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Evening star., 1935-09-15
By Florence S. Bergman

IL tOf CrtC os DCf .JptN"
MERICA'S faith in the 'little
n red school house" is as funda-
~ mental as its faith in the
A n Constitution Of the United
States, even though the school house
is no longer little" and preferably
not red" The public schools, both
primary and secondary. continually
give evidence to justify this national
faith in them. Most recent proof
takes the form of a great exhibition
of works of art by high school stu
dents, which is to open next Thursday
at the National Gallery of Art. 1t
is held under the joint auspices of
the American Federation of Arts, a
national organization for the cultiva-
ton of the arts, with headquarters in
Washington, D. c., and the Scholastic,
national high school weekly
magazine.
This is not "just another art exhi-
bition." 1t has as many facets as a
well-cut diamond. 1t will provide par
ents, educators, sociologists, psychol-
ogistS and art critics with plenty
of food for thought" according to
their varied points of view; it will
give children a goal to aim for, and
for the lay public, which merely
wants entertainment, it will prove
TO be great fun.
For the first time a scholastic ex-
hibition is to be shown in Wash
ington. But for the past eight years
such an exhibition has terminated
a Nationwide competition in which
participate 100000 art students OF
high schools of about 700 cities and
towns in the United States, including
Washington. In addition an inter-
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mainly to report. placing little en-
phasis on argument. His book, there
fore, would seem to hold information
which will be useful and timely.
The principal value of the work
lies in its reports of the tangle skein
of the financing, ownership and con-
.trol of the leading holding COM
panies Important data to this end
have been included, taken from that
gathered by the House committee in
its investigation. There are also quo
tations from statements by the Fed
eral Power Commission and the Fed
eral Trade Commission, but Mr.. Hen
dricks. significantly, remarks that he
will not vouch for the statements
themselves nor the integrity Of either
body.
The work is clearly intended to be
fair and, while it contains reports
showing the evils of holding COM
panies, We also have the authors
somewhat wistful remark in his
preface that he thinks There must
be some virtuous holding companies" )"
This seems, however, to be chiefly an
expression of faith. Mr.. Hendricks
does not tell us why he thinks so.
OF interest to Washingtonians par
ticularly will be his references to the
Washington PLAN" by which the
rates of the Potomac Electric Power
Co. are adjusted annually under
sliding scale arrangement, and also
his reports Of the methods and cor
porate arrangements of the Asso-
ciated Gas & Electric Co, the insult
empire and other company institu-
tions which have Washington inter-
ests or connections.
On the whole 1t is a helpful book.
although it must be added that the
technical treatment Of the subject
makes it a volume for serious reading
only.
THE GOLDEN CORD. BY Warwick
Deeping. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
THIS is new Deeping, done in the
old manner. 1t is the story of a
mothers devotion to her son and of
his success, due to her encourage
ment and wisdom. If you like your
Deepings-and almost everybody ap-
pears to do so-you will get it. And
it is most unlikely that. having gotten
it, you will be disappointed.
Evening star., 1935-09-15
NEWS AND REVIEWS OF THE LATEST BOOKS-AR NOTES
EXHIBIT OF STUDENT ART
Notable Display of the Work of High School Pupils Opening
arNational Gallery on Thursday Gives Youth
New Goal to Aim For

Parents, teachers and others asSo-
ciated with children will not be sur
prised at the high quality of the work
shown. But the many adults whose
contacts with children are limited to
those who trample their lawns, or
those they merely read about in maya
zine articles treating children en-
masse, either as youth movements or
citizens of the future to whom torches
are handed. will have some of their
preconceived notions pulverized by a
stroll through the foyer Of the Ma
tional Gallery of Art while this high
school art exhibition is on view.
Undoubtedly the dominant impress
sion of the exhibition will be the eX-
cellence of the work But next to
that, perhaps the most striking fea-
ture is the absence of the depression
as a "leit motif" Yet these young
artists ages range from IL to %,
with most of them in the middle
teens; their most impresSionable yea:S
have been lived through the depres-
sion.
We are frequently reading of the
blight to young souls" and what
reckoning these disillusioned young
people will bring about" If this is
true, it seems strange that phases Of
hardship have not become dominan:
subject matter, for the young artists
were obviously given freedom of
choice. Attached to every item sub
mitted was a QUESTIONABLE. chiefly
factual; but one question which the
student artist had to answer, source
Of inspiration for the work submit
ted, elected replies of enormous in
terest.
Any one who cared to tabulste
Evening star., 1935-09-15
Books Received
Nnn-Eiction.

