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Died. Charles Despiau, 72, French sculptor, pupil of famed Auguste Rodin, sponsor during the Nazi occupation of Hitler's third-rate court sculptor Arno Breker; in Paris...
...need for teachers of "intellectual capacity [and] kindling personality": "They tell . . . of a sacred studies master who was trying to instill into the head of a rather dumb pupil the meaning of a certain parable, and he finally said, 'What is the matter with your brains, anyhow? The simple peasants of Galilee understood. . . .' And the boy floored him by answering, 'Yes, sir, but [they] had a pretty good teacher...
...investigating committee, spending its first twelve months studying secondary education, became convinced that high schools are much too vocational. To provide the basic education in a common language and a common set of values that American youth needs, the report recommended that every pupil spend at least half his classroom hours on English, science and mathematics, and social studies...
...Polish boy prodigy named Moriz Rosenthal. At nine, he walked more than 400 miles from his native Lemberg to Vienna to study piano. At 14, he was made court pianist by Rumania's Prince Carol I. He became Liszt's star pupil, and practiced six hours a day to master the nuances of technique, played command performances all over Europe, exchanged ideas and mutual congratulations with Brahms and Johann Strauss in Vienna cafes...
...talented Trilby, dominated by her teacher, great Pianist Philip Dorn. With his mother (Mme. Ouspenskaya) as chaperone, they tour the world, lounging around between smashingly successful concerts in what must be the world's flossiest and most costly hotel accommodations. Pianist Philip Dorn is jealous of his talented pupil as a musician, but he never really sees her as a woman until after she has morosely gone off to marry her childhood sweetheart (William Carter...