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Dear DR.. Mason:

Dear DR.. Mason:
I would like TO know If It Is
necessary for first graders who
attend classes from sos am
to $3.50 pm. TO study at home
My little boy, who was 7 in
February. had a hard time set
ting down to work this past
fall according to his teacher)
and made a c in reading wher
the first report cards were is
sued at the second six weeks
period. He seems to be doing
better now. He has two more
readers to complete before he
will read on the second grade
level. However, his teacher Is
still sending home supplement
tary readers and telling him to
be sure TO study his flash cards
at home.
j. W., CroSsett, Ark.
It should not be necessary
for your son to complete home
work assignments at the first
grade level. After being in
school seven hours under d.
rected activity, he should be al
lowed to play and carry on &C.
tivities Of his own choice.
You can. however, listen Il
his reading and let him DEM
onstrate his abilities to you
This will give him a feeling OF
approval at home, and at the
same time help him keep Ut
with the others at school.
This Is an opportunity fol
you to keep a close contact with
your boy.
Dear DR.. Mason:
I read your article in a local
paper and I am interested In
what you mean when you are
discussing slow or poor readers
and you say g. or hear the
words as you read" 1 believe
this is a problem with me and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

The change begins with q
completely abstract tryptich.
q great blue Paradise" Of
1857. Later there are throw
backs, or memories Of the
earlier work. In 1858 Fore
shadowing" combines the flat
and luminous painting Of the
later Greene with the reli-
gious subject. That. presum-
ably. is again the Garden Of
Eden. with a seated woman
passively awaiting the de-
scent Of the serpent from
overhanging boughs. all the
forms being simplified into
color and shape relation
ships first, communicative
figures second.
Shapes floating In color
and color enhancing shapes
characterize the later, or
present. painting Of Stephen
Greene. Like Gorky's, this
work Is abstractly concerned
with sex, both the masculine
and the feminine principles
being adequately represented.
But whereas Gorky's work
always conceived the life
force as many-faceted. nom
individual. the same force in
Greene's abstract paintings,
whether masculine. feminine
or both In relation 10 each
other, is individual. There Is
no swarm. The sexual forms
appear usually In single ex-
amples, Isolated in thin,
glowing color. blue more Of
ten than any other.
Taken as a whole and con-
sidered as the lifework so far
OF an extremely serious, ex-
tremely able artist. the 40
paintings by Stephen Greene
may be said TO testify 10 the
fundamental unity Of sex
and religion. which Is some-
thing that both Freudians
and the rest of us are still In
need Of having pointed out.
Before such highly abstract
conclusions. however. there
is still the sensuous expert
ence OF the smooth forms and
their thrust. the glowing color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
DIMENSION EDUCATION
New Trends Inspire
Class Lineup Study

Junior nlRn SCHOOL WOulu
remain as 1t now is, including
seventh, eighth, and ninth
grades.
. High school would remain
the same. grades 10 through IL.
. UNDERGRADUATE college would
be a three year program,
rather than a fou-year pro-
gram.
. Graduate school would have
a three-year program leading
to the doctor OF philosophy
degree.
. A postgraduate school would
be established for postdoctoral
scholars.
Why this kind Of organiza-
tionP Or. Wallace explains his
theory this way:
First. the public nursery
school or kindergarten, which
now exists In some places and
doesn't exist In others, will be-
come more general,
ITO include the first through
thiEd grades with the nursery
school children Is. ! think. q
logical grouping. More impor-
tant, / believe, Is separating
the fourth. fifth. and sixth
grades.
MY reason for his division
is not so much that there is o
big difference between third
and fourth grade children;
there isn't. It is that there Is
q big difference between first
and sixth grade children. I do
not believe they should be In
the same school.
Secondly, believe depart
naturalization Of Leaning
should begin at the fourth
grade, that from the fourth
grade onward teachers should
teach one subject and to one
age-Proup of children. Teachers
should be prepared to do Just
this.
New Text Books
"As 1t is now, one teacher
teaches everything. all the way
through the eight grade. But
with new methods and new text
books already in preparation
in some fields. teachers will
have to be trained to use them.
and to use them with the stu
dents of tn ages for which
they are written.
I'm the case Of a foreign
Language, for example, the
teacher of the fourth, fifth
and sixth grade group would
teach by the informant system
children would learn by lis
tening and speaking. In junior
high language classes the pu-
/; pills would go into reading,
l writing, and learn the grammar
. Of the language. In high school
classes, they would concentrate
- on literature in the language
This calls not only for teachers
trained as specialists In thu
language, but as specialists II
teaching in a certain way to I
certain group. '
AS to the three-year colleg,
program. this is a simple con
sequence of the preparation
:, that has gone before: tn.
S courses which now occupy mos
{ of the freshman college year
e will have been eliminated. The
students will already have
! achieved this level Of learning
And as for a postgraduate
school, the number of post
: doctoral fellowships is increas-
ing In every field. More and
more students are going be-
} yond the level Of the PhD.
degree in their study and re-
search" OF the chages he
proposes DR.. Wallace believes
earlier decentralization Of
learning to be the most import
ant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
BY EDWIN HOAG
Tulane University Reports


