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nor special areas for infants or
young children.
Mr.. O'Neill said that the
waiting list for admission to
the hospital has contained as
many as IS names in some
peak periods, and that up to II
operations a day have been per-
formed in the hospitals two
operating rooms.
Three-Year ChOre
| But when local doctors. led
by DR.. Hyde and DR.. John E.
Alexander, the institution s
vice president, began to organ
lie for a new hospital, it took
them three years and lots Of
persuasion to get the necessary
funds.
There are many fine large
hospitals in the Metropolitan
Area" Mr.. O'Neill said, "anc
many people thought the con-
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North Virginia Hospital
Marks 1st Anniversary

shares sold for $40. Now I've
heard of shares selling for as
much as $40.
DR.. Arson r. Hyde, preSi-
dent Of the hospital, said that
local physicians began working
for the hospital because Of q
shortage of beds in the area,
and because they saw a need
for hospitals with pleasant at
mosphere."
Gardens In View
Doctors Hospital creates this
atmosphere by arranging pa
1 tents rooms to face either OUT
side or inside gardens. The sim
gle-story hospital is centered
on a 15-acre plot, and corridors
are arranged so that each
room faces some part of the
gardens.
| And to continue the luxury
arrangements, the planners put
picture windows in each room
and television sets and radios,
each with individual underline
pillow speakers, and pastel-col-
ored phones beside each bed.
Patients are allowed a flexible
eating schedule, and can even
have a buffet snack at 3 pm.
Most patients come to the
hospital for surgery, but medi-
cal patients also are accepted
Because of its size and purpose
the hospital does not have reg
ular lchild-delivery facilities
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A privately owned Northern
Virginia hospital. which had
been considered by some to be
impractical, celebrated its first
birthday last week, an appar-
ent success.
I'VE are a private business
venture" hospital administra-
tor Philip D. O'Neill said, land
like all businesses we work on
the theory that we have to
give the customer as much
service as possible"
Mr.. ONeill was talking
about the Northern Virginia
Doctors Hospital at COL South
Carlyn Springs road. Arlington.
Opened in August 1860
The hospital, a modern,
glass-walled structure with ia
cilities for 10 patients. opened
its doors on August 90, 1860,
and admitted Is patients,
Throughout the last six months
the hospital has operated at
better than 80 per cent of ca
pacity. Federal hospital author
tiles have said that 70 per cent
of capacity is considered higher
than average.
Mr.. O'Neill said that about
$50 Virginians have invested in
the institution. About half OF
the investors are doctors.
When we were trying to gel
funds to start the hospital in
1859 and 1860" he said, 1.-THE
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struction Of a small hospital
without Government aid-was
impractical. Now 1T develops
that we are not competing with
the local hospitals. but are
complementing them"
The hospital was put into
operation for about $4,000 a
room, including all necessary
equipment. The Federal Govern
ment estimates that the aver
age cost per room of metro
politan hospital is between
$4,000 and $4,000.
DR.. Hyde said that he and
his colleagues had hopes for
expanding the hospital. and
were pleased at the progress
made during the first year of
operation.
We have our hopes, but no
solid plans for expansion" he
said, I'VE want to grow on a
solid foundation"
Evening star., 1961-03-19
Coaching Can Boost
Your Testing Score

Does coaching for the College Entrance Examination
Board tests help raise scorer To extent
Students coached in experimental school
test with both mathematical and verbal materials The
1873 college preparatory and technical students parci
patng in the experiment. given 20 coaching sessions
spaced throughout the winter semester The sessions 10
on math and 10 on verbal coaching, were based on
exercises closely resembling materials from the Scholastic
Aptitude Test and were provided by Educational
Testing Service.
Here is a record of the gains produced by coaching:
SAT verbal-Boys had q 162-point increase, and
girls 224-pont increase This represents an average
Of 1873 points.
SAT mathematcs-Boys with no current math,
292-point increase; girls with current math AZ;
boys with current math, 1873; girls with current math
297. The average increase was 1S points
Is coaching worth while for average increase
of 10 ponts2 The way the colleges scanning the
scores this increase might make the difference between
acceptance and rejection.
