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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
0 Alnidon Hit
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Furthermore, 1t is extremely
significant that in talking with
some of the highly.experienced,
competent D. c. teachers and
supervisors we learn that they
look with scorn on this plan
which places all emphasis on
covering areas of subject mat
ter, with so little regard for the
way each individual learns,
where he stands with relations
to his grade, and how far he is
capable of going. AS one teach
er put it, Even with tracks and
homogeneous grouping, no two
children are at the indentical
achievement level. I teach more
than subject matter; I teach
subject matter to childre n.
Hence, / would be less than a
professional teacher if covering
blocks of subject matter were
my sole teaching objective"
A n o t her stated, Certainly
teaching from a superimposed
plan makes teaching easier. But
that is only part Of teaching;
the other, more difficult part is
the reaching of the child so
that the subject matter is not
rote-learned but assimilated to
have meaning"
However, if the Amidon Plan
solves the D. c. problem of a
40 per cent dropout rate after
the eighth grade, we'd all agree
that it has served a purpose.
The advocates of an Amidon
Plan for Montgomery County
have based their case on the
premise that thus we will "get
back to basic education" For
those who seek the facts it can
be clearly proved that this is
a false premise. The teaching
of the basic subjects is the
raison d etre of our school sys-
tenn. All County teachers have
time schedules which require
that the major part of each
teaching day be devoted to the
basic subjects and skills. All
County teachers are required to
use the courses of study which
cover every basic subject, cours.
es of study annually worked on
in summer workshops so that
they will continue to be up.
dated and improved. The pupils
report cards further corroborate
this fact, as does the annual
testing program which is con-
fined to measuring the teaching
and learning results in the basic
subject areas. These test results
show Montgomery County pupils
have a consistent above-average
record of achievement as re-
lated not only to national norms,
but also to the above-average
expectancy for the County's
children. In addition, the large
number of County students who
make above.average scores on
college board exams, Merit
Scholarship and Science Talent
exams in competition with stu
dents from over the entire ma.
ton, and enter first.rate col.
leges where they succeed, fur
Their attests to the emphasis
the County schools place on bas-
ic education.
The Montgomery County
school system has constantly
sought to improve methods and
subject matter coverage so that
the students will learn how to
use the basic skills and facts to
analyze and research problems,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
Poets Urged
To Compete

Young and adult poets in
Montgomery County are invited
to submit their work to the
Maryland State Poetry Society
Competition before the Oct. l
deadline. Theme for young
poets will be why I Love My
Country" and adults should
contribute poems around the
theme Maryland, My Native
Land"
Poems must be limited to 20
lines, and should be unsigned
and accompanied by a sealed
envelope containing the au-
thor's name and address. Win
ners will be awarded valuable
prizes on Poetry Day, Oct. Is,
according to Jay T. Simmer,
the society's director.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12

a nice kid at this age" And so
on through high school until
finally we end up with a mice"
youngster with a high school
diploma in hand who has only
a thin veneer of knowledge and
is very poorly equipped in the
basic tools of literacy-the 3R's.
But now comes the grinding,
devastating anticlimax of the
whole IL year travesty. He has
not had the mental discipline
of the penalty" side of the in
centive picture and so is still
only willing to exert himself on
those things he 'likes."
If he was a Montgomery
County student his parents prob.
ably went to college and expect
and have the means for him
to go. So an application is duly
processed and he enters a re.
spected college or university.
What happens when he won't
do the work required for fresh.
man chemistry? Or history? Or
whatever subject he doesn't
like? Why he flunks, of course,
No excuses are offered here
that when the child is ready he
will do the work and meanwhile
well pass him so his ego won't
be shattered" He flunks. And
IL his standards are generally
low he is asked to not return.
He flunks out.
And so It is in life. Anyone
just out Of school has to go to
work for someone else, except
in unusual circumstances. The
boss assigns the work to be done
and, once again, II our subject
won't do the work because the
boss assigned task he doesn't
like he flunks-or gets fired,
that is.
The foregoing discussion es.
tablishes, beyond reasonable
doubt to my mind, the case for
"Amidon" type programs in all
schools. There is no excuse for
parents tolerating less than the
best possible effort to get their
children-all children-the best
possible education our accumu.
lated wisdom and knowledge
can devise.
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features required levels of achievement before proceeding
the next phase. 1t is simple that Many amazed to
hear that this is not the current practice.
Further comment the Amidon plan requires that
examine how the educational philosophy differs from
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12

