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Evening star., 1962-09-16
BY LESLIE ]. MASON
Professor of Education, University
n Southern California


Of Southern California
Most children admire their
parents. They try to do the
things their parents do; they
like the things their parents
like. Parents can use this ad-
mifation to help their children
succeed in school, as this letter
suggests:
Dear DR.. Mason:
Our son entered the third
grade this year. He is an aver
age student except in reading
His teacher says he has the
ability but he lacks interest,
At home he won't pick up a
book. If I sit down and have
him read to me he does it only
because he has to. We live on
a farm and our son is so in
terested in helping his father
that school is secondary to him.
Do you nave a Solutlon?-MrS.
S. s., Eureka, Ill.
Your son obviously admires
his father. If his father made
it plain to him that he con-
siders school to be very i'm
portant, it might make a diff
ference.
Also, you might find a few
books at his reading level which
have to do with farm animals
and crops. Have him read them
and then discuss them with
his father. His teacher or Ii
brarian can help you select the
books.
AH&
Dear DR.. Mason:
Our little girl finished the
first grade last year with low
grades in the three major sub
Evening star., 1962-09-16
BEAUTY IN FLOWERS
Composition Sits
Near Fireplace
MRS. HERBERT n. eREGER

wherever I wish to make the
arrangement.
Each. component is cut slant
wise to a point. Then Ispush.
the stem deftly, at the desired
angle, into the plastic. There,
it stays firmly until you want
to try a new idea, bless you.
Start with the tallest
branches, as high as is com-
Portable. then step gradually
downward with shorter branch
es. Two large heads of hy-
drangea, which always dry to
perfection right on the bushes,
are cut short and pushed low
into the front of the styro-
foam. One is slightly higher
than the other. The yarrow fits
in quite easily. Some seven
heads are in the lower half Of
the arrangement, providing
fullnesS and weight. Seven adj
ditional yarrow flowers radiate
upward.
The blond heads Of winter
rye, which I cleaned from the
roadside, add some graceful
curves to the right. A few
strands of dried sage point up
congenial lines and colors in
the gnarled roots at the base
of the composition. The dark
beech leaves accent the many
dark brick in my "olde bricks
hearth and there is warmth
and cheer even without a fire.
Evening star., 1962-09-16
Safety Talks
Mansfield Lists
School Visits

Inspector "Dick" Mansfield,
director of The Evening Stars
School Safety Program, will
begin his 18th year of cartoon
safety chalk-talks in the fol-
lowing schools this week:
Tomorrow, Palnez School,
Falls Church, 10:45 am.
Tuesday, Brownie School,
Alexandria, 10 am.
Wednesday, Mount Vernon
School, Alexandria, 9:15 am.
and Theodore Sicklin School,
10:45 am.
Thursday, st. Clements Epis-
copal School, Alexandria, $3.50
am. and Fair Park Baptist
School, 10:45 am.
Friday, Douglas School, Al
exandria, 9:15 am. and Mac
Arthur School, 10:45 am.
Evening star., 1962-09-16
SCIENCE
CALENDAR

