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SUNDAY", MARCH 23, 1952 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAGE THREE by Fred McGee 'Freeze ActionflDispIayed . The famous "freeze action' technique of the late William Meade Prince, famous Chapel Hill artist and author that cap tured the fancy of the nation's magazine readers for 30 years, is a predominant feature of more than 100 oil paintings, and sketches now being exhibited in the Morehead building. The pictures all of which have been used either as covers or il lustrations for magazine stories from 1919 to 1949, have been placed "on exhibit in the north and south galleries. They are open to public view from 2 -to 10 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 1 to 10 p.m. on Sundays. The exhibit will continue through April 21 when the next Planetarium show, "Easter, the Awakening,', will end. f . , . Courtesy of Mrs. Prince For a short time in the fall of 1950, Prince's illustrations were displayed here, but there has been such a demand for their return that the current exhibit was arranged through the cour tesy of Mrs. Prince, A. F. Jen zano, manager of the Morehead building, said. , "After hanging Mr. Prince's works, rI tried to choose the one X liked best, but every time I entered the galleries I. found one that seemed better," Jenzano commented. "Prince seems to catch his characters in mid-action (freeze technique) - as though you would stop a motion picture film." - A native of Virginia, Prince spent his childhood in Chapel Hill where "he drew anything from wild stallions to characters resembling his playmates." And that theme held throughout his life, as evidenced by the exhibit. Children were among his fav orite subjects. Animals played a big role but they were seldom the central character in Prince's work. Illustrated Many Magazines While in Chapel Hill Prince drew illustrations for the "Yack ety Yack," and4Jater entered the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts where he won an illustration contest sponsored by Collier's, magazine. That launched him on his famous career. He did covers and illustrations also for the Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Red Book and others, along with supplying pictoral support for such writers a Nick-Bodie Williams, Roark Bradford, Phillip Wylie, Kathleen Horrid Irvirt S.: Cobb. James Street, Peter B. Kyne; William Saroyan and Arnold Bennett. Broadly speaking. Prince's work included everything from - the excited action of a circus to t&o quiet meditation of a lone woman in church. In the former bo brings out the calmness of the performer but somehow adds a tingling atmosphere while in the church scene, which he paint ed to illustrate ; a story : by Kath leen Norris in 1923, he pictures reverence in. a woman's folded hands. '0 His Firs XUusiraiioa His first illustration: was done la black and white for "Abner Rowland," a story by Harold Ti fou which appeared in Red Book in 1919. His "freeze action" tech nique is shown in the Intense Interest of a young boy . looking over the .shoulder of anl did sea dog tyfib is caught careiylly un-r rolling a sea chart. k Front that painting In ' black and white he went on to add bril liant dashes of color in others, among which is a painting cap tioned "Drive A Man to Drink,' which would not be out of place today at all. Placed in an early 1900 setting, the man of the house pulls at his hair in despair at the unpaid bills confronting him. His wife looks on apprehen sively while three boys poke their heads through the doorway in anticipation of the next out burst. The work was done for ColUer's in 1945. Touches of Humor In the south gallery of the building, Prince's elaborate sket ches and watercolor paintings are on display. In these he added a touch of humor, using the South ern Negro as his theme. In a sketch called "One-Legged An gels Can't Fly," he pictures an old. whltehaired Negro hobbling along on a crutch with a chicken under his arm, desperately try ing to escape the rage of an equal ly aged Negro woman in hot pursuit. His "freeze action" tech nique there is well applied. As in his oil paintings, Prince also covered a wide range of subjects in his sketches and wa tercolors which have been placed under glass to protect the deli cate work. An added feature in the exhibit is the editorial markings on the paintings which served as guides to the engravers who prepared his works for the printers and presses. From there millions and millions of copies of his illustra tions found their way to homes all over the country. Delta V edges Of Vhi Gamma Honored A t Banquet And Vance Pledge Weekend festivities for Epsilon chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity began on Friday night with a formal banquet and dance in the Crystal Ballroom of the Washington : Duke Hotel in Durham. Spring floral arrangements, featuring purple clematis, the fraternity's flower, centered the banquet tables. Dates of the pledges received gardenia cor sages, and the pledges "wore pur ple carnation boutonnieres. Presentation of, the pledges and their dates was made as they entef ed the ballroom. Music for the dance was recorded- Activities were resumed yes terday afternoon with a softball game, picnic supper, and party at Lloyd's Barn. Pledge Class officers and their dates are President Jim Crouch of Midway Park with Mary Hop kins of Charlotte; Secretary Jim Cox of Richlahds with Alice Sylvester of Rcihlands; and Social Chairman H. I. Keith of Wil mington with Louise Milliken of Southern Pines. , Pledges and their dates are Arch Croxton of Danville, Va. with Sara Walker of Oxford; Jim Dillingham of Winterville with Jean Brown of Catskill Falls, N.Y.; Bill Greene ofRoberfios ville with Margast Brunson of Florence, S.C.; Bill ifiggins of Fairfax, .Va. with Ann Warren of Raleigh; Dick Hoggard of Ahoskia with Jane Miles of Durham; vnarj.es xxuyt u n cumiigtuu wuu Julia Spears of Washington; Lee Knott of Washington with Pat Mayne of Washington; Jim Love lace of High Point with Cay Youngs of Miami 'Shores, Fla.; George Mardre of Windsor with Shirley Graham of Windsor; Ir ving Smith of -Robersonville with Alcie Green-if Florence,- S. - C.J Emmet Sumner of High Point with Faye Sylvester of Richlands; Leon Sylvester of Richlands with Bobbie Carter of Wallace; and Carl Venters of Jacksonville with Bobbie Hamby of Camp LeJeune. r 4 i Managers' Meeting There will be an important meeting of organization Intra mural managers tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in 304 Woollen gymna sium. Plans for the spring pro gram will be discussed at that time. Entries for softball and tennis can be made only at this meeting. Eligibility lists must also be filled at this time. - A 'Salute. To CAROLINA'S OWN ELIZABETH OAT WRIGHT CO KIR Whose New Novel THE DAY ';:, :..,OF;;,TH.E 'PEACOCK .'. Is Yours To Enjo at the Intimate Also by Miss Coke? THE OAUGHTErI. ' ) '!' OF -'STRANGERS ioYnly'.'llll Mb THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP 2C5 E. F BAlTKLTlf ST j I k - 1 Campus Interviews on No. 37.. mE GOQB!?iGC3 c imrette Tests I . 1 1 'y if.. 1 1 I 1 n 1 .. Xhey crossed swords with the wrong man when they engaged this swashbuckling senior in combat! At first, he was.,f oiled by the tricky, "one-puff" "one-sniff" cigarette mildness tests. But he parried their thrusts with this gleaming sword of logic: The only way you can judge mildness is by steady smoking. That's the true test of cigarette mildness! ' It's the sensible test the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, which simply asks you to try Cameh as your steady smoke, on a day-after-day, pack-after-pack basis. No snap judgments ! Once you've tried Camels for 30 days in your "T-Zone" (T for Throat, T for Taste ) , you'll see why . After all the lYLHdness Tests . fc U is- I i rt iff ff i.fW V. jh ? I! . I : j I
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