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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
AN AIR THAT KILLS. BY
Margaret Millar. Random


Margaret Millar. random
House, Inc; $780,
Only Margaret Millar could
make this incredible story
credible. When Ron Gallo
way fails to arrive at the
hunting lodge for an outing
with the boys. his intimates
sense they will never see him
again. His double love life.
soon revealed, provides one
motive. although murder is
hard to credit among Ron's
householder friends. The
style is distinguished. the
reader unabashedly hood
winked. This book appeared
last spring in a magazine
under the title THE Soft
Takers"
DEAD WRONG. BY George
Bagby. Doubleday g. Co.,
Inc; $685.
Inspector Schmidt. of the
ever-aching feet, again does
not disappoint. Sandra Cook.
a top-flight young dancer
whose self-possession is itself
an invitation to murder. re-
fuses to believe one attempt
on her life is anything but an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
Art Lecture

Leonardo da vinci. How
to Paint a Picture is the
subject OF a lecture TO be
given at the National Gallery
Of Art this afternoon by Ray
mond S. Sites, curator Of
edO alton there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Van Gent Solo Show
BEGINS Tour Here
By FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

solo exhibition by Cock Gent comprising oils
watercoors and wash drawings totang so items having
its first showing in the foyer Of the Natural History Building
10th street and Constitution avenue through July win
subsequently be sent national tour by the Smithsonian
Institution Travelling Exhibition Service the 1883
The charm Of Cock van Gents painting eludes But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
New Novel of Westward
Trek Is Clear Picture
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Since Jackson Burgess writer is interested
developing character than in leaning the meodamatic
elements Of the old West his novel about the westward mga
ton of small group in 1858 finer piece Of writing than
stories of the kind Mr. Burgess Georgian who teaches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
Print Show

Representational. modern
and abstract contemporary
prints by artists from New
York to the Pacific Coast
constitute a worth while
show at the IFA Galleries,
1923 Connecticut ave-,
through August 3. Aquatints,
etchings, serigraphs and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21

CLOUD putnam; $3.50,
presumably a first novel.
It is not that this story
lacks excitement or suspense
it moves fast and is not too
long-but what lifts it far
above the average Of many
novels dealing with the settle
ment of the West is that the
few characters dealt with at
length are deity shaped.
They take on a sharp reality
that makes their story men,
orable.
Seven Involved
There are only seven per-
sons involved; thus each
takes on importance. There
is the narrator, Garvin Coo
per, a college graduate, q
youthful lawyer. He uproots
himself from his home in
Georgia; he wants to eStab-
lish himself in a pioneer
country, help bring law to a
region that has little of it,
perhaps some day become a
Judge. On the Missouri River
steamer he meets Bob Nc
Vey, from Tennessee, also a
college man, an engineer-to-
be, he hopes, but a youth
plagued by an opinionative
nature, q cynical cantanker-
BUSINESS. They pause at a
frontier town In Kansas, a
place seething with unrest
from the border troubles be-
tween Free Skaters and slav-
cry men. This is not what
they want, and they join a
very small wagon train west
ward-consisting of a single
wagon, some pack and saddle
horses and mules.
The train contains a third
young man who is highly
educated, but slightly Grip
pied and extremely sensitive.
Then there is a Quaker cou-
pie, the wife the only woman
in the party. An agile, fear
less, useful boy of II and Ned
Drum, the wagonmaster and
guide, the skipper of prairie
schooners. complete the
party.
A SkiIlful Guide
This Ned Drum is an in
teresting man. He is taking
these pioneers. with their
consent, over a new, shorter
trail direct to Colorado. He
is a skillful guide who knows
how to thwart the hazards of
the country and hoard its
few kindnesses. He is less
adept at getting along with
people. and from the first
there is a subtle antagonism
between him and young Nc
Vey. This enmity grows into
the open. and you know that
one day it will explode. The
little group has the usual
hardship and dangers, there
is even an attack by Indians,
but the story is always more
concerned with the effect of
the hard, yet exhilirating
journey on each person and
the varying effects that these
six men and woman have
on one another. Tragedy
overtakes two of them, and,
because the author has made
them real. it is tragedy, not
a posed climax.
Pillar of Cloud" is a ma
ture and perceptive novel,
Mr.. Burgess a writer to
watch. The book is the Lit
erary Guild selection for Au-
gust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21
New Fuces'

