Feb. 8, 1972 issue 03 Loquitur

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CABRINI COLLEGE, RADNOR, PA.

Vol. XVIII, No. 3·

February

8, 1972

TwoHundred Banned In Radnor by Rosemary French

La~bda

Chi Alpha is represented

as Mark Santucci sweats it out.

Exhibition Of Strand's Work Spans Fifty Years by Carol Mele

During the past three months, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has enabled visitors to gaze through the viewfinder at the same world that has been discovered and photographed by American photographer, Paul Strand. In a retrospective exhibition the museum displayed about five hundred of Strand's prints, dating from 1915 to 1968. The --~

p~r "'ints"'-wer-e-,; (f' arranged, "that visitors could detect both the that occupied a major part of progression and continuity of Strand's photographic career. Strands's technique during the After having photographed the fifty-three year span. Weekly familiar sights of New York gallery lectures accompanied and New England, Strand set the exhibit and provided inforout for distant localities. In the mation essential for a true evalearly thirties he photographed uation of the displayed photoNew Mexico and Mexico. In graphs. 1950 he moved to France and Strand, born in 1890, was from there made photographic ushered into his career by his excursions of his new homeland association with photographic and then of Italy, the Outer pioneers, Lewis W. Hine and Hebrides Islands, Egypt, MorocAlfred Stieglitz. Strand's earlico, Ghana , and finally Rumanest works are city-scapes of ia . While visiting each country, New York taken at innovative Strand succeeded in capturing angles, and candid portraits of "the spirit of the place" by sinNew Yorkers - the first atgling out the commonfolk, their ten;ipt in the history of photopeculiarities , their dwellings, graphy. As a purist Strand adand their natural surroundings . vocated using the camera for Besides presenting the artiswhat it does best, namely phototic achievement that is Strand's, graphing subject matter f~ir the museum exhibit paid tribute what it was and as it was. Acto the social accomplishment of cordingly, Strand used natural Strand's career by a continuous lighting and developed prints presentation of his film Mandirectly from either 8x10 or 4x5 hatta, a documentary about New negatives without enlarging or York. Strand has devoted ten cropping them . years to documentary film makStrand's characteristic style ing . has been described as a keen All of Strand's works that interest in and sensitivity to were shown reveal his meticupeople, texture, and tone, comlous · skill as a photographer, bined with the almost austere which is, more than anything way in which he isolates the else, "his ability to choose the subject from its context and right moment." The world as shows it with great clarity. discovered and phot~graphed by Most of Strand's subject matter Paul Strand is one 1'poised in is the commonplace, overlooked perfect balance" between the sights of existence. By focusing natural elements and the marks upon the commonplace, Strand of man's existence. discovered and captured "the The Philadelphia show which extraordinary in the very ordibegan in November closed Jannary." His nature photographs uary 30. After moving on to ·are close-ups (another first in the history of photography) of museums in St. Louis, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the subjects such as driftwood, iris exhibit will be held at the Meleaves, and his famous rain tropolitan Museum of Art in on a cobweb. New York and the Boston MuThe major part of the museum seum of Fine Arts during its exhibit consisted of the trave19,73-74 tour . logue series of photographs

Have you ever tried to explain to someone back home where yo_u go to college? Nine times out of ten they've never heard of it; some even look a little skeptical, as though you just made it up. How then, did a huge corporation like Ban Deodorant ever hear of us? We must have a name somewhere. When Ban came to Cabrini they had no trouble obtaining the necessary signatures for the wierdest experiment I've ever heard of. For those of you who weren't fortunate enough to participate in this experiment, it went like this: we received syringes fuil of deodorant Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, and then Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings Cabrini came alive at 6:30 as we sweated sweetly in the heated Woodcrest smoker. I don't think I'll ever walk in there again without breaking into a cold sweat . Getting up at 6:30 was an added treat, since everyone looked simply ravishing at that hour. I can 't even begin to list the wonderful m edical ber.efits this treatment gave us, such as

