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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

Van Cliburn until April was
just another ivory-pusher to
peddle to Keokuk or Kalama-
ZOO, will at once charge $2.-
500 or $1,000 a night for
its commodity human.
The big record companies
will WOO him with unheard-
Of contracts, and what Is
more astounding. viii let him
play any music he wants TO,
If he will only play 1t for
them. In short Van Cliburn
will overnight become q man
like all men probably NOR
tai, alas, but nevertheless q
man of unpredictable lon
gevity.
That's how we Russians did
1t. To make a man is easy,
If you have the knack. 1t is
much less trouble for US TO
create Van Clihurn than for
America to create a Cultural
Center in Washington. Fur
thermore, we Russians take
q certain modest pride in
making q man out of Van
Cliburn, because in itself it
is a good deed. Van Cliburn
was a magnificent pianist
when We discovered him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
PROGRAMS
or THE WEEK


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NATionAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
nsuara Mitchell. eonancior. Con.
msrcs Department. 7:tb pm. Music
for young America,
John kfRkPAIRlck. plano, National
Gallery Of At; : pm, Kettle sonsn'
sl@sF rnsen ss. n''iE iansy sais.
Pinnsy: sonats No. bsssoni
Rhythms Of ths Antilles. oolilehalk.
Columbia, Caprice on Theme ~
Poster, Oottachaik.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
BY DAY THORPE
star Music Critic

Music Is fun, but 1t doesn't
touch the enjoyment you can
get out of people. Give me
Smith and Brown and you
can have your Mason and
Hamlin.
Right now, in anticipation
of hearing Van Cliburn play
the piano Friday in Constitu-
ton Hall, ! am thinking about
the Russians and sharing
their delight. People are
funny but they keep on being
successful often enough to
make you proud Of them as
kin.
Sputnik? That was pretty
good. but we hear that the
Americans are contemptuous
Of us because we are not God
fearing and because they say
that we are more interested
in science than in art. Let's
show them how to create a
man after the manner Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
NEWS OF MUSIC
Russia as God, or
CIiburn's Creation

Jehovah or Pyemalion. Let's
make q new man for America,
and for the sheer Joy and
irony Of the thing let's make
him an artist and. rather
than q Russian, an American.
One of the reasons Ameri-
can legislators want a Gull
tural Center In Washington
is to prove to us Russians
that Americans are not bar
barians. but after all culti-
waited people. This purpose
has been reiterated In the
halls of Congress and has
been written into several
Fine Arts bills.
Now, we Russians know
that Americans are not con-
spicuously barbaric. For ex-
ample. take the single item Of
pianists. They have on their
team a large number of the
finest young pianists in the
entire world. Leon Fleisher,
Eugene Istomin, Theodore
Lettvin. Byron Janis. Sey-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

mour Lipkin. Van Cliburn.
America has Just as many
first-rate pianists as We have
here in Russia. And since
they are piano-players. they
are all Of them doing the
best they can, but still they
are Just artists. Our stipu-
lated problem is to create out
Of q Musician a Man.
Let's settle for Van Cliburn.
He is an excellent pianist,
and furthermore he happens
TO be here in Moscow as an
entrant in our big contest.
OF course there are many
contests no less exacting than
ours-in Brussels. in Munich,
in New York. But does the
winner Of any of these
emerge, in the eyes Of Amer
leans. q Man? There is not
q single American-born pian-
list whose name. East and
West. in city and plain, is a
household word among the
Americans themselves. There
is not one American-born
pianist who. playing a con-
certo with the National SYM
phony, will draw one fifth the
audience Of Brailowsky or
Rubinstein.
But how easy 1t Is to trans
form a pianist into a man
that Is. II you are Just a. little
clever. The Americans are
certain that we Russians are
above all a chauvinistic peo-
pie. They are as sure that we
didn't invent the airplane as
they are that they them
selves thought up the bath
tub. How simple to breathe
life into a handful of dustl
Let Russia assert only that
an American is the very best
in his field, and the deed is
done. simply because the
Americans will suddenly open
their ears to hear the words.
Belgium can't do it, Germany
can't do it. the United States
itself can't do 1t. But we
Russians can create a man,
and what is more q Texan.
an American.
The deed is done in the
twinkling Of an eye. Time
magazine win print his pic
ture on its cover before he
even has time to dust off
his Steinway back home.
Carnegie Hall will be
"swamped with the heaviest
demand for tickets in all its
glittering history" Tens Of
thousands of Americans will
pay top prices to get into
concert halls to be i'm his
presence-Americans few Of
whom know the names of the
\ judges who gave him his
prize, and not one in a mil
lion Of whom could say who
was runnerup in the same
contest.
His MANAGEMENT, for whom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
1URNTABLE TALK
BY JAMES G. DEANE
star Record Critic


