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Evening star., 1962-10-31
School Quiz

In reference to a letter
from Montgomery County
PTA members supporting the
County Board of Education,
it seems high time that all
those concerned - both in
cumbents and challengers -
stop mouthing various gen.
eralities and give specifics Of
efficiency or inefficency.
In. particular, there are q
number of criteria by which
one may form a judgment as
to the relative efficiency of
operation of the system, at
least as regards financial
matters. This writer extends
a challenge to all concerned
to answer the questions be-
low.
What is the ratio Of ac-
tive teachers; pupils, admin
istrators of all types: pupils.
total school board employ
ment: pupils? What are the
respective national averages?
What is the total cost per
year of operation pupil (less
construction); what is the
national average?
What is the current cost
pupil, coSt/square foot for
new school construction;
what is the national aver
age?
OF the total space in new
schools, what are the per-
centages devoted to admins
tration, non-academic (gym,
home economics, etc., aca-
demic, and useless" halls,
etc.; what are the national
averages?
Do architects work on a
flat fee or a percentage-of-
building cost basis? Why
can't school designs be stand
ardized lie, reasons other
than that of soc allied
beauty?
AS regards the libraries
supposedly needed in all
levels of schools: what per-
centage of students use them,
how often, and what is the
circulation per student using
them?
Elaborate public address
systems have been criticized
as being frills:: how often are
the tape recorders, record
players, and other devices
frequently included, used?
There are many other Spe-
cific questions which may be
asked; however, these are
certainly a start. It is felt
by the writer that the area
newspapers (not just The
Starr fail in their RESPONSE
bility in not making an ef-
fort to bring such informa-
ton before the public. AS just
one further example of this
failure, why do the news
papers not print the voting
records of incumbents in all
offices? Answers to the above
questions will. at least, rep
resent q minimum informa-
ton for intelligent voting.
John L. Menke.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Fair Housing

] am sure your sense OF
fairness will permit adverse
comment on your editorial Of
October 20 regarding the
Urban Renewal Councils po-
sition on fair housing in the
District of Columbia.
AS one who helped prepare
the recommendations Of the
Citizens Committee of the
Urban Renewal Council, I am
certain that the action of the
council in tabling the refer
ence therein to open occu-
pancy proves the truth of two
old and respected adages:
1.-THE wicked flee when no
man pursueth" and "All men
are created equal"
The fact is that the refer
ence to Government action
was geared to the need for
homes denied displaceeS be-
cause of race. It was rec
commended that the D. c.
Government take some ex-
ecutive action to promote
open occupancy. The fact Is
that the recommendations
were based on the sound
principle that relocation can
not be totally effective so
long as some housing accom-
modations are denied citizens
because of their race. The
Councils position and your
congratulatory comm e n is
point up and emphasize,
however, the need for the
proposed Fair Housing Reg
ulations. There was frenzied
flight not from any man but
only from logic and naked
truth.
The unanimous tabling OF
this principle by the council,
composed of five white mem
bers and two colored men,
bers proves, it seems, that all
men are created equal not
only in their capacity for
good, but also in their suS-
ceptibility to Sophomoric ra-
tionalization. Some Negroes
and some whites are equal in
their adherence to positions
contrary to democratic prog
reSS.
I hope that The Star will
sometime address itself to
the principle involved and
explain how the vast number
of displacees can be housed
with maximum effectiveness
if a large segment Of housing
is denied them because Of
race.
Eugene Davidson,
Affiliate Member, Urban Re-
newal Council; Member,
D. C. Advisory Committee,
U. s. Civil Rights Commis-
sion.
Evening star., 1962-10-31
A BOOK FOR TODAY
Mental BorbeIIs for InteIIectuoIs
By DONALD MINTZ

stituted for scrutiny Of policy
and understanding Of role"
He perceives the moral ele-
ment In what at first seems
wholly an intellectual failing.
PROF. DeMOTT Is for or
against this or that more or
less specific action or pro-
gram primarily as he feels it
expresses an underlying at
titude. His aim therefore is
reform Of attitude that is,
the development Of a focus
on bitterness" and respect
for some familiar virtues
(like) hope, earnestness, iE
telligence"-rather than the
promotion Of some pragmatic
formula for the solution
of the worlds ills.
The range of the essays is
considerable. There are dis
cussions of Tennyson, modern
mathematics in the elemen-
tary schools, Jewish Writers
in America" the Peace Corps.
There are a wild attack on
"sicknicks," a breathtakingly
inclusive category, and the
celebrated article Looking
for Intelligence in Washing
ton"
Prof. DeMott occasionally
succumbs to the temptation to
fire stylistic and intellectual
scatter shot. More often, he
is precise even when Tin
passing) offering a (most ir-
ritating) obeisance to the
parentheses Of Thorstein Web
len, a social critic with whom
he has something in common.
Intellectuals in danger Of
becoming soft on "masscult," +"
"Goodjoeism," or worse yet,
becoming mature" "sophi-
sticated," or "disinterested"
in the sense in which these
words are used in bureau
cratic circles may find it
beneficial to use 'Hells &
Benefits" as a set of mental
barbellS.
Evening star., 1962-10-31

