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Evening star., 1961-02-11
LOS ANGELES DRAWS STARS
Peter Close Presses
RozsovoIgyi in Mile
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II
(AP).-Istvan Rozsavolgyi, the
skinny Hungarian Army cap
tain who is the featured mile
performer this season around
the indoor track circuit, is get
ting competition from an un-
expected quarter.
Peter Close, a Marine Corps
lieutenant stationed at Guam
tico who couldn't make the
Olympic 1,500 final at Rome
last year. pushed Rozsavolgyi
to q 4:05.4 victory in the mile
in the Philadelphia Inquirer
meet last night.
THAT Pete Close" said Rosy
through an interpreter. "he is
pretty good-better than I
thought he'd be-"
The victory. kept Rosys bat
ting average at 1.000-three for
three. And each time he has
improved since landing in this
country Just two weeks ago.
Close Expects Better
Close. about three yards back
in second place at the tape,
was caught in 4:05.8, by far his
best performance indoors.
II felt just great" said Close.
o st. Johns University grad
uate. who barely beat Ed Moran
to make the olympic team. I'm
in the best shape Of my life. I
think / might be able to do
better"
Rozsavolgyi's clocking broke
the meet record Of 4:05.8 set ny
Ron Delany two years ago.
Close tied It.
Terry Sullivan Of Rhodesia,
making his indoor debut, fin
See INQUIRER, Page Ala
Evening star., 1961-02-11
Wolfe Mitchell Headed
For Third Gloves Meetino
135-Pound Stors
Win Features in
Quurter-FinuIs
By JOHN SEGRAVES
Star staff Writer

Ralph Wolfe Is 81 years DID,
married with four children, and
after 10 years Of boxing as an,
amateur is coming to the cons
cluSion that there are more i'm
portant things to take up his.
time than punching people.
However, he wants to do lust
Ia little more punching, enough
to win a second Washington
Golden Gloves lightweight
championship and perhaps a
berth on the Eastern team for
the Inter-C City competition in
Chicago. Then he may quit the
sport. s.
The fighting carpenter took
another step in that direction
last night before q sell-out
crowd Of about 1900 at Capitol
Arena by outpointing Danny
Andrews Of the Police Boys
Club No. 2. IT
-
Mitchell Stops GraysOn
Immediately after the CYO
stars quarter-final victory
Sherman CTank) Mitchell, his
old rival, went to work on Nat
Grayson, Twelfth Street YMCA
135-pounder, and stopped him
at 1880 Of the second round.
This, barring upsets in next
Friday nights semifinals at
Uline Arena, will mean a third
meeting between Wolfe and
Mitchell for the lightweight
title. Ralph whipped quick
handed Sherman two years ago
for the title and the Police
Club star turned the tables last
year. >
Gloves fans are expecting
Wolfe to have the tougher job
Of the two. He must beat hard
hitting Columbus Burrell in the
semifinals, while Mitchell pre-
sumably has a softer touch in
the US Hunter Ragland. The
latter won a decision from
Police Clubs George williams
last night.
ut would be a nice way to
finish up" Wolfe said after his
fight. Il wasn't as sharp in this
one as I should have been and
Mitchell was punching hard"
GraysOn Goes Down
AS most of the bowling
crowd will admit, MitchelIs
showing was by far the more
sensational. Shortly after the
second round began, he dug a
hard right to Grayson's midsec-
ton and followed with a short
right to the chin. The last
blow sent Grayson to the floor.
He wobbled up, but Referee
Marty Gallagher would let it
go no farther. 49,. =.
Wolfe had mild trouble try
ing to catch Andrews, who
spent more time trying to stay
out of Ralph's range than he
did in throwing punches. But
the former champion had
things his own way most Of the
three rounds and won it
unanimously. 4t
The rest Of the card fea-
tured five other technical
knockouts and was slimmed
down from 81 bouts to IS after
six were forfeited.
The two biggest upsets of the
night found Jimmy johnson of
the Police Club stopping big
John Tuell. pride of the Hill
crest Heights Boys Club, at
lilo Of the second round, and
Adrian Davis of Southeast A. c.
outpointing the CYO's Rene
See GLOVES, Page Ala,
Evening star., 1961-02-11
FIGHT RESULTS
By the Associated Press

