Show DREW EDlT ORi A P S L ARSON OGDEN UTAH SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 14 1957 4 The Heaviest Battalions - It has been said that God is on the side turned round Greece Loves Its King and Queen They Had Wonderful Time in U S long-establish- Sees Car Strike Girl Deaj Driver: A few weeks ago I saw a little girl struck by a car as she tried to cross the street I saw a father race toward her and hold her to him as she struggled in the agony of death I saw all the plans that had been made for her dashed and I saw the look of despair that came over his face I could only offer a prayer that such a thing might never happen again Today my daughter who is 6 years old started off to school Her cocker spaniel whose name is Scoot watched hen leave and whined his belief in the folly of edu: cation Tonight we talked about school She told me about the girl who sits in front of her a girl with yellow curls and about the boy across the aisle who makes faces about the teacher who has eyes in the back of her head about the trees in the school yard and the big girl who does not believe in Santa Claus We talked about a lot of things — tre " mendously vital and unimportant things Now as this is written she is sound asleep with her doll "Paddy" in her arms When her doll gets broken or her finger gets cut or her head gets bumped I can fix them But when she starts across the street — then Mr Driver she is in your hands Much as I wish I could it's not possible for me to be with her all the time" I have to work to pay for her home her clothes her education So Mr Driver please help me to look out for her Please drive carefully Please drive slowly past schools and at intersections And please remember that sometimes children run from- - behind parked cars Please don't run over my little girl With deepest thanks for whatever you can do for her-- am Very sincerely yours ' FATHER (Signed) Reprinted from The Pullman Magazine 1 " GALLUP POLL S Parents Are Convinced Schools Do a Good Job PRINCETON N J — The No not enough 37 25 schools have done a good job in No opinion convincing parents that their chil dren are being adequately provided with three basic tools of education — reading writing and spelling ability There is a public relations job to be done however among peo ple who dp not have children presently in school They tend to "feel that the schools are lack ing in the amount of attention they give to teaching pupils how to read spell and express them selves in writing This means that the general public — in a survey by the Amer ican Institute of Public Opinion — is pretty evenly divided on the question of how good a job the schools are doing with these three basic subjects SPECIAL STUDIES As the last in its series of special studies on teaching today the Institute assigned its nation wide staff of opinion reporters to first ask these questions about the job the schools are doing: "Do you think that grade schools today pay enough attention to teaching pupils how to read?" The results for all adults parents and All Par- - Non- Adults ents parents 38 Yes enough 41 42 No not enough 41 10 21 29 No opinion How to Spell? All Par- - Non- Adults ents parents 38 50 Yes enough 28 39 43 Nor not enough 41 No opinion '21 11 29 How to Express Themselves in Writing? All Par- - Non- Adults ents parents 48 Yes enough non-parent- s: 37 15 E S KETCH By BEN BURROUGHS 'THE RUSTLING LEAVES' 37 34 The survey finds that a majority of people who have had a thinks the college training schools do not pay enough attention to teaching pupils how to spell or express themselves in writing Persons with high school or grade school training on the other hand are inclined to feel that there is enough : emphasis on these two subjects in the grade schools today When it comes to the matter of teaching pupils to read however people from all educational levels are fairly evenly divided on the question One criticism often leveled at the schools today is that they spend too much time on extracurricular activities such as athletics school plays and such and riot enough on actual classroom instruction Survey results show that the public is not convinced such crit icism is warranted The question was asked: iThe rustling leaves sing tender while dancing in the songs their voices blend in harair that's warm and free mony of care the rustling leaves a happiness translate to me their gentle swaysupreme cause me to ing to and fro the rustling drift and dream leaves are beautiful awnings eacn one a of velvet green woven in precious emerald the rustling nature's scene in godly leaves speak softly conversation filling all of those who hear with deepest inspiration the rustling to leaves caress the boughs leavwhich they tightly cling ing when the autumn comes oh returning in the spring sweet dance leaves sing rustling on you're part of God's design bringing joy to every and faith and hope to heart mine (Copyright 1957 General Features Corp) JOSEPHINE COW OM WM) UHMt I J much emphasis on activities' — such as athletics school plays and so on — in the schools today or not?" The results nationwide: Yes too much Jo Nd not too much 49 Don't know 13 People with college and hi eh school educations tend to be satis fied with the amount of emphaextra-curricul- ar sis