This information is sup
piled by the Joint Committee
on Press Relations of the
District of Columbia Council
on Engineering and Archi-
tecturGI Societies and the
Washington Academy of Sci
enceS.J
TOMORROW
Chemical Engineers Of WashingtOn-
a l2;l5 pm. luncheon at the All
street NV. Dr., Harvey Hall. Office
of Manned Flight. NASA, will speak
on 'Highlights Of the Apollo Program" !"
Society of Aut0motive Engineers-
"A 3:45 pm. inspection tour of the
new Dulles International Airport and
mobile lounges. The tour. for mem
bers only. starts at the airport. A
dinner at 8 pm. at the Evans Inn
follows the tour:
w..h,r..oO TUESDAY nSIsA,Son. p....,,n
Councll-A dinner and meeting at
7;30 pm: at the Roger Smith Hotel,
Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Or. Ellis johnson, pro-
lessor OF MANAGEMENT science at the
Case Institute Of Technology. will
Application Of Learning Theory" Pub
lie invited.
Institute Of Traffic Engineers-A
1915 pm. luncheon meeting in Barker
Han, YWcA' Seventeenth and K
tor Of Downtown Progress, will speak
on Downtown Rehabilitation" Public
The National Rocket CIub-A 1880
pm luncheon meeting in the ball
TN11Fk TNa y,
a. Getting. president Of the Aero
Space Corp, will speak on military
d. c. Metropolitan Chapter of the
Constructions Specifications Institute.
1880 pm. meeting at the National
Housing. Center, 1928 L street NV.
Critical Examination of the Aims
and Accomplishment of the CSI,"
WEDNESDAY
archaeological Society Of Wash
43. United States National Museum,
DR.. Ellis L. Yochelson. Of the United
States Geological Survey will speak
On 'Through Europe at a Snail's Pace" "
American Welding Society wash
ingtOn Section)-An s pm meeting
at the Diplomat Motel. 1880 New York
avenue NE. Harry Reid. jr., manager
q the Technical Service Division; Nc
1T Isn't Mud Survey Of Arch
Welding Electrodes and Electrode
Coatings." There is a dinner at $50
pm. followed by a short film. "Un-
manned Scientific Satellites" Public
invited.
Professional Group Reliability and
Quality Control-An $50 pm. meet
ing at the PEPCO auditorium, Tenth
and e streets NV. Paul s. Darnell
director of the Reliability Engineer
ing Center Bell Telephone Labora-
tories, Whippany. N. j.. will speak on
Some Reliability Considerations for
Telstar."
Evening star., 1962-09-16
EDUCATION
FORUM
BY BENJAMIN FINE

DR.. Fine, do many children
read at the age of three? Also,
what books would be best for
me to get him. viii Steven
lose his reading ability if I
don't spend time listening to
him read a little every day?
What viii happen when he goes
to school?
Answer: I can say immedi-
ately, Mrs. Bell, that you have
a precocious child. Not many
children. even those with high
los, start reading at three,
though I have seen bright
youngsters read at that early
age. Now to your specific ques-
tions: You want to know the
reading materials to get for
Steven. I'd advise you to con-
tinue as you are doing. Take
Steven to the library and let
him browse among the chill
dren's books. At his tender age
there are no reading materials
available. He'll set his own pace.
Your other questions are more
difficult. OF course, you should
show an interest in his reading
ability, but don't push" him.
If he retrogresses, and stops
reading for a while, no harm
will be done. But if you do
have the time, let him read
to you if that's what he enjoys
doing. But what will happen
when he's ready for school? His
teacher should know of his
reading ability. Perhaps he
should be placed in an older
grade for the reading period.
Otherwise he'll get mighty
bored, and may even develop a
diStaste for school.
Question: I enjoy your col
umn very much. Please answer
this question for me as well
as for the many other mothers
with whom I have discussed
this problem. Why isn't more
emphasis put on the ability
of a child to express his own
ideas and interpretations,
rather than just his ability to
memorize and to fit into the
rigid mold of conformity?
Answer: A good school will
put emphasis on creative ex-
preston rather than memorial
ton and conformity. Of course,
I'll have to agree with you
that too often teachers find it
easier to give their students
rote work that doesn't require
original thinking or creativity.
More emphasis should be placed
on self-expression. But much
depends on the subject taught.
You can learn the arithmetic
tables better, undoubtedly,
through rote and memorial
ton.
But such subjects as art,
music, social studies or litera-
ture should be taught in an
imaginative, inspiring manner.
Many of our good teachers do
just that. But studies have
shown that beginning with the
fourth grade, children lose their
creative drive and become
intellectual conformists. And
more's the pity. Let's not drive
originality and creativity from
our children.
Evening star., 1962-09-16
YWCA Glasses Set
In Public Speaking

