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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14

The County Council must be careful not to put itself
in the role Of school administrator yet the danger of it
doing is inherent in the latest Council to bring
about greater Council control transferring of school
funds
What the Council is trying to do is change state
law, which controls the operation of Schools so that the
School Board may not transfer funds within its budget
the Council approves the budget without the consent
of the Council and then only 10 per cent of the budget
item may be transferred.
Two alternative proposed amendments to State law
have been drafted by the county attorney the order
Of the County Council One is restrictive it gives the
Council veto power transfers in the of every
budget item and the other is somewhat more flexible,
allowing the Council to determine the extent to which
will exercise its ransferral vetoes But the second
believe, is also too restrictive
The Council always has had firm annual control over
total funds spent by the Scnoo Board 1t will soon
else that control when adopts the 196364 budget which
will include the school appropriation.
To go further and insist that no matter what special
emergency school needs arise during the budget year
the School Board may not transfer areadyapproved funds
without the consent of the County Council puts the Com
Gil into the of school administration where does
not belong We have elected School Board to do that
Also neither school county officials seem to know
at this time how the plan will work. although it is
already in the category of firm proposal by the Council
Must the School Board to the County Council at
certain point in the budget year when anitor must
be hired? Or will the rule apply only to large pro-
granl-type appropriations? The operation of $4,000
pupil school system and expenditure of many millions of
dollars is highly complex thing with which the School
Board must be thoroughly familiar keeping up with it
daytoday basis while the Council concerned with
other highly important nonschool matters Surely the
School Board is better qualified Judge the need for
school budget transfers than the County Council.
Also, in the past the School Board has promptly no.
titled the County Council of needed major budget trans
fers and worked closely with such matters This latest
move seems to be unnecessary assumption of arbitrary
power by the Council over operation of the school system
The county School Board is not only answerable to
the State Department of Education and the State School
Board for its conduct of the public schools voters
of Montgomery County
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
by State Sen. Gilbert Guide

Alb undergraduate students and 1875 graduate
students. Liberal arts, education engineering
and business and public administration have
taken over the bulk of the students And DR..
Elkins has done great deal to lift academic
standards.
But agricultural work at the university
Is still important to all of the citizens of
Maryland. In rural sections of Montgomery
County, the farmers are in constant touch
with the university's extension service and
the county agricultural agents. And in urban
areas. we have programs in home economics,
home horticulture and planning for proper
use of land and natural resources.
Testimony at the hearings also brought
out information about the so-caled Univer-
sity College courses in Montgomery County.
These include off-campus subjects intended
principally for teachers who must take addi.
tional training to get their permanent teach.
ing certificates. They are offered in Bethesda
Elementary School, Gaithersburg Elementary
School. the old School Board headquarters in
Rockville, Albert Einstein High School in
Wheaton and The Naval Ordance Laboratory
in White Oak
There is no question about the Importance
of proper education and vocational training in
getting and holding a job. Indeed, in these
days OF increasing job competition, I think
every student who lives in Maryland should
at least have the opportunity to go to college.
But at the same time, we should realize
that some young people just don't have the
ability or even the desire to go through col
lege, although their parents may want them
to-
Because of constantly increasing enroll
ments, the University of Maryland has wisely
instituted weeding-out process School of
ficials admit to the regular fall sessions only
those who have graduated from high school
with at least c average and have partici-
pated in the American College Testing Pro-
gram.
Other prospective students must take a
special 8-week summer course. They pay the
cost of instruction and materials while taking
two College level subjects One is English and
the other is an elective. Only about half those
taking this summer program are successful.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
Hard Candy and Mortality?
Welsh Rare Bit

