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EDITORIAL
COLLEGE ADVISORY GROUPS

COLLEGE ADVISORY GROUPS
IN ADDITION to a board Of trustees, the College Of
the Virgin Islands will have advisory groups for a number Of
the fields in which training will be given. Among these groups,
to date, are business, and resort operation, This is an excellent
idea,s and if properly executed should prove most valuable
toaIl concerned.
AN ADVISORY group comprised Of members of the
community can bring the college into direct contact with the
thinking of the community, especially as. to the needs, and
the degree Of emphasis to be placed on certain programs. It
is one thing to sit down and draw up a curriculum according
to well mtentioned theory. 1t is quite another thing to bring
the curriculum directly in line with the most urgent needs,
and Iongrange plans Of the area. Lack Of such planning was
one of the major shortcomings Of the educational system
following the Transfer.
BE- THESE ADVISORY groups will do more. They will give
these Islands a new and fuller sense Of responsibility Not
only will young men and women attend classes as students,
but the outside population will know that they have a voice
in the affairs of this college. The value of this cannot be over
estimated.
1t is also good to note that the College of the Virgin IS
lands is addressing itself to the most urgent needs of the Is.
lands. This is clearly shown in the appointment t of an advisory
group on resort operation. Up to this point the major concern
in tourism has been getting the tourist to these shores. But
there is more to it than that. Tourists will come. and they will
return onlyif they enjoy themselves, which means that they
are getting what they wapks and principal among these is
service. To have service, there must be personnel trained and
skilled in the art Of rendering service which meets the highest
md most exactng standards. And believe it OF not this takes
careful planning and thorough training.
THELONE dissenting word would be in the disparity in
island representation on these advisory groups. there is, Of
course, some justification, but the disparity need not be SO
great.
THE COLLEGE Of the Virgin Islands has a great future
, 1962-12-07

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Mems Sport Coats
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DEAR ABBY.
Halloween Treats
Raise q Query

DEAR ABBY: To what
ages should the Halloween
custom of going from door to
door for tricks or treats be
limited2 We welcome little
ones in costume (some &C
companied by their parents)
early in the evening. But
what about Riddles" up to
Is years old who go from
door to door with sacks,
baskets and pillow cases ask
ing for a treat? This
annual event has provoked
considerable discussion. What
is your opinion?
TRICKS OR TREATS.
Halloween should be left to
the little ones who still be-
lieve in witches, COLLINS and
ghosts. It's the responsibility
Of parents to control their
children who are too old for
such fantasies. There is
something pitifully childish
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STOP KILLING YOURSELF
Delay q Mistake
In Eye Squint
= BY DR.. PETER J. STEIElcRoHN

lazier and weaker. You know
what happens - or are you
too young?-when, in a team
Of horses, one pulls one way
and the other wants to 60
off in another direction. 1t
won't be long before there is
disruption or an actual acct
dent. In untreated eye squint.
sight suffers permanent
damage.
Therefore, nature or no
nature, tell your friends that
you are bringing your young
ster in for an eye examina-
ton and treatment. If the
squint isn't too bad, perhaps
special spectacles will do the
job. If not, then the doctor
may prescribe special eye ex-
ercises which will strengthen
the eye muscles and help
bring back full two-eyed
vision. In some stubborn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-06

