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using popular means" He feels
that all contemporary enter
tainment devices such as the
movies, television, and even
detective novels could be We
hicles for great art.
Mr.. Friar also cited Wash
ington architecture as an ex-
ample of classicism improperly
initiated. Although he praised
the Jefferson and Lincoln Me-
MORALS. he said the true classic
spirit in American architecture
Is found in the Seagrams and
Lever Bros. Buildings in New
York City. They, he insisted
and not Washington's massive
Federal structures-have the
true classic line and simplicity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06

car left the road and crashed
into a fence but none OF the
passengers was hurt.
Nelson County Deputy Sheriff
Harry M. Dixon said the youth
told him they were riding
along shooting at road signs
with the pistol. The gun, he
said. was passed from the front
seat to the back and discharged
in the back seat. The bullet
went through the back Of the
front seat and struck young
Marshall.
The student handing the
gun when 1t went OF was
identified by Sheriff Dixon as
William Herman Bays. 10. Of
Appalachian.
The deputy sheriff said he
would not be charged with the
accidental shooting.
Sheriff Dixon said the owner
Of the gun, Joel Futral, 10, had
fired it from the moving car
and handed it to young Bays
just before the accident.
The students were driving to
Crab Tree Falls when the &C
cident occurred.
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Virginia U.
Student Hit
ByWiId Shot

MAsSIEs MILL. Va. Oct. q
(AP.-A Joy ride for a carful
OF University of Virginia stu
dents turned into tragedy near
here yesterday as one youth
was accidentally shot in the
back with~a .22-caliber pistol.
Partly paralyzed and in poor
condition in a hospital at
Lynchburg was Harry r. Mar
shall, jr., 10, Of Mount Kisco,
N. Y.
He was shot in the back
while driving a car load of
students along State Route Sc
near here about 7 pm. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06

for word with Mr.. Kazantzakes
at the poets home in Antilles
on the French Riviera.
Later. he continued his work
in Athens on a Fulbright re-
search fellowship in modern
Greek literature. He finished
the translation in 1858. taking
eight months longer to trans
late the w.k than it took Mr..
Kazantzak to write 1t.
The poet, however. died a
year before Mr.. Friar's work
appeared.
II do not" he said. "disdain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
star stan Writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
Oct. 6 - DR.. Edgar Finley
Shannon, jr.. today was in
stalled as the fourth and
youngest president OF the Uni
Versity Of Virginia, founded
lao years ago by Thomas JEFF
ferson.
ITO guarantee her destiny"
the 4l-year-old scholar said in
his inaugural address, II advo-
cate no revolutionary program.
Rather, ! call upon all of
us who are responsible for her
well-being to rededicate our
servel simply and fully to our
transmitted articles of faith
greatness and service.
while our country is locked
in, a mortal contest with an
adversary who seeks to an
initiate our economic and
political system, let the ,niver-
sity, founded in the infancy
and exuberance of our United
States, contribute decisively
and significantly to the
spiritual and intellectual fiber
OF the Nation. in its present
period of maturity and gravity"
At least 5000 persons gath
cred for the colorful cere-
monies. All of the 1000 chairs
in. front of Cabell Hall were
filled and many stood on the
lawn running between the uni
verSity's historic ranges.
Both DR.. Shannon and Vir-
ginia'S Gov. Almond echoed
Jefferson in seeing the Uni
versity as the "capstone" of
public education-their remarks
taking on added significance
at time when some Virginia
localities are eliminating or
curtailing free schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06
Citizens Group Hears
Arlington Board Issues

The Democratic candidate for the Arlington County Board
last night said he opposed school Indignation and regretted that
1t had sent exracurricular activities "out the window
The candidate Alfred Grove made clear wanted keer
public schools the county and that his belief
in SEGREGATION secondary to this But said outside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-06