NSW O(SS
Ten young artists fairly
new to Washington are
having a joint exhibition at
Franz Bader Gallery. l705
G street, through August 5.
Their newcomer" status
here is about the only COM
mon denomination in the
show. Several are abstract
expreSsionistS, some are flgu-
rative modernists, a few are
representational. but all are
individual. Each shows a
small group.
Charles Eanet impreSSes
me as the best. His semi
abstract gouache and water
color landscapes, with re-
strained calligraphic use Of
ink line. and his etchings and
drypointS are well done and
have pictorial appeal. A stu
dent of the Corcoran. New
York'S Art Students League
and oxford UniverSity's Rus
kin School, he is in Europe
again. beginning graphic
study in England and France.
Obviously, he will know what
to do with his opportunities.
l also liked Raquel Barchi-
Ions somewhat hammered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-21

combined media give it in
teresting variety, along with
the range Of themes and
handling.
The best distractions in
clude Seong Moy'S colorful,
graceful figures of ovalS,
curved and swagged lines;
Joyce Heimberger's large
Glass Top Table" with grayed
colorS. and Dean Meeker's
figurative Surgeon" in soft
green's.
Federico Castellon'S exqui-
site technique is demon
Strated in his etching of
peasant women in a land
scape, as is also Letterio
Calapai's in Circus" the
swinging figure of an aero
bat delineated with a CALI
graphic pattern, in red, yell
low, white and black lines.
Ethel Magaffin's naturaliStic
November Leaves" has an
abstract effect.
Tonal quality is distin-
guished in j. Jay McVicker's
landscape, Arthur Flory's
portrait of a sleeping child.
and Edward Ferguson'S nude.
Others 1 liked are Flory's
gay, primitive treatment of
an Amish theme. figures, cat
tie, fields, hex signs and
other details; the same art
lists Blue JAY" and Joan
Drewe's romantic palace of
Night"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
Blind Patient
Leaps To Death
From Hospital
Window

A blind Negro heart patient
leaped from a second-story win
dow at University hospital Tues
day afternoon, and was pronounc-
ed dead a few minutes later.
He was Doc Kennedy, IS, of
Pelahatchie, who had entered the
hospital Friday to undergo treat
ment for his heart. He became
restless Monday, attempting to
sign out of the hospital Monday
night.
Social Service workers began
trying to reach his relatives, and
Otis Mastman of Pelahatchie had
gone to the Kennedy home to no.
tify them.
The blind Negro, who was in
room 212, a two-bed room with
the other bed vacant, forced a
screen open at LAS pm. Tuesday.
Two women, working in the ground
floor sewing room, saw something
PASS the window" and heard a
"thud."
Rushing out, they found Ken
nedy. It was unknown if his death
resulted from the fall or from the
heart condition.
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Negro Man Shot
To Death By Youth
Member Of Group In
Row At Grocery Store

Durham, N. c., May 20 - En-
NETT Pettiford, 38-year-old Negro
man was shot to death here Satur-
day by a 15-year-old white youth
whose fatal shooting followed an
alleged attack on his father.
The youth William Turner was
turned over to juvenile authorities
on a manslaughter charge in the
shaving Saturday of Emett Petit
ford, 38.
Pettiford died Saturday night in
Duke University Hospital. He had
been shot nine times in the chest,
stomach and arms.
Sheriff E. G. Belvin said he was
told that Pettiford and zone or
more" other Negroes attacked John
B. Turner at his grocery store near
here. Mrs. Marvin Turner said the
Negroes entered the store dis
orderly and cursing.'
She said she called her husband,
who tried to quiet the Negroes.
She said they then attacked him
and her son went to his fathers
aid and opened fire on Pettiford
with a rifle.
The boys father was reported in
satisfactory condition at a hospi-
tai.
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Commencement
Speakers At
AIcorn Announced

