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Evening star., 1959-11-29
Landscape, Flowers

More than 20 recent paint
ings by Marjorie Phillips at
the Phillips Gallery through
December 7 compose a solo
exhibition in refreshing con-
trast to the numerous shows
of abstract art now in Wash
ington.
Mrs. Phillips continues to
paint the scenes she knows
and loves, both in Washing
ton and in Pennsylvania
where she has a summer
home. Her Distant View of
the Potomac" as seen from
her home on Foxhall road,
and Pennsylvania's Town
and Mountains" "Silos and
Farms" and several others
are sweeping panoramas full
Of fresh air and sunshine.
pine Trees and Snow" with
Evening star., 1959-11-29
Art Lectures

DR.. Benjamin Rowland,
acting curator of Oriental art
Of Harvard University's Fogg
Art Museum, will speak on
Indian Art and Religion"
this afternoon at 4 at the
National Gallery Of Art. Free
to the public.
Two distinguished artists
will give lectures at the Cor
coran Gallery of Art during
the coming week. Richard
Lippold will speak on "a Mod
ern Sculptor's World" next
Wednesday. December 2, at
II am. This is the second
program in the illustrated
lecture series sponsored by
the gallery's Women's Com
mittee.
Lee Simonson, stage de-
signer, will speak on The
Grass Roots of the American
Theater" next Thursday, De-
cember 3, at $40 in the audi
torium.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
TURNTABLE TALK
Warren and Company
In Verdi Revival

and record collectors to
Verdi'S two final magma
opera, that the ignorers
should pick on NJ a C b e h.
Verdi's Shakespearean ardor
produced two of the greatest
Of all operas; it would have
been reasonable to expect to
find at least some arresting
prefigurations compliments
for a convenient term to
Henry w. Simon in Victor's
jacket notes. in a similarly
engendered venture. even one
Of nearly a half-century
earlier. And in any event,
Verdi in his own right was
at "a, and is now, a pretty
good draw.
Listeners now can judge
for themselves. Victor, with
alertness presumably related
to the favorable captive
market induced by its mail
opera club, has stamped its
canine imprimatur on the
Metropolitan production
which signified a belated
revival Of the Verdi drama
for New Workers last Febru-
ary. With Leonard Warren as
the chief protagonist, the
aural attributes of the per-
formance are suitably ear
filling. The dramatic aspects,
to the degree possible with
out visual aids, are also sub,
stantial if not unremitting,
and the engineers have OBJ
viously been learning their
stereo lessons well even for
monaural purveying.
Most hearers will not find
great significance in the
Evening star., 1959-11-29
NEWS OF MUSIC
Major BerIioz Work
To Be Performed

and a handful Of strings as
it was with an orchestra Of
a thousand.)
The complete cast of Les
Troyens" has not been an
nounced. The preliminary
word is that Eleanor Steber,
Giuseppe Consiglio and Re-
gina Resnik will be principals.
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
The Edsel is dead, but for
tunately Ford is still with us,
earnestly paying the bills for
American operas. Julius Ru-
del, general director of the
New York City Opera (fa-
miliarly called the "City
Center") was in town last
week to lay plans for three
productions in Lisner next
February. Carlisle Floyd's
"Susannah," Douglas Moore's
"The Ballad of Baby Doe"
and Hugo Weisgall's "Six
Characters in Search of an
Author" will be the works to
be presented here at the out
set of a long tour.
Mr.. Rudel's enthusiasm for
American opera gave zest to
a luncheon at which he was
host and newspapermen and
a variety of music lovers
were guests.
He pointed out that while
hundreds Of American operas
have been written few have
been produced and fewer still
are known to any but the
most limited public.
Mr.. Rudel believes that
there are many excellent
American operas, and that
we cannot become a truly
opera minded country unless
and until indigenous works
are the background of our
operate taste. Foreign coun-
tries in which opera is a
major theatrical attraction
all rely heavily on native
music and stories for their
operas. although not neceS-
Sarily on native scenes-the
operas of Puccini, for ex-
ample, taking place not only
in Italy but in Japan, China.
America and France-and it
may be that opera will be-
come a major art form in
the United States only when
as a nation we approach the
great operas Of the world
through an understanding of
our own creative work.
The argument, sad to say,
is not quite convincing, for
the evidence is that in the
legitimate theater and in
popular musical shows we
approve only of the new,
classic" plays as young even
as Ibsen being dead as a
group, while in classical"
music we want little else
than the old and the IA
miliar.
That a modern American
opera stands a better chance
than a modern American
symphony remains to be seen.
1t is good that Mr.. Rudel is
putting the matter to the
test.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
MUSIC
PROGRAMS
TODAY

