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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-07
BY J. A. O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

Even If the United States
had to give the United Nations
500 million instead of lending
1t that amount, it would be
worth many times that much
to keep the organization alive,
Adlai Stevenson told Congress
today.
The American citizen con-
,tributed only $1.06 to the U. N.
last year, as against SO for ma
tional defense.
Backing up the plea of Sec
rotary Of State Rusk for ap-
proval of the bond issue bill,
Mr.. Stevenson gave the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee a review Of what the
U. N. has accomplished since
1945 in preserving peace.
AS the committee entered
the second day of hearings,
there were indications that
Republican critics Of the bond
issue probably will go along
if provisions are added to in
sure repayment and to make
sure that the United States
will not be required to carry
more than a fair share of the
cost of maintaining the U. N.
The administration bill would
allow the President to buy up
to half of a 5000 million bond
issue to be repaid over Is years
at 2 Ger cent out of the regular
annual assessments on all U. N.
members.
Highlights of Mr.. Stevenson's
prepared statement were:
He does not recall one case
in which U. N. action has in
jured the vital interests Of the
United States.
More public education Is
needed all over the world to
bring acceptance of this coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-07
u. S. Air Power Grows
For Fight in Wet Nam

SAIGON, South Wet Nam
Feb. 7 (AP) The United
States Navy aircraft ferry Core
locked here today with two
United States companies anc
81 large single-engine liaisor
planes. The planes will soon be
flying missions against the
Communist Wet Cong rebels.
The companies were identi-
fled as the 18th Aviation Co
(fixed wing, light, and the
339th Transportation Main
tenance Co. (direct support)
both from Fort Riley, Kans.
The new units, equipped with
Canadian-made U-1A Offers
will be stationed at the coastal
town Of Mia Trang, about 1870
miles northeast of Saigon.
The Otter is capable OF
carrying 10 soldiers and has
an operating range of about
600 miles. 1t can land on short,
poor runways, is useful for
observation and can even be
used to drop paratroopers. 1t
is not armed.
To Be Flown by MAAG
The Offers will be flown and
controlled by the United States
Military Advisory Assistance
Group here, but will be used in
support of Wet Namese govern
ment ground forces. They will
work with the three United
States Army combat helicopter
companies already in Wet Nam,
combined with which they
comprise a complete aviation
battalion.
On the Cores flight deck
were four Navy Sale flying
boats and five jet fighters with
United States Navy markings.
However, these were reported
en- route to Japan.
The two new companies
bring the total of United States
service personnel now in South
Wet Nam to somewhere near
the 1000 mark. All are as
signed to advise and assist
Wet Namese forces, although
those in the field increasingly
Evening star., 1962-12-16
BIoodmobiIe
Area Schedule
For Donors Set