put on extra-curricul- ar W AL LI PPM "Mr Grant don't know a cowboy Ha ea!!d m from an Indian little $avaar T BR ANN Gov Faubus Reaches Understanding Or Are We Drifting Into Disorder in the nature of a tacit understanding seems to have been reached between Gov Faubus and the Administration It is that the issue between them is to be resolved by judicial proceedings carried on slowly and with great deliberation The Department of Justice is avoiding any move which would soon precipitate a showdown between the governor and the federal power It is no doubt hoping that this will bring about a period during whichsomething will somehow be arNEW YQRK--Somethi- ng cool-ing-o- ff i I i set-bac- k V -- 4n--th- r TEW ART S A ISO P fey Poles That Took Over German Town Are Doing Better Job of Farming BRZEG Poland—In this little Silesian town with a name halfway between a sneeze and ' a curse the old German population was driven out and Poles poured in only 12 years ago The transformation has been radical and it is nowhere more apparent than in the fallen house of the town's rich man of the German times The grand drawing room has "become a meeting place for farm managers for this is now the headquarters of t h e Brzeg Union of State Farms This reporter and his interpreter were led to the State Farm Headquarters by tourist happenstance as a result of a casual roadside meeting with a band of peasants who were lifting a poorish potato crop But Poles apparently would not be surprised or discommoded by the arrival of visitors" from the other side of the moon with a lunatic interest in the state of Polish agriculture At any rate the burly intelligent young director of the State Farm Union Pryderyk Lyczak brothers greeted us like long-los- t So we spent a long happy day among manure piles in cow barns and in piggeries learning what has happened to farming in the county of Brzeg SET FARMING FREE A lot has happened and almdst all of it has been good since Wladyslaw Gomulka set Polish farming free in October a year ago The 10000 acres of Director tyczak's State Farm Union are d and of course to this day But the great change in Poland has meant almost as much to this state enterprise as to the thousands of Brzeg County peasants who got their own land back from the dei tested collectives It did not matter whether one talked to Director Lyczak who is a Communist and certainly owes his first appointment to the Party or to his agronomist Jerze Ochmarv a serious older man with a deep love of the land and no love for politics or to the farm managers who are also Party members or to those who were not state-owne- WONDERFUL LAND — -- £V ' - activ- ities in the schools today Those with grade school educa tion however are divided on the question-with those who believe there is too much emphasis al most equaling the number who believe the cresent emnhai is satisfactory Sept 3 1957 ed d was nothing it could do So I ex plained to them that at home I Dear Grandson Georgie: couldn't do any shopping this You have read in your storybooks about bad kings and good was my only opportunity 'But if I said 'then I kings about beautiful queens and you follow me So can't they were very shop'" young princesses me and left kind alone" There have been lots of kings I asked the Queen what hap- in the world and many of them have been very hard on the peo- nonpH uhrt cK shrmnpr? in Ath- ple they ruled But the other day ens "It makes too much of a probI went to see a modern king and lem for the traffic policemen" who are much alive queen very who are loved by their subjects she explained You see the people of Greece and who were very nice to me so much and are love the They are King Paul and Queen so anxiousQueen see to Frederika of Greece and they live follow her around her that they during the summer on Corfu a I also talked to the King He beautiful island of little gardens was very nice and very easy in-toand tall Cyprus trees off to I thought it would be talk coast The king and teresting to find out - how well a queen live in a house — not as big King had to prepare himself for as a castle — on top of a hill and of conferring with the the job when I met them the queen very of other countries and I leaders graciously called me "an old asked him how many languages friend" which was not really l true because' I had met her oftly he spoke once before She just meant I was TUB JOB OF BEING KING an old friend of Greece "Five" he said "Greek EnThe Queen was feeling quite glish French German and Italian sad that day because she said — though my Italian is a little she had just had a terrible acci- rusty" dent that killed her little dog He "What language do you use was run over and she said she when you confer with Tito?" was afraid she had run over him NEA Service tyj "German" replied the King herself when he jumped in front "Though Tito is now learning to of her car speak English quite well" LICK FATHER YOU" CAN HIS HE SAID 'N' "When are you coming to visit THE QUEEN'S BABIES the United States again?" Philip Clarke of Newsweek like to' come "I would letting issues reach a point where then told the Queen how he was every year" really said the King as if there has to be a showdown But adopting a Greek baby from her he genuinely meant it "but it's-sunhappily in the