AODA4
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL, CHOIR
OF MEN AND BOYS. Paul CallaWay,
pm. Adagio and Aiiegro from Con-
eerto In @ minor. Handel: Cantate
Domino, Byrd; Mass In @ minor, VIII
nams; Allegro Maestoso from Sonata
for organ, ElgaT
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB
COMPOSERS GROUP. Barker Hall,
YWCA, 4 pm. Little Poem, Victor
Mary kept all these things, Jackson;
seherzo. Fritter: Ave Maria, Miller;
Fns1s FIsl9ae sostS,,t sna Dance: BestSxiek
Where's David, Roberts: YESTERDAY
and Today, Roberts; Mountain Song,
Goldman; Sea Change, Goldman: The
Mayhower still Is Sailing On, Emery.
ROBERT E. sTIGALL. organ; Jean
chrtan cR9Teb ., rc9fsT rcG9s5sEss9nS cdapaS
4:3O pm. chorale Prelude on Wachet
auf ruff uns die Stimme, Bach;
Bach; Concerto No. in F, Handel:
e'er Blooming, Brahms; Prelude on
Brother James Air, Wright: Chorale
NO. in A minor, Franek.
ERNA GARNER, soprano: William Wat
klns, organ. GEORGETOWN Presbyterian
CHURCH, pm. Bell symphony and
voluntary in G, Purcell; Two Vsrsets.
Purcell: Trumpet Voluntary, Clarke;
Seven Sacred Songs for soprano and
organ, Greene.
PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH CHOIR,
Pierre DOstert, director. Soloists: Al
bass, Pilgrim Lutheran Church. 5
pm. Cantata No, 104, Bach: Jesu
Grant Me This. / Pray, kttson; lsiy
King Rode In, Weaver: Jesus Joy
Of Mans Desiring, Bach: Veni Crea-
tor Spiritus, plalnsong; The Sorrows
Of my Heart, Boyce; o Gott Du
Frommer Gott, Brahms; Fantasia in
@, Bach.
EDWIN FLATH. organ. westmoreland
Conversational Church. 5:3O pm.
Prelude and Fugue in minor,
Holland, Buxtehude: Prelude and
Eugue in F sharp minor, Buxtehude;
Trio Sonata ILL., Bach; Toccata in
2, Bach: Chromatic Stude on the
Hindemith: % iahs Fugpe. s'0Ri aonesaer: sTNr:3 God
Among Us, Messiaen.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT,
Marshall Stone, director. Soloists:
Mary Jane Hunt, Anne Allen, Carl
Kaiser, Harry Riley. St. Paups
Episcopal Church. Alexandria. Va;
and Woodwinds. Purcell: sinfonia
for Oboe and Strings, Bach; Vol
untaries for keyboard, Tompkins:
Concerto No. in D, Stanley; Even
song Service with music BY Batten,
Bach, Davies; Advent cantata No.
MICHAEL TREE. violin; Lawrence
smith, piano. National Gallery Of
%, Beethoven; Suite Italienne,
stravinsky; Sonata No. l Ysaye;
-Four Pieces, Opus II, Suk.
ARTUR RUBINSTEN, piano. Constitu-
tion Hall. 8 pm. All-Chopin pro-
Evening star., 1959-11-29
TOMORROW

MARY ALYCE BANNETT, mezzo-so.
prano: Harry Mcclure, piano. Phil.
lips Gallery. $40 pm. Das Marien.
leben, Hindemith.
D. c. CHAPTER, NATIONAL ASSOCI.
ALTON OF AMERICAN COMPOSERS
AND CONDUCTORS. Perpetua
Building Association, s pm. Per.
formances BY composers and mem.
bers, with Hope Haley, guest vo.
calist. Sonata for Violin and Piano
Seeboth: Sonata for Piano, Arnaud
Songs. Braunlich: String Quartet
Miller: Songs. Theme; Songs. Cedar.
holm; Sonata for Flute, Margrave
SonRS. De GaStYne
Evening star., 1959-11-29
NEW OPENINGS

