European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes faces places collection Caps lesson on meaning behind a million theres nothing like a Little Handson experience ask Roscoe Fleming and his sixth Grade social studies class in pcs they with the help of students in about 100 the meaning of a last when Fleming was explaining to his class about million Dollar deficits and defense it occurred to him the 23 students had no concept of what the number i million he ordered a class project collect i million bottle they liked the they thought they could do it in three Fleming but after a Short while i decided at the rate we were going we would never reach our so the year teaching Veteran assigned each student two states and told them to write other elementary schools for about 100 schools were contacted and the bottle Caps started pouring in from Dela Georgia and other in Ralph Fisk eff of Probstfield elementary school said his 90 sixth Grade students collected bottle mainly at driven in about 10 i have of them As of this Flem a teacher at Bryant elementary school in and i have More than coming in Fleming said the students also improved their writing skills by writing respectful letters to asking them if they the concept of the number 1 Mil they asked things Why is there so much Money going to the nicaraguan rebels and questions about Why millions of dollars arc being spent on Star wars and the my missile he i wrote letters to the fraternities and sororities in Ames and got bottle said Robbyn Benja i glad we did its a Nice feeling to know we accomplished we didst realize How much i million is until we got about Halfway then we saw How much it but we knew we could do it from the Flemings students also calculated exactly what i million bottle Caps represented they weigh about if they were placed one atop the stack would be Miles they represent More than in who thinking of retiring next said the Caps about 200 bags of them will be taken by moving Van from the school to the statehouse to show its taken a lot of time and Effort but the education Al Quality has been something  never forget and i wont he would he order a similar class assignment maybe ill have the students collect i million dimes for my retirement he May 1985 w m so wic cat ducking in out of the weather a photo a Brood of downy ducklings huddles under a Mother Mallard during a Spring rain in by fall the tiny waterfowl will be on their ready to Wing their Way South for the lord Byron manuscript revealed the existence of a piece of prose fiction apparently written by the romantic poet lord Byron As a satirical attack on his critics was disclosed in London the allegory was discovered four years ago by professors Leslie Marchand and John Murray As they pored Over byrons letters in Murray Marchand is a retired Rutgers University scholar who is byrons official Murray Heads the company that bears his which has published byrons poetry and personal its a bit said who described the work As Between and words Long and set in the time when the turkish terrorized Central and the important thing is that it is the first piece of prose fiction we have Ever found by Murray said that the handwriting and the nature of the paper on which the Story was found left no doubt that it was i have a lot of experience with Byron he this is the real the Story apparently was written during the tumultuous period leading up to byrons decision in at the age of to separate from his wife and leave he had already become a famous thanks to the publication in 1812 of the first two cantos of Childe harolds pilgrimage and several turkish tales in verse in 1813 and his private life was wracked by scan dal and Battles with the poet died in prior to the discovery of the the Only significant examples of byrons prose were his Jour and two speeches in the House of mar Chand has been editing the letters and the first volume of which was published last the Story will be published with a foreword by Marchand and with punctuation changes by him to make it easier to according to Murray said that the delay in revealing the existence of the Story reflected his and Marchands inability to figure out what to do with it since there was no other discovery of any substantial prose pieces in byrons a it didst fit with either the poetry or the so we finally decided to see if a periodical might be inter ested in publishing he All in the family Tenor Placido unperturbed by a 35minute delayed Start to his performance in the title role of an Drea took a series of rapturous curtain Calls at London Royal opera House and then threw a party for All the 300 As admirers crowded he said covent Garden is More like a everyone Here works to make life As easy As possible and 1 am very fond of the and the ottersk1n Kyj now on Sale at most stars and stripes i bookstores