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4 8 SUNDAY, DIXKMBKK IS, IWi MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORU, OREGON Frank Lloyd Wright Project Stirs Controversy By MARY ANN REESE United Press International TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) - One of the last projects sketched by the late architect Frank Lloyd Wright stirs almost as much controversy as the designer himself. The Grady Gammage Memor ial Auditorium, to be completed by spring on the Arizona State University campus here, is both imposing and festive. It re minds some of a giant carousel, with its slender colonade facade curving around half the circular structure, a gold fringe draped from the top meeting red wing like portal arches. Gold arcs and circles cascade down gently sloping ramps on opposite sides of the building. The ramps extend to sub-level parking lots, enabling guests to walk directly from their cars to first or second levels of the building. The ramps continue in side the building up to a fourth tier. Prevails In Building The circular motif prevails throughout the building, which is basically one great circle in tersected by a smaller one. The larger sphere houses a 3,000-ca-pacity auditorium, a tiered FAST QUALITY FILM SERVICE 5y . . . Merry Chriirmai with gift of quality from . . . Andtn. Open Until 9 P.M. vary Night , Except Sat. i Ifllil K0DAC0L01. -!-. '- .-. BaoaMMrt tnaMlfl o TRINOVID BINOCULARS Creator! of the world-fa-mom Lelce camera have perfected a new prlim ayitem that dramatically reducei binocular site and weight. It'i the flret truly significant blnocu lar advancement in fifty yean. The Trinovid 624 panoramic 636-foot-wide viewing field at 1000 yardi ii an amaiing 40 larger than conventional modeli. The 8x32 and even the 10x40 are more compact than convention al glaitei of much lower power. And all Trinovid models have tatt-action central locuting, are her metically lolled, dull proof and absolutely waterproof ANDERS 232 Eait Main This Ycir Mak. It Perional With A . . . SLIM-LINE PHOTO GREETING CARD Than tlim, tmirt greet ing cards art warm and perional became pictures of you and your family are on them! Come in now and select the Slim Line design you like. We will have cards and pho tos ready for you before the holiday rush starts. PHOTO SHOP Phone 772-5646 FAST QUALITY FILM SERVICE main floor, a lobby which also serves as an art gallery, and facilities for music and drama instruction. The smaller oval is a stage large enough for any metropolitan opera production, and a backstage with ample workshop and rehearsal area. The versatile stage front also can be used as an orchestra pit or elevator to carry equipment to and from the basement. A mechanical steel shell can be moved in place in a matter of minutes for symphonic p u r poscs. The proposed auditorium for Arizona State University brought storms of protest from some of the taxpayers and leg islators who feared it would be loo costly, and wondered if it was practical. Center Is Essential However, b citizen's commit tee, headed by Lewis Ruskin and Walter Bimson, vigorously favored the building, believing a cultural center was essential for the campus, and convinced that the eminent Wright was the architect to design it, expecially since his architectural school, Taliesin, was located only miles awav. So Wright agreed to work out some .sketches. A few weeks aft er initial nlans were completed, in the spring of 1959, the archi tect riled. One enthusiaatic supporter of Wright s plan was Grady Gam mage, president of ASU for 25 years. He also died, shortly aft er Mr. Wright. I lie aucmorium is named in his memory. Project Is Approved Evenlually the stale legisla ture and board of regents ap proved I he project. The com mission lo complete drawings for Ihe building was awarded lo a loader of Wright's School of Architecture, William Wesley Peters and the Taliesin Asso ciated Architects. Those who believed Wright buildings were necessarily ex Densive have been pleasantly surprised. A survey was made of theater type auditoriums simi lar in size to ASU's, including those on Yale and Harvard Uni versity campuses. Unit prices ranged from $25 lo $50 per square foot, imlicnling the nec essary budget for the ASU proj ect would be $5-million. How ever, the latest cost estimate, according to Peters, is $2.8 mil lion, or $17,118 per square foot. IliKgost Test Is Due Probably the biggest test of all will be the accnuslics of Ihe auditorium when the first offi-1 cinl season opens next fall. Wright designed the balconies to he nnrtiallv detached from the ! rear wall, permitting sound from Hie slage to travel freely I In Ihe most 1'pmo e seals. I The entire summer will be . ii Ti1 i Ho. J 1 STIRS contRovkkSy une of the lasi proj ects sketched by the late Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Grady Gammage Memo rial Auditorium, shown in this recent picture, spent experimenting with dra ma, orchestra and choral pro ductions, attuning the accous tics. It will be determined whether more sound absorbing materials, such as curtains and carpets, are needed. Former chancellor and physiscist of the University of California in Los Angeles, Dr. Vernon O. Knud sen, is assisting as accnustical consultant. Bonks published on accnustics by Knudsen have been standard texts in many universities. Working with the Taliesin architects as chief consultant for the slage rigging and the lighting is Dr. George Izcnour, head of the Yale University Laboratory of Drama. stirs almost as much controversy as the de