Glasses in public speaking
will begin September "a at the
YWCA, Seventeenth and K
streets NV. under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Emanuel womb.
Perry and Elizabeth Phillips.
Meeting on Tuesdays at IL
am. and Wednesdays at Z pm,
students in both classes will
speak each period and receive
criticism from instructors.
Evening star., 1962-09-16
N School Program
Is Advanced, Expanded

join in the television lessons
although the Board of Educa-
ton is a member of the Greater
Washington Educational Tele-
vision Association, Inc, which
administers the station.
A Curriculum Council, made
up of representatives from the
school systems participating
develops a curriculum suited to
the various requirements.
In the elementary field, an
advanced French course is be-
ing added this year. In addi-
ton, some Of the in-school pro-
grams are being repeated in
the late afternoon, and an in
service teachers course in con-
temporary mathematics will be
given.
Individual Charge Made
The schools pay for their
participation at the rate of rs
cents per elementary child. The
school operation will account
for $175,000 of the estimated
$250,000 operating budget this
year. The rest goes into the
community programming.
A fund drive began last week
to help support this phase of
the operation.
For the most part, the in
school programs are directed
at enrichment of the curricu-
lums, rather than direct teach
ing. The idea is to present the
television material in cooper
alton with the classroom
teacher.
Mrs. Edmund D. Campbell,
president Of the association,
points out the schools use the
TV lessons in different pat
terms. For example. with the
French lessons, some schools
use teachers with no French
teaching background, others
use special language teachers,
and others have had in-service
training for teachers.
The school systems select the
teachers for the locally pro-
duced lessons. The teacher
staff has been expanded from
four to 10 this year.
Evening star., 1962-09-16

1t takes only a few nippy
nights to make us think oi
wood and a good cracking fire
in the fireplace. Even if a mel
low Indian summer should
postpone the kindling g and
combustion, it takes no time
at all to bring the fireplace
into focus in another fashion
1t is truly a wonderful place
for a really big arrangement.
Depending on the type oi
hearth, such an arrangement
will stand low on the hearth
stone or on a raised hearth
as is the case in my home. II
can be done in any style which
suits the architecture but il
will be informal.
I chose plant material with
permanence in mind. I wanted
a decoration which may be
moved from the hearth to a
place nearby or away to a low
chest. Something which will
hold up for weeks without wa
ter or care. That kind of per-
manence.
I have an old crock which
is always filled up to its middle
with crude glycerin and from
there to the top with water
Into this emulsion I put the
freshly cut branches of what
ever plant material I wish to
preserve. Most broadleaf ever
greens are excellent, but de-
ciduous shrubs and trees also
furnish usable material since
they hold their leaves after
curing. True, the glycerin
changes the color, but they re-
main full sized, soft and pill
able.
I love a copper beech and ]
use it off and on throughout
the year. Whenever the pre-
served branches are not in use
a cellophane wrapping and a
clothespin keep them high up
and out of the way.
Golden yarrow yields an
abundant harvest each year.
cut whatever I wish to dry at
the height of its beauty and
stand it against a wall in my
dark attic. There is no fuss or
work, it always dries beauti-
fully.
A piece of root or a gnarled
stick comes in handy when
you must camouflage a piece
of styrofoan. This runch y
block of green plastic is pur-
chased from any florist. I US
ually press it onto a heavy
nailholder which I can put
Evening star., 1962-09-16
MASON ON EDUCATION
+ A Parents Example
| Can Inspire Pupil

