The White Falcon - 14.03.1964, Side 5

Saturday, March 14, 1964
WHITE FALCON
5
A.T. Mahan Students Vie
For Merit Scholarships
Eleventh grade students at Alfred Thayer Mahan High
School plan to take the 1964 National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test, at the school commencing at 9 a.m. today.
The qualifying test is a three-hour examination of edu-
cational development. The test is the first step in the tenth
annual competition for four-year Merit Scholarships pro-
vided by the National Merit'*'
Scholarship Corporation and by
sponsoring corporations, founda-
tions, colleges associations, unions,
trusts and individuals.
The number of scholarships
awarded in any year depends
upon the extent of sponsor, parti-
cipation. In 1963, 1,528 Merit
Scholarships were awarded; 951
were provided by 179 sponsors and
577 by the Merit Corporation.
There are 4,118 Merit Scholars
attending 425 colleges in the cur-
rent academic year.
The test scores of students who
are examined in March will be
reported to their schools before
May 15. The scores are used by
counselors in many high schools
to help students make decisions
about college attendance and
field of study. Many students who
do not expect to win a scholar-
ship take the test in order to
learn more about their individual
strengths and weaknesses in areas
measured by the test.
Some 14,000 semi-finalists, the
highest scorers in each state, will
be named early next fall. Names
of semi-finalists are published in
a booklet which is distributed to
all colleges and to other sources
of financial aid for undergradu-
ates. Further, their names and
test scores are sent to the colleges
they express an interest in at-
tending as their first and second
choices. The order of preference
is not shown.
Safe Driving •..
An additional 35,000 students,
selected on a national basis, re-
ceive Letters of Commendation
for their high performance on the
qualifying test. These students
are considered for special awards
made through the Merit Corpora-
tion, and their names and test
scores are also sent to their first
and second choice colleges.
Each semi-finalist will be asked
to take a second examination.
Those who repeat their high per-
formance will become finalists in
the Merit Program. Winners of
Merit Scholarships will be selected
from the finalist group on the
basis of school records and re-
commendations, test scores, extra-
curricular activities, leadership
ability, and accomplishments out-
side the classroom. Each finalist
is awarded a Certificate of Merit
attesting to his outstanding per-
formance.
The scholarship stipends are
based on financial need. The mini-
mum award is $100 and the maxi-
mum is $1500. The average stip-
end award to freshman Merit
Scholars in 1963 was $796 annual-
ly, or $3184 for the four years of
college. Each scholarship constit-
utes a form of educational insur-
ance, since the stipend may be in-
creased at any time if the stu-
dent’s financial situation changes
during the four-year term of the
scholarship.
Supplementary grants are usu-
ally made to the colleges that the
scholars attend.
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flammable cargoes for the last
year without incident. I know that
the superior driving attitudes you
have displayed will continue for
the remainder of your Navy
career.”
Lt. F. N. Winn, Officer in
Charge of the Fuel Branch, also
extended congratulations to his
drivers.
Nominations for Navy Safe
Driving awards from other de-
partments and tenant activities
are now being accepted by the
Safety Officer, Industrial Rela-
tions Department. These distinc-
tive awards are granted military
and civilian chauffeurs and truck
drivers who have spent at least
51 % of their duty time driving
Navy and Marine Corps vehicles.
A lapel emblem and certificate,
Form NavExos 2465, signed, by
the Commanding Officer are pre-
sented to eligible drivers who have
completed 12 consecutive months
(not a calendar year or fiscal
year basis) of driving without
having a preventable accident to-
taling $25.00 or more aggregate or
involving chargeable personal
motor vehicle injuries; and with-
out moving traffic violations or
safety rule violations.
Standby time for regularly as-
signed drivers of emergency
equipment may be included as
part, of the required 51%.
Nominations are also requested
for the Materials Handling and
Construction Equipment Award.
The criteria for this award are
the same as for the Safe Driving
Award.
A.T. Mahan Students
Take NEDT Exams
More than 25 ninth and tenth
grade Alfred T. Mahan High
students will take the three-hour
National Educational Development
Test (NEDT) Saturday, March 14,
according to Cecil L. Gyer school
superintendent.
The NEDT is a series of tests
in English, social studies, mathe-
matics, natural sciences, and word
usage, which have been designed
to measure each student’s ability
to apply basic learning skills
rather than his ability to me-
morize particular facts or speci-
fic subject matter.
They have been used at Alfred
T. Mahan High School since 1959
in an effort to help students,
parents, and teachers identify
strengths and weaknesses in each
student’s educational development
and to help them make a realistic
appraisal of his educational and
vocational objectives.
Published by Science Research
Associates, the nation’s largest
commercial publisher of standar-
dized tests, the NEDT battery
was constructed under the direc-
tion of E. F. Lindquist, author of
the widely used Iowa Tests of
Educational Development. It has
been administered to nearly two
million students throughout the
country since it was introduced
in 1959.
6 Countries, U.S.
Plan Multilateral
Destroyer Cruise
Washington — Six countries
have announced an interest in a
United States plan to put to sea
a U. S. guided missile destroyer
with a “mixed-manned” demon-
stration crew aboard.
