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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26
Community"
Thanksgiving
Services Set

A community interdenomira-
tiOnal service on Thanksgiving
will be held at the Farmville
Presbyterian Church at 1920
am. Thursday morning. tn e
service IS sponsored by the
Farmville Ministerial Associa-
ton.
The Rev. Elmer N. Hassell,
pastor Of the Farmville Metho-
dist Church, will preach the ser
mon on The Grandeur of Graft
tude." Ministers of other partici-
pating churches will have part
in the service.
The special offering to be
taken will be divided between
the Church World Service and
the Prince Edward County Com
munity Chest.
KEYSVILLE. A Union Thanks
giving service will be held at the
Keysville Methodist Churc
Thursday evening at 5 pm. -Four
local ministers will take part in
the service.
JETERSVILLE A spec
Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Jetersville Communi-
ty House Thursday evening at
7:30 pm. DR.. James L. Hammer
will be the guest speaker. The
Rev. Walter Anderson. Jr.. will
conduct the service sponsored ty
the Jetersville Ruritan Club.
SCOTTSVILLE. A Thanksgiv-
ing Union Service will be held at
10 am. Thursday in Saint John
Episcopal Church in Scottsville.
The Rev. John P. Elliott. pastor
of the Scottsville Baptist Church,
will deliver the sermon.
BUCKINGHAM. A Thanksgiv-
ing Day Service will be held
Thursday at 10 am. in the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26
"Sabin On Sunday
Clinic Dec. !

Farmville Jaycees will hold
their second countrywide polio
clinic this Sunday. Dec. 4. from
noon to s pm. The "Sabin On
Sunday" immunization clinic will
be held at the fire houses at
Farmville, Meherrin, Prospect.
and Johns Auditorium at Hamp-
den-Sydney.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
,..'r.<,., !,
D ASSASSINATION
} NEW PRESIDENT
D GOVERNOR INJURED

FUNERAL SERVICES for the
late President John Fitzgerald
Kennedy. as. were held at noon
Monday in st. Matthew's Roman
Catholic Cathedral in Washing
ton. Richard Cardinal Cushing,
archbishop of Boston and per-
sonal friend of the Kennedy
family. was to celebrate a ponti-
flcal requiem mass. President
Kennedy was shot about 100
pm. EST Friday as his motor
cade passed through downtown
Dallas. Tex, and he died about
half an hour later at a nearby
hospital He was to be buried IN
Arlington National Cemetery
across the Potomac river in Vir-
glnia.
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON,
SIS, became the 36th President
of the United States shortly aft
er the death of President Ken
nedy. He took the oath of office
aboard a Presidential jet before
it left Dallas bearing the body
of Mr.. Kennedy. The oath was
administered by U. S. District
Judge Sarah T. Hughes in the
presence of his wife and Mrs.
Jacqueline Kennedy. It was the
first. time in U. S. history the
Presidential oath has been ad-
ministered by woman. John
son proclaimed Monday as day
Of national mourning and will
address a joint session of Con-
gress Wednesday.
THE NEW PRESIDENT met
with top Congressional leaders
OF both parties and with top ad-
nlinistration officials shortly aft
er his arrival in Washington Fri
day night. He has served as a
member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. one of the most in
fluential majority leaders in the
history Of the U. S. Senate as
vice president for nearly three
years. He is considered one of
the most knowledgeable men in
Washington in terms of practi-
cal politics and was given special
duties in the fields of space and
civil rights by President Ken
nedy.
TEXAS GOV. JOHN CONNAL-
LY, who was riding in the open
car with President Kennedy
when the shots rang out, was
seriously wounded but is expect
ed to recover fully. Neither Mrs.
Kennedy. Mrs Connally nor the
two Secret Service agents in the
front seat were hit. The bullets
are believed to have been fired
by an Italian-made. 6.5 nlilimet-
er rifle found on the sixth floor
of warehouse a block from
where the President was hit. Po-
lice believe the snlper fired
through an open window on the
sixth floor of this building Two
bullets struck the President. one
in the neck and the other in the
head. and one hit the governor.
LEE HARVEY OSWALD. "a.
was arrested at a suburban
theater n Dallas about an hour
after the shooting The cashier
phoned police that he looked as
if he were running from some
thing. Oswald shot and killed
one of the policemen who was
trying to apprehend him. but
after intensive questioning he
still denied having anything to
do with the assassination. He
was later charged with bot
murders. Oswald once went to
Russia and tried to renounce his
U. S. citizenship. He later re-
turned to the U. s. apparently
disillusioned with life in til G
Soviet Union but became a lead
er IN a Fair Play for Cuba \
committee. a pro-CaStro group.
Once shonorably discharged
from the Marines Oswald work
Continued on page s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26
Judge Flood
Still Critical