IN segregation was secondary
school activities for students
are "a great part of education.
The school BOARD recently
banned some of these activities
because Of some indignation in
county schools. School board
members said they did so to
retain the good will of the
State Legislature.
Mr.. Grove and the two in
cumbentS, David L. Krupsaw
and Ralph Kaul; Republican
Candidate Alvin Smell and In
dependent Candidate Russell
Runyon addressed an open
meeting of the Glen Carlyn
Citizens Association.
Both Views in Abe
Board Chairman Krupsaw
told the meeting that his polit-
ical organization the Airing
tonians for a Better County,
was composed of both segrega-
tionists and integrationistS. One
thing all members agreed on,
he said, was to keep schools |
open and avoid another Gen.
trail High School (Little Rock !
episode. The Arlington Cham
Der of Commerce, headed by |
Mr.. Grove in 1858 and earlier
this year until he became a
candidate, refused to indorse
this principle, said Mr.. Krup-
saw.
why didn't Mr.. Grove have
the force of character to stand
up for this?" asked Mr.. Krup-
saw. Mr.. Grove said later that
the issue was a matter for in
dividual decision and not one
for group action. /
Mr.. Grove said he did not
believe the county was ready to
provide kindergarten classes
now because facilities for older
children were still overcrowded.
Adequate classrooms, play
ground and other space should
first be provided for the chill
dren now in school and then
he would be for kindergarten
classes, he declared.
800 on Double Shift
Mr.. Raul answered that only
300 out of $4,000 Arlington
school children are now on
double shifts. Mr.. Krupsaw said
that he and Mr.. Raul would ap-
prove kindergarten classes if
proposed by the school board.
He noted that a February, 1856,
bond issue for school construc-
ton was voted down, delaying
school construction. and that
one of its opponents was Mr..
Grove.
Republican candidate Smell
charged that the ABC-con-
trolled board decision to hold
the line on taxes this year was
politically inspired because it
was puhlicized before the board
considered the school budget.
1t was the first time in Ar
lington's history, he asserted,
that a county board had gam
bled with the education of our
children"
Mr.. Smell also contended that
the board was responsible for
an $1,000 loss in State library
funds, because some of the Ii
brarians were not up to State
standards. The county had been
notified several years ago that
funds would be withheld if the
personnel did not take certain
training, he noted.
Efforts Discounted
Mr.. Raul earlier admitted
that the county's library system
was a disgrace" for a well-to-
do and well-educated area, but
that he and Mr.. Krupsaw were
seeking improvements. Mr.. Smell
pointed out that the only in
crease in the library budget this
year was for salaries. rightfully
due, but insignificant compared
to what was necessary.
No tax increase this year
meant another delay in long
needed development Of recrea-
tional facilities in the county,
Mr.. Smell said. Any more de-
lays, he said, and Arlingtonians
n.
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Twill be going to the Blue Ridge
Mountains" to seek recreational
space.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
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Evening star., 1959-12-01
CARES Dollar Day

The closest modern parallel to the
Biblical incident of the loaveS and fishes
is a CARE food package. Thanks to
Americas surplus agricultural produc-
ton, gift of one dollar provides a
miraculous % pounds of vital suStenance
to the hungry folk in any one of IS
overseas areas where freedom conflicts
with scarcity.
Next Thursday, December g. has
been designated in Washington as CARE
Dollar Day. Department stores, reStau-
rants, hotels and banks have provided
space for special booths and collection
boxes Some 300 women of the COM
munity, dedicated to the proposition
that hunger anywhere hurts people
everywhere, will be giving their time
and help.
1t is a good cause. Any of us not
expecting to shop, bank or dine out on
Thursday can insure happier holiday
season for an unknown friend abroad
by sending our dollars direct to CARE,
Washington 6, D. c.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Mr.. Wilkins Won't Resiqn