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
9-month-old son has devel-
oped a squint in his right eye.
1t turns in toward the nose.
A number Of people have told
me not to do anything about
it. They say that most chill
dren grow out of it. Shall I
give nature a chance or go
to an eye doctor?-Mrs. T.
1T is ALWAYS good to
give nature a chance. But
remember that nature often
gets in its best work after the
doctor has done his part of
the job. At times, as in the
case of squint, nature is just
hoping that the doctor will
get his chance-otherwiSe ma
ture will surely fail.
For the longer you let this
condition go along, the eye
that squints will be getting
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cases the only cure is OPP
Grafton.
Remember that no two
squint cases are the same.
Therefore, don't be influenced
by what treatment another
child on the block may be
getting.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
son, 10, has begun to lose
his hair quite rapidly. He
has worn a flat-top for sew
eral years and his hair line is
receding. His father and I
feel that the constant comb
ing and brushing he does to
make his hair stand I'D is
causing this condition, but his
barber tells him no. Our doc
tor, who is also bald, says
there Is nothing that can be
done about it. Do you agreeP
Mrs. H.
1 WOULD consider any
bald doctor an expert on
what can and cannot be done
for loss of hair. You can
make a safe wager that he
has talked to quite a few Of
his dermatologist colleagues,
and has read up on the prob
lem in many medical jour-
nails. If there were even a
slight CLEAN Of light on the
subject he would know about
it. The fact that he is still
bald is the answer.
(Bell Syndicate Featured
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BY LESLIE, J. MASON
Professor Of Education,
III tV.A~nS4,r AZ GAaNAA~wa

University of Southern California
If the ability to express
oneself is the mark of an ed
ucated man, then the men of
the future will have to be
largely self-educated.
Employers complain Bit
terly that high school grad
yates cannot express them
selves clearly in a simple let
ter without grammatical and
spelling errors.
College freshmen who re-
ceived AS and BIS all through
high school are stunned
when their first college Eng
lish themes come back
marked D and F.
-Four trends are responsible
for this decline in commune
cation ability.
Size of high school classes
has been increased to q point
where expression by an in
dividual student is held to a
minimum. A class of 40 stu
dents meeting for 40 min
utes certainly cannot devote
more than 80 seconds to each
student for practice in ex-
preston.
. The study-recitation pro-
cedure in vogue so years ago
has been discarded. The stu
dent used to study an assign
ment and his comprehension
was tested in the next class
period. It isn't any more.
. Progressive education has
allowed the student to think
in his own way. Thinking &C
curately on a topic prescribed
by another person is a new
experience. The student is un-
able to cope with it.
. Standardized tests, to a
large extent, have replaced
the essay type examination.
Students can receive a high
test grade through memory
without having to express
themselves.
Not all teachers and school
systems have depressed to the
extreme mentioned above.
But too many have. Since
change in our schools is al
ways slow, students must in
itiate the remedy themselves.
Here are some procedures
by which students can train
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MAKING MARRIAGE MORE REwARDINc-s
Who's Going to Be Boss?

somebody has to make it 60-40
now and then or 90-10. a.. The
people who are constantly
watching to see whether the
one is delivering his full so per
cent, and being very careful to
supply his own but no more,
are likely to miss the real won-
der of romance. You find most
romance in marriages where
people are trying to see who
can giUe the most"
Here we come to the essence
of harmonious wedlock. It
is not the husband who bosses
or the wife who henpecks who
gets the most out of marriage;
it is the spouse who succeeds
in giving the most to the other.
Learned TO Yield
Let's accept the proposition
that the man is the head of
the house. Suppose the wife &C
knowledges that hardship, ex-
tends to the husband the power
Of decision and graciously al
lows him, as is said. to rule the
roost. His male ego salved,
what will he do but use that
power to bring pleasure to the
woman he loves? Here is the
power behind the throne. 1t
may be the husband who sits
on high with the scepter of
command. But it is his queen
who reigns.
A wife in her 30s recently
said to me, For the first 10
years of our marriage I felt ]
was in a state of war with my
husband. Each of us seemed to
be out to subdue the other. 1t
was pretty miserable. But as
passed 80 I seemed suddenly to
grow wise. I somehow recog-
nized love as a surrender OF
the self and not the conquest
of another. began to yield
instead of oppose. Only since
then do I know what happy
marriage is. Now that ! no
longer thwart my husband. he
seems to dedicate his life to
pleasing me-"
There you have it: The gain
in giving.
Marriage" said Ambrose
Bierce. "is a community con-
sisting of a master, a mistress.
and two slaves, making in all
two"
copyright 1852 by Howard WHITMAN
- y
TOMORROW: II Wont Divorce"
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MASON ON EDUCATION
Student Must Learn
Art Of Expression

