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Exhibit Opens
Struggle to j Start Center,
Success Since Recalled
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Salem's fedejrat art center, Jn
the old hlgi school building, haa
come Ions wayfrom ita early
struggles .la financing to Ita Tob
servanee of Founders day, with
an exhibit Jf 1260,000 -worth of
oil paintings, one of the most
pretentious dli plays "ever shown
la Oregon.
Since a group of civic minded
Salem people lot together la No
vember, 1837 to dlacuaa the
possibility of a carting an art cen
ter here, 150 boys and girls, men
and women 1 are amended the
classes that were soon made
aTailable withe ut charge as re
sult of thla group's efforts. At
tendance at the center la ita two
years existence Jas reached
141.481. "
Thla group, which caught -the
gleam of worth In the art center
program, j soon undertook to
raise the money needed from lo
cal aonrcea to obtain the nation
wide federal art project'a back
ing. Ita members saw commun
ity good, community recreation
and aid to potential home artists
la the project through the art
exhibitions, art school and gen
eral art program which it would
bring to Salenk.
CI aba, ftchools Help
As a result I clubs, schools and
other organizations were emist
ed in a financing campaign, car
ried on bv various forms of
. benefits and a beaux arts ball
as well as by personal subscrip
tion. It wasj estimated 1000
school children and their teach
ers joined In i helping bring the
center here.
Two years ago this month the
attractive Salejn Art center open
ed Its doors fin its present loca
tion. Its two I years of actiTitiea
would fill a,tjookv
The Art center maintains gal
leries with exhibitions changing
at -about three week intervals.
Exhibitions of both national sig
nificance and local Interest hare
been presented! Memorable among
exhibitions arte such as , these:
Walt Disney (original paintings,
ftfct Centuries! of Etchings and
Lithographs, Mayan art. Index
of American ! Design, Art from
TImberllae xdge, work by
Kaeths Kollwitx. famed German
refugee artist the art j of Dan-
mier, great 19tn century rrencn
artist.- In all ! over 100 art ex
hibitions, national and local, hare
been presented. '
A review "if the At center
program for the past two yeara
corera a diversity of activities,
such as extension classes in the
state tuberculosis hospital, rec
, reatlonal prtojfram at Silverton,
classes at tbie YMCAi summer
camp, a varied series of exten
sion talks and lectures, besides
a weekly program or gallery lec
tures fori students and the pub
lic. Fifty weekly radio talka
?-av.e been given by guest apeak-
! era from Salem and other cities
a well as memners or tne ait
center staff. Public serrices In
clude the making of posters for
public agencies such as the Sal
em Philharmonic orchestra, Sal
em Youth center, Marlon County
Public Health association, de
signing and executing stage set
ting for the memorial service for
the state American Legion con
vent ion, assistance In designing
f nruiture for Salem Youth cen
ter, completion of two murals for
Bush school and one mural for
the Garfield school.
-. Blind Stud ruts Study Art
s A feature of . the extension
work haa been the Instruction
given 22 students from the state
blind school, who coma to the
art center once a week for mod'
e'.ing.
Rotating exhibitions have been
maintained in the following ex
tension galleries: Salem public
library, Salem chamber of com
merce, Barbara Barnes dance stu
dio. , McKlnley school, Washing
ton school, BUsh school and Sal
em xoutn center, r
Courses are 'bow offered In
painting, , drawing, sculpture, cer-
- amies, weaving, juid commercial
art. Twenty tiro artists from Ore
gon, California, Chicago and New
York have taught short courses
at various times since the open
ins. Most of them have been
guest instructors, bat a regular
staff of four to six teachera Is
employed.
