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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26

l would appreciate the OPP
portunity to respond to the
editorial entitled Shoppers"
which appeared in your Sep
TENDER 10 issue. This editori-
al disparaged the experiment
tai QUESTIONABLE developed
by Educational Testing Serv-
ice Of Princeton to explore
better means Of predicting In
advance the success or fail
lure Of students in college,
and criticized Montgomery
Junior College for participant
Ing. along with 10 other COL
leges throughout the Nation
IN this research study.
There seem to be some sig
nificant aspects Of this study
which the writer OF your edi-
torial failed to mention.
l. First. the problem to
which this study is addressed
is an acute one. AS pressures
grow for q omission Of
mounting waves OF students
to college. and many must be
denied. how should those ad-
mitted be chosen2 Across the
Nation, from 500 TO 60SS Of
the freshman students do not
60 on to graduate with their
class. Why this appalling level
OF drop-out mortality? Or,
stated differently, to the
extent that good choices are
made and the students do
have latent potential capable
Titles. why are the colleges
land the high schools) so OBJ
viously incapable OF sparkling
many Of those capabilities
into action7
2. Present methods OF Sc
lection and present discrimi-
majors Of what things are
sensitive in the makeup OF
different categories OF stu
dents are not good enough.
No college will accept stu
dents who do not have good
grades. Hardly any college In
the East will accept q stu
dent who has not made high
scores on College Boards Ex-
aminations developed by
Educational Testing Service)
These are the best devices
available, but are admittedly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tOriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensG-
ton. Those not used piH be
returned only ,Uhen accom-
panied BY self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26

quiet man Of considerable
resolution who, for some
years now, has been contest
ing with dragons in the
blackboard jungleS. He has
not killed them, but he has
inflicted serious, perhaps IA
tai, wounds on some and irri-
tated them all.
His study of the American
High School initiated re-
forms which continue. His
latest spear was flung ct the
dragon Of teacher education
It has produced bellows,
pains and rage, but there is
plenty Of life left and there
are those who are saying DR..
Conant did not put enough
muscle In his throw.
That American education
is in the midst Of q crisis is
undisputed. The problem is
so complex that not all Its
elements are known. We see
that education at the higher
level is distorted by the ma
tional drive not to be left be-
hind In space exploration
and by the development Of
nuclesr military weapons
deemed necessary to national
survival.
Many Poorly Educated
Indeed, there are days
when at least q portion of
the educational roof seems to
have fallen in. The class
rooms are too crowded. But.
paradoxically. too many are
quitting them in the form of
"dropouts." The city streets
are used to Thousands of
young men and women who
are not merely unemployed,
but unemployable because Of
too little education and in
adequacy Of skills.
Nor is this by any means
all. The e education Of the
American Negro is revealed.
by the opening Of jobs and
the lack of enough trained
personnel to fill them, to
have been-and to be--a
scandal. But at the same
time, 1t also Is made clear
that there are thousands Of
white youngsters who, largely
because Of O segregated sys-
tenn that was supposed to
protect" them, have had a
third or fourth rate educa-
ton. At least q third Of our
population, regardless Of coll
or. is now getting poor quail
ity instruction.
Meanwhile. the pressure on
the prestige colleges is at a
near-intolerable level. A sort
Of implanted educational
elite class is being created. C.
p. Shows dissertation on the
1.-TWO Cultures" now develop
ing In the Western nations Is
being broadened in meaning
and application.
For some time there have
been rumblings about the
quality, or lack Of II. In
teacher training. Standards
vary TO the point Of chaos.
The acquisition Of masters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26
Answers to Questions
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. In Bucks County In
Southeastern Pen sylvania
there is a hill called Buck
wampun Mountain. Has the
name ANYTHING to do with
money?-W.P.
A. No. Buckwampun Is q
corruption Of the Indian word
P'tuk : womp unk, meaning
round swamp or bog. There
is a swamp on top Of this
hill. which is more than 800
feet high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26
PARIS