North Newspaper Aniancs)
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school, the SAT is admin
istered at several hundred
special centers. The PSAT
is given in October, soon
after the junior year has be-
gun. The charge for the
SAT is Sc, for PSAT only 81.
Thus in less time for less
money and earlier in his high
school career, the college
bound student and his ad-
visers can now see how he
measures up.
I strongly believe that the
intelligent pupil can utilize
his record on a SAT dry run
to increase his capabilities
and repair his deficiencies.
Not long ago the head Of
the mathematics department
of a Chicago high school con-
Quoted a class for juniors
whose scores in the mathe-
mates portion Of their SAT
practice test revealed that
their reasoning aptitudes in
this area were average or
below average. He met with
the group twice weekly for
13 weeks; each class lasted
for an hour and a half, and
required an additional hour
and a half Of homework.
With problems taken from
past SAT examinations, he
conducted q serious refresher
course.
When these students took
the aptitude test a second
time, the boys raised their
scores in mathematics by an
average of 10 points, the girls
by 65 points.
Aside from the College
Boards, the other giant in
college admissions testing is
the new American College
Training Program.
In general, ACT has its
greatest acceptance in the
Midwest and the South. The
College Boards have their
greatest acceptance in the
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East. The College Boards
are employed by name" COL
leges and the big UNIVERSITIES,
ACT is used in smaller pri-
vate colleges and in some
State universities.
If you have Ivy League
abilities and if your goal is
one of the highly Selective,
highly competitive name"
colleges, you must take the
College Board tests. If you
do not plan to attend one Of
the College Board colleges,
and If you reside in one Of
the participating States, then
the odds are that you will
take the ACT test.
In one way, ACT goes far
ther than the College Boards.
The 3-hour examination jS
primarily an aptitude test.
But while CEEB's Scholas-
tic Aptitude Test is limited
to verbal and mathematical
abilities, ACT also covers
abilities in social studies and
the natural sciences. The
ACT exams are given twice
annually during the senior
year. They are given pri-
marily on the campuSes Of
the participating colleges,
which now number $50 or
more.
Should you cram" for
these teStS-either the PSAT,
the SAT or the ACT? Evi-
dence is inconcluSive. Un-
less you get a good tutor,
unless you are serious and
attend the coaching classes
regularly, and unless you
work hard on your assign
ments, coaching will be Of
doubtful value in raising your
college scores. But in many
instances l have seen stu
dents improve their College
Board scores through good
coaching classes.
The exams are important.
They often determine whether
you get into the college Of
your choice.
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Getting Into College,
EXAMS: WHICH TO TAKE
AND HOW TO PASS THEM

SAT score is simply an
expression of how you stand
in respect to a representative
group of students who have
also taken the SAT. The
average score of this ref
erence group is expressed with
the number 500; therefore,
the student who scores over
500 is in the above-average
group. You cannot, even if
you answer every question in
correctly, receive a score be-
low 200; and even if you an
Swer every question correctly,
you cannot score above 800.
Remember that every COL
lege in the country, includ-
ing the Ivy League colleges,
accept students whose scores
range from way above the
500 mark to below-average.
SAT tests are give six
times a year: In December.
January. February. March,
May and August. Several
hundred centers, in all parts
of the United States, have
been set up where students
can take the tests simultane-
ously. Achievement tests are
given four times-in De-
cember, March, May and
August.
Let's join these half mil
lion college candidates and
see the kind of questions they
are called upon to answer:
The math section of SAT
is designed to measure your
ability to apply basic knowl-
edge in working out solu-
tions to new problems by
reasoning.
Memorization won't help
you particularly, although
you should be familiar with
algebraic symbols, simple lin
ear equations and the ele-
ments of geometry. There are
enough difficult questions to
measure the aptitude Of su-
perior students.
Many colleges requiring
CEEB tests demand that you
take the SAT plus three
achievement tests from
among the 13 subjects tests
given. These examinations
measure your store Of spe-
Evening star., 1961-03-19
By DR.. BENJAMIN FINE

BY DIX. BENJAMIN FINE
North American Newspaper Alliance
Because of wide divergen-
Ces in entrance examinations
throughout the Nation. the
College Entrance Examina-
ton Board was founded in
1900 to straighten out the
chaos. 1t has succeeded to a
great extent. Nevertheless,
entrance examinations re-
main an area of concern to
students and parents who
hear about psychological tests,
"Verbals," college boards"
and SAT" They ask fright
ened questions:
Must I take a special
coaching course?"