Quality institutions OF learn
ing, whether serving first
graders or university graduate
students, are constantly re-
examining their methods, their
materials, their goals-in the
light Of new knowledge and the
changing society they serve.
Quality teachers. on all levels
of instruction. are constantly
looking for better texts, better
ways OF communicating ideas
and knowledge TO students. a
better understanding Of their
own role In the educational
process.
Experimentation in educa-
ton has been increasingly APP
parent In recent years.
1t is because Of the forming
and testing of new ideas, new
theories. that we now know
normally intelligent four-year-
Odds can be taught TO read.
whether they should is not
quite so clear)
We know that first graders
can use a ruler and a compass
TO accomplish a basic construc-
tive geometry; that second
graders can learn a simple kind
Of algebra; that high school
seniors can take on calculus
It was because of a new idea
and its testing that junior high
schools came into being - to
ease the transition between ele-
mentary and high school. For
the same reason we now have
advanced placement programs
enabling bright high school
students to enter college with
some freshman credits already
achieved.
New Theory Advanced
Recently a new educational
theory was advanced by DR.. A
D. Wallace, who has taught at
the University of Virginia and
Princeton University and now
is chairman of the mathemat-
les department at Tulane Uni
versity.
DR.. Wallace believes that
trends which are not only edu-
cational but sociological and
economic as we'll call for a re-
organization Of our educational
system.
To begin with, DR.. Wallace
would change the dividing lines
between stages of education
between groups of students
This he would do in this way
. A primary school would in
clude a public nursery schoo
and grades one through three
. An elementary school woult
have pupils Of the fourth. fifth
and sixth grades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
Modern Gallery

ASLlllc GOrky u Regarded
as something Of q prophet
and martyr Of contemporary
abstract American painting.
The martyr aspect Is easy
to grasp. In q profession
famous for hard luck. Gorky
established some records. Be-
fore he killed himself, he had
suffered a disastrous studio
fire, a broken or rapidly
breaking. marriage, and an
especially painful form Of
cancer. The connection with
American painting Of the
sos is less easy to see,
since almost all its practices
cams into use after his death,
and since his own practices.
such as painting from very
detailed drawings, are widely
thought Of as sitting and
coFny by many who venerate
his memory.
This is the advantage Of
having the two shows arrive
almost simultaneously, for
0reene's work makes the
conection abundantly clear.
The Gorky show. which
was assembled by the Mu-
scum Of Modern Art. New
York. is q model for such
retrospectives. The only
major artistic events missing
are those destroyed before or
after the artists death-for
hard luck has pursued even
his. memory, continuing to
destroy paintings by fire. by
air crashes, by overpainting
and by the sheer careless
ness Of officials In charge Of
them, this last case being his
large muralS executed for the
Newark Airport and long lost.
In Retrospect
The first thing we see Is
the memory Of a young man
who wanted to be q painter;
this is recollected in q few.
mostly small and mostly
nondescript works Of around
1925 which recall, randomly.
Cezanne, Marsden Hartley.
even late American impress
sionism.
Then suddenly, in the mid
die Of this feeling his way,
the artist was struck by q
major revelation, one that
has also struck everyone alive
in this century. The revela-
tons name was Pablo Pr
casso.
On the third floor Of the
Gallery there is. in effect, q
Picasso room. full Of paint
ings in which Gorky offered
the sincerest form Of flattery
TO the man who still re-
mains the most important
painter Of his time. Now the
imitation Of Picasso was not
new when Oorky took II up.
In q way such imitation has
been our times equivalent of
the 18th century Florentine
passion for hanging around
the Brancacci Chapel and
copying Masaccio. AS he HIM
self has pointed out Picasso
has even been copied by Pr
casso.
But Gorky managed TO pull
offsthe trick that quite q few
of the old Florentines did. He
used Please 10 perfect his
own vision and. perhaps. to
build up his own momentum
for free flight In art. The
Picasso paintings themselves
reveal an intensity and q
passion rare In anyone's copy
Of anything.
In Different Spirit
BY 1910. with the major
pictures. Garden In Sochi."
the Please tutelage is bro
ken. To be sure there Is now
astrong resemblance 10 Miro,
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Corcorun