Little Rock orphanage and this made her difficult You are so hospitable case the governor himself has feel better Queen Frederika has so much for a visitor that acted to force a showdown be- worked very hard taking care1 of and do become quite complicated things tween himself and the law of babies who have no father and when America It's not visit you the land mother in like Europe" traveling We are in a situation where "My daughter works in the oraround Europe travel "Can you the a showdown with if we avoid she said "She has been without phanage" noticed?" being governor we have in fact given there one year and will spend am just get in my car and drive in to him acid condoned a viola- other year It's the first time that wherever I wish" he explained a member of the royal family has tion of the law "When go to Vienna next The nation through its federal taken any training like that I'm week willyou that be a State visit?" government is placed in a posi- so glad Have you picked your "No we're going there quite tion by the governor where it baby yet?" she asked Mr Clarke unofficially Of course while said "a he un- - must choose between upholding "Yes" showdown a to make we'll pay a call on the ranged and surrendering its authority little girl It was hard to do but there necessary he having left open no middle after I had seen her once I went President" Then the King went on to tell The governor for his part has ground of compromise through the orphanage a second about his arrival in New York declared in the statement he pubIt is a most unhappy affair and time and she smiled at me and received a telegram from the lished on Monday that he does it will be a miracle if it does not held 'on to my finger as if she H? State Department and the Greek in the im- wanted to come with me" not in principle oppose and mean mean a great Embassy in Washington telling to resist integration in the pub- provement of relations between "You know" said the Queen him not to do or say anything to ViiwV riii C nfi a r TX llililiv lic schools of Arkansas More- the races in the South and be UUillCUlllvd -a J uix iiiiuiran until the ambassador the over he has saidthat he will tween the Southern states and thepick us more than we pick them and "press the protocol Simmons Jack accept the results' of the final ju- Northern states It seems to me One night when I was putting my officer arrived dicial ruling: It is understood that Mr Roscoe Drummond must daughter to bed she "Meanwhile Grover Whalen e use can week he this said meantime when he be right that looked up at me and said 'Mum-mi- e came aboard our ship early in the the National Guard to keep the that the Southern senators who I'm so glad I picked you' morning to tell us that never beCentral "High School segregated refrained from a filibuster against "I was puzzled But she ex- fore foreign visitors failed In the whole field of the the eivil rights bill are under plained 'When I was up with to seehad on arrival We the Negro's advance to civic equality severe attack in their own states Jesus I looked down and I saw showed himpress the telegram from The showdown which Governor you and I decided you were to be the State it is a wise general rule to avoid Department and said we Faubus has forced in Arkansas my mummie And I'm so glad I didn't know what to do It was will almost certainly incite and picked you' then about 7 in the morning and embitter the extreme segrega"Maybe it's more true than we even at that hour the press was tionist factions all over the South realize that our children pick us" c many we wem waiting said the Queen POLITICAL FUTURE deck to meet them " 'How long have you been up? VISITING THE USA It will therefore jeopardize libwife asked 'Since 4 in the mv of the the political future I asked the Queen about her that This eral Southern politician morning they replied Well time to the United States trip that from and ice the the broke would be a tragedy For in "We had a wonderful time" liberal political leaders of the she said "Everyone was so sweet on the press and everyone else Souh lies this country's only hope to us I had never held a press treated us wonderfully" So you see Georgie kings and of domestic peace through an conference before but the State accommodation Were the liberals Department told me I would have queens can be just like other peoto be overwhelmed and the "pros- to hold one and I was petrified ple at least this kingand queen pects of a gradual settlement de- I must say however that the are Greece is the country where stroyed the conflict" would be- press was most kind to us In fact is i democracy was born andseemed couldn't have been nicer more damned corn because it's come an ugly one they it This is the second half of the "Toward the end of the trip in democracy today But and the line to grow corn only corn 20th Paul Queen as me to a that some King to do Los Angeles I wanted turning point century for silage now is our system!" — the Southern liberals realize all shopping only I had heard so much Frederika work hard not also but Greece of the relations in the for world Los we over next steres won't be people in the the about "By Angeles year using rathe over colsay the best wheat land in Poland to between the white and theSouth- But when I started