TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Art Show At Spooner-Thayer Turns To Thoughts Of Spring
The current loan show of 17 contemporary artists at the Spooner-Thayer museum, which lasts until Thursday, offers 38 diversified and delightful paintings.
The exhibition, sponsored by the Midtown galleries of New York, is appealing enough by color alone. It offers a gay array of the spectrum which to the $ \textcircled{2} $
which gives a spring tone to the entire show.
Dominating the exhibition are the works of William Palmer and Gladys Rockmore Davis. The most stirring of Palmer's three paintings is "Spectator Sports" which dramatizes the thrill of sailboat racing to the spectator in spite of discouraging rainy weather. In contrast to the fury and perils of the action on the water, there is a peaceable element present that blends green, blue, and soft brown hues of scenic color into calm serenity.
Gladys Rockmore Davis' still-life of "Roses" is as compelling to the eye as the rose's scent is to the nose. The painting brings to life the living beauty and fragrance of the dozen roses depicted. The dark olive green leaves of the stems stand out in sharp contrast against the vivid green draperies and flashy red wall in the background. The effectiveness of the color is striking.
Equally appealing is "From the Wings" by the same artist. The painting portrays two Spanish dancers on a bright green stage. The green stage lighting counter-ballances the reds and blues of the dancers' dress. The foreground figures in purple, yellow, and black make an alluring combination.
Painting of Dancers
Miss Davis' sharp array arrays and intimacy of subject give an immediate appeal as reflections upon the modern school of art atmosphere. The arrangements of objects and color harmony is quite individual and indicates a mediative sensibility.
Isable Bishop's "Young Smoker Outdoors" is a picturesque and moody painting which gives an effect of camouflage that maintains a startling veracity and illusion of depth.
Consistently sure in design, the painting that attracts for sheer freshness of spirit is Doris Rosenthal's "Girl with Leaf." The arms and huge hands of the native girl supporting three heavy stalked leaves are illustrative of Miss Rosenthal's attempt to paint not what she sees but what she feels.
The remaining works seem to lack distinct personality or individuality of expression, with the possible exception of Henry Billing's mural-size "Target Practice." There is little if no basically abstract work evident. Few artists represented here have felt the impact of the modern movement toward a basically abstract approach and away from mere reporting in terms of pictorial realism.
Works Have Vitality
Most of the works have vitality though. A taste for color and arrangement, along with an implicit sense of cultural background is obviously evident. However, it is the vigor, vitality and personal expression of Palmer, Davis, and Rosenthal that gives distinction to the show. This exhibition of comparison seeks to show the comparative treatments of such specific subjects as landscape, still-life, and portrait. Here is portrayed a faint shadowing of the traditional in the sense of the naturalist; the expressionist, where the artist's feelings are stressed; and the semi-abstract, where essentials are underscored.
Alumni in St. Joseph, Mo., elected a nominating and steering committee for the coming year recently.
Some oversimplication is present and some of the paintings are questionable from points of view of quality and category, but the exhibition is an original, useful undertaking. By all means go and see it.
Ise, Ellsworth Go To Meeting Of KU Alumni In St. Joseph
Members of the committee are Warren Lettis, Robert Reeder, Kenneth Clark, Mrs. Raymond Albert Jesberg, Lambert Libel, Valerie McMurray, Clarence Speer, and Herbert Iffent. Officers of the organization will be chosen from this group.
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Battenfeld Guest
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of School of Engineering, was a dinner guest at Battenfeld hall April 21.
Officers Elected
Gamma Phi Beta announces the election of Bernice Brady, pledge trainer; Marilyn Glover, standards chairman; and Catherine Jarboe, assistant treasurer.
Dinner guests of Gamma Phi Beta April 22 were Prof. and Mrs. L. R. Laudon and Dean and Mrs. T. De-Witt Carr.
Gamma Phi Guests
Lambda Chi Dance
Lambda Chi Alpha held a buffet dinner-dance at the chapter house April 17.
Guests were Jane Keith, Kathryn Showalter, Rt Brown, Donna Hillier, Joyce Burns, Alice Degner, Mary Flo Spilman, Ida Mae Woodburn, Margaret Heptig, Joanne Widick, Emily Stewart, Handlyn Clark, Velma Ruth Ford, Jeannine Welsh, Doris Greenbank, Joan Daggett, Clai Bennett, Elizabeth Hennin, Claire Grothusen.
Marilyn Lundy, Dorothy Smith, Shirley Lindquist, Margaret Moyer, Rita Horning, Jeanne Lambert, Grace Vaniman, Leta Wray Douglas, Kathryn Kubik, Marybelle Shepherd, Joan Raney, Ann Carinder, Ruth Murphy, Midge Anderson, Dorothy Baldwin, Joan Willabley, Tolene Dudley, Patti McClatchey, Estelle Roesler, Mary Milkin, Marcella Cousins, Carleen Jacobsen, and Mr. and Mrs. James Fuller.
Chaperones were Mrs. T. H. Stuart, Mr, and Mrs. Phil Dergance, and Mr, and Mrs. Robert Rundall.