"Ifreeze up when I take an
exam-what can I do about
that?"
Should l take the exams
in my junior year Of high
school? Or shall 1 wait until
my senior year?"
Suppose I don't do well on
the tests-does this mean I
can't get into any college?"
What are these tests,
anyway?
There are at least % COM
monty used ones. However,
$50 colleges today require the
college Boards" devised by
the College Entrance Exami-
nation Board. Twice that
many colleges suggest that
you take the CEEB examina-
tionS.
Three out of every 10 COL
leges which require CEEB's
rated them first in impor-
tance in consideration of ap-
plicants. More than three out
of every 10 accredited colleges
and universities use CEEB
tests.
There are two types of
CEEB examinations: The
Scholastic Aptitude Test (the
SAT), which measures the
students aptitudes, and the
achievement tests, which ex-
anime your grasp of the con-
tent Of specific subjects.
The colleges rely most
heavily on SAT results.
What is a high score? Your
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why COLL yOu u all 1Ol IIlC
SAT-? Because you've been
preparing for it since in
fancy! Your ability to use
and understand words goes
back to your childhood. Your
scores IN both sections of the
test are as much dictated by
your hobbies and by what
and how much you have read
as by the courses you've
taken in school.
On the other hand some
students are poor teSt-takers.
Emotions frequently stand in
the way of fine performances.
For such students there is a
constructive step.
We know, too, that more
than a few high school stu
dents never really obtain a
dependable picture of their
own capabilities. They may
be glib enough to use super
ficial knowledge to earn high
marks. But before they ap-
ply to q college, they must
know just how they really
stand. For such students, we
urge the same step.
What is this step? Get
acquainted early with the
College Board type of exam
ination. Take 1t first in your
junior year of high school.
You can do this in two
ways. Since the fall of 1859,
a new examination-the Pre-
liminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test-has been offered. And
second, you are entitled to
take any or all college boards
more than once.
Let's begin with the Pre-
liminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test-the PSAT. According
to DR.. John w. Duggan of
the College Entrance Exam
ination Board, the junior
year is rapidly becoming the
year of decision in college
planning. BY the Junior
year, school advisers have
considerable information use
full in counseling students.
The PSAT, like the SAT,
is concerned with your verbal
and mathematical abilities.
Like the SAT, the PSAT
uses multiple-choice ques-
tions. The SAT scores range
from 200 to a top Of 800,
the PSAT range is from 20
to 80. The PSAT is taken
by the student in his own
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densOOn Of his book HOw Get Accepted by the College
Of Your Choice" Dr. Fine discusses filling out sPpcOtOnSs
writing your Biographical sketch end getting letters O
mendOtOn. He oO gives yOu checklist Of questions TO ssk
the college. Don't miss II.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

the field tested.
You may select any three
subjects. Be certain that the
college to which you are ap-
plying does not require any
specific test that you might
not otherwise take. The 13
achievement tests are: Social
studies, intermediate mathe-
mates, advanced mathe-
mates, French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Latin,
Greek, biology, chemistry,
physics and English compose
ton. Tests in Russian and
essay writing were announced
this spring, and will be
offered soon.
Each test lasts an hour.
Most of the tests require
that you have a command Of
a solid body of factual in
formation" says the helpful
CEEB booklet describing
achievement tests.
The hour long English
composition examination at
temptS to evaluate correct
ness and effectiveness of ex-
preston, organizational abil-
ity and taste and sesitivity
in the use of language.
The Scholastic Aptitude
Test is by far the more
important. The SAT is a
three hour examination,
designed first of all to meas
ure your ability to read with
understanding, to compre-
hend words, and to deal with
word and thought relation
ships. Second, its mathemati-
cal questions are aimed at
measuring your reasoning
ability rather than your
achievement. No special
knowledge beyond that
taught in freshman high
school mathematics is re-
quired. Each test contains at
least 100 questions of many
degrees of difficulty.