The Washington Red Cross
Blood Center distributed 2,034
pints Of blood in the District
and surrounding areas last
week.
Washington area blood DON
ors may give at the Red Cross
Blood Center, 2025 E street
NV, from 8 am. to 8:45 pm.
on Monday and from 8 am. to
4:30 pm. Tuesday through
Friday.
The schedule for bloodmobile
visits this week are as follows:
HAN, $500 Baltimore s ave, g cOllsse llu%Iqs PapF.
to pm.:. ,Colesyiile Methodist
Church, 81 Randolph rd.. Silver Sprina.
9 70 7:45 pm: National Press Club,
l4th and sts. NV. (ballrooml, noon
TussdSs-Leonardtovn CMd) High
Force Base. Service Club, BLDG 4I4.
foot Of Portland st. Sc, Q am. to 2:3O
Roac;. Rm;; rsn Ep,sc9pau wins PsEisn HOUSE i34 W
TO 8 pm.
Wednesday-Pentag Room "a $50
$40 Am. to $50 pm; Federal Office
Building No; 3, suitland (MdD, e:3C
stitution ave. at 18th 81. NV. Room
2541, $3.50 am. to 8 pm.
Thursday-Culpeper Baptist Church
Cupeper. Va. 1880 am. TO 4:30 D m;
e Belvoir Service Club No. 1 Port
National Security Agency. Fort Meade
(Md.l. Q am. 10 3 pm.
Friday : Andrews Air Force Base
Service Club, Camp Sprnigs (Md). 9
am. TO 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
PTA EVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be In the hands OF the
PTA Calendar editor By
Wednesday OF each sDeek to
insure publication In the
column on Sunday.
The West Lanham Hills Ele-
mentary School will hold its an
nual Christmas program,
christmas in Song and Story"
4t 8 pm. Wednesday at the
school at Seventy-eighth street
and Harkiss road. West Lam
ham Hills, Md.
Other PTA groups in the
District scheduled to meet this
week at 8 pm, unless otherwise
noted. include:
Barnard Blair, Cooke, lexington, EN-
cry, Goding. Hendley. Kenilworth, Ienox
Mott, Richardson, Simmons, Thomas, Ty
Ter and Woodbridge Elementaries. Mont
gomery County Senior Highs. Minnie
Howard Elementary, 1880 pm, Alexan
dria.
WEDNESDAY
Merritt Elementary.
THURSDAY
Bundy, Brent, Crummell, Gage, Love
oy-2 pm, Madison Taylor and Turner
Elementaries. Mckinley High School. Ter
rell Junior High. Arlington County Ele
mentaries and Junior Highs.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
MASON ON EDUCATION
Handwriting Key
To Bad Spelling

Many seemingly unrelated
school problems can be traced
to poor handwriting. For In
stance, this recent letter:
Dear DR.. Mason:
I have had two years OF
college but had a lot of trouble
with my work during that time
due to my poor spelling. I took
a course in spelling but 1t was
Just large words and did not
correct the trouble / seem to
have. I can not spell the
simplest words. Can you heir
me2
A.F., Albany, Greg.
Misspelling simple words Is
often due to concentration or
what you are writing and the
lack Of ability to write easily
You can correct this through
a program of your own.
Try writing a page oi
material each evening about
something you have done dur
ing the day. Go back over what
you have written looking fol
misspelled words.
Now rewrite the page, trying
to improve your handwriting
as well as spell the words cor.
recty. Don't give UP too quickly
If 1t takes three months Il
still is worth the effort.
\
Dear DR.. Mason:
Our son was kept back II
first grade. The teacher saiC
he was immature. We took hin
to a clinic-his intelligence wal
normal for his age. His read.
ing isn't good and all he thinks
about is getting home to play
Is there anything we can do II
interest him in school?
MRS. A. ", Northfield, N. j.
Your son may be q lat
bloomer, in which case HI
should remain an extra yea
in the first grade. But vol
Evening star., 1962-12-16
Catholic U. Gets
$4,000 Grant

The Catholic University has
been awarded q $4,000 edu-
cational grant from the Amer
lean Oil Foundation.
L. w. Moore. foundation
president. said the money may
be used for any purpose the
university sees fit, except en-
downment. The grant was re-
ceived for the university by the
Right Rev. William J. McDon-
aid, rector.
In making the presentation,
Mr.. Moore cited the institution
as "a leading university noted
for its general excellence, its
contributions to national life,
its significance in training stu
dents from the nations Of the
Free World, and the quality Of
Its graduate education"
Evening star., 1962-12-16
FIorida's Constant Lure
Calls Old and New Fans

MAINLY road, rail and
air lane, Florida visitors are
beginning to make good fore
casters out Of resort operators
A few weeks ago, at the first
sign Of something more sooth-
ing In Cuban news, Florida was
predicting that people will still
need-and take-winter vaca-
tions."
Traffic into the State, par
ticularly Southern Florida, is
already running ahead OF
record-setting 1851" according
to Development Commission
Chairman Director Wendell
Jarrard. Airline and railroads
Evening star., 1962-12-16
COLLEGE NEWS
COLLEGE NEWS
GWs Mortar Board
Would Divide Roles

