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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Reaching for the Essence
And the Soul of Poetry
THE HAPPY CRITIC AMI

THE HAPPY CRITIC AND
OTHER ESSAYS. BY Mark
van Doren. chill g. Wang;
$500
A book by Mark van Doren
is for me something special.
My feeling for poetry, born
about 1926, was engendered
by his John Dryden" This
critical study was, as ! re-
member. the writer's doctoral
thesis-how much more than
merely a scholarly essay it
was is shown by its success
in reaching out for the es-
sence of all poetry-the poetic
spirit-through the medium
of a single great but not
universal poet, and by its
inspiration into one young
reader, at least, of a love Of
poetry that has grown
throughout a lifetime.
The same persuasive and
perceptive Van Doren returns
to the reader in THE Happy
Critic" a collection of liter
airy essays on a variety Of
literary subjects. In his hon.
age to Robert Herrick, for
example, he makes tears start
suddenly to our eyes simply
by quoting in its entirety one
little poem
In this little urn is laid
Prudence B1ldtDir, once my
maid,
From whose happy spark
here let
Spring the purple Uiolet.
and then observing: "Prue
did not die until 1878. four
years after her master
We shall never know why he
wrote the lines; whether in
pure affection, or to see If
he could, or because the SUBJ
ject of them requested that
he do so - even, on some
winter evening, dared him to
In any case, their art is such
that they contain as in q
tiny glass the essence of both
the vicar [Herrick was vical
of Dean Priory1 and the
maid" Such quiet criticism
is the finest teaching-it
fosters love.
Other pieces in the booI
are just as good-studies O.
Whitman, Hardy, Cervantes
and fiery chips about Poet
and Trimmers" and 1.-THE Pos.
sible Importance Of Poetry.
The style is so dense, tn
observation so just, tina
there is nothing I can So,
about the writing in tn
space at hand without re
sorting to aphorisms that fai
me. Therefore, I limit my re
marks to a single piece
THE Uses of Translation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

to the chronological summary
appended to his narrative. He
conveys history in terms OF
the meanings which these re-
corded acts generated, and
while a hard-backed volume
that contains 500 pages is
hardly for taking along on a
trip to Greece, those who are
going and those who have
been can read this at home
with deepened understanding.
He describes the mass
migrations which brought
Hellenes into the Greek PEN
insula and into the Mediter-
ranean world: the develop
ment and overlay of Cretan
and Mycenean civilizations;
the absorption of the Pelas-
gic peoples. After establish
ing the latest corners, the
Dorian race of iron. in its
center at Sparta, he displays
the growth of a rule of law
in this new Hellenic environ
ment, and have a combina-
ton of geography and naval
and military skill maintained
the Greek areas Of rising
self-government in face of
the Persian threats of the
early fifth century.
Freedom of Man
The great Periclean period
in Athens. innovator through
it's new institutions of the
freedom of man, is presented
as the school of Hellas," at
which the world could learn
then and now.
The times thereafter, when
Athens went down in a well
ter of slaughter, are a hard
period for any historian.
Quite properly, he obtains
part of the clarity of his
story of the pre-eminent
city-state, the polls of Ath-
ems, by subordinating the
lesser events elsewhere which
were contemporary with it:
but then he must chronicle
multiplicity without pre-
eminence when there are few
heroes and Zeus' mind seems
to be on other things.
With the fourth century,
Greek history becomes a
story in which events in the
areas that surrounded the
central strife on the penin-
sula began to dominate:
Athens and other city states
lost their distinction: the
significant acts were those
of the Macedonian kings,
Philip and Alexander. The
two myths with which Mr..
Barr explains Greek history
we'll suit these final phases.
Plato's tourney to Italy and
Sicily offers even a physical
parallel to the questing
voyage of Odysseus; it was
Alexander's tutor, Aristotle.
who made the most system
attic analysis of the findings
of the Hellenic search. And
the death of Alexander, hav-
ing conquered the world but
failed to turn it into a cos
mopolis, ends the book at the
bier of the young Achilles.
In a picture section, Mr..
Barr provides a sensitive Sc
. lection of Greek art and arti-
= facts; Guy Fleming's series
of detailed maps and end
papers enables readers to
orient themselves with ex-
ceptional clarity in time and
: space. All authors of books
on Greece have to explain
= their irreducible inconsistent
cies in transliterating Greek
names: Mr.. Barr was never
more happily def that wher
insisting that he will WRITE
!, "hybris" as "hubris on the
: day I can draw a chemica,
= mixture of hydrogen and OK
ugen from the hudrant."
HELEN HILL MILLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Harry Neal

