN IL ; Fran, IA
number OF cousins and close friends.
Friends may call at the Fitzgerald
Funeral Home, 3245 Wilson blvd
Cparking in the rear, Arlington, Va.
where there will be a recitation Of
at pm. 4 requiem mass wiz be
celebrated on Monday. March -, at
1890 am. at st. Charles Catholic
Church, Fairfax drive and Kirkwood
r.. Arlington. va: 1nterment Ar
linston National Cemetery. IL
MULLICAN, THOMAS TRAIL. Sud
denly, on Friday. March 10; 1881;
TRAIL MULLICAN, Beloved husband
Of the late Gertrude B. Mullican,
father Of Thomas F. Mullican and
Mrs. Carlton L. Howard OF Rock
vile. Md. and Mrs. BERTHE M.
Hasan of Derwood, Md He also
Is survived by one brother, Vinson
Mullican Of Gaithersburg, Md: five
grandchildren and one great-grand-
child. Friends may call at the
Francis H. Barber Funeral Home,
Laytonsville. Md. where services
will be held on Monday, March
10. at 2 pm. Interment Forest
Oak Cemetery. Gaithersburg. Md. II
MUNDEY. ROY II sut1"nly. = F.
Margaret Mundey, father Of Mrs.
Helen Rouse. Roy E. Robert j.,
Joan c., Raymond L., Richard A.
and Roger b. Mundey; brother Of
Mrs. Ruth A. Bland and Mrs. Jose
phine H.. Marley. Friends may
call at the Robert A. Mattingiy
Funeral Home. 1871 11th st. s.e.,
after 8 pm. Saturday. March II,
where services will be held at =
pm. Monday, March 13. Rela-
tives and friends invited, Inter
ment Washington National Gene
terry. IL
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APoLoNIo, JOSEPH A. Officers an

m e m b ers of Columbia
Lodge. No. l26, Loyal
Order of Moose, are
hereby notified Of the
death of Brother JO-
SEPH A. APOLONIO. and
are requested to call at
Valleys Funeral Home,
de Island ave-, Mount
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fo,' 1881. oi ADA cHoRLEY M RsLEIHa'; of Msses 1853
wife Of deorSe Il. chorley and
mother of Mrs Mary R. Striker
Friends are invited to call at the
Gasch Funeral Home. 4739 Balti-
more ave-. Hyattsville. Md. where
services will be held on Monday,
March 13, at II am. Intermcnt
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. -
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BURCH, PAssIE ]! On ThuEsday.

day. March 8. 1851. at 6eorsetoWn
University Hospital. TERRY WAYNE
BURKE Of 2119. Storm drive, Falls
Church, Va, beloved son Of Rus
brother of Susan. Linda and Larry
Burke, and grandson Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Hubbard and Mr., and
p Mrs. r. w. Burke. sr. Friends
may call at the. Ives Funeral Home.
2S47 Wilson blvd. Arlington, Va,
where funeral services will be held
on Monday. March 13, at II am.
Interment National Memorial Park.
Evening star., 1961-03-11

Thursday. March O.. 1861, at his
Va. FRANK W. VALENTINE. be-
loved husband of Grace Valentine,
father Of Tate Valentine and father
in-law of Eva Valentine. Other
relatives and friends also survive.
Remains will rest at the above ad-
dress after pm. Saturday, March
II. Funeral services at pm.
Sunday, March II. at the Galloway
Methodist Church. Falls Church, Va,
the Rev. E. Arter officiating. In
terment Lincoln. Va. Arrangements
by Chinn. IL
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WEE 6 1851 sE :. 5o6S SH EeDraska Efdsy MITeh .Ta
NV. NETTfE A. WEBB. beloved
mother OF Virginia W. Bolte, Jo-
seph C. Webb and Mrs, James z.
Efter Funeral from the Collins
Funeral Home, 1921 14th st, NV,
lnterment Union Cemetery. Lees
burg, Va. ~
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mole ST.. Berwyn Heights. Md. on
March 8, 1861. beloved husband
Of Ruth E. Clarke, father of Robert
A. Clarke. Mrs. Charles c. Gasch
and Mrs. Gerald Gumaer. son of
Of Miss Geraldine Clarke, Mrs.
Charles Roetschi, Frank j., Walter
A. and Charles F. Clarke. Three
grandchildren also survive. Prayers
, at Chambers Funeral Home, 5S0l
Cleveland ave, Riverdale. Md, on
Monday, March 13, at 10 am.
1nterment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. II
Evening star., 1961-03-11