The yes" women Of George
Washington University have
come up with what they think
may be a plan Of protection for
their successors.
The girls are in Mortar
Board, a senior activity-schol-
arship honorary, and for four
years they have been saying
"yes" to almost every appeal
offered to lead campus activi-
ties.
Under a plan the five girls
have proposed to the school,
activity offices in the future
will have points assigned to
them. with no girl allowed more
than IL points at q time.
Study Time Needed
There would be three basic
classifications in the system m.
Offices in big" activities, such
as sororities, would have six,
five or four points each. Of
fices in residence halls would
have five, four and three points,
Seasonal activities, such as orr
entation. would get four, three
or two.
Some special offices student
council president and editing
the yearbook or newspaper
would have eight.
Why do they want to do itp
Studying is one reason.
Studying is easier to ignore
than activities. or you can say
you'll put 1t off," Linda Nus
baum, Mortar Board president,
said. According to the plan
Miss Nusbaum, who carries ls
academic hours, also carries Is
activity points.
Curtailed study time Is not
the only disadvantage the girls
see in unlimited office holding
Every one Of US mortar
Evening star., 1962-12-16

Additionally. 20 counties and
cities held elementary summer
school programs, In which e.
6Sl pupils were enrolled.
DR.. Williams predicted the
Virginia summer school OF the
future would have:
An 8-week session, making
a school year for teacher and
pupil Of about II months or
220 days.
Summer school doors will be
open four hours daily. five days
q week.
As many as three credits may
be earned.
Teachers will be employed
on q i2-month basis.
Summer school costs will be
borne increasingly from public
funds.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
IN PASSING:

Kathy Williams, a 1860 grad
uate Of Suitland High School
and a junior at Michigan State
University, will attend a Ma
tional Association of Interna-
tional Relations Clubs seminar
in Puerto Rico, Tuesday
through Sunday. Miss Williams
family lives at lis D street Sc!
-
E. Lawrence Povich, of l777
Verbena street NV, was tapped
by Scarlet Key, an all-university
activities honorary at Boston
University.
Miss Joyce Simpson, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
Simpson Of Arlington, has been
named Miss Cheerleader USA
by the winter Haven (Fla0
Chamber of Commerce.
Miss Simpson attends the
University Of Houston. where
she had previously been named
Miss Advertising of Houston,
Girl Of the Month Of Alpha
Phi Omega, ROTC Sweetheart
and Golf Queen finalist. u
Miss Lucinda Smith, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Dewey, Of 3539 Williamsburg
lane. has been elected to the
student council of Briarcliff
College in New York.
Evening star., 1962-12-16

Boards has wound up in the
position of carrying too much
responsibility" Miss Nusbaum
said.
There is a concentration Of
power. Virtually all major Of
fices now are held by one Of q
small knot Of girls. This is not
fair to the other girls, either"
Sharon Glinn, Mortar Board
vice president, said. y
How do they feel the plan
will be accepted? 'e
Reaction seems to be favor
able" Miss Glinn said. There
is some opposition definitely In
some quarters, though, but I'd
better not say who"
II think" she unused, 1T
would have been nice to have
someone tell me I couldn't have
taken on some of these Jobs. I
really would have appreciated
that"
Evening star., 1962-12-16

are reporting near-capacity
bookings, particularly for the
Christmas-New Years week.
Auto Upswing
Bus business is on the up
grade and auto traffic. which
accounts for about IS per cent
of the visitors, is mounting
the American Automobile Asso-
ciation reports.
M. r. Howerton, Florida zone
manager for Hertz Rent A Car
predicts that South Florida
may have its best tourist sea-
son in years" Last years visi-
tors total was about 13 million
AS one example at random,
Evening star., 1962-12-16
DIMENSION EDUCATION
Schools Today Fail
Creative Students