out 15 news- —as—I sometimes live make democracy ored peoples Without the papermen were waiting to go with dio to grow potatoes for pigfeed because ern liberals Be a good boy and I hope to be to assuage the issue me I asked the State Department it's the line to increase pig pro- the outlook will be for very se- to persuade them to go away but heme and see you soon Love Grandpa duction!" — "No more destroying rious trouble the State Department said there which in one The situation is the land with foolish planting whole climate could be the programs better crop rotation a President who took and more cattle to meet our coun- changed by who command spoke clearly in try's need for milk and our no uncertain terms to the paland's need for manure that's sense and common the triotism New books now ready for cir- man and nature "which glow with where we're heading now!"" culation at the Carnegie Free Li- the wisdom and originality of the So they exulted even in this the good will of the people to be somebody There include the following ti- scientist who has pondered the ought state enterprise because Gomul-ka'- s brary can rally tles: " decentralization has set them around whom the nationabove riddle of existence and'posseses the Mehta Ved confidence with to "Face Face' rising by free to do a good sensible job blind the eloquence to put his thinking of work To be sure The eight passion of this envenomed strug- The autobiography of a Amerinto woras young Hindu who found in farms of the Brzeg Union range gle is nobody ica the education and liberation at there But present "Behind the Modern Sudan from big prosperous old manors who is Incommand in in find not could he which unmistakably to insane patchworks of unreby H C Jackson A record of the who is speaking clearly dia lated bits of land put together by nobody who is really working se"The Battle of Cassino" by difficulties and dangers that the nobody the bureaucrats of the past to bring order plan pur- Fred Majdalany The story of a few British officers and officials The worst of the farms is so riouslyand control into what is in modern baUle costly in human scattered over a country as large mech- pose unsuited to large-scal- e a drift into disorder life and suffering and deprived as Ciuxupe usu iu uvcivujuc u anized production that Lyczak is fact York New 1957 at the last of full victory by an the early days of the century (Copyright boldly planning to return the Tribune Herald Inc) author who took part in the land to peasant ownership How to Win in the Chess Endas an infantry officer struggle BEST IS PRIMITIVE "Voss" by Patrick White A ings" by L A Horowitz A book THE new LETTERS novel by the Australian au- showing the chess iclaver how to The best farm is primitive by seth reduce the most complex position American standards thor of "The Tree of Man" mid-19tthis time in Sydney in the With 34 tractors in his machinfraction and concerning to an easy ending in aover-ery sheds altogether Lyczak still t he an of the time that Voss explorer and scientist and needs no less than 500 regular The Note: takes Editor's board Ogden analysis farm laborers and 300 season Standard-Examine- r welcomes his attachment for Laura the "Life at Happy Knoll" by John workers at seed time and harvest young orphaned girl A T f irmionH nl!ff i ATI nf editor to the letters provided Get There From on his 10000 total acres But you "You Can't in taste and good amusingly satirical stores about could almost see Lyczak Ochman they are ininterest by Ogden Nash The first the must Here"collection the They country clubbers of Happy public of Nash's poems and the others rolling up their not exceed 300 words and the new Knoll by the author of "The since 1953 in which every sub- Late sleeves for the great task of writer must be identifully George Apley" and other bringing up their farming opera- fied) ject imaginable is touched upon important novels tions to the most modem Westwith sly irony and wit i Comparisons in Art" by Fern Presumed" Who ern level by "The Man John Rusk and Shapley A book Since October the animal popFarwell A biography of Byron to Editor: prepare future visitM Stanley analyzing the designed ulation of the county has already Dear Henry Counors their of for members We the the prospective experimotivations that drove ences in the National increased by at least 50 per cent complex of diswant cil of it Ogden City The area plowed has gone up by him as a homeless friendless boy Art and to recall to Gallery visitors we are past a probable 20 per cent The milk- - tinctly understood that into a life of determined action the have alnot in in of the favor they impressions change town and adventure collecting station in Brzeg as garnered proposed "The New America by Adlai ready which could never collect any- the city government "Go and Catch a Falling Star Couna circulated in of by petition substance The E Stevenson thing like its planned capacity in cilman Delbert W Poole Robertson The Constance a political campaign in perma- by the past is now desperately struga of Nell faare We haunting story in nent form which though unsuc- Sackett and a love woman gling with an actual glut of milk vor of the wholeheartedly cast its Council-Manage- r that form cessful at the polls is exerting which it