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first time the United States and
Poland began. q cultural ex-
change program. You have to
be at least 81 years DID, hold q
bachelors degree, be q citizen
Of the United States, and have
the necessary knowledge Of the
Polish language. Application
forms may be obtained from
the Institute Of International
Education, / East Sixty-seventh
street. New York 81. N. Y. and
must be filed by January Is.
1861. The fellowships cover
tuition. living accommodations
and q monthly stipend.
Question: Our son Is Q 1860
June high school graduate.
When he finished high school
he was certain he did not want
any more schooling. But now
he has changed his mind. He
wants to 60 to q vocational or
a technical school. Are there
any schools where he can take
q course that will teach him
mechanical work?
Answer: Like many other
boys, after they get out Of high
school their first reaction is II
want o job" But they learn
soon enough that college or
technical training is important.
I suggest that you write to DR..
H. E. McCallick. president Of
the National Council Of Tech
nical Schools, 1907 M street
NV, Washington S, d. c., for
the names Of technical schools.
Also. John p. Walsh, director Of
the Trade and Industrial Edu-
cation Branch, Division Of Vo-
cational Education, Unite d
States once of Education.
Washington Is, d. c., may be
able to give you the names of
accredited trade and vocational
schools. These schools will teach
your boy various mechanical
and technical trades, depend.
ing upon his choice Of career.
Question: We have q daugh-
ter, age 10, who is mentally re-
tarded. She Is lovable and af-
fectionate but, In addition to
other deficiencies. she does not
speak. We have been members
of the Association for Help of
Retarded Children for many
years. We have tried to get her
some type Of education but have
come up against an immovable
wall. Can you suggest anyone
we can talk with to help us?
Answer: Much is being done
today to help the seriously dis
turbed and mentally retarded
child. I suggest that you get in
touch with the Division of Ex-
ceptional Children and Youth
(ECY). United States ONCE of
Education. Washington. D. C.
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profession. Your grandson can
get a sound liberal arts pro-
gram in many outstanding coll
leges In any part of the country.
Question: My IT. year old
daughter was born with q tai
ent in art. She was graduated
In June with an average of
SO. Because Of her talent ]
wanted her to 60 to q good
art school. Unfortunately she
Is poor In math. and failed
the college entrance examina.
ton. She took 1t three times
and failed each time. But she
was admitted to work in the
art department at the Univer.
sity as o nonmatriculated stu
dent.
She will get the certificate
Of merit In five years. Is this
as good as a degree? viii she
be able to be an art teacher
with her certificate? My prob
lemis is this: Shall ! take her
out Of the university, with Its
good art program, and enroll
her in our State university
where she doesn't need an
Evening star., 1961-01-08
News in Brief

Prehistoric German and
Viking Art" is the subject Of
a..lecture to be given at the
: National Gallery Of Art this
afternoon ct I, by guest
speaker Homer Thomas. pro-
fessor Of fine arts, University
Of Missouri at Columbia.
Painting OF the Southern
Sung" Is the title Of an illus
trated lecture to be given at
the Freer Gallery Of Art In
the auditorium, Twelfth street
and jefferson drive S.W.,
next Tuesday evening at $50.
Lecturer is DR.. Richard
Edwards. professor of ORR
entail art at the University
Of Michigan. The Freer
Gallery is publishing his
latest book, "The Field Of
Stones" (Both lectures free
to the public)
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Grophies Show

Eighteen artists. including
Lucy 0omersall Of Arlington.
are represented with small
groups Of prints in @ large
exhibition at A. B. A. Inter-
national Gallery Of Modern
Art. 3ll4 N street NV,
through the coming week,
possibly longer. It was or
ganized by Original Graphics,
New York City. All the
artists have established repu.
tations, many are teachers,
have won awards, and have
been represented in major
shows.
There are groups Of beauti-
ful representational land
scapes. serigraphs BY Robert
Burkert. woodcuts BY 3. M.
jackson. modern wOodcuts by
Irving Amen. whose piazza
San Marco" Is outstanding.
The majority Of the other
artists prints are modern
figurative. abstract. or nom
objective.
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NEW OPENINGS