star Record Critic
Those who see In "hi-fi" .
danger Of exalting mere
sound over musical substance
will be heartened by . new
record series from Angel.
The series is entitled
"Great Recordings Of the
Century"
It's purpose is TO make
available In LIP form some
Of the more notable re-
corded performances of the
pre-LP era-in this instance.
performances on the His
Masters Voice, Columbia.
Pathe and Odeon labels of
England's Electric and Mu-
steal Industries. Ltd.
Since these labels have
been associated with many
of the most celebrated names
of the musical world, the en-
terprise promises much. And
the first 10 discs bear out the
promise.
One Of them, for example,
is q coupling of two Of the
classics among chamber mu-
sic recordings, Schubert's B
fiat trio and Haydn's trio in
@ (the one with the Hun
garian" rondo) played by Al
fred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud
and Pablo Casals. The three
originally Joined forces sim
ply for their own enjoyment,
and the two performances
are still models Of Spontane-
Gus. con amore ensemble
playing.
There Is a disc devoted to
three Of Bach's claVier con-
certos Tin D minor, F minor
and A majoD played by Ed
win Fischer and two offering
the six Brandenburg Concer-
tos performed by Adolf Busch
and his chamber orchestra.
Another disc, Of particular
historic interest, has Pro-
kofiey performing his own
third concerto and II solo
piano pieces. On this evidence
the composer ranks ahead of
most Of his presept-day In
terpreters.
Artur SchDabel is appro-
priately another Of the per-
formers in the inaugural re-
lease. He is heard in a mag
nificent rendering Of the
posthumously published
Schubert B fiat sonata and
the seldom heard c minor al
legretto. This record is prac-
ticallv indispensable to any
Schubert-lover.
The other four discs are
vocal. One contains 10 arias
recorded in 1885 by Claudia
Muzio. an eloquent testimon-
ial to the reasons for her
eminence among operate
greats" Another features
Chaliapin in excerpts from
Boris" and several other
Russian operas. Nadia Bou-
langer's celebrated 1887 re-
cordings of music of Monte
verdi-identifled by Angel as
the first ever issued--are re-
vived on another disc.
To me the most cherish
able Of all is a disc Of lieder
sung by Elisabeth Schumann.
nine by Wolf and eight by
Richard Strauss. The songs
were recorded over q span Of
10 years. from 1927 to 1916,
but there is no significant
variation in their delicacy
and radiance.
Three-Wolf's "Wie glaenzt
der belle Mond" and MINI
merd tte Liebe" and Strauss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
New Series Recalls
Celebrities of Past

"HeiInkehr"-have not pre-
viously been issued.
The discs give evidence of
more than usual care in
manufacture. The sound is
more faithful to the original
than In almost any previous
similar venture. Surfaces are
virtually immaculate. And
each record is equipped with
q neatly printed booklet in
GLIDING recording data, mu-
steal and biographical COM
mentary and for the vocal
issues full texts and transla-
tions. No more suspicious
inaugural could be wished.
BICENTENARY ADDENDA
With Mozart, normal per-
spectives must be revised. A
new Westminster disc con-
tains q tenor aria which he
wrote at 9!
This item cor che II
DOVER" X. 36) has chiefly
curiosity value, but there are
some masterpieces on this
record making 1t q worth
while addition to the Mo-
Fart discography. Helmut
Krebs. the tenor. sings ca
pably to accomplishments by
the Munich Pro Arte Or
chestra.
Paul Badura -Skoda's solid
reputation as a Mozartian is
embellished by two new
Westminster discs coupling
the two E nat concertos TX.
449. 1927 and those in C
minor TX. 49l) and r TX.
459) respectively. The soloist
is his own conductor. which
makes for unanimity If not
the most intensity. The de-
lightful F major, unjustly
neglected, is especially rec
ommendable from q roper
toire standpoint.
The late Walter Gieseking
is heard in a beautifully mod
eled edition Of the c minor
concerto on an Angel disc.
The Philharmonic Orches-
ira. under Won Karaian. Of
fers a weightier sound than
Badura-Skoda's Vienna Kon-
zerthaus ensemble. Curiously.
Chopin's Op. so Barcarolle is
Gieseking's filler.
on a Decca coupling An
dor Foldes turns in capable
big-hall. big-orchestra per-
formances with the Berlin
Philharmonic Of the con-
certoS in c TX. 46D and @
TX 453).
An attractive early-Mozart
novelty, a serenade in D TX.
1000. is featured on the sec
ond disc Of MGMs serenade-
divertimento series led by
Arthur Winograd. The more
familiar K. l3l is on the
back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Phone Orders Up
Box Office Take