ISENTINEL S eoSNT2' MD'
AI2 Thursday, Sept. IL. 1853
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
HOLLYWOOD
BY sHEILAH GRAHAM

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Tony Perkins is insisting on
doing 1.-THE Beautiful Bird
Brain" in English, and co-star
Brigitte BardOt is just as in
sistent that it be done in
French. The picture will be
filmed in London this fall, and
I hope Tony wins. 1t would be
quite absurd to make a picture
with French dialogue in Lon
don. Besides, Brig speaks the
language we'll and there is a
bigger world market for an
English-speaking picture. Tony
receives $175,000 for the job,
though, and for that kind of
money perhaps it doesn't real
ly matter what language he
speaks.
Elizabeth Taylor looks much
loyelier in "VIP.s" than she
does in you-know-what picture.
Producer AnatOle de Grunwald
is hoping to get the famed
lovers for another London.
made movie. September 2 will
be a strange day at the Dor
chester when Liz and Richard
Burton move out headed for
Mexico, where Richard stars in
Might of the Iguana" with
Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
and Sue (''Lolita") Lyon.
Guess who gets the most
love scenes with Burton? Sue
Lyon does. Ava has a couple,
and some of the lads in Holly
wood are making book that
one lady or both will fall in
love with Burton Tennessee
williams will also be around
for part Of the filming. Burton
stated in a current grille mag
azine that he finds Tennessee
rather hard to interpret g.
And Just to make the atmos-
phere even more electric, writer
Peter Viertal, who will also be
there, was enamored of Ava
before his marriage to Miss
Kerr.
Metros cairo" is a remake
of 1.-THE Asphalt jungle"
which brought fame to Marilyn
Monroe. All they did was
change the location and not
one critic in Europe who saw
the picture, was aware Of the
repeat. Robert Taylor said
he was lucky to have started
in a small way, getting $35 a
week to appear in B pictures.
TN those days we could make
terrible pictures that no one
saw, until we learned. That's
not possible today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
AFTER DARK
The Cellar Door
Goes FoIksy Too

When the management of
The Shadows decided to move
east to the other side of the
tracks in Georgetown it left a
double vacancy - in that M
street semi basement a block
east of Key Bridge and in the
lives of some of its old collegi-
ate customers. So it seemed
like a good idea at the time to
a young Georgetown grad
philosophy major named
Tom Lyons, jr., to open a jazz
club catering to the undergrad
uate trade.
He did just that, calling it,
aptly enough, The Cellar Door.
The decor is virtually unchang-
ed, with a minute stage off in
one corner and the walls large
ly of brick and original an
cient stone. Tables are small
and close together and the
tariff is reasonable; man can
take a date there without jeo-
pardizing next semester'S tut
ton.
The audience seems virtually
unchanged, too. It consists
largely of lively campus types
wearing their native garb, plus
a Sprinkling of the more re-
fined Georgetown beatniks and
some post-graduates bent upon
feeling young again.
+ 4 y
Now Mr.. Lyons and ascot
ates have switched from jazz
to folk music with gratifying
results. Last Monday night The
Cellar Door was decorated with
what every club owner yearns
for-wall-to-wall people. There
even was a line of would-be
customers outside the door at
one point and it was mighty
embarrassing to have no space
to shelter them when the rains
came.
The principal reason for the
throng was the return of Bob
Grossman, back in town to the
obvious delight of a consider
able coterie of admirers. Mr..
Grossman comes equipped with
a guitar, a first-rate voice and
an engaging personality, all
three of which he puts to good
use.
He Is more versatile than a
great many practitioners Of his
trade. He does John Henry"
with robust drive and "One Of
the Rowing Kind" with an in
fictitious comedy touch. He has
a flair for light comedy, in fact,
and employs it deftly. He also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
DINING OUT
Oh boyl