TSsS y s5teAk ekrsHeESsszr sssEs rzzzsaEEsTS0s zsaEEi52s
u All. SsventssnsS STREET stssst and New
Yerk avenue NV. Next Saturday
thrcuGh Fehguary 20.
oosrSHfs6bRAssYp srMSHafs6bR sYp PoHk-lMfcAhaiEls' Pdak lMAaiEl !
CQLLAIQMATloNe. Associated Art
NV. throdsh February 5.
RECENT PAINTINGS BY GENE
DAVIS. JeAersoA Place Gallery,
Tuesday tkfc6eh January 28.
PAINTINGS nY ALBERTO DUTARY
Pan AmeYiehn Union. Seventeenth
TcmcrfoT fsrensEiS January 81. -"
THI CAMERA 40 A THIRD EYE
EhotQFfaphs hy Clarence ]. Laush:
LIN 1he Phillips GALLERY, 1900 and
1912 Twenty -dfst street NV, Thii
aftetnoon throush January "a.
PAINTINGS BY JOHN THOMAS .ANr
PAUL WQNNEH. s0alerte Interna.
tionale. 2l0l 8 H{rect NV. Next
Friday tbfoush JaadaTy 81.
PAINTINGS px qUNAR pITLEgsEN
The Studio Qaliery, 9i4 Prince
sSrouah ss Ass Ssssnsfs 8. aA s's'n'''
PAINTINGS By JUNE LATHRoP
Henri Gallery. 113 South Roya
street. Alexandria. Today through
so WASHINGTON ARTISTS. Roekviil,
Art Gallery. Civic Center. kAmon'
ston drive and Baltimore road. To
DAY 0roueA rehfuAfy 4.
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Roots and Wheels

Shortly before Christmas,
q mural painting entitled
Roots Of Peace was ON
cialiy opened by the Secre-
tary General Of the Organiza-
tion Of American States and
Mrs. Mora. The mural Is ITO
yards long. and decorates the
tunnel which runs for one
and one-half blocks between
tine main and administration
buildings Of the Pan Ameri-
cans Union. The muralist was
Carlos Paez-Vilaro Of Uru-
quay, who with the assistance
Of students from the Cor
coran School Of Art and
Maryland University, painted
1t in four weeks.
Mr.. Paez.Vilaro Is now
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TAEVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be In the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor by
Thursday OF each iDeek to
insure publication in the
column on Sunday. Notice
must include street address
OF meetings. as Dell as meet
ing time and full name and
location OF organisntion.)
The Parent Teacher Associ-
alton Of West Elementary
School. will hold an open house
from 1880 to 8 pm. Tuesday, to
be followed by the regular bust
ness meeting in the auditorium
Of the school, at Thirteenth and
Farragut streets NV.
Other PTA events in the
area. all beginning at B pm,
unless otherwise stated, are:
MONDAY
District
Simon Elementary, Ath st. and Missls
sippi ave. s.e.
TUESDAY
District
Tyler Elementary, 10th and G sts. Sc;
] 30 Pm; Bancroft ElemestaRy. 18th ant
Newton sts. NV; Monree Elementary. Co
lumbla I'd. and Georgia ave. NV; Ea
monds Elementary, 9Th and d sts. n.e.i
Key Elementary. Hurst terrace and Dani
pl. n.w.; Draper Elementary, 9TH st. ant
Wahler pl. s.e.i shaw yunier High. Nh ant
Rhode Island ave. NV.
WEDNESDAY
District
Drew Elementary, Seth and Eads SITS
THURSDAY
District
BahBeker Junlsr Nigh, Euclid q. and
Georgia ave. NV.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
BY RICHARD HIRsCH