March 12, 1861. at 8 pm, for
the purpose Of conducting Eastern
Star services for our late sister,
RIITH z MnRGAN
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M. The officers and
members Of Mira m
Chapter. No. 90. o. E. s.,
Of Washington. D. c., are
hereby requested to as
semble at the 8. H. Hines
Co, Funeral Home, 2901
l4th st. NV. on Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-03-11

KOBEKTSUN, CATHERINE II. Inel
AsHeh Ms9 ssudds9ly aS51 e2rHEsiRE q MsfRfsdaz i
RoBERTsoN Of west Shorehan
Beach, Edgewater. Md, beloved wife
of Newton L. Robertson and de.
voted mother of Mrs. Marlene Lee
am. Monday. March 10, in the
Hopping Funeral Home, 172 West
St. Annapolis, Md. Interment Ar
lington National Cemetery, at IL
am. Friends may call at the fu.
neral home from to and Z tc
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SMITHER, FREDERICK W. On
Wednesday. March s. 1861. at the
home Of a niece, Mrs. Frances @.
Robinson Of Mobile; Ala. FRED
band Of the late Alice Marlin
Smither. Friends may call at the
S. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home,
2901 14th st. NV, after 8 pm.
Saturday. March IL parking IA
cilitieSl. Services at the above
funeral home on Monday. March
l3. at 10 am Interment Rock
Creek Cemetery -
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VAN FLEET, HALLE LAWroN.

HALLE tAWTTooN VAN PaEf FLEET, be-. BE-
loved wife Of Stephen C. Van Fleet,
mother Of William v Van Fleet
and sister OF Maude M. Scott OF
at the Chevy Chase Funeral Home.
5l03 Wisconsin ave. NV. until
8 am. Monday, March 13 thence
to st. Columba's Church, 42d and
Albermarle SITS. NV, where serv-
ices will be held at 10 am. Inter-
ment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The
family suggests that expressions OF
sympathy may be made in the form
OF contributions TO the D. C. Chapter
of the American Cancer Society 70
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JOHN VoNsLoTEN. Governor.
DONALD CARTWRIGHT Secv

HENRY W. On Thursday,
March g. 1861, at his residence,
200 East Wayne ave. Silver Spring,
Md. HENRY w. BARROWS, be-
loved husband Of Lillian Barrows,
. father of H. Walter Barrows, IT,,
'of Mrs. Susan Armstrong, Jesse S.
Barrows. Mrs. Vieva Pratt, DR..
Victor Barrows, Chester Z. Barrows
and Mrs. Helen Thurlow. There
also are five grandchildren. Friends
Home. 254 Carroll st. NV. (parking
opposite). Services at the Takoma
Park SD. A. Church on Monday,
March l3. at 2 pm. Intstment
George WASHINGTON Cemetery. -
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NAO Ll6E1 nLNO 0nL.
HILTON, THELMA. In loving mem
ory OF THELMA HILTON, who de-
parted this life three years age
today. March IL, 1868.
The angels are faithfully guarding
A sacred and silent grave,
For in 1t lies q precious one
We loved. but could not save.
The flowers we place upon your
grave
May wither and decay.
But our love for you who sleeps
beneath
Will never pass away
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
Police Censorship