no sleep, sitting in a germ-filled heated room, racing into the snow from 90 degree heat, and so on and so on. . . . Another highlight of the experiment was the jolly, understanding director. He was such a joy to work with, and it was obvious that he cared very much for all of us. Aside from minor difficulties (like having deodorant squished in your ear ), things went well until Friday morning , when a lot of kids had trouble return-

ing after their Thursday night dates. The snow the night befoer turned Cabrini's entranceway into a parking lot. (If I were Father · Rudy, I would . live in constant fear of finding a car in my living room some morning. ) w~s Pay Day But Friday which made it all worth it . It was also announced that . the Ban experiment may become a way of life here at Cabrini , and just think of all the money you'll save on deodorant !

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Mai and Pas de Trois

Come to Phila. Special student rates for a program with unusual appeal for young audiences will be ofBobbie Bachi takes a last breath as Mary Liz Fitzgerald collapses. fered during the Pennsylvania Ballet ' s stint February 18-26 at the Walnut Street Theatre. Students with identification may order from the Ballet (250 The costs of operating private institutions are spiralling North Borad Street, Philadelupwards with no end in sight. Year after year, private phia 19102) up to two tickets at schools are confronted by the decision to cut back on oper$2.50 each for evening peration, to eliminate certain programs, or to raise tuition. formances on February 23 and The students are caught in a vicious circle. If tuition is to on 24, and · for the matinee be kept down, then activities which are vital to student Feb . 26. With student indeninterests are drastically cut or tification and this story or a eliminated entirely. With some of the Association, with Michele Pennsylvania Ballet ad clipped independent universities and Waldron (Cabrini) as secretary. from the newspaper, beginning colleges this is not enough, and The Association is in its emJanuary 26 students may pura tuition increase becomes imbryonic stage with its members chase tickets at the reduced perative. Slowly , private instiwork~ng to lay the foundation rate from the Walnut Street tutions are pricing themselves 'l;'heatre Box Office, Ninth and out of existence. Approximately for a viable organization. ObWalnut Streets. The Walnut's 5 percent of private institutions, j,ectives and guidelines are bestudent rush policy will prevail due to financial difficulties, have ing formulated while letters for all perfoqnances. found it necessary to cease ophave been sent to numerous Tickets, regularly $8, $6, and erations as of this year. Congressmen, Senators, and $5, are lower ' wp.en purchased In the interests of safeguardFoundations. It is hoped that at group discount. The Evening ing and preserving the role of the Association will be a catacurtain is 8:30 P.M. Matinees private education in America, lyst for the formation of a netbegin at 2:30 P .M. independent colleges in Philawork of organizations throughYoung audiences immediately delphia have come together and out the country which will work claimed MAI (MAY) as their formed the Association for Aid together to alleviate the finanown in France, where it has to Independent Colleges whose cial crises facing private instibeen added to the repertoires ' major objective is to improve tutions: companies. of many , youthful the financial position of private Anyone interested in helping A strenuous wor .k for three men institutions. At the present moin any way, should contact Rick set to eethoven's "Cor 'olanus" ment, the Association of Aid to Overture, MAI (MAY) was Independent Colleges consists of Wills, P.O. Box 1000, Villanova University; LA 7-2100 Ex. born of the student-worker rerepresentatives from Cabrini, 539, or Michele Waldron, Box volution in Paris in May 1968 Chestnut Hill, Ellen Cushing, ,49, Cabrini, MU 8-9621. and marks Patrick Frantz's Gwynedd-Mercy, LaSalle, Rosel;)irth as a choreographer. With mont, and VU}anova, with rethe Pennsylvania Ballet, it will presentatives from Bryn Mawr, Congratulations Beitver, Harcum, llaverford, celebrate its American premi~ ere. and Holy Family expected to and Best Wishes to Accompanying MAI (MAY) be incorporated into the organiKristen Elizabeth Schwarze throughout the week and a half zation soon. Rick Wills (Villa(Continued on Page 4) nova) has been elected chairman

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