Speakers for the 87th annual
commencement season are DR.. e.
w. Rand, professor of education,
Southern University, Baton Rouge;
for Baccalaureate Services and DIR.
Robert Hatch, Supervisor Division
of Secondary Education, State Of
Alabama, Montgomery is the
speaker for the Commencement
Address Monday, May 81, 1857 at
400 pm. in the Alcorn Colleges
Stadium.
An Alabama State College Grad
uate, DR.. Hatch received his M. A.
Degree from Fisk University and
his Ed. D. from Columbia Univer-
sity.
The speaker for many years serv-
ed as principal for different ele-
mentary and high schools in Ala
bama. He is former president of
the American Teachers Association
and for Is years was executive
secretary for the Alabama State
Teachers Association. A few hon.
ors bestowed upon him are: elect
ed to Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa
Delta Pi, both educational honor
societies was listed in Who's Who
in American Education.
DR.. E. w. Rand, Professor of
Education at Southern University
is native of Texas. He received
the A. B. Degree from Bishop Col
lege, Marshall Texas; the M. S.
degree from Atlanta University;
the D. Ed. Degree - Indiana Uni
versity.
His experience includes service
as a public school teacher, profess
sor Dean of Jarvis Christian Col
lege, Texas, Director of Arts and
Science and Dean of the Chapel
Alcorn A. & M. College.
Membership includes: Life mem
Der of national education associa.
ton; American Association of Uni.
versity Professors; American Edu-
cational Research Association; Phi
Delta Kappa; and the Louisiana
Education Association.
AS vital part of the Commence
ment Program, DR.. Robert Hunter
will be honored with the "Alcornitt
of the Year Certificate" for 1856
81 and DR.. A. L. Lott, M. D., viii
receive the Public Relations Ger
tificate for outstanding service Il
the college in the area of Human
and Public Relations. Both hon
orees are Alcorn Graduates.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25

and observation, able to learn something
of the circumstances that make member of the
Senate House, greatly useful totally useless in the
matter of his influence the of events in the
Congress of the United States
In listening to Congressman Dggs speech there
discoverabe in him the marks ability and capabi-
lty of ascending the heights of real craftsmanship,
which is something vastly aside from Showmanshp. In
the district from which he comes it's composition
to assure him of repeated reelection, and only
express the hope that his usefulness a member of
the House of Representatives will not be broken and de-
sroyed the ramparts and battlements of his in
temperate and il-considered words
Finally, there was much talk at the meeting about
Uncle Toms, and have here previously pointed
out here, there many leaders among those pres
ent who and should exercise considerable influence
in their communities, and to them say at the
risk of being branded by the few remaining adherens
of the NAACP "Uncle Tom," the best thing that
they do and should do is let the responsible
white leaders of their community know that they total
ly and unequivocally reject the philosophy and i'm
plcations in the call to have faith in their fist, if
essary" in the struggle for civil rights and frstclass
citizenship
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
j P
A n D
D o " n
IA R Is H
S 7 R < < I
BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: All know about the cult
of Isaac Walton comes most likely
from the impressions l got from
Louis Armstrong singing LAZY
Bones" especially that part wher
he says, when you go fishing ]
bet you be wishing the fish dom;
bite at your line" | heard some
folks talking lately about how they
love to go fishing, and during one
session over my Fish and Beer !
heard one fellow telling about how
one of his chief fishing companions
loved to stay out on the creek bank
so well that he would stay out
there whether the fish were biting
or not. Sometime he said the fell
low would just set there on the
bank all day longs with his pole
dangling in the water and never
even get bite, and when the time
came to go he'd leave with the
same if not greater reluctance, as
he'd show when the fish were
striking right and left and his
string filled out with perch, bass,
catfish, and trout to the legal limit.
In this time and season for the
enjoyment Of the shade of the
creek banks, lakes and rivers, as
of old there is likely to be some
violent arguments come over the
relative abilities of various and
sundry brothers and sisters of the
cult but hold your temper
chillun and while talking and get
ting all het-up over the big one
you caught, and the still bigger
one you missed, keep your chib
| in your pocket and remember that
it was old brother Izaak Walton
hisself who said . Angling may
be said to be so like the mathe
MATES that it can never be fully
learnt. Here's the best of luck
to all you fishermen and fisher
women, and even children, here,
there, and everywhere and
bet for all you-all it's most like
Louis Armstrong says When
you go fishing bet you be wishing
the fish don't bite at your line
cause there's no place like a
shady creek bank to rest them
Lazy Bones" Now is there
f.. Chillun?
WEEKLY QUOTATION: "These
are times that try mems souls
Thomas Paine.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
Middle States
Association Of
Colleges And
Secondary
Schools Reaffirms
Accredi Of
Howard Univ.
Action Follows 1854
Evaluating Survey Of
University By
Accrediting Agencies