When l was a child, l ate as a child,
chewed as child and tasted as child; and
Velatis caramels from Washington were the
best eating chewing and tasting caramels
In the whole wide world. Oh, there were
other candies alright, but none of them gave
the same satiating satisfaction of Velatis All
OF the fun of bubble gum, challenge of hard
rock candy and taste Of chocolate at its rich
est was in a lump of Velatis
Furthermore, Velatis had mystery and
glamour. 1t was made up from some secret
Italian formula which had been rightfully
stolen from Italy by a noble family which
had come to Washington and was risking
the vengeance of the Malta with every piece
sold A boy who had box of Velatis gained
status among his co-candy eaters.
All of these images came to me this past
week when 1 was suffering from an attack Of
nostalgia brought on by reading letters from
home dug up from the old trunk which dis
covered several years ago.
There are not many times that my mind
is not occupied. but am learning the art of
taking my mind out of gear and permitting
it to cantor unchecked to roam of its own
volition where it will. I am acquiring the
ability to stand aside and watch my mind
wander from the present into the past or the
future and also to enjoy nv reactions to its
peripatetic qualities. This is a bit hard on
those who happen to be in my company, but
my friends are learning to indulge me in this
practice and count it as just another one Of
those odd-ball habits l have such as trying
to make Bugatti run or hit dimpled faced
gold ball into cup stuffed into the ground.
But back to Mrs. Velatis The old letter
which read brought to mind the days when
mother would go into Washington with some
of her friends for the day. This generally call
ed for trip on the street car right down
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
County Affairs
Why the Withdrawal?

1t is characteristic of radicals, whether
they be Castro. a Governor Barnett, or a
George Lincoln Rockwell to take extreme
steps based on emotion and suspicion without
concern for the consequences. Such was the
character of the action Of the Republicans in
voting to withdraw from the Metropolitan
Council of Governments.
When they did this they turned their
backs on number of problems, leaving them
in the hands of agencies and bureaus con-
trolled and financed exclusively by the federal
government. They decided to not actively con.
Germ themselves with: How long and expen-
sive are the trips to work for half of us; How
clean and sufficient will be our drinking
water; How will we prevent smarting eyes
and choking from smog; What kind and
where will be our hospitals; If our schools use
television, how few stations will we have to
build; How can we stop waiting in Virginia
and District of Columbia Police Stations for
traffic violations and many other past and
future area problems of our citizens.
Finding a solid reason for the walI1out Is
hard. ct couldn't be for economy; they would
have wasted part Of this years dues by
leaving at mid.year). There is no criticism Of
anything that had been done, just expressions
Of fear Of what might happen. Even the fears
were so groundless that a specter Of spite
action arose.
The initial outbursts from the Republi-
cans used the scare terms super govern
INIT" federal domination" and overlap
Of authority" to describe a supposed loss of
local authority. They appeared to be either
hypocritical or ignorant The Council of Gov
ernuoants avoids any mead for sllner oovprn.
ment. 1t is a means for asserting local auth.
ority. If it does or should overlap anything,
it would have to be federal agencies and
bureaus, because it is the only metropolitan
wide governmental organ not subject to ex-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
Inside Annapolis
What About u Of Md?

In the current Juror over whether to
build another Montgomery Junior College, it's
possible that the Importance of the University
of Maryland in providing higher education for
Montgomery County high school graduates
has tended to be overlooked
The other day, for example, while listen.
ing to the university's budget requests before
the Senate Finance Committee, 1 learned that
2918 full-time undergraduate students from
Montgomery County are enrolled at the uni
versity's College Park campus.
In addition, there are 224 part.ime un-
dergraduate students and $50 graduate stu.
dents from Montgomery. This brings the
county contingent to 379S students, or 90
per cent Of the total undergraduate and
graduate enrolment of 1916 at College
Park.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14

remembered too, that when 1 drove to
the university from my home in Rockville, I
Travelled through farms and woodland. Now,
the same area is built up solidly with homes,
apartments and stores.
Then, the university used to be called the
Cow college" because of its emphasis on agri.
culture. AS matter of fact, the present institu.
ton is the result of the merger of the time
privately owned University of Maryland in
Baltimore with the former Maryland State
College OF Agriculture in College Park, in 1920.
The nickname soon disappeared, however, as
the postwar years saw an unprecedented ex.
pansion OF university facilities in all fields of
learning. The present College of Agriculture
at the university has an enrolment of only
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
Rail transit

