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Page Three - THE SKYSCRAPER - January 26, 1968 Galleries feature workmanship of Illinois artists by Kathy Riley If you're in the mood for a good show in 3-D technicolor, take a walk along Gallery 8 to see the arts of fire and fiber. Or if can did camera people and nature studies are more your line, try the Jachna-Sterllng photo exhibit on Gallery 4. On display until Feb. 5, both exhibits deserve more than a cursory glance. Unfortunately lumped together as the Work of Illinois Artists, both ex hibits contain the works of six highly individual craftsmen. To this reviewer, Don John's collection of glassware is the outstanding feature of the whole show. For the most part. Americans have pursued the art of serious studio pot tery during the last five years. John himself has had no for mal training in the field. Nevertheless this artist's glass ware is magnificent for its asymmetrical form, delicate air bubble patterns and vary ing transparency. Against the muted light of Gallery 8's west end lay bottles In transparent green, smoky orange and opaaue 'marble' designs. Next, the eye catches the brilliant tones of Terry Gib bon's Indian-style wall-hang ings. Gibbons likes color, most ly reds and purples. Smoothly woven, highly textured or simply hanging loose, combi nations of colored yarn effect subtle and pleasing differen ces in tone. Gibbons, an art Redmond Program busing, educational urges parks (Continued from page 2) they would fall below the city average for certified teachers. This would give the inner city schools a fairer chance of obtaining and keeping good teachers. Astonishing Plan A plan like that of Redmond is astonishing In Its audacity. But It Is simply a plan a re ply to the United States De partment of Education's ac cusation that Chicago public schools are segregated. It might be questioned whether the Redmond Plan as such is necessary. A racial headcount of schools, released in October, revealed that Chi cago public schools are now 41.5 per cent white and 52.3 per cent Negro. With an in crease In the number of Ne gro students came a slight rise in the number of integrat ed high schools. But the num- Set Guidance discussions A series of three lectures on student alienation and iden tity will be sponsored on al ternate Wednesdays by the Mundelein Counseling serv ice. Held at 7 p.m. In McCor mick Lounge, these lectures will be given by men from diverse disciplines who are concerned and Involved with student life on campus. The moderator will be Mrs. Sylvia Warshaw, director of counsel ing. Self and Authority Relation ships will be discussed by Dr. William Kirtner. associ ate professor of psychology, and college counselor at Carl ton College. Feb. 7. Political Involvement of College Students: Motivation and Yield, will be explored by Reverend Phillip Drlpps. Methodist chaplain at the Uni versity of Chicago. Feb. 21. The third session, March 6. will concern Some Specific Problems of the Urban Stu dent. Dr. John Kysar, psy chiatrist and director of stu dent health, University of Illi nois. Circle Campus will be ihe lecturer. ber of integrated elementary schools has declined to fewer than 10 per cent of the total. Pertinent Question The question most pertinent in the minds of most Chica- goans Is whether the plan, other than the busing portion of It, Is going Into effect. The Redmond Plan has been approved in principle by the Chicago Board of Education. This means that a majority of the board's members believe that It Is. at least In part, a worthwhile plan to attempt to use in Chicago. The plan also has received general approval from the Washington office for Civil Rights Act Compliance, but it says that It will not drop its investigation until steps have been taken to carry out the plan until conditions of un equal opportunities for minori ty group children have actual ly changed. But to promote any portion of the plan, Redmond needs money. Illinois is ranked as the 49th state In the Union for its percentage of per capita in come alloted to education. Although Harold Howe, Unit ed States Education Commis sioner, promised that maxi- Young GOP foretells '68 vote trends (Continued from page I) candidate was Percy, with 29 votes. Hatfield and Nixon were second choices for a GOP vice- president. Teams on the Republican ticket were more finely drawn than on the Democratic side. No clear distinction could be made between the most pop ular GOP teams on the ticket. Independent affiliation domi nated the poll with 44 per cent of participating students claiming no specific party commitment. Of this percent age, more than half indicated support for the Democratic party. Thirty-five per cent of the ballots showed Democratic affiliation, with Republican supporters numbering only 18 per cent of the voters. mum federal aid will be made available to Chicago schools to carry out the Redmond Plan, federal funds compose a very small fraction of school bud gets. The prospects of receiv ing more money from