PAINTINGS BY FREDERIC THURSz
The Jefferson Place Gallery, I3iR
Connecticut avenue NV. Current
through December IL.
GROUP EXHIBITION. The Artists.
Mart, 1861 Wisconsin avenue NV
Tuesday through December 81.
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN
SOUTH AFRICA. National HousirS
Center, 1925 L. street NV. Current
through December 8
PAINTINGS BY JOHN RANDALL
Dyer Brothers, 1871 Fort Myer drive,
hosSlyn' va. Tuesday through De-
EXHIBITION FROM PAKIsTAN N,..
die East House, 1907 New Hampshire
date not announced.
EUROPEAN LITHOGRAPHs. The Arr,
Rental Gallery, sos Eighteenth
treet NV. Tuesday, indefinitely.
GROUP EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
AND CERAMICS, TEMPERA PAINT
INGS BY EDNA LEE. studio Art
Shop, 1909 Mount Vernon avenue,
alexandria, Va. Just opened, through
December.
PAINTINGS BY COUNTESS ANN DE
GRABOWSkI. Mclean Arts Center,
Emerson street Mclean, Va. This
afternoon 3 70 o, through January
PAINTINGS BY FOUR LATVIAN ART.
ISIS. Latvian Lutheran Church. Sun
day School building, Forty-second
avenue and Farragut street, HyattS-
vile, Md. This afternoon. l 10 $50
pm
PAINTINGS BY THE LANDSCAPE
CLUB. The Glen Gallery, South
Glen road, Potomac, Nd. Next
Thursday through January l.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
FRIDAY

CARL DoLMETsCH, viol and recorder;
Joseph Saxhy, hsrpsichord. Library
Of Congress. $50 pm. Sonata in 2
nat. Loeillet; Sonata in c. Abel;
Muzetto. Daouin; lie coucous bene-
yoles, Couperin: Allegro Motto
G. p E, Bach; Three Movements
from Suite for Recorder and Harpsi-
chord, Jacob; Two Movements from
Sonata III, Pugnani Sonata in r
Handel; Anonymous English and
Italian works
MONTGOMERY LIGHT OPERA AS.
SOCIAT1ON. Paul Junior High School
Auditorium, $3.50 pm. Patience,
Gilbert and Sullivan.
ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR OF WASH
INGTON-I.EE HIGH SCHOOL, Flo
renee Booker and Dorothy BaumIe
directors. Woodrow Wilson High
School. $50 pm. Fanfare, Diemer
French Military March, Saint.
Saens; Toccata, Frescobaldi- Kinder
Abu Hassan Overture, Weber: Noel
Chadwick; Symphony No. 5h. Gillis;
Great Is the Lord, Our Maker, M
Haydn-Pauly; Jesus Walked Thi,
Lonesome Valley. Kielson: Sing anc
Rejoice. James; The Cherubic Hymn
Gretehaninoh; Praise the Lord
Diemer; Three Festive Carols, Foster
HallPlUfah Handel
Evening star., 1959-11-29

Nets reliance on the 1865
Partisan edition, but Mr.. ST.
mons notes inform us that
the resulting alterations and
additions. including the cele-
brated La luce langue," an
act three duet, the exiles'
chorus of act four and the
curiously Beethovenian fugal
battle sequence of the finale,
have generally been accepted
as legitimate Improvements.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
Joe Cont Wait
For Thut Race

HOLLYWOOD (AP)-Joe
E. Lewis is more anxious
than MGM to see how the
movie Ben Hur" comees out.
The night-club comic,
famed for his donations to
the care and feeding of
thoroughbred racing, says:
My bookie, who likes to get
bets down on jockeys. got me
to lay $4,000 on Charlton
Heston in the chariot race"
Evening star., 1959-11-29

