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Evening star., 1961-05-14
At Their Best

More than 700 portraits of
prominent people have been
painted by Bjorn Egen since
he began his career in Wash
ington. D. c. in 1929. After
seeing 81 representative ex-
amples at George Washing
ton University. the Library,
2023 G street NV. (through
May 21) one can we'll under
stand why. All women
painted by Mr.. Egeli are
beautiful; all men are hand
some and/or distinguished.
This is the way most of us
want to look for future gen.
erationS.
Furthermore, Mr.. Egen Is
so adept at getting like
nesSes, he can gild the lily
when necessary yet leave it
recognizable. He probably
doesn't have to do this too
often: for people whose fea-
lures appear to have been
assembled from unrelated
sources, do not habitually sit
for commissioned portraits.
The first showing of the
impressive three quarter .
length portrait Of Vice-Ad-
rniral Oswald s. Colclough,
acting president of the Uni
verSity through 1859 and go,
now provost and dean of fac
ulties, in his academic robes,
is the occasion for this pres
entation of 80 other Egeli
portraits, an outline retro
spective Of the past quarter
century. Among portraits of
many people well known here
during this period are those
Of H. E. Munthe Morgen-
stierne, DIR. Charles Stanley
White Clent by Doctors Hos
pitaD and DR.. Leonard Steij-
meyer, from the Smithsonian
Institution.
(Open 9 am. to 10 pm.
Monday through Friday, 8
to S Saturday, 2 to 6 Sun
day.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

can dop I have a low 10. !
don't know why guidance
counselors place so much cred
ence on the 10 Intelligence
quotient) scores. They are not
the be-all or end-all of educa-
ton.
What does an 10 of 1O1
mean? When was it taken? Un-
der what conditions? Did Tom
have a headache or stomach
ache that morning? Was he
emotionally upset? Did he quar-
rel with his dad and leave home
in a huff? All these factors
will influence your 10 score.
Besides, los fluctuate. 1t may
be 10l one day and Ill the
next week.
A leading educational psy-
chologist. DR.. Hirsch L. Silver
man, author of the recently
published book Education ano
Psychology" warns that the
guidance counselors should moi
place too much emphasis or
10 scores. Parents, he say.
further, should not permit 6
single test to cause them tc
lose faith and confidence ir
their children. More than IC
is needed.
In a recent statement, DR.
John M. Stalnaker, president
Of the National Merit Scholar.
ship program. says that par.
entS, teachers and student.
place too much emphasis or
the 10, The desire to excel, tc
do a good job, is worth 6
dozen 10 points. Don't dis.
courage your child to go tt
college or to excel in othel
ways just because he has 6
low 10. We'd have been bettel
off If the 10 test was nevel
invented. 1t is abused too mucE
today.
QUESTION: You frequentl,
write about the shortage o.
teachers. Where does it exist
I am 80 years old, have {
Evening star., 1961-05-14

