Vol. 12, Nos. 5 - 6

Twenty-six Washingtons but only one Washington Monument.

IN THIS ISSUE

Society for International Development ........ . Over the Pole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At Home, Abroad and Vice Versa ........... .

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STILL SMILING: AFTER 10 YEARS

April 1958 May 1958

Vema Via Billie Braum

AFTER 5 YEARS

April 1958 May 1958

(L to R): Edward Symonds and ] acqueline Freeman. (Unable to be present - Antoinette]ousselin, Paris Office.)

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(L to R): Doris Irving, Olga Dinneen, Edward Lamont, Marion Croft.

THE SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Michael L. Hoffman

Development has become a profession, and It IS high time the fact was generally recognizerl. Convinced of this, a group of men and women has been working during the past few months to give form and substance to an organization designed to serve those who are concerned with development. This work has progressed to a point at which anyone devoted to a career in the Bank - probably the first international insti ­tution to pin -development" to its masthead - ought seriously to be interested.

The first step was taken in October 1957 when a group from various national and international agencies, corporations, and private firms, representing a surprising number of the traditional "professions," and coming from several countries, met at the Brookings Institution in Washington to discuss and plan. From the start there was a strong desire for an effective means of communication among workers in all parts of the vineyard. :Doctors, statisticians, budget officers, engineers, economists, administrators, agronomists and so on through the list - all gave expression to a sense of isolation in their daily work combined with a realization that all were working toward a common goal, call it development, progress, growth or what you will.

There is a sense in which the doctor and the civil engineer wrestling with the difficulties of improving methods in a primitive community have more problems in common than the doctor in that place and the doctor in Westfield, St. Cloud or Surrey. There should be some place where these problems can be discussed and experiences exchanged. Practically everyone engaged in technical assistance in the field or at the center is constantly in search of information about what training courses are available, where one can seek a scholarship for a promising man or woman in Europe or the u.S., where an otherwise competent economist can go to learn enough English to enable him to do graduate work at Harvard, and so on. There is no one place one can go to get this information today. There should be.

These are a few of the considerations that led the initiating con­ference to decide to establish an organization of professional workers in the broad field of development. . It was decided at the outset that the organization should be truly international and that it should direct its attention not to people interested in development in an academic or booster fashion but to people actually working on development problems. -Development" should be interpreted to include education, hygiene, technical fields, economics, social anthropology, management

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as well as the business of lending or giving money to promote economic development including the business of the Bank. The core of the new organization's activity would be the publication of a professional journal devoted to the problems of development in all the above senses and others with an equal claim to significance. Eventually, the journal should become the central source of info.rmation on what is going on in every relevant activity. It should become as essential to the members of the new profession as is Goings On About Townin the New Yorker to the ' sophisticated visitor to New York - and, if possible, as thorough and as lively.

Since the October meeting, an Interim Commission,an executive committee, and a number of functional committees have been formed. The Society for International Development was incorporated in January 1958. Dues were set at ten dollars per year for North American resi­dents. They will be set considerably lower for other parts of the world. About two hundred paid members have signed up without any real membership drive. Most, 'Of course, ·are from the Washington area, but twenty-one nations are already represented. Founding members have contributed over $1,000, in addition to their dues, in $50 to $100 gifts to help the Society get started. More is needed to get out the first number of the journal. Enough good material is promised or on hand for at least two issues of a journal of high quality. There is good reason to believe that suitable advertising can be obtained and that it will soon pay its way. This, of course, ·depends on the si ze and quality of its circulation, which in turn depends on membership.

All in all, those of us who have been working on the organization of the Society feel that it is well on the way. Several members of the Bank's staff are founder members. There should be many more. Those interested may call or write the Executive Secretary of the Interim Commission, Mr. Gove Hambidge, LOckwood 5-4492, 10614 St. Paul Street, Kensington, Maryland.

MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

R.M. Hudgens, Chairman; Gove Hambidge, Executive Secretary; Jerome Jacobson, Treasurer; Robert Asher, George A. Barnes, Marion Clawson, Joao Goncalves de Souza, Philip M. Glick, Michael L. Hoffman, Robert F. Lenthart, Robert L. Oshins and Ralph W. Phillips, members.

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tt- OVER THE POLE --~ by Annette Downs

Any travel weary person who is looking for a new experience and has not flown to Europe via the North Pole may be interested in knowing what to expect.