NEW YORK. R.--An ex-
pertinent in q new kind of
ticket service for Broadway
plays is showing initial
success. ft
The producers o Of four
Main Stem items o recently
began advertising that tele-
phone orders for seats would
be held at the box ONCE until
shortly before curtain time.
Previously telephone requests
have been refused.
Trade has been consider
ably stimulated. all four re-
port. Most important, an
anticipated major bugaboo
has proved unfounded. with
80 per cent Of the reserva-
tons being picked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
CORRECTION AND
AMPLIFICATION


The Editor, New Yorker Mag
azine. New York City.
Dear Sir:
1t makes me somewhat sad
to read, in your current issue,
Senator william Fnlbright's
statement that Washington
has no opera" We do have a
very good opera company in
town; nevertheless. ] under
stand the Senator's position.
He. Like many a Washing
tonian. including me, wants
an opera house in the Ma
tons Capitol, and it is an
excellent tactic to assume
that the house is a sine qua
non of opera itself.
However, in Lisner Audi
torium. a hall which has
many advantages. but which
lacks a respectable pit, the
Opera Society of Washington
has for the last two years
been presenting operas. Some
have been first-class by the
standards of any opera house
in the world. True, the deficit
Of the society was a little less
than $4,000 this year. but
it is an enterprising company
and 1t is too soon to assert
that 1t will be unable to lose
more money in the future.
This season the Opera So
ciety produced nine perform
ances Of Beethoven's Ell
delio," Strauss "Ariadne auf
Naxos," and Mozart's "Cosi
fan lutte" 1t is now at work
on next years repertoire of
Mozart's lie Nozze di Fig
aro," Stravinsky's THE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

Rake's Progress. and YER
dis ''Falstafi."
washington's Opera So
ciety is well thought Of BY
both the connoisseur and the
public at large. One prima
donna Of international repu-
tation said that It's produc-
ton Of "Ariadne" was the
best opera she had sung In
this country. Other less ia
vorable but no less frank
comments. both oral and in
the press. make the society
believe that what II Is doing
is at least worthy Of contro-
versy. DIT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
SATURDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
iiS Srsre ousrS i' ArmorS sonaT S NUS:
Tor Youna America: Boy Scouts.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Com
meree DEPARTMENT. 7;45 Pm. Music
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor. Ma
Tor YoSna Hmsries: Boy Scouts,
VAN CLIBuRN, piano, The symphony
o. the Ar: Constitution Han s;se
kovsky; Piano Concerto No. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
TUESDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard MITCHELL conductor. Com.
meree Department. 7:45 pm. Music
for Young America. -s.
NARY X. GREEN, piano. Fine Arts
land, pm. chaeonne In b minor,
Bach-Busoni; Prelude. Rachmahln-
on. IntermeElo, Sehumann; Three
Pre;udes, Chopin; Ktude, Chopin;
sonata No. Q. opuS Ibs. scriabin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
FRIDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell. conductor. Com
merce Department. 7.4b pm. Music
for YOUNG America. fHf
Evening star., 1958-09-28
You Cant Buy
Your Way
Into College


by DR.. HERMAN u.
As told 90 William Peter 5lafty
Desperate parents are trying
everything from bribery Co
threats. But it doesn'f work.
Here a college president
tells you the only right way
Evening star., 1958-09-28
SAN BERNARDINo, CALF.