ROME, .Italy-Dsvey Moore, 1904,
SPRINGFIELD. Ohio, outpointed Raimondo
Mobile. l2a. italy. 10 (non-titleJ.
Chandler, Ariz., awarded decision over
Norman Letcher. 1872, Los Angeles
fletcher quit In fifth round).
Evening star., 1961-02-11

yesterday and still was within
reach at 1856.
The leaders:
Leaders at the end of the
Evening star., 1961-02-11

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II (AP)
"A sparkling cast of interna-
tionally known track and field
athletes compete tonight in the
second annual Los Angeles
Times indoor meet in the Sports
Arena. led by Hungary's Istvan
RozSalvolgyi.
Rosy" to use q nickname
runs in the featured mile. He
competed in the Philadelphia
Inquirer Games last night. win
ming with a 4:05.4 meet record
The Hungarian hooks up with
"a transplanted Hungarian,
Laszlo Tabori. a former team
mate: South Rhodesia's Terry
Sullivan; Australian Pat Clio.
hessy of Houston University. as
well as Archie Sam Romani Of
the Emerald Athletic Club in
~AOSOh'
Beatty, Kidd TangIe
The 2-mile battle features
Jim Beatty Of the Santa Clara
Valley, Calf, Youth Village
against Canada's sensational
l7-year-old high school runner,
Bruce Kidd.
Houston presents two runners
in the 2-mile race, Aussie AL
Lawrence and Poland's John
Macy. Uncle Sans representa-
tive is Max Truck Of the Air
Force.
The 60-yard dash brings to-
gether for the first time the CO.
holders Of the national indoor
record Of 6 seconds, Roscoe
Cook of Oregon and Herb
Carper of Beaver Falls. Pa.
The 500-yard event includes
Olympic 400-meter Champion
See LOS ANGELES, Page Ala
Evening star., 1961-02-11

Totals w 81 2a-36 10 10:
Haiftime: 1882. deorsetown. ''
Evening star., 1961-02-11

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
In The Right Direction

The flexible grading program to be launched next
fall in two Rockville junior high schools is giant step
forward in acceerating the pace of gifted children
throughout the county school system.
By permitting students with exceptional abilities
to compress two years of junior high school into one
school officials will be placing into effect system OF
rewards similar to that in industry and business.
AT the same time. slow learners will remain in
the eighth and ninth grade until they come up to the
level of achievements which has been set as stand
ard even if it takes them three years to complete two
years work
This plan places premium on hard work. 1t
puts students on notice that they will be judged on
what they do not on what the teacher thinks they are
capable of doing.
1t means talented children will not be shackled
in their progress by those unable to absorb knowledge
as quickly They will be able to set their own pace
without the restrictions Of rigid grading system
But equally important, it should end the practice OF
promoting those who have failed to show complete
mastery of the subject matter in their grade but are
showed ahead merely because the teacher believes
they have tried to the limit of their ability.
We expect the usual outcries from two sources
The first comprises those who oppose skipping grades
(and that what it amounts to- on the ground it is
essential to assemble children by age rather than by
intelligence in order to prevent social maladjustment
whatever that means These people believe one of
the major functions of school system is to turn out
happy children who can get along with each other.
The other group rejects the idea of rewardng
those with superior intelligence for fear it would make
the average and slow learners feel inferior This at
tude ignores reality it prefers conformity and medi
ocrity to brilliance and unorthodoxy.
We hope school officials will resist such pressures
and proceed with their program. This is the kind of
creative thinking which deserves the support of all
citizens interested in promoting the efficiency of their
school system.
We hope, too, that school authorities will extend
the program the following year to all junior high
schools as well as to elementary and high schools.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11