Lucky 10-year-olds in the
Washington area have been
known to spend every free
Saturday roaming from one
exhibit to another in the>
Smithsonian Institution. No i.
single book can do it justice,
but Harry Meals TREAS
URES BY THE MILLION
(Messners; $3.50 is an in
formal guided tour. Bhe
book may be taken in large
or small doses, either before !,
or after a personal visit, with
equal delight and value. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Inquiring Minds

Millicent Selsam, a biolo-.
gist turned author, explains =,
the principle of evolution in
AROUND THE WORLD
WITH DARWIN (Harpers; ,
$3.50. The story is esseR4
TALLY one of exploration and
discovery, of the scientist
asking questions and some7 .
times finding the right an.
swers. The book is a simple
introduction to natural SCI ?
ence. .tsa
jefferson was a great maH \
for trying to improve the,
world he lived in, as a SCI
enlist, an inventor, an archf-
tect, a musician, and a poh+ {
tician. In a delightfully."- !
inviting book, THOMAS JEFF,
JERSON: HIS MANY tai,
ENTS Dodd, Mead; $500
Johanna Johnston interprets
Jefferson's personality so,
that he becomes startlingly
alive. A.;
Another inquiring mind, !,
portrayed in a vivid biograG
ply, is Charles F. Ketterirlg. :
the homespun inventor of
Dayton, whose leadership inr
spired a dedicated group OF
mechanics and engineers.
BOSS KET (Longmals5;
$3.50 is written by Rosa
mond Mcpherson YoungI "a
Journalism teacher in a Days
ton high school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Lees Wartime Papers
Show Mony-Sided Man

Robert S. Henry is the author of
severol books on Civil War sub
jects, the best known Of which is
THE Story Of the cOnfederoey," o
stondoFd work in its field and re-
printed mony times since its Orisi-
mol publication in 1891.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
thalmologist but a MEM
Der Of a number Of magi-
gician's societies.
DAWN AND TWILIGHT OF
ZOROASTRIANISM. BY

lawn AND TWILIGHT OF
ZOROASTRIANISM. BY
r. C. Zaehner. (Putnam's;
S7.100 It concerns the two
periods of zoroastrian
greatness - those In the
period of the Achaemenian
Empire and the more en-
during empire of the Sas-
sanians.
THE UNEXPECTED REVO-
LUTON: Social Forces in
the Hungarian Uprising.
BY Paul Kecskemeti.
stamford; $4.75) The au-
thor is a senior research
associate of the Rand
Corp. and the author OF
Strategic Surrender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08

Helen Hill Miller is the author OF
the recently published Greek
Horizons" O philosophers trovel
diary throueh Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
Tall Order

This is a tall order which
not every author can meet
In fact, the latest title by :,
Sonia and Tim Gidal. MY
VILLAGE IN SWITZER- :
LAND pantheon; $500 falls1
down on several counts. This .
is a popular series, and the
photographs are exception
ally attractive, showing the :
Swiss in many familiar. acE
Invites, a simple, hard-worky
ing, prosperous folk. But the
text is dull; it will set no
childish pulses racing; and
the author is careless IN =
small details. Etus
For instance, "salu," an r
informal salutation roughly ,
equivalent to the American
hi" is used inaccurately for
formal address and also to :
mean "good-by." In the book,
the rooster in the famous
clock tower in Bern crows.
at 9 am. instead of noon,
as even casual tourists know.
Boys and girls with high
standards for accuracy and
style will have no fault to
find with several new biog-
raphies about men with IN
quiring minds. Charles DaT.'
win, Thomas jefferson, and
Boss" Kettering had this in
common: Each looked at the
world of his own day and
wondered how things were
made, how they got that way,
and how they might be i'm
proved. Great men of this
caliber provide most attrae-
tive material for youngsters
who are continually asking:
Why? Why? Why? And why
not? :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-08
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
The Youthful Critic 4
Can Be One

