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Fr^dayl 3 May 197

GRADES YES. GRADES NO. REFERENDUM

From: COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION

1. A comment will be written by a faculty member on every student in his course each semester. The comment portion of the record will include reference to the following categories:

Ability Performance Interest/Participation

No grade will be recorded unless accompanied by comment). 2. In addition to the comment there will be a grade symbol! in­dicated by the traditional way by the letters A,B,C,D,F. {.the let­ter will serve to sharpen the focus of the comment). 3. A grade-point value will be assigned to each letter grade. (this will be very helpful to De­partment Reads and the Committee on Academic Standing in their ef—

From: STUDENT BOARD

1. A comment will be required of all faculty on every student in Ihis/her course. The faculty will respond to the student on specific [criteria such as Ability, Perform­ance, and Interest/Participation. 2. In addition to the comment, the student has the option of getting a letter grade (A,B,C,D,F) or Pass/ [Fail at each semester registration and for each course.

STUDENT BOARD I Two weeks ago there was a special faculty meeting to consider a rec-| ommendation by the Instruction | Committee for a grading system which Iincluded letter grades with cor­responding grade point averages and [mandatory comments from each in— istructor to each student. The meet-

This revised proposal will come up for a vote at the next faculty meet­ing on May 15.

The Student Board was asked to give an alternative or recommenda­tions for changes to the Instruction Committee and anyone interested was invited to attend a meeting they held last Wednesday. Unfortunately, only one person made it to that meeting (yea Martha!) but we had written an outline for an optional grading system combined with struc­tured comments. We received the in­formation that they were revising their recommendation, without what we felt were adequate responses to our proposal, with anxiousness. It seems likely that any proposal might be voted in at this time of the year without carefully considering what we feel is a good alternative.

We are presenting both the pro­posals briefly and asking all stu­dents to indicate which they would prefer. {.To be done at registration") We have been told a student refer­endum cannot affect the decision orvcse Vfc is maAi' , ii is

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MERLIN SZOSZ As the above Student Board "Ref­

erendum" suggests, the prospect of a return to letter grades (accom­panied by a written evaluation) once again is a viable possibility for next year. As reported two weeks ago ("A" for Effort) a pro­posal submitted to the April 17th meeting of the RISD faculty by the Instruction Committee, advo­cating a return to letter grades, was rejected by a narrow margin of 21 to 20. It seemed that the main reason why the proposal was re­jected was because many faculty members were unclear as to what was being emphasized in the new grading system: the letter grades or the accompanying written eval­uations .

It now seems that the Instruction Committee plans to submit a modified version of their proposal at the final meeting of the faculty, May 15. As written in the Referendum and explained to me by Merlin Szosz, Chairman of the Instruction Com­mittee, the emphasis for grading has been clearly placed on the writ­ten comment. The Committee will be broken into specific categories which include: ability, performance, interest/participation. The letter grades will be used "in addition" to the written comment, serving to "sharpen the focus of the comment."

There had been rumors that the April 17th faculty vote would be dis­regarded for various reasons, one of those being that many faculty members were unclear as to exactly

what they were voting on when the vote was taken. Mr. Szosz informed me that although the vote was "questionable" it was not being challenged by the Instruction Com­mittee. Instead the committee has modified the proposal ^o i.hat i t can be re-submitted and a new vote taken.

I then questioned Mr. Szosz what reaction the results of the student referendum (which is asking all students to vote on the committee's proposal or a Student Board sugges­tion of optional grades) would have on the grading proposal. He answer­ed that the results would have no effect on the committee or the con­tents of their proposal. He did allow that the results of a student referendum might affect the faculty vote. When questioned as to how much student input should go into a change in grading, Mr. Szosz made the remark that a lot of details relative to grades were "just pol­icy." He enlarged that statement by explaining that a grading system is a "vehicle for communication." He furthered that statement by say­ing that grades were basically "faculty decision," and that the students had had an input. By student imput Mr. Szosz was refer­ring to the poll taken by the In­struction Committee at the end of 1st semester. I asked if Mr. Szosz himself hadn't stated at the April 17th meeting that the student re­sponse to the survey was not enough to constitute a concensus. Mr. Szosz answered Lhu!. :.he ^>LL ha! ' een in­conclusive but quickly pointed out

that although the response was in­conclusive, it indicated that 90% of the students who responded (lk%), favored the retension of the writ­ten comment, which the committee had made the basis of the proposed grading system. Mr. Szosz also said that the students should realize that the measure of input is "not if you get your own way." I next asked why the committee had rejected the idea of an optional letter grade system (which is what the Student Board proposed). Mr. Szosz said that his personal opinion of an optional grading system was that it was a "mushy system" which was indecisive and created too much work.