NOH- IcLhUu.
THE STORY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
BY Henry Thomas. Boston; Win
chell- Thomas Co.
LIFE BEGINS, BY Morris Braude.
Chicago: Argus Books.
TEACH YOURSELF TO SWIM. BY
Margaret Penton Hamilton. Chi
cago: Albert Whitman Co.
IS ANY ONE SANE. BY Carl Abby.
Boston: Meador Publishing Co.
THE KEY TO SHAKESPEARE. BY
TIL. T. Maze. Boston: Meador Pub
fishing Co.
THE DU POINT DYNASTY. BY John
K. Winkler. New York: Reynal g.
Hitchcock.
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN
THE POSTWAR YEARS. BY
Frank H. Simons. Baltimore: The
Johns Hopkins Press.
THE SINO-JAPANESE CONTRO-
VERSY AND THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS. BY Westel w. Will
loughby. Baltimore: The Johns
Hopkins Press.
A MARRIAGE MANUAL. By Drs.
Hannah and Abraham Stone. New
York: Simon g. Shuster.
THE ROMANCE OF HASSIDISM. BY
Jacob S. Minkin. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
THE WAR OF THE COPPER KINGS.
By c. B. Glasseock. Indianapolis
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
A PRINTER TELLS THE PRESI-
DENT. BY H. Ellenoff. New York
Published by the author.
FAMOUS CATHEDRALS AND THEIR
STORIES. BY Edwin Rayner. New
York: Grosset & Dunlap.
Fiction.
THE STRANGER WITHIN. BY Mat
thew Trill. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Co.
FIELDS OF GoMoRRAH. BY Nelia
Gardner White. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Co.
FOUR GARDENS. BY Margery Sharp.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
COUNTRY HOLIDAY. BY Frances
Woodhouse. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
ENTER PSMITH. BY P. G. Wode-
house. The Macmillan Co.
Juveniles.
LUCK OF THE ROLL AND GO. BY
Ruth and Latrobe Carroll. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
THE SAINTONS GO TO BETHLE-
HEM. BY Helen and Violet Max
well. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL
LAMP. illustrated by Elizabeth
Mackinstry. New York: The Mac
MILAN Co.
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boy, an American OF Russian-P Polish
parentage, submitted so pieces OF
work, in various media and in such
diverse treatments (realistic, imagina-
tive, abstract all executed with ap-
parently equal facility, that he was
accorded the unique honor Of exhibit.
ing them as one-Student group.
Quite a number of these will be
found in the National Gallery exhibi-
ton, including the five which re-
ceived prizes.
1--WE Washington, D. C., art stu.
dents won places in the exhibi-
ton: Ben Lyon Freshman, Central
High School, whose teacher is Jessie
Baker, and four girls who studied
under Norma Bose at Roosevelt High
School, Gertrude Crane, Janet Major
Eldridge, Nancy Hall and Eleanor
Smith Their works are numbered
237 to 24l.
1t seems invidious to mention even
these few young artists names, when
more than 100 have done work just
as commendable Children of old
American stock $50 far as one can
judge by names give a magnificent
account of themselves; while those
whose names suggest European or
igins give abundant evidence of the
rich talents which immigration has
contributed to this country.
Visitors to the exhibition will find
it interesting to compare the works
by American students with those in
the small section by school children
Of Canada, Austria, Denmark, Ger
many. Italy and Poland. Considered
in proportion to its size, the foreign
section gives evidence of more en-
phasiS on design and also of a more
sombre outlook on the part of foreign
children. War subjects, street fights,
death in various symbolic guises have
occupied young European minds. One
interesting project in this section
comprises number of tailpieces util-
izing the word FINS" A skeleton
hand on piano keys Illuminated by
a guttering candle: a scythe and
wheat and dandelion seed pods scat
tered by breeze, are some of their
conceptions.
All who are mentally begged down
with thoughts of unemployment, un-
balanced budgets, war in Africa and
the myriad other plaques to peace of
mind, should visit the scholastic ex-
hibition and forget for a little while
their anxieties and perplexities. Op-
portunity TO see this work lasts until
October 7.
Evening star., 1935-09-15
NEW NOVEL OF FAMILY LIFE
Francis Brett Youns White Ladies' Tells the Story of the
Rise of Household ofEne nelsh Industrialists.
Other Recent Fiction
Other Recent Fiction.

