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Evening star., 1946-01-27
Concert Schedule

lODAY.
National Symphony Orchestra. nr
s. aans Kinder, conductor; Andres
tuition Hall, pm.
Caroiina Randell, violinist; Garriet
Grant, w,sh, ceiiist; Jean Appel, pianist:
Wiiburta Horne Oleson, soprano;
MUSIC Hour, YwCA, 4:30 pm.
1ehsr Isrv strins Quartet, National GAL
TOMORROW.
FRIDAY Morning Music Club, student
u memoers :, program, Arts Club.
National f,a sti.snan Lutheran Chorus, R. E. snes-
$50 pm.
s.Ts rsstsI s.nsg ssIssu Msuss .,sq,, ssa,r.s son.
Henri Temianka, yioiinist: Leonard
Teeitsi Ibrary q afee1o1sse consres.. s0sass s:se
TUESDAY.
Philadelphia Orchestra. Eugene Or
mandy, conductor; Rudolf Serkin,
ssiaaniss' s.ao : ~ soioist; Constitution Hall.
soldiers H Home symphon.tte, stan.
lev Hall, $40 pm.
Rita Nicholson. soprano, sons re.
cttal. YMCA, $40 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Capt. William T. santsimsnr,.
leader; Richard Joiner, Clarinet,
soloist; Marine Barracks, Sis pm.
Henri TeniAnka, yiolinist; Leonard
shure, pianist; Beethoven sonata
recital. Library Of consress. $40
THURSDAY.
Vivian Della Chiesa, soprano, sons
recital. Constitution Hall, $3.50 3. m.
Soldiers Home Symphonette, Stanley
Hall, $50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Mornins Music Club, Elsa
Raner, violinist; Rosemarie Romer,
soprano; Ramona Palmer, niezzo-
SOPRANO: Barker Hall. YWCA, 1880
Navy Band, 1t. Charles Brendler.
leat ir, Departmental Auditorium,
$50 pm.
Marine Band. Marine Barracks. L pm.
Henri Temianka, violinist; Leonard
Shure, pianist. Beethoven sonata
recital, Library of Congress, $3.50
SATURDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks, 2 pm.
Soldiers Home symphonette, Stanley
HALL $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Book Reviews in Brief
TATEAdG

=
Manuments in Cedar. by Edward
l.. Keithahn. Roy Anderson A
little volume on the significance of
totem poles. The author is curator
librarian of Alaska's Historical Lii
brary and Museum.
YOUR STICK.
The Romance Behind Walking
Canes, by William J. Burtscher.
tDorrance) A collection of infor-
nation about famous canes in his
tory.
YOUR DESTINY.
Modern Numcrology, by Morris C.
Goodman. (Ackerman.) A book
modestly announced as one that will
enable any one to make adjust
ments concerning love and mar
riage, a career or profession, busi-
ness and household matters, and
all the other things that arise in
the daily lives of all of U.s." Your
own risk.
YOUNG LAWYERS.
Studying Law, edited by Arthur
T. Vanderbilt. washington Square
Publishing Corp A collection of
papers on the study of law taken
from the writings of famous jurists.
JOBS AND BUSINESS.
Job Guide, edited by Sydney H.
Kasper. public Affairs Press, CA
handbook on employment opportu-
mites in leading industries.
101 Ways to Be Your Own Boss.
by Michael Gore. CARGO Publish
ing Coz Directions for successfully
building up your own business in
10l different fields.
UNITED NATIONS.
Peace. Security and the United
Nations. edited by Hans Morgen-
thau. University of Chicago Press
A book announced as an effort ito
relate the Omitted Nations) Char
ter to the world by dealing with the
concrete political factors which will
determine its success or failure in
years to come.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Gezuntite the Knight
Learns What to Do
About Screams
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Junior Brilliant, II
Paul Junior Hiah School


