The Arts

THE Whitney Museum of American Art has acquired "Number 10 - 1961," a painting by artist Thomas George '40. This work now becomes part of the permanent collection at the Whitney Museum. The acquisition was made possible through the Ford Foundation's art purchase program, a three-year project designed to acquire more works of American art for museums, to help the country's artists, and to bring more contemporary painting and sculpture before the American public.

George has studied in New York, Paris and Florence, and his work is represented in various museums and private collections both in this country and abroad. He has had seven one-man shows, five in New York and one each in Italy and Japan.

IN the words of one of the New York theater critics, the Phoenix Theater "struck gold" in its production of a work by a new American playwright. The play is "Who'll Save the Plowboy?" and the playwright is Frank Gilroy '5O, a veteran of both television and movie writing. The production, originally scheduled for a three-week run at the Phoenix, was held over for an extra week. It might have continued for a much longer run, but was forced out to make way for the Phoenix's fifth production of the current season.

Gilroy, who is only 36, has been writing plays since his undergraduate days. He lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and has several other theater projects "in various stages of completion."

With Dick Durrance '39 as photographer, a new film, The Air Forceon Canvas, is being hailed as a strong candidate for film festival honors. It features, in color, the paintings of U. S. Air Force life around the globe, as depicted by many of America's top artists and illustrators. The film is sponsored by the Air Force and the Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles, and is the creation of Pelican Films, Inc.