FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1945 Victorian Homes Influence Artist To Paint That Era "I was born and lived in a Victorian house where I stayed until 18," said Hobson Pittman, nationally-known artist and sum mer session instructor at the Col lege.. "Since then, the homes in which I have lived have been Vic torian and the painting I have done echoed that era." Born in Tarboro, North Caro lina 46 years ago, Mr. Pittman has been painting and travelling since he was 11 years old. His trips abroad in Europe and Eng land were devoted to studying museums and art. Of the twelve summers that the well-known painter of oils and water colors has instructed stu dents here; he notes that more have enrolled this year than ever (before. With 72 in his classes, Mr. Pittman says he (believes that a number are taking art as an, es cape from so much of the un pleasant reality of today—a sort of occupational therapy in build ing tastes in art. The February in, 11945 issue of Life magazine showed Mr. Pitt man in his Haverford home (which has an Upper Danby PO he explains). Before moving into this. Victorian home 29 years ago, the artist lived in Coatesville. Four o£ his older paintings, "The Gossips," "Summer Evening," "An Evening In Maine,' and "Four A. M." appeared with "Miss Pat and Miss Eva Lions," a more re cent oil. With three times as many stu dents as he has ever had, the ar tist spends many - hours each day making suggestions, criticizing, and helping the work they do, as well as conducting formal class room 'lectures. Trips to, nearby beauty spots are taken for - the in structor says that "nature is the greatest teacher." 'Mr. 'Pittman paints from memory and imagination, using a subject only when painting flow ers: He is painting a series of pastels of - - flowers while at the College this summer and expects to exhibit them in New York and Los • Angeles. One of eight petunias of varying shades in a blue vase with a chartreuse back ground, is nearing completion. Acquisitions of the artist's works made during the past• year by museums 'include: "Miss Pat and Miss Eva Lions" by the Brooks Memorial Gallery in Memphis; and three others by Carnegie In stitute in Pittsburgh, the Metro politan Museum in New York, and the Philips Memorial Gallery in Washington. . Three years ago in . May, Life Magazine, photogra[phed and in teryiewed Mr. Pittman and at that time wanted to come to Penn State to photograph him and his classes. Plans were incomplete ALWAYS • • • • 43 , 4. 14 t • ib I • ••• : , 1":;0. • • . • • to , . I h \ ' • • T . nie Corner unusual . and after spending two days with the artist and making .60 photo graphs, the article appeared in Fefbruary. Speaking of his pet crow pre sented by Mr. M. S. Wiley of Adams Avenue, Mr. Hobson said, "Sammy is well-known in and around Philadelphia because he laughs so much like a human be ing that people think he's making fun of them. He says hello to everyone and has gotten away two or three times always to be found again." Asked why he keeps returning to the College year after year, the painter asserted that through the tremendous enthusiasm that has grown here in the direction of painting by students, the College itself, towns-people - in other words, the general atmosphere, has been one of appreciation.' When he arrived at his class on Wednesday, Mr. Pittman found a new-old student there. He was Stuart Frost, of the US. Navy and son of • Prof. Stuart W. Frost. A former student and second prize winner of Mr. Pittman, Frost donned painting togs to join the art class while on furlough. 3 Lectures End Series Of 13 Workshop Talks • Three special morning lectures are still to be given under the sponsorship of the Education Workshop. These will complete, the series of ,11.3• talks delivered un der the Workshop auspices, today announced' Miss Mary Jane Wy land, professor of education and coordinator of the Workshop. "The Counselor and Occupation al Trends" ,will be discussed by Mrs. Marguerite Zapoleon, of the Women's Division in the United States Department of Labor, in the Little Theater at 111 a.m. Tuesday. Dr. Bertha. Pulssen, former ad miniatrator for youth education in Hamburg, Germany, will give her ideas on "Women and Edulcation for a Postwar World" in the Lit tle Theater at 11 a.m. August 7. "The Making of. a Dean" is the topic on which Dr. M. Eunice Hil ton, dean of women at Syracuse University, will talk in the Little Theater at 11 a.m. August 9. Summer Session Seniors To Order Gowns Today Seniors who expect to be grad uated at the Summer Session Comthencement and who. have .not yet placed their order for caps and gowns should do so today in 1.04 Burrciwes from 2 p:m. to 4 p.m. Rental charges are baichelor's F ir 77:l ' l B. KENNETH JOHNSTONE has won wide, attention for his- re cent book, "Building or Buying a House" which he wrote in con junction with his associates in the arch;lt±tural department of the College. 