There seems to be a notion
In these parts that 1t will take
10 years before the first rail
transit line comes poking into
Montgomery County. I have
seen this notion expressed in
county and downtown daily
newspapers and / believe it is
wrong.
1t Is true that it will take
10 years, by Meta estimate,
before the last workman
pounds down the last inch of
the final nail In the extensive
system that has been planned.
But many a strap will be hung
from before that day arrives.
If the public really wants this
plan and Is willing to support
1t, we can have subway serv-
ice downtown by 1868. We can
have service from Anacostia
to Woodside in Montgomery
County and commuter railroad
to Bowie in Prince Georges
County, also by 1868. II we
in Montgomery want 1t more
than Virginia or Prince Geor-
ges want it, we can have
service to Pook's Hill before
1871. See page XIV of the
NCTA's recommendations of
Nov. 1, 1862.
Incidentally, we can have ex-
press bus service much earlier,
since this is easier to provide.
Maurine Moon WilcOxon
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
by Les Kimble

cooky brought into our courts under the
charge Of being obscene or encouraging
immortality In view of some Of the tales they
must listen to, probably our local courts could
survive this shock, but If the cool1y were
taken all the way to the Supreme Court, 1t
might well endanger the decorum of that
august body. Once you destroy the dignity Of
the Supreme Court, you have undermined one
of our basic Institutions That may well be the
intention of those who first started baking
immoral cookies
These subversive cOOky bakers may not
stop here. / recall that some shapes Of pruned
shrubbery have suspicious contours. 1t Is
possible that subversives have infiltrated the
landscape design field, too. We already know
what has happened In the fields OF the artist,
the photographer, and the writer.
When you housewives start shaping
certain cookies, let yourself go completely if
you wish, but don't please, display your
cookies in public if these cookies can stir the
emotions or the baser instincts of mankind
How can you tell when that might happen?
l have no idea, but you might try reading a
book on abnormal psychology
There is another possible solution to this
problem. Perhaps our community leaders and
educators can find some way of arousing the
interest of our citizens in the many great and
important events that are occurring around
us. Should this happen, it might be possible
for Lady Godiva, as she did years ago, to ride
down main street without drawing more than
a few leers and outlaws. Perhaps someone
would even run to get blanket ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
PoTif.cs end Jobs

County Attorney Alfred H. Carter has resigned
His departure will be felt keeny by the many who know the
high caber of work he has performed yet he has had eight
productive years the important post and he will now go
on to the private practice of law. We wish him well.
While in office, Carter known for his skilled hand
ling of the counys legal business and his indifference to
political considerations He could have sure, served
the new County Council well but that apparently, not
in the cards
His departure no doubt, is of the political realities
of life simply because he registered Democrat Yet his
whole approach to the job non-potcal and he was
given free rein in this by the previous Council.
The new Republican counciImen, obviously, want one
of their own in the key job And this is in accordance with
the letter and spirit of the county charter Charter trainers
deliberately removed the office of county attorney from
protection of the merit system the grounds no doubt
that each incoming administration should be able to pick
its own legal counselor.
The situation regarding another key county office
holder whose job repeatedly eopardy-Juvene Court
Judge Alfred D. Noyes-s in far different category.
Judge Noyes also Democrat has been totally in
active in politics for II years since he assumed the bench
and there is absolutely relation between the job of
juvenile court judge and party politics the selection of
new officials by new administrations.
During his service the BENCH Judge Noyes has won
national acclaim for the job he has done and to say that he
enjoys wide public support here in the county major
understatement.
If he is ousted from his job-or if it is indicated that he
should resgnsoon the public and the youth of Montgom
cry County will have sustained loss and the
Repubcan-dominated County Council will have severely
damaged its prestige in the eyes of many of its most
faithful supporters and enthusiastic hackers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
by David Cahoon

elusive federal financing.
The Republicans abandoned the problems
to federal solutions. They refused to attend
the discussions to find out what really went
on. None Of this made any sense.
Eventually the real issues emerged from
the muffled voices of their heads in the sand.
Ihey don't like the Archaeological Transpor.
tation Agency's transit organization plan. and
they have pathological aversion to Mr..
Charles Horsky They chose exactly the
wrong course of action to support their
views. The META plan proposes to place the
construction and operation of a metropolitan
transportation system under a iva type of
federal corporate authority. The Tri.State
transportation Commission proposes that
these things be placed under compact apen.
cy to insultate the local planning functions
from direct federal control The Chairman
and two members of the Executive Commit
tee of the Council of Governments are n,er,.
oers OF Tri-State. Our Republican Council
members walked out on these advocates ~
local control
The President of the United States an.
pointed Mr., Horsky to see that the federal
agencies operating in the Washington area
coordinate their activities having an innact
OH metropolitan regional development. His
appointment was praised by such Republican
orlented sources as The Evening Star He is
10 assure cooperation by federal bureaus
with the regional agencies. If the Republicans
destroy the only locally-sponsored regional
organization, they lose their impact upon him
and he is left to work only with federallv.
financed agencies. Spite fences usually create
more problems than they solve.
The so'called problem OF empire building
can be solved by taking the bull by the horns.
The Council can enter the discussions and
build up or down, IT does not have to pick nm
Its marbles and stomp home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14