Once upon time, Gezuntite the
Knight was riding along on his
horse Radish when he heard a
scream. Then he heard another
and another. He discovered they
were code message, so he got out
his pad and pencil and started de-
coding. Gezuntite was once a Boy
Scout, so he decoded it quickly.
When he had finished, the mes
sage spelled HELP. Now, since
Gezuntite had never gone to school,
he didn't know what HELP
spelled. so he went 20 miles, to the
nearest town, and asked the Wise
Man. But the Wise Man happened
to be faker who had got by telling
the townspeople moron jokes. He
had not gone to school himself, so
he told Gezuntite to go ask King
Hot Foot.
So Gezuntite went so miles to the
Capital City. He bribed the palace
guards by telling them the words
to "Chickery Chick" and walked
boldly into the throne room. He
went right to the king, who was in
a good mood, and asked him what
HELP spelled. Now the king was
very learned and he told Gezuntite
that it spelled help.
Gezuntite knew that very beau
tiful maiden lived in the vicinity of
the screams, and his face bright
ened.
He rode back the 70 miles to
where he had first heard the
screams. but just as he arrived he
saw his rival, Lord Nottingham van
Snootch, carrying the maiden away,
leaving a dead dragon behind.
Gezuntite just sat down and cried.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Rock Greek Park
Is Pleasant Retreat
From CITY Life
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Paul Sheafs, Is
al Junior Hieh School.

Ance Deal Junior Hlsn SChoOl.
"A park worthy Of great people. :"
This was said in 1865 by Maj. N.
Michler. reporting to the Senate on
Rock Creek Park. Congress pur-
chased 1906 acres for the park in
1890. This has been added to, and
now the park covers an area OF
1,737 acres.
The rocks strewn along the creek
once were huge mountain range
3 to miles high But through the
ages, wind and water slowly wore
down the high peaks until. today,
only small remnants are left.
Indians inhabited the park, too,
using it as hunting and fishing
ground. weapons were made from
the boulders along the shore.
Today Rock Creek Park serves as
a pleasant retreat from the every
day life of Washington. Bird and
nature lovers have a busy time in
the woods and fields of this large
area. Occasionally, foxes and SIM
liar animals can be seen. A natural
history class can benefit from trips
into the park. There are many
|recreational facilities which make
it pleasant place to spend a warm
Sunday afternoon in early spring
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Concerts Feature SOlOists

The celebrated Spanish born gui-
tariSt, Andres Segovia, will be the
soloiSt with the National Symphony
Orchestra at its concert this after
noon at o'clock in Constitution
Hall. He will play Ponce's Con-
cierto del Sur" written especially
for him and given its American
premiere recently by Mr.. Segovia in
New York.
1t is only within the last years
that the famous guitarist, whose life
work has been to achieve recogni-
ton of his instrument as a concert
medium, has appeared in large halls
or with orchestras. Because of the
small volume of sound of the guitar
and the difficulty in acquiring a
concerted series of tone, the artist
was discouraged by his first teachers
to attempt to exploit 1t for the per-
1ormance of serious music in the
concert hall. His first recital in
Granada was given lukewarm praise,
but his persistence finally won him
the acclaim of Europe, South Amer
lea and this country, where he made
his debut in 1923 as the worlds
greatest guitarist comparing him as
artist to Kreisler, Casals and Pad
erewski. Many composers have
written works especially for him
among which are the concertos by
Alfredo Casella and Mario Castel-
nuovo-Tedesco.
Under DR.. Hans Kindler's direc-
ton the orchestra will play c. P. E.
Bachs "Sinfonia," Schoenberg's
"Verklaerte Nacht";; Benjamin's
Jamaican Rhumba," and Weinberg
er's Czech Rhapsody"
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Uncle Rays Corner

some pupils learned to write Latin
but not their native language.
During the Middle Ages, man,
famous universities were started
The first of these appears to have
been located at Salerno, Italy, open
ing more than a thousand years ago
Other famous Italian universities
were located at Bologna, Padua and
Florence.
Other Old Colleges.
The Oldest French university Is
the University of Paris, which dates
back more than 800 years.
The University of Heidelberg is
the oldest in Germany, but it was
not started as early as Oxford and
Cambridge, the famous universities
which arose in England.
1t was custom in Europe, long
ago, for college students to carry
daggers or swords. These weapons
were for the purpose of defense -
There were quarrels among the stu
dents, at times, but more often there
were quarrels between students and
people of the town.
The conflict between "town and
gown" has lasted clear down to
modern times, but it is not nearly
so strong now as in the past. The
chief trouble during the Middle
Ages seems to have come in regard
to prices which we're charged the
students for rooms, food and other
items. The students said that the
costs were too high.
There were SO many quarrels at
Oxford that rules were made to lay
fines against students If they failed
to behave themselves. A student
who struck with his fist was fined
four shillings. For striking with q
stone or club, the fine was six shill-
ings and eight pence. For giving q
blow with a dagger. sword or ak
the fine was eight shillings.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Post Cards Make Girl
Feel AT Home on
Visit to Key West
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Janet HHterty, Is
Hyattsville High School.