"Seascape in Blue" George
Johnsen's Haven" both for
composition and color, Her
man Maril's beautiful Low
Tide" Jean McCann's MAY
flower II" composition of
masts), Delilah Pierce's high
keyed Ferry Slip" and
Helen Ries' Star Harbor."
The most impressive figure
painting to me is Rose God
ing's Boston Relative" with
her strong sense of presence
Helen Corning's Sonia" and
John Mitchell's large, near
abstract Knight and Lady"
whose brittle angular forms
are emphasized in plangent
blue.
Mary Karasick's rich, COL
orful vase of flowers is so
charmingly representational I
wondered how it slipped into
this show. Charlotte Miller's
white Pitcher" and Mary
Stutesman's Fruit" are
pleasing. Two interiors by
Allyn Harris and Jozef Piel-
age have golden, allover
patterns.
Finally, there are several
distractions which seemed
to me superior; those by
Emogene Carter, Theodore
Kliros, John Chapman Lewis,
Alma Thomas (for color and
Andrea Zerega (for subtle
white on white).
Other sections of the area
annual will be reviewed as
space permits. The exhibition
Is open through December 20,
Tuesday through Friday, 10
am; Saturday, 9 am. to
A.On.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

Two major works Of Hec-
tor Berlioz are to be given
in Constitution Hall. Next
month the National Sym
phony presents "L'Enfance
du Christ" on the 23d and
oath, and in January the
American Opera Society, un-
der the baton of Sir Thomas
Beecham, will give a con-
cert performance Of LES
Troyens," the long work be-
ing divided and played on two
consecutive days-January 9
and 10. Bible, Singher, ST.
moneau, and Rubes are the
soloiSts in the oratorio, with a
local chorus not yet an
nounced.
L'Enfance du Christ" is
one Of the most charming
and moving sacred pieces in
the realm of music. To as
certain that the last per-
formance here was at the
Washington Cathedral in
December, 1853, is not only
to prove the rapid and silent
passage of time but also how
vividly the caressing strains
Of the music remain in the
ear, for the concert seems to
me only yesterday. No Christ
mas present the Symphony
could give would be a hap
pier choice, although "L'En-
fance" will be in addition to,
not in place Of, the usual
Messiah" Two years ago 1
declared a personal morato-
rum on Messiah" and now,
refreshed, I look forward with
renewed pleasure to DR..
Mitchell's performance of the
unique work. There could
scarcely be a finer roster Of
soloists - Margot Willauer.
Charles Anthony, Russell
Oberlin, and Norman Farrow.
Late Work Of BerliOz
LES Troyens" is the mas
terpiece to which Berlioz de-
voted the last years Of his
life, writing both words and
music. That the work is in
two parts has only the COM
poser's grudging sanction, not
his blessing, for he wanted
1t to be a single evenings
long entertainment, but was
unable to find a producer for
the tremendous opera. There
have been a few modern
stage productions, but the
difficulties are formidable,
and usually the work is heard
only in orchestral excerpts.
The American Opera Soci-
ETY. is to be congratulated in
undertaking to bring the
complete work here.
The work calls for one of
Berlioz' largest orchestras,
a chorus and a big cast
Of soloists. ('L'Enfance du
Christ" on the contrary, en-
ploys only a very modest or
chestra. The Berlioz myth
, has always overlooked the
truth that his genius for all
orchestral sounds was at
home with a couple Of oboes
Evening star., 1959-11-29
Kuufmunn Memorial

A retrospective exhibition
of paintings by Robert D.
Kaufman is at the I. F.. A.
Galleries, 1923 Connecticut
avenue NV, only through
this week. The artist, who
had four one-man shows at
this gallery during the past
decade. died last April at the
age of As, in a fire in his
studio.
More than 20 Of his paint
ings, most of them abstract,
with a few modern figurative,
include a loan from the
Phillips Gallery. Kaufmann's
paintings are being acquired
by other important museums
in a project mentioned in the
I. F. A. Galleries catalogue.
Open weekdays, $50 to 6.
Evening star., 1959-11-29

the flash Of a cardinals
wings. is the only winter
scene.
About half the paintings
are flower subjects, brilliant
in color and harmonious in
arrangements and back
grounds.
Open weekdays II to 6,
Mondays to 10 pm, Sundays
2 to 7.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
ART NEWS OF THE D. C. AREA
18th hAnnuoI Areas Show
At Corcoron Gallery
By FLORENCE S. BERGMAN
Star Art Critic