The present County School administration has
placed great emphasis upon educational experiment
tation and Harold F. Breimyers report Dr. c.
Taylor Whittier's first four years lists number of
new and untried programs.
This approach can be of value to educa-
tional system only if these programs evaluated
effectively to see where they fall short as well
where they succeed
This is basic to all research for many theories
that look good paper do not work out in practice
The career recognition plan, for example, is
tanly sound in theory but for some reason not yet
explained, it has not worked out to the satisfaction
of any great number of teachers.
The apparent unwilingness of the Board and the
Administration to find out what is wrong and correct
it before they add teachers to the plan raises
the question to whether they may not do the
with other programs where the evidence of failure is
less apparent.
Criticism from teachers, parents, and all others
concerned with the schools should be considered
fully before it is brushed aside interpreted an
attack on the Board and the Administration
Education without experimentation may become
sterile but experimentation without honest and OBJ
jective evaluaton could be disastrous.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
Letters to the Sentinel

especially useful in this phase
of shelter work, securing the
cooperation of dog-owners
whose problems it under
stands. 1t can offer solutions
to some of these problems, and
assist the public in dog.obedi-
ence training.
The Sentinel stated that the
Society planned to run the
county shelter with a staff of
seven paid employees. The
Society did refer to two hui
name organizations in the
metropolitan area which oper-
ate with a staff of seven en-
ployees. However, the Society
proposed a staff of nine en-
ployees for the Montgomery
County Shelter (as against IL
planned by the County next
year,. This staff of nine, pro-
posed by the Society. would be
headed by an experienced per-
sonnet director, who is also a
professional dog handler,
whose qualifications are such
that he could supervise the
running of the animal shelter
and the dog control enforce
ment in an efficient, humane
and economical manner. Vol
unteers would supplement his
work force at scheduled times
under his direction.
The Sentinel mentioned that
the Montgomery County Ami.
NAL Shelter handled 6.139
dogs, 5,721 cats during 1900
a total of 1850 animals. 1t
is interesting to note that the
Animal Rescue League of
Washington handled 14,056
dogs and cats in this period,
and the Arlington Animal Wei
fare League handled 1859 for
a comparable period, with
their smaller staffs and lower
budgets.
Eugene G. Moran
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
The Humane Society

The Sentinels report of the
Humane Society's request to
the County Council to be au.
thorized to run the county ami.
NAL shelter was incorrect in
two particulars.
The report said that mo
mention was made of enforc.
ing the county's dog ordinance,
one of the animal shelters
chief responsibilities" On the
contrary, the Society definite
ly affirmed, in response to
that question from the Coun.
Gil, that it would perform the
work of enforcing the dog.con.
troll ordinance, as is done in
Arlington and Alexandria, Va,
by their Animal Welfare
Leagues. The Humane Soci-
ETY. of Montgomery County,
Inc, believes that it could be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
cleun Up The County Sect

The Mayor and City Council of Rockville have
to be proud of The Civic Center Mansion the
proposed new City Hail. the Recreation Programs and
many other accomplishments.
However, there is crying need for some street.
cleaning equipment and the manpower to it. The
fair City of Rockville especially in the business areas
is fairly Uttered with dirt and trash
We are afraid that many of the people who go
to the County Seat business, to town for shop
ping, or just passing through, get very dismal i'm
preston of the city that judged of the All
American Cities"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11

the interests of teachers are
not necessarily those of the
school board and DIR. Whittier.
l think it patiently clear that
teachers have overwhelmingly
rejected career recognition as
practiced here yet Mr.. Simonds
seeks to placate the board and
DR.. Whittier by burying the
unfavorable teacher reaction
in monumental parliamentary
proceedings.
DR.. Whittier intends to re-
move women teachers from
the system in favor of men.
Mr.. Simonds and MEGA are
silent about this. Are our fe-
male members willing to be
thus quietly led to the guillo-
tine?
Or. WHITTIER seems deter
mined to institute a II months
school system here. Are
teachers and parents in favor
of this? l doubt it, but what
are We doing about it? Moth
ing.
The school board and DR..
Whittier are enamored of the
idea that the number of de-
grees a teacher has can alone
determine the fitness of that
individual to teach. Common
sense denies such an idea but
Mr.. Simonds has not voiced a
single protest.
James Thurber coined a
phrase to fit the situation
when he said great OATS from
little icons grow" We need a
teachers organization that will
work in the interests of teach.
ers but we had better make
sure we know what our inter-
ests are. Rebellion, anyone?
If you will publish this let
ter, l shall remain,
A Grateful Teacher
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
RIM
of the
TIM
Not My Day!