Two years ago wrote an article
for this page called Post Gard COL
lection Plan Inspires Plan to Visit
Key West" Well, I recently visited
there and, thanks to my post card
collection, I felt right at home.
AS said in the earlier article: Key
West is the southernmost city of the
United States. 1t is ITS miles south
of Miami and 80 miles from Havana.
1t is the only froSt-free city in the
country. Granted to 1t. Don Juan
Pablos in 1915 by Spain, it was pur-
chased by John Simonton in 1922.
Key West was born as a pirates
cove, but soon grew into a manu-
featuring city. There were quite a
few 1igar factories, but the business
has dwindled. Besides being a
flsherman's paradise now. Key West
also Is a naval base. In fact, if it
were not for the Navy, the city
would not be very prosperous.
I was not disappointed in the
climate or the scenery, but the
streets. alleys and houses are not
what they are on post cards. The
palm trees which border the streets
and coasts, and the flowers which
bloom everywhere are not misrepre-
sented; but the average house is not
a beautiful little cottage surrounded
by movie-like scenery.
Nevertheless. Key West is fasci-
mating city. 1t has some tropical
charm about it which makes people
remember it forever.
Evening star., 1946-01-27

IF donkey stood at an equal
distance between two stacks of hay
and if there we're no more reason for
him to go to one stack than the
other, what would he do?"
That is one of the questions asked
by the "Schoolmen," who were
among the teachers and students OF
Europe during the Middle Ages
They talked and argued great deal
about it, but the best answer seemed
to be this: "Since the donkey had
no more reason to go to one stack
of hay than the other, he would
starve to death!"
We know that even a donkey
would not be so foolish as to starve
with hay close by, but the School
men enjoyed talking about such
things. Another famous question
which they raised was, How many
angels could stand on the point OF
a needle?" Since an angel was not
supposed to take up any space, II
was declared that all the angels
could stand on the point Of a needle
We smile about those questions. but
they may have helped to sharper,
the wits of the students who were
trying to reason with good logic. u
Romans Taught "Barbarians.'
Rome was conquered by German
tribes which swept over Southern
Europe, and there was a long Pc
riod when schools were few in num-
ber. Yet the Romans and Greeks
at length taught the "barbarians" to
read and write.
Much Of the teaching of children
during the Middle Ages was done in
village schools under the care OF
parish priests. There were schools
at monasteries as well, and we owe
thanks to the monks who copied
ancient writings and saved them
until after the day of the printing
press. Latin was the most common
! language taught in schools, and
Evening star., 1946-01-27
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip II. Love

Most priced possessions Of Bernyce
Golnick, IA, Of Powell Junior High
School are several snapshots of Bill
Johnson. Two of the pictures show
Bernyce with the movie actor.
When Bill johnson was appearing
at the Capitol Theasel several
months ago, Bernyce and two OF her
friends went backstage to ask for his
autograph. He not only added his
signature to their collections, but
promised to let them photograph
him the following week.
From Thursday to Wednesday IL
quite long time when you know
you are going to take pictures of q
movie star, especially one as hand.
some as Bill Johnson Eernyce
points out. But the six days finally
passed and the girls were back at the
theater, armed with a camera and q
good supply of film..
Bernyce, who lives at 1855 FIT.
teenth street NV, writes:
I'VE took two rolls of films. Tht
first roll we were shy and took pic.
lures OF Bill johnson only. On the
next roll we lost our shyness anc
took pictures of all of us together
The pictures came out so we'll thai
we sent copies to Bill at the Nationa
Theater in New York, where he wa.
appearing in a play called "A Day
Before Spring
Most of the girls know who
like to draw prefer to sketch girls
An exception is Ellen Barbara Sin.
coff, IL, of Gordon Junior High
School, who reports:
MY hobby is drawing boys. Time
and again, I have tried to draw
girls, but each time I fail. I sup
pose 1t is because of the fact that
when I first began drawing, I drew
a boy. And since that time I have
drawn boys, boys and even more
boys. like it'll"
"Bobbie," as she is called. drew
her first boy when she was 10 years
old and in the sixth grade. Now
she is in 8-B and, in her spare time,
ATTENDS an art school.
my brother and sister likewise
love to draw" she says, "and even
my 2-year-old baby brother gets a
big kick out of scratching on paper"
Junior jottings: Mildred Sears,
former Junior Star correspondent
at Roosevelt High School, recently
became Mrs. Freddie Miller.
Eastern High School students GO
in heavily for hobbies, as witness
Herbie Butler makes miniature BIZ
cycles of metal and wood. .. Betty
Brown writes character sketches OF
her friends. . Joe Fersinger likes
to crochet. Jeanne BARLEY COL
lects neckties and scarfs; Fay Carl
son, miniature musical instru-
ments; Margaret Hill, locks of hair
Lellan West, picture postcards, and
Angelo Karadimos, postage stamps
A poll conducted by the Ana
costa High School Pow-Wow re-
vealed that II per cent of the STU
dent body believes the United States
should keep the secret of the atomic
bomb. Miss Edith Lowe, re-
tired history teacher, has donated
So books to the Central High Schoo,
Library. The latest issue o1
the New Moon, published by jim
Lemon of Anacostia, is printed OF,
yellow paper. But Jim hastens tc
explain: THE New Moon is moi
STOPPING to yellow journalism This
issue is printed on canary-colorec
newsprint due to the shortage OF
white newsprint."
Evening star., 1946-01-27
@f)e 9nr>iof' &taf
Richard Montgomery Student
Has Lived w 81 Countries
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Lucy Peck, Is,
Richard Monteomery High School,