The fact that two political
parties are far better than
one has never been more
profoundly proved than now.
while the Nation moves be-
yond a hoped-for solution Of
the immediate crisis in
Cuba toward a worldwide
showdown with international
communism.
President Kennedy's bril-
liant and courageous hand
ling thus far of Act l, the
Cuban infection spot, is de-
Gently acclaimed rat h e r
than meanly denied by the
Republicans. He has given
the country strong leader
ship. And notably through
their two ex-Presidents. Mr..
Hoover and Gen. Eisenhower,
and their present titular
leader, Richard Nixon, the
Republicans have given him
strong support.
Both sides, too, have gone
about as far as human be-
ings with human weaknesses
could go In shunting aside
what are, after all. the still
human distractions Of an
important domestic political
campaign.
What has gone forward to
date, in short, is an exhibi-
ton to the world Of the power
Of a two-party political sys-
tenn with q built-in right Of
dissent to speak in the end
far more surely with one
voice than the hulking one
party monolith of the Soviet
Union has been able to speak.
The point should not be
overlooked that all such evi-
dences Of indecision as were
seen in last weekend's
breathless exchanges Of mes
sages between Washington
and the Kremlin occurred
strictly on the Kremlin's side
of the water.
Unity at the Showdown
And what also has been
memorably shown is the
ability of our system to
bring absolute unity when
the fateful national decision
is at last made as it was to
retreat no more in Cuba
without sacrificing some
thing the monolithic system
can never have. This is the
capacity to help a national
leader, not merely by rightly
submitting to his decisions
in the end, but by offering
constructive criticisms all
along the way to those de-
cisionS.
The Republicans made just
Evening star., 1962-10-31

effort. I believe the present
state of history on this sub
ject is due to the Nicolay- Hay
biography, written under the
direction Of Robert Lincoln
by two former secretaries Of
the war President. Robert
secretly burned many impor-
tant papers, and correspond
ence between the authors dis
covered after publication Of
the biography proves that
there was a deliberate design
to destroy McClellan's repu-
tation, perhaps for political
reasons among others. BY
then, the damage had been
done. Had Lincoln lived, I
believe he would have pre-
vented this, and I believe
the demi-godlike image since
created would have embar-
rassed him. After all, Lin
coin walked to McClellan's
house after End Manassas
and begged him to save the
army. This Mcclellan did. No
other leader was able to in
still so much enthusiasm and
esprit de corps in the Army
of the Potomac.
Some historians believe
that it was the United States
Navy that won the war. The
great c. F. Adams, who
fought against the Army Of
Northern Virginia, was one Of
these. It is my hope that
gifted young people coming
of age today will rewrite the
history of this country on the
basis of objective scholar
ship, and not on the basis Of
special pleading. Your COM
mendable series might well
play a part in inspiring this
happy achievement.
WxTsyIso NJ nu-Io1ka Yp
Evening star., 1962-10-31
Civil War Series

Let me congratulate you
upon "The Civil War AS Re-
ported BY The Star 100 Years
Ago" I particularly enjoyed
the Oct. IA article Stuart
Circles Mcclellan Again" By
good editing you have cut
out the bloodthirsty passages
of contemporary journalism
and made the account more
objective. Your background"
paragraphs. given the pres
ent state Of history on this
subject, also show an honest
Evening star., 1962-10-31
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters, carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
ters are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used fDiH be
returned only lDhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-10-31