FAL4O.
Differences a mong tn e
Western countries about how
to go about the next phase Of
dealing with the r ussian s
reflect widely divergent read
ings Of what is unquestiona-
bly, the most important de-
velopment in this particular
period Of history.
The development, of
course, is the worldwide split
Of the Communist movement
and the growing conflict be-
tween China and Russia.
How far that conflict may go
and what the implications
may be for the rest of the
world are the questions UNI
der debate in most Western
capitals today.
There Is nothing like
agreement about the answers
to these questions among the
experts. About all that can
be done is to assess the pos
sibilities and suggest ap-
propriate action. It is not an
exaggeration, however, to say
that Western policy today is
very much determined by the
estimated extent Of the Gala
nifty that threatens to over
take the Communist half Of
the world.
There Is a certain irony,
UNDERSIGNED by French pun
dit Raymond Aron, in the
fact that communism's grea-
test defeat so far has been
brought about by what was
considered IS years ago as its
greatest victory. The serious
ness Of the break between
China and Russia is now q
matter Of public record.
There is also considerable
agreement that this split is
in large measure responsible
for the current efforts Of the
Russians to bring about an
improvement Of their rela-
tions with the West. The
first concrete result of this
effort has been the nuclear
test band treaty.
Question Is What Next
The question quite simply
Is where we may all 60 from
here. And on this point the
spectrum of opinion Is very
wide indeed.
According to the most OPP
timistic reading Of present
possibilities, the Russians are
fearful Of armed conflict
with Chinese and desperate
for an accommodation with
the West.
Quite certainly, the quarrel
between Moscow and Peking
is no small-scale schism such
as once existed between Stall
in and YugoSlavia's Marshal
Tito. 1t is a direct and open
challenge to Russia's leader
ship Of the Com m unist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-26
Educator Defends Research QUESTIONABLE

Joseph d. Harrington.
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r. K. Clements,
Father of Teacher
At Gonzuqu High

Robert Keith Clements, 80,
the father of the Rev. Ernest
B. Clements, ST., an instruc-
tor at Gonzaga High School
for the last is years. died in
Baltimore Thursday after a
short illness.
Mr.. Clements was born in
Southern Maryland and lived
for a short time in Washing
ton before moving to Balti-
more in 1917. He was living
with a daughter, Mrs. William
G.. Lowry of Baltimore, at the
time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mar
garet A, Clements Of Balti-
more; one son, Father Glenn
ents; two daughters, Mrs.
Lowry and Mrs. Clinton A.
Schott of Baltimore: a sister,
Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, 272l
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, and
six grandchildren and eight
Observation-Disclosures.
Services will be at 9 am.
Monday at the Witzke Funeral
Home in Baltimore, followed
by a requiem high mass at 10
am. at Baltimore's st. Agnes
Catholic Church. Burial will
be at Cedar Hill Cemetery here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

JOHNSON. HOWARD. In LOVING mem.
Org Of my dear husband. HOWARD
JOHNSON, who passed away three
years ago today. February 20. 1860.
In my heart a memory Is kept
OF one ! loved and shall never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

For 10 years Mr.. Cochran
was with the Bureau of the
Budget in Washington as a
specialist in water resources.
He also was associated with the
Bureau of Reclamation and
other agencies.
In 1859, when he was 70, he
returned to the post of State
engineer of Nebraska at the
request Of the late Gov. Ralph
G.. Brooks. He served a full
year in that post.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Tuesday in st. Mat
thew'S Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Cochran's survivors in
clude his wife; a son, Robert
L. Cochran, jr., Lincoln; a
daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Grimes
of Oxnard, Calf; and a broth
er, Cyrus Cochran, Carliff-by-
the-Sea, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Donnu Bodini, 10,
Former Student
At st. CumiIIus

Donna Lee Badini, a former
fifth-grade student at st. Ca
millus School in Silver Spring
Md, died Thursday at her home
at 1904 Forest Dale drive. Sill
yer Spring, after a long illness
She was 10.
Born in Oklahoma City, Okla.
she moved to the District with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry J. Badini, 10 years
ago. She leaves her parents; a
brother, James Brian; a grand
mother, Mrs. Tillie Badini of
5000 Cottrell terrace. Silver
Spring, and another grand
mother, Mrs. Julia Ehnot of
Scranton, Pa.
Mass will be said at 1920 am.
Monday at the st. Camillus
Catholic Church, 1900 st. Ca
drive, Silver Spring
Burial viii be in Gate of Heaven
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Mrs. R. A. Hunt,
Horticultural

Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, 81.
of Pittsburgh, the author of
many books and articles on
horticulture, died yesterday at
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
there after a brief illness.
Mrs. Hunt, the former Ra-
chel McMasterS Miller, was a
member of more than 30 horti-
cultural organizations in the
United States and abroad. She
was instrumental in the found
ing of numerous horticultural
and literary groups, including
the American Society of Book
plate Collectors and Designers
in Washington.
Services will be Monday in
the Church of the Ascension.
Pittsburgh. Burial will be pri-
vate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Services Are Set
For Mrs. Harris

Funeral services for Mrs.
Max Harris, a District resident
for As years, will be at 3 pm,
tomorrow at the Bernard
Danzansky Funeral Home, 350l
Fourteenth street NV, with
burial in Adas Israel Cemetery.
Mrs. Harris died at her home,
5708 Nebraska avenue NV,
Thursday after a long illness.
She came to the United
States from her native Russia
in 1888 and settled in Philadel-
phia before moving to Wash
ington in 1917. Until 1945, her
husband operated the Colo
RADIO avenue. He died in 1948.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
King of Laos
Visits IVA,
Flies to u. N.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. %
(AP) The King of Laos flies
by jet today to the United
Nations.
His Majesty Sri Savang Vat
hama and 20 royal members, in
Guiding Crown Prince Sourya
Wong Savang and Prime Min
lister Souvanna Phouma, spent
a day touring Tennessee Valley
Authority dams and power
houses yesterday.
At a banquet later the King
said he watched perfection"
in viewing the farious facets OF
the river development and
power agency.
Il lift my glass to Knox
vile, the IVA and TO continued
better relations with the United
States" he said with a toast.
The King and his encourage
stopped briefly at the 3OO-acre
test demonstration farm OF Mr..
and Mrs. Tom McFee, who
served them coffee. punch and
cookies.
The King got only q passing
glimpse Of the McFees' cows,
pigs and turkeys. but thanked
the young couple for their hos
pitality and apologized for
having so many along"
Mr.. McFee said he found His
Majesty "a likable fellow who
seemed interested In how we
operate" an American farm.
During his tour, the King
saw Twas first dam, the mile
wide Norris Dam. and learned
how the Federal agency pro-
udes electricity TO a private
power-retailing distributor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Negroes Planning
To Boycott School

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., Feb. %
'tAP). - Negro leaders in this
North Jersey community de-
cided last night to boycott the
predominantly Negro Lincoln
Elementary School next week
in protest over alleged racial
imbalance in the city's public
schools.
The boycott will start Tues
day when school resumes after
the midwinter vacation.
'' The step was proposed by the
eight Negro parents who staged
a 48-hour sit-in last week end
outside the office of vacation
ing Gov. Richard j. Hughes in
Trenton.
Some $50 to 200 Negroes and
a handful of whites attended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
DeIIyettu Thore,
Mother of Surety
Group Executive

Mrs. Dellyetta Eckert Thore,
SO, mother of Eugene M. Thore,
vice president and general
counsel Of the Life Insurance
Association of America, died
yesterday at the Wheaton
Nursing Home.
Mrs. Thore was born in New
York and lived here for 80
years. She was the widow of
Maurice c. Thore, who died in
1853.
She leaves the one son, of
1898 East Bexhill drive. Ken
sington, Md; two grandchil-
dren, Robert E. Torray, 4807
Edgefield road, Bethesda, and
Mrs. Dom Downing, of Kansas
City, Mo. and two great-grand-
children.
A memorial service will be
held at II am. Thursday at
st. David's Episcopal Church,
$3.50 Macomb street NV.
The family asks that express
sions Of sympathy be sent to
the cancer fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

ruary 81, 1893, in Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital, MARY B, MILLS
Of Hume. Va. beloved wife OF
the late John W Mills, mother
OF Mrs Pearl Pickrel, John W. and
Hugh Gene Mills, sister Of Mrs
Of Front ROYAL va, and jane,
Figgins OF Linden, Va She also
is survived by thirteen grandchil-
dren and seven great-grandchildren
Friends may call at the Royston
Funeral Home, Marshall. Va, until
Sunday, February -, at 1890 pm;
thence to the Hume Baptist Church,
where services will be held at .
pm. Interment Leeds Cemetery,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Donald DuvoII, II.
1855 Winner of
Soup Box Derby

