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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
U.S.. Music Specialist
Urges Wider Program

The doddering idea that a
child is unsteady educated
when he can plunk out Min
uet in G" at the year-end pi-
ano recital is headed for more
gray hairs.
Under the baton OF its new
music man." DR.. Harold w.
Arberg, the United States Of
flee of Education hopes to help
schools. colleges and adult CEN
tiers apply to music education
some OF the accelerando given
to science and mathematics.
The 44-year-old former chief
OF music for the Army and
veteran Arlington choir direc-
tor is the Federal agency's first
music specialist.
His job is part Of the edu-
cation Offices new cultural af-
fairs branch, which aims to
help improve and extend edu-
cation in the arts through re-
search, surveys. publications
and other means.
Extension Expected
Specialists in other branches
of the arts are expected to be
added in the future. Commits
sioner of Education Francis
Keppel has announced.
DR.. Arberg has a wide expert
ence in his field as an educator
at all levels. a choral and in
Strumental conductor, COM
poser, author, arranger and.
conSultant. He took his music
degree at Princeton and his
doctorate in education at Co.
lumbia University.
No mere theoriSt, even at
his office. he may be heard
singing Renaissance catches
and rounds with several of his
fellow government officials at
Friday lunch hour in one of
the conference rooms.
He is director of the four
choirs at Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church in Arlington. Previous
ly, he was director of music
at the Pershing Drive Chris
tian Church, also in Arlington
County where he lives.
Sons Music Minded
All his four sons, Harold, IT.,
81, at Penn State; Phillip, Is;
Robert. Is, and Charles, 8, are
involved in choral music at
school or church, or both.
A native of Brooklyn, DR..
Arberg came to Washington in
1851 on recall to Army service.
He liked Washington and stay
ed on with the Army here as
a civilian.
This January. he received
the Meritorious Civilian Serv-
ice Award. His management of
the Army music program, the
citation said, has consistently
produced superior results and
noteworthy advancement OF
good music throughout the
Army"
Music education ir the coun-
try already has made tremen-
dous strides. DR.. Arbert thinks
particularly in the performing
skills. But he points out there
still are a great many people
exposed to music in the schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Winning BrickIuyer

Robert Zoscak. Of 35i2 Thir-
tenth street Sc. yesterday
won the fifth annual bricklayers
apprentice contest sponsored by
the Mason Contractors Asso-
citation and Bricklayers Union
No. l Of the District. He will
compete May l7-24 In the ma
tional contest In 81. Louis. Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Dear DR.. Mason:

Dear DR.. Mason:
/ am much disturbed over
my ll-year-old son who is in
fifth grade. He has made av-
erage grades until this year.
Now he has dropped below av-
erage.
The teacher says he is we'll
behaved but Just unconcerned
about his work. He does the
subject he likes best and only
the least he can get by with
In the rest. His answer is that
he gets mixed up" He follows
directions poorly. When he goes
to the store for me he often
brings home the wrong things,
Please give me some sugges-
tons.
Mrs. v. T,
Phillipsburg, N. j,
Your son has formed the
habit" Of not paying atten-
ton to directions. He may feel
that he can do no better and
has stopped trying. Have a
quiet talk with him. Point out
kindly but firmly that he must
make an effort TO change this
habit. Hold him TO each task
until he has corrected his mis-
takes. He must make the eff
fort himself. You can only sup
ply moral support.
-
Dear DR.. Mason:
You seem to place most of
the blame for children dropping
out Of school on the child him
self and on the parents. I am
Of the opinion that you need
to look at the teachers more
than you are doing.
Mrs. M. B.,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
In writing 10 students and
parents l discuss the ways they
can solve their problems with
learning and school through
their own efforts. II Is not In
their power TO change the
teachers. Teachers do read the
suggestions given in my articles,
but the problems are more
often In the learning patterns
Of the students than in the
teaching procedures.
=
Dear DR.. Mason:
My son is Is years old and
has Just completed his first Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07

