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University Daily Kansan Friday. Nov. 11, 1960
Campanile 'Pilot' Plays Carillon
Ronald Barnes, Campanile pilot
mans the controls of a complicated
instrument board every Wednesday
night and Sunday afternoon.
Acting as his own gong-sounding gunner, nocturne navigator and carillon co-billot, Mr. Barnes ascends into the wild blue yonder via seventy steps which head to the cockpit of the Carillon tower.
Housed in the stately campanile is a 53-bell carillon heard throughout the Mr. Oread valley during recitals.
THE CAMPANILE balls were cast and tuned at the bell foundry of John Taylor and Co. at Loughborough, England, and were installed in 1951.
Each bell has an inscription citing the name of its donor or paying tribute to a KU World War II victim.
The carillon bells are graduated in size. The largest bell weighs approximately seven tons and the smallest weighs 12 pounds. Resembling a small steel hut, the seven ton bell is 6 feet 9 inches in height and 7 feet 2 inches in diameter.
The majority of the music used for the carillon concerts must be transposed from other musical media because of the scarcity of carillon music. Mr. Barnes has transposed music from piano, vocal, orchestra and guitar selections.
THEE ARE times when "the show doesn't go on." When Mr. Earnes is unable to play, a student advanced in carillon study takes the keyboard controls.
The concert may come to an abrupt halt when a wire to one of the necessary bells breaks.
In winter ice freezes on the wires leading to the bells, making a carillin recital virtually impossible.
KU Women Favor 'Baggy' Sweaters
By Lani Mortenson
It's a loose and baggy year for sweaters and do-it-yourself fans are glad.
The trend toward bulkier and heavier knits has continued this year and in every organized women's house knitting needles click during study breaks, house meetings, and meals.
From crew-necks to cardigans, the formiless sweaters have become the peak of fashion. A fine line is drawn between a good and a bad fit, however. The waist band must be of the correct size so that the sweater can be draped casually above it.
COLOR AND DESIGN play vital roles in the sweater's ultimate success. Colors range from bright reds and blues to pastel shades.
Color designs are often used to make the sweater being knitted a unique item in the woman's wardrobe. Argyles have gone out of style in most instances. They have been replaced by daring zig-zags of color across the sweater. Ski sweaters frequently use the ziig-zag design to add style.
AN ENDLESS VARIETY of knitting stitches can be employed to give the sweater a character all its own. The practiced knitter can use a combination of stitches to produce patterns in the actual knitting.
The most popular combinations are cable stitches and ribbing. (Cable stitches look like a rope entwined in the front of the sweater. Ribbing is the type of knitting usually associated with the band around the waist or sleeves.)
The call has sounded. Everyone is knitting. By combining new stitches and colors with mistakes by the beginners an endless variety of bulky sweaters can be produced.
Machine Cans Oil
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (UPI)— A machine produced by the Chemetron Corporation's Girdier Process Equipment Division here can fill 385,000 quart cans of lubricating oil in eight hours—enough oil to keep 190 American car owners in oil changes for 50 years.
KU Museum's American Art Collection Grows
By Carol Heller
A university museum of art is interested in more than merely collecting works of great artists to show to students.
"We do work to see that each important period of art development is represented, but we also are interested in teaching the students the historical sequence of art," said Gerald Bernstein, KU's Museum of Art curator.
"The art museum is logically an educational facility, and consequently, the art history classes here are closely related to the art collections here at the Museum of Art."
MR. BERNSTEIN came to KU this fall from the University of Pennsylvania where he was an assistant instructor while completing graduate work in art history. He succeeded Richard S. Trump.
A guided tour through the gallery with Mr. Bernstein can illustrate how important the American art collection is in the KU art program
Mr. Bernstein is a specialist on American art and oriental art. He is in charge of the American art collection, the mounting of exhibitions, and he also teaches a history of art survey course.
DOWNSTAIRS in the main gallery hangs the museum's newest American art acquisition. It is "Flower Composition," an 1860 painting by Thomas Hill Jr. The
painting was donated to the museum this fall by the Hutchinson Alumni Assn. in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Burt.
"The painting fills a gap in the museum's collection in terms of still life painting to show the American artists' interest in still life subject matters in the 10th century," the curator said.
"The development of American art was not limited to one area it was made up of many interests in such areas as still life, portraits and landscapes. Hill's painting illustrates the overlapping of these fields in the history of American art."
HILL WAS originally a coach painter who specialized in decorative paintings. He went to California and painted panoramic scenes of the Great West. "Flower Composition" shows a large bowl of roses, lillies, snowballs, tulips, asters and daisies. The flowers seem real enough to touch their soft petals and sniff their fragrance. Beside the bowl rests a nest of blue robin's eggs.
"But you see, Hill was not concerned with the ultra-realistic detailed still life as the 17th century Dutch floral painters were," pointed out Mr. Bernstein.
"The Dutch painters attempted to deliver philosophic messages through their paintings about the swift passage of time and the briefness of life. Hill has painted the same theme, but he is decorative,
not philosophical. The painting also has great freedom of movement."
UFSTAIRS, the museum has 40 paintings on display in its gallery of American art. They are arranged in chronological order, beginning with the primitive portraits of the early 18th century.
The first painting is especially timely as the November elections near. It is a portrait of the children of Kansas Governor Robinson, painted by an anonymous mid-19th century artist.
Mr. Bernstein explained that while the American art collection is composed primarily of works by native-born Americans, it also includes works done by American artists who painted abroad.
"BENJAMIN WEST was one of the first American painters to go to Europe" said Mr. Bernstein, gesturing toward West's "Inspiration of the Prophet Isaiah."
"He also was one of the most important figures in the introduction of the revival of classical form and subject matter in America during the late 18th century," Mr. Bernstein said.
West "Inspiration" has a curious dull yellow tone which Mr. Bernstein said was the result of West's attempt to achieve a sculpture-like effect.
Mr. Bernstein also pointed out a painting by John Singleton Copley, an artist who studied with West in
a studio West set up in London for American artists abroad.
He said Winslow Homer's "Sky Shadows" shows the shift of interests of American artists from land to sea. The picture shows a young woman seated at the seaside with a vast expanse of blue sea and sky behind her.
"HOMER is known es America's first great watercolorist," Mr. Bernstein said. "His 'West India Divers' is probably one of the most popular works in the museum."
"The painting shows two young Indian divers on a fishing craft surrounded by sparkling blue sea. The divers' smooth wet brown skins shine in the sunlight.
Mr. Bernstein showed Robert Henri's "Girl" to illustrate the trend toward the free-style "loaded brush" technique.
Evergreen Trees Need Water in Fall
KENT, Ohio — (UPI)— Evergreens are not as thirsty as deciduous trees, but they need good soakings in late fall to avoid winter freeze, tree expert Martin L. Davey Jr. warns.
The evergreens continue to give out moisture throughout the year through their foliage, Davey said. A mulch of peat moss, woodchips or oak leaves is useful after watering to avoid both evaporation and freezing.
The Rock Chalk Cafe Says The Whole Country's Yappin'
About
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