In general, efforts are to make
work in .the classes a reflection
of community needs. Large num
bers of people are given general
training wlta facilities for the
few who do j want to go beyond
the recreational and avocational
use of art Into advance study
Classes are Conducted so as to
promote initiation and Individ
anlity of expression, to capture
the imagination and interest of
students, and to guide their ap
preciation 01 art through firat
hand knowledge of the materials
and techniques , of all the tine
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"The Catskill Mount alns, by Frederick Kdwla Omrch, one of the paintings oa view this afternoon at
the Salem Art Center for Founders day. . Church, born la 182a and diedjn 10OO, painted this ia 1S52
at the height of his abUities. This has been lent from the Albert Bierstadt collection of the "Valker
Art Center of Minneapolis. Church is recognized as one of the masters of American painting.
Art Classes
Take it from a gallery attend
ant, or guide, at the Salem Art
center, this two-year-old Institu
tion has proved a tourist attrac
tion. Visitort from nearly every
state and from more than 60
towns and cities of Oregon have
registered at the center, accord
ing to Carol. 3. Dibble of the
Center ataff.
Many Interesting comments
have been : passed, many out of
the ordinary sidelights cast on
the Center's program. Some of
them are recalled by Miss Dibble
as follows:
"A book ; compiled of the com
ments overheard by a gallery at
tendant in jthe Art Center would
be a best-seiier. uiea wun
laughter, Bathos, and drama It
would give; one a very real ana
different mental approach to art.
"A llttlefof the voiced entnus-
lasm whic'v echoes In the 1 ears
of the gallery attendant is oc
casionally put oh record and in
cludes such comments as this by
the wife of a newspaper man of
statewide feputation: I knew the
Center woild go rather slowly,
but I thirek what has been ac
complished,? In so short a time
Is raarvelcais.
ercbant Notes Center's Effect
"A Salem merchant remarked:
'I've noted fan improvement In ar
tistic discrimination and the stan
dards of taste among our pa
trons Binds the art center came
to town.' if
"A young business woman who
spent treasured leisure moments
in the Center galleries: - 'You
know you( have to be exposed to
pictures t understand them and
this Center la changing the view
point of ijeople and I've aeen it
taking place.'
Anothifer business man In
specting ibe Center- declared: 'I
was one pi the early republican
objectofa to the WPA idea in
volved lq the Center, but upon
seeing and hearing what a place
this Center Is, I am entirely con
verted to its need.' An official
on the social compensation board,
aeeking a loan of federal paint
ings for his office, and meanwhile
looking the Center over aald: 'At
firat It aeemed a waste of money
to me t set up all these needy
artists, bat when I see the wide
spread scope and vitally construc
Effort Necessary
To Prevent Loss
PORTLAND, Ore.. June S-tiP)f-
Newton ?. Fair of Chicago, presi
dent of the National Aasociation
of Real Estate,. Boards said today
"the apreading oat of city popu
lation to a very wide auburban
area Is a process which Is going
on in most American cities."
"Action with scope enough to
ease the transition and prevent
huge unnecessary losses in central
estate values will require coordi
nated effort of! business groups,
owners of business and residen
tial property and municipal au
thorities, he told the associa
tion's Pacific northwest regional
conference.
"We need to attack the prob
lem of low coat housing as a part
of a much larger program which
our urban communities are strug
gling with and must solve," he
added. "If we can achieve success
ful neighborhood rehabilitation
and redevelopment, we should
solve many of the problems wblch
are now thought of principally as
low cost housing problems but
which in reality reach much fur
ther In their effects upon real es
tate valuea and upon municipal
tax etruetures.,
Services Monday
Fori Mrs. Brant
Funeral serrices tor Mrs. Ruth
A. Brant, St.! who died at her
home here Saturday, will be held
Monday at 3:30 p. m. from the
Clough-Barrtek: chapel. Conclud
ing rites, under auspices of Hal
Hibbard auxiiary No. 4., will be
at City View cemetery. ! -
Ruth Purdy, born at Lansing,
Iowa, came to Salem when three
years of age. In 1904 she was
married to Charles W. Brant. She
was a member of the First Pres
byterian church." : -Uf
, Mrs; Brant was past president
of Hal Hibbard auxiliary, USWV,
and junior vice president of the
statje organization. At the time of
her death she: resided at 434
South Cottage street.