Mr. Szosz's reaction to the Stu­dent Board Referendum was that, in his opinion, a referendum was an opinion that was a gut reaction; reactions result in more work and' thelnstructions Committee has been in existance for almost two years.

Mr. Szosz said that he did not regard the return to letter grades as the "step backwards" which many faculty members feel it to be. He sees it as a "step forward". He con­siders the record/non-recorded sys­tem "an experiement tern "an experiment that didn't work out."

I asked Mr. Szosz if he had any thoguhts as to how the faculty vote would go on the modified proposal. He said that he had no definite opiniion opinion but added that he was pre­pared to submit a backup proposal that a pass/fail system be adopted for next year. Lisa Cushman

fetters to the editor Grading, Play it Again,

The reporting of the special faculty meeting of 17 April was too brief to touch on the true significance of the issues, bring­ing the matter to a vote did not solve the problem, for half the faculty.

The proponents of the proposal, to return to alphabet grading, clutched the argument that several candidates for the graduate schools have lost out, in recent years, because of inadequate data in their RISD records. Although the facts in these cases would be difficult to produce, and almost impossible to judge fairly, it must be admitted that a certain proportion of these, and other rejections, were the result of comparatively poor performance, as seen in the students' port­folios , or as truthfully trans­cribed in confidential evalua­tions. After all- not every applicant to good graduate schools gets in, and very few receive financial assistance.

The teaching of the fine arts and their evaluation in face-to-face circumstances is difficult enough,but transmit useful qualitative information overland, by alphabet or cryptic comment, as one sends milk production figures on a

Holstein cow, borders on the ridiculous.

In certain fields of de­sign, where professional stan­dards are well defined by the personnel officers of potential employers, a structured grading system may be reasonable, al­though John Keats, in "The

Sheepskin Psychosis", makes the unholy alliance between the dip­loma givers, from Harvard to Hickville, and the real world (industry) as insane as a flea circus. Engineering subjects could always be graded arithmeti­cally, if an instant, objective report was acceptable. Only a part of the architectural courses, at RISD, falls in this area.

What I have tried to convey at the meeting was that no evalua­tion system, including grading by letters, or numbers, would be ef­fective if the faculty lacked diligence, or expressive power, in this specific function. Many fine artist-teachers are frankly illiterate when they see a form to fill in. I abstained from voting, because 1" am convinced that the two systems, or phil­osophies , which have so clearly polarized the faculty, can exist in the same institution. The registar's office would suffer,

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

1 would like -to "take Ike opportunity, before the last Press goes to press, to applaud and bring to your attention, one Jack Massey. Jack is someone whom I feel has in the past and is pres­ently doing an outstanding job handling and installing the various shows in. his charge.

His tireless and unselfish dedication to his performance of this sometimes menial duty, I hope, is not going unnoticed.

In working closely with Jack several times, on my own show at Woods-Gerry and most recently the faculty show, I

cP"Ulcl. not kelp "bixt be i-ajpressed by how his an. i m, patient, and un­derstanding manner and impeccable taste transformed situations of chaotic potential into seemingly simple tasks.

The fact that the faculty show is as outstanding as it is owes almost as much to the labor of love to the installation as it does to the quality of the work that is on view.

In what I believe to be a usually thankless job - I hope I speak for all of us in saying that it's all very much appreciated.

John Udvardy

editor's note The Newspaper would like to

thank AD Contact for making these last issues of the Press possible. So far AD Contact has contributed $175 and hopes to add another $175 to thi s amount.

AD Contact would like people to help next year with posters , letters, phone calls and general management.

Contact Gloria Root, #956.

until the quick Brown computer took over the load.