Circuit Court Judge Joel W.
Flood, of Appomattox. remains
IN critical condition at Virginia
B a p isl Hospital, Lvnchburg,
where he was taken Wednesday,
after he became i'll at his home.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26
5 Percent Juveniles
Percent Juveniles
936 Jail Commitments In Herald
Area Counties Noted For 1925

total OF PIG persons committed to tails Herald
area counties during the ended June 30 these
t6 o. five percent, juveniles.
these totals were taken from the recently published
port Of the Virginia Department. Welfare
TIE annual report provides summary Of commitments BY
areas. KIND, nffensas
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ed it, however.
The local justices issue war
rants Of all kinds. felony, mis-
demeanor and search. A war.
rant Is . writ issued by q com.
Continued on page s.
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they have such authority only
under orders Of the Circuit Court
judge, but Mrs. Sue Clark. a
justice Of the peace at Farm
vile. has such power through
the Court. She has not exerc;s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-11-26

BUCKINGHAM. A Thanksgiv-
ing Day Service will be held
Thursday at 10 am. in the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
COLLEGE FOR THE ASKING
Pilot Program Aimed to Aid Average Students
by BENJAMIN FINE, Ph.D.,

BY BENJAMIN FINE, Ph.D.,
and SIDNEY A. EISENBERG
The authors Of college for
the Asking" have established
. pilot program to help quail
fed average students get into
college.
Four colleges and one uni
versity have joined In the
project. More than SIS million
In scholarships, grants and
loans are available.
The average student has
long been neglected in the
educational world. Geniuses
and ALA students have little
difficulty in gaining admission
or In claiming scholarships.
But those not In the superior"
category are having trouble.
And there Is grave danger that
when the tide of college ap-
plications reaches the flood In
1864 and IS, the average high
school graduate viii be swept
aside.
Many average students do
superior work in college and
many A students have diff
ficulties. It is hoped that this
pilot program win dramatic
this fact to all America and
that it will lead the way to
more programs to provide az
missions, scholarships and
loans to average students,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

graduates are unable to 60 to
college because Of the costs
Another 100000 do not enter
because, as average" students,
they are discouraged from even
applying, or are unable to find
a college that will accept them
Most colleges prefer A stu
dents, but not even the SUI
perior student is certain Of a
place. More and more Of the
State universities, long the
peoples colleges" are de-
manding higher and higher
grades.
The pinch comes when the
average Sunderland let's not
forget, by the very definition,
the average" student Is in
the overwhelming majority
applies for q scholarship or
fellowship. Most of the finan-
cial grants. scholarships, fell
lowships and awards are gearec
to marks.
you may need the money
all right" a dean told q solid
C student sympathetically. but
I'm sorry, you are not eligible
We only give help to those
in the upper 10 per cent OF
their graduating classes"
But what about the other
80 per cent? Who can de-
termine accurately whether q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
Broad Rights, Less Liberty
Forecast for College Group

union which discriminates by
race lis the exception, not the
rule"
He maintained a fair per-
spective would show that the
bulk Of labor unions have
either fought discrimination,
or have not actively aided it."
He pointed out that the ALL
CLIO Constitution prohibits dis
elimination.
Union Aide Accused Man
Mr.. Carey said one Of the
Tue local unions in Memphis
recently donated money from
its treasury to help pay law
yers' bills for the man in
dicted in the ambush Staying
of Medgar Evers, Mississippi
leader. Mr.. Carey de-
manded the resignation of the
two officers who signed the
check and the expulsion Of
three Tue members who led
the effort, the students were
told. On the other hand, Mr..
Carey disclosed, in another Tue
local in Memphis and one in
Jackson, Miss, the member
ships voted against such con-
tributions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

