ls aa: “Sciences and Professions, been extended to prominent sci-~ -entists and artists in 30 countries, _vich, .are: Shostakovich to attend conference : Dmitri Shostakovich, world famous Soviet composer, will make his first visit to the U.S. this. month is a member of the distinguisked Soviet group attending the Cultural and Scientific Confer- ence for Peace to be held in New York. ; "EMPHASIZE FOLLY OF WAR’ Scientists, artists meet for peace DMITRI Shostakovich, interna- tionally distinguished Soviet com- poser, will make his first visit to the United States this month to - attend the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace in New York City, March 25-27, it has been announced by Dr. Har- low Shapley, director of the Har- vard College Observatory. Invitations to participate in the conference, called by 400 Ameri- ean leaders under the auspices of the National Council of the Arts, have Dr. Shapley, chairman of the NCASP, said. Among the first to signify their intention of attending the con- ference, in addition to Shostako- Abbe Jean Boulier, French religious leader; Acade- mician A. I. Oparian, Acting Sec- retary of the Biological Sciences Section of the Academy of Sci-. ences of the Soviet Union and foremost authority on the origin OUR CHILDREN of life; Erling Christopherson, Norwegian scientist, and Eugene, Cotton, French physicist and di-: rector of research for the French National Research Institute. Also 8. Gerasimov, Soviet motion picture producer; Poet Paul Eluard of France; N. Gang- ulee, leading Indian economist and former member of the Royal Commission of Agriculture of In- dia; A. A. Fadeyev, Secretary General of the Secretariat of the _ Union of Soviet Writers; P. A. Pavlenko, Russian novelist who wrote the film scrip for Alexan- der Nevsky and Nela Martinez, Ecuadorian novelist. * * bd THE PRESIDENTS of two colleges, Herbert John Davis of Smith and Dr. Sarah Gibson Blanding of Vassar, are members of the program committee for the conference. Serving with them are: Dr. “Al- len Butler of Harvard Medical School; Rabbi Louis I. Newman; _ Manners in children. EVERY ONCE IN a while a big name in the educational field advice. dips deep into his experiences and comes out with a piece of “sage” One such during the past weeks comes through with this staggering idea — “teach your children manners — this is the most important task parents have.” It isn’t so long ago that this piece of advice was literally trans- lated by people everywhere. Good manners were more important. than abolishing child labor, or feeding children or even giving them a chance to grow up. Re- member how polite were the eag- er heroes as they shined shoes or sold newspapers. How politely Oliver Twist asked for something to eat. I don’t seem to remember that these particular years, when manners were the “most import- ant task,” produced a world full of perfect adults. Offhand I can think of many tasks which are much more vital to both parents and children, but since I don’t want to leave the impression that children ought to’ be rude and impolite, let us con- sider manners. Surface manners, the kind that are taught to children by repeat- edly telling, ‘or nagging, them to ‘be polite, are actually of very little importance. It seems to me that it is far more important that children learn to like people, to want to be considerate to them, to want to be friendly and polite. It is of far greater value that they learn to live with their fel- — low men in an atmosphere of friendship and mutual consider- ation. ; Children will learn to be polite and considerate when they are treated in like fashion. When members of a household are polite to each other, children learn this just as quickly as they learn the impolite and rude. When children find that adults are trustworthy and considerate they respond in a similar manner. I cannot agree that manners are the “most important” thing _a& parent should worry ‘about; but if you prefer children to be well- mannered, then watch your own actions towards them, and others you came in contact with—VERA MORRIS. poet Louis Untermeyer; artist Anton Refrigier; Dr. Algernon Black of the Ethical Culture So- ciety; and Dr. Philip Morrison, atomic scientist and professor of physics at Cornell . University. Also, playwright Lillian Hellman; Dr. Guy Emery Shipler, editor and religious leader; Dr. Bela Schick, leading pediatrician; Dr. Marshall Dimmock, political sci- entist; Olin Downes and John Martin, music and dance critics of The New York Times. *~ * * IN ANNOUNCING the