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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
NEWS OF MUSIC
Sergio Fronchi Boasts
Tenorof Power, Purity

somewhat curious, at least to
American ears. Everyone knows
that boys choirs have a sharp
penetrating sound. But it is
not universally the custom to
emphasize this. The Mexican
group often does, and the sound
will be familiar only to those
who remember such things as
the records made by the Orfeo
Catala in Barcelona.
The folk and popular items
were the most successful. and
the sacred music was thorough
ly respectable. Whether an aria
from the st. Matthew Passion
is a good idea for such a group
is perhaps another question.
And surely. these young men
can have no idea of the soaring
agony of abandoned love that is
the Monteverdi Lasciatemi
Morire.
But no momentary lapses can
change the fact that the choir
and its director are excellent
musicians who offered a re-
Warding evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
AGILITY MARKS
Ell HASHIMOTO

BY WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Delta jet leader to the MdSouh now offers Jets daily to major
Southern cities from Friendship Airport plus DC7 service from
Washington National Airport Deluxe tourist you'll find the service
famed Delta tradition personal quick and exceedingly thoughtful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Sergio Franchi, a young and
very personable Italian tenor
who has gotten the big build
up from Sol Hurok and RCA-
Victor Records Ga virtually
unStoppable combination), was
heard last night at Constitu-
ton Hall in his second Ameri-
can recital.
Mr.. Franchi comes from
Italy out of South Africa,
where he has been a hit since
1854 in musicals and opera.
It would seem pretty obvious
that he is headed for the top,
and that Mr.. Hurok and Victor
have a winner.
Even though Mr.. Franchi
was plainly having trouble be-
cause Of a cold which kept
Jogging the brilliance of his
voice, he managed to demon
strate an Italianate tenor of
great power and exquisite
purity. He also has a mag
nificent feeling for that unique
genre of song represented by
such composers as ToSti, De
Capua. and Toselli, and he re-
veals their blood relationship
to Puccini and Cilea with easy
grace.
But Mr.. Franchi has more
than purely musical gifts. He
has the knack of establishing
an Immediately sympathetic
rapport with his audience, and
despite the vastness of Con-
stitution HALL there was a sort
of night-clubby intimacy about
the whole affair that was re-
Taxed and natural.
Furthermore, Mr.. Franchi is
handsome as all get-out, is a
fine Snowman, and makes q
definite pitch to the feminine
side of his audience. He is over
flowing with sex appeal, and the
girls love it.
Even his excellent accom-
PIANIST, Milton Kaye, was car
ried away by the joy of the oc-
casion, joining the audience in
its vociferouS applause after
the Tosti "Marechiare."
While the tenor would be a
definite asset to any Italian
opera company, not only for his
singing, but also because he
understands what he is singing
about. it seems to me that he
will make his mark in show
business, not grand opera.
There were plenty of empty
seats in Constitution Hall yes
terday. However, I would be
very much surprised if Mr..
Franchi's enthusiastic fans
won't be breaking down the
doors to hear him next time he
sings in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Mister Hope to snare the most
popular young actor in Amer
lea. This ones for Seven Arts
Bill ("JOse Jimenez") Dana
has everything except a SWIM
ming pool on his three-level
house, high in the Hollywood
Hills. Bill wants a pool to conf
plete his luxurious bliss. The
pool architects say they are
stumped-there isn't a Level
foot of ground on the property.
If you can't build me a hori-
zontal pool. then build me a
perpendicular one," Bill COM
manded. Remind me Tot to
swim in this pool without my
diving gear.
i = =
Irving Wallace the prolific
author, writes me he has
received a request from a
Japanese kiddie magazine,
Chugaku- linen, for a 1900
word excerpt from his sex
ridden best-seller, THE Prize. f"
Three sets of husbands and
wives have worked together in
recent movies - Eddie Albert
and Mango in who's got the
action?" BObbie DARN and
Sandra Dee in eff A Man
Answers" and Paul Newman
andJOanne Woodward in "Sa-
mantha." I believe only two of
the couples will survive the ex-
perience.
When the assistant director
of Frank Sinatra's Come Blow
Your Horn" movie needed to
get in touch with Jill st. John
in a hurry, he called the num-
Der at her new apartment. No
answer. So he called the num-
Der at Lance ReventlOw's and
asked for Jill. "She doesn't live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Some two dozen lads from
Mexico under the direction of
Luis Berber enchanted an au-
dience in Constitution Hall yes
terday afternoon.
Their repertory was as broad
as their costumes, the latter
ranging from choir robes to
Serapes.
The tone they produce is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
THE
LYONS
DEN