and nothing more"). Illus.
trations come last on the =
list. They are mice to have"
Accuracy is stressed for maps
and diagrams, but color is
not even mentioned. 81
One boy, summing 1t all
up, says: A factual book
should be accurate, interest
ing, significant, and it should
be written in such a way
that it stimulates reading as
in a book of fiction. 49,
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
Winners Advance i'm
NIT Tourney

Dan Showalter, facilities and con-
cesSiOns; John j. Doherty, COM
mittee member at-large; and Sec
retaries Lola BAHIA and Bertha
Curtis.
The tournament got underway
Thursday night in the eastern
Arizona town with Window Rock
l>odgers outscoring Kelsey's Zunis
64-6O. Despite Clarence Lynch's
3O-point effort for the losers, Kel-
sey's Zunis were unable to erase
the Window Rock lead, Leo Watch
man of the winners was second
in scoring with 18.
ShiprOck'S Mustangs trimmed
Navajo Pines $3.50 behind the
pOint-production of Frank White
skunk and Frank Hanagarne with
II each. Also netting II was Paul
Yazzie of Navajo Pines.
Pennington Merchants had an
easy time in downing the Ell Paso
Oilers in the Journeys third game,
64-51. Herman Tsosie of the Mer-
chants topped the games scoring
with 81, followed by Wilson Stew
art of the Oilers with 10.
Foutz Service of Gallup coasted
to an easy victory over Esquire
by a 52-31 score. Leon Sims was
the big gun in the scoring de-
partnent for the winners with 13.
Frank Gonzales and John Simu-
novich each hit z for Esquire.
Foutz Traders of Window Rock
sent Gallup BIA home with de-
feat, taking 6O-38 contest. Don
Rouwalk scorAd half of BIAS
points with 49, Grant Benally hit
18 for F0utz traders.
In the final game last night, the
Tuba City Chiefs lost 72 81
game to Melton Drugs of Gallup.
Chester Nez, who has been bis
tering the nets all season, scored
26 for high-game honors. Joe Red
bird and Harold Hernsey each hit
II for Tuba City.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01

The Window Rock Lodgers,
Shiprock Mustangs, Pennington
Merchants, Foutz Service (Gal-
lup Foutz Traders window
Rock) and Melton Drugs of Gal
lup all advanced step in first
round action of the Navajo Invi-
rational Tournament, NOW in pro-
gress, in Window Rock.
Hillson's Hawks is scheduled to
meet Smokehouse at $50 pm.
Saturday and Gallup Station tang
les with the Window Rock Teach
ers at 7:3O to round out first
session action.
The tournament will run through
Saturday and continue on Feb. Is,
Is, IL and 18. Games are played
at the Navajo Civic Center in
Window Rock.
The tournament is recognized at
the largest and perhaps most color
ful On any Indian Reservation. It
was originally called the Holiday
Tournament but has grown into
the NIT, or Navajo Invitational
Tournament.
Indian teams from three states
have been invited as well as adult
league teams from nearby towns.
The seedlings are based on the
current season wOn-lost records
and other tournament shOwings.
Seeded first was the Window Rock
Lodgers team champs of the past
two tournaments. Window Rocks
Teachers of Ft. Defiance was
seeded second, Foutz SV'vice of
Gallup took the third-seeding and
the Foutz Traders of Window Rock
drew the fourth-seeding.
The tournament also features
band concert by the Navajo Tri-
bal Band, a Basketball free throw
contest and other events.
Members of the tournament
committee are as follows: Edward
Plummer, chairman; Carl Beya-,
publicity chairman; Rodger H.
SandOval, program chairman;
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
Milan Wins Vote
In County Race