Donald Wayne Duvall, 81, a
senior at the University of
Maryland and 1855 winner of
the Washington Soap Box
Derby, died Friday after a
heart attack at his home, 3458
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Mr.. Duvall was majoring in
agronomy at the university
where he was a member of
the soil judging team.
After his Soap Box Derby
victory here, Mr.. Duvall, a
former Star carrier, went to
Akron, Ohio to compete in the
national competition there.
He leaves his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Duvall,
and a sister, Sandra, all Of the
home address, and a brother,
William, a veterinary student
at the University of Georgia.
Funeral services will be at
10 am. Monday at the Lee flu
neral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NE.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Robert Leroy Cochran, II,
Ex-Governor of Nebraska

- LINCOLN. Nebr., Feb. %
(AP).-Robert Leroy Cochran,
n, three-time Governor of Ne
braSka and veteran of nearly
a half century of Government
/, service. died in a Lincoln hos
pital today.
He had been hospitalized
since December 20.
. Mr.. Cochran, a Democrat,
was the first man in Nebraska
history to serve three consecu-
tive terms as Governor. He
was elected in 1884, 1886 and
1898.
Prior to serving as Governor
he spent 10 years in the State
highway department, IL of
them as State engineer, chief
road builder.
In 1910 he was nominated
for the United States Senate,
but was defeated by the late
Senator Hugh Butler, a Re-
publican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Retarded ChiIdren's
Center to Open Soon

A new pre-school training
center for retarded children,
the Pine Hill Center, will open
March / at l0i0i Connecticut
avenue extended in Kensington,
Md.
An afternoon program for 10
children will be offered. center
director DR.. F. Joseph McGrane
said today. Or. McGrane Is a
former research co-ordinator at
Catholic University.
The afternoon program will
include speech and physical
therapy. Information on regis
tration can be obtained by
writing Box so. Rockville, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

last nights meeting at Lincoln
School.
Augustus Harrison, head of
the Bergen County chapter of
the National Association for
the Advancement CT Colored
People, said he could not say
for sure how long such a boy
colt could last. But he said
there was gathering support
and it could last for quite a
while.
Negro leaders have accused
the city of refusing to end So
called de facto segregation in
the public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Dratha


SMITH, WILLIAM u. Members OF
.,HI. Alpha Sigma Chapter Of
~ Phi Beta sigma Fraternity
49, will assemble at the John
&S4 r. Rhines Co. Funeral Home,
~ 3Ol5 10Th st. ne, on Sun
YF.E day, February "a 1868, at
'ESf 100 pm, for the memorial
services for our late brother. WILL
LIAM H. SMITH. All brothers are
requested TO be present.
WILL IAN NJ JORDAN. President.
GEORGE A. OWENS,
Chairman OF Amenities Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Appointed to Board

RICHMOND, Feb. % APP
T. Kenneth McRae. a Richmond
bank executive, has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Harrison to
the board Of trustees of the
Virginia Supplemental Retire.
ment System. He succeeds j.
Phillips Coleman Of Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Garh nf Chunks

LUCAS. ADoLPHUs r. We wish to
express our deepest gratitude 70
all relatives and friends for their
sympathy and kindness during our
hour OF recent bereavement and
for all the beautiful floral tributes
and thoughtful acts. With our
sincereSt gratitude,
THE FAMILY. "a
NASH, ETHEL X. We sincerely wish
to extend our appreciation to all OF
our friends, neighbors and, in par
ticular, DR. Henry O. Hadley, DR..
Irwin s. Miller, the nurses and at
tendants for their Intensive care at
the Hadley Memorial Hospital, and
Robert A. Mattingly Funeral Home,
who offered their kind expressions
OF help and sympathy during our
recent bereavement
MR., SAMUEL C. NASH AND FAM
lily; MRS. VELLAR z. HIBBs.
SISTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