It's not my day as L prove. 1t started in my
BATH slipped and fell upon my You should have
heard my wrath, My train late in reaching town.
No taxicab in view And all the time wondered what
That boss of mine would do. 1 scurried to the bank
sfoot A good ten blocks away. Again tell you in
truth This dismal day. The other clerks would
peer at With pity their faces My boss would
lecture long and loud And tell of my disgraces.
banker poor I'd always be. He'd hastily opine. 1
couldn't get work Before the clock struck
nine. l reached the bank and sign. Which
brought from Huray!" Thrilled to the the sign
on the door Read Legal Holiday"
ttftN7 y Richard Hobart
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
Answer TO Lou Brott

In Lou Brott's letter apr.
30 complaining about the
plan for a film in color on
Sewage & Disposal" he ques-
tons the advisability of the
Sanitary Commission engag-
ing in such a project.
With the prospective popu-
lation figure of Montgomery
County for 1870 the scarcity
of land fills for trash disposal,
and the ever increasing cost of
sewage lines, the film will
prove of inestimable value in
mass education for the public
at a whole.
Prior to 1858, Laurel, Md.
q7000 population had poured
Continued on Page AO
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
Simonds and Teachers

| note in the latest issue of
our Educator" that Mr.. ST.
monds has inserted an editor.
ial announcing that the teach
ers of this county have been
mistreated because two budg-
cts have come and gone with
out any increase in teacher
salaries. He is apparently
rather righteously indignant
about this. | suggest to him
that a staggering percentage
of the members of MEGA are
going to be righteously indig-
nant when they read the arti-
Gle in the same issue about
MEGA contributing $4,000 to
the building fund for the new
state teachers association
building in Baltimore. Appar-
emily, Mr.. Simonds expects
every teacher in the county to
contribute SIS. Well have to
have a salary increase to keep
up with Mr.. Simonds and his
expensive plans.
But what / think is more inn
portant is that in his second
editorial Mr.. Simonds goes to
the wailing wall about criti-
cism of the schools by a local
newspaper editor which, ac-
coring to Mr.. Simonds, are en-
gagged in to increase circula-
ton. / am not sure just how
this is accomplished but Mr..
Simonds piously announces,
I'VE decline to assist him." Let
me make three points.
First of all, it would appear
that with DR.. Breimyer in top
form the editor doesn't need
any other assistance. Second
ly, Mr.. Simonds and MEGA
are actively assisting critics of
the schools by an answering
alliance of himself and our
organization with the school
board and the school admins
tration. Quite aside from the
merits of the positions either
the critics or the schools have
taken, Mr.. Simonds has effec-
lively prevented the teachers
of this county from exercising
any intellectual leadership to-
ward a resolution of the issues.
We expend our organizational
energies in little more than
support of the school board
and DR.. Whittier, with never a
reflective thought that we, as
teachers, are failing to exer-
else an intellectual leadership
which is so sorely needed. We
thus are mere sterile puppets
in Mr.. Simonds hands. We
are being used. Unless and
until the teachers assert their
leadership in this matter, just
SO long as we allow Mr.. ST.
monds to use us in this way,
we are quite effectively assist
ing the critics of the schools.
Thirdly and most important,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11