NEW YORK.-Judy Holiday
emerged last week after Ions
seclusion. The Broadway stal
and Academy Award winner
idle. She soon will start re-
revealed that she had not beer
hearsing for Hot Spot" She
acquired movie story about q
family living on a submarine
to be filmed the first summer
that she's free. And she and
Gerry Mulligan have completed
writing a full score for a must
cal version of Happy Birth
day"
Miss Holiday confided that
they used one elementary test
in determining whether the
score was right: IF those songs
were auditioned for me, would
I take the role?"
y = 50
Because Richard BurtOn's
name has become top box Of
flee. Daryl Zanuck will re-
issue his 1852 movie 1.-The Robe
Lotte Lehman, long re-
tired from the Met, will return
to its stage November 10. Shell
just take a bow at the end Of
the "RoSenkavalier" perform.
ance Claude Dauphin may
join SimOne SignOret on the
Paris stage this season in Miss
Signoret's version of Lillian
Hellman'S play THE Little
Foxes"
Howard Dietz, the lyric
writer, attended a weddine
ceremony presided over by 6
judge. The ceremony was cur,
sory-a simple exchange Of "DC
you take this 2" and IT nov
pronounce you man and wife
Dietz said, This is thu
quickest event since the ListOn.
Patterson fight"
+ =
In Tony Perkins first three
performances in Harold" thu
audiences didn't quite believe
his line about his age, I'm u.s.
It's now been changes to TN
49," Perkins is 80 Stew,
Mcqueen pilots a BIZ in "Wal
Lover" all ITO miles per hour
Mcqueen, an amateur autC
racer, drives a car faster thar
that RaOul Levy, Bright,
BardOt's producer, flew tt
Hollywood to sign an American
director for his suspended film
Marco Polo"
Gwen Davis, a 26-year-olC
Bryn Mawr graduate, is the
author of a novel, the plot fol
Elizabeth TaylOr's next film
II Love Louisa" and a new
play-"Cock O. the Walk"
While she was in a beauty par.
lor having her hair done, she
phoned her answering service
to see If anyone had called
She heard. instead, a man an.
Swering the phone in her apart.
ment. He said, "You must bt
one of those crooks phoning to
see if anyone's home"
Miss Davis realized this mus
be a burglar who was a com.
pulsive telephone-talker. Sht
phoned the police, and the1
called her mother, who said
Don't go home before a comb.
out. You'll have your picture
taken, probably, and vol
shouldn't be seen with curler.
in your hair"
\ 4 4
Alec Guinness has expressed
a wish to star on Broadway
next season. He can afford IL
now, after months of high.
salaried work in Lawrence Of
Arabia" -. George Stevens
at last has taken his Great
est Story Ever Told" troupe tc
Page, Ariz., to start filming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
MEXICAN BOYS
CHARM AUDIENCE
BY DONALD MINTZ
Noptrih.,fino Sritio

Singing Boys of Mexico. Luis Ber-
Der. director. At Constitution Hall.
Obj Caritas ct Amor Plain Chanti;
Lasciatimi Morire, Monteverdi; Pueri
Concinite, Handl; Aria from the
ST. Matthew Passion, Bach: Ave
Maria, Schubert; Poca Voglia Di Far
Bene s. Landi; Enchanting Song,
Bartok; Ave Maria, Kodaly: Laudes
sing Christman Anthem; Por Ell Vale
de Rosas. Jiminez: Mexico, Angel y
Pastor, Jaramillo; Las Mananitas,
trad. arr. Berber; Zarzamora, Ma
baraek; Camel Tzitzi. Tarascan Song;
AntifOnas Para Mexico, Jiminez.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
BERBERIAN SHOWS
FINE VERSATILITY
BY JOHN HASKINS
Contributing Critic