Something like that Is also
the subject Of the Stephen
Greene paintings at the Cor
coran, but there is no evi-
dence In the two shows taken
together that the younger
man has any specific debt to
the older. Nobody, even
Freud, has a copyright on
sex - and a good thing, too
= and Greene's "biomorphs",
when they appear in his
paintings, are so altered in
scale and prominence and in
their relative isolation as to
make the use Of the name
somewhat dubious.
They are some time in
making their appearance,
however. Unlike the early
Gorky. the early Greene owes
no easily discernible debt to
anyone, certainly none to
anyone then painting In
America. The painter him.
self has written, THE single
work that most influenced
me was Hugo Van Der Goes
THE Dormition Of the Vir-
gin." which Is a Flemish
painting about 500 years old.
The influence there is more
Of mood and Of perception
Of the human condition
also uncopyrighted-than Of
the things q painter does on
canvas out of such percep-
ton and such mood.
Far Different
What Greene did on canvas
was a body Of work having
no relation at all to his pres
ent way Of painting. This fact
is at the root Of the uncer-
tainty that exists about his
public identity. Not his ar
tistic identity. which Is clear
enough. But here are people.
reasonably aware Of what's
going on In art, who are not
entirely sure who Greene Is.
Some probably confuse him
with Balcomb Green (no re-
lation) but more probably
confuse him with himself.
from right after World War
II TO about seven years ago.
Most OF the early. figurative
painting by today's best
known abstract expressjonist
painters Is not really
worth much attention.
Greene's Is.
In effect, therefore. he has
been two painters. both sue
cessful. The break is dramat-
ically clear in the Corcoran
show, although there are two
paintings that do combine
some Of the elements Of both
artists.
The early painter Is, In the
first place, overly religious.
Not only does he paint fig
ures. he paints religious fig
ures. Part of the beauty Of
the Corcoran show, organized
by Assistant Director Cud-
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mund Vigtel. is that 1t recog-
nizes the value Of the early
work and treats 1t as well
worth study in itself. not
merely q prelude. About one
fourth Of the paintings and
half Of the drawings in the
show are early Greene. Sig
nificantly, almost all the fig
urative paintings are loaned
by institutions or by very
well known private collec-
tons.
Cold and Stiff
Within the figurative
paintings there is q certain
amount Of change. The
Greene manner which is best
known is deliberately cold
and stiff. We see the figures
at the foot Of the cross; we
see the "flagellators" who
scourged Christ; we see. a
burial, In which the body lies
rigid and distorted In its cof-
fin, and in all there Is cold
ness not only in the light
that palely Eliminates the
scene but also in the atti-
tudes of those standing by
the tragic events. The fig
ures tend TO be isolated. The
artist is not especially in
terested In the world around
the central event but in the
people involved and In the
cruelty that makes them
withhold an ultimate COM
mitment.
One painting in this period
breaks with the religious sub
ject matter. Shadow, T"
painted In the same cold way,
poses a SHELTON hung on an
easel, both casting their
shadows on the studio wall.
Then, in the mid-50s
things begin to loosen up.
Paint. for one thing. begins
to exist In itself as well as
descriptively. But the relig-
ious subject matter remains
constant. There is q chill
blue Deposition" focused on
the foot Of the cross and a
Saul and David" in which
paint weaves q web Of strokes
out Of which the two princi-
pals emerge, the old and evil
king regarding the young mu-
stefan with all the mixed
emotions so evident in the
Biblical account. This stress
on paint strokes as an ele-
ment Of painting may have
been a new direction SUISSE
quently abandoned. At any
rate. the paintings are as eff
fective as the earlier. colder
ones and, for that matter
as effective as the present
manner and subject matter.
AS noted. we are confronted
less with the growth Of an
artist than with a total
change.
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and its peace. Of Stephen
Greene's painting.
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

Meeting announcements
must be in the hands OF the
PTA Calendar editor By
Wednesday OF each meek to
tnsLre publication In the
column on Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17

