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The most over
whelming single work by
Monet was in the Museum of
Modern Art and was a wall
mural (6'/2' x 52') of his
"Water Lilies". Beth, (my
friend) and I just sat in the
middle of the room in awe for
several hours until we started
being regarded suspiciously
by a Museum Guard.
En route to Washington, we
stopped in Baltimore at the
Watler's Art Gallery and the
Cone Collection. I think I was
most impressed with the
extensive collections of
ancient statues, jewelry and
tapestries, especially the
Medieval Section on the 3rd
floor. This was especially
enlightening to me as I'm
currently taking a course on
Chaucer and his age.
In Washington/, we visited
the Phillips Gallery which was
a small collection of various
artists' paintings and the
National Art Gallery. (Luckily,
my friend Beth had been there
before and was able to show
me special points of interest.)
Chikung born at Guilford
There has been a birth here
at Guilford!!! A new word has
been conceived, and is making
an apprearance at King Hall,
and among Hobbits and
Englishmen. The word is
"chikung", and was origin
ated (officially) in the office of
Chick Chuck, our fearless
leader.
Notice has been sent to such
well known authorities as the
Merriam Webster Co. and of
course, this illustrious news
paper. We are hoping the
After going through the
National's collection of
Monets we indulged ourselves
by deciding on a few favorite
artists and locating some of
their works in the short time
we had left. Beth led me to
"The Last Supper" by Dali
and I must admit thatit wasthe
most involving, breathtaking
painting I saw on the whole
trip (forgive me, Monet and
Lloyd Nick) or in my whole
life.
I must conclude thiss brief
summary and will do so b y
emphasizing the importance
and value of seminar
programs such as this one. It's
not too much of a burden to
make up missed work, plus
the excitement of a vacation
within the scheduled class
times and studies, adds an
element of elevated excite
ment to the whole trip. I can't
stress how much I gained from
every aspect of this seminar. I
would encourage every stu
dent to take advantage of at
least one while she/he is at
Guilford College (or any other
for that matter).
word will be accepted into the
next Collegiate edition of the
dictionary.
The work "chikung"
comes from the Latin form of
the man who invented it, (that
is right, the man, not his
name!):and the Latin form of
the word, "ungulate" which
means a curve as a hoof of a
horse. Thus we have
'chikung'!! The plural of one
chikung is multiple chikungi,
and the word can be properly
used as a verb, noun, adverb.
11M ClilMiifll
World Uses Imagination, Recycles
This is no longer a throwaway world. As almost everything becomes scarcer and more
costly, countries are increasingly realizing that they cannot afford to throw anything away,
and the possibilities of recycling are beginning to emerge insecticide from cigarette
butts, oil from plastic waste, or bricks from sludge.
China, the world's most populous country, has perhaps a more urgent need than many
other countries to make the most use of her resources, and has developed some of the most
innovative methods of recycling waste. It is there, for instance, that cigarette butts, after
soaking and other treatment, are converted into a highly effective nicotine insecticide. In
two years, about 11 VJ tons of butts have been collected, enough to treat 1.5 million acres of
farmland.
In China, too, a chemical factory uses oils and fats collected from hotel and restaurant
dishwashing to make soap; elsewhere, broken mirrors are melted to produce glass, and
silver is extracted from the residue.
In Japan, another heavily populated country, eight major Japanese business enterprises
are involved in experimental recycling projects, many of them aimed at regaining oil from
wasted commodities and materials.
One major Japanese maker of electric appliances, Sanyo Denki, has succeeded in
regaining nearly 80 percent of the oil from plastic waste. Since Japan must import all her
oil, the search for alternate fuels is particularly fervent.
Osaka Waste Burned As Fuel
In Osaka, household waste is burned instead of heavy oil or coal, to generate electric
power; the plant generates 4,400 kilowatts of power per hour and can burn 400 tons of
rubbish a day. A similar plant, with a larger capacity, is under construction in Tokyo.
When it is completed in December, 1975, the plant will have a generating capacity of
12,000 kilowatts an hour and will burn 1,200 tons of household waste daily.
A problem here and in most other countries is the high production cost of recycled
materials, accompanied by problems of a consistent and continuing supply of waste
materials.
In Britain, the Government has recently started trying to resolve these problems. It
estimates that $1.75-billion a year could be cut from Britain's import bill by saving waste
materials.
A recent Government study paper provides for the formation of a Waste Management Ad
visory Council to coordinate all activities in this area, with the aim of reducing the costs
that have thusfar deterred many local governments from embarking on large-scale
recycling projects.
The paper says that 370,000 tons of the nation's 500,000 tons of waste lubricating oil could
be reclaimed each year and burned to generate power. It is also sponsoring research on the
use of discarded tin cans. Another particularly ingenious project already under way con
verts inorganic, dangerous waste materials containing arsenic, lead, and other heavy
metals into a solid sludge which, when it is set, can be used in construction.
A project to pump sewage sludge valuable as fertilizer —through a special sewage
pipeline is under way; it is estimated that Britain's two billion gallons of sewage produces
about $436 million worth of plant-growth elements annually, a particularly important
savings in view of the soaring prices of nitrogen fertilizers and phosphates.
siligs/
or adjective although the latter
are used less often. The
meaning is flexible, depend
ing on the form used, but that
most often found is to form
some sort of curve, or, in the
case of the noun, the actual
curve itself
from: THE GREAT ROCK
(and assistant
Editors Note: We hope this
article makes sense to
"Hobbits" and "English
men", it makes none to us.
Cartoon courtesy of WSRE-TV
Penaacola, Florida
April 8, 1975