Meeting announcements
must be IN the hands OF the
PTA Calendar editor bv
Wednesday OF each meek 10
insure publication IN the
column on Sunday.
Erik Bergaust. Norwegian
born local author Of some 200
books on space and aviation.
will talk on The Future Space
Program" at the PTA Of Bal
leys Elementary School. Falls
Church. az 9 pm. wednesday.
He win autograph copies Of his
books on sale In the annual
book fair.
Two other area parentteach-
err groups win feature speakers
at their meetings this week. At
7:45 Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Ethel williams OF the Social
Service Department Of Howard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
BY EDWIN HOAG
Tulane University Reporta

AS anyone with a little child
In the house knows, drastic
changes have taken place in
recent years in the minds and
the hearts Of the young.
Roy Rogers is still galloping
across television screens, but
he's finding 1t hard going with
the likes of Col. Glenn around.
The valiant horse pales beside
the spacecraft.
The important difference, Of
course. is that today's heroes,
the astronauts. are real people,
not actors. The moon is q real
place. not painted scenery on
a Hollywood lot. And even little
children realize this, to an ex-
tent dependent on their age.
The intellectual revolution
taking place In our country
has been accompanied by ad-
vances In communications: We
know what's going on, what's
being learned and accomplished
lin space, In medicine, in
physics. In every field. Little
children know. too, that things
are happening in the real world
which are more unbelievable
than their fairy tales.
TOday's Child Brighter
But nevertheless. the child Is
aware of these things, much
more so than we were at that
age. And he is brighter. a fact
attested TO by a recent CO.
lumbia University study OF
kindergarten children. II he
doesn't understand the things
happening In this world, he
desperately wants to under
stand.
Today's space-age children
are not only ready for INTEL
lectual development. they thrive
on II. said DR.. Kenneth d.
Wann. who directed the Co
lumbia study. Children are
bombarded by information -.
the advancements OF science.
technology cry out for
the children 10 look. and learn"
What effect has all this had
on the elementary school-the
place where most children en-
counter formal learning for the
first time?
A profound one. In the opin-
ion Of DR.. Gather Mcconnell,
associate professor Of educa-
ton at Tulane University.
I'VE are In an age when
changes come very rapidly"
said DR.. Mcconnell. There are
problems 10 be solved that have
never occurred before. there are
no ready-made solutions"
DR.. Mcconnell. who taught
on both the elementary and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07

All this puts q responsibility
on the teacher that is greater
than ever. DR.. Mcconnell said.
And II shows how important
1t Is 10 strive for constant
Improvement In the education
OF teachers.
I'VE cannot send teachers
into the claSsrooms with ready
made questions and answers
any longer" she said. I'VE
must have teachers who can
meet situations as they come
up. and especially teachers who
can encourage the child's ma
tural curiosity. natural motiva-
ton for learning"
The methods OF the new"
elementary school have been
shown by study after study 10
be better than the old ones. DR..
Mcconnell said elementary
school students In general are
making better scores on tests
identical 10 those given chill
dren some years ago.
And another important de-
velopment, perhaps the most
important. DR.. Mcconnell said.
Is this: Most children today
like 10 20 10 school"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07

department ana Cne supreme
Court, but not in the cur
rent show. Finally, Mr.. Lahey
is an important American
muralist. His chief work in
progress at the moment, in
collaboration with his wife,
Carlotta Gonzales, is a mural
for the American Battle Mon
uments Commission to be
dedicated in Hawaii probably
next year.
But though these distict
fields of achievement are al
most entirely left out of con-
sideration at the Corcoran,
what remains is an extremely
satisfying exhibition.
Long In Art
Mr.. Lahey has been an art
list in America, a mature,
steadily working artist, for
about As years. These four
and a half decades stretch
back to the end of World
War lin which Mr.. Lahey
served In the Navy Camou-
flage Corps-and constitute
a period of continuous
change. exploration and exu-
berance in American art. Mr..
Lahey has not been a signifi-
cant innovator in a period of
innovations. On the other
hand, he has not been a dis
ciple, a faithful follower of
any of the artistic "revolu-
tions" which have taken
place so regularly.
Rather, he has been quick
to grasp whatever's been
going on at any moment and
prudently reserved about
adopting 1t for his. own pur-
poses. His prudence has been
so well justified that in the
course Of an exhibition which
goes from 1919 to this year,
every change in the look Of
the work relates Immediately
to things that have gone be-
fore. From the sketch realism
of the earliest work on view
to the complex and varied
distractions of the last few
years. the paintings exist as
things in themselves, objects
of contemplation, not as ex-
amples of current styles.
This artistic independence
begins with the beginning
Winter, Jersey City," is a
water color painted in 1919
and has no relation at all
to the artists two most i'm
portant teachers, Robert
Henri and Max Weber. The
relation of the picture is en-
tirely to the bitter cold of
. that winter in that place, an
effect conveyed by straining
horses, leaning walkers,
clouds of snow thrown up by
a street car and the overall
bleakness of the white.
A few years later, an I'M
expected reference to Guy
Pene du Bots turns up in a
view of a Paris cafe, yet the
spirit is different, as it is
when those same doll-like
heads are found still later in
the. scene Of an artists ball
in Maine, one of the geo.
graphical constants in the
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
DIMENSION EDUCATION
Space Age Stir Felt
Even in Primaries