sales were made during the
shows first 10 hours.
The Society's objective, "to
encourage public interest
in the arts in miniature by
exhibiting them in their true
values and apart from the
juxtaposition of larger works"
is pursued with the annual
open exhibition which this
year has drawn 179 minia-
lures in many media from
artists in the D. c., Maryland
and Virginia, 16 other States
throughout the country, and
Canada. In addition, there
is a memorial group Of six
oil landscapes by Muriel Al
word Ward, who died last No
vember.
Two cash awards are given
in memory of founder Eliza
beth Muhlhofer and Minor
Jameson. The former was
bestowed this year on Tim
othy," a portrait on ivory by
Glenora Richards of Connec-
ticut. The Jameson award
for the best landscape went
to Isabel Mahaffie'S beautiful
watercolor. a symbolic sun
set over a mountain and river
entitled END or Beginning?"
Nine mentions were made:
To Mary Balls vague little
figure subject: to Max Bengis'
impreSSionistic landscape
"Eventide, Mexico; to Merle
Foshag's landscape with a
Japanese flavor; Jeanette
Lewis genre; Thomas F. Pc
terson'S "Crucifixion," light
angular naturalistic outline
Interpretation, and Lyn Egg
bert's Three Fish" also ORR
entail in its economy of forms.
All are works in oil, water
color, etching or block print.
I wondered why the 9
mentions were not made to
works in as many different
media, each of which has
admirable examples. Besides
the above are oil: Joseph
Rubin, Jessie Parke, Martha
Bache; watercolor, Ruth
Stafford. Furman johnson;
tempera, Hope Rathbun:
stone sculpture, Nong; wood
sculpture. G. B. Chiltoskey,
Sander Bodo; ceramic sculp-
ture, Jane Eicher, Katherine
Hobbs: manuscript illumina-
tion, Marian U. M. Lane
bookbinding, Annette Met
calfe; pastel. Lillian Paca,
Herbert Forester, Anne AS
pen; pencil. Edgar Walker;
enamel on copper, Lois
Scheibler. Still other media
and many more artists equally
deserving Of individual men
ton. make the show a pleas
ure to view. (open every day
Q tn 4.3Ol
Evening star., 1961-05-14

Pirates Alley. New orleans;
picturesque harbor scenes in
Gloucester. Mass, and many
other memorable beauty
spots.
Portraits of people, on the
other hand. bring out the
misanthropist in Mr.. Edward
son. Sally" appears to be
as hardbitten young woman
as his angular treatment of
her can emphasize. Jane"
suggests a girl of dubious
character. And Young Man."
despite his dashing appear
ance in a cape, has a face I
wouldn't trust as far as I
could throw a Redstone
rocket.
Mr.. Edwardson Is a rep
resentational painter who
changes his technique to suit
his subject, from detailed ma
turalism to impressionism, to
broadly handled near abstrac-
ton a%in Cliffs, Ogunquit."
The collection is a pleasing
and interesting one. The art
iSt is a New England Yankee
by birth Massachusetts,
1904 and residence CKens-
ington, Connecticut). (Open
10 to 5 daily except WedneS-
day when closed; Sunday 3
to 81
Mr.. Edwardson will dem
onstrate palette-knife paint
ing at the Guy Mason Rec
reation Center. $500 Calvert
street NV. next Tuesday,
May 16. at 8 pm. He will ex-
hibit several of his paintings,
all of which are of palette
knife techniques. The dem
onstration is jointly spon-
sored by Collectors Gallery
and the D. c. Recreation De-
partment. Admission is free.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

delightful demonstration Of
japanese block print tech
nique applied to Washington
and elsewhere in the Eastern
United States. Mrs. Moore is
the daughter of Unichi Hirat-
Suka, dean Of Japanese block
print artists, whose work is
continuously on view in the
Hiratsuka Nippon Gallery,
3116 M street NV. in the
early 10Th century house
which she and her husband
restored. Her exhibition Of
20 prints remains through
May 18. (Open Monday
through Friday. II to S;
Saturday 10 to s.
Surf Casters, Cape Hat
teraS" is an excellent example
of the fusion of Japanese
technique and American sub
ject in the small figures,
slight indications Of sea, sand,
footprints and clouds, in a
vast space. There are other
attractive and picturesque
landscape and coast subjects.
among them Fishing Village"
and "Ocracoke Light House. I"
She has handled several
Georgetown subjects with
more detail: "Towpath on
Sunday" Thomas jefferson
Street" and her poetic con-
ception 20 Street.. an all
over pattern of cobblestones
and fallen leaves. Other sub
jects are herself, her children.
and cat asleep on a patchwork
quilt.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Open to Area Artists

The Montgomery County
Art Association announces its
annual spring open art show,
to be held June 4 at Gustin
G Gardens, Old Georgetown
road and Rockville pike.
Entry blanks are available
there, and many other places,
among them Four Corners,
Twinbrook, Whe ton and
Bethesda Libraries.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Places and People

