g g THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD. OREGON ' .
eirkelev Shock Scemie off Cosftimig ffoir Paris Exhibit
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n JOSH EPPINGEH ni
Unittd Press InUinational .
Berkeley, Calif.-'l'Ptt-At the
rear of a dilapidated con
demned slum house stands a
mall, iron-corrusated shack.
The shack, too. is crumbling.
Ballrooms Lose
Wide Patronage
In Modern Age
Br MORT J. SULLIVAN
United Press International
Chicago - IUP1) - It's been
described as a "Castle in
Soain." "a Palace of Dreams"
and the "Alhambra of the
Midwest."
From Its bandstand .two
decades ago poured the mu
sic of Dick Jergens, Wayne
King, Guy Lombardo, The
Dorsey Brothers, Russ Mor
gan and the late Eddy now
ard - who held forth for more
than IS years.
Today it is an ingeniously
ornate, fireproof, air-conditioned
relic doing regular
business only on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday - and
waiting for a buyer. -
The "Palace" on the block
for $750,000 is the Aragon
Ballroom on Chicago's north
side.
"We have a teen-age dance
nrxt week." said Andrew
Karzas whose father, William,
opened the ballroom - and
its counterpart on the city's
soulli side, the Trianon.
"We still are going along
fairly well," he said. "But It's
less comfortable than the old
days."
"The old days" wore the
days' when several thousand
flocked to the ballroom with
artificial sky and with star
light twinkle "to dance and
dance."
In an age of palatinal open
ings, the opening of the Ara
gon ranked with the best.
Mayor William Hale (Big
Gill) Thompson bought the
first ticket in July, 1026, and
more than 8,000 persons mov
ed in after him that night.
The Trianon opened four
years earlier. William Karzas
sold it In 1DS4. No more can
one turn on hli radio and
hear tho announcer saying
"direct from the Aragon on
Chicago's north side."
"It's not a lack of business
that put the ballroom up for
sale. It was Dad's decision
to retire and it's his decision,"
Karzas said.
Karzas offered some rea.
sons for the decline of ball
room dancing since World
War II. They Included the
present popularity of sing'
crs, the fear of many single
girls to take public transpor
tation because of the rise in
crime, and movies and tele
vision. "People Just don't seem to
want to go out ny more,"
he said.
What could the Aragon
become if it were sold? "It
could be made into a bowling
alley, or a convention center
or a catering or banquet
hall," Karzas said. Or maybe
radio or a television studio.
"And tho now owner could
continue It as a ballroom,"
lie said hopefully.
When a reporter suggested
that possibly the big band
era was gone forever, Karzas
fired back "it Is not!"
"The big bands will come
back," he said, "and it would
be great to have the Aragon
waiting for them.
Court Records
Tthoda Marin Scrry, dliohtytd
traffic Hsr.Al. 310.
Ifeanna Jn Arnold, dtiobtywl
traffic signal. $10
Martin Detlef Srhnarlc Jr vio
lation of hatle ml. 10.
John Deuo CmIU. improDtr, It ft
uirn, iu.
Htlirn Barnhirt, 4tobt4 atop
aign. aiu.
C.UHya Joifphtn Stewart, dli
ohevrd traffic itaual. HO
Yvonna Jcanna Ludwlf , dli
ohf crl iton uaiv tio
Albert Gilict Miller. dlsoboyed
traitir tmal. 110
Walter fcftwarri Bailey, viol a Hon
of naatc rule J3
Loyd htanlty Huston, violation
of haic rule. 110
John Naiho, violation of batc
ruie. aau
Carv Humphary Skacgi, dlt
obrvrd traffic aianal, SIO.
Harel tirtrud Gerde. Improper
itnn upHg( tin
rtemant Jnaeph Nithaus, dis-
obayad atop aim, 10.
Flanked on one side by an
auto repair hop and the
other by an empty lot, the
little shack is noticeable only
in its obsolescence.
But Inside the dusty shack,
is an American art exhibit of
major sifnUlcance - In all
sizes, forms and material.
The Incongruous setting
near the Berkeley waterfront
is the workshop and foundry
of 12 sculptors from the Uni
v e r s 1 1 y of California, who
have been selected to repre
sent the United States this
fall at the third Blennale de
Paris.
REAiooo!
utippr
The exhibition will be held
Sept. 28 through Nov. 4 at
the Paris Museum of Modern
Art and will include major
works 'of outstanding young
artists from around the world.
The Paris exhibition ranks In
Importance with the older
festivals of Venice and Sao
Paulo.
Money Dictates
The insignificant little
shack has played an instru
mental role in the careers of
the university sculptors. They
quickly found that free ex
pression goes only so far In
sculpture. No matter what
form or shape la desired In
bronze, money eventually
molds the final product. But
sending wax models to profes
sional foundrymen to be cast
Is expensive and sculptors in
sist foundrymen are. not ex
perienced in handling art
works.
The Berkeley men were left
with the choice of either send
ing their works abroad or
learning the craft of the
foundryman. Dedication to
chisel and knife became di
rected to boiling pots, pullies,
plaster models and hard, hot
physical work.
The artists proved adapts
ble, versatile and, surprising
ly enough, found that they
could make fast and high
quality castings at a fraction
of the previous cost. But more
important, the rather routine
and laborious casting cycle
opened to them a whole new
world in the art of sculpture.
Break Barrier
"They broke the barrier of
old prejudices," explained
Herchel B. Chipp, professor
of art at the university, who
is organizing the U. S. exhibit
at Paris.
"The artists ventured into
design techniques that had
been previously rejected as
impossible. They also found
they could do things they had
been told they couldn't do be
fore." . The conventional bronze
sculpture method begins with
a carved wax model which is
embedded in plaster, then
melted out with heat. The
plaster mold is then used to
cast the bronze. Soon, the
Berkeley artists found they
didn't have to work just with
wax. .
Cloth, cardboard, plastic,
rope and even old wooden
furniture was put to use
The finished bronze prod
ucts astonished the group's
tutor, Peter Voulkos, asso
ciate professor of design.
"The fact that work of this
quality is being done in an
American university, and that
the entire process is executed
by the artists themselves, is a
rather unusual achievement
in the field of art," Chipp
the future of the
sculptors rests on the ac
ceptance of their works, the
future of the shack has al
ready been decided. It will
. !, i . .L..mDni Prnere&s and art do
soon be aemoiuuico iu " ---
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