The Corcoran Gallerys 14th Annual Area Exhibition
Of 348 works in five categores is actually display of five
shows in as many media selected by four artists Each
show classification group consequently represents not
only what submitted by artists within 50-mie radius
of the Corcoran Gallery but predomnantly the
Evening star., 1959-11-29


of the Corcoran Gallery, bu
taste of the juror who selected
it.
The paintings in oil, tenn
pera, etc. totalling lit, ap-
proximately one-third of the
exhibition, are not repre-
sentative Of Washington art
lists. Looking in vain for
some Of the best known and
well recognized local paint
ers, both abstract and tradi-
tional, I compiled a list of
the missing too long to be
given here. Some of them
probably did not submit any
work; but others did so, and
were rejected, whereas a
number Of inexperienced stu
dents works we're accepted.
On the evidence of this
painting selection generally,
I feel that Mr.. Levine's taste
is questionable.
At any rate, Of 103 artists in
the oil section, the names of
nearly two-thirds are not
familiar to me; and some !
marked as familiar" are so
only from the annual area
exhibitions. ! do not imply
that these unfamiliar names
are not recognized artists; but
their careers must be pursued
some distance from Wash
ington. In other words, this
show strikes me as a Peri
pheral Area Exhibition.
Abstract ExpressiOnist
More than two-thirds Of
the paintings are abstract or
abstract expressiohist. The
one-third that might be
termed figurative or repre-
Sensational includes some
works only by stretching the
term to its limits. A majority
of the paintings bearing any
resemblance to known objects,
even though purely coinci-
dental, is isolated in galleries
AZ and 43.
Three of the IA equal
awards were bestowed on
paintings. Jack Perlmutter's
large abstract Trick Mir
rors" reproduced here last
Sunday, has asymmetrical
tonal balance and perspec-
tive, well-def1ned forms and
a pleasing quiet color scheme.
Mr.. Perlmutter has two
paintings and two prints in
the exhibition.
Samuel Bookatz, repre-
sented six times Gin three
Sections) was given an award
for Penthouse" inhabited
by three very strange char
acters. 1t seems to me that
the award went to the wrong
painting. His "Hero's Re-
turn" with dignified, time
less classical figures, is far
superior.
The third award, to
Charles Forsythe's Blue
Image" a tangled skein of
pink, gray-blue, black and
white thread lines. is in
comprehensive. This paint
ing makes some others nearby
appear in contrast to be the
work of old masters.
30 Outstanding Works
Despite my feeling that
the 14th annual area paint
ing section is generally dis
appointing, there are some
80 works that stand out for
one reason or another.
Grouping them arbitrarily
by themes, I liked (urban
Scenes) Leonard Maurer'S
"City" (dense croSS-hatch-
ing), Harry Goldman's SOM
ber, balanced Street Scene"
Joseph Sheppard's genre
New Car" and Stephens
Berge's Going Down." with
its air Of fantasy; landscapes
by Roger Bennorth. Cecilia
Burnett, Gay Dickerson,
Paul Hoffmaster (also his in
terior), Dorothy Kuttler, and
Jean Miller; (sea and shore)
Ant0nia Bader's romantic
Evening star., 1959-11-29
SATURDAY

DAVID oISTRAKH,, eviolin: Vladimir
YampOlsky, piano. Constitution Hall,
$50 pm Sonata in O minor,
Tartini; Sonata in A, Opus AZ.
Beethoven: Sonata in q minor.
Khachaturian; Two poems. Opus 80,
szymanowski; Tzigane. Ravel.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
TUESDAY

CHARLTON MEYER, piano. McKeldin
Library, University OF Maryland.
pm: Works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schu-
mann, Brahms. Debussy.
Evening star., 1959-11-29
WEDNESDAY

HELMUT BRAUNLIcH. violin: Mar.
Earet Bussell, piano Music Buildins
Auditorium. $40 pm. Sonata fol
Violin Solo. Opus 81. No. l.. Hinde-
2 fiat, Opus 12, No. 3, Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Pine
Evening star., 1959-11-29
THURSDAY

LIGHT OPERA AS.
SOCIATION. Paul Junior High School
Auditorium, $40 pm. Patience,
Gilbert and Sullivan.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14

This a the 2Sth anniversary
edition Of the Minneapolis
SPOKESMAN Newspaper.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14