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Howard
University President Mordecai W..
Johnson announced today that the
Commission on Institutions of
Higher Education of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools has reaffirmed
the accreditment of Howard in
language strongly commencing the
progress of the institution.
The action was taken in letter
from Ewald B. Nyquist, Commits
sion chairman, dated May 9th and
received at Howard Saturday. The
letter stated in part:
at is a most gratifying respons-
Utility for me to report to you
that the Commission voted to ac-
cept your Report and to reaffirm
the accreditation of Howard Uni
versity.
"This recognition by Howard
University's peers in the Middle
States community of higher educa-
ton is we'll deserved. We appre-
ciate the spirit in which you have
cooperated with the Commission
and achieved the commendable and,
in some respects, even remarkable
improvements which have been
called to our attention"
The action of the Commission
was taken as a result of three
day joint evaluating survey OF
Howard conducted by the Commits
sion and nine accrediting agencies
related to particular schools, col
leges and departments in the Uni
versity. The survey covered the
entire University including II the
organization and general admins
tration of the University; p the
finances, plant and equipment OF
the University; 81 the student per-
sonnet services, admissions, reg
istration and records; and Al the
program of all 10 of the schools
and colleges and of the libraries
of the University.
Conducted from October 31st to
November 8, 1854, the survey
marked the first time in Towards
history that a total institutional
evaluation had been conducted ir
cooperation with appropriate pro-
| fessional organizations.
The method of comparatively
evaluating a whole university is 6
new procedure resulting from
1868 agreement among the Gem
mission, % other accreditinf
agencies, and the state department.
of education in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Mary
land. The agreement specified
that: "Middle States accreditatiol
applies to an institution as whole
It is based upon the institution
total strength, and depends upol
the success of the institution ant
each of its constituent parts il
formulating and achieving prope
detectives"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
Music Workshops
AT Jackson State
College

The Music Department of Jack
son State College announces the
offering of two workshops, one in
choral music and one in piano,
during the first summer session
beginning June 8, 1857. Each of
these workshops will carry six
hours credit or they may be taken
for non-credit by those who wish
to audit the course.
The choral workshop is designed
for choral directors, teachers OF
voice, and directors of church
choirs. Classes in problems of vo-
cal training in the elementary and
secondary school, seminars in vo-
cal education covering materials,
rehearsal techniques and program
building will be included in the
course. All those taking the course
are expected to be active partici-
pants in the workshop chorus and
all persons attending the course
are encouraged to present their
specific problems for discussion.
The choral workshop will be under
the direction of DR.. Robert A.
Henry, Head of the Jackson State
College Music Department, and
Mr.. A. Allen Johnson, Assistant
professor of Voice and Organ.
The piano teachers workshop
will be under the direction OF Mr..
Robert Harris, Professor of Piano,
assisted by Mrs. Gladys Perry
Henry.
Topics for discussion and dem
onstration in the piano teachers
workshop will include (1) easy
and practical methods of teaching
touch, (2) proper pedalling, 90
teaching materials (4) memory
problems, (5) proper methods OF
practicing, (6) criteria Of effective
and efficient music teachers, CD
business side of music tevching
(8) student recitals and appear
ances, and (9) discussion Of teach
ers' problems.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
Memphis
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED from rage OuSj
College, Murfreesboro; East Tenn
essee State College, johnson City
Austin Peay College, Clarksville;
Tennessee Polytechnic Institute,
Cookeville; and Tennessee Agricul-
tural and Industrial State Univer-
sity for Negroes, Nashville.
The state contended that any
faster Indignation would deprive
the school of its accredited stand
ing in the Southern Association Of
Colleges. 1t explained that the
added enrolment in the already
over-taxed facilities would bring
the expenditure per pupil below
the $500 minimum required for ac-
creditation.
A federal district court in Mem
phis approved the integration plan
but was reversed by the 9Th U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals. In a
2 to / ruling the Appeals Court
said the State Board of Education
may limit the admissions but not
on the basis of race or color.
The appeals court suggested
that one means of preventing over
crowding would be to eliminate
out-of-state membership.
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Negro Cleric

