Letters: Sep. 7, 1962

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The only place where I differ with your editor is the sentence "When Stan Getz and his cool tenor made the scene in the late '403, Hawkins was Out with the Ins."

Actually, the first crack in the dam was when Lester ("Pres") Young introduced a new school of vibratoless tone and long, extended solo lines. Young was Hawkins' strongest challenger, and it was Pres who begat Getz and the cool school. Most musicians consider Hawkins and Young the two great tenor influences.

JOHN B. MACBRIDE New York City

A Constant Source

Sir:

My sisters and I were so pleased with your article, "Lost Chords" [Aug. 31]. We have watched for many years Mrs. Mary Doehler overcome many problems with courage, intelligence and humor, and we have seen her continuing success in her esophageal speech training.

Besides her now-famous classes at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, every Wednesday night Mrs. Doehler drives to Providence, R.I. and holds another class. Every Saturday afternoon she drives to Manchester, N.H. for yet another session.

Mrs. Doehler is a constant source of inspiration to us. You see, she is our mother.

(MRS.) DORIS DOEHLER SMITH Chambersburg, Pa.

Fun with Sophocles Sir: Those of us associated with the Chester A.

Arthur Elementary School are pleased with your reporting of Christopher Speeth's work with the neighborhood children [Aug. 24].

The dedicated group, under Mr. Speeth's dynamic leadership, worked night and day to make a debris-filled, dilapidated building into a theater. They dug into their pockets to buy needed materials, and subsisted primarily on sandwiches. To add to the problems, articles valued at over $600 were stolen from them—personally owned items which they had lent to enrich the program. Car damage in excess of $800 was sustained by one of the volunteer teachers.

It was a rewarding experience today to see five youngsters sitting on a doorstep obviously having a gay time. Upon inquiry I discovered that each had a script of the play currently being produced and was enjoying himself by learning parts other than his.

This is merely a small indication of the impact Mr. Speeth and his group have had on our children.

JEFFREY OTIS JONES

Principal

Chester A. Arthur School Philadelphia

One-eyed View

Sir:

Many thanks for your article and pictures on the America's Cup would-be defenders and the challenger [Aug. 24].

Ten million one-eyed Aussies trust that the matches to come will follow the precedent of the Davis Cup and show that the Australia's Cup has been misnamed these in years.

WAYNE J. DONALDSON

Perth, Australia