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Winston-Salem Library Displays
Well Known Art Collections
the
Today
bv Judit Magos their income taxes down to
is the last day of the buyers. But it seems that what-
largest 'art exhibit ever staged m ever, the reason for buying one of
this state Some 60 pictures, sculp- the works of art might be, this
embroideries, rang- reason is secondary to the fact that
triptychs to the picture will remain in North
cubit stillives are on exhibit and Carolina and sooner or later will
on sale in the Winston-Salem belong to one of the states three
Library. The purpose of museums.
turcs and three
ing from medieval
Also none of these rea-
ITihlic
this exhibit, as S. W. Bagley, a
local businessman and the initiator
of the show has said, is to create
an interest in art and culture
through collectitig. Another, not
very declared purpose of the ex- -.i i i „ t
hibit is to help the North Carolina specttve and with its background
State 'Museum, which has a very filled by miniature ,ctt.es and peo-
small budget, to acquire certain ple. In the foreground, the V.rgtn
pictures- for it is hoped that some holds Christs body m her lap. She
of the buyers will donate their is flanked by the evangelist and by
I.icturcs to the Museum. But even Mary Magdalena.
seems to be a straight study from
the model, done with a vivid brush
stroke. It has a very appealing
elegancy of color and composition.
From here let’s jump to the pre
cursors of modern art in France.
There is a small, oriental picture
by Meissonier, a second rate
French romantic and a very nice
sons can diminish the educational forest landscape with stags by the
effects of the exhibit on the Win- realist Courbet. Corot with his
ston-Salem population. picture of the Dance of the
Pieta, by the Geria Master, active Nymphs is shown at his best. The
1450-90 in Spain is a delightfully trees are as silvery green and
medieval picture, with its flat per- fur^ffy rnoving in the atmosphere
as only this great master could
paint them.
The most expensive picture of
the exhibit is a Pissarro view of
Le Port du Havre. This picture
of a busy harbour is one of the
May 3, 1963
Wonderland Is Beyond Square
by Alice Reid
T4. c xvnrm sttrinff afternoon in the library and Alice was
It was war P ^er history, so she decided to
fake’a break and read the paper. She picked np the Tin.,,
sfretohed ont, and began to mnll oner world happemnga.
reading aboui the indnetrial revolnt.on had made her so dro„B,
ftfishe conld hardly keep her eyes open. She deeuW p,
close them just a minute.
B„t Alice ™-'thi^slt'fiLrrtoTeai
«ellim““Oh dear! I'shall be too late! I must proceed with
fSahi” Alice couldn’t resist follo'™g ‘his odd crealu,,
n Urofo n t^tranee resemblance to JFK, so she chased after
who w this time the rabbit had left poor
AlTce crmpletely behind, and she found herself in a strange
L,using fvonderland. People bad a;™.--uevfr tamfd'?
different beyond the squaie.
The features of
for the people without money (the the persons sho-iv, in the typically pictures of the great impres
prices are $500 to $100,000) such a medieval rendering, an
expression
show of museum-quality works can of deep compassion, , ■ , $100,000).
— chronological
sionist master. (This picture costs
Another truly impressionist pic
ture is Monet’s Seascape with Fal-
.mly mean a cultural enrichment. Proceeding in the
The works on exhibit had been order would he one of the few
selected from New York galleries sculptures of aises. This picture, like Monet’s
hy Dr I. Bier, director of the denwood statue of a Bishop baint i
N. C. State Museum, on the basis by the Bamberger master H. Nuss-
desirahility for the State haiim, around 1480, is a very well
preserved piece of late gothic sculp-
but which in the Bishop’s
of their
Museum. VN’hen, before the ex
hibit, the P.oard of Trustees of the
State Museum was discussing the
teclinical aid which the Museum
was to give the show, the question
was thrown up whether such an
exhibit wouldn’t give new oppor-
tunitv for snobbery and for cutting
lure, but wtucli m .
facial expression of deep devotion which at
still shows a certain medieval spirit.
One of the best works is a small
study of a head hy the portraitish
who had been Rubens’ pupil and
assistant. Van Dyck. The picture
late works of his pond, should be
hung at the end of a long, light
corridor, for the further you step
back, the more the brushstrokes,
a close view appear flat
and unorganized, will create an
endless and beautiful depth. Done
in the impressionistic brushstroke,
but with the typical, pure colors of
his later work is a Breton Land
scape by Gauguin.
Another interesting drawing is
by Guys, the mysterious percursor
of Lautrec. It is a fast ink sketch,
in short, nervous lines, of a scene
in a Paris cafe.
My very favorite picture is a long
vertical stillife by the French cub
ist master Braque. The picture is
mostly in grays and browns with
two yellow pairs in the middle,.
From all the other pictures let
me just mention the very interest
ing painting of a Lime Bank by
the American A. Wyeth. The pic
ture has an almost abstract effect
receives from the recorder a white card stating her quality with the while lime only covered
by a thin layer of grass at the top.
The picture is an exact study from
nature but there seems to be some
thing magic about the exactness
and the penetration of the painter’s
observation.
Is Your Point Average
What You
Really
Earn?
Towards the end of a semester, students’ thoughts naturally
turn to grades. Each student is concerned over her quality
point average whether site is trying to make Dean’s List or
just hoping she will be allowed to return in the fall. With
ithe problem of grade averages eminent, it is time to evaluate
our grading system.