dents, but l am going to make
an observation which / want to
be heard loud and clear. There
is some connection between the
growth of criminal activity in
the pseudo-educated class and
the increase of illiteracy with.
in the colleges and high schools
of this country.
1t is my opinion that the col
lege illiterate poses one of the
serious problems to our country
today. For the college illiterate,
bolstered by his charm, his sa-
voir faire, his contacts and all
of his other crutches, may be-
come the illiterate lawyer or
physician or teacher and in a po-
sition to impose his will, power
and infantile ideas upon a serv-
lent public.
Let me define a college il
literate." He is the one who can.
not read aloud; whose ears are
deaf to the subtle accents caus-
ed by punctuation; he is the
one who will not read in quiet
ness and mark the procession of
his thoughts as they march or
tumble through his mind; he is
the one who SCOTS at prose and
poetry and says that they are
but words from withered lips
and are stuffed with death; he
is the one who cannot see that
it is the nature of the God in
Man to seek and respond to
beauty; he is the one who thinks
that written history is only a
diary written by fools who lived
too soon and that there is Meth
er pleasure nor profit to be ex.
perienced by glancing back
wards to the old reckoning
ones who say to us: Gently,
this too shall pass"
He is the one who will not
take time from getting ahead"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11

and operating" upon people
who count" by dropping
names to look at himself face
to face and ask himself who he
is and what he wants, and why.
He cannot see that his teachers
are dedicated to opening his
eyes-even by prying them open
with books and paper. He re-
fuses to correlate the past and
present and sees no connection
between the gladiator who was
killed in the Roman coliseum
two thousand years ago and the
college football player who dies
of a broken neck upon a Satur-
day afternoon. He does not I'M
derstand that there is a mighty
current of thought sung by the
poets of the western world
about the relationship of God,
Man and Earth and that what
they said will endure as long
as the Trinity lives.
l do not know the nature of
the stuff that these people fill
their lives with But anyhow it
cannot give them much satisfac-
ton; else why should they COM
NIT crime.
Nor do l know the remedy for
the situation or how it may be
that we can keep the college and
high school boy from commit
ting crime.
Nor do I suggest that love Of
prose and poetry is a guarantee
against crime. Oscar Wilde and
o. Henry can attest that writing
ability was poor defense in a
criminal case.
But, as l have said, l think
of my Chapel Hill Cadets and
the ideals for which they flew
above the Pacific waters; and of
the promises / made to them
about America, 1860, and then
/ weep.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-11
Byron's Column

When it became known that Charles Tay-
lor Whittier would get another fouryear term
as Superintendent of Schools we had tax
with an educator who was at one time a
member of the Board of Education outside OF
Maryland
First of ALL" he said, sit is important to
understand that the appointment of person
to head the administration and educational
phase of any school system must be based on
an impersonal. cold, realistic analysis of the
applicants record or actual performance"
Whether or not DIR. Whittier is per-
sOnable or popular with large segments
Of the local population has no bearing ON
whether or not he has been a good edu'
Gator or fine administrator.
AS a matter of fact DR.. Whittier is per-
sonable individual and he does have many
friends in Montgomery County and elsewhere
in the country
However, the Board of Education had
only two questions to answer: Has DR.. Whit
tier been the type of superintendent it want
eu. And Is ne tlle DcSl PCiSoiA dNoiAoSA~ 40
the job?
The seven members of the Board of Edu-
cation answered these two questions in the
affirmative.
There were some private reservations
on the part of individual members of the
Board. And we suspect they might coin
eide with few of the following Observa'
tons made by this former educator we
talked with the other day.
During the past four years DR., Whittier
seems to have failed to instill a genuine sense
of loyalty or confidence in the teachers prin-
cipals and supervisors In fact he appears to
have the attitude that if they didn't like the
way he was moving that they should get out
Or Whittier's apparent lack of leader
ship in this area has caused the morale of the
teachers, principals and supervisors to reach
a very low point
Ills attiture has apparently caused dis
tress among his subordinates and the fact
that County teachers, principals and super
Visors receive higher salaries and fringe bene-
fits here than they would in most places has
not served to overcome feeling of frustra-
ton.
"AnOther apparent failing of DIR.
Whittier has been his evident lack of
ability TO organize various departments in
his system. And because he has been I'M