themselves in the commune
cative skills:
Two freshmen girls, faced
with low grades on their first
exams, realized they lacked
practice in formulating and
communicating ideas. They
devised a successful scheme.
Although they did their as
signments separately, their
reviews for tests were q joint
effort.
One, holding the books and
notes, asked questions that
might appear on the test.
The other formulated the
answers, with criticism from
the questioner. Then they ex-
changed roles.
A student can, Of course,
carry on this procedure by
himself. Answering his own
questions is especially effec-
tive when he takes the trou-
BILE to write out the answers.
Writing them is practice in
written communication - a
skill essential to passing ex-
aminations.
In language class q stu
dent should spend part of
his thinking efforts formu-
lating in the language those
questions or statements
which he would ask or say
if given the opportunity.
A student can also sum-
Marie in his own words the
ideas presented by the
teacher. If these short sum-
maries are written as notes,
every class period becomes a
practice session in written ex-
preston.
In reading an assignment
a student should recite back
to himself the ideas con-
tanned in each section of the
material. With a little prac-
tice, he can readily express
the ideas in his own words.
These are procedures
through which students can
make up for the neglect of
such training in our educa-
tional system by training
themselves.
II you haze a question,
tDrite to DR.. Mason In care of
The Evening Star. He will
discuss In his column those
OF most general interest.
Thursday: FouIty Study
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nights?" The answer is yes.
And this training will work
on almost any dog within "a
hours. 1t is common practice
to feed a dog once a day.
After eating, the dog will
lie down and go to sleep. 1t
is obvious that "Stumped"
feeds her dog in the evening.
If she feeds her dog in the
morning he will sleep during
the day and stay awake all
night. CORNISH.
DEAR ABBY: You be the
judge. If a fellow called you
up and told you straight out
that he had just broken up
with his steady girl and was
not going to- take her to the
Prom but he would like to
take you if you were not
doing anything that night,
would you go? Or would you
refuse? NAMEI, ESS.
If l had nothing else to
do that night and wanted
to go to the Prom. I'd say,
THANK you, I'd be delighted"
What's on your mind? For
a personal reply, send a self
addressed, stamped enuelope
to Abby in care OF The Eve-
ming Star.
For Abby'S booklet, "HotD to
Haze a LoUely Wedding"
send so cents to ABBY, Boz
1865, Beverly Hills, Calf.
(McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
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By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

about a l5-year-Old begging"
candy or a taffy apple.
\ y
DEAR ABBY: Is It all
right to use a nickname on
an engraved wedding invita-
ton? My fiance has been
called Buddy" all his life.
If someone called him
"Bertram" he wouldn't even
turn around. My mother says
we have to use "Bertram" on
our wedding invitations.
Could l put "Bertram
Buddy Finklehoffe" on the
invitation and be correct?
ENGAGED.
Sorry only full given
names are used on a formal
wedding invitation.
y \ + y
DEAR ABBY: One Of your
readers signed "Stumped"
asks, Can a dog be trained
to sleep days instead Of
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Gold in Your Attic,
Captains Courageous a Prize
BY VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