After the worry and work of exams are over each student
point average. This average looks very accurate, but through
out the semester the student has been receiving letter grades
on her test and papers. Now at the end of the semester the
over-all average is numerical. Think how disappointed the
Dean’s List aspirant is when all her hopes add up to the scien
tific calculation of 3.199999. However, this average is mislead
ing because in the process of arriving at a quality point aver- W
age, the many “pluses” and “minuses” have been dropped. I nO»U5 OSlVICt?
Sunday At 6:30
If the total average is going to be in quality points, why
aren’t the other grades given this way also® We do not think
this method would be any more difficult to compute than letter
grades. This grading system would mean that every “plus”
and “minus” earned on each individual test, paper and exam
would count in the final average. i j *
The principal argument tor retaining pluses and minuses having a vespers service on
is the added incentive it would give a student. Ideally a stu- Sunday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m., in
dent should be working to her fullest capacity for her personal the May Dell. The featured
benefit. Realistically, however, a student who can make a C- speaker will he the Rev. Clark
In May Dell
with very little work will not strive for a C+ when the quality Thompson of the Home Moravian pp down the road,
points she would get for either grade is the same. We feel Church. Make your plans to in-
would be like this. Alice began to cry.
Since crying never solved any problems, Alice soon dried
her tears and happened to glance down. On the ground at her
feet she spied a note. “The writing certainly is strange, she
thought And then she noticed it was backwards Reaching
nto her pocket she pulled ont a mirror, held it up to the page
and read the words, “Beware the Jnb.inb bird, and shun the
frnmious Bandersnatch!
“Gracious what conld a Bandersnatch^ be?” she pondered.
“Maybe it is something like a communist, she decided Being
an adventurous soul, Alice continued her way along the path,
kicking pebbles as she went.
Rpfore too long she came to two sign posts, both pointing
thf sar^e way One said “TO TWEEDLEDUM’S HOUSE” and
1 XVS “TO THE HOUSE OP TWEEDLEDEB.” E..
membering the logic she had learned in freshman math, Alice
decided they lived in the same house, and decided to visit
them just for a moment. Hurrying down the path, she soon
met two fat little men, who quite frightened her at first. They
were obviously both TWEEDLES, but they were definitely
not twins. One was Chinese and the other looked sort of
Russian. They stood glaring at one another, as if at any
moment they might have a fist fight. Alice thought of the most
appropriate verse for them. It went like this.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle;
For Tweedledum, said Tweedledee,
Had spoiled his nice new doctrine.
Alice was tempted to recite her verse, but the two looked so
formidable that she was afraid to. Anyway, she wanted to see
more of this strange land.
Alice skipped on down the path until she came to a large
table set out beneath a shady tree. All crowded into one
corner of the table were the Mad-Hatter, a March Hare, and
the Dormouse. As she approached, they all cried out to her,
indicating there was no room, and there certainly was room.
It seemed so strange to Alice that she couldn’t understand
these three. Then she realized that the Hatter spoke French,
the March Hare spoke German, and the Dormouse—well, it
was no telling what he spoke. He was asleep.
Despite the fact that she was obviously not welcome, Alice
sat down and commented to the Hatter, “I didn’ know it was
your table. It’s laid for a great many more than three.”
The Hatter indignantly answered with a thick French accent,
“You can’t sit here young lady unless you’ve been invited, and
you haven’t been. We want all the tea for ourselves.” Alice
was so mad, she was about to leave in a huff, when the Hare
motioned to her and whispered in her ear, “Don’t mind him.
He thinks he’s Louis XIV.” Alice was still angry, hut felt a
little more kindly toward the Hare. She waved good-hy and
that if credit were given for “plus” and “minus” grades, stu
dents would be more likelv to put forth added effort.
A. R.
Published every Friday of the College Headline Writers — Elizabeth Sykes,
year by the Student Body of
Salem College
elude this service in your May Day
activities.
Farrow Gives
Senior Recital
Friday, May 10
Peggy Farrow from Wilmington
will present her senior organ re
cital on May 10, at 8:30 p.m. Peggy
OFFICES:
Basement of Lehman
414 Bank St., S.W.
She had only gone a little way when she came upon what
was obviously a trial. It was being held by a King who had
a very bushy beard and spoke, of all things, Spanish. The King
angrily paced up and down flailing his arms in the air and
screaming at the top of his lungs. Of course, Alice couldn’t
understand a word, hut she spied a familiar figure, the White
Rabbit. She immediately ran np to him and begged to know
what was going on. The rabbit was obviously distraught over
the scene, for he kept wringing his hands, and mentioning some
strange word that sounded like “Cuber”. But he refused to
tell Alice anything. Just then the court herald cried in Eng
lish, “Next witness!” All heads turned in Alice’s direction and
accusing fingers were pointed at her. Her knees began to
shake, her teeth began to chatter, and she wanted desperately
to run. But there was no place to run. Before she knew d
the herald was speaking again, “I sentence yon, Alice . • •
“But what about the verdict and most of all the trial?” cried
Alice.
“We don’t do things like that around here,” replied the
herald. “Sentence first, verdict afterwards.”
And with that the storming King screamed, “Off ’«vitb her
head.”
Alice gasped. She could not believe it! With that she burst
into tears and crumpled to the ground which was by that time
spinning beneath her. But suddenly the ground wasn’t
___ nmg any longer. In fact it wasn’t the ground, it 'was the
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