Laurence c. Edwardson
seems to like places better
than people. to judge from
his one-man show at Collec-
tors Gallery, 1925 Wisconsin
avenue NV. through next
Sunday. Thirty oil paintings
there include such lovingly
executed subjects as winding
Gay Street." a bit of old
New York City; several cap
lures Of Cabildo Alley and
Evening star., 1961-05-14

sionism, apparently the most
free and easy art style of
them all, has remained i'm
pervious to the efforts of the
do-it-yourself industry. The
barrier now has fallen.
How to Win q Prize
The first of the two new
books to open new art to
new painters is the crassly
titled Prize Winning Oil
Paintings and WHY They
Won the Prize (Allied Pub
lications, $685.. Actually
the book is worth more than
its title indicates. The pub
Usher states the idea sue
cinctly on the jacket, "A
person who has been touched
with the burning fire Of
creating a painting wants
nothing more than to have
it win a prize get this
book all of a sudden you,
too, will begin to put prize
winning elements into your
own paintings"
This, of course, is a lot of
nonsense. The most painstak-
ing study of silk purses will
still leave a sow's ear un-
changed. The unfortunate
truth is that in art as else
where sow's ears outnumber
silk purses a hundred to one.
More unfortunate still, If an
artist has the least inclina-
ton TO buy a book to win a
prize. the odds are heavy that
he is creating" nothing but
sow'S ears and always will.
On the other hand, the
book does have considerable
value. 1t has two values, in
fact. Edited by Margaret
Harold with individual COM
ments by Gus Baker. the
book consists. at heart, of
decent color reproductions of
the top prize winners in 48
regional exhibitions across
the country in 1859. The
double-page spread on each
painting also contains a
black and white picture of
the artist, a statement by
the artist on his painting, a
comment by Mr.. Baker and
a brief word from the juror
who awarded the prize.
AS it happens. the COM
ments are first-rate, very
specific examinations of the
paintings. 1t is thus possible
for the reader mildly baffled
by much in contemporary art
to learn a lot from the book.
More important, the book
really constitutes an informal
survey of the results of the
semi underground nation
wide art establishment that
has been built up in this
country since the end Of
World War II. This eStab-
liShment is centered chiefly
in the new or newly active
art departments of Americas
colleges and universities.
This establishment is tn e
most important thing to
happen to art in America
since the dismantlement of
the WPA art projects and
it is widely unkonwn. We all
tend to accept the New York
notion that not much is 60
ing on in art outside New
York. The color photos here
demonstrate convincingly
that top-quality painting is
going on all over the coun-
try; a great deal of it is con-
nected with the university
establishment.
The new nation wide paint
ing, moreover has chosen
only what it wants from
the dominant mode of Amer
ican painting as announced
&@ HHsM @s.sesaE m eNszz sEx2
Evening star., 1961-05-14
ART NEWS OF THE D. c. AREA
28thAnnuoI Miniature
Exhibition at Museum
BY FLORENCE s. BERGMAN
Art Critic of The Star