The conference, sponsored
jointly by the Industrial Union
Department Of the AFL-CIO
and the. Washington Student
Conference Committee, also
heard a prediction that by
1870, only 5 per cent of the
available jobs in the country
will be the kind that can be
filled by unskilled workers.
The character of the labor
movement is going to change,
said Jack Conway Of the IUD.
The leadership must direct its
attention to such problems as
civil rights and the pockets of
unemployment and poverty in
the country, and Identify it
self with the social revolu-
ton in this country"
Calls For Planning
The situation calls for plan
ming now for the kind of So
ciety that will exist a decade
from now, he said.
A speech Of James Carey,
president of the International
Union Of Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers, presented in
his absence by Benjamin Sc
gal, the unions director of
education, declared that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
LOkABARDO

Continued From Page Ell
groups-everyone from tots
to grandmothers-and that
we were performing for more
people In q 10-week summer
season than the average
Broadway hit could house
during a two-year run.
Then, Next Summer
This was a chance to ex-
pand my experience and add
to 1t the dimension Of sight.
Our formula is working be-
cause each year the show
gets bigger, and the corre-
spending crowds have gotten
larger and larger.
Remember. 1t takes over
500 stage hands, musicians,
cast and assorted other en-
ployes to run the show each
night.
The day after Labor Day
when the run ends, we start
In on the following sum-
mer's project.
There's always plenty to
do even if-as Is the inten-
ton with Around the
World"-we bring the same
basic exhibit back for q re-
turn engagement.
There has been gratifying
evidence that what we've
been able to do Is attracting
attention within the pro-
fession. Arena owners and
state fair operations are now
discussing with us the pos
sibility Of presenting various
OF our productions In their
showcases.
But what really counts
with me is that applause Of
every Tom. Dick and Mary
out front. That to me Is
''The Sweetest Music This
Side Of Heaven"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

has received in the past few
years, including prizes for the
yearbook and football. basket
ball and track teams. And we
still achieve the same number
of scholarships" he said.
His real problem has been
overcrowding. The school had
2,470 students last year and he
said the enrolment will be the
same this fall even though
the ninth grade was trans
ferred to Eliot Junior High.
Mr.. Woodwork feels 1900 to
1000 would be a comfortable
capacity" for the school, which
has 70. classrooms, some Of
them improvised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

The institutions patricipat-
ing in the program are:
Q Ohio Northern University,
Ada, Ohio.
. The College Of Insurance,
$50 William street, New York.
. The Cooper School of Art,
Cleveland.
. Urbana College, Urbana,
Ohio.
0 The Cleveland Engineering
Institute, Cleveland.
High school graduates who
have not yet been accepted by
a college may mail applica-
tons to college Funds" In
care of The Washington Star.
The authors will contact the
appropriate institutions, which
then will request further data
from the applicant.
In their first letter, students
should give their academic
standing in their class, state
what career they intend to
follow, give q brief synopsis
of their high school career and
tell why they want to go to
college.
Costs Bar Many
Because of rising tuition
costs, many students are frozen
out of college today. It is es-
timated that at least 100000
of the brightest high school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

