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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
Wilt Refuses
School Post;
Joy Dropped
z New Members,
Stockurd Named to
Arlington Bourd
BY BRIAN KELLY
Star Staff Writer

ETneSC ~. VIII, reClrlng Ar
lington County board member,
today declined appointment to
the school board as Barnard
M. Joy was dropped from the
school board seat he has held
for Is years.
To fill three school board
vacancies, the county board
then reappointed James G.
Stockard and named William
G. Lightsey and John r. Spicer
to four-year terms.
In a dramatic scene, Mr.. Wilt
turned aside the post his county
board colleagues unanimously
wanted him to accept. Clearly
shaken, Mr.. Wilt said it would
be unfair for him to accept
the appointment when he knew
his board was prepared to drop
Mr.. Joy: who was seeking an
unprecedented fifth term on
the school board.
Board Member Since 1850
81 will go away from here
today with the appreciation of
my conscience" said the po-
litical independent who has
won respect from all three po-
litical factions in Arlington
since he became a board mem
Der in 1860.
Board members gave no rea-
son for their decision to ignore
Mr.. Joy. However, it is known
that board members have felt
he had served long enough.
Mr.. Stockard, who is finish
ing his eighth year on the
school board, generally is con-
sidered the most liberal Of its
five members. Mr.. Lightsey,
an organizer Of opposition to
Virginia'S massive resistance"
to school Indignation in the
late 1865, is recognized in Ar
lington for his interest in
school and civic activities.
Mr.. Spicer, whose name was
proposed to the county board
by several civic groups, is an
administrator in the Central
Intelligence Agency. He has
been a dean at Kent State Uni
verSity in Ohio, and is the au-
thor of a text on English usage.
He holds a doctorate from Co.
lumbia University.
Breakfast Meeting
County board members met
over breakfast today in an eff
fort to thrash out their differ
ences in the unusually painful
choice of three members for the
five-member school board. It
was in this meeting, that Mr..
Wilt informed his colleagues he
would not accept the post, and
their combined persuasion
failed to alter his decision.
When the school board ap-
pointmentS came up shortly
after the county boards meet
ing began, Ralph Raul, who
retires along with Mr.. Wilt at
the end of this month, nomi-
mated his colleague anyway. Mr..
Raul said his fellow board MEM
ber's knowledge of capital fl
nancing and his experience on
the county board would bene-
fit the school body.
Roye L. Lowry, Thomas w.
Richards and Leo UrbanSke
added their praises in support
ing Mr.. Kaul's motion.
Refuses to Change Mind
Mr.. Wilt, however, would not
change his mind.
His colleagues said they
would respect his feelings, but
they wished he would serve
anyway. And Mr.. Lowry, point
ing out there will be other
school board appointments" in
future years, added: 81 hope
this decision is not for all
time"
Disagreement in Arlington
political circles, notably among
the dominant Arlingtonians fol-
a Better County, reached q
peak in recent days and left
members of the appointing
board visibly shaken.
See ARLINGTON, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14

Mary McGrorys memorable articles written
during the recent period Of national
bereavement have been assembled in q
commemorative booklet, entitled:
IN MEMORIAM-
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Designed and printed by Leading Iitho-
graphic house, this special publication can
be ordered by writing to Rm AIS, The
Evening Stor. Enclose 25c to cover the cost
Of postage and handling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-14
Weather Forecast

District and vicinity-Partial clearing to-
night. much colder with the low in the 20s.
Variable cloudiness on Sunday, cold with
the high in the low 30s. Todays high, SO,
at am; low, "a, at 8 am.
Full Report On Pose AZ
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Artists Mart

This cooperative gallery,
up in historic Georgetown,
has created a nice series of
juried group shows for itself
and the latest is now on view,
with paintings selected by
Leonard Maurer, sculpture by
Harvey Moore.
There are only four pieces
Of sculpture. OF which the
pleasantest is Charlotte
Bush's Torso" and the most
intriguing is Elinor Horwaitz's
View Of City" This is COM
posed Of tiny tower of jade,
fixed TO a board and topped
in brass. The whole arrange
ment might be a personal
memoir Of Southeast Asia.
Painting also is limited.
Mr. Maurer chose only IL pic
lures FOR exhibition out OF 10
submitted and this is the
only way TO get a decent show.
Outstanding are Catherine
Bradley's blue and green COL
lage. alpine Meadow" and
Bernard Leclerc's lake view
from the shore, filled with a
surrealist light. The show has
an intense self-portrait by
Laurence Lewis and a re-
strained abstraction by Bar
bara Pendleton. both Of some
merit.
Evening star., 1963-01-13