The 28th annual exhibition of The Miniature Painters
Scuptors and raver Society of Washington D. c. at the
Natural History Museum, Tenth street and Constitution
avenue NV, through May 49, has work in modern
idoms than any earlier annual have Nevertheless,
it largely represenatona with such virtues
precise deneaton ceancu execution and pleasant recog
homes size of these works doubtless advantage 10
Evening star., 1961-05-14
PTA EVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
tUith the address of the session
must be in the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor By noon
Thursday OF each tDeeE to
insure publication in the
column on Sunday. Those
received too late t0ill not be
used separately unless there
is some special ne1DS Sioniti-
canoe attached to them.
The 4Sth annual convention
Of the D. C. Congress of PTAs
will open tomorrow in the De-
partmental Auditorium, Twelfth
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
Mrs. Agnes Meyer will speak
at 8 pm. on THE Role Of an
Urban Service Corps"
At IL am. on Tuesday, DR..
Carl F. Hansen, District school
superintendent, will discuss
New Educational Frontiers for
D. C. schools" The convention
will then break up into two Sec
tionS.
TOMORROW
| District
Orr Elementary, E2nd and Prout
SITS: sc: 1:3O pm.
| Spyhax Elementary, Half and N StS.
PetwOrth Elementary, sth and shep-
herd SITS. NV.
stanton Elementary, Naylor I'd. and
| Alabama ave. Sc.
StOdderI Elementary, seth and Cal
| vert SITS. NV.
Fillmore Elementary. R and S5th
stuart Junior High, 4th and Z SITS
ne.
TUESDAY
District
Thomson Elementary, 18th and
II. D. Cooke Elementary. 18th Ant
Bancroft Elementary. 18th and New.
ton SITS. NV.
Barnard Elementary. 4th and Deca-
Monroe Elementary, Georgia ave
Powell Elementary, 18th and Upshul
LangdOn Elementary, goth ant
| Franklin SITS. ne.
Tyler Elementary, 10th and @ sts
HendIey Elementary, 9Th and chesa'
peake SITS. Sc.
Park View Elementary, warder ant
shadd Elementary. seth and Eas'
Patterson Elementary, Elmira anc
South Capitol SITS
Blair Elementary, 9Th and I SITS. n o
BRYAN Elementary, 18th and In.
dependenes ave; Sc: ur,,..,n.s..
Lane pl. ne.
GOdinE Elementary, 10th and SITS
WheatIey Elementary, Montello ave
WoodsOn Junior BiEh. Minn. ave
LANGLEY Junior High. 1st and !
TaT Junior Hirh. 18th and perr,
shaw Junior High. 9TH st. an,
Rhode Island ave. NV.
Virginia
X. W. Barrett Elementary, 44Ol
North Henderson rd., Arlington; in.
Sta)lation of officers for 1872 By J
Bernard Bradshaw, presi6ent-elect ot
the Arlington County Council of PTAs
Also. science exhibit.
WEDNESDAY
District
Church and Rigs rds. ne
BenninE Elementary, Minnesota ave
EIm6alI Elementary. Minnesota ave
III Hart ' Janisr IN s' High. so1 Mississippi
DOUGLASS Junior High. Pomeroy anc
Mckinley High. I'd and T SITS. ne.
THURSDAY
District
J. F. Cook Elementary, LIST and !
Bruce Elementary. Kenyon st. an,
Sherman ave. NV.
Brookland Elementary. 10th an,
vIMIas B1rTousIs q. Elementary. 18th an,
Gaze Elementary. I'd and U SITS. n. W
Grimke Elementary, T st. and Yer
WalEsr-Jonss Elementary. 1ss an,
l. Stst NV.
Turner Elementary, stanton I'd ant
Alabama ave. s.e.
Brent Elementary, I'd and D SITS. Sc
Stevens Elementary, 21st and I
SITS. NV.
Crummell Elementary. dallaudet ant
Kendall SITS, ne
Gordon Junior High, 35th and 7
SITS. NV.
FRIDAY
District
Piummer Junior HiEh, Texas ave
and c st. s.e.
Hine Junior High, 9TH and C SITS
Sc: spring dance program under thu
direction of Mrs. G.. Barnes.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Fun at Home

The book closes, as you
might expect, with q short
explanation of how to get
into an exhibition and the
consolation in advance that
Vincent van Gogh, too, was
never recognized in his life
time.
Abstraction is thus made
to fit cozily into the long
tradition of American fun
with the arts at home. In
grandmother's day it was
tole- work, as in, my
grandma done tole me-"
with roses and raptures
stenciled on tea trays. A
brief generation ago it was
growing chemical blossoms
out of coal soaked in am
monia. Today it's abstrac-
ton and you, too, can get
into the act of Action
Painting.
If all this proves anything
beyond the obvious fact that
there's a bookbuyer born
every minute, it is that alb
stract expressionism has, in
about ten years. covered the
ground from magic to mer-
chandiSe that used to take
art about a century.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