The best sources of leads to
collectors are the clubs and
organizations that cater to
special interests. For ex-
ample: If I owned and want
ed to sell a rare book on
pistols or firearms, I would
try to get a membership list
of gun collectors group and
offer the book to those on the
list. o.
Miss L. M: The first edi-
ton of Ernest Poole's THE
Harbor" New York, 1879 is.
scarce. A fine copy should
retail at about $50.
Mrs. T. S.: Your Thomas
Dilworth's The Schoolmas-
ter's Assistant" (Philadel-
phia, 1867 is a very good
example of an early American
school text. A fine copy
should be worth around $35,
possibly more, at retail. Old
school books after 1915 or so
are usually worth little COM
mercially.
F. K; The first issue of
Frank Forester's MY Shoot
ing Box" philadelphia, 1846)
lacks the ads. A fine copy
should be worth around $3.50
at retail. Dealers do not pay
retail prices; about so per
cent Of retail is usually what
is offered. Z
Miss S. M: Presumably
what you have is one of the
As uncut copies of Robert
Louis Stevenson's Memoirs
of Himself" philadelphia,
1912. My records show a
$50 retail value for a fine
copy in slipcase.
Mrs. j. S. H: Your first
edition of Thomas Jefferson's
Notes on the State of Vir-
ginia" philadelphia, 1881 is
scarce. A fine copy should
be worth around $40 to $50
at retail.
Selected reader questions
will be answered In this coll
umn. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care OF The EUe-
ming Star.
General Features Corp
Gold in your ottie appears Tues
doys.
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Even the minor works of
Rudyard Kipling were COM
manding high prices in the
first edition earlier in this
century, when the British
author was a prime favorite
among the book collectors.
But lately, Kipling has been
somewhat questionable, and
the prices of many of his
books have slipped.
One of the better ones
and an exception to t his
price decline - is Captains
Courageous" which is still
worth a premium in fine con-
dition. The title page of this
sea story reads:
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
A STORY OF THE GRAND
BANKS BY RUDYARD
KIPLING WITH ILLUS
TRATIONS BY I. w. Ia
Der London MACMILLAN
AND CO., LIMITED NEW
YORK: THE MACMILLAN
COMPANY 1897. All rights
reserved.
The binding is blue cloth,
gold stamped on the front
cover and spine with pictor-
ial sea designs. A fine, bright
copy will still command a
price of SITS or more at re-
tail-about par for the course
over the last half a century.
For Alger Fans
Horatio Alger, jr., collectors
in the Middle West have or
ganized the Horatio Alger
Newsboy Club, with head
quarters at 1868 Pilgrim,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Have a Question?

E. M. H.: Your Frederick
B. Goddard's Where to
Emigrate and Why" (Phila-
phia, 1869 retails at around
$40 in fine condition.
G. p: Your G. w. Agee's
"Rube Burrows, King of Out
laws" is apparently the Gin
cinnati edition of 1890. 1t is
scarce. If in fine condition. it
ought to be worth about $25
at reatil.
Mrs. N. P: There is no up
to-date list of book collectors
available, so far as I know.
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Common Problem

<1V WIG OONAuA OC1 WIG Va Od1l1b~
Jean de Quebec, staff worker
FRANCHISE Benoit reported that
boss problems" are among
the most frequent sources of
welded friction during the first
two years. This doesn't mean
that after two years the prob
lens are solved satisfactorily.
1t may mean that the wife sim
ply gives up and succumbs to
a dictatorial husband, or the
husband resigns himself to be-
ing henpecked all his days. Or,
worst of all, all negotiation
ends in futility and the man
and wife proceed to ignore each
other. embarking on one of
those frigid-zone marriages in
which indifference fills the
vacuum left by loss Of love.
Court records are replete
with balance of power prob
lens and their consequences.
A Los Angeles court was told
of a marital battle royal which
began over a spot on the wall.
MY husband repeatedly told
me I was a poor housekeeper
for not removing the spot" the
wife testified. "Then one day
he decided to get some soap
and water and remove it him
self. He rubbed at the spot but
instead of disappearing it be-
came larger. So he got more
soap and rubbed some more,
but the spot just grew and grew
and he got madden and
madden.
Il Just stood watching and
that seemed to irritate him
more. So finally he turned on
me and slapped my face"
In an Ithaca (Mich.) court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-06
BY HOWARD WHITMAN