work and ideas Of the creative
child, even though they may
try conscientiously to do so. AS
a result, imaginative children
are discouraged from question:
ing accepted answers.
Encouragement Needed
What we need so strongly
today Is the encouragement,
not the discouragement Of the
creative child" she says. I'VE
are in q dynamic world. The
stereotyped way Of thinking Is
not good enough.
THE emphasis is swinging
back to the three Rs, back
to mathematics and science
and secure-content subjects
And the creative child Is being
lost In the process.
"Yet this is the type Of child
who becomes the adult who
contributes, who discovers, who
creates, who comes up with
new ideas which are better
than the conventional ones"
At the University of Buffalo,
more than 1000 students took
courses in creative problem
solving. Subsequent study
showed a definite Improvement
in the ability to think UP good
ideas. Those who took the
course averaged "a per cent
better in producing good ideas
than those who didn't.
DR.. Mcconnell, who has
studied the educational system
In the Soviet Union. found that
conformity and uniformity Of
learning is the very basis of
schooling there. And she saw
the kind Of results it achieves.
I'm every school we visited
In Russia. the pupils always
knew the answers they had been
required TO learn. We heard
students answer many
questions.
But there was one other OBJ
servation we made. one which
is far more important. Not once
did we hear q child ask o Ques-
ton"
Evening star., 1962-12-16

white educators. said its sur
vey also showed:
A total of 27.s7e Virginia
high school students enrolled
In 1862 summer schools 900
more than In the summer OF
1861.
One out Of seven students
In city regular term high
schools attended sum m 9 r
schools.
In nine localities, as many
as one out OF five regular term
students attended summer
school.
Public funds completely H.
nanced the summer school pro-
gram In only three OF the "a
localities. Tuition was charged
In 43 and both public funds
and tuition payments we're used
In 10.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
Nurses to Sing Carols

The Student Nurses Chorus
OF the Washington Hospital
Center will present a Christ
mas Carol Concert for visitors
and patients at 7:30 pm. to-
morrow In the lobby Of the
Center. Prior TO the concert
the chorus viii sing In the hos
pital corridors for patients un-
able 10 leave their rooms.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
By LESLIE J. MASON, Ed.D.

can help him grow up during
this year.
Insist that he learn to listen
and follow directions. Provide
him with plenty Of materials
so that part Of his play time
will be taken UP with drawing
pictures and other nnanipu-
lative projects or activities.
AnA
Dear DR.. Mason:
Would you recommend the
use of a tape recorder My
husband is attending college
and I though I could help him
by making tapes Of articles he
is supposed to read and study.
Then he can play back these
tapes and listen to them while
relaxing. thereby eliminating
eyestrain and helping him to
do other things with the time
he would have spent reading.
F. r., New York.
Your husband should be able
to read five times as fast as
you would speak in recording
the materials. Thus, he would
lose time instead of saving it
A better solution would be
to improve his reading skills
He should learn to study what
he is reading, concentrating all
Of his thought power on the
task. He should reserve his
relaxing until the studying Is
completed.
DIR. Mason will welcome ques-
ltions addressed to him in care
Of The Evening Star. Those oi
most general interest will be
answered in his column.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
CITIZENS
MEETINGS