Ara Berberian. bass: Charles
Wadsworth, piano. At the National
Gallery of Arts. Program: Evening
Purcell: I'll Sail Upon q Dog Star.
Purcell; Sapphische ode. Brahms:
Sonntag, Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit,
Brahms: Verrat, Brahms: On Bacio
di Mano. from Marriage Of Figaro,
Mozart; Non piu andrai. from Mar
-chansons pour Voix grave. Hones-
ger; Chant de la Pitie, Milhaud;
Chant de Forgeron Milhaud; Lamen-
tation, Milhaud: Armenian Songs:
Godoian. Satan Robensian: Old
American Songs: Simple Gifts, Little
Horses Ching Ring Chaw. lions
Walls, arr. COPELAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12
NEWS OF MUSIC
By IRVING LoWENS
Star Music Critic

Sergio Franchi. tenor; Milton
Kaye. piano. Constitution Hall. Pro-
gram: Fenesta che lucive, Anon, !:
Invocation. Richfield; Mama, Bixio;
Che gelida mamma. from La Boheme,
Plccini; Lamento di Federico, from
Ar;esiane, Cilea: Marechiare, Tosti:
Anon; L Vurria Vass, Di Capua:
Serenade, Toselli; And This Is Ny
Beloved, Wright Forrest; o Sole
Mic, Di Capua; A Woman in Love,
Loesser; Cor Ingrato, Cardillo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Eli Hashimoto, harpsichord. At
the Phillips Collection. Program:
Passacaglia in G minor. Muffat;
Five pieces, Rameau; English Suite
No. 8 in d minor, Bach; Three
pieces, Couperin: Five Sonatas, Scar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-12

Ara Berberian is no stranger
to Washington, having been a
resident here a few seasons ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
Police Postpone Report
On Stadium Violence

A detailed police report on
the violence following the city
championship football game at
d. G. Stadium on Thanksgiving
Day will not reach Chief Robert
v. Murray until late this week
at the earliest.
The report. expected 10 reach
the chief more than q week
ago and then be sent on 10 the
committee investigating the
violence. has been held up sew
eral times for revisions and
addition Of new material.
Prepared BY Deputy Chief
John Z. Winters. the report Is
the result Of interviews with
scores OF persons who saw or
were involved m the post-game
disturbance.
Chief Murray Is expected 10
pass the, report on 10 the Dis
trict Commissioners. who are
expected 10 make II available
TO the citizens committee
headed by Shane MacCarthy
which has been studying the
causes Of the violence.
The report is expected 10 be
OF major Importance TO the
committee In It's effort 10 de-
termine what happened At the
stadium, why Il happened and
what can be done TO prevent
II from happening again.
Al 2 pm. today. the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
AMIDoN PLUS
Sexes to Switch Classes

and demonstrations. This is
closely related to social studies
and or to the English pro-
gram. There is weekly large
group singing.
Regular schools require five
periods Of shops and home
economics q week for three
semesters.
jefferson requires one period
of an hour and q half q week
of shops and home economics
! for four semesters.
Regular schools have two
single periods q week Of physi.
cal education, with q required
physical fitness test in seventh
grade.
jefferson has one double
period of physical education a
week, with a required physical
fitness test every year and a
specific remedial program.
Regular schools introduce
foreign language in eighth
grade. required for one semester
for regular students, and two
years for honors students.
jefferson introduces foreign
language in seventh grade for
all students reading at grade
level. and continues for three
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19

mittee held It's fifth meet
ing at the old Phillips School
at Twenty-seventh and N
streets NV.
AZ today's meeting, Mr.. Mac
Carthy Is expected 10 report
on 9 surprise visit he made
yesterday 10 Eastern High
School.
Eastern was defeated, 20-7,
by SC. Johns. College High
School In the THANKSGIVING
Day game. 49,.
In visiting the high school,
only five blocks from the sta
dium. Mr.. MacCarthy said he
hoped TO get the "ground-Site
feeling"
Also scheduled 10 be heard
by the committee today are
Wendell Paris, supervisor OF
boys physical education In the
public schools. and Judge Ste
phen 8. Jackson. special con-
sultant 10 the committee. who
Is expected 70 discuss the pro-
cedure for framing the COM
mittee's final report.
A subcommittee headed by
Simeon Booker. Washington
bureau chief for Tan. Jet and
Ebony magazines. has been set
up 10 write the report. They
hope 10 complete the report By
the end Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19