Last weeks arrest Of four Drug Fair employees
on charges of selling "lewd and indecent" book is
typical example of overzealous police action in field
in which law enforcement officers hardly quail
fled to pose as experts.
The publication in question is Henry Miller's
"Tropic of Cancer" The Post Office Department has
refused to ban the book from the mails the basis
of Supreme Court decision in similar involving
film"
In that case, the court ruled that any vehicle"
can be considered improperly obscene" only if it
lacks artistic merit is calculated solely to
prurient interest.
Obviously the Post Office Department believes
the "Tropic of Cancer does have artistic merit.
Otherwise the book would have been banned from the
mails The publishers themselves have gone to consd
cradle lengths to establish its artistic merit by citing
favorable comment from critics and other literary au
thorities on the books jacket.
While we do not question the good intention of
county police in ordering the removal of the book from
local book Shelves have serious doubts about their
qualifications literary experts particularly in the
face Of the Post Office Departments decision.
What appears to be trash" to one person is often
work of art to another This is especially true in the
fields Of literature painting and sculpture, where opn
ions often vary widely depending on personal taste
It would appear advisable therefore, for local au-
thores to consider carefully before attempting to set
themselves up judges of what should read or see
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
A Few Words

Wed like to add our belated applause to
the action of the County School Board last
week in laying to rest the 1924 proposal of Dr.
c. Taylor Whittier, superintendent
And by that we don't mean to imply that
we were completely dead set against the plan
but, along with most other parents and resi-
dents of Montgomery County, we figured the
presentation by Dr. Whittier left lot to be
desired
One of the first things a good salesman
must know is his product. Right up there be-
hind the ability is the ability to present the
product so that people will buy.
It seems to us. that Dr. Whittier took
neither of these points into very solid account.
Rather, it looked as if he were calling for
new system just for the sake of coming up
with something new, for the sake of the noise
and display of pyrotechnics.
more thorough study of the proposal,
coupled with an able presentation of the facts
on both Sides could have strengthened the
chances of the plan except there is great
deal of feeling around Montgomery County
that the farther into the situation one delves,
the less reason there is for even considering
such thing.
For, as many have pointed out. the plan
is not new to educational circles. 1t has been
attempted, and where it has been attempted
has failed.
Thus we learn once again that innovation
for the sake of innovation is not its only rea-
son for being. new plan with merit, that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
Record Interest
Paid Depositors

Savings depositors at Ameri-
can National Bank, formerly
T he Bank of Silver Spring,
were credited with S50,494 in in
terest earnings for the interest
period ending September 80,
Bank President Warren H.
Lasher has announced.
1t was the largest interest
payment for a three.month pc.
riod in the history of the bank,
he added.
American National is the only
bank in the Maryland-W Washing.
ton area using the Every Day
interest method of interest pay.
ment. The system provides for
depositors to- earn interest at
3 per cent per annum on the
daily balances in their accounts.
Interest is paid and compound
ed qparterly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
Answer The Questions!

Now that the controversial 12-4 school year plan
has been laid to rest the Board of Education should
proceed promptly to answer the questions posed by
representatives Of the Allied Civic Group concerning
action on their budget recommendations
As Milton M. Rodes, chairman of the organiza-
tons Education Committee SO aptIy put it, I'VE must
know what you have done. We must also know what
remains to be DONE"
Certainly, the citizens of Montgomery County are
entitled to be told what if anything, their elected
School Board has done to carry out these recommen-
daticns Furthermore, this information should be made
public as quickly possible residents can get an
accurate accounting of where their tax dollar is going
If some of the Allied Civic Groups suggestions
have not been transferred into action, the people
should know why. And If they do not agree with the
boards decision, they should be given every oppor-
tinity to discuss the matter with board members
Only through fully informed electorate can
Montgomery County school officials receive the sup
port they need to put their programs into effect
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
Might Makes Fright,
Not Right
By David scun