high school level for is years
before joining the Tulane
faculty, said there was a time
when elementary school chill
dren could be given a body of
information which would help
them solve later problems. But
this. she added, is no longer
true.
Learning at the elementary
level now must be In the ma
ture Of problem solving" she
said. 1T isn't enough for pupils
to memorize and glibly recite
facts and answers. They must
have understanding; they must
learn how to find answers for
themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Concepts Changed

Parents who remember the
way elementary school was
when they attended sometimes
are upset by the fact that their
children are not required To
memorize tables and rules as
they we're, or to diagram SEN
fences, as they were.
THE point Is, many con-
cepts Of learning have
changed" said DR.. Mcconnell
Children must be taught SO
that they viii be able TO APP
ply what they know to new
situations because this Is the
kind Of environment they will
mature in-one characterized
by new problems TO be solved.
They must have basic
knowledge, Of course. But they
also must learn to look, TO
observe, 70 generalize, TO draw
their own conclusions.
Consider science in the ele-
mentary school for example.
Instead Of giving pupils cate
eories Of information TO men,
orize, we do experiments. We
say: This is what we are going
TO do, this is the equipment
we will use. this Is how we're
going 10 use 1t. Now we will
watch TO see what happens
This is the scientific
method. This is an example Of
children not only learning, but
learning how to learn"
In elementary school arith-
metic. too, teachers nowadays
use a discovery method, DR..
Mcconnell said. 1T simpy is
not enough for them TO know
answers. TO commit them 10
memory. They must know how
We arrive at these answers.
They must discover answers
themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Interest Wanes

who for one reason or another
do not stick with 1t.
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Circus Wagon

Circus Wagon
In the sos, the general in
terest in working stiffs is
represented by Circus Wag-
on" but there is no connec-
ton beyond subject with the
treatment of similar scenes
by other painters. There Is
JOY in the brightness of the
big red wagon and q contrast
between its monumental size
and the efforts Of the work.
ers to stretch its canvas top.
In 1899. Spring at Lost
Valley" presents a very NOV
ing juxtaposition Of light and
dark, an interest that has re-
manned in Mr.. Lahey's work
through profound changes In
the look Of the paintings. Tn,
house and the patch Of lawn
in the front shine in the sun.
Cloud shadows dim down the
surrounding land and trees.
The same ibtle pres
'entation Of the season is a
major value In a 1851 pic
ture, Easter Morning on Eye
Street." The solid building
fronts open where one has
been demolished. At the
opening, tiny In comparison.
is a lone flower-seller. Catch
ing the early light Is the
upper part Of a still standing
structure. on which the pat
tern Of the removed building
remains. The pattern be-
comes an abstract summary
OF the house fronts and roof
tops seen in the distance
through the gap. At the same
time, the difference In light
intensity between the upper
and lower parts Is important.
Light and Shade
Thus. on the verge OF his
present style. some IL years
ago, Mr.. Lahey will still ex-
tremely sensitive TO light and
shade as defining the world
and expressing huE.an re-
Spouse 10 tn, world.
Another element OF his
present style goes back still
further. A remarkable pic
ture Of 1912, "Plasterers in
the Next Room" Is exactly
what II implies. a roomful OF
jumbled. upended furniture.
That q painter then could
even see such a scene as a
still life is worth noting. but
Mr.. Lahey also successfully
composed IL. The scene Is q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Straysr Junior College
Souihsaslern University

lJ1t o Stree, NV. MA. o.7sSs
!. A,soslats IN Silence end bashslos
Z FUTURt NOW Junior Division
bvainstt Schools. SpFlno tfimsaisr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
Business and Secretaa s'F, YES, ss.s' = ss',;:.