Surrounded, at this season,
by outpourings Of art, mostly
religious. & frequently COM
mercial. we might consider .
question.
VIII this Space Age have
o religious art Of its own?
And. by the way. what is
religious art? At this time
this seems an easy question.
Most Of US would be tempted
to say: Religious art Illus
trates o religious story. At
Christmas. religious art. many
Of US believe, could be
summed UP by q Virgin and
Child by Botticelli. q pro-
cession Of the Three Kings
from Q medieval manu-
script, q drawing by Leonardo
for the Virgin Of the Rocks.
the stone shepherds, kneel-
ing, carved on q capital in
q 18th Century cathedral
such as Moissac, o Flight in
to Egypt by Giotto.
Negative Answer.
This Is q simple answer.
Happily, 1t Is not accurate.
Happily for the implied an
swer furnished BY these ex-
amples would give q negative
answer to our question re-
garding a religious art Of
and for the Space Age.
The French contemporary
architect, lie Corbusier, has
spoken Of the present drama
Of our arts and artists as
being "the anguish Of being
useless" Our people are
pursuing the arts. turning
out acres Of painted canvas.
tons Of twisted metal. This
is being done by tens Of
thousands Of painters and
sculptors who talk and write
a lot about their despair.
their aimlessness. their shat
tered sensibilities. Perhaps.
then. 1t is not surprising that
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number Of works published)
for. the North was Alfred
Waud. who drew for Barnum
and Beach's Illustrated News
for one year. thereafter for
Harper's. The major artist
for the South was Frank
Vizetelly. Both were Eng
lish born More than 80 Of
Waud's drawings are in the
exhibition, the majority Of
them done in pencil or black
and gray wash and Chinese
white, many on tinted paper.
Vizetelly came to the States
In 1861 for the Illustrated
London News. remained
until after Lees surrender.
~ one Of the faithful
In Jefferson Davis cor.
tege. visetelly returned to
England and continued to
cover wars In Europe and
Africa. was believed to have
died Gin his early 5Os) In the
war in Egypt in 1883. Twenty
Of his drawings, mostly In
pencil and Chinese white, are
in the current show.
Eyewitnesses
The outstanding virtue Of
this exhibition from the
esthetic standpoint Is that
these are the original draw
ings. the vital, vivid impres.
sions Of artists on the scene,
with all their immediacy.
When received. ct the home
Offices Of the papers. these
drawings were turned into
wood engravings. IN which
process they inevitably lost
much Of their animation.
The exhibitors essential
importance Is not esthetic
. but documentary. It shows
history In the making, and
does 90 .comprehensively,
presenting most Of the
significant events. and "rep-
resentative scenes from all
theaters," as Mr.. Walker
says. At first glance. these
drawings seem far removed
from the vigorous combat
art Of World War II. These
Civil War drawings are
small, minutely and deli
cately drawn (from present
standpoints) on paper now
yellow with age.
But as one studies these
drawings. they come alive.
These men were our ances-
tors. young, vital. dutiful
and gallant, throughout four
years Of the worst. most
devastating war In our his
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exam, but which doesn't have
an art program?
Answer: You raise an impor.
tant question-What Is more
important. O certificate that
stresses art or q college degree
without art? Usually ] ad-
wise students to work for their
degrees. inasmuch as many
States demand 0 baccalaureate
degree for Q teaching position.
However. In your case the is
sues aren't that simple. On
the one hand your daughter can
continue for five years and get
q good art training. but end up
without a degree. On the other.
she can 60 for four years to a
college and get her B.A. de-
gree, but with slight training
In art.
Many States will accept the
five years ct the university as
the equivalent Of . degree. II
she becomes q good artist and
gains q reputation in her field,
the degree or lack Of it will not
hold her back. Perhaps before
she completes her program at
the university she will be able
to pass the math exam and
become q fully matriculated
student. Or the university may
even waive 1t, If she does good
work In her other subjects.
That has happened before.
I wouldn't advise taking her
out of the university, where you
say she Is happy. to put her in
q college where she might be
out Of place. Why discourage
talent? The country needs good
artists just as much as 1t does
good mathematicians or scien-
fists. The emphasis on science
must not be permitted to place
our artists and non-mathemati-
cally inclined students in an
inferior position. One good
artist is more valuable than
two second-rate scientists.
Question: I'm o college sem
ior and interested In study
ing in Poland for q year. Are
any fellowships offered In that
country under our cultural ex-
change? Where do I apply?
What are the requirements?
Answer: This year for the
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tory. We see them running
into battle. or. lying dead on
the field. Zone in every 1ive
boys in the Civil War, lost
his hfe.) We see them going
about their manifold duties,
on the march, In hospital
tents. and In periods Of re-
Taxation. Countless details
Of carrying on this appalling
war are given in these draw
ings, details which indicate
how much more laborious
and lacking In comforts, how
unutterably dreary was mere
existence In camp q century
ago.
This pictorial history was
the achievement Of artists
who shared the discomforts
and dangers Of the fighting
men. Those artists deserve
the absorbing biographical
history by william p. Camp
bell. curator OF painting at
the National Gallery Of art.
whose 80 pages Of text, Law
ishly illustrated with the
combat artists own drawings,
introduces she catalogue. De-
tailed footnotes. q bibliogra-
ply and other data make this
publication an important
document. ($3.25.)
The National Gallery alone
is presenting the entire show.
It win be diyided into two
smaller collections which win
be sent by the Smithsonian
Travelling Exhibition Service,
on q circuit Of more than 20
museums.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Broumos' Lutest