Unless there is more to the matter
than meets the eye, it seems to us that
Donald wilkins is right in refusing to re-
sign as chairman of the Fairfax County
Hospital Commission.
Mr.. wilkins has been asked to resign
by six of the seven members of the
County Board of Supervisors. The
seventh member, Mrs. Anne Wilkins,
who is his wife, did not participate
Thus, the resignation request, coming
from three Democratic and three Re-
publican board members, cannot be
viewed as partisan matter, and in or
dinary circumstances it ought to be re-
Spected. In this instance, however, the
circumstances are unusual.
We are not impressed with the rea-
sons given by Mr.. wilkins for his refusal
to comply-that the board meeting at
which the action was taken was illegal,
that the letter asking him to resign
was not on county stationery that it
had been printed on a duplicating ma
chine, ct cetera. Such considerations
are inconSeuuential.
The important point is that the
supervisors, in effect, have cleared Mr..
Wilkins of conf1ict-o of-interest charges
At least, their letter stated that the
Evening star., 1959-12-01

accusations "have not been sustained"
and also said that Mr.. wilkins service
on the hospital commission has been
highly commendable." If these things
are correct, why should he resign and
accept the stigma which, in many minds,
would attach to a resignation?
1t may be true that the controversy
which has enveloped Mr.. wilkins, per-
Sonally and the hospital project, too. is
prejudicing fund-raiSing efforts for the
undertaking. But If Mr.. wilkins service
has been highly commendable, it is
hardly reasonable to expect him to take
the rap. And this is all the more true in
view of the fact that the conflict-of-
interest investigation is still under way.
Presumably, If it thinks such action JUS
tifled, the board could dismiss Mr.. Will
kins. But it ought not to ask him to
put his head on the block voluntarily on
the basis of the facts which have been
disclosed up to this point.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Political Inquest

In the life of an theological move
ment, forty years of SteadfaSt dedication
to the same set of principles may reflect
an admirable sense of conviction. In
the life of political party, the same
single-mindedness may reflect lack of
awareneSS that times and the issues
therein are constantly changing. In a
sense, the Laborites in Britain are suf-
fering from this basic problem of split
personality divided between preoccu-
patton with Socialist constitution that
was written in 1918 and the require
ments of practical politics in 1859.
In its weekend conference, widely
labeled as an inquest" on its early
October election defeat, the Labor Party
was confronted with this question:
Should it consider its theological cause
paramount to all else, or should it up
date its position in the light of con-
temporary political circumstances? Al
though the conference fell short of
a clear and final resolution of the di-
lemma, the balance appeared on the side
of those favoring theological compro-
miSe-however mild-in order to pursue
political progress.
Hugh Gaitskell, party leader, was
the principal spokesman for this re-
shaping of Strategy-Suggesting that
naturalization (public ownership of
industry should not remain "the be-all
and end-all, the ultimate first principle
and aim of socialism" For the foresee-
able future, he said British socialism
has accepted "a mixed economy" of
private and public ownership, and the
party should have better expression
of what it stands for in the modern
world than 40-year-old constitution
that makes no mention of many current
issues. Even Aneurin Bevan, who did
not back away from his devotion to the
public ownership banner, described his
differences with Mr.. GaitSkell as mot
fundamental"
Unless the Conservative government
encounters parliamentary crisis sooner,
there will not be another national elec-
ton in Britain for four or five years. AS
of now, Mr.. GaitSkell'S Labor leadership
appears secure with the prospect that
the party will move more and more to-
ward his way of thinking. Actually, the
October results indicate that the Cats
kell program of modernization and mod
Grafton is more suited to the country'S
mood than die-hard devotion to 1918
doctrine.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Bias on Capitol Hill?