Of the printmaker at work.
Harold Altman, as always, is
melancholy and effective in
revealing lonely fragments of
the lives of women in the city.
Included in the show are
quite a few examples from
the Long Island press of Ia
tyania Grossman, who has
undertaken to tame to IL
biography some of the free
spirits Of abstract express
sionism, among them Jasper
Johns, Grace Hartigan and
Helen Frankenthaler, but
they all strike the eye as
merely home-screen versions
of the giant spectaculars the
artists cuStomarily produce
in paint. Among the more
productive experimentation
on view is that of Gerson
Lieber, who uses different
wire mesh, embedded in the
plate, to convey the brooding
spirit of Queens Plaza, the
well-knoWn subway stop.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Henry Gallery

Black. black, black is the
color Of Fernando Maza's
paintings now on view at the
Henri Gallery in historic
Alexandria. But like life it
self, the paintings are never
as dark as they seem to be.
On first glance the large,
untitled works by the Argen-
tine artist all seem to be flat
and unrelieved black, black,
black. On inspection they
yield not only simple, broad
shapes in balance with one
another, but even areas Of
dark color within the black,
sometimes deep purple, some
times blue.
Even more interestingly,
the Henri Gallery has a large
black patch in its tile covered
floor. Once you get the hang
Of finding the shapes In Mr..
Maza's paintings, you can do
the same thing with the lin
oleum.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
PTA EVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be in the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor By
Wednesday OF each meek to
insure publication in the
column on Sunday. --.-
Tomorrow Is a Day." a play
about teen-age social insecurity
and how parents cope with its
problems. will be presented by
the University of Maryland
Players at an 8 pm. meeting
Tuesday of the Wheaton High
School PTA.
Other PTA groups in the Dis
trict scheduled to meet this
week at 8 pm. unless other
wise noted, include: -.s
TOMORROW
Grant, Petworth and Raymond Ele-
mentaries.
TUESDAY
Edmonds Peabody at Edmonds, Hend.
ley, Monroe, Perry, Plummer, Randall
Highlands pm, Shadd, Sharpe Health
School, Stevens, Thomson, Webb and
Whittier Elementaries. Shaw and Taft
Junior Highs. Washington Vocational
High School. Montgomery County Senior
Highs and Arlington County Elementa-
ries.
WEDNESDAY
Keene Elementary. DOUGLAS and Cor.
don Junior Highs.
i THURSDAY
Brookland, J. F. Cook, Davis, Grimke,
Smothers, Sumner and Turner Elemen.
taries. Arlington County Junior Highs.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Curriculum Study
For Retarded Slated

st. Johns Development Serv-
ices for Children, 1921 Utah
avenue NV, has received q
$22, 500 grant to work with Dis
trict public schools in planning
educational facilities for re-
tarded children.
The grant, awarded by Edu-
cational Facilities Laboratories,
Inc, of New York, will be used
to finance a one-year study OF
building designs and curricu-
lum content for retarded
youths.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Dear DR.. Mason:

Our son, age IS, entered his
senior year in high school this
September. He made a B aver
age in his work during his jun
ior year. He has won letters in
golf, baseball, and basketball.
But to date he has no inclin-
alton or aptitude for any voca-
ton.
Would 1t be better for him
to work during the year follow
ing high school, or to complete
his freshman year in college
first, and then take year Off
C, v. c., Pacifica, Calf.
I recommend that your son
take the year off for work fol-
lowing high school. Perhaps
during that year he will acquire
a vocational goal - 1t often
happens.
Success In college is usually
associated with definite goals.
sSE
Dear DR.. Mason:
My l3-year-old brother is a
serious student but he lacks in
itiative and drive. I don't want
him to be a pushy individual
but / want him to stand up and
speak for himself.
He is petrified to face his
teacher if he has filled out q
form incorrectly or has made
some similar mistake.
What can we do to help him
have more courage and pluck
j. K, Yonkers, N. Y.
Help your brother picture
himself as a worthwhile person
who has the approval of those
around him. He should come tc
understand that his teachers
are anxious to help him anc
are not just waiting to criticize
him for a mistake. Convince
him that everyone makes mis-
takes.
Dear DR.. Mason:
1t seems to us that our fifth.
grade daughter cannot concen-
trate. She can read something
over and over but does not alb.
sorb it. She is a very gooc
reader, but when she read.
Questions and problems IL
math, science. geography, etc.
she hasn't the faintest ides
what is being asked of her.
Is there some way to remedy
Evening star., 1963-01-13
COLLEGE NEWS
COLLEGE NEWS
Award Saves Years
For Girl at Horvord