This evening Is to ID is
the last to see the exhibi-
ton Of sculpture by John
Broumas at Potters' House.
1858 Columbia Road NV.
These plaster distractions.
several feet In dimensions,
polychromed In blue. green or
coral, are constructions Of
substantial curved and
straight bars and some forms
suggesting foliation which
give them . touch Of baroque
exuberance. One work, o
Madonna. Is representational
In o much simplified way.
with attendant angels and
floral shaped cups holding
candles.
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to commemorate the Tooth
anniversary Of the war. This
presentation Of 2e1 drawings
and watercolors made at the
front. assembled from 10 in
stitutiopal and private COLI
lections. Is the first major
one; these works by Civil
War combat artists have
been exhibited heretofore
only In small numbers. In
cideLtally, more than half
the show was lent by the
Library Of Congress.
The War between the
States was the first to have
an adequate pictorial record:
Photographs Of stationary
subjects, including portraits
Of ofncers and men, their
weapons and other equip
ment, and Of the aftermath
Of battles: and sketches
which caught action. Pho.
Biography was still In its In
fancy. and required cumber-
some inpedimenta which
made it useless In recording
fast-moving events.
Illustration Sources
Gallery visitors with Con-
federAte ancestors viii. prob
ably notice that the North
y much better represented.
This is not due to any Sec
tional bias Of the Gallery.
John Walker, director, In his
foreword to the catalogue,
reminds us that only the
Northern illustrated papers
had artists In the field: the
principal source Of illustra-
tions Of the Confederate
forces was the Illustrated
London News. The bombing
Of London 20 years ago de-
stroyed the News archives.
Fortunately, Harvard Uni
versity. another good som ce,
lent many Confederate draw
ings to the show.
The three illustrated week.
lies Of the North kept about
IL special artists" in the
field throughout the war.
The total Of different artists
during the period was about
80. In addition, the drawings
Of the special artist were
supplemented in the weeklies
by those Of the amateur
artist" who was either a
combatant or q civilian, was
invited to submit drawings as
. free lance. and was paid
for any work used. More
than 800 amateurs are known
BY name.
( Alfred Wand Drawings
The most important artist
0ron the standpoint Of
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS
The Space Age Awaits
Its Religious Art

the obscurely private symbols
which they serve up from
their tortured egos carry In
spiration only to o small
public Of the like-minded.
Enduring Art
For It is not the function Of
art to be carried out by
those who are blind. even
when they feel compulsions
to paint or to contrive
carefully planned random
FORMS" The enduring art of
the age must be something
else. Fortunately. q look at
the Stone Age can guide us.
Any study Of the cave man
takes us to his arts, his ami
mails. splendidly alive, painted
for all time on the walls of
his less accessible cavern
chambers, the symbols which
he engraved on his javelin
heads, on his bone fish hooks.
Always, 1t Is pointed out that
these arts involved the cave
mans approach to the great
issues Of his world. o hunt
er's world, where magic was
needed to cope with hostile
forces. Art. to the cave man.
was the channelling and
evocation Of these powers
which. without the artist. he
would lack.
This was religious art. It
aimed at renewing the face
of the world which mans
hunting might deplete. In
this art, man mystically
looked out at the universe as
he understood 1t and sought
to make himself harmonious
with it, with its laws. This
was $4,000 years ago.
Greek and Roman Art
The early Greeks, likewise.
had no other purpose. Their
arts, when they still intensely
believed their myths, move
us deeply. witnessing q search
for harmony with q universe
mirrored in their understand
Evening star., 1961-01-08