When P .A. A. opened their polar flight last year I immediately determined that I would take advantage of what would probably be my first and last chance to travel this very different route to London. It had been difficult enough obtaining my parents' consent to my planned The Author

Sydney- Washington trip. At first my mother and father were hurt that I,. their only daughter, should now want to go to Europe, and alone. Fortunately Valda Blanchard offered her company as far as Paris, so father, ,with much persuasion from mother, gave his approval, and two weeks later I found myself in Los Angeles ready to make the fascinating journey over the pole to London.

From Los Angeles the flight was different - for me, anyway. Of course one might say that, ,after looking at the Pacific Ocean for so long anything would be different but this, ,lam sure, is not so. There were just two stops. The first should not really be counted but San Francisco has a reputation for charming outsiders and though this, my first glimpse, consisted merely of having landmarks pointed out as the plane circled the city, ,I .was impressed - enough to have noted down a desire to see the place at close range one day. This favorable start set my mood for the trip.

As we flew farther north, my enthusiasm roSe in the same direction. Across the comer of Nevada, Oregon, ,Idaho,Montana and over the magnificent snow-capped Canadian Rockies into Alberta and thence across Saskatchewan, Manitoba to Hudson Bay was the route as I remember it. Night had fallen and you might imagine boredom following ­but who could be bored with the great expanse of never-ending white­ness below. And then the fleeting appearances :of the (from childhood stories CIIlegendary·) Northern lights which at times would be on the starboard and then the port side of the craft. Almost as interesting

were the reactions of various fellow passengers. There was the rather scatty-but-nice American woman who had airway bags crammed with confectionery for, ,as yet, ,unknown English cousins. She darted back and forth, watching for the reappearance of the lights and insisted,

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when the lights were on her side, that I join her to comment on the fairy-like glow. (We made a mental note to watch the effect of her exuberance on the English cousins in London.) And then there was a middle-aged English couple (he was connected with Vickers-Viscount) whose quiet enjoyment was most relaxing. Of course, there were the usual unappreciative who continued playing poker and/or consuming liquor.

When I was beginning to doubt the possibility of life anywhere below, Val excitedly indicated lights flashing at a distance of about twenty miles. These were the landing lights of Frobisher Bay runway. Frobisher is on the tip of Baffin Island and the temperature of 32 degrees belowto one who had recently left Sydney (which was sweltering in 98 degrees) could be compared with stepping into the refrigerator freezing compartment. The 100 yards across the tarmac to an apology.;. for-a tenninal seemed eternity - though what troubled me most was having to make the return trip. Still, the effect of a cup of coffee on the morale is surprising - even on the morale of one who is not partial to coffee.

On re-embarking, many passengers decided to settle for the night but we were fascinated by the varying patterns in the ice-fields below. I felt an eerie sensation at the thought that we were the only life in this cold,still world - a few people in an insignificant mechanical bird which moved unfalteringly into the night. I will tell you of my disappointment of having missed a sight that had intrigued Val during my two or three hours sleep. Apparently the occasional icebergs reflected different colors and were of many interesting fonn ations ­e specially to an imaginative mind.

The west coast of Ireland was our next sight of land, and from then on, my excitement at actually being over the British Isles preju­dices further description.

FIVE YEAR STAFF June 1958

(L to R): Richard Bateson, Reynold E. Carlson and Luis Passalacqua.

SIXTY-SEVENTH- MEMBER OF BANK AND FUND

On April 25 Morocco became the sixty-seventh member of the Bank and Fund. The Articles of Agreement were signed on behalf of the Government of Morocco by His Excellency Dr. EI-Mehdi Ben Aboud, Ambassador for Morocco in the United States. Shown here with the Ambassador is Mr. W.T.~'!. Beale, Jr., _Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.

WELCOME TO NEW STAFF - April and May

(L to R): Randi Larsen, Treasurer's Department, from Copenhagen, formerly with The Town Hall of Hvidorre, Copenhagen; Lucille Jimenez, Treasurer's Department" from La Paz, formerly with United Givers Fund, Washington; Aurora Fe Bagares, Office of the Secretary, from Manila, formerly with the Embassy of India, Wash ington; Allison L. Bodkin, Department of Operations - Western Hemisphere, from Sydney, formerly with Clyde Sales Pty. Ltd., Sydney. (Standing): Mireille Tumier, Department of Operations - Western Hemisphere, from Port-au­Prince, formerly with D.C. Tuberculosis Association, Washington; Hilda Macintosh, Administration Department, from ~1alta, form erly with Garfinckel & Co., Washington; Leo A. Grothe, Treasurer's Department, from Des Moines, formerly with American Security and Trust Co., \~'ashington; Suzanne Begue, Administration Department, from Yorkshire, England. (Unable to be present: Maria Rice, Economic Staff.)

