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Reviewed in Rhyme
BY AMY FRIBUSH and ARLENE FURMAN
Truth or illusion - does it matter at all?
We tried to figure it out from the play we saw.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woo/fP by Edward Albee
presented at Guilford by the Act Company.
Martha, George, Honey and Nick
Throughout three acts were in constant conflict.
Drunker and drunker and drunker they got
While all of their problems wound up in a knot.
This story was sad and depressing as well
Because the actors were taking us on a trip through hell
A very fine job was done by the cast
They held our attention from first to last.
The message of this production came across clear:
The source of our troubles is derived from our fear.
Scholarship Society
Claude Shotts has often
shared the following bit of
wisdom with us:
What I hear I forget,
What I see I remember,
What I do I understand.
This seems to have been the
guiding philosophy behind the
work that Bobbie Jones pre
sented to her modern art
history class last Friday.
Faced with some long standing
prejudices, she decided to
meet them head-on by trying
to work through some of the
same problems that some
modern artists have been deal
ing with for the past several
decades. Her project consisted
of five paintings. "My
objective was to show how
representational subject
matter becomes less and less
importeht in certain phases of
modern art. I sought to
accomplish my goal by paint
ing five works, four of which
were patterned after an
initial representational paint
ing, using the documented
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techniques of four groups of
painters upon which certain
name tags have been hung.
These included the Fauves,
Cubists, German Expression
ists and the De Stijls."
The works evolve from the
original extremely realistic
one into Fauvism, which is
characterized by an exaggerat
ed use of color. The third
painting is Cubist, a style
which abandons conventional
perspective and drawing. Out
of this work evolves one done
in the style of the German
Expressionists. Here one
sees distortions of line and
color. The final work is in
the style of the De Stijls and
represents some of the most
uncompromisingly abstract
work in all of modern art.
"When looking at this last
painting, one sees very nearly
what flashed through my mind
when I placed the child in the
first painting into the landscape.
I was looking for balance and
a series of shapes that would
lead the eye into and around
the work.
"What I came to under-
Bobbie Jones
The Guilfordian
BY MASTER ROGER
MacBRIDE ALLEN
One of my more or less
innocent diversions consists
of calling a bride by her new
name right after the wedding,
and seeing if she picks up on
it yet. Of course, if she
remembers, that spoils every
thing, but there's always the
chance for good clean fun
and a cheap laugh if she blows
it.
This all came back at me
the other night at my cousins'
wedding, when the two of us
went through the following
dialogue:
"Oh, Mrs. Gill!"
"Wrong."
"Ms. Gill?"
"Nope."
stand after having completed
this project is that, though
some modern art is alien and
strange to us, it is not done
casually or without thought.
Indeed, more pure intellectual
ism may have gone into some
of modern art than into works
done by Rembrandt or
Vermeer. Perhaps what
disturbs us is that some modern
artists seem to think that the
work of art is merely a vehicle
for their mind games and is
not an end in itself. Of course,
that throws us into that whirl
pool of argument that has
been going on since Plato's
time concerning the very
nature of art and artist."
Bobbie takes a liberal
view on this topic. "Just let
me say this to you: The artistic
experience occurs not just
between art and artist, but
between the art object and the
viewer'as well. What art is
must remain within the realm
of all of us to decide for
ourselves. Our judgement
and feelings about art must
be jealously guarded and
respected and enjoyed. This is
not to say that one should shun
art education. To do so would
be foolish. But what must be
learned are facts and descrip
tions, not the value judgements
of some art historians who set
themselves up to tell the world
what good art is. Good art is
and always will be what speaks
to something in each of us.
And it must speak for itself.
If it does not, no amount of
verbal justification will change
our response."
Did doing the project
change Bobbie's 'response' to
modern art? "Definitely on an
intellectual level, and perhaps
The Maiming of Names
"Still gonna use your maiden
name?"
"Right."
"So, it's Mrs. Nancy
Macßride."
"No."
"Mis?"
"Ms."
Well in this day and age
she's got the right to choose
between a half dozen conver
sions, inversions and perver
sions of her name, and Ms.
Nancy Macßride is perfectly
acceptable, from the point
of view of society.
My gripe is a little different.
Beyond the fact that Ms. is
an abbreviation of a word
that doesn't exist, and the
fact that it sounds like a 30's
movie version of a slave talk
ing to his female owner, the
on an emotional one too.
I hope so, anyway."
One final note. In case
you've gotten the idea that
Bobbie is an art major, she
isn't. She's majoring in psych
ology and plans to start
graduate work in clinical
psychology program next fall.
CAtttX CONFERENCE
An exciting new approach
to meet and interview large
and small corporations has
been developed: the College
Career Conference.
For two days, Tuesday and
Wednesday 13-14 December,
corporate recruiters from over
100 corporations will inter
view in Atlanta, Georgia
graduating seniors and
graduate students with gradu
ation dates from August 1977
through June 1978. The posi
tions that will be represented
at the College Career Confer
ence will include Marketing,
Manufacturing, Accounting,
Data Processing, Engineering,
Management Training and
Finance.
Many of the companies that
will recruit at this Confer
ence will not be recruiting on
campus. The
only expense to the attending
student is any personal
travel or lodging incurred.
The College Career Confer
ence is being organized and
conducted by Lendman
Associates in conjunction with
American Industry. In order to
participate, send a copy of
your resume or request a
brochure by writing: Lendman
Associates, 1945 the Exchange,
Suite 275, Atlanta, Georgia
30039, (404) 952-0822, Attn:
College Career Conference.
December 13, 1977
word Ms. was invented as a
means of limiting information
transmitted.
Of course, the basic idea
of words is to transmit infor
mation. If Nancy wanted to
keep her own name, fine but
using Mrs. instead of Ms.
would tell people an important
fact about her.
When the word was invented
as a means of equalizing forms
of address, what should have
been done was to come up
with a word to demonstrate
that a man is married or un
married. In the old days, the
word "Master" served for
younger men, and could
certainly be used to identify
the unmarried today. Of
course, today, and more so
a few years back when Ms.
was born, there were a few
men willing to knuckle under
like that.
Oh well.
There's nothing wrong with
making the language treat all
men and women equally. But
equally doesn't mean anony
mously. Have you written
to your Congressperson
lately? Now, logically one
could refer to Congressman
Jones and Congresswoman
Smith, and of House Members
if the two were seen in mixed
company. But to some people,
identifying a man as a man
and a woman as a woman is
discrimination, so we see
nervous people on television
talking about the struggle to
elect a responsive Congress
person, which gives me the
image of a neutered legislator.
Suppose the Aliens from
Close Encounters do show up,
and one of them is elected.
Will that man or woman
working for you become a
Congressorganism so's to
treat the newcomer fairly?
No one wants to marry
the loose women, according
to our grandmothers, and I
for one want nothing to do
with a language people take
such obscene liberties with.
English is a fine, responsive
tool of communication, one
of the richest and most varied
tongues on the face of the
planet. It is true that there
are phrases and forms in
English that are sexist, that
force us into defining people
too rigidly. But these can be
rooted out gently without
ripping up the entire garden.
Every man and woman has the
right to be called what he or
she wants, but the rest of us
have the right to know what
they're talking about. If you
agree, and feel that something
should be done, write your
Congressorganism today.