Oh boy!
The Nations Capital finally
has its version of P. j. Clark's
For the few who don't know
P. j. Clark's is a combination
pub-restaurant on New York'S
Third avenue that - among
other things-is one of THE
places to go in busting
Gotham, particularly If you're
in the theater, or want to ogle
folks who are. The well-to-do
the supper club set, the models,
and the just-plain- JoeS all GO
to P. US.
The rush at P. US begins In
the afternoon anG goes until
closing, the main attraction
being the bar. Many folks stop
in to have those before-dinneI
cocktails-either to see or be
seen-and then go on to
dinner spots like the Upstairs
at the Downstairs or the Down
stairs at the Upstairs, which
ever it's called. Some, however
stay at P. Us for the evening
partaking Of juicy steaks, over
sized hamburgers or steak tar
tare, just about the limit o.
the food offerings.
But the clientele isn't the
only attraction. P. ]. Clark'S
is the best New York example
of a Gay Nineties restaurant
bar: Gas lamps, swinging doors
tiny tables, oval mirrors, the
works. 1t has what you cal
atmosphere, all of 1t serving tc
make the place famous.
Here in Washington a few
days ago an ambitious young
man, a former student al
Georgetown University, named
Bill Bonbrest opened q like
establishment. where we're
concerned, it's a pip. It's al
1926 M street NV, in George.
town, a block west of Wiscon-
sin avenue. Mr.. BonbreSt call
it "Clyde's," a name so awful
that it's great. Already Wash
ington's equivalent Of the p. j
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
CIyde's Is Our
P. J. CIurk's
= BY JOHN M. RossoN

Clark's clientele has found it
Brooks Brother suits, sun
glasses and loud CHEEKY takers,
all. The women are decidedly
chic, and of course brandish
long cigarette holders.
In the best Nineties tradition,
Clyde's boasts Tiffany shades,
old Dubious gas lamps, portraits
in oval frames, bent wood
chairs, tiny tables with red and
white checkered tablecloths, a
long darkly stained bar, paneled
walls, a plain wood floor and
door panels mace of old eleva-
tor cages acquired by Mr.
Bonbrest in New York.
Over the bar there's a pair
of high-button shoes worn by
one of the performers in the
New YORK prooucClon q couple
Of years ago of "Tenderloin," a
musical set in the Bowery in
the NinetieS.
In short, Clyde's is a beaut
The decorating job was done
by Washington'S Ray Bates.
In addition to the main room
at Clyde's, there's a smaller
area to the rear called the
Sitting Room. You may, OF
course, dine in either room, the
latter being a bit more intimate
than the former.
AS is the case at P. Us
Clyde's menu is both brief anc
lacking in elegance. And right
fully so. Neither establishment
is intended to be velvety. 1t
wouldn't 60 with the Nineties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
Buffalo Bills
Return Aouin

The Buffalo Bills are back
for their third engagement al
the Shoreham Hotel and you
couldn't think of anything
more likely to cheer the hearts
of all fanciers of barber shop
quartets. These are the four
ex-amateur singers from Buff
falo, as no aficionado needs to
be told, who won so many TOP
honors in national COMPETE
tions that they had to be re-
tired from the lists to give
other barber shop quartets a
chance.
Then they were conscripteo
for Music Man" and wher
that musical opened on Broad
way, they cast off their anna
teur standing and abandoned
their old mundane jobs. They
have never regretted it and
neither have hordes of admirers
of the fine art Of harmony all
across the land. Once finished
with Music Man" on stage and
screen, they turned to night
clubs and instantly became
recognized as one Of the more
entertaining acts on the plush
caberet circuit.
The Buffalo Bills range con-
siderably beyond the routine
fare offered by routine bar
bershop quartets. They can
go along night after night with
out singing so much as the
first note of Sweet Adeline."
They do have an affinity for
modern show tunes and other
contemporary ballads. Their
latest favorite, one they do with
considerable relish, is waiting
For the Evening Train" from
Mary Martins new musical
They salute Music Man." nat
urally, with "76 Trombones'
and "Lida Rose" They show
off eminently listenable ar
rangements Of Climb Every
Mountain" C"Sound of Music~
What Kind of Fool Am ~
and II left My Heart in Sar
Francisco"
They do some comedy song
that are genuinely funny, romT
through a spiritual, $50 Higl
You Can't Get Over It." with
spirit. They get the audience tt
join them with a medley o
oldieS. And they come UP will
some. real rousers in "Alexan'
der's Ragtime Band" Luck.
Old Sun" and bill Bailey
The Shoreham's entertain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
A new and different LUCITEo
for outside your home!