Students and faculty, need­ing accurate measurements of ac­ademic achievement (wats dat?) as tools of measurement tools to canalise their futures could have them, as easily as a particular General Motors custom­er gets rapid delivery of his white Cadillac with tan top and pink carpet, without so much as a raised eye-brow from the com­puterized production line. It was amusing, and prophetic, that the wannest and most vocal pro­ponent of letter grades was a liberal arts teacher, while his counterpart for the status quo was an architect, who persistent­ly upholds communication in the English language.

When the emotional dust settled, it was apparent that the grading problem can not be solved by a yes-or-no vote, leaving half the faculty with a bad case of intellectual in­digestion and the student repre­sentatives with an arbitrary, inescapable negative response to their request for a delay and a time for sober discussion of alternatives.

John W. Lincoln

SUMMER STUDIES ABROAD

The _ „ _ is oriented toward tali inp i>. wea.lth of experience offered by the city's architecture and mu­seums . However, studio work provides a chance to digest what one sees, to keep a continuity with one's work and thus to es­cape the role of a mere tourist.

The Studio is at the Amer­ican Center for Students and Artists, a building surrounded by the gardens on the Boulevard Raspail near Montparnasse. Facilities of the center are available to our students - a large library, gymnasium, swim­ming pool a.nd re staurant.

George Spaventa will be in charge of sculpture. He has been at the previous Paris sessions, is very familiar with the city where he prefers to live. Elaine de Kooning will teach drawing and painting as will Wayne Thiebaud and Nicholas Carone. There will be visits from artists residing in Paris.

Single rooms are available at the American Pavillion in the Cite Universitaire. The rent is $2U8.00 for the two months. Ap­plications for the reservations will be supplied by the school to accepted applicants who then apply directly to the American Pavillion.

Tuition for the eight weeks is $800.00. Partial reductions for monitor-shir^, arr- available.

Admission to e, her the sum­mer session in New York or Paris is by portfolio and interview.

For further information please write to the New York Studio School, 8 West Street, New York, N.Y., 10011.

Friday 3 May, 197 • Vol. II No. 10 Published weekly at the Rhode Island School of Design, Box F-7 2 Col lege Street Prov., R.I. 02903

Meetings Tuesday and Wednesday at 4:30 P.M. in front of the S.A.0.

One year's subscription mailed to your home: $12.00

JIm Coan Lisa Cushman — Editors Thomas Limone - Ass. Editor Ken Hartley Food Editor Staff-John Bratnober Sargent & Wright & Missel I Nina 7ebooker — Copy Quenn

Students On The C.F.A. At a special meeting of the

Committee on Faculty Appointments this past Wednesday (l May), three members of the Student Board, one member from the three major divisions, sought to clarify the Committee's position on having a stu­dent on that Committee. The Student Board sought for the posi­tion because from the outside the CFA seemed to be politically ori­ented and that the presence of a student would minimize some of the politicing and emphasize the cri­teria for hiring faculty that the Student Board feels more important, those being: 1. that the faculty member be a professional, 2. that he/she can teach. The student rep­resentative would insure that in­formation coming from a department concerning a faculty member reaches the Committee. This was rejected by the Committee which stated that any consultation on faculty appoint­

ments or promotions were of a con­fidential nature. Also the Commit­tee felt that student participation in this process would best be served at the departmental level.

At present the procedure of faculty appointment and promotion starts at the department level with the Department Head making a recom­mendation to the Division Chairman who makes a recommendation to the CFA, who in turn makes a recommen­dation to the President. The Dean guaranteed that a list of faculty members who contracts were up for consideration (renewal, appointment, promotion) would be made available so that the student body could voice their recommendation concerning the faculty member at the department level where it would obviously be most effective, then if they still do not feel satisfied, they could request to be invited to the CFA

through Dean Lay to make a presentation in the same fashion as the Division Chairman who makes a presentation to the Committee and then leaves to allow the Committee to discuss and vote on the recommendation.