sonnet from other positions was
"robbing Peter to pay Paul"
But. he added, 1t may prove
necessary. -
Dr.. Samuel Schwartz, of the
Department Of Health, said the
department would be opposed
to lowering the housing stand
ards for foster homes.
I'VE don't think that is the
real problem" he said. "Ac-
tually, the welfare staff hasn't
had enough people to recruit
foster homes or staff to process
the people who do apply"
He said that the District has
a different type Of family life
than other big cities.
Lower Incomes Cited
I'VE don't have anywhere
near the proportion of homes
that want to give such care as
in other cities" he said. He
blamed this on the lower in
come Of Negroes and the neces-
sity for both partners in many
marriages to work.
Baltimore pays SIS a month
to foster homes, he pointed out.
Meanwhile, the District Com
miSSioners have stepped up
construction on new cottages
at Junior Village. One cottage
will be opened this week. Two
more cottages, an infirmary
and an admissions building will
be opened in stages until all
are in use by the first week In
January.
Workmen have been on the
job "a hours a day to complete
the first cottage.
The buildings were designed
to bring the institutions ca
pacity to 400.
The Commissioners are also
stepping UP the completion
date for three more cottages
for 80 children each, author
lied by Congress this year and
slated for opening by August,
1864. Senator Byrd felt this
date was still too far off.
Commissioner John B. Dun
can, who attended the meeting
, refused to comment on Senator
Byrd's reproyal.
Senator Byrd felt that the
rate of children discharged
from Junior Village should
equal or exceed the rate Of
admission, sources said. He
said they should be either re-
turned to their parents or sent
to foster homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
BY JERRY O'LEARY JR.
Star staff Writer

II Al years on the night
shift at the National Geological
Park has taught Zoo Police
Pvt. Robert z. Ewell one thing
1t is this: Animals are a lot
quieter at night than people.
The 65-year-old veteran of
SO years service at the Zoo
said he long ago became used
to spending the lonely night
hours among the animals and
birds.
"Oh, sometimes one lion roars
and starts them all Off" he
said in a reminiscent mood. "or
there'll be q commotion II q fox
or a raccoon gets In among
the ducks.
But the nights are peaceful
here and there's lots TO keep a
man busy.
1--WE had TO watch over the
sick animals. Sometimes. / have
carried fruit in my pocket for
those that weren't feeling well.
And I've raised more than I
can remember. warming milk to
feed the babies at night just
as humans do for their babies.
Summers on Farm
ITS been q wonderful so
years but now that It's nearly
over, I'll be glad 10 have a
chance 10 spend all my time
with my wife"
Pvt. Ewell. who came 10 the
Zoo as q S30-a-month helper
on March 8, 1919, when he was
only is years old. viii work his
last shift In the blue uniform
of the Zoo police on New
Years Eve. After that, he plans
10 spend his summers raising
chickens at the family farm
at his birthplace near Thor
oughfare, In Prince William
County. Va. and his winters at
his home here at l7i3 Sixth
street NV.
Pvt. Ewell Is so self-effacing
that he nearly didn't mention
his soldering" When he first
came to Washington TO work
for the late Head Keeper VIII
liam II. Blackburn. he Joined
the District National Guard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
BY HARRIETT GRFFTTHs
star staff writer

For the, sake Of chemistry
girls and boys win switch
places In domestic arts and
shop classes next semester al
jefferson Junior High School
It's nothing more compli-
Gated than q thought-provok-
ing approach for the seventh
graders to the scientific proc.
esses in their everyday environ.
lnent.
During the four weeks prof.
ect, for instance, the boys viii
be observing what happens
when q cake rises. The girls
win be learning about the
chemical aspects Of wood and
metal.
The project represents one OF
the imaginative routes chal-
longing students at jefferson,
which Is pioneering at the
junior high school level an ex-
tension Of the basic-subject APP
proach developed at the Amidon
Elementary School.
Open Enrolment
Where the Amidon plans has
concentrated on the children's
acquiring strong basic skills,
Jefferson's purpose is to see
that they branch off into the
processes Of thinking and
depths Of analysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
Star staff Photo

barbed wire In the verdun sec
tor OF the Champagne front
when q German sniper shot
him in the hip. Corpl. Ewell
was still recovering In a hospi-
tai at Vichy when the rest OF
his outfit was back In WASH
ington and discharged. He
didn't get his release until May
1919. and promptly went back
10 the Zoo. holder OF the croix
de ouerre and the Purple
Heart.
He transferred 10 the Zoe
police from the Keeper staff in
1920 and has served there ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
QUIETER THAN PEOPLE
Zoo Veteran Bids Animals Good-by

