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The Clackamas Print
Wednesday. March 3. 1993
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Fountain artist provides look at past
by Robert A. Hibberd
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Much has been said and writ
ten about the historical figures
who appear on the courtyard foun
tain. But who is the artist respon
sible for creating the faces of the
figures who emerge from the con
crete?
Lee Hunt was selected from
a group of 12 artists who submit
ted slides in an attempt to become
the artist whose work would for
ever grace the campus of CCC.
“Of the 12 major entries we
received, we paid three artists to
submitproposals,” said Assistant
Dean of Humanities John Hooley
who was instrumental in the over
all creation of the courtyard foun
tain. “We felt that Lee (Hunt)
was our best choice.”
Hunt started her work on the
fountain in July of 1992 and it
was prepared to install them that
December.
“It would have been nice to
have three or four years to work
on this project,” she said in retro
spect. “But this was a six-month
project.”
Hunt said that in order to
represent the historical figures
accurately, she would have to
attain more insight into their per
sons through research.
“It was wonderful to be able
to gain a deeper view of these
people, some of who I had never
heard of,” Hunt said.
Hunt talked of William
Shakespeare as an example of the
type of research she did in prepa
ration for her work on the foun
tain.
“I listened to several audio
tapes of his work (Shakespeare),”
Huntrelayed. “Ialsoread several
anthologies of his writing. It was
difficult to choose a quote from
him because of all the many great
things he’d said and written.”
Hunt finally settled on:
“For God’s sake, let us sit
upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the
death of kings.”
Hunt most enjoyed creating
the face of Emily Dickinson.
“She was just a terrific per
sonality. I really enjoyed doing
her,” Hunt said. “Although, she
was a bit difficult because there
are not a lot of photos available of
her as an adult.”
W. Edward Deming and
Grace Hopper were among the
faces that Hunt said were the
most challenging to create.
“Their faces are so sweetand
Photo by Nolan Kidwell
Lee Hunt was selected from a group of 12 artists to create the faces of the historical figures
seen on the fountain in front of the Dye Learning Center. She began working on the faces
in July of 1992 and was prepared to install them in December.
wise and they are also a bit older,”
Hunt said. “These are elements
which are more difficult to bring
across.”
Although quite a lot of work
has already been done on the
fountain, there is still more that
needs to be accomplished. The
pools need to be sand blasted, the
faces need to be polished and
Hunt still needs to install the
bronze covers she made for the
spouts.
Once the courtyard fountain
is completed, Clackamas will
have a way of remembering a
diverse group of historical fig
ures for as long as the fountain
stands.
“My hope is that people who
see the faces on the fountain will
take the opportunity to find out
more about the persons dis
played,” Hunt said.
This would not be difficult.
The library is only a few steps
away.
One student's experience...
Five international students speak to young mothers
by Claudia Smulders
Staff Writer
When Ellen Burbridge, the
international counselor at
Clackamas, asked me if I wanted
to speak toaclassofwomenabout
my country, my first reaction was:
“Oh no. No way I am going to do
that.”
But then she gave me some
more information which made me
change my mind. Burbridge told
me that it was a class full of girls
who are part of the Monroe Pro
gram . This program is for women
age 12 to 21 who are either preg
nant or are already mothers. This
program makes it possible for
them to still go to school while the
school takes care of their babies.
And they wanted to know about
family life, women’s roles, cus
toms related to child-rearing and
education of girls in countries
other than the U.S.
Thursday, after a crazy ride
through downtown Portland, we
arrivedat the public school where
the women were already waiting
for us. We were with five girls:
Bibi from Colombia, Mitchyo
from Japan, Annet from Ger
many, Ellen to give us some sup
port from the U.S. and me from
Holland. Since we were late be
cause of the downtown traffic, we
just ran in the class and started.
We all introduced ourselves
and told them a little bit about our
families, the way we were raised
and our lives back home. We were
sitting in front of the class and,
while the others were talking, I
had a chance to take a good look
at the girls in the classroom.
There must have been about
30 of them. Some were white,
while others were black, but they
had one thing in common: to me
they all looked way too young to
be either pregnant or to be moth
ers, The class teacher, Joel
Shapiro, told me later that the
average age was 16.
After all of us had talked
âboutour nativecustoms, the girls
started asking us all kinds of dif
ferent questions. From political
questions: “Is there freedom in
your country?,” (to Annet), “How
did you feel when the wall came
down?,” to questions related to
their own situation: “Are young
single mothers discriminated
against in your country?” and “Do
you have â school like this in your
country?”
To our great shame, we all
had to answer no to this question.
In Japan, it still isn’t even ac
cepted to have a baby without
being married. In Colombia, it is
getting better, butpeople still look
funny at you when you areayoung,
single mother.
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pean countries is a different one.
Everything is so open, we get sex
education when we are about 9
years old. You can get birth con
trol everywhere, so you don’t re
ally see a lot of young, single
mothers. I am not saying that they
aren’t there, but it just doesn’t
happen as often as in America. If
it happens, then they just drop out
of school, which is areal shame.
I think that it also has a lot to
do with die way European girls
plan their lives. You go to high
school, then to a university. In the
meantime, you might live with a
boyfriend but you don’t get mar
ried yet, and then start your ca
reer. You will work on that until
you are about 25 or 30, then start
a family. You take care of them
for a while and go back to your
career, which is, I think, a total
different attitude then the Ameri
can girls have.
After the girls had asked all
oftheir questions, we asked them
if toey would show us the childcare
facilities. They were happy to do
that and showed us the two differ
ent rooms. One was for the really
young babies and the other one
was for the more mobile babies.
One of the girls who showed us
around picked up her 5-month-
old son. She couldn’t have been
any older than 14 years old. To me
it almost seemed like she was
playing house.
Walking to our cars after we
said goodbye, Ellen said what all
of us were thinking: "Doesn't it
make you feel so fortunate that
you aren't in their situation?"
Womens Poetry Reading
Two women poets will read their poetry at Clackamas
Community College on Wednesday, March 10, atnoon in
the Gregory Forum.
The reading by CCC English instructor Kate Gray
and Paulann Petersen, a teacher at West Linn High
School, is free and open to the public.
Gray, who holds a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative
Writing from the University of Washington, has been
published in regional magazines like Poetry Northwest
and Seattle Review. She has won awards from the
Oregon State Poetry Association and has completed a
manuscript entitled No Special God.
Petersen, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University,
has also been published in a number of magazines,
including Wilderness, Hubbub, Callyx, and Sequoia. She
is currently teaching poetry writing for th e Oregon
Writers' Workshop at the Northwest Institute of Art.
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