signer himself. Ihe auditorium, part of the Arizona Slate University campus at Tempe, Ariz., will be completed by spring. (UPI) Three Tracts of Timber Are Sold KLAMATH FALLS Success ful bidders at an oral timber sale conducted by the Winema I National Forest this week were: j Greylock Sale, 9,500,000 board feet, Klamath district, purchas-i ed by Klamath Lumber and Box 1 Co., Inc., at a high bid of $193,-1 285, an average value of $20.35' per thousand. Calamity Sale, 4,100,000 board ; feet, Klamath district, purchas ed by Brecount Brothers of Grants Pass with a high bid of 1 $fi5,700, an average value of $16.02 per thousand. i Pothole Butte, 4,700,000 board ; feet, Chemult district, purchas ed by Thomas Lumber Co. at the high bid of $82,495, an aver-! age value of $17.55 per thousand. j Other unsuccessful bidders on ! the three sales were Medford Corporation, Modoc Lumber Co., Burrill Lumber Co., Cheney Forest Products and Klamath Plywood Co. I The World's Most-Wanted Barometer! Be Your Own Weatherman . . . 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FREE - 50 yds. of Beau tiful FASHION FABRICS given with the purchase of each machinel S Genuine Fur Christmas Corsage $1 SEWING BASKETS Beautiful New Brocades McGinfy Speaks at Surveyors Meeting Edward McGinty, member of Ihe board of direclors of Pro fessional Land Surveyors of Ore gon, spoke on the advantages of having such a local organiza tion, at a recent meeting of Rogue Valley land surveyors and engineers. McOinly listed the advantages of having a groun orcanized rnr land surveyors of Medford, (rants Pass and Klamath Falls. The purpose would be to Im prove the standards of local land surveying. Definite action was postponed by Ihe group ponding a sludy of Ihe state group's constitution and by-laws. An interim group ol olliccrs elected included Mc (iinly, president; Lcland Love joy, vice president; and Robert M. Thompson, secretary-treasurer. Mark Boyden, Jackson Coun ty surveyor, reviewed and de fined the recently-amended sur vey registration law, which now also makes mandatory the fil ing of field notes in narrative form. He then reviewed the re quirements of the recently en acted subdivision law. The next meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 22, at North's Chuck Wagon. Ins n- GB- "I Ml I H -M,JjiD Tift mi m m ' m n3SsaxaJu;Lij; .. Jill I II - , . u . I . ' '1"fi 1 hi QTEVNS STREET I 1 11 Li f " - , crrJccT Ii B 77 Dr. Thompson Is Named Delegate llr. William J. ThompMin, Medford, was elected a delegate to (lie Northwest Council of Op tometry at a meeting of the Ore gon Optometric Association in Portland recently. Tile regional council, created during the meeting, would pool funds, research and administra tive procedures to better edu cate the public in protecting and enhancing vision accelerate post-graduate educational plans and stimulate student enrollment at Pacific University's College of Optometry, Forest Grove. The mm stale convention of the association will be held Mav 15 through 17 at Ihe Mark An tony Hotel in Ashland. Dr. Glenn M Revel, Ashland, is heading the Southern Oregon Oplometric Society's host com mittee. It was announced thai the I'J.ikki - member Amei ican Op lomelrio Association will hold its national convention in 17 in Portland It is the first time that it will be held there. Mohair loop :98 yd. 0 Leopard F ur 6 98 yd. Fur Trim by the yard l50,o$15 00 yd. 2 MINK BUTTONS 50 o$2 00 Sawing Machinal $100 p,r For Rant I Week We carry parti to repair any machlne-FREE Estimates. Open Every Evening Till 9 P.M. MORSE SEWING CENTER At our NEW Address 40 South Central Phone 772-2739 Skydivers Take Top Honors in Meet Members of the Southern Ore gon Skydivers recently won lop honors in Ihe second annual par achute meet held at the Ashland Airport. Pat Dunlevy and Larry Mad rill won first and second place in individual accuracy. The team of Dick Zedicker, John Dille and Dunne Cullop won first place in the three-man team ac curacy event. Practice jumps are held every Sunday in the vicinity of the Medford Municipal Airport. Mort Gossett, a member of the local group, participated in THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO OPEN HOUSE ACTIVITIES TODAY FOR PROFESSIONAL PLAZA. Medford's newest professional office build ing is now open for inspection and we would like to take this opportunity to invite all in terested persons to stop by today and take a look at the new facilities. All offices in the building will be open from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. and there will be someone on hand to show you around and answer your questions. You'll enjoy the unique and attractive design of the building. We are proud to be part of the grow ing, prospering Rogue River Valley and Med ford. If you would like additional information we invite you to contact Dr. Merle Foland or Robert G. Little (772-2240 or 773-7436). For your convenience in locating us the first time, we have included a map. As you can see we are located just behind the Medford Shopping Center and the new Hawthorne Apartments. For your enjoyment, there will be coffee and doughnuts served throughout the Open House hours. Joseph W. Ball, M.D. Thomai C. Bolton unnar W. Dyiart, M.D. Merle E. Foland, M.D. Robert f. Gill, D.M.D. John Relxlaff, M.D. George Sakuram Frank M. Wilton, P. M.D. Profeisional Plaza Pharmacy FLAZ1 Center lay to Find Directly Behind hawtnorne Apartments Next to Shopping 650 ROYAL AVENUE Phone 779-2662 trvnuts recenllv for the U. S. !l!flf!?5?0t??0t?0;r0;?0?(ls0??0sri", 1 rrchui team