jects. Her worst subject was
writing. When she takes her
time she can print plainly and
neatly but she is always in
a hurry. She does well in
phonics and reads well but she
has difficulty remembering
what she has read. What can
I do?-Mrs. A, Chicago.
Again, this is an opportunity
for parents to help their child
by setting an example. Chill
dren will attach Importance to
thsoe things parents think are
important.
Let your daughter know you
are proud of her when she
prints plainly and neatly and
when she pays careful atten-
ton to what she is doing. Let
her tell the story of what she
has read Immediately after she
has read it. Make a game of it.
The habit of paying atten-
ton to the task at hand is
of such Importance that it is
worth striving for.
y = =
Dear DR.. Mason:
My daughter spent too many
hours studying last year. She
gets excellent grades. But her
father and I worry about her
mental and physical health.
What can you suggest we do
during the new school year?
Mrs. w. R., Sidney, Ohio.
Have your daughter vary the
pace at which she works. Try
having her study of shorter
periods. Between study sessions,
have her take a brisk walk or
a short nap or a half-hour of
Just playing with the rest OF
the family. This will allow her
mind to absorb and organize !
what she has studied before too |
many new ideas are forced
upon it.
y
II you hare a question, tOrite
to DR.. Mason in care OF The
EUening Star. He tDiH discuss
in his column those OF most
general interest.
Tuesdoy lon Feature Pose): History
Study.
Evening star., 1962-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A.
Levin, of IS Sheridan
street, N. E., celebrate
their Goth wedding an
niversary today. MIR. Levin,
a member of the American
Federation Of Musicians
for more than so years,
retired last year from the
Soldiers Home Band. The
couple has three children
and seven grandchildren.
Evening star., 1962-09-16

Tuesday lon Feature Pose): HistOl
Study.
Evening star., 1962-09-16
TEMPLE SCHOOL

E1HeSDA. 7940 Wis. Ave, OIL.
.; J CORNERS, 1906 Willsion,
79l5. Special Intensive Courses.
weeks. t3) lBM keypUneh. ~
,tenotyps. ~ PIX Switchboard.
Evening star., 1962-09-16

Question: We have four chill.
dren. aged 5. Z, 9 and IL. Right
now We are not concerned
since they are going to public
school. But it won't be Ions
before they viii be of college
age. What do you suggest /,
the best plan to prepare then
for college? First, how do We
instill an attitude of learning
in the children? And second
as a salaried man, what is the
best plan to assure the children
enough money to go to colleges
Your advice would be much ap-
preciated.
Answer: I might wave the
question aside and say don't
start worrying at this early
stage. But that isn't realistic
You are doing the right thing
to look so far ahead. First
how do you get children to
want to go to college? Motiva-
ton is most important. Thou
sands Of our talented superior
youngsters do not finish high
school, or if they do, never
enter college, because somehow,
they were not encouraged along
the way.
We, too, have four children,
Ours happen to be daughters,
and two of them are now in
college; two more will be soon,
We always took it for granted
that the children would go to
college. And so did the girls
We didn't say "if you CO." but
when you CO." We always had
good books around the house;
good reading materials were
easily accessible at all times.
We took our daughters to good
shows, to concerts and even
to operas. What does this mean?
Simply that they were sur
rounded by educational and
cultural opportunities.
Take an active interest in
your children's school work.
That's important. Youngsters
like to know that their par
ents are interested. Your chill
dren are young. Encourage
them to study, but don't nag.
Make it possible for them to
read good books, but don't force
them. Guide them without ten
sion or pressure.
Your second question is a bit
more difficult: How do you
save money for four college
students? 1t is mighty expen-
sive to go to college today, and
it will be more so eight or 10
years from now. You have to
figure on a minimum of $4,000
for each of your four children
Chats what it's costing us to-
day.. Various plans are
available to save through in
surance or banks. Perhaps by
the time your children are
ready for college, there will be
enough scholarship grants and
student loans to help you. and
the thousands of others who
will find college financially diff
ficult. Still, keep to your plan:
Motivate your youngsters to
want to continue with their
learning.
Question: My child, who was
three in April, has been read
ing since he was az years of
age. He reads magazines and
first grade books at the Ii
brary. When we dine out he
reads most anything on the
menu. When we travel he reads
the road signs. Please tell me,
Evening star., 1962-09-16
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
Star staff Writer

