May 12, 1977
Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit in the Gallery Lounge
By Grace M. Cole
The current exhibit at the
Gallery Lounge featuring the
scientific developments of
Leonardo da Vinci demon
strates the work of a genius to
whom civilization pays homage.
The exhibit, presented through
the courtesy of the IBM
Corporation, will run until May
20th.
Some models displayed in
the Gallery Lounge, which
historically may not be accred
ited to da Vinci, are the
printing press, flying machine,
parachute, triple-tier machine
gun, military tank, hygrometer,
and the paddle wheel ship, to
name a few.
Wandering past the Gallery
Lounge one is drawn inside by
the illustrious colors and
strange shapes that seem
formidable. Leonardo da Vinci
was a genius whose powerful
mind will remain an object of
wonder and admiration to
ordinary mortals. It is uncanny
that he excelled in so many
different fields of research and
made important contributions
to nearly all of them.
Leonardo da Vinci, the
New govt from page 2
We try our best to
represent you, but we need
your help on SGA and Faculty
Organization Committees
where students have an
opportunity to effect change or
voice their opinions. Don't just
say we never do anything
Alumni from page 2
Well, I seem to think that
many priorities are screwed up.
Why should the people who
_
don't even go to the school
anymore be given the best
seats? Why? Because they help
balance the budget. That's why.
And that's wrong!
Where were they when
Oswald went to Harrisburg to
plead our budget case before
the Senate Appropriations
About last week's letter
A Letter To Young laying
Dear Young:
In recent weeks we have
heard much of you: first in your
unsuccessful bid for the SGA
Vice-Presidency; then in your
unsuccessful attempt to have
the results of that election
invalidated; and finally in your
article entitled, "No
Accusations, Comments and
Questions," - which is a
misnomer, for you hurl several
thinly veiled accusations at the
Chief Justice & the Election
Screening Committee. Indeed,
all three of your thrusts in the
above directions seem to have
failed in their purpose.
However, Young, there are,
I say, grounds for hope. A
fellow with a fine imagination
such as yours can certainly find
more "fundamental flaws" &
"grey areas" of the SGA
constitution to easily makeup
for all previous setbacks.
Winning is not everything!
Grover Cleveland once said,
"What is the use of being
painter, would never accept
what he read without checking
it with his own eyes. There was
nothing in nature which did not
arouse his curiosity and
challenge his ingenuity. Al
though da Vinci was sought
after as a painter, few could
without giving us a look. If you
are interested in joining a
committee or serving on SGA
leave a note in an SGA mailbox
or come in and talk to one of us.
Taking part in student activi
ties can't hurt that much, and it
can pay dividends.
Committee. They all should
have written a letter to their
legislator telling them what a
disgrace it is for the
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to deny this
university the right to exist as
it sees fit! I suppose that they
were in the banquet hall,
talking about how lousy their
50-yard-line seat is for this fall.
elected, or re-elected, unless
you stand for something?" It is
the stand one takes that is all
important in American politics.
However, Young, we some
times put too much weight on
that as a device, and take too
few pains to support it with fact
& logic. This is particularly true
when selfish motivation or
prejudice is an integral part of
our committment to certain
"visions". Realistically, there
can be no substitute for good
"honest" reasoning.
As the complex problems of
today grow, so will our need for
leaders of ability, candor, and
earnestness. Historically, the
American people have always
responded to these leadership
qualities, and an ambitious man
should always keep it in mind.
In this age of complacency &
division this, my friend, is the
only path to trod, and he who
does will certainly find success.
Jerry Rhea
Associate Justice
Student Court
C.C. Reader
have had an inkling of the
extent of his knowledge and
how that same knowledge
would later influence civiliza
tion.
• It is unlikely that da Vinci
had any ambition to be
considered a scientist. All his
No Schlock, despite what you may think, this is not the missing nimbus
This is entitled: Common Sense
In regard to the article "No
Accusations, Comments and
Questions" by Young Inyang I
would hie to rebut the implied
accusations, correct the inaccu
rate comments and reply to the
questions. But first I have a
comment to make. In my reply
to your request for a hearing, I
specified that any charges you
were to bring were to be in
writing. I requested a copy of
them at the hearing. To this
day you have not replied. I
could have thrown the case out
then and there on the grounds
that you failed to comply to the
rules. Technical? Yes. Hair
splitting? Yes. Nit-picking?
Yes. Inconsequential? Yes. But
still a violation of the rules. We
heard your case anyway. We
applied the best rule of thumb
there is, a good strong dose of
common sense. In legal terms
this is referred to as
exploration of nature was to
him a means of gaining
knowledge of the visible world,
such as he would need for his
art. He thought that by placing
art on a scientific foundation it
could be transformed from a
humble craft into an honored
and gentlemanly endeavor.
He never published his
writings, and few people could
have known of their existence.
But we do know something of
the range of productivity of da
Vinci's mind because his pupils
and admirers carefully pre
served for us sketches and
notebooks; thousands of pages
covered with drawings and
writing, with excerpts from
books that da Vinci read. It
could be possible that da Vinci
was afraid of publishing his
discoveries for fear of being
called a heretic, for he
anticipated the theories of
Copernicus which were later to
bring Galileo trouble.
In military design, we are
surprised to find him close to us
in mechanization. One of the
most startling of his develop
ments is the armored car,
ancestor of today's tank. In
addition to other achievements,
da Vinci designed canals that
materiality. The test is to look
at the infraction and then
determine if it is of such a
nature as to affect a material
portion of the matter at hand.
Therefore, you got your day in
court when you were in
technical violation of a minor
rule. We applied this same rule
to the charges you brought. Let
us now examine them:
1. In Re your perennial
obsession with the moving of
the ballot box and the early
counting procedure: I point out
that at the hearing you could
not produce one person who
was unable to vote because of
it. You did not then, nor do you
now, charge that: A) any
ballots were added; B) any
ballots were not counted; C)
any ballots were changed. So
what's the issue? What
constituted a "fundamental
flaw"?
are still in use today in Italy.
In 1938, the city of Milan,
Italy, held a great exhibition of
full-scale reconstructions of the
works of Leonardo da Vinci. A
panel of scholars, scientists and
engineers approved the plans
for each of the replicas and
their construction was execut
ed down to every minute detail.
The exhibition traveled briefly,
and during World War II was
destroyed by bombs in Tokyo.
Following the war, a new
set of models were constructed
on a smaller scale and exhibited
in the Los Angeles County
Museum. Early in 1951, the
IBM Corporation acquired the
collection. Since then the
collection has been shown
throughout the country in
colleges, museums and librar
ies.
In connection with his study
of warfare and weapons,
Leonardo da Vinci wrote,
"When besieged by ambitious
tyrants I find a means of
offense and defense in order to
preserve the chief gift of
nature, which is liberty." If da
Vinci were to travel through
time and visit us today, he
would surely feel at home in our
mechanized world.
2. In Re your complaint that
part-time students voted: I call
attention to your statement
that I "ruled that this did not
violate the constitution". That
statement is not inaccurate, it
is out and out false. I ruled that
voting by part-time students
did technically violate the
constitution, but when the issue
was put to the court, they did
not vote on any of the charges)
voted that "this was still
, insufficient grounds for a
review of the election", as
reported in Tim Adams'
accurate and objective article of
the previous week. You go on to
say that you "do not support
any rule that discriminates
against part-time students".
Neither do I and neither did the
voting members of the court.
So what's the issue?
3. You challenge my objectivity
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