As'ShaAo "ohteoHeEy uieH 6CHoOlp
Rockville. Md.
The most unusual thing in his
life, says Jack Belt, 16, of Richard
Montgomery High School, is living
In Wheaton, Md, for almost three
years. 1t is the longest time he
has ever lived in one place.
Jack, travelling ever since he was
born, has been in SO countries, in
cluding the United States. He was
born on a Japanese ship of San
Francisco on June IL. 1929. After
registering his birth in California
his father, whose work CONNECTED
with banks necessitated contin-
uous moving, took his mother and
him to New York and from there
to Colombia. The first schooling
he received was in Tokyo.
In quick succession he went from
Tokyo to Peiping, China; to East
London, South Africa; to Kenya
colony, Africa; to Nairobi, Africa.
Then, at the age of 9, he went with
his family to the British Isles. Dur
ing his year and half there he
visited many of the Scandinavian
countries, including Denmark, Swe-
den and Norway. \
Leaving the British Isles the fam
lily went to Spain, and from there
to Germany. While his parents
went on to Italy, Jack and cousin
remained in Germany. During this
time Jack attended an American
school in Berlin.
Two days before the Pearl Harbor
attack, he went with his cousin to
hear Hitler speak about German
peace with the world, particularly
with the United States. A few days
later, he flew out of Germany in a
small three-seated plane, piloted by
his cousin, and met his parents in
Istanbul, Turkey.
Returning to Kenya colony, where
they still own home, the Belts set
tied down until July, 1912, then went
to Chungking. China. There, Jack
experienced bombing attacks, which,
occurring sometimes as often as
twice a day, became almost COM
monplace. From Chungking, he
went to Honolulu, where he at
tended high school.
When his father obtained a posi-
ton with the Federal Reserve, the
family moved to Washington, and
Jack attended Eastern High School.
During the summer Of 1914, he trav-
eled In Central and South America.
Last summer, Jack went to Brazil
to take flying lessons; but being two
weeks late, he found his instructor
had gone off into the interior.
Through another cousin, he got a
job with the american Airlines,
hunting new bases for postwar air
travel. He was sent to Bathurst,
Gambia, and there joined a 2S-day
around -the-world flight.
Jack returned to Washington dur
ing the summer by way of Lisbon,
Portugal, arriving at S:15 am. on the
opening day of school and began his
studies that very day.
Jack says that although he likes
to travel and wants to do some more
some day, he hopes to stay at Rich
ard Montgomery until he graduates
in lime
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc-
tor of The Stars school safety pro-
gram and former chief of detectives,
is giving Safety Circus" series of
chalk talks to pupils of elementary
and Junior and senior high schools.
The program is sponsored by The
Junior Star in cooperation with
school authorities of the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
All this weeks talks will be given
in Prince Georges County, Md. This
weeks schedule:
Monday, II am, District Heights;
l pm, Forestville; Tuesday, II am,
Suitland; Wednesday, / pm, Camp
Springs; Thursday, II am, Laurel;
Friday. II am, J. Enos Ray, pm,
Bradbury Heights.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Melton to Sing Here