The author, O Pulitzer Prize reporter.
is educotion editor of the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
Questions concerning education ond
careers moy be addressed to him ot
BIS Brewer avenue, Rockville Centre,
N. Y,
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Jupunese-Americun

Keiko Hiratsuka Moore's
first Washington solo exhibi-
ton of wood block prints is a
Evening star., 1961-05-14

"The Architect" by the
distinguished sculptor Alb
bOtt PattisOn, just an
nOunced as a new acqui-
siti0n by The COrcoran
Gallery of Art.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
New Books Try to Solve Mysteries
Of Stronqe Idioms in Modern Art

by the Museum Of Modern
Art and Art News. A quiet but
determined revolt has been
going on and this book, with
it's frightful title and i'm
moral intent. is the best evi-
dence of the revolt so far
to appear. The prize-winning
pictures show American ar
fists much more adventurous
than New York artists, COM
mitted to composition and
willing to use recognizable
figures and scenes to say
something about life outside
the studio.
The other book of the
week Is strictly bound by the
walls of the studio. How to
Make Abstract Paintings, by
Hugh Laidman Viking,
$500, is dedicated to the
proposition that anyone
from seven to seventy can
begin to paint abstract pic
lures and achieve success in
a remarkably short space Of
time"
The books bears out its
promise. In the days of
American Impressionism,
William Merritt Chase used
to tell his students, Give
a painting all the time it
needs; take two hours If you
have to-" Abstraction cuts
that down considerably. AL
most every project" in the
book is designed to be done
quickly, with a minimum Of
effort. thought or training
and a maximum of "dra-
matte effect"
Mr.. Laidman gives detailed
instructions in such new
methods as paint rollers,
shot glasses and the gravity
flow of paint. With adhesive
tape. the learner can knock
off Mondrians and there are
convincing technical an
alyses of imitation Pollocks,
Motherwells and Stills.
From the point of view OF
economy. the book instructs
the student in how to dc
one enormous painting on
canvas laid on the floor and
then chop it up into several
smaller paintings. Perhaps
the most interesting instruc-
ton is this: The work on
the painting itself is always
done in a frenzy Of speed
and action" The book does
not specify how to get into
a frenzy, but it should not
be difficult for the deter
mined amateur or distraught
professional.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

sionism, apparently the most
free and easy art style of
them all, has remained i'm
pervious to the efforts of the
do-it-yourself industry. The
barrier now has fallen.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Monday, see Informal
Modelling Of fashions in
Fobrex' new Whipped
Cream" textured d.
cron poIyester fabric.
ZOO to 4::3O and $50
to 800 pm. in Fashion
Fabrics, 9th Floor,
Washington.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

All Week, enjoy In
formal Modelling as you
lunch in the Teo Room,
7th Floor, Washington.
Daily, 1900 to ZOO,
except Saturday, l2::3o
to 2:3O.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Saturday, Teens ore in
Vited to see Informal
Modelling at our Chevy
Chase Store, Lower
Level, 300 to 300,
with q feature showing
at 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

NJ o n d ay throug h
Saturday, Miss Helen
MozeIte comes from
Charles Of the Ritz to
tell you Of the exciting
new Sunbronze Look.
Cosmetics, lst Floor,
Washington.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Thursday, in q Fashion
Show, see Vanity Fairs
enchanting new ideos
about color to under
score fashion. ZOO and
100 pm, Bird Floor,
Lower Level, Woshing-
ton Store.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Thursday, Miss Paula
Of Amy Hats comes to
our Town n TroVeI
Hat Bor, End Floor,
Washington, to show
you springs bIithe,
young hat news. 300
noon to 500 pm. and
600 to 800 pm.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Friday, Personal AP-
Peoronce Of Barbara
Britton, RevIon S
fomous TeIevision Am
bossodress Of Beauty.
1870 to ll:3o am.
and 2:3O to 3:3O and
400 to 500 p.m.,
Cosmetics, lst Floor.
Evening star., 1961-03-19