Report on American Ml00S,
Matters and Possibilities, b
Benjamin DeMott. 264 pI
(Basic Books, $500
"This book, a series Of inde-
pendent essays ridden by a
theme, is about prospects for
a recovery in America of be-
lief in the variousneSS and
pliancy Of contemporary ex-
perience. I" This is the opening
sentence of the foreword to
Benjamin DeMott's "Hells
& Benefits" It is intended
to be a precise description Of
what comes after. In retro
spect, one sees that the SEN
tence is not only absolutely
accurate and honest but that
it carries a burden greater
than the author may have
intended.
Plainly, Mr.. DeMott who is
Professor of English at Am
herst College, recognizes that
his ESSAYS" many Of them
magazine articles written
over the last four years, have
little outward connection
with one another and that
his attempt to draw them to-
gether through the use Of
three main headings and lit
tie transitional passages need
not be taken too seriously.
EQUALLY PLAINLY, he
recognizes that there is a
certain core of strongly held
convictions that is at the
base of all these writings.
This is the theme and the
phrase ridden by a theme"
is an explicit admission that
the writer is not always in
full control.
The essence Of this theme
is Prof. DeMott's blood feud
with the most intolerable
and deeply lodged suspicion
of the times: namely, that
eUents and individuals are
unreal, and that power to
alter the course of the age,
OF my age and your life, is
actually ueSted noDhere." He
is against the disbelief in
the existence Of issues" and
he is opposed ito men who
have left the world of pur-
poses and meanings and rec
onciled themselves at last to
powerlesSness." The screech
of the italics, that phrase
ridden by a theme" the ad-
mission that "the cataloguer
of enervating forces in the
contemporary head is by no
means proof against over
statement" are all expressions
of the violence with which
the convictions are main
tanned.
Sometimes this engenders
a style that Prof. DeMott
calls Sophomore opaque"
though not in reference to
himself; the ''variousness and
pliancy" part Of the opening
sentence is in this sense un-
consciously predictive.
More often it leads to tense
Foundations that compress
great horrors into single sem
tences or even phrases. Thus
in q brilliant essay on the
dense and remarkably pene-
trating stupidity that per-
vades Washington Prof. De-
Mott remarks that "in bu-
reaucratic echelons just below
the highest the refuge
from disquieting reality and
from moral complication is
neutrality and professional
ism; pride in the pursuit of a
higher team efficiency is sub
Evening star., 1962-10-31

HELLS d BENEFITS, A
Report on American Minds,
Matters and Possibilities, by
Benjamin DeMott. 264 pp
(Basic Books, $500
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Brochures to Promote
Deep Greek Lake

In further effort to attract tour
lists to this county the Deep Greek
Lake-Garrett County Promotion
Council, Inc, is having 100000 full
color brochures available this spring
to be used for out of state promo
ton. Eleven color photos of the
areas recreational facilities are be-
ing featured along with copy stress
ing There are at least 30 things to
do in Garrett County
At a recent Washington Auto
show the Promotion Council spon-
sored a booth. An estimated 100,-
900 people saw Ski in Western
Maryland" presented by two past
winter carnival queens, Nancy Mon
acelli and Ellen Hugh. of Wash
ington. Dressed in White Stag col
or-couplcd ski outfits, the girls dis
tributed post cards depicting win
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Northern High Trims
Alumni Quint 53-49

Northern Highs Huskies over
came a 13-point deficit in the
fourth quarter, rallying to defeat
an Alumni aggregation So to 49 and
snap an l1-gamc losing streak last
Friday night at Accident.
The schoolboys outscored the
grads % to 6 in the final eight
minutes and chalked up their third
victory in Is games this year. The
win came at the foul line where
the Huskies hit on Is of 81 free
throws to three out of eight for
the alumni. The alumni had out
scored the Huskies IA to 8 in the
third period but couldn't keep up
the pace
High point man for Northern
was Larry Yommcr with 20 points.
Speicher had 6, Shoemaker 5,
Bucket u, Jones 4. McGraw 2,
Hctrick 4
Robson had IA for the losers.
Georg had 6, Schroyer 8, Strauss
-, McCurdy 8, with Mckenzie, D.
McGraW and jenkins not scoring.
The Huskies are scheduled to
play lockwood in a return en-
gagemcnt on Friday evening on
the Northern court
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Popularity OF
Manhattan Hotel
Extended 90 Years