1lNA CsaAA "AAhcA
Television school bells will
ring a couple of weeks earlier
this year for about 100000
pupils tuning in to Washing
tons educational television sta
ton.
Joining the elementary pu-
pills who studied by television
last year through Station
WETA-TV's in-school courses
beginning october will be an
undetermined number of junior
and senior high school students.
In the inaugural year opened
last fall, the in-school courses
for classroom use began Oc-
tober Is. This year, co-operat-
ing school systems requested an
earlier start.
The first years programs
were directed only at element
airy schools, since the element
ary buildings were more fire.
quently equipped with sets to
receive the ultra high frequency
signal, and the problems of
scheduling TV lessons we're
fewer in one-teacher claSsrooms
typical of elementary school.
Varied Programs
This year. a group of filmed
shows for the secondary schools
will start off with series on the
common market, ceramics,
David Copperfield," Japanese
brush painting, and science.
Another is Continental Class
rooms Probability and Statis-
tics"
School programming is ar
ranged comparatively with 18
participating school systems
in the area, including public,
private and parochial schools.
District public schools do not
Evening star., 1962-09-16
Dear DR.. Mason:

AeCoA Ia ENdoOAAs
Our little girl finished the
first grade last year with low
grades in the three major sub
Evening star., 1962-09-16
Power Plants Planned

MEXICO CITY. Sept. Is
(AP).-The Federal Electricity
Commission says it will con-
struct a dozen generating
plants this year with a total
output of $4,000 kilowatts.
Evening star., 1962-03-09
TWO PARTIES RETURN
Two PARTIES, RETURN .,....,., -.......
Ponomo Fishing Called Fantastic
By CHARLES COVELL
Outdoor Editor

It looks at though the Jet
age really has caught up with
fishing.
From Friendship Airport it's
only Az hours flying time by
way Of Miami to Balboa, Canal
Zone. From there you go by
boat to an area that is, we'll,
fantastic" experienced ang-
lers say.
The fishing is in the Pacific,
just outside Pinas Bay. Pan
anna, and covers no more than
a 10-square-mile area over a
high underwater reef or ledge.
So plentiful are the fish Of
many kinds up to big black
marlin that anglers say they
have to fight to keep the un-
wanted species off their lines.
Two Washington area parties
have just come back, one fol-
lowing the other by q few days
and even using the same boat.
Catch IA Black Marlin
Their total catch included
IA black marlin weighing up to
400 pounds. one Pacific striped
marlin, one blue marlin, a
number of Pacific sailfish and
more than they wanted of dol
phin, amberjack, grouper and
miscellaneous fish.
First to go were James
O'Donnell, jr., Of Chevy Chase
and Jack Snyder Of Kensing-
ton, Md, who were Joined in
Panama by Gar Wood, jr.,
from Miami.
Most unusual thing about
the 42-foot sport fisherman,
Viking, they chartered out of
Balboa Yacht Club was the
refrigeration. It was equipped
with two big freezer chests op-
Grated by a compressor that
not only gave them fresh food
for the IL days but made an
ideal place to store bonito
caught as bait.
Charter SIS a Day
The boat was operated by a
native captain and mater and
charter costs ran $75 q day
plus SIS a day for food.
1t was almost a two-day
run from Balboa to the fish
ing area. The reef lies about |
IL miles off shore and each
night they would lie to in a
cove.
There was no depth finder
on the Viking but another
angler said the water was 300
feet deep near the reef while
Its two highest points were $50 |
feet under water.
This anglers depth finder
also showed the water almost |
solid with fish of all kinds
above the ledge.
Hook FL Marlin
The first party boated seven
black marlin but in all had 81 |
black marlin hooked and
jumping, one of which ODon-
nell estimated might 60 800
pounds or more.
Biggest black marlin boated |
was a 402-pounder taken by
Wood while a blue marlin,
Evening star., 1962-03-09
SPECIAL NOTICES