Survivors . are the ! husband.
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tive influence of the whole thing
it takes, on an entirely different
front.' j
"In reply to those who feel the
Center does not meet a practical
need and hence ia not a vital
necessity in the schema of things,
the reflection, of a man active In
Grange, and rural activities bears
study. 'The people In the country
districts are not In actual want,
they don't lack for the material
things of life, but they do need
mental stimulus, food for their
minds, and the state of depres
sion la so universal they are on
the way to insanity It something
like these Center classes and Its
creative functions doesn't save
them.'
Logger Studies Drawiac
''Unique among othera la the
logger who, during j his slack
season, came to Salem and the
Art Center. And took every
course he could get, and a house
keeping room in the next block.
He. always wanted the ! work, had
always drawn by himself and
unto himself, but never had op
portunity for personal Instruc
tion, outside of a correspondence
course. He stayed till he had to
go back to camp. Two young men
in overalls went through the
galleries, picture by pictsrej sta
tue by statue. Finally they came
to the desk and said to me, 'Do
they teach drawing In these
rooms?" Assured that auch was
exactly the case, and told further
of the whole purpose and Idea of
the Art Center, one of them ask
ed, 'Do you mean that anyone
can come down here: and take
lessons'? Again, he had drawn
all his life, with never a lesson.
"We have a lady over 70 tak
ing several classes, quietly hap
py, thoughtfully content. Once
the director asked her why she
hadn't taken thla work long ago.
'I never had the chance,' was all
ahe said. A girl from the can
nery wanted a picture In a Sal
em shop, but it cost $5. Her
mother said, 'Go down to the
Center and paint your own pic
tures.' The wife of a College pro
fessor: 'I'm having auch a good
timet down here, my husband
says that I had better neglect
other things and take! this work.'
Another housewife, hearing of
the new pottery - class. If any
Charlea W. Brant of Salem;
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy D. Dea
con of Mossyrock, Wash., and
Marjorie Anne Brant ; of Salem;
granddaughter, Patricia Ann Dea
con; sister, Edna D. Purdy of
Salem; uncle, Thomas G. Albert
of . Salem, and a number of
cousins in Oregon and Iowa.
Dispute Ownership of
Dog; Pooch Is in Jail
PORTLAND, June &-(JP)-Ji
Boston terrier enjoyed the "free
dom" of the couhty' jail today
while deputy sheriffs sought to
settle the question of ownership.
Joe White said Mrs., Grace
Maitland gave him the dog. Mra.
Maitiand said she didn't.
From Pistols to Soup
Jalie Brown Colt, Beverly Hills, Calif., socIaUte-actreea, and John 1.
. Campbell. Seattle scion of the soap manufacturing family, 'will wed
te Washington. DC, July 4, site announced recently. Several months
ago she was rumored enrared rn Wlnthrm rtw!rprH. i
I Is the divorced wile of Samuel
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down here, I'll aimply have to
lock my house and coma down
here and stay!'
j Exhibits Followed
"There Is, of course, a large
nucleus of familiar faces, j Center
friends, who come back again
and again with, 'What have you
new? it's about time you had a
new exhibit.' Eager, hungry for
fresh mental and spiritual fare,
a glimpse of far horizons. There
is, too, always a great aid con
stant echo from the lips of older
folk. 'I only wish I migit have
had it when I was a young teach
er I wouldn't have had to strug
gle with the cut and try method.
'If I could have had advantages
of this sort when I was young I
wouldn't have been a square peg
In! a round hole.' And constantly
repeated In one way or another.
'Something like thla Center
should have been done long ago.'
"Then always with us! is the
great audience of warm feeling.
We hear from them many times
daily, 'This fa wonderful.' 'It's
swell 'A grand Idea!' 'It gives
ua something to think j about.'