Editors Note. The ole picture
this week, showing the Manhattan
Hotel in its heyday, it owned by
James .. Nally The accompanying
story was written by Henry Ar
mold, who compiled the informa-
ton from various sources
In the early morning hours of
May IA, 1856, fire broke out in the
Manhattan Hotel in Oakland, and
before it was finally brought under
control firemen from KingWood,
Terra Alta. Deer Park and German
were called to assist the local COM
pany
1t was stubborn blaze, and re-
suited in damage estimated be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. What the
fire spared was later razed, thus
ending for the old landmark span
of serving reaching across sixty
years.
Today's Picture Out of the Past
shows the hotel in a happier day.
1t was taken in 1904. when j. J..
Reynolds was the owner During
its period of operation. the prop
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15

ter sports Black and white photos
of skiing, ice boating, skating and
ice fishing were superimposed on
map of Western Maryland en-
phasizing travel routes from the
Observation-Disclosures vicinity.
A ten minute movie of the Deep
Creek Lake area was shown at the
auto show.
In skiing activities last weekend
Robert Nordeck. Oakland, and
Roger Zejdlick, East Grand Forks,
Mimi, served as ski instructors.
Warren Gilbertson gave free ski
instruction to children's beginner
classes. Free racing instruction also
is offered from time to time.
The Promotion Council has sub
mitted the 56-page Vacation Guide
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15

erty had but four owners.
In 1893 Lewis Gortner bought the
entire corner. reaching from the
railroad to Oak street, from j. r.
BIshOf The plot was known then
as the Fallon Place and the Ken
nedy saloon corner. The following
year. Mr.. Gortner had erected the
building on the corner of Second
and Oak, and a portion of this is
visible to the left of the photo
graph. Here he engaged in the
general mercantile business until
moving to the location farther
north on Second street, now oper-
ated by his son, Alva.
In 1896, Mr.. Gortner sold a por-
ton of the property. and it was
here that Mrs. Harriet McCloskey
built the hotel, later that year. Mr..
Gortner was Mrs McCloskey's SON
in-laW, having married Miss Mary
McCloskey a few years earlier.
Mr.. Reynolds took possession of
the building when he moved his
saloon from Railroad street, and
named it the Hotel Manhattan.
The next owner was Miss Julia
Reynolds, who conducted the bust
ness with her brother until 1908
when she married Charles D. Bos-
ley Mr. and Mrs. Boslcy operated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Boy Scout Troop 90
Holds Winter Camp

Thirteen members of Boy Scout
Troop SO attended winter camp
February GIL, to work on their adj
vancements Most of the boys made
some advancement during the
camp, which was at Camp Potomac,
near OldtOWn.
Attending the camp we're John
burst, Ray Burton, Mike Foley,
Randy Shaffer, Roger Thomas,
Paul Thomas, Norman Wilt, James
Fcaster, James Moore, Jackson
Thomas, Fritz Piper, Greg Kerin5,
Milton Naylor, Tom Mace, Henry
Trickett. assistant Scoutmaster, and
Harold Trickctt, Scoutmaster.
Transportation to and from the
camp was arranged by the Rotary
club, with Allen Murray in charge.
Assisting him we're DR.. Frank Gus
ter Arthur Naylor John Browning,
Merle Willard and Willis Shaffer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Stoff To Hold Dance

The Acorn Staff of Southern
High School will hold a Saint Pat
rick's Day Dance on March IT, 1862,
in the school gymnasium from 800
to 1870 All students in grades 8
thru u are invited to attend.
The price is SIPS couple and
SIS stag. Tickets may be purchased
in advance from any member of
the Acorn Staff
1t is hoped that the school dance
band, the Diplomats, will play at
the dance The dance will be Of
scmi-formal dress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15

the hotel successfully until his
death. at which time it was sold
to Thomas Sheehe. who owned it
at the time it was destroyed.
In the photograph today, Mr.. Rey-
nolds is standing in the doorway,
while D. E. Bolden is walking down
the sidewalk The Waterman, who
is on crutches, was Jack McCrobie,
who earlier had the misfortune of
having one of his legs amputated
while working on the railroad
There are others in the picture, but
they have not been identified.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15
Attends Conference

Miss Martha DeBerry, a junior at
Frostburg State Teachers college
recently attended two regional con-
ferences which were held at the
Marriott Twin Bridges Motel Hotel
in Washington d. c. These con
fcrences were conducted by the
Student National Education AssC-
citation, and the National Commits
sion on Teacher Education and
Professional Standards.
The SNEA Conference was held
on February 8, and the NCTEPS
Conference on February $40.
The theme of the two conferen-
ccs was New Horizons and NOV
ing From Ideas to Action"
Miss DeBerry is daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter DeBerry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15

TO the printers The tentative re-
lease date for the 10000 copies of
the 1862 Guide is March Is.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-02-15