ACCURATE TAX RETURNS pre-
psared by former internal rev. aet.
oS54 Lee hwy. Arl.. 533-S045.
ALL AREA TAX SERVICE-Former
IR agt.s 22 yrs. exper. llI52 Ga,
ave, LO. 5-2134, MA. S-IS0O,
ALL INCOME TAX RETURNS =
Prepared by acct. with 12-yr tax
exper as Int; Rev. sgt. Rel. serV
reas. rates; Office. 720 Kennedy st.
n.W. RA. 3-Rll4 IA A-1onn O. 0
Evening star., 1962-03-09
HUNTING
and
FISHING

II will be difficult for some
time to assess what effect the
big storm will have on the ap-
preaching sports fishing season
along the nearby seascoast.
Ocean City, hard hit as it is,
car look back with fondnesS on
just one such back in the early
30s because it carved the inlet
that gave it its fishing fleet
and the title of White Marlin
Capital of the World"
So far as actual fishing is
concerned, one experienced
Washington angler said yester-
day that it would do little harm
to the offshore angling. 1t
might even improve the surf
fishing because it would have
carved new Sloughs.
Unfortunately, this writer can
remember back to the 1888 hur-
ricane in New England that
wrecked the clam and worm
beds over which the fish fed
and moved back whole shore
lines, running the fishing for a
long time in some places.
| X x 4
The Fairfax Rod and Gun
Club which has it's grounds near
Manassas. Va, has reelected
Vincent L. Marcum as presi-
dent. Other officers are Har-
riette M. Eikel, vice president;
Keith V. jerks, secretary;
Charles R. Walker, correspond
ing secretary; Sherwood M.
G]otfelty, treasurer, and George
E. Burrler, sergeant-at-arms.
Installation will take place
at the annual dinner at $50
pm. March 81.
y y y
Jim Christensen. veteran
California skin diver and spear
fisherman, will demonstrate
new gear and techniques in the
newly-enlarged skin diving and
scuba department of Atlas
Sport Store at 9th and D
streets, N-W.-COVELL.
Evening star., 1962-03-09

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
BRICK DWELLING, SITUATE
LOT LOT ! a.. square 1888. 1924
No R T H E AS T, WAsHiNcdToN.
BY virtue Of a certain deed of trust
Folio 300 ct sea-, of the land rec
ords of the District Of Columbia,
and at the request Of the party
secured thereby, the undersigned
trustees will sell. at public auc-
tlon. in front Of the premises, on
TUESDAY. THE THIRTEENTH
DAY OF MARCH. AID. 1862, AT
oNE-FIFTY O'CLOCK PM, the
following ng-described land and
premises. situate in the District
OF Columbia, and DESIGNATED as
and being Lot numbered Forty
two (42l in Fullerton and Gull.
Trustees subdivision of lots in
SQUARE numbered Ten-hundred
and Thirty three Q,033), as per
plat recorded in the Office of the
surveyor for the District Of CO.
lumbia in Ltber IL at Folio 1872.
subject to and together with the
free and uninterrupted use OF
the alleyway on the East Side
"a odiN luI' ohlu alley DelnB IS
feet wide and extending back the
depth Of 81 feet and to be used
in common with the owner Of
Lot Al in said subdivision.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
deposit Of $500 will be required
at time Of sale. Adjustments made
as OF date Of sale. AL convey
ancing, recording, revenue stamps,
etc, at cost Of purchaser. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within
thirty days from day Of sale,
otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of defaultinR pur-
chaser, after five days advertise
ment of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington,
D c., or deposit may be forfeited,
or without forfeiting deposit,
trustees may avail themselves of
any. legal or equitable rights
against defaulting purchaser.
RUDOLPH w. SANTELMANN,
VIM. D. PAYNE,
S. WILSON EARNsHAw, Trustees.
FRANK E. SCRIVENER,
Attorney for Party Secured,
iii E st. NV. mh2,5.7,9,l2