cannot handle And so a over tho half by century now we spell in of have congovernment and will continue to exert a it goes of "The Golden Circle" siderable influence on America's author "There is nothing like the Ogden City "New York New York by S Wright Mayor Raymond future Polish peasants passion for the ' and Hawkins A Stuart personal assistant Harold mayor Woolley J practical guide to the treasure land" said Ochman over a final Mary "Easy Does It by B M Richards: councilman Reilly better for A program of his in coffee apartsimple cup Elmer H Myers councilman health and longer life especially of the world's most fabulous city ment "Just set a Polish peasant C Austin Seager councilman for men and women for residents visitors and armdesigned free to farm and he'll farm until John A Dixon MD coun- past 30 and occupying positions chair travelers he drops If we do a good job cilman of responsibility with our state farms I think our "Just Weeds" by Edwin Rol-li- n Well' peasants will enter voluntary co- Bulkiest Spencer A new expanded Reptile operatives later on because this In the House of Representaedition containing everything the Silesian land really repays large-scal- e Bulkiest of living reptiles is home-ownto know to needs tives the "well" is the space bemechanized agriculture But Australia's saltwater crocodile Corfu Greece smiled and asked her what of the heaviest battalions The sentiment course she was taking" Stories different in their details but has been ascribed to Napoleon who certouching the same issue come from Sturgis tainly acted upon it Previously it had been Kyvand Dallas1 Tex We cannot think of discussed by Voltaire who did not alto- such methods of opposing a court order as gether sympathize with it It comes to mind Characteristic of the America we have been as our attention is' called to the Central brought up to ltfve The militia in front of High School of Little Rock Ark sur- the Central High School in Little Rock and rounded by a cordon of National Guards- those guarding the Executive Mansion men in order to prevent nine Negro stu- where Governor Faubus of Arkansas dent from entering in accordance with the seemed to be standing siege against nonexistent Federal marshals— these are not order of a Federal court T These militiamen dressed in Federal the United States of the Declaration of the uniforms and carrying rifles toward which Bill of Rights or of the Gettysburg Address every taxpayer in the United States has con- Some day the people of Arkansas North tributed at least a fraction of a cent were Carolina Kentucky Texas Georgia and successful They kept the nine Negro stu- other states north and south of the line will dents out They kept out Elizabeth Eckford recognize the quality of heroism in such 15 years old a scared little Negro girl who persons as Elizabeth Eckford and Dorothy nevertheless had the supreme courage to Counts It is difficult to change walk through a jeering crowd to ask for folkways Most sensible Northernrights that were hers by virtue of a decision ers realize this and as we firmly believe of the United States Supreme court Southerners of both Where the militia left off the crowd took most public-spiriteover One humane and civilized voice was races are doing their best to make the heard that of a white woman Mrs Grace transition possible and peaceable Inquiry Lorch who crossed over to the bench where will probably show in many cases that Elizabeth Eckfordwas waiting for a bus and much of the trouble has been caused by tried to comfort her Mrs Lorch spoke back: foolish and vicious organizations often "She's scared" she protested "She's just a coming in from the outside to stir up comlittle girl Six months from now you'll be munities that had been at peace What all should recognize is the simple ashamed at what you're doing" In Charlotte N C another Negro girl fact that the Supreme Court did not order Dorothy Counts the daughter of a clergy- and cannot order people who don't like man walked into the Harding High School each other of whatever race they may be through another jeering crowd of juvenile to be on calling terms What the court did delinquents and this time with no bay- order and the ideal toward which we must oneted riflemen to keep her out In the move is equal opportunity under law In school auditorium she took an end seat in a the end we believe the heaviest battalions vacant row and our story tells that "a will be those unarmed persons and forces blonde white girl sitting in front of Dorothy that move toward justice—(N Y Times) -- B state-manag- ed N EW B OOKS - TO EDITOR century v -- - The story was always the same "Now that we've got rid of the crazy system before October" Lyczak burst out "we can do the kind of job our land deserves you can't force farmers you can't And it is wonderful land I tell force farmers" you that" (Copyright 1957 New York "We don't have to grow any Herald Tribune Inc) -- er Found in thit continent's trop- identify and eradicate weeds The Immense Journey" by ical streams this dragon Loren Eiseley A naturalist's is fiercely aggressive and will go on the mysteries of meditations men to attack out of its way 30-foot tween the clerk's desk which is in front of the speak- immediately j er s rostrum ana ine urst row of seats |