accept- ance from abroad, Dr. Shapley said: “We are very encouraged with the reports from abroad of high interest in this American conference designed to initiate studies of world peace. From England, Ireland, France, Italy, Russia and India I have had personal messages of support. “It is simply the survival and growth of our modern civiliza- tion that concerns so many soci- ally minded artists, scientists and professional men and women. “Recognizing fully the com- plicated economic, social and psychological situations that create and maintain dangerous tensions, we aim, in our confer- ence, to work toward solutions that will emphasize the ultimate folly of war and the moral ap- peal of a world united against human poverty, ignorance, dis- ease and debaseless suspicion.” ‘AWAKE AND SING‘ UJPO presents Odets WITH FRESH (and mostly raw) talent, coupled with months of devoted work, the Drama Workshop of the United Jewish People’s Order Sunday night took the postwar’s first significant step here to- wards establishing a people’s theater, a people’s theater desperately needed to close a deadly danger- ous gap in the front lines of the struggle for peace and life. The Workshop revived Clifford Odets’ prewar ‘play, Awake and Sing. “a Would-be sophisticates among the audience expressed surprise at the competence of the perform- ance. Others, who had found a hundred ways of helping forward the production, found their confi- dence fully justified in the fact that a group of young white col- lar workers could stage compe- tent theater with an impact — because their acting was in tune with life, rather than the infantile inanities and war poison typical of Hollywood. * * x ‘THE PLAY portrays the last de- pression’s effect on a Jewish working class family in the Bronx. The mother, trying to force the family to live in a way made utterly impossible by the de- pression, cruelly mangles their lives till she is left alone with her defeated husband. But her son, helped by his socialist grand- father (whom the mother drives to suicide), learns to fight in- stead of surrender. If any criticism is to be offer- ed here it is that shifts of em- phasis somewhat dulled the sig- nificance. Moe, who had lost a leg in the First World War and was already gutted, was played up to make his cynicism a little too smart and his running off with Hennie tended to become the Hollywoced ending of the play. This to some extent handicapped the. splendid stage talent display- ed by Barry Cramer and blocked the full sympathy that could have been won for a deeper portrayal of his part. ‘ Since the parts of Moe and the son are inseparably inter -related, it also detracted from the central role of Ralph, the son, whose part likwise could have _ been deepened. At the climax, as Moe and Hennie leave, he is getting set to find the real happiness he will get through fighting for it, but some in the -audience could have felt that Moe, not Ralph, had found the the real happiness. * * * SHARPEST barb of this re- viewer is aimed at that minority in the audience .who found some of the deepest tribulations of working people an occasion for belly-laughs (as distinct from the genuine humor which. they usual- ly missed entirely). This phenom- enon, as much as anything, illus- trates the cultural desert that has come to exist here through 16 E, HASTINGS ST. STANTON & MUNRO. Barristers and Solicitors 501 HOLDEN BUILDING VANCOUVER, B.C. -MArine 5746 Zz DR. R. L. DOUGLAS has opened a new office at 9 EAST HASTINGS STREET Cor. CARRALL ST. “PHONE TA. 5552 Fully equipped to give the same high standard of service as in. the past. A cordial invitation is extended to all old friends to come in for a visit , aa ‘WANTED — CLOTHING failure of labor, rather than Nob Hill sycophants, to irrigate it with painstaking care. The triumph of the production is the proof it offers that this desert can blossom like a rose. Many of our readers will want to see the promised second per- formance made possible by the success of the first | Cast: Oscar Osipov (Ralph), Bernard Frohman (Myron), Ger- trude Snider (Hennie), Soli Jack- son (Jacob), Sylvia Jackson (Bessie), Carl Lehan (Schlosser), Barry Cramer (Moe), Harry Levinson (Uncle Morty), Dick Kahane (Sam). ' Director: Lucille Cameron Lip- man, . _—BRUCE MICKLEBURGH Classified A charge of 50 cents for each insertion of five lines oF less with 10 cents for each additional line 4s made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Monday noon of the week of publication. 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