FRIDAY. MAY 17. 1957 Art Measures Man's Nature By DR. AL! Director When the Premier of Ci York Times magazine sectic ‘‘The art of poetry is univei to us about the seasons, the time of nature.” When one being shown in vthe L’Her that the Russians, too, are high form of pictorial mea expressive and feelings ap When during World W< enriched western culture played by the leading orche mutual that here, indeed, ■ ency of the power of music of. history are turned to st tural form we may think, eternal truth captured in a tion. In architecture truly as he strives, all over, to ( These evidences of ma ever, lull us info seniimeni mind and heart. To trust 1 is to court disillusion, fo creators. In every man's constitt and fear, greed and jealoi heart side by side with 1 Knowing this, no sentimen pectations will dim the vs the arts, though their mar tlons may reveal also mar The arts are truly the tot pression of man. Therefore, a great critic like George Bernard Shaw points out that every great work of art has something of ugli ness in it. The scope then of art is the measure of man himself and it can bring forth his tears as well as his laughter. It can be appreciated in tragedy as well as in comedy. Its tone may be dark as well as light; its sounds dis sonant as well as consonant. A realization of the encompass ing quality of the arts makes al lowance for the hateful, the fear ful, the predatory and the en vious in man’s nature, and these are seen as no less a part of the makeup of man than are the qual ities for which he may be praised. An international—a world-wide appreciation of man’s highest aspirations as expressed in the Dr. Albert Christ-Janer most lasting form must freely admit the total nature of man. These qualities will then be seen to reveal,. altogether, the source of the world’s grief and joy. When this idea is fully grasped, the story of Faustus and of Hamlet take on a universal significance; Chekhov and Dostoevski join in expressing the common sorrow; the brooding sculpture of Buddha- speaks in silent eloquence to the west; the mournful cantor sounds his plaint for all to hear; Bartok unifies east and west in harmonics which are other-wordly to both; the soaring Gothic cathedral at Chartres can elevate the Moor and the earth-bound but far-flung influence of Frank Lloyd Wright can convince the Japanese. In all these ait forms the measureless depth of man is to be seen by the eye accustomed to the familiar and the strange; in calculable range can be heard by Ihe ear attuned to old and new. Thus, the message of art is world encompassing, no matter what the medium, and even though it expresses a form of distant cul ture. When the expectation of the observer and the listener is deep and broad,'the everlasting message of all the arts can and does overwhelm the petty, the limited, ascending to the heights, there to profess man’s eternal goal. This is true internationalism—not just a! matter of making a sentimental gesture to momentary enemies, not only a foolish expectation of friendliness where there is no friend ship, but, rather, a magnificent overwhelming reach across ages and across boundaries. This concept of art is one achieved after history’s lesson is learned: The world-engulfing conflict, looming monstrously before us, may in another' century be as insignificant as last Monday's issue of the New York Mirror, while the art form containing today's meaning will lower over the ages—a permanent monument to man's main strength. Transceneding man’s grievous sin, the arts—man’s best work —exhibit his wondrous perfection, to be universally comprehended. New SELECTION OF GIFTS SHOWER AND WEDDING Sue to Please the Bride-to-Be Treasure House tERT CHRIST-JANER , School of the Arts ird. of a Series ina, Mao Tse-tung, appears in the New n as a poet, our reasonable response is, sal. Here is our deadly enemy speaking budding, the flowering, and the seeding reads about the French Impressionists nitage Museum, the feeling is natural one with us in the appreciation of a ling, sharing our language of thoughts ireciative of the beautiful. r 11, the great German composers who lor. the past two hundred years were stras of allied countries, the feeling was vas another evidence of the transcend over the source of evil. When the pages idy the lasting monuments of architec “Here is idea made manifest; here is form suitable to its formulating civiliza there is evidence of man’s togetherness redit himself and his fellow men.” i’s unity and harmony must not, how al notions about abiding peace in man's he arts as some kind of magic panacea r the arts are only the part of their tion exist the constant emotions of hate sy. They live in the human mind and ive and trust, grace and magnanimity, al ex lue of ifesta- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 2-Day News To Convene The annual 2-day Pennsylvania Press Conference will open at 9 a.m. today at the Nittany Lion Inn. The speakers at the conference will include government repre sentatives, newspaper men and women and educators. Helm, Dent to Sj>eak W. Stuart Helm, speaker of the State House of Representatives, and John H. Dent, minority leader of the State Senate, will be among the panelists in the afternoon session. They will discuss “Prob lems of Harrisburg Dateline News.” The panel will be moderated by Joseph P. Ujobai, editor of the Phoenixville Republican and a member of the House of Repre sentatives. Other panelists are Burton W. Siglin, correspondent for United Press; Duke Kamin ski, correspondent for the Phila delphia Bulletin: and Charles W. Ettinger, correspondent for the Allentown Call-Chronicle. Walker to Give Welcome President Eric A. Walker will welcome the group at a luncheon at the Nittany Lion Inn. An other welcome will be extended by J. E. Holtzinger, president of the Pennsylvania News paper Publishers’ Association and pub lisher of the Altoona Mirror. Dr. James W. Markham, of the School of Journalism, will pre sent the Distinguished Service Award at a dinner tonight at the Nittany Lion Inn. The conference is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society of j Newspaper Editors. Pennsylvania [Newspaper Publishers’ Associa tion and the School of Journal iisrn. iSfafe Bank Executive To Give Policy Talk Belden L. Daniels, secretary of the Pennsylvania Bankers As sociation of Harrisburg, will speak at 2 p.m. Tuesdav in 121 Sparks. His subject will be the public relations problems and policies of the Pennsylvania Bankers As sociation. The meeting is open to the public. What’s gin fizz? Something you had at a party last week end? Something I had at a par ty last weekend? Something you take a bath in? NO, NO, NO! Gin Fizz is the newest shade of something-like-b e i g e-only lighter. A smart new shade that goes through spring, sum mer, and fall in top fashion. And, guess what? Simon’s has a complete stock of lovely, lovely, gin fizz shoes by Sand ler, Town & Country, Mada moiselle and Mannequin. Hi and mid heels, pumps and open shoes, in calf, broadtail or punched pigskin. 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Pfaff, West to Sing Pfaff will be soloist for Mo zart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Ma jor, K. 467 and Miss West will sing Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The concert will open with the “Four Centuries Suite” by Eric Coates. The last movement of this composition has been described as “a naive attempt to mold the 1918 jazz rhythms into a sym phonic form.” The program will continue with Now! The lipstick you’ll love to put m in the case you’ll love to s/1020 off/ New Du Barry Lipstick Only lipstick case that looks so beautiful while you use it ~.it almost flirts [or you! Here’s Show-Case.. .first case as lovely with the top off as with the top on! All that shows is Show-Case ... and its superb lipstick, new Lustre-Life! This lipstick glides on to stay... moistens and creams as it colors! There’s no lipstick like Lustre-Life... and look around— there’s no case like Show-Case! McLANAHAN’S Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 for piano and orchestra by W. A. 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