tive men and women of quality and
the compromises and solutions which
they find for the existences. All this
has been done before, but usually to
fit preconceived concept. Mr. Wight
writes as If his were the first book to
be composed on the subject, and al
ways with painters detachment. It
makes one wonder whether painters
should not be set to writing and
writer's to painting, possibly, in the
interests of better art.
A criticism which comes to mind.
however, would seem to refute the
idea, engaging though 1t is. And that
is that a series of pictures, without an
inherently related plot, is not really
novel. And that is the case with
South" The thread OF connection
between the pictures-that is, the
psychological difficulties OF the hero
and his wife-runs fairly thin at
times, and only the compulsion of the
authors vision carries one on.
But, If South" almost falls short
of being a novel, it is still very much a
book. And books are relatively much
rarer. One can hardly complain about
that.
THE DIPLOMACY OF THE AMER
ICAN REVOLUTION. BY Samuel
Flagg Bemis. New York: Pub
lished for the American Historical
Association by D. Appleton-C Cen
tury Co.
IN THIS book a well-equipped author
tells OF the tangled skeins of in
trigue which, in the days Of the Amer
ican Revolution, reached across the
ocean and tied the struggle Of the
Colonies into European politics. AL
though the subject has been treated
Evening star., 1935-09-15

than fiction. One would like to see
Secrets of the White Lady" on the
best seller lists. One has a feeling
that it may appear there, too.
BROTHERS THREE. BY John M.
Oskison. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
GAYS the publisher Of this work,
- This is an unusual novel of the soil
and Of an American family" "
And in all but one particular the
statement is true 1t is a novel of the
soil, certainly. 1t is about an Ameri-
can family also. But it is not unusual.
1t falls very easily into the category
of the large, thick. substantial books
on the same subjects that have gone
before. 1t is quite genuine, one feels.
1t is seriously intended and carefully
done. And it is unremarkable. 1t
does not interest one greatly. 1t does
not stir one at all.
The soil in question here is Okla
homa, beginning in 1873 and coming
down to the present. The family is
that of Francis Odell-his three sons.
They are born on the farm, they vari-
ously depart from it. but in the end
they realize that it is good. Whole
some, substantial and meritorious on
the whole is their story. And, like
human beings Of the same qualities, it
must be said, trifle dull.
A HOUSE TOO OLD. BY Mark
Schorer New York: Reynal g.
Hitchcock.
COMING out OF Wisconsin with a
favorable review by Miss Zona
Gale. this novel would seem to be
placing a heavy bid for the attention
Evening star., 1935-09-15
Foot Ball Season