The Guardian Federal Saw
ings g. Loan Co. has saved
June Walker two years.
Her name was drawn from
10000 entries in a company
sponsored $500 scholarship
contest, and she won't have to
work two years as she planned
to finance her second year at
the Harvard Graduate Business
School.
Miss Walker, a graduate Of
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School and the University Of
Maryland (l962), has been
paying for all her higher edu-
cation through scholarships,
student loans and part-time
jobs.
For her first year at the
business school, she arranged
for a $500 scholarship and an
$1,000 student loan. She has
worked as a laboratory assist
ant and as a Powers model.
Originally a physics and
mathematics major at Mary
land u, she switched to Ger
man literature after spending
her junior year in Munich on
an exchange fellowship.
Miss Walker, who is 90,
would like to work for an
international trade firm when
she is graduated.
Her father lives at SOC Green
lawn drive, Hyattsville.
4
Robert H. Mankin of Arling-
ton has been named circulation
manager Of the Yellow Jacket
Weekly, student newspaper at
Randolph-Macon College, Ash
Evening star., 1963-01-13
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Seven

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Seven
teenth street and New York avenue
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Saturday q am. to 4:30 pm; Sun
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FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
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Daily, am. TO 4:30 pm.
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE
ARTS, Constitution avenue at Tenth
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pm
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-
stitution avenue at Sixth street NV.
Daily, 10 Am. TO 3 pm. Sunday, 10
am. TO 10 pm.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, 1919 Twenty
first street NV. Daily, IL am. to
9 pm: Monday, / am. to 10 pm;
Sunday, 2 to pm.
WASHINGTON GALLERY OF MOD
ERN ART. 1903 Twenty-first street
NV. Tuesday through Saturday, II
am. to p.m.; Sunday, 2 TO 5 pm;
closed Monday. Admission so cents
Evening star., 1963-01-13

land. Va. Jayson Amster Of
Washington will continue as
business manager Of the paper.
Miss Dorothy E. Beck of
Springfield, Va, has been
named editor of the 1854 year.
book. The Aloha. at Western
Maryland College, Westminster.
Miss Beck, a graduate Of Glen
Burnie High School, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Beck, Of 1908 Essex avenue.
The editor of the Washing
ton and Lee University Law
Review is Timothy j. Ireland,
a senior law student from
Akron, Ohio.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
MASON ON EDUCATION
Goals important
Prior to College
By LESLIE J. MASON, Ed.D.

this situation?-J. p, Pitts
burgh.
Have your daughter decide
what sort of thing she is going
to try to find out before she
starts to read. Once her mind
is filled with questions and the
desire to find out what is said,
she automatically will concen-
trate on what she is reading
Immediately after reading, she
should recite back to herself
what has been said.
Il 4 Il
Dear DR.. Mason:
Please advise us on the pro-
cedure for educating an unusu-
ally bright child. Our daughter
has just had her fourth birth
day and is begging to be taught
to read. She can identify cer-
tain words and numbers. She is
in a group of 4-year-olds at q
pre-kindergarten and is happy
socially, but reports that it is
not a real" school.
Would you advise testing al
this time? Would tutoring be a
good idea If her reading readi-
ness score is highP B
F., Tulsa, Okla.
Let your daughter do the
pushing. Get her appropriate
books. Answer her questions
about words, but would moi
advise trying to push her aheac
through the use of a tutor.
4
DR.. Mason WiH Uelcome
questions addressed to him in
care OF The EUening Star.
Those Of most general inter-
est UiH be anSwered in his
column.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
BY EDWIN HOAG