CONTINUED from Page Une)
devoted to writing a book on reli-
zion and teaching at the Northern
New England School of Religious
Education.
Rev. Montgomery, in addition to
pastoring the church is chaplain
of the Connecticut House of Rep
resentatives. The 34-year-old
clergyman took over Old Mystic
Methodist church in September,
1866. Since his inception as pastor,
the membership of the church has
doubled.
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-25
Civil Rights Bill
Goes To House

Washington, May 81 - North
ernors of both parties pried Presi-
dent Eisenhower's civil rights bill
out of the House Rules Committee
today. An Sd committee vote
cleared the measure for House
debate, likely to begin the first
week of June.
The rules group allotted four
days for general debate on the bill,
which had been blocked in COM
mittee by a strategy of delay by
Southern opponents.
House members will be given o
free hand to offer amendments,
however, and Southerners are GER
tain to propose changes which
would cripple or eliminate key pro-
visions.
Predict Passage
Rep. Mccormack of Massachu-
sets, the House Democratic leader,
and others have predicted the bill
will pass the house by a COM
Portable margin, as did a similar
measure which died in the Senate
last year.
The Senate once again presents
the big-perhaps insumountable OBJ
stacle to hackers of the bill. A
Southern filibuster there is a vir-
tual certainty which prompted even
some optimistic supporters of the
measure to predict it won't clear
the Senate this year.
There have been indications the
Senate Judiciary Committee will
keep the bill bottled up in that
branch until the House acts. Sen.
Eastland (D-Miss.), an outspoken
foe of the bill, heads the judiciary
group.
If the bill clears the House but
not the Senate, the Senate could
take it up again next year without
the necessity of further House ac-
ton. This would be possible be-
cause the life of the 85th Congress
extends through next year.
Sectional Lines
Today's Rules Committee vote,
taken at a closed session, report
! eddy was strictly along North
South lines. This was the report
| ed lineup:
| For clearing the bill - Reps.
! Madden (D-Ind.), Delaney Cd
| N.Y., Boiling (D-Mo), O'Neill ID
Mass), Allen (R-IlD, Brown (R-
Ohio, Latham (R-NY) and Scott
| (R-Pa.
Against - Reps. Smith (D-Va),
Colmer (D-Miss.), Trimble ID
Ark. }, and Thornberry (D-Tex).
Southern House members are
sure to press for an amendment
that would guarantee jury trial
for persons accused of violating
civil rights injunctions issued by
federal courts. Contempt cases OF
this nature are usually heard by
federal judge.
Stem From Grant
The injunctions envisioned in the
bill would stem from a grant of
authority to the attorney general
to go. directly into federal courts
with cases involving alleged vio-
! lations of voting and other rights.
This authority, one of the bills
major provisions, also is expected
to be the target of a Southern
amendment.
Another likely amendment, which
has gotten more attention in the
Senate, would attach to the bill a
fright to work. provision pro-
hibiting union shop contracts.
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