The Stetson Reporter

Cfie g>teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper'1 74th YEAR No. 16 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1961 S.G.A. Dance tickets on sale in front of S.U.B. al noon and evening meal — Price $1.50 Pachner Shows ArtWork One of the nation's top exhibitions of paintings and drawings will be featured by the art department of Stetson University, DeLand, beginning tomorrow. It is a retrospective exhibition by the well-known Florida artist, William Pachner, who has been sweeping many of the national prizes recently. Visitors will be overwhelmed by the color and pattern of the powerful designs executed by Pachner. There are a number of paintings 8 feet square -- it is one of the heaviest, in terms of actual weight in pounds, of any of the exhibitions ever shown at Stetson. Many of the pictures carry religious themes probably as a result of Pachner's remembrance of his family, 80 of whom were killed in Nazi gas chambers and concentration camps, including his parents and his brothers. The public is invited to this important exhibit in the Stetson Union daiiy from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Feb. 5. The exhibition comprises 35 works selected by Kenneth Donahue, director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Organized by the American Federation of Arts under a grant from the Ford Foundation, the retrospective represents part of the foundation's program devoted to increasing the opportunities for the public to view the work of established artists. It is made up of work borrowed from pri- . vate collectors, museums, dealers, and the artist himself. Among the earlier works are the paintings "Maternita," 1943; "German Train," 1944 and "Figure in Prayer," 1947. Later works include the paintings "Negro Pieta," 1950; "Space, Time, Embrace," 1955; "Night Scene," 1958 and the four drawings entitled "Lovers," 1951-4. In his essay in the catalog for the exhibition Kenneth Donahue states that Pachner had "... a firm determination to keep alive the consciousness of the brutality and inhumanity existing in our time and to plead for humanistic values. To accomplish these objectives he had to work out over the years his own means of visual and intellectual communication. "The exhibition records the process of the artist's growth from his early dependence on subject alone, through his increasing consciousness of the ex pressive qualities of form and colors, his rejection of. his early style, his years of experimentation and the beginning of his mature style within the past three years." William Pachner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1915. He studied drawing and fashron design at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Austr'a. From 1933 to 1938 he was a staff artist on periodicals in Prague. He arrived in the United States in 1939 to apply for a job on Esquire magazine. The art director who did not hire him was replaced by Pachner in 1946. The news of the misfortune of loss of his family resulted in his decision to leave commercial art to devote himself to serious painting in 1945. He had his first one man show in 1948. From 1951 through 1952 he taught painting and drawing at the Gulf Coast Art Center in Clearwater, Florida. Notable among the many pri- (Continued on page 2) FIFTH ISSUE OF IMPETUS IS NOW ON SALE The fifth issue of Impetus, semi-annual magazine of poetry and criticism, published by two Stetson University professors, is now on sale. It features poems by John Ciardi, poetry editor of the Saturday Review and Hol- lis Summers winner of Saturday Review's prize for the best poem published in that magazine in 1960. Dr. Guy Owen and Dr. William Taylor, both of Stetson's English department, edit and finance the magazine. Impetus no. 5, says Dr. Owen, is "the best one yet." This is the fourth year of publication of Stetson's "little magazine." During this time it has carried work by Stetson students and faculty, ,poets from all over the United States, and British, Canadian, French, and German j authors as well. I Poems from the magazine have I been reprinted in the New York I Herald-Tribune and various volumes of collected poems. "Impetus, says Dr. Owen, has carried the name of Stetson into nearly every state in th,e Union." "The purpose of a 'little magazine," continues; Owen, "is to present the work of unestablished poets, as well as experimental work that commercial magazines usually reject . . If there is any future for poetry in the U- nited States, it is with the little magazines." Plans are being made for the next issue of Impetus, which will be devoted entirely to the work of S/outhern poets. The editors hope "in a small way to create interest in young Southern poets, perhaps even to stimulate them a bit." RUPPERT FLIES Navy Ens. Noel L. Ruppert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Ruppert of 2717 Grove pi., Sarasota, Fla., and husband of the former Miss Nancy V. Arms of 305 Pembroke st., Cincord, N.H., is undergoing eight weeks of intensive training as a helicopter replacement pilot with Helicopter Anti- Subamrine Squadron On,e at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla. Ens. Ruppert reported to the squadron in December. Upon completion of his training he is scheduled to repirt to Quonsefc Point, R.I., for duty with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Five. Before entering the service in June 1959, he was graduated from Stetson. SENIORS AND JUNIORS A real opportunity for a career — or a fascinating summer job may be available to jou through the Social Security Division of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Pay is excellent, and opportunities are many in such fields as personnel, data processing, management, analysts, claims examining and social research. It will pay you to find out more about this excellent opportunity which is open — as summer employment to those completing their junior year or as a career to graduating seniors. A representative of Social Security will be on campus on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY .15, 1661. For appointments, see OFFICE OF PLACEMENT, ROOM 207. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, or Mr. Godfrey, Director of Placement. Summer School Hawaii Style Summer Session at the world famous University of Hawaii will convene June 27 through August 6, 1961, at the beautiful Manoa campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Robert Ej. Cralle, Director of the University Study Tours to Hawaii, announced today. Air and steamship accomodations to handle the hundreds of mainland students and teachers matriculating to the Islands for a wonderful summer of study and fun, have been set on all major steamship and airlines. Reservations for travel and enrollment on the Summer Session Program are, he advised, now being accepted. Special rates for the 6 week (54 day) Summer Session Program begin as low as $555.00. Roundtrip transportation across the Pacific leaving from U.S. Gateway cities, air-conditioned Waikiki Beach accomodations, ORCHESTRA, FLETCHER WOW AUDIENCE by Gail Johnson Undioubtedly the most exciting sound ever produced by the Stetson University Symphony Orchestra was heard by an exuberent and appreciative audience on the evening of January 24 in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. Mr. Daniel Fletcher, a junior piano major and student of Professor Roger Cushman, brought the program to a splendid climax with his sensitive and glowing performance of the familiar Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor. As the concerto got under way, the orchestra responded with increasing unity tjO the authoritative musicianship of Conductor FOOTLIGHTS by Judy MacKenzie Mountains are springing up on the stage of Stover Theater! However, this is nothing to be alarmed about - they are there by intention and design - and dint of much labor. The mountains are the set for the next major production, Shakespeare's The Tempest, scheduled for performance during the Homecoming weekend of February 16, 17. and 18. This fantasy on an enchanted island is now in rehearsal under the direction of Mr. Bruce Griffiths and includes the following members of the cast: Ed Parker as Alonso, Terry Lung as Pros- pero, Jim Whitmire as Ferdinand, George Statler as Gonzalo, Louis Phillips as Caliban, Mike Bethke as Trlnculo, Grant Chase as Stephano, Bob Fox as the boatswain, Aiiene Arnholter as Miranda, Kenny Butler as Ariel, Linda Whitmire as Iris, Sally Miles as Ceres, and Doris McFar- Sand as Juno. Gt«orge Statler is, technical director of the production; Lee Spears is stage manager. Tickets for this presentation of The Tempest may be purchased at the theater box-office from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. NOTE: Any persons organizations wishing to rent or borrow costumes for Homecoming from Stover Theater must contact the theater by the end of this weekend, since theater personnel will be tied up in production after ■that and will be unable to help you. plus a full schedule of 22 planned activities are included in the price. Off-camipus activities include dinner dances, Island sight-seeing trips, beach parties, and field trips. Complete information including application forms and illustrated bulletins are available by writing to, Dr. Robert E. Cralle, 3305 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, California. (DUnkirk 5-0047). James Perdue. The : program opened, with the Symphony No. 4 in F Major by William Boyce, a composer of the eighteenth century. The work, conforming to the style and structure of the Baroque Italian Overture of three dance-like movements, was given a crisp reading by the musicians. The selection proved a delightful opener for the well- chosen program. Ravel's Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, introduced by a. st'rring horn call, was delicately etched in subtle color; by the performing group. Originally- composed in the late nineteenth century for the piano and .subsequently orchestrated, the work charmed the audience with its lyr'cal elegance. The thoughtful interpretation of Conductor Perdue and the skillful blend of the wind section were particularly outstanding in the Serenade in E Flat, Opus 7, an early work of Richard Strauss. The many solo passages of this translucent, score were deftly and gracefully executed. Special mention' is deserved by flutist, Katherine Menefee, for her sensitive and masterful solo lines. Henry Leng- nick. oboist, proved to, be another outstanding performer duringr the concert. , The sweep and colo of Nico- lai's Overture to, "The Merry Wives of Windsor" agreed deli- ciously with the zestful. appetite of the audience. Written', by a n'neteenth century German composer, active chiefly in .the field of opera, its capricious , humor did not escape the eager, listener?, nor did the refreshing, interpretation of the orchestra. The final number, Grieg's Piano Concerto, played by Dan Fletcher, utterly captivated the. audience • and with good reason. The young pianist performed with warmth and skill, and the orchestra responded beautifully to his musicianship. Dan. Fletcher handeled the lovely lines and colorful contrasts of the ..concerto with persuasiveness and unfaltering virtuosity. The prolonged and enthusiastic applause brought many curtain calls to the young performer and also tjo the orchestra and its conductor. It is hoped that more students and members of the faculty will take advantage of the extremely fine musical experiences in store for them by this groun and will realize the outstanding talents growing within our own university. Girls interested in signing up for rush (2nd semester) should register Saturday, Jan. 11, 8-12 in S.U.B. 202. Rush is from the 19th t« '" 25th.