since, on the midnight to 8
shift from the outset.
But there have been unex-
pected, adventuresome duties.
too.
One night, he recalled. q IS
foot-python got out Of its cage
In the Lion House and tangled
with a hippo in a nearby tank.
Pvt. Ewell said he and his part
ner heard the commotion and
managed to get the snake back
in its cage. but the reptile died
Of its wounds. Another time, he
spent q bad hour herding q
large tapir back into its cage
after 1t had escaped.
Caught by Tiger
His one and only terrifying
experience happened in 1914.
Pvt. Ewell said, when q Bengal
tiger named Ben snagged his
clothing with his claws and
held him against the bars Of
the cage for five minutes.
He was trying to get at me
with his other paw" Pvt. Ewell
said, land I was straining away
as hard as / could but there
wasn't anything to hold onto.
Finally, Keeper Frank Lowe
came running and got me free.
The tiger clawed off my shirt
and my jumper but I didn't get
a scratch.
II always figured I was born
lucky because ! was the 18th
child In my family.
Pvt. Ewell said he could have
stayed on duty until he was 10
but he thought 20 years and
nine months was long enough
10 work. He and his wife, Leola
Williams Ewell. have their chill
dren and three grandchildren
and they want 10 spend more
time with them now.
His son Robert w. Ewell. Of
1927 First street NV. Is an at
torney for the Veterans Adj
ministration and his daughter,
Mrs. Annette Oxley Of 24l6 On
tario road NV. Is with the
Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. Both are Howard Uni
versity graduates.
When he works his last shift,
Pvt. Ewell viii be giving some-
thing back 10 the Government.
ne said: 1900 hours O. vi
lated sick leave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19

and was called 10 the colors
In 1915 10 help Gen. John j.
Pershing chase the Mexican
bandit. Pancho villa. in the
Southwest.
Since he was only II. they
made him a bugle boy.
BY 1918. after service guard
ing the old Long Bridge across
the Potomac, he was sent u
France as q corporal In the
377th Infantry Regiment. The
regiment was assigned TO the
l57th French Division. known
in the Allied Army as the
Bloody Hand Division"
He said he was stringinp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19

Jefferson's 900 students, who
as 1t happens through the
schools open enrolment policy
represent about equally the -four
sections Of the city, run the
gamut Of below average to
honors learners.
Miss Elizabeth c. Jameson
Jefferson's principal. says the
program started in September
is progressing extremely well.
Parents feel it is successful,
she reporter, "and the children
have pride in themselves"
School Supt. Carl r. Hansen
contrasted the program at JEFF.
ferson with that Of the city'i
regular junior high schools In
q report prepared for presenta-
ton to the Board Of Education
today.
Differences Noted
Here are some Of the differ
ences:
Regular schools hold opening
and closing exercises after 8
am. and before 3 pm. Clubs
and orchestra work may be
included in the regular 9 am,
TO 3 pm. day. Assemblies are
scheduled during the week and
taken from the regular aca-
demic program.
Jefferson holds opening and
closing exercises before Q am.
and after 3 pm. Clubs and
orchestra work also take place
before or after the regular
school day. Assembly time is
taken from the related class
time. The lunch period is
shorter.
Regular schools require year
and a half of science. with
honor students taking two and
a half years Of general science,
including biology.
jefferson requires science all
three years, with an introduce
ton to specific sciences. includ-
ing biology, In ninth grade.
Regular schools give regular
students one semester in family
living and basic class students,
one year.
Informal Sessions
jefferson has family living
incorporated In the human
biology course. with ethical
and moral aspects re.empha-
sized through an hours in
formal session q week.
Regular schools teach all as
poets Of English in one daily
period.
jefferson allocates more time
for the study Of literature,
composition and grammar. Spe-
cific time is set aside for teach
ing basic study skills and
improving reading skills.
Regular schools require two
years OF social studies. with q
ninth grade elective.
Jefferson requires three years
OF social studies for all stu
dents.
Regular schools have three
periods OF art and music each
week for three years.
Jefferson teaches the history
OF art and music by lectures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-19
$4,000 to Shrine

STAUNTON, Va, Dec. 10
(AP) The Woodrow Wilson
Birthplace Foundation h a S
received a SIS, 900 bequest from
the estate Of the late Edith
Boiling Wilson, the presidents
widow who died last December
20.