Dean Lay suggested that the cells within each Division would be an effective means by which the stu­dents could participate in the faculty appointment process and that a Faculty Evaluation Form would be helpful in creating a resource by which recommendations could be made. During the discus­sion of the Faculty Evaluation Form. Charles Perla, Student Board De­partment Representative from Archi­tecture, suggested that since grades presently appear to be in vogue, that perhaps the faculty should be given an A,B,C...

Jim Coan

THE GREAT SALE SATURDAY, IVIAY 4

CERAMICS, PAINTINGS BY HEIDE& DIRK BACH PLUS "any IRRESISTIBLE ITEMS:

Antique Drugstore Scale, B&W TV, Dinnerware, Lamps, Dressers, Roll-top Pile Cabinet, Desks, Antique Steamer Trunk, Game Table, A Couch,

Books, & Funky Objects. T -k

HERE AT 216 OLNEY STREET

WifK STfV*j5 <*Tf *c fi tr

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TEAM TWO: (left to right) Lundberg, Crane, Linehan, Petrucci, Field­ing, Anne, Susie, Stairs, Kensinger, Tan, Barb, Allen, Wendy, Ulrich, MIA's: Addie, J. Coan, Hugel, Pierce.

Photo Credits: Rob DeLisle

I would like to thank Mr. Gor­don Allen, Mr. George Woodworth, Mr. Irving Haynes, Mr. H. Lane Smith, Ms. Lorraine Shemesh, and Mr. Ted Weller without whose assist­ance, understanding and cooperation, intramural softball '7^+ would not have been possible.

MATTHEW C. MASON I.M. Softball Director

REMINDER Buses will leave the N. Main St. parking lot at 10:00 on Saturday morning, May h, for the Student-Faculty softball game and picnic at the RISD farm.

INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL ...the long season

TEAM ONE 2-3-0

M. MASON

TEAM TWO 1-4-0

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TEAM ONE: (left to right) Front Row: (kneeling) Ken Winkler, third base; Eric Thergeson, short field. Second Row: Dana Leighton, OF; Matt Mason, catcher, manager, and coach ; Karen Johnson, OF; April Tome, OF; Jack. Moses, pitcher. Back Row: John 0'Hearne, OF; Peter Swanson, first base. Notably Missing: Jeff Kennedy, second base; Don Leighton, shortstop; Nancy Neweroski, RF; Ronald "The Phantom" Vestri, centerfield.

Team One finished with season with a promising 2-3-0 record a-gainst the teams of Brown Univer­sity. The disappointing third place division finish was due " largely to the problems plagueing an expansion ballclub, early sea­son injuries and weak hitting slow­ing the team in its drive to the play-offs.

The highlight in an otherwise distinctionless year was a stunning come-from-behind victory in the thrid game. The team was not dis­mayed by a 10-1 deficit early on, and came back with a last inning rally to win 1 -13. Credit for a big assist in that game goes to Brad Allen, Mike "The Babe" Russo, and the competant but elusive Frank Poli at second base.

Standout performances were re­corded throughout the season by Don Leighton at short, and the ever-dependable April Tome and John 0' Hearne in the outfield. Eric Thergeson was this year's recipient of the Rick Miller Memorial Award, given annually to the first player to join the spring-training roster. The homerun leader proved to be Jeff Kennedy, when no one mntohcd his total of 1, and. Matt Mason hit for the best percentage, going 8 for 12 at the plate and a .666 av­erage .

The outlook for next year is excellent. Many of this year's players will be returning next year, along with a good crop of rookies up from the extensive high school-farm system. There are plans to expand the league further to k teams, and the possibility of a full competition squad to make an all-out drive for the championship. Just wait'11 next year.

A NOTE OF BEREAVEMENT

Seldom in sporting history annals have teams of ludicrous talent, of omniabsent power, ascended to a level or greatmess. The "Red Bai­lers" of RISD Team #2, The New Champions of the World, comprise such a fluke. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to all other teams, for our success may be measured through their bene­volent ineptitude as much as by divine intervention. We'd like to remind any painters, apparel de­signers , ot other non-participating persons, that next season will be your big chance to release those sublimated "jock" tendencies. See you at Spring training.

