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Early Years Shape Albrecht Durer
RICHARD HIRSCH I form of Martin Luther. been equalled in the West. I singula? way. O ling intricate stories within this respect that the proud. There is
By RICHARD HIRSCH
Director Allentown
Art Museum
Albrecht Durer, born in
1471. spent his childhood in
a goldsmith's shop.
The Nurnberg of his tmie
was tho most prosperoiDf city
of the many German princi
palities. It was also rich in
ready, when the
, to adopt the Re
The new art of printing
flourished brilliantly in Dur
er's Nurnberg where, as a lit
tle boy. he earfy learned to
read and write. Before he was
10 he went to work full tfmc
in his father s shop. There,
ajso. he learned.
The" elaborateness , of the
goldsmith s craft in those
limes has probably never
The Gothic is dying in a fire
works of design, in swiOing
forms which only a bold yet
painstaking craft of enornxms
patience could accomplish.
Shape His Career
These early years will
shape all of Durer s career,
making of him the greatest of
German artists in the most.
ideas and
. time came
St jiroW
GREAT ENGRAVING - "The Legend of St.
Eustace," one of Albrecht Durcr's great en
gravings, from an impression made before
1520, in the Rosenwald Collection of the
National Gallery of Art. Durer gave many
copies of this print to kings and princes ot
his time in recognition of the esteem in
which he was held as philosopher-artist
whose many messages remain alive even in
our day.
Sewage Treatment
To Receive More
Study at College
Corvallis - More efficient
methods for treating sewage
and industrial wastes - a
growing problem with grow
ing U.S. populations - will be
studied by Oregon State col
lege during the coming two
years with a new $29,000
grant from the National In
stitutes of Health.
Improved waste treatment
methods are a "must" if water
resources are to be preserved
from pollution in years to
conic, it was pointed out. Com
plex new types of industrial
wastes are posing new prob
lems too.
The OSC research will pro
vide fundamental understand
ing of the basic physical and
biochemical factors that influ
ence efficient treatment of
various wastes. Development
of new tests for measurement
of pollution and treatment ef
ficiency also will be empha
sized. Joint Project
The research is a joint proj
ect of the school of engineer
ing and the department oi
b.icteriology. Project leaders
arc Fred J. Burgess, civil en
gineering, and C. M. Gilmour,
bactei'iolnsy. Working with
them are Fred Mcrryfield and
Martin B. Northcraft of the
engineering staff, and J. K.
Carswcll, graduate research
assistant In sanitary engineer
ing. Cooperating in the studies
are the Oregon state sanitary
authority, the city of Corval
lis, and the new OSC water
resources Institute.
The 129.000 grant li i con
tinuation and expansion of re
search started in March, 1959,
on trickling filters used in
sewaue d i s posal. Trickling
filters arc bed.e. of stones or
other packing over which the
jewage "trickles" during the
final disposal process. Micro
bial actiorf helps oxidize the
sewage to make" it less In
nocuous. Eetermine Tiller Me-fifct
That work .is dniinfd to
determine Intrita tf the filter!
fir stcondary or final oiicla
lioa of the liquid portion of
the sewepe before it is ready
to be emptied into streams and
carried away. It is believed
the trickling filters may have
special value for use in areas
ment systems, but basic work
on loading rates needs to be
done.
OSC is also studying possi
bilities for using low-cost
waste oxidation lagoons for
sewage disposal in maritime
climates of the Pacific North
west. The lagoons, inexpensive
to build and operate, are
widely used in the Midwest
and Southwest by small com
munities and industries which
are unable to afford sewage
treatment plants. Other larger
communities arc using them
to expand existing facilities.
The OSC study is the first
time the lagoons have been
tested in high rainfall re
gions. Results to date indicate
the lagoons would be feasible
for the area.
Stevens To Speak
At SAF Meeting
Gordon Stevens, forester
and appraiser with the Med
forri office of the Oregon state
tax commission, will be guest
speaker at the January meet
ing of the Society of Ameri
can Foresters.
The meeting will be held
Friday at 8 p.m. at the lied
Cross building in Medford, ac
cording to Carroll Brown,
supervisor of Rogue River
National forest, and chairman
of the Medford-chapter of the
SAF.
Paul Linigcr, forester aiid
timber tax specialist with the
Industrial Forestry a s s o c i
ation. Portland office, will
also be present to appear with
Stevens on a panel to discuss
forestry taxation.
Rrown emphasized that any
one in southern Oregon who
is interested in the problcjn
of timber taeatinn in the state
is welcflmc to attend. Lumber
men and local legislators were
particularly iovited to'gttend.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Richard H. Ztmtnprmsn, viola
tion of hasir rule. SIS.
PouKlai W. Coffman. failure to
top. SI.V
i-neHter e.rnT. over c int joaa
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Jerry L. Goclrien .Tr., faiie state
ment of residence on license appli
cation. $15.
M.-trtha P. Brooke, no operator's
license, $S.
Jess H. Patterson, failure to dim
llhls. $7.50.
Walter A. Emerson, disobeyed
stop sign, $15.
Carl R. Morris, excessive noise,
(10.
Nolan R. Clara-, no lishls. $7.50.
James H. C'orwin. insufficient
binders. $15.