Monday, see Informal
Modelling Of fashions in
Fobrex' new Whipped
Cream" textured Do
cron poIyester fabric.
ZOO to 4::3o and $50
to 800 pm. in Fashion
Fabrics, 9th Floor,
Washington.
A
NJ onday through
Saturday, Miss Helen
MozeIte comes from
Charles Of the Ritz to
tell you Of the exciting
new Sunbronze Look.
Cosmetics, lst Floor,
Washington.
&
Thursday, in a Foshion
Show, see Vanity Fairs
enchanting new ideos
about color to under
score fashion. ZOO and
100 pm, 3rd Floor,
Lower Level, Woshing-
ton Store.
&
Thursday, Miss Paula
Of Amy Hats connes to
our Town n TroVeI
Hat Bor, End Floor,
Washington, to show
you springs bIithe,
young hat news. 300
noon to 500 pm. and
600 to 800 pm.
@
Friday, Personal AP-
Peoronce Of Barbara
Britton, RevIon's
fomous TeIevision Am
bossodress Of Beouty.
1870 to ll::30 am.
and 2::30 to 3::3O and
400 to 500 p.n.,
Cosmetics, lst Floor.
@
Saturday, Teens are in
Vited to see Informal
Modelling at our Chevy
Chase Store, Lower
Level, 300 to 300,
with q feature showing
at 2::30 pm.
@
All Week, enjoy In
formal Modelling as you
lunch in the Teo Room,
7th Floor, Washington.
Daily, 1900 to ZOO,
except Saturday, l2:30
to 2::3O.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-03
Miss Harrison To Attend Military
Ball At Presbyterian College

CARTERSVILLE, Mar. p
Miss Sally Harrison will leave
Thursday night for Clinton. S. c.
She will visit her brother-in-laW
and sister Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Mcqueen. and attend the mill
tary ball at Presbyterian Col
lege. Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Davis. of
Bon Brook. were guests of Mrs.
Hetie Davis and her daughter
here Sunday.
A mum Der of Mrs. N. P.
Snead'S children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren were
here the past week to help her
enjoy her "a birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Blant0n
Jr.. were in Charlottesville Sun
day to visit their son. Jack, who
had been in the University Hos
pital for several days. He was
well enough to return to the
University Sunday afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Robinson and
Will Robinson were Dime r
guests CT Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Sheldon Sunday.
The Rev. j. Kenneth Clark
was in Richmond to visit several
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-03-03

birthday dinner with the Wal
denS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert William
son were week end guests of
their daughter ard son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Flood.
Sunday callers in the Eugene
and Fred Flood homes were Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Poats and their
children. Judy and Gene.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Chappell
have returned to their home
after a weeks visit in Ports
mouth with Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Drumeller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Chappell
were If Richmond Sunday to see
Mrs. Cabot Chappell.
Miss Louise Morgan and Miss
Billie Morgan spent the week
end at their home here.
Saturday. Mrs. j. Branch
Forbes. Miss Louise Morgan and
Nan Forbes went to Charlottes-
Vile. Nan Forbes. was released
by her doctor as being in fine
shape following her recent tonsil
operation. They Shopped a few
hours, and came home bringing
Mrs. John Dorrier with them to
spend the week end with her Sis
ter, Miss Beth Forbes.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Morgan
went to Portsmouth for the week
end with the Lightfoot Crews
family. Miss Faye Thornhill, of
Appdfnattox was a supper guest
in the Morgan home Sunday
night. Sunday callers were Mrs.
j. C. Morgan and Dr.. Robert
Jones. Monday visitors were Mr.
ard Mrs. Agee Glover.
Mrs. Hattie Morgan, Ivanhoe
Morgan and Dorothy Dunn visit
ed Mrs. c. j Spencer and Mr..
and Mrs Alfred Rosen Sunday
morning. Miss Hattie. for one.
came home without a heart. She