And othera freer with their
words, 'It works for a j higher
life. 'Some art helps to rug the
dull spots off of things.1!
"Among students enrolled In
our classes ia a small, j elderly
lady who spends an average of
fife houra a day in various work
shops and atudy rooms. I j noticed
her In three classes I attended
and asked about her Interest. I
raised a big family,' ahe told me.
1 1 never had time to paint or do
sculpture, or ceramics, or weav
ing, or oil painting, and I al
ways wanted to. Just as soon as
the children married and had
homes of their own I got an
apartment here in town and I do
nothing but attend your ! classes.
ITe never been any happier.'
And ahe looks it. j
"The wife of a former state
legislator made an emphatic pro
phecy when ahe said, 'YOu know
I think these Centers ate going
to bring about a renaissance. We
hive lived in an age of I science
and mechanics so long almost a
generation it's time the. cycle
changed, and j these Centers are
going to do it, because they are
going to be permanent'.''
Van Winkle Rules
On PUD Inclusion
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j A separate parcel of a 'people's
utility district, which cast a tie
vote, is included in a district
where the total vote was favor
able. Attorney General I
jH. Van-
Winkle ruld -here Saturday
The opinion was requested In
connection with the vote on a
parcel of the Nehalem
people's utility district
fa a a 1 n
created
by the voters at the recent pri
mary election. The" vote! in this
parcel of the; district was 58
to 56. .
The ponllon was requested by
Charlea A. Strlcklin, mejnber of
the state hydroelectric commis
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Center Money
Spent at
Ex-President, V. E, Knlizi.
Says
Need Filled in
Program for Youth
By V. B. KTJHN -
(Former Pmidaat, Saleia art Caster)
'mere are many pnases 01 tne
organization and the well plan
ned, program at the Art Center,
of which the public Is, not wholly
familiar.- Among these aspects of
art center operation are the phy
sical setup and . the . financial
backing of the organization. I
want to make It definitely clear
that the tarn contributed by the
people Of Salem la not altogether
a donation. It Is our own money
spent for our own community's
good. The Salem Art center ia
one of the units of the State Art
Center association and, of course,
being the first and the most im
portant; its organisation has
been the Incentive for the estab
lishment of art centers In other
sections of the state.
915,000 a Year Given
This 1 center, like the others,
receives from the Oregon art pro
ject an allocation of funda In
accordance to the sponsor's con
tribution and to the requirements
of the center Itself. In our case
it meana that the federal govern
ment ia contributing to the city
of Salem about $15,000 a year.
Thia money is used to pay the
salaries of the ataff of employee,
also some of the special items of
equipment, so that naturally thla
money,! in turn, ia all apent here
at home with our. own merchants
and tradesmen. I believe that If
you will figure the comparison of
tho contribution from the gov
ernment wita tne comparatively
small amount contributed by the
association, that you will find It
to be a very valuable investment
especially from our atandpoint.
These cold facts and figures, of
course, are purely mercenary;
still they have a direct bearing
on the subject: It is only small
in proportion to the good the art
center is doing, particularly with
our younger people.
During my term of office as
mayor, I had occasion many.
many times to observe the ac
tions ' and occupations and ten
dencies of many of our young
sters and I feel that if many of
you parents realised the necessity
of the creation of Interesting pro
grams no matter what they might
be, physical, cultural, or moral,
you would agree with me when
I aay that the Salem Art center
fills a long needed place in our
recreational program for the
youth of our city. Many of these
youngsters receive an Inspiration
from the work of the art center
that haa created within them a
desire to do aome of the . more
artistic things and from that In
centive perhaps they have chang
ed their whole life a program.
The! work; in the erafta afthe
center is making it possible for
not only the younger generation
but also for aome of the middle
aged and older people to satisfy
a desire which they have alwaya
had relative to creating some
thing and accomplishing some
thing of a structural nature.