The verbal sections OF the
SAT contain oppositeS, SEN
tence competitions, analogies
and reading comprehension
questions. (See last weeks
TEENO
Questions on OppositeS test
understanding of the mean
ings of words. In each queS-
ton q word is given and you
are asked to pick the word
most nearly opposite in
meaning to the given word.
You will probably have met
most Of the words in your
reading.
Some Of the questions in
the sentence competitions test
require you to complete a
sentence in which one or two
words are missing. These
questions test comprehension
of sentence meaning. If you
understand the implications
of a sentence, you will be able
to pick the one answer which
best fulfillS the meaning OF
the sentence.
The analogieS test Sensi-
tivity of relationships among
words and ideas. You are
asked to analyze relationships
and to recognize relationships
which are similar to each
other.
Approximately half of the
time given to the verbal sec
ton Of the SAT is devoted
to reading comprehension.
There is no way to beat"
the tests and there is no way
to gain entrance into some
$50 colleges and universities
without taking them and
scoring well on them.
You can't cram for the
Nnl1eUa poardS Pllt Won can
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c. Hollis. Jr, route /. Terra Alta;
five daughters, Mrs Evelyn Wat
l,ins. Cleveland, o.. Mrs Thelma
Matheny, Terra Alta; Mrs. Iva
Romine, Cordcll, Okla; Mrs
Esther Dewitt, Crellin; and Mrs.
Betty Gilmore, Lafayette, Ind;
two sisters, Mrs. Grace Smith and
Mrs. Agnes Lantz, both of Crellin;
four brothers, Robert, Stanley and
Dwight Ashby. all of Crellin; and
Ernest Ashby, Oakland; II grand
children and nine great grandchil-
dren.
The body was taken to the Fike-
Watson funeral home in Terra
Alta where funeral services were
conducted Monday afternoon at 2
O'Clock with Rev. Norman Laughlin
and Rev. w. c. Dunson officiating.
Interment was in the Terra Alta
cemetery.
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Savannah, Ga, and has resumed his
duties with the 3O3rd relueling So.
SAC in Bermuda.
Altman Jackson is a graduate Of
50 from Southern High
80 50
Private Ted X Fike. son Of M
and Mrs. Gilmour A. Fike, Eglon,
w. Va, is currently undergoing
basic training with the Third Train
ing Regiment Bet, at the United
States Army Training Center,
Armor CUSATCA). at Fort Knox,
KY.
Upon completion of the eight
weeks course ending December is,
he will receive an additional eight
weeks advanced individual train
ing. Pvt Fike is assigned to B
Company, 9Th Battalion, the Third
Regiment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-12-07

A/3c Gary C. Jackson, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson. Rt
Oakland. has been home on a SO
day leave from Hunter A.F.B. in
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Surviving are her husband,
George A. Beeman; two sons,
Charles II, and Howard Beeman,
both Meyersdalc, Pa; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mildred Fazenbaker,
Friendsville; Mrs. Vida Houser,
Addison, Pa; Mrs. Myrtle Baluch,
LaVale; one brother, Joseph Bit
finger, Oakland and 20 grandchil-
dren.
The body was taken to the New
man Funeral home at Grantsville
where funeral services we're con-
Quoted Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock by Rev. Charles Walls. In
terment was in the burst ceme-
terry.
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ton, and the late Josiah G.. Friend
Mr.. Friend is survived by his
widow, Della Alberta ReXroad
Friend; his mother, five sons, Haf-
Ian G.. Friend, Glassport, Pa; Sher-
man L. Friend, Altamont Howard
B. Friend, Mount Rainier; Alfred l..
Friend, of SWanton; and Clarence
l. Friend, at home; seven brothers,
Arthur f. Friend. Mt. Lake Park;
James w. Friend. Swanton; A. G.
Friend Deer Park; Leslie c.
Friend, Warren, o.; Harland B.,
Chester and Lenuel F. Friend, all
of SWanton: three sisters, Mrs.
George T. Beckman, of SWanton:
Mrs. Hayward Custer, Oakland;
and Mrs. Michael Frantz, of Swan
ton; and six grandchildren.