WINNERS

LOW GROSS

Mrs• BE• .Fleming Mr. Harold Graves

Mrs. Henry Riley

Mr. Prasad Burnanisari

Mrs. Ted LM amont r. Gordon Grayson

"Hour of reckol'l

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"'''' . T." L....". Thi'" po•• Lo~ . receIves aWard from Mr. Garner. Gross ""f1rler,

TOURNAMENT

1st Prize

2nd Prize

I reckoning •..

WINNERS

LOW NET

Miss Mary Jordan

Mr. William Lowery

Mrs. David Pitblado Mr. Jose Camacho

HIGH GROSS

Miss Edith Servos

Mr. Joe Morra

(Above): A threesome - Neil Bass. Henry Riley and George Young. (Below): Jo Vi Costanzo, Edgar Jones, A"" Swilt and Raymond Gillen.

AT HOME, ABROAD AND VICE-VERSA

"Stages start from this house for China, Sardinia, Holland, Hamburg, Java, Sweden, Cuba, Harve, Italy and Penn-Yan."

This is not a schedule of plane departures from New York's Inter­national Airport but the announce­ment on a board sign outside a stage coach office in Buffalo which amused the early nineteenth century European visitor who noted it. All the destinations listed were com­parativelynearby towns or villages, the last being a small settlement of Pennsylvanians and Yankees.

The visitor, while amused, seems not to have been aware of how typically American these designa­tions were and how they reflected the American past and American character.

After Matthew Arnold visited the United States, he made some observations on "Civilization in the United States· published in 1888. He found American place names most distressing and com­mented upon the ubiquitous ville

which does indeed end the name of many a U.S. town (residents of Centreville take note!). Mr. Arnold also complained about the number of classical names which mark many American cities. He noted in par­ticular the large number between Albany and Buffalo, N.y. A visitor from a country with such delightful village names as Upper Puddle and Nether Slaughter was justified in criticizing American lack of color and imagination. But America h as been a borrowing land. It has borrowed its people, its language and its culture but it has modified and blended all these to meet its needs and nowhere is this more evident than in place names. This is the point that Matthew Arnold missed and one reason he found America uninteresting.

Today in the United States al­most any visitor from a foreign land should feel at home at least with n ames. There are, for example, eight different Londons and one England which is in Arkansas.

What's in a name - ville Representatives on our staff

Henry W. Riley Greenville. S.C.

William F. Howell New home builder near Centreville, Va.

Robert W. Cavanaugh Rouseville. Pa.

Peggy Russell Pleasantville. N.Y.

There are nine Romes and one Italy which is in Texas. There are, however, even more Moscows, ten of them, and one Russia which is in Ohio but Siberia is in Indiana and there are eightOdessas scattered around. There are eighteen Cantons, three Pekins, one Woosung and two Chinas. There are fourteen P arises but oddly no France; two Tokyos but no Japan.

Before you begin to think that the Americans had no imagination remember that there is a Looneyville, West Va., a Braggadocio and a Bachelor in Missouri as well as a Peculiar. Both Oklahoma and Arkansas have an Okay and Pie Town is in New Mexico. Smackover is in Arkansas but Ticklenaked and P okomoonshine no longer appear in the Postal Dir.ectory.

Before the American Revolution place names were controlled by the Colonial Governors or the courts and some order existed. Names were generally transplants from the Old World, rather formally com· memorative and honorific, or less frequently Indian names, often mis­understood by the settlers.

During the period of loose con­federation after the War of Inde­pendence names proliferated pre­senting serious problems to the postal service. Americans remained strongly anti-Royalist in sentiment and were impelled to name places, towns and villages for anyone who raised his sword against monarchy or in behalf of nationalism. War­

saw, county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, is an example as well as the six Bolivars and the Garibaldis. This impulse was strong enough to overcome the pronunciation difficulty when Michigan named one of its town­ships and cItIes for Demitrius Ypsilanti the great Greek patriot. This enthusiasm occasionally be­came somewhat confused as when Martin Van Buren; later to be presi­dent, heard that a village in New York was to be named Waterloo. Van Buren, an admirer of Napoleon, succeeded in having another place named Austerlitz, remarking, "There's an Austerlitz for your Waterloo!" There is still only one Austerlitz. Even with five Napoleons they are outweighed by twelve Waterloos, one Trafalgar, twelve Wellingtons and nine Nelsons.