TuesdOy Ion Feature Posel: N,
college for some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-17
In Different Spirit

BY 1910. with the major
pictures. Garden In 5ochi."
the Picasso tutelage is bro
ken. To be sure there Is now
astrong resemblance 10 Miro.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
Linen and Chiffon

Werle was another Cali
fornian who showed in the
American Designer Series
which concluded Press Week.
He teams linen with chiffon
for a new fabric contrast.
He likes the easy fit IN
Evening star., 1963-01-15

suitcase, and head for O ball
room or a cocktail party.
He likes colors like olive
green and blue, cognac and
pink. White and black are
also his dramatic way of stat
ing a silhouette without
distraction.
Low cut backs, simple fit
ted fronts and overblouses
that look like tunics are other
Estevez likes this season. A
very intricate cut of aSSymet-
ric panels, which he call "a
sunburst," mark several silk
linen form-fitting sheaths
with bows at the shoulder
line for a bit of filtration.
For evening he likes silk
capes over chiffon short
gowns, and the convertible
idea Of a dress which can do
the cocktail circuit, and then
with the addition of a long
skirt, becomes an evening
gown.
Much-traveled Luis is al
ways thinking Of women who
like to travel. We're sure his
wife. Betty, packed one Of,
these in on her current trip
to Paris.
Evening star., 1963-01-15

the temporary prestige the
United States gained by its
october % quarantine Of
Cuba, it lost ground when it
agreed to remove the blockade
without on-site inspection.
Wall a Red Failure
Mr.. Morley hailed the Ber-
lin Wall as a victory against
communism. 1T is unfor-
tunate that it prevents more
millions to escape" he said,
but each day 1t stands it
marks the greatest defeat and
humiliation of communism
in modern time"
A danger equal to COM
munism, the speaker declared,
lis the depletion Of our
wealth in give away pro-
grams that stifle initiative
and incentive and weaken the
tradition Of freedom and free
will"
The Forum opened with q
dramatic presentation Of the
ColorS by a Joint armed forces
color guard and a perform
ance by the Mount Vernon
Guard under the direction Of
its commandant, John c.
Harris, and its music di-
rector, Willard A. Driggers.
Evening star., 1963-01-15

been under fire as q member
Of the John Birch Society.
New to Congress but q vet
eran Of 10 years in Wash
ington. with q home in Be-
thesda, was Mrs. Gillis Long
Of Louisiana. Her husband,
new in the House. worked in
Washington on the staff Of
the Senate Small Business
Committee and the House
Elections Committee.
Back Home"
1t was like coming back
home" to her two children,
in kindergarten and third
grade, when they moved back
to Bethesda after a two-year
absence in Louisiana, Mrs.
Long said. Her husband is
about q double third cousin"
Of Louisiana's Senator Russell
Long, she said in answer to
o question.
Past presidents . Of the
forum. including Mrs. John
Sparkman, Mrs. Lister Hill,
Mrs. Frank Church, Mrs.
Henry Reuss and Mrs. Hale
Boggs, poured tea and coffee.
Most Of the veteran Sen
ate wives and q sprinkling Of
veteran House wives were
present, as were Senator
Maurine Neuberger and Dep
uty Assistant Secretary Of
State Katie Louchheim. The
forums were started by the
latter when she was vice
chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
u. S. Role In Kotongo Is sAssoiIed

A congressional investi-
cation Of United States sup
port Of the United Nations
intervention in Katanga was
urged last night by foreign
correspondent John Kenfield
Morley.
Addressing the opening
session Of the Women's Fo-
rum on National Security in
the Statler Hotel, Mr.. Morley
asserted that the United
States has gone against the
advice Of our three closest
llies-Britain, France and
Belgium"
The correspondent charged
that the United States has
directly assaulted the best
friend Of the free world
in the Congo - Tshombe
Evening star., 1963-01-15
Game Night
Is Benefit

The Jewish Women's
Study Group Of Falls Church
announces that it will hold
q Game Night" tonight at
7:45 pm. in the Woodward
and Lothrop Fort Buffalo
Room at Seven Corners.
Proceeds from the event will
go to the Community Serv-
ice Fund of the Study
Group. Dessert and coffee
will be served and games will
include bridge. canasta,
scrabble. nah jongg, and
checkers. Further informa-
ton may be obtained by call
ing Mrs. Max Kraft or Mrs.
Sanford Karo.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
In New Direction