I could go on at great length
describing many technical prob
lems that arise at the center and
many diplomatic questions rela
tive to the teaching of the young
sters and oldsters, but I believe
that you would be surprised If
you would pay the center a visit
and see for youraelf how broad
the scope of the work Is and you
would be better able to judge the
value of it to your community,
Salem Scout
Press Notes
Scout Calendar
June 10 Polk district meet
ing and court of honor, Dallas,
7:30 p. m.
June 11 Silver Falls district
meeting and court of honor, Mr.
Angel, i 7:45 p. m.
June1 12 Cherry city district
board bf review, Salem chamber
of commerce, 7:30 p. m.
June 13 Linn district court
of honor, chamber of commerce,
Albany, 7:45 - p. m.
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As vwas done for the mothers
tne evening after Mothers' day.
a party is going to be given In
honor of the fathers of
Troop 20 on June 17,
in George Stroiut's
sunken garden.
The mothers club of
troop 20 will meet at the home
of Mra. J. J. Komyate, June 11
at two o'clock. By KARL KOM
YATEj.
District camp will be held at
Vampiiacy juiy 9 ana e. jacx
R. Taylor will be la charge of
the over-night camp which Is
sponsored by the -Cascade area
council for those troops and
scouts who can't get to regular
summer camp at Camn Pioneer.
Registration for camp will start
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and
each scout or sc outer must bring
his own camping equipment and
grub.
Registration la ten, cents
per scout.
Roaald R. Ruddtman, scout
executive. Jack R. Taylor, neigh
borhood commissioner, . and , Don
ald D4 Wood left for the regional
camp training course that la be
tas? held at Camn Millard, last
Friday night and will return to
saaem tooay. -rnis training course
la to train the trainers. That fa
to train those men who are going
to be Jthe trainers for their own
council. The course will be on
troop I camping.
Troon five held 1 nirl Imt
Tuesday night In the Fireplace
room ;or tne boys' dormitory for
the parents and tor the scouts
who - axe from the atato hhi
school, who go home during the
summer. Tne committeemen of
the trioop wera invited to attend.
Also trooa five waa nreao-ntcuf
wun iae pew cnarter by Ronald
4 R. Ruddlman, scout executive,
i last Thursday noon at the Lions
meetlnr in the Hotel Uirinn
11 ft. a. - . .
1 Lions! club eponsors troop tire.
Home
How; Does
Garden
The .Campanula family la to
varied that It would take pages
to tell all about It a one of
my readers aug
gested. They
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coma In - small,
tall or medium
varieties. There
If
are some that
do beautifully in
V
t h e ; perennial
border and oth
era that do just
as well if not
better In the
rockery.
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most popular inn; 1
a " a "Baii
ana generally
known. The eup-and-eaneer form
of the canterbury bell la one of
our very popular border plants
and la at Ita best in June. It has
been in bloom for about ' two
weeks and, will continue to be In
bloom for almost another month
If conditions . are - correct. The
canterbury bells are really bi
ennial and for next year's bloom
the seed should be planted right
now. They like a good rich soli
and should be planted about 20
inches apart. Oddly enough,
small plants grown from seed
now and- potted up in August
can be brought Into bloom In
winter indoors. -.
One of 'the finest displays of
canterbury bells hereabouta ia
that at the home of Mr. and Mra.
W. S. ' Jack at Silverton. The
soil, a sandy gravelly soil which
Is given plenty of enrichment and
plenty of water, seema to be
ideal. The Jacks have Invited all
friends to call thla 'weekend and
will have the garden lighted
Until ' o'clock.
The harebell (Campanula ro-
tnndifolla) is a email perennial
which grows about 10-12 Inches
tali. It is one of the most cos
mopolitan of all campanulas and
the true bluebell of literature.
The aoldanellaa is the most fa
mous of the harebells. They have
fringed blue flowers and are
found high in the mountains.
The Pulla campanula, nativea
of the Austrian mountains, are
used la the rock gardens. They
grow from 5 to 8 Inches tall and
form broad clumps of purple-
blue flowers.