The period of rapid expansion and increasing immigration after 1800 also left its imprint on the name structure of the country. The new arrivals brought with them the n ames they had loved. Amsterdam, there are five; Holland, there are thirteen; Luxembourg, Brussels, Zurich, Luzerne, Switzerland (in South Carolina of all places), Sweden and Greece. There are eleven Frankforts most named for Frankfort au Main but the city in Kentucky gets its name from one of a band of pioneers named Frank who alone succeeded in fording the Kentucky River only to be killed by Indians on reaching the opposite bank.

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Aberdeen, Scotland, Dublin, Ireland, Denmark tell the story of the immigration of this time; Naples, Venice, Genoa of a slightly later period. This was a period of un­usual hospitality to foreign names and it is probable that no European capital was omitted. Lisbon, P etersburgh, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Prague.

It was a period also of growing up and the effect of this was not always felicitous. America was becoming unfortunately too digni­fied and a bit stuffy. Cow Lane in Boston became High Street. New York City preferred Hurlgate which was itself a corruption of the Dutch Hellegat meaning only "bright strait." Cuckold Town on Staten Island lost its identity. In New Jersey the good English name of Maidenhead became Lawrenceville in 1816. Frontier names too be­came respectable, Outlaw's Cross Roads became another Vienna and Indian Village became Romeo.

Changes in the political admini­s tration also had an effect. :Because lots did not sell, ·Madison became I Carthage and in 1829 the town which had been known as Adams 1800 became Jackson. There are modem parallels.

The enterprising residents of the Mississippi valley saw their great river as "The American Nile- and Cairo, (which they pronounce Kay-Ro), Thebes, Memphis and Alexandria among others grew up along it. South Illinois became known as the wLand of Egyp t" and its inhabitants are often called Egyptians to this day.

In this surge of dignity the old n ames often lost out. There is still a Horsepen, Virginia; a Hells Half Acre in Wyoming and Chicago has kept its Indian name for Smelling River. Tombstone, Arizona remains but Hangtown, California now bears one of Matthew Arnold's hated suffixes. It is now Placerville.

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Gabrielle IIMer 77IB Dublin

R08e Reque from Cairo, E,ypt not lllinoi.

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owling 1957-1958 Bank-IFC Bowling Results

As anyone can see from the pictures of the bowling party (page 16) we wound up the season with a grand flourish.

The three top teams were loaded with individual champions. Four members of the Administration team won tr ophies - Eddie Donovan with the high average, Pete O'Neill with the high set, and both the Swifts distinguished themselves -- Ann with the record of high strikes and Jack as the most improved man bowler -- he improved from 79 to 97! Also on the team is JoDi Costanzo, a charming girl.

The Information team had to their credit Olga Dinneen, wfth the women's high average, and Doris Eliason with the most spares.

The Printing team had three winners, namely Bob Gardner, with the high strikes, Lou Pizza with the high spares, and Gayle Davis, who improved her average from 77 to 86.

Champions from, ·Iam afraid, .undistinguished teams were Shirley P erram, who took the high set prize; both winners of the high game prizes, Moodi Burney and Ann Rozeck; and the high flat game winners, Shirley Boskey and Enrico Marziali. Enrico, with the High Flat trophy in hand, left the party and found that he had a real Low type of Flat on his car and had to change the tire then and there.

And that's that for this season.

I~TERNATIONAL COOKING CORNER

Mrs. John Bladen very kindly contributed the following delicious

dessert recipe: DANISH CHERRY BANANA PIE

1 8 oz. package cream cheese 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 package Danish dessert 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup port wine or cranberry juice 1/8 teaspoon vanilla flavoring 1 tablespoon milk Sprinkle of salt 3 mediu.m sized bananas 1 cup whipped cream 1 9" baked pie shell Toasted coconut

Directions: Prepare Danish dessert as indicated on package. Use

only 1-1/2 cups water, stir in juice, mixing until cooled. Blend cream cheese in small bowl with milk, sugar, nutmeg, vanilla and salt. Spread this mixture over the bottom and up the sides of the pie shell. Mix sliced bananas into cooled Danish dessert and spoon into the cheese­lined pie shell . Refrigerate overnight. Before serving add a border of whipped creali' and sprinkle with toasted coconut.

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For your summer reading the following books have been added to the Staff Relations Circulating Library, Room 200-E:

MACKEREL PLAZA IN A MONTH, IN A YEAR by Peter De Vries by Francoise Sagan

TWO WOMEN THE MOUNTAIN ROAD by Alberto Moravia by Theodore H. White

SO MERCIFUL THE QUEEN THE HEART OF INDIA by Alice Harwood by Alexander Campbell

MARY OF HUNGARY THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY by Jane de longh by John K. Galbraith

========1 'TRADING POST5====== FOUND: At Golf Tournament, May 28, ladies cream colored golf

cap and a putter. Owner{s) please call Ext. 3951.