The reaction induced by fright
is that Of a breathIess eagerness
to Accommodate communist
demands thru negotiations" In.
creaslngIy we hear talk Of the
fnevitabiIity' Of certain Of these
demands. This country is more
and more frequently being
urged to recognize, at least "de-
facto", the reality of commu-
mist military c0nquests. We are
told that, sooner or later, we
must accept the fact" If lille
gal territorial. seizure, even
when nations are being g0bbIed
up before our very eyes. These
same individuals would have us
overlook all treaty violations by
communists at the same time,
and in the same breath, that
they now seek new treaty guar.
antees for our safety from the
very tyrants who threaten to de-
stroy us. Especially are they agi.
tated and concerned that we
avoid provocative. actions and
statements which might .ieop-
ardize" negotiations for peace
in our time. This is a strange
doctrine to find in a nation that
originated In revolution against
Tyranny.
Henry Kissinger put the prob
lem well in his recent book, 1.-THE
Necessity for Choice" when he
said: THE notion that wisdom
consists of adjustment to facts
is hardly a heroic one. Pressed
to its extreme it implies a policy
without goal and measures with
out conception. 1t places the di-
rection of events in the hands
of those strong enough and ruth
less enough to bring about a
"fact." Nothing in the world
would ever have been changed
were adjustments the sole rule
of conduct"
The West may be unwilling or
unable to roll back the iron and
bamboo curtains, but It could
not remain true to its own be.
llefs and basic concepts il it
were to acquiesce in and "ac.
cept" postwar cOnQuests Of the
Sino-Soviet war machine. II pre-.
viOusly declined to accept Sta.
Inns offer to divide the world
into spheres Of influence, be-
cause IL was not, at that time,
yet ready to adjust to a reality
involving surrender Of the
! rights of others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17

The current Sino-Soviet cam
paign to terrorize the free world
into submission is a well orches-
trated affair. Its calloused bru.
tally has been an effective
demonstration of the true ma
ture of that unholy alliance. 1t
reveals their total ruthlessness,
complete lack of scrupIe, and
full readiness to go to any ex-
tremes in a march toward world
domination. Tanks rolling over
defenseless Hungarians, ghast-
Iy mass genocide in Tibet, rivers
of blood flowing from their own
purged eountrymen are all part
of the backdrop for today's cam
paign of intimidation. Menacing
military maneuvers on land and
sea borders of western nations
underline repeated threats to
rain rockets on those who re-
sist their demands. Our Euro
pean allies have been blatantly
declared hostages in nuclear
black-mail scheme over Berlin.
The net effect of past commu-
mist brutality is to make their
threats today more credible and
more frightening to timid mem
bers of the family of nations
and to many of the more tim
orous individuals in our own
nation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-17
A Few Words
Now We Can Concentrate
on Education
By Kent Palmer
on Education
By Kent Palmer

can solve some of the problems facing edu.
Gators, would receive all the attention it de-
serves.
The School Board, wisely, decided to for.
get considerations of the new-fangled and con.
centrate on teaching children. D
The Curriculum Study Committee gave
the board good point of departure with its
detailed and comprehensive report-which is
a product of many months of thorough study
and research.
Although we can be proud of our school
system there are great many areas in
which improvement is vitality necessary. The
committee report pinpoints these areas and
should, in itself, provide for the employment
of talents and resources of the school system
for some time.
These points will, of course, raise others,
so that the Improvements will of necessity
be fruits of long period of activity
Nothing, we're all agreed, is more impor.
tant than that our children get the best edu.
cation possible from the best possible educa.
tional system. We want the products of the
school to have learned and be able to know
how to learn.
They then will have more opportunities to
move even farther ahead as they go on into
college or into the business world.
And the education is the important thing,
not whether student is well adjusted when
he leaves the classroom.
With the way things are going these days,
we simply cannot afford well adjusted fail
ures