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Paint forms a tough, durable plastic
shield that is just naturally more re-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22

After rs years experience in acYIic
chemistry after developing LUCITEo
Wall Paint that offers beauty without
bother inside your home -. Du Pont
now brings the spectacular benefits Of
lUCITE to the outside.
Now you can have incredible dura-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22

ment bill is further enlivened
by Heller and Helene, a slick
and attractive dance team who
do some spectacular adagio
tricks that are much better
than par for the course. All of
this takes place on the Terrace,
unless we're inundated again,
in which case everybody moves
into the Blue Room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22

Clyde's offers a New York SIR
loin, 81. and a club steak, $3.75
the prices including a baked
potato, a crisp tossed salad and
one vegetable. The a la carte
items include a steak sandwich
50; London broil, SITS; eggs
benedict, Sits; a cheeseburger,
80 cents, and a hamburger, IS
cents. The vegetables run from
peas to hashed browns. We had
the steak sandwich, the salad
hashed browns and coffee. The
bill came to $3.50 not counting
tip. Our whisky sour was an
additional 81.
Clyde's is open from 1880
am. to 2 am, Monday through
Friday and from 1880 am. to
midnight on Saturday. 1t is
closed on Sunday. Food is
served daily beginning from
1880 am.
Try it. You've got to see it.
Another spot to try is the
Back Door, a cozy little room
which you enter off the alley
in the rear of the Sands
2605 Connecticut avenue NV
Owned anc operated by the
Sands management, it is an
ideal rendezvous spot. Full
meals are not served there,
Those are available at the
Sands proper. The Back Door
offers drinks and hors
d'oeuvreS.
The Old Europe Restaurant
and Rathskeller, 2434 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV. for the second
year running has received the
Gold Cup Award from the
National Coffee Institute, q
commentator for excellence in
coffee preparation and brewing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-22
By HARRY MACARTHUR

can sing the blues dramatically
and a song of social comment
when the mood is upon him.
His folk songs include, in
addition to the more conven-
tional ones, calypso type, Is
raeli, Russian and even such a
far-from ancient pop tune as
"a Walk in the Sum-" Under
the Grossman touch this sounds
just as much like a folk song
as his ballad dedicated to the
courageous men of the Abra-
ham Lincoln Brigade in SPANS
Civil War.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06
WHAT KIND OF A DAY WAS 1T?

issuing forth from the odious
mosques of Black Muslims and
the peaceful prayers of Dr..
Martin Luther King, Jr.. the
Negro in America has garncrcd
the basic preccpts of both beliefs
and nodded them into forceful,
militant weapon of non-violcnce
the likes Of which this country
has never seen.
The time is now. the packed
people reiterated at Detroit's
massive Cobo Hall. The time is
now. they shouted surrounding
the white marble building. The
time is now, they sang as they
filled Woodward Avenues eight
traffic lanes and ovcrflowcd onto
the sidewalk with DR.. Martin
Luther King. Jr., leading the
Walk to Freedom.
DR.. King, president of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference. said: 1T is the
Negro's duty to take part in
such demonstrations, and | am
impressed" He called the march
and subsequent rally lone Of the
most wonderful things that has
happened In America"
The Reverend Clarence l..
Franklin. chairman OF the De-
troit Council for Human Rights,
said: This demonstration should
be held every year on the last
Sunday in the month of june
until the last vestige of inequality
in this country is wiped out. 1t
is our responsibility to fight for
what is ours. And that means
every day
The Reverend Albert B. Cleage,
Jr.. militant contributing editor
OF the illustrated News, forth
right. outspokcn publication,
cxhorted those in attendance TO
shop where you can work. and
announced before the packed hall
that sclcctivc patronage cam
paipn would be conducted against
the Kroger and A and p Super
markets in support of CORE
Congress on Racial Equality.
What kind of day was II?
II was the day that President
Kennedy was greeted by two
million ermans W hen ne
arrived in West Germany short
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06

audience scribblc notes. quiz
consultants and engage other
associates in debates from lhe
floor and. exchange ideas an.
experiences
Out of all this develops q io'.
mula and tcch.hqucs for use back
on the homcfront McihodS and
fnchniqucs are revised Ncar> ie
fit the newer problems when
appear characteristic OF the hu
man relations field
The Fisk University Race Re-.
lations Institute is generally con
ceded TO be the best Stated AMI
equipped in the world and -
operated on a profess onal. ra'hc~
than emotional or partisan. basis.
Its stature. influence is reflected
in the number of toplllghi siali
members of PRESIDENT Kennedy $
administration who are ScrNlns
as conSultant and source pcrsou>
IN several catcgorieS. Presidential
Assistant and former Arkansas
Congressman Brook Hays gave
the opening night speech John
Doar. Assistant Attorney General.
headed the Institutes list Of legal
consultants. Clarence c. Fergu-
son. Jr.. general counsel of the
Civil Rights Commission, Hobart
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06
TSU Scholar
10 Study With
IS In Austria