The - Alpina Is another cam
WARDS
TINY WAIST
LOVELY FIGURE
FOUNDATIONS
Curves are the fashion I The
style experts say so! Waists
must be tiny, tummlea must
be flat, bosoms high ' and
proud . . . and hips are defi
nitely all right It's a sea
son of well-corseted figures
that demand girdles and
corselets that fit perfectly
in' s t y 1 e as well as size.
Which is why Wards style
and size assortments range
from roll-one to corselets to
fit every figure and every
purse!
T.ftVfTilv Ttrrtvw
Corselet
Laces for a tiny waist; panel,
gores, boning for carving hlpe.
flat tummies. Rayon satin that
alps, then nooks; 'Lace uplift
bra. -40. , :
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pannla front the Austrian Alps
and' widely spreading. The flow
ers are blue and bell shaped, al
though there Is also a white va
riety la this.
- But one of the best of the bell
flowers fort the rock gardens Is
O. Carpatlca, both blue and white
It Is resistant - to disease and la
free-flowering. The C. Gargarica
is a light blue rock , plant but
foar inches tali. The C. Wilson 11
Is dark blue and about Inches
taH.
One of your Salem gardeners
haa quite a large collection of
campanulas and one grower of
rock plants in Portland haa. an
unusual collection. It Is very in
teresting to visit the growers now
so that one may be able to aee
what the plants are In flower
before one buys them. A number
of these may bo moved In flower
If this Is done with considerable
care not to disturb the roots.
German Must Get
Estate in Person
MEDFORD, June 8-(vP)-Under
an order signed in the Jackson
county probate court, Hans Struve
of Schoobocken Der Lubeck. Ger
many, must report In person at
the county clerk'a office here
within 90 days, to receive his half
share of the estate of his brother,
Nick Struve. long time Jackson
county resident. Another brother,
H. W. Struve, resides at Los An
geles. The e a t a t e amounts to
158.68, according .to the ad
ministrator's final accounting.
The order aaya, "Due to con
ditions existing in Europe and
Germany any money forwarded to
Hans Struve would not be deliv
ered to him." The order was
signed by former county Judge
E. B. Day, resigned.
Postal Official Will
Be at Clerk's Meet
WASHINGTON. June 8-ff-A
representative of the postofflce
department will attend the Ore
gon Federation of Postofflce
Clerks' convention, June 22-23, at
Eugene. Senator McNary was ad
vised today.
I.HSS SARA HAI,IPS0N Words Flgur Analyst
uses the magic corse try to smooth crway figuro problems,
flatter good lines. Make a date to qret your new foundation
at Wards during her visit on Juno 10th to 15fh. Shell help
you to a perfect fitting in the right girdle or corselet lor you,
and send you home saying
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Gleaming Rayon-Satin! 2-Way Stretch Back!
LOVELY FIGURE CORSELET
"My waistline Is smaller! My tummy
bulge 'Is gone! Look at my hips!"
You'll say it magic! We know It's the
boning, , the cotton lastex back, the
gores and lace uplift bra that mould
your figure! S2-40. -
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Adiiiiral Rodman
Funeral Monday
WASHINGTON, Jane t-V?h
The navy arranged extraordinary
honors today for the funeral, of
Admiral Hugh Rodman, hero of
the Spanish-American and World
wars who died here at the age of
A company of bluejackets, a
regiment of marines and the navy
band will stand at attention as
he la buried In the Arlington na
tional cemetery Monday. A navy
detachment will fire : volleys and
a bugler will sound taps. ,
'Admiral Rodman, commander
of the American battleships in
the World war and In 1898 a par
ticipant In the . battle of Manila ,
bay, died at the naval hospital
last night. He Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ell xa beta Sayre Rod
man. -
ears!
We hare been f illiug
prescriptions for 41
years which is suf
ficient guarantee that
we are qualified to do
the best. '
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Prescriptions
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Phones Si 97-7023
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