Exchange Dinner
Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Chi Omega had an exchange dinner April 22.
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Lambda Chi Guest
Prof. L. R. Laudon showed moving pictures of a recent geology field trip to members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity April 15.
Attend Convention
George Benscheidt, William Perry, and Donald Johnson represented the Kansas Gamma chapter at the Sigma Phi Epsilon district convention held April 24 and 25 at the Hotel Muchlbach in Kansas City, Mo. Represented also were the local chapters from Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, comprising district XIII.
The "Boilermaker's Brawl," annual spring party of Kappa Eta Kappa, professional electrical engineer-
Kappa Eta Kappa Party
The engagement of Maxine Magers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Magers, Howard, and Don Walker, son of Mrs. Mona Walker, Wichita, was announced at a party given by Miss Magers at the Skyline club April 17. Miss Idabelle Bradley, Hopkins hall housemother, made the announcement, and Adeline Tonn passed chocolates.
Magers-Walker
Miss Magers wore a corsage of red roses. Miss Bradley and Miss Tonn had corsages of spring flowers.
lonn had corsages of spring flowers.
Guests were JoEtta Magers, and Clarence Carter, Howard, Iris Ainsworth, Bartlesville, Okla., Vern L Bemie, Carol June Crow, Eloise Eitzen, Frankie Sue Freeman, Virginia Garcia, Geraldine Glaser, John Goodard, Dale Green, Louise Haase, Wesley Harper, Richard C. Harris, Mary Katherine Joss, Orville Jost, Kathleen McKinney, Ralph Moore, Jess Memford, Will Ostrum, Charles L. Palmer, Myra Ann Petrowsky, Paul Pfortmiller, William Pickett, Jack Spalding, Emily C. Stewart, Eugene Talbot, Shirley Varnum, John Wesley, Martile Wesley, and Robert Yeager
Wilson-Hause
Mrs. O. L. Horner, Alpha Delta Pi housemother, announced Sunday the painting of Phyllis Ann Wilson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Q. W. Willson, Kansas City, Mo., to Dwight Hause, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Hause, Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Wilson wore an orchid corsage, Mrs. Horner and Miss Wilson's attendants, Marilyn Lundy, Janet Sue Wilson, and Sue Jones, received corsages of Talisman roses. Traditional chocolates were passed.
Miss Wilson is a College freshman and a member of Alpha Deltam a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity, is a College senior.
Guests were Norma Hawkins, Lucy Nottberg, Lillian Candell, Louise Hemphill, Nora Lee Temple, Florence D. Jefferson, Esther Page, Connie D. Johnson, Helen Holm, Romary Rospaw, Iris Van Wormer, Marjane Kent, Shirley Nelson, Martha Myers, Mary Lou Davis, Margaret Connolly.
im fraternity, was held April 23 at the chapel house.
Naomi Norquest, Marian Kyser,
Esther McKinney, Charlotte Thomas,
Martha Belle Hogan, Tolene Duley,
Doris E. White, Mrs Glen Fordham,
Mrs. Laurence Allred,
Mrs. Leonard Heiber, Mrs. Donald Knott,
Mrs. John Patterson, Mrs.
Boyd Pond, Mrs. Dale Rummer, Mrs.
John Shepp, Mrs. Harry Shinkle,
Mrs. George Apostle, Mrs. Forrest Haynes, and Mrs. Elmo Geppelt.
Chaperons were Prof. and Mrs. V. P. Hessler and Prof. and Mrs. E. B. Phillips.
The money that is saved on education this year will be spent later on jails and reformatories.
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Fine Arts Faculty Audition Students
Eight members of the School of Fine Arts faculty are conducting auditions today for high school students interested in obtaining scholarships for the Mid-Western Music camp to be held on the campus June 21 to August 1.
Members of the faculty taking part and the cities they are visiting are Gerald Carney, Chanute; E. Thayer Gaston, Dodge City; Marcus Hahn, Hutchinson; Leo Horacek, Colby; W. Thomas Marrocco, Topeka; Oakley Pittman, Salina; Raymond, Stuhl, Wellington; and Russell L. Wiley, Topeka.
Peterson To Visit 11 High Schools
Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women, will visit 11 high schools in the state Sunday to answer questions about the University and to instruct students in preparing for college.
She will visit the following schools: Goodland, Colby, Hill City, Stockton, Osborne, Downs, Beloit, Concordia, Clyde, Clifton, and Clay Center.
Took 3 Weeks To Find Him
And He Was From Boston
Boston—(UP)—Accompanied by an artist, George White, an advertising man, toured northern New England by automobile for three weeks, seeking a "typical Yankee." Finally, in a remote Maine coastal hamlet, they came upon an oldster who was mending a lobster pot and who was just the man they were looking for.
"No." the "typical Yankee" retorted. "I moved down here from Boston just four months ago!"
"I suppose you were born and have lived all your life right here in this little village," Mr. White observed.
An old Maine statute requires every public school teacher to give pupils 10 minutes instruction each week in kindness to birds and animals.
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