Under the plan, sailors from
the Federal Republic of Germany,
Greece, Italy, the Netherlands,
Turkey and the United Kingdom
will join American sailors to form
a crew for the USS Biddle (DDG-
5), which will then go on a
demonstration cruise to show in-
terested countries a multilateral
crew at work.
Secretary of Defense Robert
S. McNamara said the USS Bid-
dle, normally based at Norfolk,
Va., and attached to the U. S.
Atlantic Fleet, will be armed
with the Tartar surface-to-air
guided missile and anti-submarine
rockets (ASROC).
“It is planned that the USS
Biddle will operate with the Sec-
ond Fleet in the Atlantic and
with the Sixth Fleet in the Medi-
terranean with visits scheduled to
ports of participating countries,”
the Secretary announced.
Officials said the first complete
mixed-crew is expected to be op-
erational in December. Internatio-
nal crews aboard warships are
not new, but the USS Biddle crew
will be the largest ever attempted,
with 18 officers and 316 enlisted
men.
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(A comprehensive look at new
books featured at the Naval Sta-
tion Library.)
by James Pearson, Head Librarian
LOVE, LET ME NOT HUNGER,
by Paul Callico.
Originally published in shorter
form in the Saturday Evening
Post as “The Hungry Ones,” this
is a story of the remnants of a
circus stranded in Spain after a
disastrous fire. For the starving
animals each of the remaining
members of the troupe makes some
sacrifice. Mr. Albert, a gentle old
man, and Hanos, the dwarf, bind
themselves over to the terrible
Marquesa de Pozoblanco; Rose,
an accidental adjunct of the cir-
cus, sells herself at the local dance
hall; and Toby, who has come to
a reluctant love of Rose, finds
that in forgiving her he has found
a more understandable affection.
A realistic picture of circus life
and a moving one of the animals,
many whom become distinct char-
acters in the course of the story.
ALL BUT MY LIFE,
by Stirling Moss and Ken Purdy.
Based on taped conversations
between Moss and Purdy, this is
more an analysis of the qualities
that make a star racing driver
than a biography, although the
facts of Moss’ life are briefly re-
ported. Driving techniques and the
fascination which automobile
racing has for its participants
are also discussed. Stirling Moss,
an internationally famous Grand
Prix driver who retired because
of injuries received in a crash in
1962, is shown to be a complex,
articulate person and his ideas on
motor-car racing, while appealing
especially to racing fans, will in-
terest other readers as well. A
table of detailed information con-
cerning the races in which he
competed from 1949 to 1963 is
included.
ORB INTO ORBIT — Lt. Cdr. Dale “Driver” Jackson launches his
very own satellite for the Old Men basketball team. At left is Mahan’s
Dave Birdsall. Number 10 is Oldsters’ Lt. Cdr. Earl Craig. Mahan
clobbered the Old Men in this grudge battle 48-35.
ATM Vikings Trounce
One More Opponent
The A. T. Mahan Vikings chocked up another victory
last week as they outpointed
season contest to the tune of
The Ten Old Men, who won
things different this time as i
jumped to an early lead and
first three minutes of play. 1
The Vikes jumped ahead by a
6-2 margin on the shooting of
junior forward Tom Starbird, but
the passing of Captain Sampson
to a loose teammate underneath
put the Old Men on top 7-6. This
was as close as the Old Men
ever came.
With the rebounding of Star-
bird and Ellison, and the ball
hawking of freshman Bobby
Canaperi, the “Vikes” were un-
stopable, leading at the half 25-
13.
Canaperi led the Viking attack
with 13 points, 8 of which came
in the second half when Starbird
switched to the assist department.
Ellison had 12 points to go with
Two New Courses
Offered by USAFI
Madison, Wis. — The United
States Armed Forces Institute
(USAFI) has announced the avai-
lability of two courses, one a new
course in fundamentals of English
and the other a revised course in
college sociology.
English as a Communication
Skill is a course covering the
entire range of English language
skills usually taught in grades
five through eight in civilian
schools.
Introductory Sociology (D495)
is a study of the nature and func-
tions of human society. The course
emphasizes the cultural heritage
and social nature of man as fac-
tors in personality development
and behavior in various types of
social relationships. It replaces In-
troductory Sociology (C495).
More details on these and other
USAFI courses may be obtained
from the USAFI Catalog. 12th
edition.
the Ten Old Men in a post-
48-35.
the previous encounter, found
, much improved Viking team
were never headed after the
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his outstanding rebound perfor-
mance.
The Vikings were ably assisted
when JVs Tom Howell and Steve
Ellison were sent into the game
during the second and fourth
periods.
Lt. Cdr. Craig paced the Old-
timers with 14 points and control-
led the boards for the losers.
1. What was the best won and
lost team record ever achieved
in baseball’s National League?
2. What was the best won and
lost team record ever achieved in
the American League?
3. What horse races make up
the so-called Triple Crown?
4. What horses won the Triple
Crown races in 1963?
5. What was the largest “Twin
Double” payoff at American race
tracks in 1963?
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