FOR SALE: Water colors, scenes of Paris. Framed or unframed. Very reasonable. Please call Ext. 3038 if interested.

Religious souvenirs from the Holy Land. Please call Ext. 3376.

Cocker puppies, pure bred, blond, two months old, AKC registered, 2 males 150 each, 1 female 135. Please call Ext. 3349.

SUMMER SUBLETS: June 22 to July 23, one bedroom furnished apartment with terrace overlooking the park, the Woodner, t196a month. Call Ext. 3951.

June 25 to September 18, furnished efficiency in the Westchester. Reasonable. Call Ext. 3951.

June 27 to August 30, completely furnished three bedroom, 1-112 bath home. North Vernon Street, Arlington. Swimming pool privileges. 1140 a month. Call Ext. 3951.

Month of July, furnished efficiency in Quebec House, 1110. Call Ext. 3951.

July 1 to September 30, efficiency, Que Street, N. W., 1100 a month. Call Ext. 3951.

August 3 for six or eight weeks, two bedroom apartment (youth bed and crib in second bedroom) in Virginia. Ten minutes from downtown Washington. Children's playground, tennis courts. 1150 a month with all utilities included. Call Ext. 3951.

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FOR RENT: July 1 for 1B to 24 months, two level home, three bedrooms, den, two baths, living room-dining area, fully equipped kitchen, utility room with washer, drier; shaded flag terrace; swimming pool and tennis court privileges, walking distance to schools. Fur­nished or unfurnished. In Hollin Hills. Call SO 5-610B.

WANTED: Ride from Columbia Pike and Glebe Road to Bank and return during month of July. Please call Nada Sah, Ext. 3376.

Ride to Bank and return from vicinity of Ridge Road and G Streets, S.E. Please call Gayle Davis, Ext. 32B5.

9~ WEDDING: Nita Munoz and Jim

Reid were married in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on June 7. Nita wore a white silk organza gown trimmed with seed pearls. Her attendants were Lydia Bilbrey in a lavender gown, Helen o 'N eill in pale green and Lori West (a family friend) in light blue. They wore small feather hats of the same shade.

ENGAGEMENTS: Jill Longuet recently made the happy announce­ment of her engagement to Barry Williamson. Barry and Jill are both New Zealanders. Barry is in the States for sales experience with Bristol Myers Company.

Of interest to many sta~f members is the news from Glen Falls, N.Y.,

of the engagement of Eugenia McCaw to James Thorn of Montreal. The couple will be married on June 21 at Diamond Point.

FIRST SONS! Paul J ai Sekhri, son of Betty and Man Mohan was born April 26 in George Washington Hospital. Paul J ai weighed 7 lbs.

Luigi Renato Morelli, son of Lucretia and G.P., was born April 29 in George Washington Ho spital. Luigi weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz.

J ames and Lucille Cofield proudly announced the adoption of a . little son whom they have named Lenord.

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Dr. F awzi Habib who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Economics on May 31 at Duke University, Dur­ham, N.C.

~ IN MEMORIAM ~

Jules Friedman, brother of Ann Friedman, San Francisco, April 7; Ralph F. Shippam, father of Mavis Shippam, April 17, Reston, Canada; Alice B. MacKenzie, mother of Grace E. MacKenzie, May 30, Norwood, Canada.

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I. FIRST PLACE: Administration. (L to R): Jack Swift, Pizza (High Spares); Mr. Black; Gayle Davis (Most (Most Improved Bowler - Men); Ann Swift (High Strikes); Improved Bowler - Women); Florence Doleman; and BobP Mr. Black; Jo DiCostanzo; Pete O'Neill (High Set); and Gardner (High Strikes). (Team member not shown ­Eddie Donovan (High Average). 2. SECOND PLACE: J1l. Walter Zollinhofer.) 4. Ann Rozeck, Women's High Information. (L to R): Olga Dinneen (High Average); Game winner. 5. "The President's' table. 6. IFC had Mr. Black; Doris Eliason (High Spares); and Bill Bennett. a winner. 7. Bowling League President, Shirley Boskeyft. (Team members not shown - Harold Graves and Florence and Mr. Black. 8. Dancing was enjoyed by all. 9. Shirley Perras.) 3. THIRD PLACE: Printing. (L to R): Lou Perram, High Set winner. is congratulated by Mr. Black.T

Y MAYFLOWER HOTEL - EAST ROOM BOWLING PARTY - MAY 16, 1958