Napoleon Bonaparte, in his
heyday, was sufficiently the
master of all he surveyed to
satiate the ego of any man.
And yet, speaking of his rela-
tionship with his wife, Joseph
inc, he said, II generally had
to give in"
Bossing an empire and boss
ing a woman were two very
different cups of tea.
The marital woods are full
OF would-be Napoleons and
frustrating Josephines vying to
see who bosses whom in that
little principality of love known
as wedlock.
There was no such problem
in the classical culture of
Japan. There, hidebound ira
dition made it clear to every
woman just where she stood:
In youth she was to obey her
father, in adulthood she was
to obey her husband, in old age
she was to obey her son. 1t
was as simple as that. And it
bound a woman's hands just
as effectively as the thongs of
ancient custom bound her feet.
Today, praise God, we see
women as people - neither
chattels, nor servants, nor vas
sails, but co-equal partners. So
a new formula must be evolved
for the balance of power be-
tween man and wife.
This is not easy.
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We're Not Statistics

Another obvious approach is
the "50-50 rule" Everything is
to be $3.50 in the balance of
power, a co-equal division, a
partnership. But that doesn't
work either. People aren't sta
tistics and marriage just
doesn't work on percentages.
AS w. Clark Ellzey, professor
of education for marriage at
Stephens College, points out:
THE old idea that marriage
is a $3.50 proposition is mis-
leading. In most marriages,
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a wife testified that her hus-
band attempted to assert his
authority over her by dumping
anti-freeze in her bath water.
In Woonsocket, r. l., a hus-
band charged with beating his
wife gave this explanation: The
one way he could be sure his
wife would do the homework
was to remove a tube from the
television set before he went
off in the morning. One day he
forgot to remove the tube.
When he returned, the dishes
were still in the sink. the beds
were unmade, the house I'M
cleaned and dinner not ready.
So he resorted to strong-arm.
The judge gave him one years
probation during which he was
to work out a marital balance
of-power not based on remov-
Ing Nv CuDe.
In Chicago, a young wife told
the judge that her husband had
refused to turn over to her a
book partly filled with trading
stamps he had received in buy
ing gasoline.
"I told him to get out, but
leave the stamps" the wife tes-
titled. To her CONSERVATION,
the husband got out-but took
the stamps with him.
The court arranged q prop
erty settlement by which the
wife lost her husband and got
the stamps.
One approach to the balance
of-power problem in marriage
is the "big-and-little rule" The
husband simply makes all the
decisions in big matters while
the wife has the power of de-
cision over little matters. Il
doesn't work. Soon George and
Mary are arguing over what's
big and what's little.
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A Bit Distrustful

Each of us lives as a free
and sovereign state until we
make the alliance known as
marriage. If we think the
United Nations has a hard time
Of it, this is simply a macro-
cosm of the situation found in
any marriage. Two people want
to get along, they pledge to get
along, and now they are faced
with the actual job of getting
along. Neither really wants to
sacrifice sovereignty to the
other, and each is a bit dis
trustful of allocating SOW
ereignty to an entirely new en-
tity which they do not quite
know or trust as yet: the zone
flesh" of their married selves.
The first major adjustment
in marriage has been called
"sparring for position" Who's
going to be boss? Who will
make the decisions, or what
share will each have in them?
Is this marriage going to be a
dictatorship. a leadership, or a
partnership?
No one has supplied a better
answer than the late Rabbi
Barnett r. Brickner of Cleve-
land. He told newly married
couples: 1.-THE husband is the
head of the family. but the wife
is the neck. Can the head turn
If the neck says no?"
Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low put it this way:
As unto the bon the cord is,
So unto the man is tDoman;
Though she bends him, she
obeys him,
Though she drdt0S him, yet
she toIotDs::
Useless each Without the
other.
Such concepts as the rabbits
head and neck" or the poets
bow and cord" are more easily
preached than practiced. Most
couples sweat out a good deal
Of rivalry before. If ever, they
achieve this harmony Of power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-06

Gold in your attic oppeors Tues
doys.
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This is the look Of things to come in modern
motor car styling.
It's the 1868 Cadillac-a motor car so beauti-
full and so tempting it is difficult to resist
The new look in Cadiacs combines formality
and youthfulness, majesty and vigor in q way
that is predictably trend-setting.
And it belongs to Cadillac alone. You won't
see any others with that sweeping expanse Of