DR.. Harold Milan yesterday
was elected to the Gallup McKin-
ley County board of education by
a margin of 526 votes over his
nearest rival, Mrs. Gladdus Tiet-
jen Berryhill.
In an election that saw 2,479
voters go to the polls, Milan tai
lied 1882 votes. Mrs. Berryhill
had $50. The two other c0ntenders
James Nahkai Jr., and Ernest Be-
cent?, had $50 and 30 respectively.
State Sen. George Amaya rack
ed up a lone write-in vote.
Milan, who succeeds Henry
Balocca On the board, will take
office March 1. Balocca was not
candidate for reelection.
The total of 2,479 votes includ-
ed 14O spoiled ballots, school ell
ection officials said
Milan ran we'll in Gallup prop
er carrying every city precinct.
Ambrosia Lake with So votes,
went unanimously for Mrs. Berry
hill, who also carried Thoreau.
Nahkai carried the Tohatchi pre-
cinct and the remainder were fair
ly well divided among the four
contestants.
Milan is a Gallup dentist with
three youngsters. He has been ac-
tive in school activities, having
served as member of site COM
mittees during his time in Gallup.
HOldOver members of the board
Navajo times., 1961-02-01

care and guidance.
DOr1mitOries On the reservation
currently take the children through
the third grade and the Border
town dormitory at Gallup handles
them through the eighth grade.
The delegates asked for a dor
mitory at Coyote Canyon and also
for a high school at Tohatchi.
Other groups outside Gallup and
in the district have appealed for
a junior high and senior high
school in the east part of the
country.
Cation said the bYard would at
tempt to set up another meeting
as requested and would take the
requests under consideration.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
RIVERSIDE NEWS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE s

a meeting ON wednesday morn
ing in the annual staff work room.
The following officers were elect
ed: Editor, Keith Begay: Layout
editor, Alta Chez Nez; Copy Edit
Or, JANET Tsosie; Business Man.
ager, Donald Howard; Photograph
er, Joe Hardy and Dan Jim Nez;
and Recording Secretary, Ros e
GOOdluck. These students with
their sponsors, Mrs. Cleghorn,
Mrs. Delaware, Mrs. Hernasy,
Mrs. Alison, Mr.. Randolph and
Mr.. Mason will meet each morn
ing at eight o'clock to work on
the annual.
A benefit basketball game be-
tween the employees of the Ana
darkO Area Field Office and the
Riverside employees was played
Wednesday evening for the pur-
pose of raising funds for the Ex-
plorer Scouts. Who was the high
score man? Mr.. Sam Billison, the
Navajo Tribal Councilman, made
q points. The score was $3.50 IN
favor of the KiOwa Field Office.
The Junior High girls entered
the CaddO County tournament and
played their first game at Alfalfa
Tuesday evening. The Senior High
Boys and girls team Travelled TO
GracemOnt Tuesday evening. Both
teams came home victorious.
A social hour was held for the
Freshmen and SOphomores Tues
day evening. The Western Band
provided the music and were
guests for the evening. Mrs. Bo-
tone and Mr.. Matlock, advisors
were the chaperones.
Mr.. John Clark of the Semico
Company, Oklahoma City. met
with Mrs. Hanger to make plans
concerning the publication of the
school annual.
Mrs. Nora Benton of the Adult
Education Program, Horton, Kan,
was visitor in the Home Ec-
and Academic Depart
ment this week.
Bernie Webster, graduate of 1859
and now in the Air Force at Fort
Campbell, Kentucky, visited the
this week.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
Livestock Terms
Get DefinatiOn