The charge of racial discrimination
in the employment of workers on Capitol
Hill construction jobs presumably is just
the sort of thing which the Presidents
Committee on Government Contracts
was set up to handle. After more than
four months of investigation, however,
the committee, headed by Vice President
Nixon, appears to be having serious
trouble in deciding what action it should
take next.
Involved in the case is a Negro steel
worker, who contends that he has been
denied employment on several Federal
projects, including the east front ex-
tension, because of his race. This denial,
he claims, violates an antidiSerimina-
tion provision in contracts between the
Government and the principal contrac-
tor, the McCloSkey Contracting Conn.,
pany of Philadelphia. The McCloskey
firm denies any discrimination on its
part. Steelworkers, Negro or white, it
says, are referred" to its subcontractors
for employment through an agreement
with a Washington union. The COM
plainant's business, therefore, it argues,
is with the union. But the union, the
steelworker maintains, refuses to refer"
him, or to recognize the transfer of his
membership from union local in New
Orleans.
The question which the Presidents
committee must answer, 1t seems to us,
is where the responsibility lies If, indeed,
racial discrimination has taken place. Is
1t with the McCloskey company, which
on the face of it has contractual obli-
cation not to discriminate? Or is it with
the union, where officials of the commit
tee say the real trouble lies? In either
case, what is the McCloSkey company
expected to do about it? Is the company
free, as a practical matter, to bypass
union "referralS" and to hire workers
directly without jeopardizing the rest of
It's work force? Can contractors in such
cases be expected to guarantee that no
discrimination will be practiced at the
union level in supplying workers?
The answers to these questions,
as we see the matter, are far from
clear. The McCloskey company, con-
testing some of the allegations, report
edly has urged that testimony be taken
under oath on the whole dispute. If the
Presidents committee is in doubt as to
the facts, this suggestion is a good one.
For committee officials leave no doubt
in their statements that they believe
racial discrimination has occurred. The
responsibility is theirs to recommend
what should be done about it.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Eye to Eye

President Eisenhower'S breakfast
meeting with the top Democratic and
Republican leaders of Congress has
served an excellent purpose in two i'm
portant respects: 1t has enabled him to
give them a good brief1ng on the nature
of his impending three continent tour;
and it has persuaded them, in turn, TO
declare before the world their unani-
nous, bipartisan Endorsement Of the
project.
The project, involving visits to
eleven nations in Europe, Asia and
Africa, is unprecedented for an Ameri-
can Chief Executive. OF course, as the
President has explained it, it is not going
to be high-powered negotiating jour-
ney calculated to solve lot of prob
lens in hurry. Nevertheless it will
have great potential significance as
goodwill tour on which he will seek to
promote better understanding of our
country'S policies and do whatever else
he can-aS a prelude to an eventual
East-WeSt summit conference-to ad-
vance the cause of peace, freedom and
justice in the world.
Accordingly, after hearing Mr.. Eli
senhower on the subject, the congress
sional leaders haYe left no room for
doubt that they are all agreed that his
projected 22,OO0-mile trip is "a good
thing"-even though "a strenuous piece
of business" as House Speaker Rayburn
has put it. Their feelings have been we'll
summed up by Senate Majority Leader
JohnSon'S assertion that the President
will take with him our understanding,
our prayers and hopes for a successful
Journey" and 1--WE hope the people he
contacts will realize as we do that so
far as peace is concerned the American
people stand as one, united"
1t is good to have words like these
spoken out clearly and unequivocally at
this time. For they once again remind
the world at large that politicking in
America stops at the waters edge and
that our two great parties, though they
differ on other matters, see eye to eye
on the essentials of foreign policy
a fact we'll worth keeping in mind
by all governments overseas, including
particularly RuSsia'S.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Urban Inoction?

Fifteen months ago, when
the Commissioners Urban
Renewal Council was recon-
Stituted with predominantly
business leadership, it was
dubbed, perhaps sardonically,
the What Price Action?
Council" Subsequently, when
the brilliantly conceived plan
for subsidiary study commit
tees was revealed, one had
great hope. Now with one of
the most important commit
tees not having yet met, the
initial query might well be
condensed to What Action?"
Mrs. Ruth Dene NeufeId.
Evening star., 1959-12-01

influence, covered in terror"
from a mouse.
PsychiatriSts constantly
preach that fear" is at the
root of much Of our mental
trouble. Mightn't a confused
and insecure patient easily
risk coming out from this
ordeal with more serious
problems than he took in?
Look at the unhappy side
effects developed by users of
our wonder drugs" At the
beginning, they we're envi-
stoned as the answer to most
Of the worlds physical ILL
nesSeS.
We're extremely relieved,
however, that the Chemical
Warfare Branch of the U. S.
Army has LSD under study.
Many of our leaders believe
a final showdown with Com
munistS might come on our
own home front. 1t wouldn't
do to have our side do all
the covering in terror"
Lila ID. SOnnemann.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