DAVE STAIRS

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BROWN MOVIES 5

May 3, Friday: THE LOWER DEPTHS: 7:00, Car. Dir. by Jean Renoir, with Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet, Vlad­imir Sokoloff, Gorki's play about the dregs of soceity. (91 min. ) UMBERTO D: 9:30, Car. Dir. by Vittorio de Sica. De Sica Vittorio de Sica. The story invol­ves an old man and his dog, his only real companion. (88 min.) THE ENFORCER: 12:00, Car. Humph­rey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Everett Slone. 1951* Bogie as a tough D.A. trying to break up a crime racket. (87 min) May 4, Saturday: PYGMALION: 7:00, Car. Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson. The orig­inal Shaw drama that latter be­came MY FAIR LADY. One of Howard's best roles, a zesty classic. THE PEACH THEIF: 9:30, Car. The first Bulgarian film ever shown at Brown, about a small town at the end of World War 1, held vir­tually captive by an autocratic commander, who lives on an en­closed hilltop. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: 12:00, Car. John Barrymore, 1920. Possibly the best version ever filmed of this Robert Stevenson horror tale. Barrymore superb. May 3. Sunday: CAPTIVE'S ISLAND: An intense modern parable of ven­geance and hate. This work by Shinoda is a good example of the contemporary Japenese film scene. I SHOT JESSE JAMES: 9:30, Car. Dir. by Sam Fuller. Fuller once said. "If I ever meet Jesse James in the next world, I'll stomp his ass." The film expresses his ac­count of the way the nefarious

&->' £ >A> ^t. , ^ outlaw met his end. (8l min.) MaV 6, Mona-a-y THE GODFATHER-.

7-OO, Faunce House. Marlon Brando, A1 Pacino, Sterling Hayden. You know the rest. (l80 min.) CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON: 10:15, Faunce House. Dir. by Eric Rohmer, about a man pretty satisfied with his bourgeois wife and life­style, but every once in a while gets the itch to explore the

Students (work-study preferred larger world of women. (97 min.) but not essential) needed to work May 7, Tuesday: THE BIG KNIFE: at the RISD Alumni Clambake, June 7:30, List. Jack Palance, Ida

FOR SALE: Double Drum Set

w/22" zildjian cymbal, many access. $300.00, 751-3128, or bx 1143. Ask for Alan

FOR RENT Art Studios, building occupied by artists. No living in. $50 and up. Chernov Bros., 114 No. Main st., 751-H910.

FOR RENT Large brick garage, 50' wide, 65' long, 20' high. Sky-light. Suit­able for sculpture. Chernov Bros., Ill* No. Main St.!, 751-4910

FOR SALE: 1 pair of Superex professional

stereo headphones, model "Pro" B, with woofer & tweeter in each ear­piece. 30ft. of cord. Excellent cond., rarely used. List price $50, must sell $25. Bo

BOX 1132 or 331-8315

CALENDAR Friday May 3

'8-11 FM 9-3 AM

Saturday May 4 All Day (to 10 AM ' 13 AM - 4 P:

7 PM - Vii drM 6 "•'M- 8 PM

Sunday May 5 11:30 AM All Day 7 PM 8 PM

Mono an, M . y 6 4-6 PM 7-9 PM

Tuesday May 7 10-Noon

3-5 PM 7-9 PM 2-4 PM

4:30-6 PM

W e d n e s a v M a v 8

Thursday May 9 n~ 1 • 20 •' • 4:80-4 rM

Friday May 10 10 PM-2 AM

S aturday May 31 9 AM-4 PM Ail Day

Aud Refectory

A1 umr?i Film Pestiva1 Dance - Fine Arts Society

PJ4) Aud Puppet Rehearsal - Amy Cohen No. Main St. Parking Lot Z Busses to Harrington Barrington Student-Faculty Softball and

Picnic Seniors - Painting TKD

(To Be Announced) Aud

St. St up lien' s Ch ur ch Aud Upv- er Refectory A ue

Aud CB 322

Aud

Aud Aud CB 432

CB 322

Orpheus Terrace.. Aud

CB 412 CB AXl-

Re f ec t c r y and Ter r a ce

Episcopal Service Rehearsal • P uppets - Amy Cohen Catholic Mass-Performance - Puppets - Amy Col -