Thus a student who is rated
$4,000 is a good risk while a
student listed as 75-79-500 is
poor.
This is because the first stu
dent Is eighth in his class, has
a high school average Of 80 and
a college board score of $50.
The second is 18th, has an
average of 70 and q board
score of 500.
theoretically, the student with
the higher figures should do
better in college. That Is why
the admissions directors will
take the first student and US
ually turn down the second.
But it doesn't always work out
that way. Many so-called ave
rage" students become honor
students once they get into
college.
Something is wrong with our
admissions policies and pro-
cedures. Just about half of the
students who enter college re-
main to graduate. 1t is obvious
that, despite the attention paid
to admissions, something has
gone wrong. In our opinion, the
admissions directors can, with
fairly accurate predictions, Sc
lect the top 10 per cent of the
entering class; and they can
detect the bottom 10 per cent.
But what about the large ma
jority in between, the great
average 80 per cent pThese are
neither geniuses nor completely
illiterate. You might just as
well flip q coin to determine
their ability to do college work.
The vice chancellor of the
University of Kansas, DR..
George B. Smith, studied the
records Of students admitted to
this institution. He said that If
the average student had been
ruled out, a huge number Of
badly needed skilled and pro-
fesSional persons would h ave
been lost to the Nation. In five
graduating classes alone, he de-
clared, the loss would have
been 202 teachers, 176 engi-
neers, % journalists, 81 law
yers, rs doctors, 43 pharmacists
and 482 graduates Of the col
leges Of liberal arts and SCI
ence and the school Of business.
(Ben-Mcclurs syndieats)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
MASON ON EDUCATION
Practice Solves
Slips of Tongue
By LESLIE J. MASON, ED.

his muscles and gain conf
dence In their use. Swimming
Is also an exercise I'm which
children gain muscular skill.
Have his father spar with
him and give him a few
pointers on self-defense. Then
urge him TO stand up for him
self, even fight II necessary.
Be careful not TO OverdO &C.;
you don't want him 10 swing
to the other extreme and be-
come n bully.
HA -
Dear DR.. Mason:
While visiting relatives re-
Gently, I discovered that my
daughter. entering her teens,
lacks consideration for others.
She bursts into rooms and in
terrupts conversations among
other things.
I was generally embarrassed
by many OF her actions. What
can I do now to establish some
discipline7-Mrs. O. H., Hou-
ston, Tex.
To begin with you are start
Ing at least 10 years too late.
Conduct Is learned over a
period Of time. Proper disci-
pline should have been used
from the start. Now Il will
take much effort and you win
need her cooperation 10 repair
the damage.
After a serious family dis
cusslOn Of the problem, pick
out one or two bad habits at
a time and work consistently
and diligently until they are
corrected.
Haze a question: Write Or.
Mason IN care OF The Star.
He iDtl dnsDer In his column
questions OF iDideSt interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
average" Is Arbitrary

OehT LII. NhoOus
My daughter will be a sopho-
more In high school. Her grades
have been quite good, but she
has a problem In reading.
Where the word is had" she
viii say ''have." At times when
the word Is plural she will not
sound the s." Her trouble is
with reading and pronuncia-
ton. I wonder II you can help
me?-Mrs. B. j., Elizabeth. N. ].
Summer Is your opportunity
10 give the individual help your
daughter must have.
The solution Is repeated eff
fort on the same piece Of
material. Have your daughter
read aloud a paragraph or two.
II she stumbles or mispro-
nOunces words, these should
be practiced slngly until the
pronunciation Is mastered.
Then while reading the
article the second and third
times, she can concentrate on
pronunciation. During the
fourth and fifth readings she
can attain proper rhythm and
emphasis.
Mastering one paragraph a
day will bring Improvement.
Dear DR.. Mason:
I have a son, age 7. He
is a bright, healthy child. full
Of energy and does quite well
at school, but this is the prob
lem. He lets the other children
run over him. He will just
stand and let them hit him or
else run from them.--Mrs. W.
L., Wichita. Kans.
Give your son . jungle gym
In the back yard. Have him
practice climbing 10 strengthen
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sarcastically, "Are you going
to read it here?"
"Oh, no." he replied. Eat
the post office"
"They love Tito in Yugo-
slavia," said Richard. but
they are not so fond of
Khrushchev. You get the
feeling they are more pro-
American than pro-Russian.
1t was a great mistake in
my opinion when Congress
took away from Yugoslavia
the aid It was giving to
this most favored nation
What it has done is to throw
Yugoslavia more into the
Communist bloc"
Hardship Post
wasn't In Yugoslavia, and
after what Richard has told
me, I have no plans to go
there. Conditions are SO bad
in Belgrade, 1t is considered
a hardship post by the
American legation. "They get
paid more because Of this.
Heaven help you If you get
sick in Belgrade. The medi-
cal facilities are very bad.
They don't have the required
medicines, none Of the mod
ern wonder drugs, no equip
ment. In q sentence, this Is
q primitive country which
makes a pretense of being q
civilized nation"
After a rest in Hollywood
In his Vaudeville Canyon
home, and a stopover In New
York to get daughter Ann
settled in college, Richard
will return to Europe to
make who Is My Lover"
in Vienna for his own COM
pany.
A final word before leav-
ing the likable star, whom
I have known since he
Economically laughed himself
into fame in kiss Of Death"
TITS hard for a beginner
today. In our present way
Of life there is no room for
failure. In our lives today,
If you fail, you're a hated,
despicabIe person. It's part
Of our times, especially in
America" All the same I
would rather live in America
than in Yugoslavia, and
Richard feels the same way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS
Star Staff Writer