f High School Jimmy Tor his sister Jane) is ettng about
whether he'll get into college next the after
he may be ettng with good And now the time for
him and his parents do something about it, Admissions
standards Of American colleges and universities
ster than and many grads of yesteear wouldn't
be accepted as freshmen today.
But there's anyone who fres than Jimmy about
his college prospects, it's like For some time
was Director of Admissions Of counyS largest
Schools the University of Southern California sub
jeced coercion cunning Straaeems, and brbe
attempts by people who thought there back door
college the ScholaSticay inferior hehchoo graduate
Would you believe this? offered oil well IN
exchange 'backdOOr admissions favor! young lady
already rejected by use the basis of her academic
ord and brought heavy in the form Of
mother and sister, mink-cla and route to Europe
well really said the mother after had explained the
hopeessness of the situation Really couldn't give you
an oil well or something?"
The Bribe: Six French PoodIes
waited for her to laugh so could follow suit she
didn't waited for the applicant and her sister laugh and
they didn't After recalling the fact that the mother the
wife of oil baron decided there wasn't much point my
laughing either Instead Of colleagues would have
DONE politely showed the gushing merchants to the door,
It's futile pour oil the red Of scholarship
Nor do | recommend French poodleS A society matron
once into my Office with six of these intriguing little
leash, asking crucial point in discus
sion of her sons application for admission. If dog
lover. answered Yes and perhaps that mistake,
because she outright offer of the six But
her mistake well Il answered No both suggestions:
the explicit offer Of the poodles - Continued page I5
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Garner Girls Beat
Kittens by 1864

Chapel Hill Highs feminine
cagers, the Kittens, made q Sec
ond half point surge that almost
gained them a season debut vic
tory Friday night here, but their
opponent Garner held on for a
1884 triumph.
The Kittens were behind l2-l7 at
the half. junior forwards Joanne
Lloyd and Sue Ham dumped in
eight and seven points respectively
in the third and fourth quarters
to nearly bring victory. But some
neat ball handling by the Garner
forwards in the last two minutes
preserved the game for the visi-
tors.
The Garner girls actually won
the game at the free throw line,
canning IA of 36 attempts while
CHHS made good only four of IA.
Also, the fact that five Kittens
fouled out of the contest appeared
to have had direct bearing on the
game.
First game jitters slowed up
both teams, but the Kittens SEEM
ed to be more affected than the
Garner girls, especially in first
half play.
Ann Ridout. Betsy Fitch, and
Toby Andrews were the top kitten
guards of the nine who played.
Tho linoi,rc.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Miss Lucy E. Fay Clues Her Fatkers
CiUil War Letters to Texas University

Miss Lucy e. Fay Of Chapel
Hill, former associate professor OF
photography in Columbia Univer-
sity's School of Library Science,
recently presented her fathers
original Civil War letters to the
Rare Books Room of the Univer-
sity of Texas Library. Written by
her father. Edwin H. Fay, when
he was a sergeant in the Confed-
crate Army, the letters were pub
lished in book form last month
by the University of Texas Press.
Miss Fay's gift was described
In front-page article in the No
vember Is issue of tie Daily
Texan, the student newspaper on
the Texas campus. Here are pas
sages from the article:
Miss Lucy E. Fay gave the
University of Texas one of the
worlds finest collections of Civil
War letters when she presented
her fathers original letters Mon
day night in the Rare Books
Room.
Sgt. Edwin H. Fay's letters
were collected in This Internal
War a volume published Monday
by the University Press.
DIR. Bell /. Wiley. Civil War
historian who edited the collection,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Local Men Are At
Tennessee Meeting

Guy B. Phillips and Neal Tracy
of the UNC School of Education
staff, along with two graduate KEEL
lOgg Scholarship students, Richard
Ray and Robert Nelson, are in Cat
linburg, Tenn, this week attend
ing regional conference of the
Kellogg Project. They are among
representatives of eight Southern
states taking part in the event.
The UNC School of Education
has been a part Of the project for
the past six years. During that
period, seven North Carolina coun-
ty systems have been in a coop
eratiye study program with the
help Of the School Of Education
staff members.
A recent program has provided
funds for two graduate students
each year who have worked in
the area Of the competency Of the
Superintendent Of Schools. The
Gatlinburg meeting is considering
developments on a regional basis,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08

will handle the soprano recita-
tiveS.
Other soloists are UNC graduate
student Marvin Tatum, bass from
Richmond, Va; Beth Diaz. So
prano from Durham; and David
L. Vaughn, graduate student from
Salem.
Lee Bostian, graduate assistant
in the music department and
regular accompanist for tn e
Choral Club, will play for the
soloists, He will be joined by Kay
knight in a two-piano arrange
ment of the orchestral acc0mpanl-
ments for the choruses.
Glenn Watkins, UNC assistant
professor of organ. will play for
all the recitatives.
The Chapel Hill Choral Club,
formed for over 80 years, is COM
posed of IS townspeople, faculty,
and students. Its major appear
ances each year are during the
Christmas season and at COM
mencement.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Choral Club Plans Annual Christmas
Concert Tuesday, December Sixteenth