Modern Dance - Verna Blair Mr. Dwyer

Ma r k Br is tea's Air.e r- ic a -Per form--nee M' r k Br is l v\. "s A: 2 r i: a Mark Brisrow's America Lecture: Douglas Huebler for Mr. Horowitz Mr. Dwyer - Lecturer - African Rock Art

Ceramics Sale ' ' Gyrogy Kepes -- Lecture

Slide Lecture - Lei and Bc-H Mr. Bach Art Histo

Barrington Aud

RED BALL (free with RISD ID - Personal Guests of RISD -?1.50 - at SAO)

Freshmau Pi r>jects Mr. Junules - Video laue Show

CLASSIFIEDS 2« (.the day alter graduation; .Lupino, Rod Steiger, SHELLY WINTERS, Pay is low hut food is plentiful. Wendall Corey. Clifford Odets' Jobs include bartenders, ticket expose of Hollywood stereotypes, sellers, ticket collectors. Trans- (ill min.) portation to and from RISD Farm BITTER VICTORY: 9:30, List. Rich-will be provided if necessary. ard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Ro-Please contact Carol Nugent as_ man. A tense WWII charactor drama soon as possible. about an incompetent officer who

leads a mission against Rommel in the desert. (82 min.)

CALIFORNIA or bust — THE GODFATHER: 7:00 & 10:15, Faunce I need a ride west in early June, House. call Steve: 831-7841, bx 915 May 8, Wednesday: CH0LE IN THE

AFTERNOON: 7:00 Faunce House. THE GODFATHER: 9:00, Faunce House.

FOR SALE: Feather-filled sleeping bag,

U.S. Mountain Regular, with cotton liner & Kelty stuff bag. Good to sub-zero temps., excellent cond. Will sell for $25.

BOX 1132 or 331-8315

BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE

fine books art & school supplies

We Buy Used Books Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

store hours mon.wed 9am-5pm tu.th&fri 9am-6pm Thayer St. at AngeII

sat 10am-5pm te( 863-3168

• EVENTS Kenneth Olsen, a junior in

the painting department, has re­ceived a scholarship for summer study at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skov­hegan , Me. .

Applications for September (1974) admission to the Rhode Is­land School of Design total 3,102, which represents a 5% increase over last year's figure of 2,962, George Warren, RISD director of admissions has announced.

Of the total figure, 1,7-1*0 are for the freshman class, a-gainst 1,730 last year; 875 are for advanced standing, un­dergraduate, against 793 last year; and 487 are for the graduate division, against 439 last year.

Mr. Warren noted a 38% in­crease in the number of applicants to advanced standing in the arch­itectural studies: 352 this year against 255 last year.

Letters are being mailed to applicants this week. As in previous years, more offers are being made to Rhode Islanders in proportion to applications re­ceived than to applicants from any other state. Last year, lb% of the entering freshman were state residents, while only 6% of the applications came from Rhode Island. The exact make­up of this year's freshman class will not be known until late summer.

Admissions to the college of art, which has 18 degree-grant­ing departments, is based on grades and. evaluations of a. portfolio ,

which all applicants must submit. High school art marks are not con­sidered, nor are math and science marks except in application to the division of architectural studies. Each year about 90 ex­ceptionally-promising artists are admitted on the basis of port­folio evaluations alone.

MEMORANDUM FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE

We are rapidly approaching the end of the 1973-74 academic year and must advise each of you that all financial obligations of the School will have to be satisfied on or before May 15th.

This is particularly important to all Seniors, Fifth Year Architects, and Graduate Students who will not not be permitted to participate in Graduation ceremonies if their accounts are in arrears.

The Registrar will be supplied a list of all students who have not made satisfactory arrangments for payment of balances due and is in­structed to hold up issuance of grades, transcripts and diplomas.

All of the following areas are affected by this ruling: ACCOUNT: Tuition Accounts, Lab Fees, Library Fines, etc., Books store Accounts, and SAO Loans.

If you are in doubt on any balances owing, please check with the appro­priate office.

NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPES BY AARON DRAPER SHATTUCK

19th century works by a painter associated with the masters of the White Mountain School and the second generation Hudson River School.