H so " announcements
must be In the hands OF the
CiUic Calendar editor by
noon Thursdny OF each tDeek
to insure publication in the
column on Sunday. Those
received too late will not be
used separately unless there
Is some special netoS signiti-
cdnce'Gtt0ched to them.
George T. Keyser, assistant
vice president Of D. c. Transit
System, Inc, will present the
views Of his company on the
NCTA report to the Interfed-
Grafton Council at its meeting
at 8 pm. tomorrow in Room
SGT Of the District Building
Fourteenth and E streets NV
Other groups meeting this
week cat 8 pm. unless other
wise indicated) are:
TOMORROW
Southeast Civic Association, Pawn,
School, Fifteenth and c streets SE
Edgewood Civic Association, Langley
Junior High School, T street betweer
Summit place and Lincoln road NE,
Fort Davis Citizens Association, Rylanc
Methodist Church, Branch avenue anc
Northwest Boundary Civic Association
Mcfarland Junior High School, lows
avenue and Webster streets NV.
TUESDAY
Citizens Transit Improvement AssoeIa
ton, Mount Vernon Place Methods
Church, e35 X street NV.
Central Northwest Citizens Association
SS.Sstt;PS .,1sH:s I a SsterSOn School, Tenth and
AnaeOstla Citizens Association, Ana
costa Methodist Church hall. Fourteenth
and y streets Sc.
Petworth Citizens Association, Rocl
Creek Parish House, Rock Greek Churcl
road and Webster street NE.
Central Northeast Civic Association
Smothers School, Forty.fourth and Brook
East Central Civic Association, sco,,
Montgomery School, lls p street NV
Northeast Washington Citizens Aasocia
ton residence, 1910 Massachusetts, ave
nue. NE.
WEDNESDAY
Beltsville. Evansville District Citizens A.
seciations Beltsville Elementary Schoo
Powder Mil road at Cedar lane, Belt
vile, Nd.
Capital nm Community Council. s
Marks Episcopal Church, Third and .
THURSDAY
Congress Heights Citizens Assoclatlor
Congress Heights Elementary schoo
Fifth street and Nichols avenue Sc.
SATURDAY
Oldest Inhabitants. Inc.. Odd Fellow
Hall. Ninth and streets NV, Z pm
Evening star., 1962-12-16

the Port st. Lucie Country
Club. which figures it can sup
ply $500 rooms per month in
the $50 homes 1t has grouped
about its two championship
golf courses, has reservations
for over 5000 persons in Janu-
ary and 5000 in February. The
January guest list this year
used $500 rooms; the Febru-
ary figure $500.
In Miami, Dade county and
surrounding area, there will be
Is days Of pageantry and
sports events on tap, a spec
tacle which has been built up
through the years around the
Orange Bowl.
Christmas in Miami is, in
spirit, like Christmas every
where else in the United States
except that the natural and
physical features and the cli-
mate closely resemble those of
the Holy Land.
The usual American idea of
ChristmaS-snowy landscapes
with barren trees and warm
living rooms, with q fireplace
and presents heaped under a
decorated tree. Is by no means
the only image Of this holiday.
Miami Version
Miami offers 9 special YER
sion Of Christmas which COM
bines all Of the typical Ameri-
can symbols with the semi
tropical weather so much like
that Of Jerusalem and Bethle-
hem at this time Of year.
Christmas cheer is an apt
phrase in Miami Beach. Inn
keepers and merchants are ex-
pressing new confidence the
winter season will be a fine
one.
They anticipate demands at
peak periods may run ahead OF
facilities and are urging that
travellers request space as far
in advance as possible.
However, it appears both ho-
tel and apartment lodgings will
be fully adequate for the holi-
days.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
BY EDWIN HOAG
Tulane University Reports