1436 Gl's Sfudy College Courses Enrollment in correspondence courses offered by the College to enlisted personnel of the armed forces has nearly doubled for the school year of 1944-5, reaching a total of 1436, according to Allen E. Wierman, supervisor of the College Instruction Correspon dence Division. . The College has also added 39 new courses to those already of fered. The College now has 101 courses available for the USAFI, 65 for credit, and 36 non-credit courses. Requests for information on these courses mounted to 18,700 during the year, a large propor tion of which came from over seas. Arts and Science and En gineering extension received 12,- 900 inquiries and signed up 596 students. Education extension an swered about 5,000 inquiries, en rolling 646. In Mineral Industries 800 inquiries led to 195 enroll ments. All military personnel of the nation are eligible for the pro gram except commissioned army officers. The government pays half of the costs, of texts and tui tion, not to excede $2O for any one course. The cost to the student for -courses talc - en from the Col lege ranges from $3 to $15.95. Mow Around Your Lawn Mow around your lawn—not back and forth—for improved growth and improved appearante, acrronnmicts .at the Coileee advise. cap aria gown, $1.51); master's cap and gown, $1.75; master's hood, $1.75; doctor's cap and gown, $2; and doctor's hood, $2. Also re quired is a deposit of three dollars which will be refunded when the costume is returned. SUMMER CLEARANCE 41 / 2 Pric -\ COTTON DRESSES SHEER DRESSES Reg. L 95 „ LSO Reg. 112.95 LSO CIIA • LEIS' S. Allen Street Letters T. The Editor (Editor's Note:—Letters to the editor may be addressed to the Collegian office, 'Carnegie Hall. Names and address.. es must be included although not necessarily for publi- cation.) Dear Editor Your prcblem arising from the banning of shorts on campus sug gests the following possiibilities: the characters of a novel by H. G. Wells never had such a problem, nor do members of the American Sunbathers Association. No more shoes to shine and no more laun dry to lug out. Given 2000 years more, such a state should be reached. Meanwhile, who are we fools enmeshed in convention to say what is "disgusting" and what is sane? William Karn Dear COLLEEGIE: In your last issue of THE COL LEGIAN there appeared an ar ticle. (rare., isn't it?) There ap peared another article (twice as rare) which referred to the wait ers at Ath Hall as nothing less than a group of vultures. 1 OB JECT. Hear our side of the story and you will change your mind We DO stand (we aren't allowed to sit) and watch the same eight coeds, day after day, squeeze through the crack in the dining room door just after it• is closed. After obtaining their food, they place it before them and begin. Begin EATING? NO, not these girlsi they , open their mail, bring out their knitting, (to knit one and talk two) deal out a hand of "rum my" or "solitary" or just sit there talking and watching their milk evaporate. (Must have been brought up on evaporated milk.) Can you blame us for watching in cases like these? (Staring, you called it.) As for the girls who came back from getting seconds and returned to find the table cleared, my ad vice is to let us know you are coming back. Post a guard, or tell one of us. Leaving a matt*. card behind isn't any indication of any thing—except forgetfulness. (Some of . them• should have them tied around their necks): You should see the photo ,albums the waiters ,have from collected matric card pictures. Speaking of seconds, ask one of us why girls must go 'back for seconds. Since you won't have. the nerve to talk to the waiters af ter this (for you know it's your fault) I'll . tell you anyway—it's not because they don't get enough the first time, but it's because they spill half their food and drink on the trays enroute to the dining room. 