One of the brilliant scholars
on the staff of texas Southern
University at Houston, Texas, DR..
I thomas r. Freeman, who is cur
rcntly serving as National Pres
ident of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor
Society, will join a core OF 30
scholars selected from all over
the world TO engage in a SIX
week period on intensive study
at the Wolfgang campus OF the
University of Vienna in Austria
under program sponsored by
the Institute of International Ed
ucational Education. DR.. Freeman
has been granted a leave OF alb
scncc from his duties as profes-
sor of Philosophy and Educa-
tion at the Houston school, a
past which he has held for the
past fourteen years having come
from a similar post at Virginia
Union University in Richmond
Virginia. his native home. The
summer school at the University
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06

with a 2 year history of special
activities planned and carried
out for the Negro market. The
firm manufactures concentrate
flavor ingredients for Royal
Crown Cola, Diet Rite Cola, Nehi,
Par + PAX beverages, Upper 10,
and a line of Diet Rite flavors,
which are distributed through
some 400 franchiscd bottiers
throughout the U.S.A. and over.
seas. S. J. Phillips. of Tuskegee,
Ala bama. has served Royal
Crown Cola Co. for many years
as Special Representative in the
ethnic field and will continue
10 do so. Ansley said.
AT the time OF his appoint
ment. Smith was director Of pub
lie relations of Florida A K Nj
University in Tallahassee. lie had
been a member of the staff there
since Septcmbcr&, 1850 Prior TO
working at FAM.U. he served
as director of publicity and pub
lications at Savannah State Coll;
eye. Savannah, Georgia from
lo4s to 1850.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06

Y after being informed by
Negro leaders that cooling off
period" in racial demonstration
was unreasonable and unfeasible
at this time.
II was the day that Byron dc
la Bcckwlth, a prominent mem
ber of Mississippi's scgregationist
White Citizens Council. was
charged with the brutal ambush
Staying OF Medgar Evers. NAACP
field secretary in racially torn
Mississippi.
II was the day that clergymen
In the Detroit area urged real
equality. 81 he last few months
have made us all keenly aware,
not oily of the dc facto inequali-
ty of the citizens of our country,
but what is more urgent, the
desire on the part of some TO
relegate a segment of the Ameri
can community TO a Second-rate
citizenry, based upon the appli-
cation of misappIication of ex.
listing statutes" said Rabbi
Samuel II. Prer0.
II was the day that Roy Will
kins, executive secretary OF the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
praised President Kennody's
rights program as the strongest
of its kind ever proposed, then, in
the same breath, cautioned Neg
roes against any march on Wash
ington or mass demonstrations
there aimed at forcing its pas
sage. Walking lightly and car
rying no stick at all, wilkins
told 5000 Negroes who we're
gathered in Philadelphia's Con-
vention Hall for memorial SER
vice for slain leader, Med
gar Evers. This program is
as strong or stronger than any
program any president ever sent
to Congress, no matter what the
omissions" 1t was the kind of
day that Negroes all over Amcri-
ca wondered what good the
strength of a program could do
If il failed to pass through Con-
grcss.
1t was the kind of day that
10000 persons (some say many,
many morc) walked quietly In
quest of freedom in Detroit.
The Detroit tribune., 1963-07-06

Why does this man OF the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency. as he
is called, suddenly feel for the
Negroes? This becomes under
s:andablc when one takes into
consideration the post occupied
at present by Sargent Shriver.
He is the head OF the so-called
Peace Corps. a semi official or
~ani7ation called uron 10 pro-
pagate the American way of
lc IN Asian and African con
tries.
II is not a secret that the ar
fairs of the Peace COrps ere in
rather lamentablc state In
NAM countries the corps of spies,
as this American organization is
called has been shown the door,
md aftor tho events in Alabama,
il has become even more diff
cult for Shriver TO advertise his
good
Watching the comedv IN
Greensboro the Us. racialistS,
most probably. were lauginS
their heads off