Use row gsnno howi o odvonsmsn The oo~no
bvldna In
UptWhIlN0 BUSINESS
MACHINES HiN0. SHORTHAND Reavs, psol bvi.in N~'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07

Dear DR.. Mason:
My son is Is years old and
has Just completed his first Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
ACC0URTAMCY AND
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
Business Administration

College u Bvslnsss end glnonslol Admlnl,iru,lon.
81 Silence oeoreet pFspors los ihoi SITTER
b. he AssTsdlino Commission ief {
opens Apfil 70th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07

Tuesday lon Feature Poss): The
home background.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-07
SECRETARIAL.
TEMPLE SCHOOL

DOWNTOWN Ilo lh s. NV d. strHtSpA w Ay. oil
7looo httnAhpnA 1 kns ST. $500 coRrRs Ssos Wilso.
~ M DhtR 35o
W osg shorthand u Ase Aorhond al iSM KsyensH N
M Mosa opsoef Wiring ~ pns W IN S~Ahboosd
Evening star., 1963-01-06
COME OUT!
COME OUT.
WHEREVER
YOU ARE

And see how the
better half lives at
CHE SMUT HILL.
This spanking new
apartment community
complete with SWIM
ming pool, air condi-
tioning, Fairgrounds,
indoor recreation IA
cilities, center-hall plan
has got everything you
want in an apartment.
And best of all-it's
near pubic and paro-
chial schools, churches,
transportation, shop
ping and golf courses
just a short distance
away from downtown
Washington.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Social progress makes the
well-being of all more and
more the business of each.
Henry George
Great steps in human pro-
greSS are made by things that
don't work the way philosophy
thought they should.
Charles +. Kittering
A thought is often original.
though you have uttered IT a
hundred times.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Science Church, in a Bible
lesson entitled, "Soul and
Body"
Responsive Reading by the
congregation will open with
inns verse: MY soul shall
make her boast i'm the Lord: !:
the humble shall hear thereof.
and be glad Ups. 34:2).
Included in the related read.
ingS will be these lines: "Th,
one Ego, the one Mind O.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22
THOMAS C. BENTON
USS SUMNER COUNTY

OSS SUMNER COUNTY -
Thomas {. Benton. commits
iaryman first class, USN. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Nj.
Benton of Route !, Aynor. S.
{. returned tn San Diego,
Calf, recently from the Ha-
waiian Islands aboard the tank
landing ship USS Sumner CO.
unity.
The Sumner County is part
"i the Pacific Fleet Amphibi-
Gus Force, major element Of
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22
by OIin Miller

Picasso says picture paint
irg machines will soon be
made. Perhaps so, hut IL Is
doubted If enough eccentric
tiles and screwballism could
be built into a machine 10
cause Il TO turn out abstract
paintings.
President Kennedy cut his
finger recently while slicing
bread. II seems he's no bet
ter at cutting bread than he
is at cutting the budget.
What the 8Sth Congress
has not done so far this scs-
sion is great deal more than
any Congress has ever not
done in like period.
As rare as the perfect
bridge hand is. il probably
isn't SO rare as the perfect
bridge partner.
It's bad enough for college
students to celebrate spring
by staging ricts, but il is
even more dcplorabIe that an
increasing number of other
groups are getting into the
act.
No doubt the first thing
that would be consumed i'm
an all-out worldwide atomic
war would he the thin ven
ccr Of civilization.
The other day President
Kennedy said he had no
hope that the disarmament
conference will achieve any
worthwhile results. This is
the same amount of hope
most of us have had all a
long.
You're An old timer ir ynu
remember when the world
was sane.
If you read to a small hoy
these days the nursery rhyme
about the COW jumping over
the moon, he asks, "How
could a COW have that must
thrust"
Many leading Democrats
think ROCkcf|ilcr'S marriage
will hurt him politically, but
II may he that a great deal
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Progress is the activity of
oday and the assurance of to-
morrow.
Emerson
When the destination is de-
Irable. expectation speeds our
progress.
Mary Baker Eddy
The greater part of progress
5 the desire TO progress.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Spirit called God, is infinite
Individuality, which supplies
I'LL form and comelinesS anu
which reflects reality and di-
vinity in individual spiritual
nan and things" (Science ana
icalth with Key to the Scrip
-urcS" by Mary Baker Eddy
}. 28D.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