StockDnen, like other groups Of
people, have terms peculiar 10
their trade, some of which fol-
lows:
Gull Stock = Old, crippled, poor
condition, poor quality.
Pee Wee Hamb) - Light weight
lamb, usually under As pounds.
"Slick" (gOat) = Goat without any
mohair; usually short hair on
Mexican type.
Thin StOck Poor conditioned
animals, skinny, underWeight.
Buck Lamb Under year Of
age and not caStrated.
Hair Lamb Lamb with coarse
wool generally longer; may bo
mixed.
Docking - Cutting or otherwise
removing tail from lambs.
Marking - Castrating, docking.
ear-marking and point branding
lambs.
Shrink The amount of weight
lost between leaving feed and time
weighed for sale.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
Resolution Asks
School Changes

Delegates from Tohatchi, Brim-
hall and Mexican Springs, last
night presented a resolution to the
Gallup-McKinley board of educa-
ton asking for a revised dormi-
tory plan that would keep young
Stors at home with their families.
The board was in informal Ses-
sion and took no action. Two
board members were reported ill
and another unavailable for the
meeting.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01

Superintendent Barnie Cation
said the delegation had asked for
another meeting with the school
board and representatives of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The delegates stressed the i'm
pOrtance of solving the family pro-
blem in connection with educa-
ton, from the viewpoint that dor
mitory living and school attend
ance away from home takes the
away from parental
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
Reservation Report

The schools that are eligible fog
the Navajo Tribal Clothing have
received their orders and the stu
dents themselves are very appre-
ciative Of the program. At each
of the schools there is school
nurse who cOOrdinates the eye
glass program as well as other
health programs that need to be
supervised. Students that may
have trachoma are referred to a
qualified ethomOlogist. Some of the
vocational students are anticipat-
ing establishing their own busin-
esses on the Navajo Reservation.
The inactive Revolving Credit
Fund program was explained to
them. However, these students felt
that they should receive loans to
get started.
One Of the outstanding items
which is emphasized by the Bur-
eau schools is to accelerate the
special students into regular high
school programs. Several NavajOS
have already made the change
and have graduated from high
school and college. These students
began their education in the spec
ial program. It is also evident
that the schools are emphasizing
more academic courses rather
than the vocational training which
the Bureau has been maintaining.
From all of the above schools
there are no serious problems,
only those problems which con-
front any school and which are
resolved by the staff
From the viewpoint of the stu
dents the programs are good and
the majority of the students enc
JOY the government Chow. The
superintendents and the staff
praise very highly the Navajo stu
dents and they wish the Tribe TO
continue sending children to their
schools.
1t might be of some interest
to note that there are some build
ings available at COnchO and Ft.
Sill which might be converted into
dormitorieS for Navajo students.
At COncho there is also available
a new home economics building
with all modern facilitis which
could be used by high school stu
dents.
The Committee requested stu
dents to write home as often as
possible
Some of the Bureau school Of
ficials did mention that there
seem to be too many transfers
accepted between schools which
was causing problems not only as
this relates TO the school but 10
the pupil.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01
REPORT

NEFOMT
Since Mr.. Dillon Platero, Chair
man, of the Education Committee
was not able to make the off
reservation school visits, he auth
Orized me to take two (2 mem-
bers of the Education Committee
to make the annual visits. Mr..
John Nelson Dee and Mr.. Allen
Yazzie made the trip with Mr..
Samuel Billison.
The purpose of the annual trip
was to meet with the staff of
each school as well as with the
Navajo students and to discuss it.
ems relative to Tribal clothing
program, scholarships, eye glass
es, hearing aids, and also some of
the problems which confront our
Navajo students. The following
schools were visited:
Haskell
At Haskell, there are Sc post
graduate Navajo students. Since
the beginning of school, two ~
students returned to the Reserva-
ton for various reasons. The STU
dents who met with the Educat ,On
Committee were interested pri-
marily in obtaining summertime
jobs with the Navajo Tribe.
Chil0ccO
There are approximately l98
special students, 81 high school
students and % post graduates.
There are also three Navajo stu
dents going to Arkansas City Jun
ior College while working for their
board and room at Chilocco School.
COnchO . -...
This school was changed into
an elementary school with grades
up to the sixth. There are four
(N Navajo students who were
transferred from Riverside Indian
School, because Riverside Indian
School was changed to take care
of grades 7 through IL.
Riverside
Two hundred and sixty Navajo
Students are attending the regu-
lar high school program. The
school will graduate az seniors in
the Spring. Students expressed in
terest in the scholarship program
as well as the Bureau grants and
relocation programs.
Fort Sill
Two hundred and forty-five Ma
vajO students are in the regular
program, and three 90 have work
ing scholarships at Cameron Jun
iOr College and are staying at the
government school. Two Navajo
students have left the school since
September.
Navajo times., 1961-02-01