Americas educational sys-
tenn is turning out sufficient
numbers of young people who
know how to do things-how
to carry out ideas.
But what about the people
to decide what to do-the peo-
pie to come up with the new
ideas?
These are the kind of gradu-
ates which our schools are not
generally producing, in the
opinion of DR.. Gather Me-
Connell, associate professor oi
. education at Tulane University
The reason for this, she says
is that many teachers today
are not encouraging imagina.
ton, ingenuity and creativity
on the part Of their students.
Recent studies carried out at
the University of Utah showed
that teachers enrolled as grad
uate students who ranked
highest on creativity tests
ranked low in ratings given by
their principals and super
visors.
Research at the University of
Chicago showed that 70 and
scholastic achievement tests do
not always distinguish the
highly creative students from
other students.
Routine Preferred
These studies, and others,
indicate a general situation to-
day in which the non-creative,
routine students are frequently
preferred to the imaginative,
creative students" DR.. McCon-
nell says.
DR.. Mcconnell, who taught
on both the elementary and
high school levels before join
ing the Tulane faculty. is q
strong advocate Of creative
teaching to stimulate creative
learning.
She believes that schools
have q responsibility not only
to present TO students the sub
ject matter outlined in courses
Of study but to help develop
In students the power TO think
critically. imaginatively, crea-
lively. And this second obliga-
ton applies TO all students,
since all are capable of being
creative TO some degree.
I'm too many classrooms to-
day, on all levels Of education,
students are giving teachers the
answers they think the teach
ers want TO hear" DR.. Nc
Connell says. There is little
exploring. or wondering, or ask
ing why or how. There is little
critical thinking or creative
thinking-if any at all"
DR.. Mcconnell points out
that the child with q high de-
gree OF imagination and crea-
tivity often finds himself I'll at
ease In the classroom-where
conformity is the key 10 aca-
demic success-and often has
difficulties.
THE creative child with new
ideas soon finds he cannot
communicate these ideas 10 the
teacher or 10 other pupils" DR..
Mcconnell says. "Often this re-
suits in loneliness. and lack OF
interest In schoolwork which
Is done In a routine manner"
Not long ago Fred N. Severud
OF New York, one Of Americas
outstanding consulting engi-
neers. stressed the Importance
of the encouragement Of crea-
tivity In his own field.
Engineering is not Just Jug
Cling figures. as many people
believe" Mr.. Severud said. 1T
Is primarily handling thoughts.
We need more young people
with creative. artistic natures.
We must dispel the notion that
the engineer Is a mechanic. He
must be a truly creative per-
SON"
Or. Mcconnell believes that
because teachers are often nom
creative persons, and are In a
profession which demands q
high degree Of conformity, they
find II difficult 10 accept the
Evening star., 1962-12-16

TOMORROW
Chemical Engineers Club Of Wsshlps-
lon-l2;lS pm, luncheon meeting in All
States Dining Room, 5ll Ninet ~nih
street NV. DR.. Charles J. Mars
chemical engineering DEPARTMENT, will
discuss Ultra High Pressure Chemical
TUESDAY
Institute Of EnvironmentRl Sciences
I:5 pm, Room 100. Corcoran Han,
George Washington University, Twenty.
first and G streets NV. Mr.. William r.
Forllfer, head Of the vibration section, |,
Goddard Space Flight Center, will dis
cuss Environmental Testing"
Anthr0pological soclety o. WashluRtou
.e;l5 pm, Room a Of United States
National Museum, Tenth street and Con.
stitution avenue NV. DR.. MarRaret
LAnis, United States Public Health
Service, VIII discuss Social Anthropo.
logical Fieldwork IN Alaska.s
WEDNESDAY
Washlngton Society 81 Engineers .. m.
IN the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Florida and Massachuetts avenues NV
Mr.. z. II. Rietxke, president, Capitol
and Radio Engineer Institute, win ais.
euss "A Matter Of Semantics."
Evening star., 1962-12-16

DR.. Mason iDiH Delcome
questions addressed to him In
care OF The Euenino Star.
Those OF most general interest
tpiH be dnSwered in his
column.
Evening star., 1962-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Lewis
Beattie, sr., 1868 Bryant
street Me-, will celebrate
their 5Oth wedding ami
versary today. MIR. Beattie
Is a retired employe Of the
Pullman Company. The
couple has four children
and nine grandchildren.
Harris Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
SCIENCE
ENGINEERING
CALENDAR

This information Is sup
piled bv the Joint Committee
on Press Relations OF the
District OF Columbia Council
on Engineering and Archi-
tecturdI Societies and the
Washington Academy OF Sci
ences.)