A shorter work schedule was
among the list of demands pre-
pared by the United Steelworkers
union
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29

as "The Saints Home Indus
trial School" in 1918 in the
basement of the st. Paul
Church of God in Christ, and
operated as a local school on
the elementary level.
During the administration
of DR.. ARENA c. Mallory, be-
ginning in 1926, the Institu-
ton became known as Saints
Industrial and Literary School
and became the responsibility
of the National Churches of
Sod in Christ internationally
The Institution became a Ju-
nior College in 1854 and at
tracts students from thirty
states in the Union and two
foreign countries.
The Institution is accredit-
ed by the State Department
of Education and the Missis-
sippi Commission on Higher
Education. 1t is a member of
the National Association OF
Junior Colleges, and the Anne
ricas Council on Education.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29

Continued from Page One)
as youth pastor during Youth
Week for the past two years.
Young Methodists who
would be interested in hear
ing this outstanding young
Holmes student are given a
most cordial invitation to do
so.
758 Lost Yeur
Mr.. Holder asked all Bap-
lists to be much in prayer
that the forthcoming mobili-
zation program would be sue
cessful and truly mobilize
lBaptists of Holmes County
spiritually for the glory OF
Gods kingdom here on earth.
The attendance of 1853 at
last years program is expect
ed to be exceeded by at least
$50 persons, with the goal set
at 900 persons.
A complete program for
the Adults and Young Peo-
pies groups are printed on
page two.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
Rev. A. T. Lucas
Dies In Columbus

The many friends of the
A. E. Lucas family learned
with regret of the sudden
death of Rev. A. E. Lucas in
Columbus on Sunday, No
vember 25th. He was 76.
Rev. Lucas served a num-
Der of Baptist pastorates over
the state, was head of the
Lucas Piano Co. in Lexington
for many years, and his eld-
est daughter, Clara was mar
ried here.
Survivors include his wi
dow, Mrs. A. E. Lucas of
Columbus, six daughters, four
sons, a brother, five sisters,
twenty-five grandchildren and
ten great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
in Columbus on Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29

church parlor following the
ceremony.
Miss Elizabeth Lofts of
Memphis, a cousin Of the
bride, presided at the brides
book and registered tn c
guests.
Mrs. J. T. Nicely greeted
the guests at the door and
introduced them to the re-
ceiving line composed of the
brides mother and members
of the wedding party.
For the occasion Mrs. Peden
chose a dress of royal blue
with white brocade hat and
tiny veil.
The brides table wa
spread with a white damask
cloth and contained a three
TERED wedding cake with a
miniature bride and groom. 1t
was decorated in wedding
bells and flowers.
After the cake had been
cut in traditional fashion by
the bridal couple it was serv-
ed by Mrs. Cecil Trussell,
Miss Patsy Farmer of Jack
son and Miss Vicky Vaughn.
Mrs. Henry Williams a n d
Mrs. Mark Ethridge, both of
Jackson, served the punch.
Mrs. E. C. Howard and
Mrs. Zebb Guess also assist
ed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
Former Resident
Dies In Greenwood

Friends here learn with re-
greet, the untimely death OF
Mr.. John Blain in Greenwood.
Mr.. Blain had been missing
from his home several days
and his body was found at the
rear of the Leflore Farmers
Equipment Company on High
way 81 early Tuesday morn
ing by employees of the com
pany. He was 68.
Officials of the sherlff's Of
flee stated he had died of ma
tural causes. He was a re-
tired Collector of Internal
Revenue and a member OF
the Baptist church. He was a
former resident Of Lexington,
employed with the j. N. Hall
Creamery Company on Yazoo
rec ana made MS nome on
5prlng Street.
Survivors include his wi.
soW, Mrs. Lois Bennett Blain,
Greenwood; a son, John Ben
lett Blain, Ocean Springs; q
daughter, Mrs. L. w. McAtee,
# Jackson.
DR.. j. H. Kyser officiated
at funeral services in Wilson
Knight Funeral Chapel. In
terment was in Beren Gene
terry near French Camp or
Wednesday, November 21st.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
Saints Junior
College Celebrates
Founders Day

Saints Junior College cele-
brateS its annual Founders
Day, November 80 at l D. m.
Yearly hundreds of guests
make the Annual Pilgrimage
tn attend Founders Day,
from the international Con-
vention of the Churches of
God in Christ at Memphis,
Tennessee, plus representa-
tives from colleges and
schools in Mississippi.
DR.. ARENA c. Mallory, pre-
sident, is the only living
Founder. The late Pinkie
Duncans and Professor James
Courts, both Of Lexington be-
gan the school then known