April 19, 1974 - May 26, 1974

Also on view: SELECTED STUDENT WORK FROM THE ART

CENTER WORKSHOPS April 19, 1974 - May 5, 1974

A state-wide committee of over 100 citizens is currently planning the annual "happening" known as SUNDAY ON THE BUTLER GREEN.

Sponsored by the Butler Hospital Auxiliary, SUNDAY ON THE BUTLER GREEN had become a Mother's Day tradition for literally thousands of Rhode Islanders.

All college and university people are most cordially invited to share the fun of the May 12 festivities.

We thank you very much, in ad­vance, for your kind co-operation in this great all-comminity project.

^u dale OF ORIGINAL GRAPHIC ART

Brockton Art Center Fuller Memorial Oak St., Upper Porter's Pond Brockton, Mass. Sat. May 4, 1974 10AM to 6PM

Fifty recent photographs by Aaron Siskind will be on view at the Light Gallery, 1018 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., from April 30 - May 25. The photographs executed within the last two years, are from the series Homage to Franz Kline.

Mr. Siskind is an adjunct teacher in the department of photography at RISD. The Light Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 30 a.m. to 6 p.m..

Photographs by Chester J. Michalik will be on view at the Carl Siembab Gallery of Photo­graphy, 162 Newbury Street, Boston from April 26 to May 25 Mr . Michalik is associate

^5°rfeSSO-r* film studies at ±\-LSD •

FRESHMAN FOUNDATION KITE DAY, May 11, 1974, School Farm —Bar-rington, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

BLOOD DONORS NEEDED Three pints of blood are

needed to replace three pints of blood recently given to Ms. Rose Karlin, former keeper of the slides in the RISD Library. Ms. Karlin is critically ill and in the intensive care unit of the Miriam Hospital. Her sister, Ms. Myrtle Karlin, will pay the donors.

Those willing to offer blood should call the hospital (274-3700) during the following hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30 -7:00 Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 Saturday, 8:30 - 3:30 State that you wish to be a blood donor for Ms. Rose Karlin. Then call Ms. Myrtle Karlin at 723-4923.

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN SUMMER

WORKSHOPS For College Students

June 24 — August 2

Introductory, intermediate and advanced workshops in photo­graphy are among the summer courses being offered at RISD from June 24 to August 2. Class­es are small and informal. The beginning anu -uiLer mediate courses are classic introductions to photo­graphic seeing and are designed to develope photographic percep­tion and craft control. The ad­vanced course emphasizes individ-

develo-nement , xri+.h

cjJ g reat historical and present —

day photographers. Full assist­ance will be given to overcome difficult technical problems .

Each workshop is a 15 hour, two and one-half day week and is an optional three-credit course.

There is a fee of $240.00 for each six-week workshop, a lab fee of $12.00, an optional dark­room fee of $15.00 and a refund­able $45.00 deposit for studio and darkroom kit.

Room and board is available. In addition to the photography workshops there are 30 other sum­mer courses in fine arts, crafts, and design.

For further information, write Bruce Helander, Director of Summer Sessions, RISD, 2 College St., Providence, R.I., 02903..

THE GUND COLLECTION OF .-.WESTERN ART

Paintings and sculptures by Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Remington, Charles Russell and other artists who worked in the Old West.

"RHODE ISLAND EARTHWORKS", a juried exhibition of Rhode Is­land artists and students work­ing in clay will be sponsored by the South County Art Association June 13 through June27, 1974.

All Rhode Island artists and students working in this media are invited to enter. For more information contact before June 1: Rhode Island Earthworks, South County Art Association, Helme House,.1315 Kingstown rd., Kingstown, Rhode Island, 02881..

(401)331-8363

Dial the Rhode Island School of Design Information Line for

current Student, Museum, Alumni and community activities.

HR5. DEflLY'5 K ITCHEN One last column and I'm through.

I've been saving for this occasion because fresh cucmbers are not a-vailable until summer. This is a-nother old Penna. Dutch recipe.

7 DAY PICKLES 7 lbs. Medium-sized Cucumbers 1 qt. Vinegar 8 cups sugar 2 tbsp. salt 2 tbsp. pickle spices

Wash the cucumbers and cover •with boiling water. Let stand for 2k hours and drain. Re­peat each day for 1+ days, us­ing fresh water each time.