Mr.. Friend was a member Of
Woodmen of the World and
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
He was employed as a brakeman
with the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road
Funeral services are being con
Quoted this afternoon at o'clock
from the Swanton Methodist church
by Rev. Roy Butler, pastor of the
Ev. United Brethren church. Inter
ment will be in the George Gene
terry near SwantOn.
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DIED
SHElLA M. LAUcHLIN

Sheila Marie Laughlin, infant
daughter of Daniel and Anna
Shiilingburg Laughlin, Blooming
ton, was dead on arrival at Poto-
mac Valley hospital, Keyser, last
Saturday morning
She was born September Is, 1861
Besides her parents. she is sur
vived by two brothers, Daniel and
Martin Laughlin, both at home:
and sister, Sarah Ann, also at
home.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Fredlock Funeral home
in Piedmont, W. Va, on Sunday by
Rev FIR George Pugh, assistant
pastor of St Peters Catholic
church in Westernport. Interment
was in st. Thomas cemetery.
Keyser
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ARCHIBALD T. BRoADWATER

Archibald T. Broadwater, aged
S8. former mayor of Barton, died
last Friday. December /, in Allie
gany county infirmary. Cumber-
land, where he had been patient
16 months
Born in this county he was a
retired carpenter and contractor
He held membership in Barton
Methodist church.
Surviving are two sons, Ralph
and Edison Broadwater both of
Barton: seven grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Boal
Memorial chapel in Westernpot
where funeral services were con-
Quoted Monday afternoon. Inter-
ment was in Laurel Hill cemetery.
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this week, and attended the funeral
of Mrs. Gilmore and Mrs. DeWitt's
mother, Mrs. Effie Hollis, on Mon
day at Terra Alta.
Mrs. Joseph DiSimone, Mrs. Bur-
lin Holler, Mrs. Nora Yutzy and
Mrs. Milton Fike were shoppers in
Cumberland, on Monday
Edward Bowman and son, of
Toledo, O., are visiting this week
with the formers mother, Mrs. Da-
vid Bowman, while deer hunting
Seventeen youth from the cub
church attended the Youth Rally
on Monday night, which was held
at the cub church at Terra Alta
The youth director. Robert Shat
fer and Waller Hoye, accompanied
the youth.
Delayed
Boyd HaddiX, Kent, O., visited
his father. Sam HaddiX, on Friday
at the Ralph Dewitt home They
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Cald-
we'll and family, Burlington, W
Va, Friday afternoon and evening
Miss Evelyn Dewitt was din
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs Clifford
Welch and family. near Under
wood. on Thanksgiving.
Miss COsette Dewitt spent sever
al days last week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Fike and
daughters, Oakland.
David Bell, of Oakland visited
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Dewitt and
family last weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hinebaugh.
Mrs. Burlin Holler, Mr.. and Mrs
Floyd Carskadon, Homer Shaffer,
Robert Shaffer, Crellin, and Char
les Knapp and Mrs Charles Teets,
Terra Alta. spent last Friday eve
ming at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Mervin Dewitt and Mrs. Sally
Meese, near Hopemont. The eve
ming was spent singing hymns.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs
Nelson Lewis, at Rawlings.
Robert Shaffer, Mrs Milton Fike
and Betty Foy were shoppers in
Cumberland on Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Graham, Jr,
of Baltimore, spent the ThankSgiV-
ing weekend with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Graham. Lee Ora
ham, of Cumberland, spent the
weekend with the Grahams.
Mrs. Oscar Shaffer, Mrs Robert
Henline, Mrs. Paul Graham, Mr.
and Mrs Fred Graham and Robert
Shaffer attended the wedding of
EIaipn Graham and TohD MarDlp
in the Methodist church, Oakland,
last Saturday evening.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Foster were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Foster and son, of
Hendricks, w. Va: Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Harvey and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Billy Foster and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Wilt and
family, Rev. and Mrs. Early Foster,
Pvt Earl Foster and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ronald Warwick, of Tunnelton.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Michaels
and Mr.. and Mrs Harry Broad
water and sons, of near Barton,
visited Mrs Stella Adams and son
/ Bill, last Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph DiSimone was host
ess to a demonstration party last
Monday evening.
Lois Wilt and son visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Virgil Shaffer, Sunday.
The Kings Daughters Sunday
School class of the cub church
met on Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Lewis.