are President Charles Williams.
Mrs. Aileen Roat, Bert Glovaneti
and Mrs Charlotte Brock.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

FOOD OPERATOR concession in
embassy area. Vol, $4,000 Q Ek.,
II you know your business. Box
AnSY star
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o. Z. wEDMYER, $50
JAMES r. MARTIN, 1923
parkalnv CpripCc W Ua

WHITE SANDS Yacht & Beach
Club, lot 5O'x13O' and lifetime
membership to club; located on
PatuXent River. Call for further
information 10. $1,000.
HUGH T. PECK, 1l246 Georgia Ave,
Evening star., 1961-05-07
AID, Inc.
1858 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, Maryland
CL. $4,000
GIFTS, cards, newspapers, Hyatts.
M; Md4a;HEt9rRs Etf: SS''; COO %" pfs Jen 7,s5oe sSs

G1bhALl Ar ". -: EE9yo
GOLF COURSE AND CLUB HOUSE
i39 Acres, 9-Hole Golf Course
Club house seats 300, goi snop'
swimming pools, bath house.
same operator 20 years.
For appointment call MRS. Honey
cutt, days ST. 3-ss69; ewes, kI'
Exclusive f Iy; with sN1DER BROS, INC.
NJ W
Evening star., 1961-05-07

lie. Md.-Waterfront and other
cottages and lots for sale to ap-
proved college graduates at this
colony of l56 homes. Large COM
munity building; organized recrea-
tion, tennis, basketball, ETC.; near
ly : miles sandy bay beach. Write
or visit Chestnut Cottage, 4la mi
beyond Prince Frederick.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
WATERFRONT PROP. SALE

SHERWOOD FoREST-Unfurn, 4.
bedrm. cottage, overlooking Severn
River and Round Bay. located
close 70 al activity: ground rent,
S1O,5O0: firm. OIL. 2-2lIl.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

FOR LEASE OR RENT-Restau-
rant, ABC and Groceries optional;
Rte. 211 to Skyline Dr.. future
ski area; also, 1-acre ADJOINING
Evening star., 1961-05-07
TIDEWATER
SOUTHERN MARYLAND
TIDEWATER,
SOUTHERN MARYLAND

1-st. Leonard Greek; IA acres;
big trees. about 1900 shoreNne,
boathouse. guesthouse. dining hall,
stable. main house; rustic settingi
unusual.
Brick and stucco home over,
looking Chesapeake Bay; 7-rm
ranch type: fireplace, refrigerator.
electric range, washer and drier,
basement, oil heat. 2-csr attached
garage: SO mi. D. c.; S16,500.
3-Chesapeake Bay; $50 acrey
wide sandy beach; 5 modern
homes; ? miles paved road, suit
able for, development: unusual
opportunity.
4-Bayfront. spectacular view; 8
bedrms., . kitchens, 2 baths, suit .
able for large family or rent ons
unit and occupy other: veR well
built; extra attractive features;
Sl2 500; 40 mi. d. c.
$50 acres Chesapeake bayfront:
wide sandy beach with stream
through property: suitable fof
group; many beautiful bldg. sites:
6-Unique and beautiful 6s-acre
estate on deep creek Overlooking
Patuxent River; handsome brick
manor home with double eraceful
stairway. tile baths, 4O-ft. sun.
brick studio, farmhouse. soft.
swimming pool. docks, stable. -
mile waterfront; large monthly IN
corporation or private home.