Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 03, 1965, Page Three, Image 3

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    Famous Chinese Artist
Exhibits in Art Museum
An exhibition of watercolor an<l
gouache paintings by one of the
foremost of modern Chinese ar
tists will open at the Museum of
Art ut the University Tuesday.
The artist is Wong Lui-Sang, a
leading painter of Hong Kong who
is now living in San Francisco.
Wong’s paintings of landscapes,
birds, flowers, animals and in
sects, with their poetic realism
and unorthodox style hold a high
place in modern Chinese art.
He has held exhibitions in
Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and
Taiwan. At the Asian Youth Art
Exhibition in lf>57, he won spe
Anti-War Group
Meets Tonight
At a Faculty Student Commit
tee to Stop the War in Viet Nam
meeting at fi pm. tonight in
room 13ft Commonwealth, plans
will be made to support and
broadcast a national teach in in
Washington, D.C., May 15
The teach in will be similar to
a number of protests held at
individual universities across the
country including the University.
It will include a policy con
frontation session which may in
clude Sec. of State Dean Rusk,
Sec of Defense Robert McNa
mara. and chief national security
adviser McGeorge Bundy.
In planning to broadcast the
session, the committee will use
a telephone hook-up The meet
ing is open to the public
Extra Chromosome
Mongolism Cause
An extra 47th chromosome in a
cell supposedly containing 4fi led
science to find that that the
extra chromosome was a major
cause of Mongolism.
Dr Paul Rasmussen of the t'ni
versity medical school spoke on
scientific study in mental retarda
tion before a convention of the
Oregon Assn, of Retarded Chil
dren. Inc. at the Student Union
Saturday.
Rasmussen credited science
probes and research with allow
ing specialists to view mental re
tardation as individual cases with
individual causes.
He pointed out that studying
human development in one series
allows better insight, rather than
fragmenting research.
The convention ended Saturday
night with a talk by State Sen
Edward Fadcley, D-Eugene.
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j cial commendation He received
' first prize in Chinese Painting
from Fairfield Foundation in New
York, and in 1902 he received
an award at the Los Angeles Mu
nicipal Art Festival
Wong Lui-Sang was horn in
lists also has lectured at the
; University of Southern California
and Occidental College.
Library Awards
AnnouncedSoon
Student libraries will be judged
this weekend in the .annual stu
dent library contest sponsored by
the Association of Patrons and
Friends of the University Library
and over $700 in prizes will be
awarded at a tea Saturday in the
University Library.
Prizes will be awarded to stu
dents having the best personal li
braries in several categories.
Money for the prizes was donat
ed by Eugene individuals and
businesses.
Several other prizes will be
awarded Saturday The annual Pe
ter Pauper Press essay contest
will give two awards, a ten vol
ume first prize and a five-volume
second prize, both from the Peter
Pauper Press.
Two other awards will be made
Saturday at the All-campus Sing
The Amy Loveman Award will be
given to a senior who wrote the
best essay describing the build
ing of his private library The
winner will be eligible for na
tional competition and a $1,000
prize.
The Josephine Evans Harp
ham Silver Award will be given
to the living organization having
the best recreational reading pro
gram.
The association sponsoring the
library contest also sponsors the
Browsing Room lecture series at
the University and has brought
many exhibits of books and his
torical records to the University
library.
The association will have a din
ner meeting next Monday at 6:30
p m. in the Student Union Rob
ert Vospcr, librarian of the UCLA
library, will speak Anyone in
terested may attend the meeting,
but must make reservations in
advance at ext. 1801.
A contribution of at least $1
per year will provide member
ship in the association
Ersted Award
Nominations Due
Nominations for the Ersted
award must be turned in to
Dean of Students Donald I)u
Shane’s office by 5 p.m. today.
Nominations may be made by
any student and the winner will
be announced at the June
commencement after judging
by a faculty committee headed
by DuShane.
Students may make either
one or two nominations. Let
ters of nomination must be in
cluded.
over
600 books
paper & hardback
50%
off
Monday, May 3
Co-op Bookstore
1258 Kincaid
In October, 1961, Wong ex
I hlbited his work.s in Washington,
| D.C. There, in a ceremony held
at the State Department, he pre
sented President John F. Ken
| nedy with one of his paintings en
j titled “Attempting to land on
the Moon.”
The “Paintings by Lui Sang- i
Wong” exhibition will he up in
Kwangtung, China, in 1928 and j
| began to paint before he reached
; the age of 20. In 1953, he was
graduated from Kingnam Art Col
lege, Hong Kong, one of the fore
most art institutions in Southern
\ China.
He came to the United States
in 1960 and has given one-man
shows in New York, Chicago,
Boston and other cities The ar
the Museum of Art through June
13
Museum hours are from 11 a m
to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thurs
days, and (jom 1 to 5 p m. on
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays. The Museum is
closed on Monday.
Mothers' Weekend
Registration
Registration for Mothers’
Weekend will be open Friday
and Saturday in the SU and
Carson Hall. A fee of $1 will
be charged. The living organi
zation wfth the highest percen
tage of Moms present will re
ceive a trophy at the All-Cam
pus Sing Saturday night.
Graduate Grant
Selection Opens
Competition for 1966-67 U.S.
government graduate grants for
academic study or research
abroad, and for professional train
ing in creative and performing
arts, opened officially Saturday,
May 1, according to the Insti
tute of International Education.
The scholarships, provided by
the Fulbright-Hays Act as part
of the educational and cultural
exchange program of the depart
ment of state, will enable more
than 800 American graduate stu
dents to study in any one of 55
countries.
The purpose of the scholarships
is to increase mutual understand
ing between the U.S. and other
countries through the exchange of
persons, knowledge and skills.
Candidates for the scholarships
must be U.S. citizens at the time
of application and have a bach
elor’s degree or its equivalent by
the beginning date of the grant
and be proficient in the language
of the host country. Applicants i
will be chosen on the basis of
academic or professional record,
feasibility of applicant’s propos
ed study plan and personal quali
fications. Candidates without
prior opportunity for extended
study or residence abroad and
who are under the age of 35 will
be given preference.
Three types of grants will be
available: U S. government full
grants, joint U.S.—other govern
ment grants, and U.S. government
travel-only grants.
Grants will be available to a
number of Latin American re
publics in several fields of study.
Applicants should have an in
terest in and knowledge of the
Latin American area or country
for which they are applying.
Preference will be given to sin
gle applicants who are well in
formed on the American politi
cal and social scene. Latin Amer
ican grant candidates may be call
ed for a personal interview.
Application forms and infor
mation may be obtained in the
Office of the Graduate school, 103
Johnson Hall
Use Emerald Classified Ads—
Phone 342-1411, Ext. 1818.
Opportunities for Qualified College
Graduates in the Field of:
PUBLIC RELATIONS, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, FIN
ANCE, INTELLIGENCE, SUPPLY, MANAGEMENT CONSULT
ANT, PERSONNEL, AND MANY OTHERS.
See Lieutanant Helen Crawford, Women's Army Corps, Sec
tion Officer, Student Union, 5-7 May 1965.
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