His designer. Marie McCar-
thy. teams trim weskits with
trouser-creased panel skirt in
gray flannel or navy serge
this season. The sleeveless
Evening star., 1963-01-15

clothes. He also likes to have
women feel completely at
ease knowing that their eve
ming wrap Is entirely right
with their gown. A yellow
jersey evening sheath was
shown with q matching
softly tailored jacket for his
Interpretation Of together
ness.
Jean Louis, whose clothes
probably have been seen by
more women than any other
designers. due to his work at
Columbia Pictures, turns on
the same glamor for all wom-
en- now. You can spot a Jean
Louis design this spring, If
you look for his Ringmaster
Tunic suit that comes in
Black Alaskine, a year round
fabric. Unique design touch?
It's really q step-in pullover.
Cowl drapes abound and
they prove his point that they
are flattering whether worn
to the front or to the back
Of a dress.
Surprisingly Low
Luis Esteves OF New York
was the last designer to show
his collection to the visiting
fashion editors. We saw for
the first time q group of
knits handled like silk in a
price range that will prove
surprisingly low not only for
the design interest but the
built-in ease of knowing
something can come out Of a
Evening star., 1963-01-15
Meeting

The first meeting Of the
newly formed Northern Vir-
ginis District Committee Of
Campfire Girls took place
this month at the George
Mason High School. Chair
man Of the group is Mrs.
Gerald Robson.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
PARTYES
POSTPONED

A January 20 reception for
Army Chief Of Staff Gen.
Earle O. Wheeler and Mrs.
Wheeler has been postponed
until spring. their hostess an
nounces.
Mrs. Parker West, whose
invitations are already in the
mail. plans TO reschedule the
party because OF Gen. Wheel
er's sudden departure today
for the Far East.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
New'E4iII'
Wives
Meet
by ISABELLE SHELTON
star staff Reporter


Veteran Democratic Con-
gressional wives welcomed the
new crop Of Democratic wives
to Washington yesterday at
the home of Mrs. Claiborne
Pell, wife Of the Rhode Is
land Senator.
The gathering was under
sponsorship of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Wives
Forum.
While yesterdays was Q
purely social get acquainted"
session, introducing the
new" wives to the "old," the
forum functions most Of the
time as q down-to-earth ex-
change and training ground
at which wives are given vAl-
liable tips on how they can
be Of political assistance TO
their husbands.
This year. since It is not an
election year O few Of the see-
sions may be devoted TO more
general topics. such as brief
ings on the House and Senate
procedures. according to Mrs.
Eugene Mccarthy. The Min
nesota Senator's wife Is cur
rent president Of the group.
Mrs. Mccarthy received the
guests In the spacious en-
trance hall Of the Pell's large
Georgetown home, standing
with other club officers.
Dual Capacity
Mrs. Daniel X. Inouye Of
Hawaii, first vice president,
was there in o double capa-
city. Elected to her post late
last year, when her husband
was a member of the House,
she also was one Of yester-
days new" members, as the
wife Of q newly elected Sen
ator.
Most Of the other new
Democratic Senatorial wives
also were present, including
Mrs. Birch Bayh, jr., Of In
diana; Mrs. Daniel Brewster
Of Maryland, Mrs. Edward
Kennedy Of Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Gaylord Nelson of Wis
consin and Mrs. Abraham
Ribicoff Of Connecticut.
For Mrs. Ribicoff, 1t is the
third go-round In Washing
ton, in addition to the fact
that Mr.. Ribicoff Is q former
governor Of Connecticut. In
Washington he was once in
the House, and more recently
was Secretary Of Health. Ed
ucation and Welfare in the
Kennedy administration.
Easier to Pack
Election to Q six year
Senate term has wonderful
for her over her
husbands other Washington
posts, Mrs. Ribicoff said with
a sigh Of relief.
The life Is much the same,
she said. but when you
know you are going to be
here for six years 1t makes
1t so much easier TO know
what to pack"
The Ribicoffs had q home
ready to move into when they
came to town last week, hav-
ing kept the house in George
town they bought during the
new Senator's HEW tenure.
California. which gained
several new House seats this
term as a result of popula-
ton increases. was well rep
resented.
Those from new districts
we're Mrs. George Brown.
Mrs. Robert Lesgett and Mrs.
Gus Hankim. A newcomer
from an old district was Mrs.
Ronald Camerson, whose
husband defeated Republican
Robert Rouselott, who had