Clyde A. Severaon, !124 South
lT St.. driving while license sus
pended. $150.
Robert W. Ditaworth. speed con
test. $50.
Gerald K. OUnn, no liehls, f.V
Porter W. Allen, improper lights,
Jin.
William L. Jones, dlso'ieycd slop
sicn. $15.
Myrtle H. Marsten, improper
lights. $10.
Eleanor R. Williams, no lights,
sin,
Mildred f Hefer, no operator's
license. $5.
Hill Kincheloe. no operator' li
cense. V.V
Robert Walker, 2415 Lyman ave..
illegal possession of liquor, $30,
and a violation of basic rule. $30.
Hugh F. Vandiver, no public util
ity litense, $15
Michael W. Barber, no muffler,
$10.
In his childhood he shapes
gold and silver into intricate
ornament. Thus prepared, his
maturity finds him engraving
copper with a mastery no one
will surpass. By all standards
he will remain Germany's
greatest artist. Nevertheless,
he is not Germany's greatest
painter. First and foremost,
Durer is an engraver, splen
didly subduing the metal
plate to the grandeur of his
ideas, mastering it with the
marvelous intelligence of his
craftsman's hand.
At 13, his self-portrait
shows us a youngster in full
control of silverpoint. He is
apprenticed to a publisher of
illustrated books, Michael
Wohlgemuth, where he suffers
from the pranks of a rowdy
crowd of other apprentices.
But he learns much, the art
ing intricate stories within
small rectangles of Jarintsd
lines.
glarit Travel
At 19 he surlt hii four
years of travel a a journey
man, lie works in Basel
where, 20 years- later, Holbein
will shine and become famous.
Durer apparently crosses the
Alps for a short while and
discovers Italy in the headi
ness of the Renaissance.
lie, returns with copies of
things he has seen there, dis
turbed by the new ideas which
have taken hold in Italy.
Clearly the Gothic world to
which Durer belongs has been
dying although Nurnberg had
not. known it.
Over the years Durer will
bridge the two great periods,
masterfully blending the vigor
of the Gothic and the har
monies of. the "New Learn-
of the woodcut, the art of tell-ing." So masterful was he in
this respect that the proud
Italians will borrow from his
engravings, will copy him
outright both in their prints
and in many paintings where
both his compositions and
backgrounds were used - ex
tensively. Receive Dielinelien
Durer, alone of all German
artists, received this distinc
tion from the Italian artisli
who were creating in a fer
ment of intellectual pride, the
Rennai$.sance and the Golden
Age of painting.
Strangely, Durer'i i n f 1 u
ence on painters waa that of
a thinker. What we find bor
rowed from him are concepts
rather than things. These con
cepts Durer best expressed in
superlative line, creating
"color" solely by black and
white, the pure language of
the engraver of fine prints.
Oregon AFl-CIO Sets Discussion On legislation
Salem - 1UPII - The Oregon
AFL-CIO will hold a pre
lcgislalive conference here
Saturday to discuss proposed
legislation backed by labor
and priorities on several
measures.
George Brown of Portland,
executive director of the AFL
CIO Political Education Com
mittee, said labor's agenda includes:
-Improvements in w o r k-
men's compensation.
-Opposition to the "three-
way workmen s compensa
tion bill, giving employers the
option of insuring their em
ployees privately instead of
with the State Industrial Ac
cident commission.
-Elimination of the "20
20" provision of the state un
employment insurance law, an
eligibility requirement of 20
weeks of work per year with
earnings of at least $20 per
week.
Calls For Committee
-Opposition to Oregon's pro
posed "little Landrum - Grif
fin" bill.
-Collective bargaining for
public employees with cre
ation of an interim committee
to study retirement, health
and welfare and working con
ditions of public workers.
-Amendment of the liquor
law providing fines instead of
closure of businesses for vio
lation. -Opposition to gross income
tax and cigarette tax proposals
of the Interim Committee on
Taxation.
-Improvements in the state
community college laws to re
move existing roadblocks.
-Require licensing of contractors.
There is a riddle here and
also a paradox. The paradox
is the grandeur of size which
the viewer intuitively feels
in any of Durer's composi
tion, although the cupper
plate on which he worked
may have been no longer than
the page of a popular novel.
The-riddle is in the fascina
tion of Ihe world which Durer,
a man of the Gothic axe,
created for all of ua who fol
low him in time. It is world
in which we are at home, in
which We enter with a twinge
of awe, as unaccustomed at
we are to this emotion.
Creates World
Durer creates a world
where sunlight and shadow
have intimations of mystery
under the crystalline clarity
of form. It is also a sane
world, unlike that of a vision
ary Blake or a haunted Goya.
It has depth but it leads to no
nether ones.
In his own lime Durer, on
the sole strength of his prints,
woodcuts and engravings, was
received as a prince in foreign
lands. He was the friend of
philosophers and of Martin
Luther. He had the friendship
and respect of artists and of
princes.
But, by some mystery, he
was more, much more than a
man of his single time. Forti
fied by the craft of the gold
smith, his hand was superbly
endowed to make us the heirs
of a vision both timeless and
universal.
He deserves your study.
(Copyright 1961, General
Featuree Corp.)
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Cain. Clyde Fichlncr, Med
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10 altend Friday, Jan. 20.
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