\nerican seapower at home
md abroad. The ship is equip
ned Ia land troops and equip
ncnt on beaches under com
rat conditions.
She operates from San Die
"a, Calf.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

The Treasury estimated that
eight mi'l,"u Americans NOW
regularly purchase Series f..
savings Bonds through the
faNroll Savings Plan where
'ICragC $l6n million worth &C
series F. Bonds montia'
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

D''ipg easily what others
find difficult is talent: doing
what is impossible for talent
is genius.
-llcnri-Frederic Amiel
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22
Christian
Science

The nature of mans ego will
Ne explored this Sunday at
The Myrtle Beach Christian
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

People lacking i'm sense
of hum0r are unfortunate in
many ways. The other even
ing one Of thcSr unfortunate
people brok" \ rib LAUGHING
ut tclcvi,ion comedian;
joke.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Almost any old timer feels
certain the federal govern
mcnt wastes far more money
these days than IL cost TO run
il 80 years ago.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

"Thc world will last at
least five billion years long
cr." says scientist. Tut. tut.
fcllow-this is no time for
pcSSimiSm.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22
Grits And CRISIS

Of this thinking Is of In,
wishfuI variety.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Many leading Democrats
think RoCkcf;ilcr'S marriage
will hurt him politically, but
il may bC that a great deal
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Il hear the human race
Is railing ON its face.
From a current pop song.
Some believe the statement
heard lacks 180 degrees Of
being true.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

VI tntS thsnktns IN OF tn,
wishful variety.
Il hear the human race
Is railing ON It's face.
From a current pop song.
Some believe the statement
heard lacks 18O degrees of
being true.
There's very little differ
cncc between a high hat and
a Ounce cap.
a scientist says man is
reverting tO the ape. II so.
he will doubtless make the
return trip far quicker than
he made the outgoing one.
The British church that is
jazzing up its hymns had
better exercise considerable
restrain in doing so. lest
some of the younger memb-
crs of the congregation be
inspired TO hop into the aislcs
and set in twisting.
In many case tho per
son who is i'm the gutter
should nc helped to his feet
and given a swift kick in
the pants.
Note To dicirrS who are
trying To lose weight: 4 Scrv-
ing of rattleSnai.c meat con-
tainS only 22O calor;"s.
a man who got his hand
caught in a job press while
learning to feed il says the
power of the press has been
vastly undcrcstimatcd.
"Thc world will last al
least five billion years long
cr." says a scientist. Tut. tut
fcilOw-this is no time for
DcSSimiSm.
Almost any old timer feel,
certain the federal govern
mcnt wastes far more mono,
these days than IL cost TO run
IL so years ago.
People lacking i'm sens,
at hunOr are unfortunate IL
many ways. The other even
ing one Of thcSr unfOrtunat,
people brok" = rib Iaughin,
ut a tclcvision comedian
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

President Kennedy cut his
finger recently while slicing
bread. II seems he's no bet
ter at cutting bread than he
is at cutting the budget.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

a man who got his hand
caught in a job press while
learning to feed il says the
power of the press has been
vastly undcrcstimatcd.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

There's very little differ
encc between a high hat and
a Ounce cap.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

What the 8Sth Congress
has not done so far this scs-
sion is great deal more than
any Congress has ever not
done i'm a like period.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

n scientist says man is
reverting tO the ape. II so.
he will doubtless make the
return trip far quicker than
he made the outgoing one.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

Note To dicirrS who are
trying To lose weight: 4 scrv-
ing of rattleSnai.c meat con-
tainS only 22O calor;"s.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

As rare as the perfect
bridge hand is. il probably
isn't so rare as the perfect
bridge partner.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

In many a case the per
son who is i'm the gutter
should he helped to his feet
and given a swift kick in
the pants.
Tabor City tribune., 1963-05-22

You're an old timer if ynu
remember when the world
was sane.