These figures took
on even more mean.
ing for me when l
recalled that in start
ing at the university
as a freshman back
in 1910, shortly be-
fore 1 went in the
Army, the student
body nu m b ere d
around $500. In other
words, today's Mont
gomery County
group alone is larger
than the total en-
rollment of 20 years
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
Take Note!

Those commuters who re-
Gently complained about snow.
clogged highways and voiced
hopes for a new rail mass
transit system ought to take
notice of what happened in
Philadelphia during the tran.
sit strike. They might also re.
member our transit strike here
a few years ago which caused
public inconvenience that
would have been much worse
had 1t not been for our pre-
dominantly automobile com.
muting. Snow is a nuisance.
but let's be wary of becoming
too dependent on systems of
committing that are subject
to total stoppage for many
days, whether by strikes, dis
aster in rail yards or ter.
minalS, etc. And a word of
thanks to the men who keep
our roads open during snow,
as our society continues its
gradual adjustment to the per.
sonal freedom of the auto
mobile age,
Robert L. Saloschin
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
BY Barney Welsh

the main street of Rockville down to Mont.
rose and Alta Vista and eventually to George.
town where there was transfer made to
get down to the Knickerbocker Theatre to
see 1.-THE Birth of a Nation"
When Mother returned she always had a
couple of packages for Bill and me, and she
had Velatis candy. A pound Of this would
be enough for lunch at school for several
weeks for each of us; and / remember how
used to sneak piece to eat in the period
Just before lunch hour. Once was asked to
recite with piece of Velatis in my mouth.
didn't do too good. Afterwards, gave the
teacher some and I wasn't asked to recite In
the period before lunch for the rest OF the
year. She was a fine teacher and appreciated
good chevy candy.
I had all of this In mind last week and
so I looked up velatis in the telephone book
and was pleased to find they were still max
ing Jumps of heaven at the same old stall.
And so ordered a two pound box and waited
with a watering mouth for a whole three
days
The mailman brought a lovely twopound
lavender box of assorted candies. They were
chevy, sticky, hard and soft, chocolate and
otherwise; just like those which had been
brought from Italy to Rockville 50 many
years ago
There is no need to tell you that 10
years bring some changes in a persons teeth.
One acquires bit of gold, silver porcelain
and mechanical work in his mouth with the
passing of years. Yes, the candy is still finei
but now that am no longer child; can
not eat as child, chew as a child, or taste
as a child; and must put away childish things.
1t looks like will just have to drool as an
adult and resort to one of Sarana Gophers
Sooths, which is There is nothing like lump
of hard candy to remind you of your NOR
tally"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14
The Public Forum

ancient Romans and Jews a
radical, liberal, communist
Thoreau, in his own time a
redical, is today a conservative
by many standards. So it goes.
Let's ask a Conservative"
what he wants to conserve
let's ask a liberal" whom he
applied his liberal" policies
to before we condemn or
praise either one.
Let's talk issues. When CAP
was asking interested parties
to call their office for more
information, l called to ask
how CAP planned to cut taxes.
The representative told me
why, we should eliminate
floodlighting the public build.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14

ings at night and who needs
those mobile libraries?" This
was to reduce taxes
l hope the CAP and such
other irresponsible parties do
not speak for conservatives
like myself who want to con.
serve land regain our ideal.
istic spirit of 1776, our deter.
mination to maintain one ma.
ton in 1862, our belief in the
dignity of all men and the
right for a citizen to disagree
with his neighbours philosophy.
Edward KOenip
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-14

There Is too much name
calling and labelling today -
Radical" conservative" etc.
are easy to say, but they can
mean very little. Jesus was by
our standards as well a. the
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A Report In THE SIGN-RA(LST SIMS OF CHRISTIANS

You're black now, john" my
companion said in a gentle voice.
And this is the South. You're
going to find that lot of white
Catholics look on you as a niger
first and a Catholic second, no
matter what the Archbishop says.
And a niger Catholics got to stay
in his place, just like any other
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