Of Halle Q. Brown community
house, and Elizabeth Moore
chairman Of the education com
mittee Of the st. Paul branch MA
ACP.
The meeting, which brought to-
gether people Of both races from
IS states. was called by A. Philir
Randolph, leader of the March-on-
Washington movement, and head
Of the international Brotherhood
Of Sleeping Car Porters. DR.. Allan
knight Chalmers, prominent New
York clergyman, Is co-chairman
Mrs. Ann Arnold Hedgeman, a ma
tive of Minnesota, and a graduate
Of Hamline University, is the ex-
ecutive secretary Of the National
Council for a Permanent FEPC.-
From Sept. IL, 194S edition. .
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14
Twin City Leaders
Go To WGshingfon
For EEpC Lobby

For the second time within eight
months, public spirited citizens Of
both races in Minneapolis and st.
Paul, have rallied and helped to
send an inter-racial delegation to
Washington, d. c., to plan and
work for the passage of a bin for
a permanent Fair Employment
Practices COMMITTEES.
Six Twin Citians composed the
delegation that left Tuesday for
Washington to attend q meeting
called by the National Council for
a permanent FEPC, September II
and 13.
An intererracial delegation Of 16
Twin City people went to WASH
ington In February to lobby for
this vital legislation. In the del
egation that left, this week were:
Mrs. Ruth Gage Colby, outstand-
ing civic worker and st. Paul Co
chairman Of the Minnesota Com-
ell for a Permanent FEPc; s.
Vincent Owens, executive secre-
tary Of the st. Paul Urban
League; the Rev. Clarence T. r.
Nelson, pastor Of Camphor Me-
mortal Methodist Church, and
president Of the st. Paul branch
NAACP; George B. Phillips,
president Of the Central Labor
Union lAFL) Of Minneapolis;
Jonas b. Schwartz, Min City at
torney, and Albert Allen, a men,
Der Of the executive committee of
the Minneapolis NAACP. Two
other members Of the delegation
who were already in the east, in
cluded I. Myrtle Garden, director
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14
FoUR STOCK CAR RACES AT STATE FAIR

NEARLY 1000 LAPS Of ateode stock racing win offered
to afternoon Grandstand spectators 1859
Fair Aug - through Sept Four Of the programs
ued for this years ar win be devoted Leading
drivers Of the International Motor Contest Association
their standard passenger speedway
somnute marathon Monday. Aug 81 They will be
l1h annual 2Ooap Thursday Sept I00lap
ceded BY motorcycle Saturday third
annual North Star $50 Labor Day speedway
meetings and Of midget racing
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14
GardmeF cowles. SE.
Publisher. ECflseF OF
John Gowles. Buried

Des MOines - Gardner Ccwles,
Sr. s.. scion Of the powerful
Ccwies Newspaper, magazine and
ardio station family was buried
here Monday. He died FEB. 2s, on
his birthday.
Mr.. Cowles built an almost bank
rupt Des Moines paper from a
1900 circulation to one Of S25, 900
subscribers with u nationwide rep
utation as one Of the country's
leading newspapera Tts editor.
Emeritus Harvey Inghan was q
staunch friend Of the Negro people.
he was the father Of John
Cowles. Of the Minneapolis STAR
JOURNAL TRIBUNE. The family
also owns the Minneapolis DAILY
TIMES and the nationally cir
culated LOOK MAGAZINE and q
number OF radio stations.
Although Mr.. Cowles was not
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14

/ itself on way or another concern
ing the school.
As yet the board has not mad.
any kind Of decision but It Is be
leved that they are planning tC
vote rehabilitation for the school
at Tuesdays meeting.
The parents base their belief on
the fact that the board has had
architects survey the building for
the purpose Of learning how much
repair work win have to be done
to the school.
Monday nights action was .
culmlnatiOn Of grievances about
the school that have piled mp
over n long period Of years.
Building Over 60 Years Old
The building is over 50 years
old and In a bad state Of deterior-
alton.
The thing that led up to the
strike vote started back In 1e49
when the campaign for q school
bond issue was voted on. The
hackers Of the bond issue promis-
ed the people Of the area q new
school II the bond issue won.
Shortly after the bond election,
the election Of the school board
took place and candidates for the
board promised the voters Of the
area a new building.
The election returns showed
that q number Of persons voting
in that area was much higher
than that in the rest Of the city.
The promises made by cam
paigners were based on the Uni
versity's bureau Of field studies
recommendation that q consolidat-
ed school be built to replace the
Maxfield and Mckinley
Minneapolis spokesman., 1959-08-14

This IL the 25th anniversary
edition Of the Minneapolis
SPOKESMAN newBpaper.