Tulane Univ. Educational Reports
In what direction is the edu-
cation Of prospective teachers
going2
Is there too much emphasis
on teaching methods and not
enough on subject matter?
What role will teaching de-
vices play in the classroom a
few years from now?
These questions were put to
DR.. Thomas E. Jordan, director
of the newly established Center
for Teacher Education at Tu-
lane University.
DR.. Jordan, a native of Eng
land who came to this country
while still in his teens, has a
broad background in education
and educational psychology.
At 33, he has taught in public
schools and served on the fac.
ulties of five colleges and uni.
versities. While at Washington
University in st. Louis he wa'
consultant to the department
of child psychiatry. While al
st. Louis University, he super
vised in service training pre-
grams for teachers.
He is the author Of two
books. THE Exceptional Child
and The Mentally Rearded.'
He is at work on a research
project involving slow learners
in the elementary school.
What Are The Trends?
DR.. Jordan was first asked
what new trends in teacher ed
ucation he finds particularly
interesting.
His answer.
"One, of course, is the trend
toward a five-year college pro-
gram for those preparing To
teach in elementary or high
school.
THE essential difference be.
tween the five-year and the
four-year program is that the
student spends a much Longer
period Of time in actual class.
room teaching, in internship
Whereas, this internship is one
semester of the four-year pro.
gram at present, 1t is as long a.
two years in the five-year pre-
gram. And the student-teacheI
is paid a small salary and is q
member Of the school faculty.
Certainly the longer perioC
Of classroom experience add
greatly to the students prepa-
ration. However. I do not be,
lieve the five-year program vii
become generally common be-
cause 1t takes a certain kind o
area, basically a heavily-popu
lated area, to be able TO Absorb
this many student teachers ir
the school systems.
For States such as New York
California, Michigan. the five
year program would seem very
good. For other, less populated
and more rural States. 1t NIGH
not be appropriate.
Another interesting trend 4
the increase in the number o
ways people may get into tn
teaching profession. One. 70
example, is the program leadinI
to the master OF arts in teach
ing. This kind Of program
aimed primarily at students
who have a liberal arts bach
elor's degree, students who di,
not major in education In un
dergraduate school.
Through the two-year grad
uate program they can fulfil
State requirements for certifi
cation as a teacher. This pro
gram is certainly not the roya
Evening star., 1963-01-13
Art Notes

One Of the few nationally
important exhibitions OF
American painting, the Cor
coran Biennial, opens Friday
night with an invitational
preview for members OF the
COrcOran Gallery Of Art. This
years show has las paintings.
Now showing at the obellsk
are paintings by James
Strombotne. one OF the lead
ing young American post
abstract expressionist artists,
Evening star., 1963-01-13

TOMORROW
American Society for Metals-s pm.,
american Association Of University Wom.
with dinner at $50 pm. DR.. S. L. Gerts.
man, chief Of physical metallurgy d.
vision, Canada Department Of Mines and
Iecnnical Surveys, will discuss Non
Nuclear Uses Of Uranium In Metallurgy. {"
TUESDAY
American Institute Of Electrical Enri-
neers-s pm, PEPCo Auditorium. Dinner
at pm. at O'Donnell's Restaurant.
Donald B, Carr, director Of engineers,
hatheop Co., will discuss 'Iasers," dem.
onstration and slides.
AnthrOpological Society Of Washington -
s;1 PM Room 43, United States Ma.
uonal Museum, Tenth and Constitution
avenue NV. DR.. Robert Lystad, SAIS
Jonns ms hopkins' will discuss "Fieldwork
FCC.sponsored CIC PROGRAM for IN,
Control Of RFI-ll:45 am, Blackies Res
IssluIant, sponsored by PGRFT. Harold r
hlchman, FEC, will speak.
PGAP, IRE-7:30 pm, materials test
ing laboratory, Bureau Of Standards, DR.
~. Z. King, General Electric Co, vii
discuss Gases, Electrons and Cornnnn
nications Blackout" Dinner s pm, ROM
restaurant 54l9 Connecticut avenue NV
WEDNESDAY
American Society for Quality Central
9 pm, Roger Smith Hotel BalIroom Mn.
ner $3.50 pm. Joseph A. Gwyer, aerospaee
information division, Library Of Congress,
viii discuss "USSR Quality Control re.
liability Development; History and Most
Recent Development"
washington Society Of Engineers-s pm,
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Cosmos
Clup' y. w: Eft, research engineer, Bah.
COCK 4 wilcox Co., will discuss Goal
SSI1TTy, Sn.tISy,, >. Its Transportation and Com.
Institute Of EnvironmentaI Sciences
pm Holiday Inn Of Baltimore, Lock
hayen Blvd, Joppa road, Towson, Ma
David Orbock, Martin Marietta, will dis.
cuss stimulation Of Space Environment, %
Insecticide Society Of Washington - 9
pm Symons Hall, University Of Mary
b., will discuss Insect Resistsnee IN
Grain and Forage Crops; DR.. T. u.
Henneberry, Sterilization Of Drosophila
Dy Means Of Radiation and Chemosieril.
ants" with slides.
THURSDAY
Society Of American Foresters - Am.
dinner meeting, YWCA. Author Michael
Forestry Profession
American Statistical Association nm.
Room 3l9, Corcoran Hall. George Wash.
ington University. Speakers, DIT. S. NJ
Alexander, NBS j. n. WegStein. MRS
mili discuss "Software Report" Public
THURSDAY
American Institute Of Plant Engineers
p.mY Mitchell Room, Bowling Ali
Force Base officers Club; A. Nj. Myrhe
enelneering department., r. I. Dupont "a
nnemours = Co, will discuss Premature
hooilng Failures, Causes and Cures"
The Inventors Club, ESQ pm. meeting
molecules.
Evening star., 1963-01-13
DIMENSION EDUCATION
eocher 7 roinino
7 rends Studied