On the fifth day, cut the cucumbers into \ inch slices. Combine the vinegar, salt, and spices. Bring the liquid to a boil and pour over the sliced cucumbers. Let stand for 2k hours.

Drain the syrup and bring to a boil. Pour over the cucumbers again. Let stand for another 2k hours.

On the seventh day, drain off the syrup and bring to a boil. Add the cucumber slices and bring to a boiling point, but do not boil^. Pack the slices and syrup in .iars (similar to canning fruits and jams).

It is best to have a large ceramic crock to do this all in. Also, don't put a cover over it - bile it stands.

The pickles come out unlike any other type of pickle I've ever had; they are swe«-t and sour. x' vc naci s weet and sour relishes , but they never tasted like this. Al­so, I think they taste better chill­ed, but some people like them at room temperature. Try both ways and decide for yourself.

As I've said at the beginning, this is my last column, which means as of the publication date of this issue, a vacancy ex­ists for a writer who thinks that he/she can maintain the high ideals of culinary excellence and journal­istic supremacy that this column

has strived for. As one of my last acts as

author of this column, I would like to present some awards:

To President Rantoul, the Emmett Kelly Award, for being a sad clown.

To Dean Lay, the Bing Crosby Award, for his crooning inno­cence.

To Merlin Szosz, the Dr. John the Night Tripper Award, for being in the right p.lace at the wrong time.

To Dr. Ostrow, the Jefferson Davis Award, for his secessional attitudes.

To George Warren, the Cape Cod Award, for being a dead fish.

To Charlie Dunn, the Buster Keaton Award, for being the fall guy.

To Caroline Hawes, the Eliz­abeth Arden Award, for being the last chance.

To Caroline Davies, the George McGovern "vard, for trying to work within the system.

To Gordon Allen, the Wayne Wong Award, because he is really a hot dogger at heart.

To Joe Burns, the J. Edgar Hoover Award, for being able to sit back and be on top of a situation.

To Warren Luther, the Mississippi Award, for running off at the mouth.

To Tom Sqouros, the Lon Chaney Award, for his role as a phantom.

To John Uvardy , "thie Robert Frost Award, because "Good fences make good neighbors."

To Fenno Hoffman, the Polly-anna Award, for his failure to be paranoid. .

To Tom Morin, the Diane Arbus Award, for seeking the grotesque.

To the Sagitarrii , the Andy Pratt Award, for their work as A-venging Annie.

To Mahler Ryder, the Veruschka Award, for magazine model of the year.

To Arnold Prince, the Joyce 7 Kilmer Award, for best use of a tree.

To Frank Tarney, the Antis-thenes Award, for possibly being the only person I have met who might be more cynical than I.

To Wes Troy, the Carl Jung Award, for her work toward the preservation of sanity, sanctuary, and the English language.

To Luise Kimme, the Norman Mailer Award, for gauche behavior.

To Bob Reid, the Cleavon Lit­tle Award, for the best dressed artist of the year.

To Diane 01sen, the Rudyard Kipling Award, for keeping her head while those about her are losing theirs. And a few more.general awards:

To the drivers of Rhode Is­land, the Alpha-Omega Award, for trying to save the world by attemp­ting to run down everyone at RISD.

To the motorcyclists of Rhode Island, the DeclDel Award, for almost reaching the level of pain.

To the city of Providence, the Thin City Award, because it just hasn't made it yet.

To Bovi's Town Tavern in East Providence, the Sanctum Sanctorum Award, for being a real place to hide.

And of course, to the ubi­quitous Mrs. Dealy, the Lamont Cranston Award, because only the Shadow knows.

Since this is my last column, I have two quotes for the week. The first given to me by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous :

"She offered her honor, He honoTffl her offer ,

And oJL.1 t^roug?! tne nigti t It was offer and honor. "

The second is one of my own favor­ites :

"In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants , and the other is getting it."

-Oscar Wilde

sound/ silence ensemble

Tuesday May 7,1974 9 = 30 pm Big Moth er Coffee House , Brown U. free

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a lecture in the r.i.s.d. auditorium wed., may 8, at 7:30 p.m.