College students heard fore
casts of broader civil rights
but fewer civil liberties for
their future in a conference
with trade union leaders yes
terday.
Youngsters from about go
colleges, many Of them with
summer jobs in Washington,
joined in singing rally songs
from Solidarity Forever" to
I'VE Shall Overcome" during a
lunch break in the all-day
meeting at the Willard Hotel.
A labor market drastically
changed by increasing automa-
ton was described by several
speakers, including Representa-
tive Kastenmeier, Democrat of
Wisconsin.
Predicts Rights Victory
Mr., Kastenmeier, a member
of the House judiciary Com
mittee, currently considering
civil rights legislation, also said
he was convinced we will win
the fight for civil rights, be-
cause what the President says
is right, and there is public
response to 1t sufficient to
carry over"
But civil liberties can be ex-
pected to diminish, not in
crease, while the cold war per-
sists, he told the students.
He termed the cries heard for
less involvement Of the Federal
Government In individual af-
fairs "a sort of unrealistic
throwback to the past" Society
is larger and more complex, he
pointed out, and the Govern
ment's responsibilities m u S t
grow to meet the needs, he said.
Liberty Issue in Doubt
He held out little hope for
solving the civil liberties issue
until the big problem Of Great
ing a fully free and peaceful
society Is solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

c, B or A student will make
a greater contribution in later
life? There is no evidence to
support the long-held myth
that a student who graduates
with high honors will continue
to set the world afire.
average" Is Arbitrary
The overwhelming number of
students are average because
we arbitrarily set a figure and
call 1t average" One high
school teacher told her class:
II want all Of you to do goo6
work this semester, so that
you'll all be above average in
this class"
Unequal educational oppor-
tunities exist in the United
States. The Nation Is made up
Of average people, but the col
leges and universities through
their Selective admission stand
ards, have shut out the ma
jority Of students.
Unless we are careful, these
admissions policies viii lead to
educationa autocracy and in
tellectual snobbery. A Harvard
official said not long ago that
only the top s per cent In the
economic scale can afford that
college.
Thus on two counts are
thousands Of qualified students
eliminated: High tuition costs
and even higher admissions re-
Quirements. We are seeking,
through our pilot program, to
help you on both these scores.
The colleges cooperating with
this department and this news
paper have agreed to accept
students even though they are
not A students, and to help
pay their way through college
work study programs and
loans.
Human Element Lost
The IBM score card and the
mechanical computer have re-
placed the human factor in the
selection Of students. The col
lege plans a numbers game In
the selection Of its candidates.
Three numbers are really the
key to admission or rejection:
rank in class, high school av-
erage and college board scores.