'Would you stare if you were a waiter and suddenly saw all the girls at one table put their heads under the table? Of course you would for the, air raid season has been out of operation for months. They are looking for one of their companion's shoes. It seems that she loosens her shoes and then kicks them away. In this way she can tell who, and, • how many friends she has by the numfber of girls helping her search for her shoe. - PAGE rrvE Boeby traps are not confined to the war fronts for the coeds have a few of their own. Organization is the secret (behind this cue; luscious lassie holds up an empty water pitcher to signify that she wants it filled. Just as the obliging waiter approaches her table, two other coeds, seated back to ihaick at opposite tF.lbles, suddenly push away from their tables and thy. poor, helpless, Obliging waiter is mercilessly trapped. (This part is sad, isn't it?) In the minor cases, a full cup .of coffee or lea is placed near the edge of the, table 'and 'covered with a saucer. The slightest jar causes the conten;s to spill over the clean tablecloth and guess who gets (blamed for be• ing clumsy? Yes, it's the waiter. (Pathetic, isn't it?) AccusationA of being stuck-up at 'breakfast are charged against us, (but honestly, haw is a fellow to recognize same of the girls it they don't have their makeup on at breakfast? If they want service with a smile why not try giving s a smile occasionally? Some of .them haven't smiled since Dick Tracy captured `Prune Face" at "Flattop's Famous Flophouse." ' Regardless of all this, I don't think I would want the girls - to Change their habits, for our lives would be very dull and • there wouldn't be anything for us to look forward to....except to tell our children that "ME EIGHT SLOWEST 'COEDS OF ALL 'ATE AT ATHERTON' HALL." • Still ' , waiting" for you, JOHN ZOSZA.K Dairy Mien Hear Research Work A comprehensive report on var• ious research findings and a de tailed analysis of postwar dairy problems featured the two-day school for dairy fieldnien at the School of Agriculture last weds. About 100 fieldmen from Penn sylvania and neighboring states joined in' the sessions, -at which Dr. 'R. C. Dayton, -president of the Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers, presided. Frank Bushek, of the American, Dairy Association, was maim speaker at the banquet, outlining the program of the milk producera to build and maintain markets for milk and dairy products. Th also revealed that the producers, through the ADA, are financing intensive research to improve the quality of milk products as well as find new uses for milk. H. N. Cobb, of Towanda, new chairman of Pennsylvania's Milk Control Commission, pledged "an open ear" to producers and milk handlers on all future regulation of the milk industry in the State. He encouraged "open and frank discuisions"- from the farmer-pro ducers' as well as representativei of the milk processors, manufac turers, and other phases of the industry. The fieldmen saw at. first -hant4 developments of research at the College in many lines. I. 'E. Par. kin, extension dairy specialist, ex,, plained • the •managed - milking methods; John Deal,. 'extension entomologist; told of the use .of DDT in dairy barns; J. 0. AlflL. quist, research, and R. H. Olm stead, extension dairyman, re viewed the rapid progress being made in artificial breeding of dairy cattle in the State; A. W. Clyde, agricultural engineer,- anvi S. I. Bechdelm, reseach dairyman, showed and explained the mow drying of hay in barns. J. K. Thornton, agonomist, Dr. R. J. Garber, of the Federal Pasture Laboratory, had charge of the pasture experiment tour; J. E. Nicholas, agricultural engi• neer, explained milk coolers front the refrigerated standpoint; J. J. Reid, bacteriologist, outlined new methods of mastitis controL; anti E. L. Moffitt, extension farm man agement specialist. talked) on lab • or-saving devices on the dairy farm. J. M. Fry, director of agricut tural extension, and Dr. F. F. Lin inger, director or research, .assiFt ed in arranging the program for the dairy fieldmen.
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