the city or state also look dim. Human Problem. In many considerations of the Redmond Plan, one aspect of the plan can easily be ig nored as non-existent. That is the human side of it. It is easy to forget that Johnny, aged seven, is sitting in a 99 per cent Negro school In a port' able classroom writing a letter to a mother and father who aren't comin' anyhow to his open house. It is easy to over look the emergency knifing and the little girl who has Just been molested by bullies. Then too, the professionals themselves can be overlooked. It's easy to Ignore the teacher who suffers from at least six interruptions In a 45 minute period by students who are new to the school and want to know where to register. One forgets about people in the system who hold views sim ilar to those of one elementary school principal, Why do you hate those kinky headed bas tards? You hate them because they're dirty and stinkin'. One forgets about the terrifi cally talented and dedicated persons who are offering their lives for the inner city school. Superintendent Redmond ex plains that what Is Important is that teachers and principals have not been sitting still compounding the evils they have found, but doing what we all say they should be doing Imaginatively and creative ly attempting to interest, mo tivate and teach. ATTENTION SENIORS become a MONTESSORI teacher (demand twice the supply) NEXT TRAINING PROGRAM June 24-Aug. 9 in Chicago (leads in nationally recognized A.MS certificate) WRITE: Midwest Montessorf Teacher Training Center 1010 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago. 111. 60622 Slcyscrop.fr Dho'o by Jennifer Joyce DON JOHN'S GLASSWARE. instructor in the Niles school system, will deliver Saturday morning lectures at the Art Institute during February. Avant-garde Jewelry Largely self-taught, Chica- goan Ellen Dimsdale offers a sometimes sophisticated, some times avant-garde jewelry collection. Miss Dimsdale, for merly associated with the Con temporary Art Workshop in Chicago, works in sterling and acrylics. Expecially creative, her pendants and/or earlngs reveal photos, beads and other multifarious objects encased in tinted plastic disks. Rounding out the Gallery 8 display is the pottery of High land Park artist Nick Prokos, who participated in the Ra- vinla Art Festival last year. In much of his work, Prokos employs the ancient Japanese technique. Raku. Characterized by rough textured surfaces. predominantly in browns, grays and whites, Prokos' Raku vases appear fragile and old, while actually, they are quite new and strong. Using the Raku method the artist takes his pot out of the kiln at 2,000 degrees, throws it into sawdust, which then ignites and forms carbon deposits on the pot. For an iridescent look, the vase is treated with a lead solution before it Is thrown into cold water. Still-life Photos Moving to Gallery 4, the photography fan will find it easy to lose herself in the still- life world of Joseph Jachna as well as in the teenage pas sion and pathos revealed by Jo seph Sterling. As a technician, Jachna Is superb. You can feel the crispness of his wilted leaves, the sharpness of split bark, the iclness of a running stream, even the down on a baby's head. In Sterling's work, on the other hand, the subject matter dominates the artist's unob trusive technical skill. Sterling really sees teens and not the way they do in magazines. He captures their silliness, misery, pseudo-sophistication, laughter and loneliness. And he finds them where they usually are: cavorting on the beach, goofing on the cor ner, climbing gym bleachers for an assembly or sitting sil houetted against abandoned crepe paper swirls, the re mains of a sock hop. Some how you feel that Joseph Ster ling really knows teenagers and after you look Into his work, you somehow know them better too. Skyscraper Dholo bv Jennifer Joyce THE TRAGICOMIC view of a young Beatle fan in the throes of young love Is caught by Joseph Sterling. New faculty members enrich three departments Three faculty members joined the English, economics, and journalism departments at the beginning of the winter term. They are James Cilettl. Richard Anderson and John O'Dowd. Ciletti. lecturer in English, received his bachelor of arts de gree in philosophy from Loyola University, and his master of arts degree in English from Bread Loaf School of English, Mid dlebury. Anderson is teaching part-time in the economics department. He received his bachelor of science degree In accounting from the University of Illinois, Champaign, and ls a candidate for a master's degree in business administration at DePaul University. O'Dowd, lecturer in journalism, is conducting a course in advanced reporting. He is a graduate of The Citadel, Charleston, S.C. and Is a former editor of the Florence, S.C. Morning News. O'Dowd is presently an account supervisor at Earle Ludgin and Company advertising agency.
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1968-01-26 (3)
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