Continued From First PageO
ole University yearly puts forth a
team that commands the respect of
all and sundry.
Maryland, too, has moved forward.
and now comes old Georgetown thun-
dering back into the picture. In an
other season or so, if the Hilltop
trend continues, Georgetown may dis
pute the right of George Washington
or any other school to rule the Capital
foot ball roost-and if it does, may
be dropped by Maryland.
There never has been anv serious
friction between Georgetown and
Maryland, nor between Catholic Uni
versity and George Washington. A
State institution with no public high
school foot ball, Maryland couldn't
hope to compete with a national set
up such as Georgetown's so long as
the Hilltoppers capitalized on the ad-
vantage, so Maryland merely held of
playing foot ball with the Blue and
Gray until the Hilltoppers clipped
themselves to the Terrapin measure.
George Washington abandoned its
game with Catholic University almost
altogether for business reasons, ac-
cording to its own explanation. The
Colonials said they put a lop-sided
majority of the customers in the
stands, but divided the gate equally
with the Cards
Jim PiXlee reasoned that he could
do better not only in a financial way,
but in the matter of picking up pres
tige by bringing in colorful teams
from distance. He may have proved
his case. Anyway. the Buff and Blue
has drawn better than any other
team in the city'S history, with at
tendance at George Washington
games growing from year to year.
But if it should come to pass in the
next year or two that C. w and c.
U. find themselves tops for this baili-
wick, it shouldn't be surprising to see
them battling again. Ideals galore
are nurSed by educational institutions,
both in class room and on the field
of play, but it might be difficult TO
find a school anywhere that would
pass up an opportunity to till a siz-
able hunk of dough at the expense
of a small infringement on an ideal
or at the risk of a little political or
Strategical loss.
You won't find any gridiron critic
who will deny that the Big -Four of
Washington foot ball are passing up
an opportunity to help themselves
financially in a big way, or that they
are not withholding something from
their own patrons that nearly all
would relish. After listening to a
great variety of explanations from
college foot ball leaders as TO why the
thing isn't done, one gains the i'm
preston that they're swallowing a lot
of camels, and making herculean ges-
lures toward a swarm Of gnats.
A ND while the four schools classed
as Metropolitan Washington in
stitutions. at least IN an athletic sense,
are carrying on thinly veiled scrap
for patronage, instead of helping each
other and the game, the United States
Navy may steam in and give 'em
something over which to worry plenty.
The Middies are extremely popular
with Washington folk, in every way.
and particularly in the line of sport.
Thousands of Washingtonians brave
traffic jams and hard weather to see
the Sailors perform at Annapolis with
high-grade attractions current in their
own city.
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THE popularity of the competition
and advisability of giving high
school students throughout the coun-
try an opportunity to view the work
of their fellows caused the Amer
ican Federation of Arts to take over
several hundred outstanding items
from the Scholastic exhibition of 1882
for circulation throughout the United
States. This enterprise has been re-
peated annually.
The present exhibition to be shown
at the National Gallery comprises all
of the material to be circulated by
the American Federation of Arts and
in addition groups of metal work,
jewelry and ceramics which Maurice
r. Robinson, editor of Scholastic,
is to bring with him to Washington
this week, when he comes to install
the exhibition. These additional
groups will not be circulated be-
cause of danger of damage in transit.
Hence Washington will have a more
comprehensive view Of high school
art than any of the cities which are
subsequently to see the travelling ex-
hibitions. The National Gallery show
will be divided into four approx
mately equal groups, which will go
from here to Philadelphia, Elmira, N.
Y; Topeka, Kans., and the West
Coast, respectively, and will continue
to travel from those points until next
Summer.
High school art students apparently
find no medium too difficult to tackle.
The exhibition includes paintings in
oil, water color and colored inks,
drawings in pen and ink, pencil, vari-
Gus kinds of crayon, charcoal and
pastel; etchings, drypoints, aquatints,
linoleum and woodblock prints;
handicrafts in leather, pottery, tex
tiles, metal work, jewelry. sculpture.
woodworking and mechanical draw
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Evening star., 1935-09-15

Of before, perhaps in no work has an
author demonstrated more conclusive
ly fact that is much neglected in
the ordinary teaching of history in
our own schools. That is that our
Revolution was essentially a world
war. or at least, a part of world war.
1t is a tale of such intricacy that it
is not easy to follow. Mr.. Bemis, how
ever, presupposes no very great knowl-
edge of his subject on the readers
part, and it is possible. from his book,
to trace the devious threads through.
Casting the rosy assumption Of sym
pathy" aside. he shows the stake
which each Of the European nations
had in the freedom or subsection OF
the Colonies. This involves not mere
ly France, as our elementary histories
teach, but Spain and Holland. In
fact, the part which Spain played in
the struggle is surprising to the reader
who has gathered his impressions
from the orthodox sources.
The European setting is what has
concerned the author The intrigues
that took place on this side of the
water have not specially interested
him, He deals almost entirely with
the diplomatic maneuverings that took
place in the foreign courts and takes
up the work of the American agents
chiefly as they fit into those negotia-
tions.
It is valuable, if difficult work.
It ought to command the genuine in
terest of adult readers, whether they
have a special tenderness for the sub
ject or not.
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HAPPI-
NESS. BY Boris Sokolofi, M. d.
New York: Simon g. Shuster.
IN THIS not uninteresting work
medical man tells us about the
therapeutic value of being happy. 1t
seems unlikely that it will remake
the world, or even very shortly change
mortality statistics, although we
should, we are told in its pages,
normally live 120 years. But it may
have some value for people who are
already hardy enough to believe that
happiness can be achieved And 1t
does not make bad reading. In fact,
in places it goes along uits quite
arresting common sense.
To the careful reader 1t would
sometimes seem that the author mas
a more profound idea of human har-
mony than he cares to express openly.
for it Is an idea which, If expressed
openly, would undoubtedly be subject
to much Interpretation. The roots
of happiness, he says, lie in self
confidence, self-assertion and crea-
ton. He is a Russian, scientist ana
obviously something of a mystic. It
makes a promising combination any
way. --.
GREEN RUsHEs. BY Maurice
Walsh. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Co.
A BOOK of romantic short stories
dealing with the sorrows and
joys of five pairs of very Irish lovers.
Reading it one feels that to be Irish
would be enough. No review is neces-
sary.
SOPHOMOREs BROAD. BY
Charles Macomb Flandrau. New
York: D. Appleton Century Co.
CTRONG men and lovely women
who can remember the nineties
have been said to exclaim with JOY
over the present volume. The true
spirit of those days, it seems. Is In 1t.
that spirit which, to the unfortunate
born oo-lates, seems to have been
blending Of what the coy slang Of toe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-20
CLOSE RACEFOR Al'
 SCORING HONORS IN CANAAN LOOP
Runge, Carrigan and Jack
 son Out for Hockey Title