ing. When they lost much
or most Of their faith they
yet gave US splendid shapes,
but seen from the outside.
The Roman copyist went o
step further, producing mere
decorative art, barely skin
deep.
Startlingly. the universe Of
our times has exploded To-
infinite dimensions. From
the planetary systems Of the
atom, whose discovery has
made the material world
into Q concretion Of blazing
energy. to the inconceivable
vastness Of o universe where
we know that galaxies race
ever outward in q glory Of
cosmic speed, we have our
mind furnished with such
images of towering grandeur
as man has never known be-
fore. These INFINITE are ours,
they are our new world. as
the drama Of the hunt was
the cave mans world, as the
myth was the Greek artists
world. as the pictorial rep
resentation Of the Gospel for
those who could not read was
the world Of the medieval
centuries.
A Prophetic Artist
Like the ages before us. we
have an objective world. To
compass It spiritually. to be
at home and at peace in It.
we need perception. we need
to be guided across . bridge
of harmony. Like earlier ages,
we need the artist, as prophet.
to build US such o bridge.
AS In earlier times, this will
be q slow process since the
objective world will always
be interpreted by Q subjective
artist. But what d challenge!
The key word here is har-
mony, q vision or order
objective order-where the
unframed eye and mind see
only unrelated fragments or
reality. The cave paintings
taught broad lessons Of the
cycles Of nature to the indi-
vidual hunter involved only
In the tragedy Of the big
one that got away. The Greek
sculptor heightened the per-
ception Of the onlooker,
pointing out that man and
woman were beautiful because
of their ideal Source. because
they reflected auoth"~ and
higher Beauty which was
divine. The medieval artist
pointed out the nature Of
mans redemption and the
examples that would lead him
to salvation.
Currently. our artists point
mostly to their metaphoric,
Freudian, navels. Predictably.
most Of US are unmoved at
this display. Somehow. our
artists are out Of step.
On the Sidelines
More superficial than
Romans, who traded super
stition for religion, less
intense over their discoveries
than the Baroque artists Of
three centuries ago who
traded craftsmanship for
fervor, our people are on the
sidelines Of their calling.
anguished. as lie Corbusier
says, by their uselessness.
This need not be so. First,
however, the artist must
realize that art-to be art
must be religious, that the
artistic be an artist-must
take up his task as seer, as
prophet. Then. he must LOOK
to his objective universe
finding ways to resolve ID
breathtaking riddles, mean
ingfully, for the eyes of his
fellowman. Lastly. he must
lead us on to the praise Of
the marvels which he has
perceived. This Is his func-
ton. Carrying 1t out defines
religious art. :
We can read. now. What
we can read, the artist need
no longer illustrate. But the
orderly grandeur Of the more
sublime Creation about us
needs Interpretation. Only
the artist in awed humility
can achieve this notation OF
thA - awe nA,@. - 49, --~A
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having o one.man show at
Franz Bader Gallery, l706
q street NV. through JaIlu.
airy 10. His 10 oils and s
watercolors have as their
theme "Personages m
Wheels" They are similar to
portions Of the murals. They
have o Photographic quality,
being composed Of symbolic
faces growing from rectangu-
lar forms with rudimentary
hands and feet. and the
wheels they are riding In.
clude some actual wheels at-,
tached to the paintings. Color
areas are fiat and simple:
the primaries, black and
white. brown and violet. Mr..
Paez-Vilaro Is said to have
given much study to the
symbols Of native folklore Of
Uruguay: Indian. Negro and
gaucho. (Open weekdays, 0
to 81
Evening star., 1961-01-08
BY BENJAMIN FINE

The suthor. . Pulitzer Prize reporter.
10 education editor Of the North
Americas Newspaper AIIienes. Ques.
ticns rsssrdins sdueesioa and careers
should Be eddrsssed to him ss BIS
Brewer svsnue. Rockville Center.
N. Y.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
ART NEWS OF THE 0. c. AREA
Civil War Centennial
At NotionoI Gallery
BY FLORENCE 9. BERGMAN
Art Critic Of The Star

old far-o unhappy things and battles long ago" come
70 mind as one views The Civil War; Centennial Exhibi-
ton Of EYEWITNESS Drawings" which opened with an invita-
ton preview yesterday at the National Gallery Of Art
remain through February H. The Gallery offers part
OF the Of the Civil War Centennial Commission
Evening star., 1961-01-08

who also shows small ink and
wash sketches Of people Of
Damascus. and q few scenes
Of that city.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-01
LEGAL NOTICES

VIRGINIA
In the Circuit Court Of Prince
Edward County, August ~,
1851.
WALTER HOLMES
Complainant,
VS.. In Chacery
EPSIE WALKER HOLMES,
Defendant.
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is to
obtain for the Complainant from
the Defendant a divorce from
the bond Of matrimony on the
grounds of desertion for a per-
iod of more than one year.
An affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant, Ep-
sic Walker Holmes, is not . resi-
dent Of the State Of Virginia, 1t
is ordered that she do appear
within ten days after due pub
LEGATION of this order and do
what may be necessary to pro-
tect her interest in this suit.
VERNON C. WOMACK, Clerk
VIM. P. HAY. JR.. p.q. 8-25-4t(F)
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