road toward increasing the
number or quality of teachers,
but it has had some success"
Education Myth
Does DR.. Jordan believe there
is a sharp division today be-
tween those who emphasize
subject matter content in the
education of teachers and those
who emphasize training in ed
ucational theory and methods? d?
This brings up one of the
great myths in education, one
that was put to rest Is years
ago but still occasionally crops
up" he answers.
THE myth is that there is a
body of educationalistS who be-
lieve in heavy emphasis on edu-
cational techniques at the ex-
pense of education in academic
subject matter.
mo such group exists toda!
to my knowledge. A person who
is going to teach needs the
m aximum in professional
training.
"The teacher of history
should be a historian anC
should know how to teach his.
tory. He must be prepared aca-
demically and professionally
and there need be no compro-
mise Of one for the other"
Teaching Machines
What about teaching ma
chimes and other devices? Will
they greatly change the educa-
tional process?
"Once, we were told that team
teaching would solve all our
problems. 1t didn't. Then we
we're told that educational tele-
vision would solve our prob
lens. 1t didn't. Now we hear
that teaching machines will
solve our problems.
These things are all valu.
able aids, and will become more
so. But the basic elements oi
education are the teacher anC
the child. 1 do not believe thii
will change"
Recently there has beer
much published on the teaching
Of reading to elementary schoo
children. Is this a problem2
Here again. a myth has de-
veloped as the result Of al
-simplification. The over,
simplification is that children
are taught to read either by thi
phonic or nonphonic method
The truth is that the vast ma,
jority Of children are beinl
taught by the phonic methoC
, combined with the word-recog,
milton method.
With English. the teacher
cannot rely entirely on phonici
because English is not entirely
a phonic language. Try TO ex
plain the GH sound in a worl
like through TO child"
Most Important Need
What is education's most i'm,
portant need today2
Certainly one Of the impor
tant needs is basic research
Even school systems with sub
: stantial financial resources di
far less htan they should in the
: way OF research.
"Of course, in education re
search must be done carefully
We must test methods which
may be better but certainly will
: be as good as existing methods
We cannot gamble with the ed.
: ucation Of children. we canno
90 for broke.
Nevertheless, there is mucl
; research that could and shoulC
be done"
Evening star., 1963-01-13
|. F.A.

The most important mixed
exhibition in town right now
is the print show at the IF.A.
Galleries. Based on last falls
big show Of the Print Council
at the National Gallery, this
group includes about half of
the printmakers represented
in the big show and, in most
cases. has their work in
depth. There are IS Ameri-
can printmakers represented
by some 200 prints.
The level of quality is ex-
tremely high and choice be-
comes a matter Of personal
taste. There are some fine
Autographs by Adolf Dehn, in
cluding several from his India
series. Leonard BaSkin is seen
in prints from his illustra-
tions for the Illiad. Karl
Schrag has a delicately col
ored etching and aquatint,
THE Spell of Distance" and
Carol Summers some luridly
colored 'woodcuts Of Greek
architectural monuments.
In IntagliO
Like the show at the Ma
tional Gallery, this cut down
and concentrated version is
especially strong in black and
white prints done in the in
taglio media, straight etch-
ings and engravings or
mixed. Gabor Peterdi's "Ra-
vine /" makes unusual and
effective use Of a section OF
untouched but linked plate to
create a flat. black void be-
tween two passages Of in
tricately worked etching. AL
Blaustein's Attic Studio" is
a murky and evocative scene