Boston, March 20 = (UP) - With Paul Runge of the Quebec Beavers. and Gene Carrigan of the Boston Cubs, tied with 55 points each. and Lloyd Jackson of the New Haven Eagles, one point be- hind, the race for scoring honors in the Can-Am League will con- tinue through the final game. All three have two more games to play
 Runge has scored more goals than Carrigan, 25 as against IS, but Carrigan has made 37 assists compared with Runge's 30. Saunds CTS of the Philadelphia Arrows, also has 25 goals to his credit, but with only IT assists, his 42 points give him fifth place tie with his teammate, Forslund.
 Other leading scorers are Gau- dreault and Harrington, Provi-' dence, 48; Lowery and Rivers. Providence, Al, and Circus, Bos- ton, 36.
 Doran of Quebec has been charged with the most penalties, 46 minor and one major. He is followed by Reid of New Haven with 38 minors, and Mitchell of New Haven, 35 minor, one major, and one match penalty. Mitchelfs match penalty was the only one meted out during the season, while only five majors have been called.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-20
RIVAL PILOTS IN MODERATE OVER CTTYLOOP SPLIT
Owner of Top Percentage
 Undecided After Two Meetings
BY H. P. McGRATH


 The sporting element in the city was interested today in the result of the meeting of city amateur basketball league pilots held at the Central YMCA last night and at which the business procedure was interrupted upon several occasions by Manager Myles A. Kelley of the championship Brooklyn A. C. and the Irish-Americans both of whom treasury allotted for the first place than. the B.. A. C. but were defeat club from the section where men are gentlemen and their attitude is not to be trifled with.
 , Spoke His Piece
 In a voice that was not soft nor lined with silken threads or honey Manager Kelley insisted uon the championship club being named while the session was still young. He was of course told that the B. A. c. was the winner and he there fore laid claim to what he consid- CTS to be his. Manager Gaughan refused to give any ground and in fact only gave an argument. In addressing Manager Kelley at one time he said: 'All you want is everything" Kelley retaliated in calling the. Shamrock proxy the "Huey Long of Waterbury," In- asmuch as these personalities be- came involved both managers went further, Kelley accusing the Irish of being the reason why the league had its poorest season and Gaughan% stating that the Brook lyns could settle everything imme- diately if they could see both sides of the Questionfl. To have either rap on the table for emphasis was not unusual.
 Other managers present included Thomas Carney of the Thomas club, Louie Darlington of the Car ringtons and Eddie Bagley of the Sacred Hearts. All\were present at the questionable meeting at which 1t is said there was change made in the division of the spells. Ac- cording to records the change was to the effect that the teams enter into a tournament and the finances ASLASA LAA OuSA thC tOulACy pC split eight ways evenly, and the winner was to be the opponent of the Irish in the playoff.
 Out of League
 Manager Kelley threatened to withdraw the Brooklyns and play independent ball next season, claiming that without the B. A. C.. the league would be a decided ''f1op." It is believed that he in tends to show on the same day in an attempt to cut in on the league crowd.
 Both managers agree that they will not accept anything but the "A per cent and at the present time 1t seems that the division will not be made in the near future.
 The proceeds of the first series after all expenses have been aid amount to $128.00 and the profits of the tournament have reached the grand total of $38.00
 Other managers seem to realize that it would be almost useless to enter into a controversy over the few dollars that they will have coming to them. According to the figures first place money amounts to S35.47 while second place team gets $27.80; third. fourth and fifth are even with $2O.53 each; sixth gets $15.00; seventh, $13.71; and last S12.43