ruary s5. 1888 Lillian b. WARE
OF 4405 18th ST. NV devoted
mother Of Columbus Berkeley Ware.
ments by Barnes a. Matthews, "a
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AZ tAAS vi A6AAloA PlONuOSAOll Va
"KiSmet."
Active in Campaign
While in Hollywood, Mr..
Dunaev was active in the presi-
dental campaign of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, and received
a special tribute and commen-
dation from Mr.. Roosevelt for
his efforts.
During his Hollywood years,
Mr.. DunaeV met and married
Ina Byron, a dancer with the
Ziegfeld Follies. They we're
divorced after three years of
Mr.. Dunaev came to Wash
ington in 1887 and was active
on Capitol Hill as a speech
writer for many Senators and
Representatives. During this
time he formed a close friend
ship with James Roosevelt, and
worked with the late Senator
Robert A. Taft.
During World War II, a mem
Der of the Mark Twain Society,
Mr.. Dunaev gave up writing to
take a job in a defense plant,
where, in his SOS, he worked as
a riveter and welder.
In recent years, Mr.. Dunaev,
only surviving member of a
large family, had been living
quietly. writing, and nearly for
gotten by the top names Of
Hollywood who once hailed him.
For the last 10 years, Mr..
Dunaev had lived with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Petty of 931 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Services today were simple, as
requested by Mr.. Dunaev in his
will. His remaining friends
read briefly from his own works
and from those of Mark Twain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

WINNIE, hOBBiI, In memory OF
my grandson BoBHtE WAfkFR.
shn paased away seven years aSo
today, February -. 1885.
Memories OF YOU today are with
me always MAMIE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23

CLARENCE W. Officers
and members OF Harvey
J, Bullock, ST., Barracks,
No. 2lS3, Veterans Of
World War /, are noti-
fled Of the funeral serv-
ices for our late Buddy.
CLARENCE W. KEN
NEEDY, on Sunday, Feb
1858, at z pm, at the
mines Co. Funeral Home,
st. ne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Nicholas Dunoev Dies,
Long-Forgotten Actor

There cannot be a happy
ending TO poets life. for the
ending is its essential tragedy"
With this line from his own
work, Nicholas Alexander
Dunaev, the son of Russian
Czarist nobility and one of the
leading figures in the early
days of motion pictures in
America, was buried this morn
ing in Congressional Cemetery.
Services for the writer, direc-
tor and actor-forgotten by all
but a few intimate friends
were at 10 am. in the Chevy
Chase Funeral Home. He died
Thursday in George Washing
ton Hospital after a long illness.
The son of a former Lord
Mayor of Moscow, Mr.. Dunaev
was born in that capital city in
1884. Active in the first Rus
sian revolution in 1917, he was
an associate of Alexander
KerenSky, head of the provi-
sional government which was
toppled by the Bolshevik rev.
olution.
Hailed as Actor
Because Of his association
with KerenSky, Mr.. Dunaev was
arrested and sentenced to exile
in Siberia. He escaped, report
edly by breaking the iron bars
of his prison with his bare
hands, and made his way to
Europe.
2 Mr.. Dunaev was hailed later
as a great Shakespearian actor
and interpreter of Ibsen's dra-
mas. While in France he mar
ried Edith Donnerburg, noted
throughout Europe for her nov
els about the Russian revolu-
tion and the first World War
and for her beauty. She died
two years after their marriage.
Coming to this country in
1919, Mr.. Dunaev went to work
for the Vitagraph Corp, one
of the first motion film COM
panieS, as a writer, director
and actor. While with Vita
graph he wrote, directed and
acted in The Cheaters," star
ring Clare Kimball Young and |
John Bunny, now regarded as
a silent film calssic.
With the advent of "talkies,"
Mr.. Dunaev moved to Holly
wood where he worked in the
studios Of Pathe Films and the
World Film Corp. 1t was there |
he received the nickname, THE !
Strongman from Moscow" from |
his ability to bend coins in
his fingers, according to his
friends.
Mr.. Dunaev was a poet, play
wright, novelist and critic. His
play. THE Spider" with him
self in the leading role, played .
on Broadway in the 1920s. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-23
Bears UNCHANGED

The powerful, elongate d
bodies Of polar bears have been
equally at home on ice or in
open sea for 10 million years.