James Melton, popular tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera, will be
heard in recital Tuesday, February
5, at $3.50 pm. under the manage
nlent of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey.
A native of Georgia, Mr.. Melton
spent his early boyhood in Florida
where he made his first public ap-
pearance as a soloist in a church
choir. While in college he belonged
to the college band as saxophonist
and sang in the Glee Club. It was
the president of the University of
Florida, where Melton was studying
law, who advised the young man to
devote his attention to vocal study.
After a period of study with Gaetano
dt Luca Mr., Melton soon became a
leading radio tenor and met his first
success as an opera singer in Gin
cinnati, st. Louis and Chicago. The
famous tenor made his debut with
the Metropolitan Opera three years
ago in the Magic Flute" one of
many operas in his repertoire.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Faust to Be Given

The Philadelphia La Scala Opera
20. Will present Gounod's Faust" in
Constitution Hall on February 4
with Dorothy Kristen as Marguerite
ana Nino Martini in the title role
In restoring this opera to his rep
ertoire last season, Francesca pelosi,
artistic director, chose the Paris
opera version which includes the
famous "Walpurgis Nacht" ballet
act laid in the Harz Mountains. In
thls scene, Mephistopheles, to be
sung by Nino Ruisi, calls forth no.
torious enchantresses of antiquity to
lure Faust's attention from Mar
suerite. Ivan Petroff will be heard
as Valentin.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Reviewed by
MARTHA LEWIS.

There are all kinds of people in
the world. For instance, take
Charlie Kazoo. He had history of
the world tatooed on his body. And
Rhandi Lerohl, the washerwoman
who got fed up and took to the river
to get rid of the crick in her back.
And there's Rags Williams, the
champion chicken thief, who really
made an art of his work.
These are only few of the color
full and eccentric characters Eldon
Roark has met as human interest
columnist of the Memphis Press
Scimitar.
Herbert E. (HE) Mann, who lifted
8oO-pound bulls. made good copy for
Mr.. Roark. So did Dad Smith and
his duck named Billy. Billy wore
swank leather shoes, could balance
himself on wire and play dead.
Then there was Louis Lettes. who
invented the zoot suit to hide shiny
trouser seats. And w. c. Handy,
father of the blues, who did as much
as anybody to put Memphis on the
map.
Mr.. Roark, in his first book, also
presents an appealing picture OF
Memphis, with its Beale street and
Handy Park, its history and folk
ways. He tells of its customs, pre-
udlces and taboos; of intervie-
with aged but still spunky Civil Wsr
veterans, Of the amusing side of tv .
great floods. and of free lance
preachers who shout. cavort, make
music and try to drown each other
out every afternoon in Handy Park.
Every town has its characters. but
Memphis seems to have more than
its share. If you like to read about
people who are not run-of -the-miIl,
you'll certainly enjoy Mr.. Roark's
book.
Evening star., 1946-01-27

gotten by current readers. Mr..
Brown does well to recall that the
singer of England's imperialism was
a bright youth who left India at "a
never to return; that his misad-
ventures in America were as much
the fault of his neighbors as of
his own shy personality; that his
inability to be "hail-felloW-well-
met" person was not due to willfull-
ness but genuine quirk of being.
The author may not be able to make
Kipling lovable man, but he does
succeed in making the reader under
stand the factors that resolved him
into the personality the world knew.
1t has become the fashion today
to regard Kipling's work with a
patronizing air. Criticism has con-
tributed no small part to this atti-
tude, more by its failure to re-eval-
uate his work in recent times than
by outright attacks. Mr.. Brown
points out the last real serious
criticism Of Kipling's writings 60
back to the 1905, when the bulk
OF MS work was yet to be done
That this is unjust is apparent at
once; that something should be
done to change this condition is
part of the present volumes aim.
The author takes up the various
charges-such as insincerity and
brutality-and disposes of them
neatly and completely.
This volume is much-needed ad-
dition to Kipling biography and
criticism. Mr.. Browns competence
to do the job is set forth by Frank
Swinnerton in a foreword, and the
author lives up to the latters esti-
mate OF his abilities. Kipling ad-
mirers and others will find the
study worthwhile contribution to
the literature of a writer whose
solid achievements have been al
lowed to become obscured by critical
neglect.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Best of All

PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Mary Catherine CalIas, 7
Rudolph School.
I went to grandma's house last night
To see the pigs and cows.
But best Of all I like the horse
That galloped all around.
The pigs were black and grunted
loud
At the first sign of food;
The cows were red and wore white
spots,
And they were pretty, too.
The rooster crowed at early dawn
To wake the family up.
But best of all. I liked the horse,
That galloped all around.