This column recently spoke
about the old player pianos
and how people of the gay
'90s enjoyed them. We hoped
they would return.
A correspondent assures US
that they have, returned.
Wish that I had one,"
she writes.
Who doesn't? They were a
lot of fun. and enabled the
person who could not play a
piano to play it.
Certainly. about the ones
you pumped with your feet,
there was a mechanical beat,
but this, too, has its uses.
In fact, one popular British
band called itself a strict
time" combination.
Keeping the beat rather
pointedly is sometimes a part
of good music, especially of
the popular sort.
The biggest dance orches-
tras often resort to staccato.
which is, after all, merely a
strict time thing.
y
Playing the piano is an
accomplishment Templeton
Jones has always wished he
had.
Yet somehow he never got
up quite the ardor to do it
himself.
This was long before the
"do-it-yourself" school came
into being.
Small boys of yesteryear
had to be prodded into TAX
ing piano lessons.
In the first place, they
usually didn't like Teacher.
Teacher was some old
dame, or so they thought,
though she might not have
been over 35 years, really.
Thirty-five was regarded
as old in the old days.
That seems strange now,
when grandmothers dance
the rhumba, and grand
fathers do the shopping at
the supermarket.
=
BY the way, we heard a
strange one the other day
1t seems that men of the
I a h i N a b ! e neighbor
hood have banded together
for a Saturday morning kof-
fee klatch, as it is sometimes
called.
This is to frustrate, we
understand, the demands Of
their respective wives that
they do the marketing, NOV
the lawn, fix the attic win
dow and walk the dog.
The beauty of the arrange
ment, they snicker, is that
one wife has to make coffee
for the gang!
Then all the boys sit
around and drink coffee and
laugh.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Shock Druos

The Stars This Week"
article. illustrating the way
the new shock drug. LSD,
"distortS" ones normal view
of the world when used to
explode the personality"
might be a clue to abstract
art. But surely we should
be extremely cautious in its
use on our people. Person.
ally. with all due respect to
the worldwide experimental
ton by neuro-psychiatrists
who believe LSD may offer
help to the mentally i'll, my
personality" would have to
be in sad shape indeed. before
anyone got to explode" it
with a shock so intensely
exciting" to the brain and
nervous system that a Hopi
Indian looked like a whirling
circle of streaks and daubs
of brilliant color and "char-
acteristically" induced such
a feeling of overwhelming
fear" that a cat, under its
Evening star., 1959-12-01
December's Beauty

Over the centuries, thanks
largely to the winter solstice
with its promise of better
days to come, the month of
December has come to mean
a season of rejoicing and
the glad heart is the gen.
erous one that only the reli-
gious zealot or the curmudg-
con would attempt to stifle.
AS. we get into the last
month Of the year, we are
aware Of the great beauty
of December the days are
short. it is true, but how
lovely are the nights both for
the city and rural dwellers.
The sparkle Of electricity
throughout the city-the gay
Christmas decorations-the
hustle and hustle of eager
shoppers. Sometimes it seems
as though we are trying to
crowd all of our activities
into this last month before
the old year dies.
How beautiful is the coun-
trYside-at no other season
are there such brilliant con-
stellations in the heavens and
so many glittering stars scat
tered like twinkling gems
through space. You'll see
Orion, the biggest of the win
ter consultations, swinging
his leg above the horizon.
The early hours of nightfall
are left to the whispering
winds through barren tree
tops, and the bark of the
fox. December is the month
for exploring the heavens
we should enjoy every day
and night Of this last month.
At this season, we think Of
those who have gone on be-
fore us but in spirit we feel
that they are lowering near.
In many homes this Christ
mas Eve, there will be no
candle glow nor will there
be the Christmas Joy they
knew so long ago; our hearts
and thoughts go out to them
in every home on earth, and
may some joy be theirs as we
proclaim our Saviour'S birth.
Lucille Agniel Gaines.