The Chapel Hill Choral Club,
directed by Joel Carter, will PIE
sent its annual Christmas Concert
in Hill Hall at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Dec. l6. The program, the sixth
in the Tuesday Evening Series
sponsored by the UNC Music De-
partment, will consist of the first
three parts Of Bach's Christmas
Oratorio.
Written in 1733-34, the oratorio
is divided into six cantatas, each
supposed to be performed on a
different day beginning on Christ
mas day and ending on Epiphany.
Seven members of the group
viii sing solo parts. Robert Mel
ton, resident at Duke University
Hospital, will sing the tenor role
of the Evangelist. All the alto
solos will be sung by Betty Jean
Smith of Chapel Hill.
U. T. Holmes, UNC Kenan Pro-
fessor Of Romance Languages,
will perform the bass recitatives.
Barbara Peacock, Chapel Hill,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
P0ssum Is Cause
OF Trouble on 54

A car driven by Associate Pro-
fessor j. Sullivan Gibson Of the
University's Geology Department
ran off the road Friday night when
II struck a possum near here on
Route 54.
Mr.. Gibson, who was returning
from a meeting in Raleigh, called
the Stancell Motor Company. and
Clarence Mcfarland was sent out
with the wrecker. He easily got
the car back on the road, but then
the wrecker acted up and refused
to run. 1t was out Of gasoline.
Mr.. Mcfarland grabbed his gas
oline can and walked down the
road to nearby service station.
He was in for a disappointment.
I'm sorry" the attendant said,
we're out Of gas. put the last
we had into that car you Just
saw drive away"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Blake's Paintings y
On Exhibition Here

A display of about SO water
color paintings by Robert l..
Blake. staff member of the Duke
University Medical Center's medi-
cal I art and illustration depart.
ment. opened last week at the
Morehead Planetarium and will
remain on view through January
4. The scenes range from the
mountains to the Outer Banks OF
the Tar Heel state.
Mr.. Blake is well known In
North Carolina art circles. Earlier
this year, he won first prize In
water colors and first prize in pen
and ink drawings at the North
Carolina State Fair.
His current exhibition is his
third invitational one-man show
presented by the Morehead Plane
tarium during the past six years.
Also, he prepared a panorama OF
the Judean hills which is used
annually in the Planetarium .
Christmas program, Star OF
Bethlehem"
A native of Pleasantville, N. j.,
Mr.. Blake has been associated
with the Duke Medical Center
since 1912.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08

The marked improvement of
center Dick Kepley, 6-s junior cent
er from Roanoke, Va, and STIR
ring performances by sophomores
Doug Moe and York Larese had
Carolina supporters talking follow
ing the Clemson game.
Kepley, much smoother and
more polished than he was last
season, was the anchor man for
the team during the game. He col
lected ~ points and led in all
other categories.
Moe and Larese did not start,
but once they were in and went
to work, the Tar Heels began to
move. Completely thwarted dur
ing the first half by the Tigers,
they shot out front, with Moe and
Larese shooting and playing well.
Plenty of seats are available
for the Virginia game and will be
on sale at the box office the night
of the contest. The priority period
for students and faculty ended last
week.
The varsity game starts at BIS
pm. The Carolina freshmen, also
winners of their opener against
Hargraye Military Academy, will
meet the High Point College Jay
wees in 6 pm. preliminary.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-12-08
Harold ID. Meyer
Receives HOnOrs

Three appointments. two OF
national significance, came last
week to Professor Harold ID.
Meyer, UNC authority on recrea-
ton.
The National Committee on
aging has named Mr.. Meyer to a
group concerned with establish
ing community centers and club
programs for the aging. He was
named by G. Warfield Hobbs srd,
of New York. the president. The
project Is financed by the Schimp-
er Foundation. The National Com
mittee on Aging is a part OF the
National Social Welfare Assembly.
The second honor is Mr.. Meyers
appointment, by Charles B. Gran
ford Of the American Recreation
Society, to be national legislative
chairman Of the organization. The
society is interested in federal,
state and local legislation relating
to the recreation movement.
A third distinction is the appoint
ment of Mr.. Meyer as an "Ad-
miral in the Wilmington Navy"
given to him by the City of VIII
mington when the N. c. Recrea-
tion Society met In the port city.
Prof. Meyer is chairman Of the