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serving the notre dame - st. mary's community · Thursday, November 8, 1973 Vol. VIII, No. 43 Lowenstein condemns Nixon
"Distortion, poison, and extortion" are the elements The President has managed to pay less than a $1,000 in of Nixon's America Congressman Allard Lowenstein, taxes in the last two years. a!T'outspoken Nixon Critic, told about 300 students in The inequities of the tax system were again the chapel of Keenan-Stanford Hall last night. illustrated by Lowenstein as he claimed that the "Impeachment is what we have to have," Lowen Washington C.C. ghetto paid more taxes than the stein said. "We have given a stamp of approval to this money they received from all federal programs Corruption." The people must now invoke their received. sovereignty and restore decent leadership in the The reason Nixon !lets away with these inequities is Presidency was the plea made by Lowenstein. because he can "count on the people not caring," Lowenstein claimed.~ The people need to shake their Former Congressman from New York Allard divisions and share the reins of power according to Lowenstein's talk "Nixon's America" ~a~ sponsored Lowenstein. ~ Lowenstein quoted the late by the Student Union Academic Comnnsswn. A lo~g Robert Kennedy when saying that the people have to time friend of the Notre Dame community, Lowenstem begin "recapturing the country." received the 1970 Senior Fellow Award and has several ND students on his staff so his appearance was almost Political sabotage and money in people's pockets linked to the favors granted. by the Nixon ad· like a homecoming. ministration have to be stopped according to Lowen An enthusiastic crowd listened as Lowenstein stein. He claimed that these corruptions have illustrated the absence of virture in the Nixon ad distorted democracy and elected Nixon. ministration. "We have strayed from government Lowenstein said that impeachment would be with the consent of the governed." The administration traumatic, but letting a man like Nixon get away with has lost touch with what America is all about according what he wants would be worse. to Lowenstein. "The momentum to remove Nixon has "I feel very optimistic about America," Lowenstein very little to do with ideology or politics," Lowenstein said. He felt all politics have~ to change and that "It's said. "It has to do with how people of America feel Lowenstein: "We have strayed from not enought to remove Nison, It is essential but not about what the President represents to them." government with the consent of the gover sufficient." "The outrage about Nixon coupled with Lowenstein feels the impeachment proceedings are in ned." hope can give the people the commitment to get things no way a partisan effort but a virtuous reaction to done." corrupt government. This is a moment to feel hope Lowenstein said. said to you the opposite of what he was actually doing." "Watch and Enjoy" Nixon wallow in his own An election rather than the succession of Ford to the according to Lowenstein. The President's philosophy arrogance Lowenstein laughed. Presidency is the best way to restore confidence ac is to poison the politcal choices of the American people. cording to Lowenstein. "We can't have a con In the question session one student asked what he taminated President selecting his successor." He One means of poison listed by Lowenstein was the could do. Lowenstein replied that we should try to advocates using the old law of the land that allowed an extortion of money for Nixon's Campaign. He told a communicate with our Congressmen. "Bring pressure election by the people to fill any vacancies in the story of a businesswoman in New York who was to bear on the Congress." "Remove people whose federal government. harrassed because she would not donate Money to aspirations are against America." he replied. Creep, The Committee to Reelect the · Preside~nt. She Lowesntein said he felt the young people of America had all the hope, time had energy to bring about the Lowenstein went on to list the corruptions of the was told she could make a contribtion by illegal means ·•tlined by the Nixon fund-raiser .. She did not and changes needed. "So many young people don't realize Nixon government. One example given was the im their power." poundment of housing funds while Nixons homes are beautified with $10 million in public funds. A second immediately was harrassed by the federal authorities. example given by Loowenstein of the deceit of Pres. "Madison designed it (the Federal government) to "Everytime you bought a bottle of milk you hel~d work with leadership." Lowenstein said. The Nixon was the secret bombing of Laos. the President." Lowenstein explained. He told of' told "We spend $51 for every school child in America President isn't too powerful according to Lowenstein, " of $2 million pledged by the milk producers that ~as the damage has been the rise of Richard Nixon." while spending $5,000 for every Veitnamese soldier," raised through a federal authorization of a price nse claimed Lowenstein. "The crisis will be resolved if the leadership can during the price freeze. bring out the hope of the people .... rather than fight over the scraps." Nixon manipulates and taints every issue, dividing The real source of Nixon's money was not just the Lowenstein remained after the talk and gave an "off the people, Lowenstein explained. political extortion but also a tax structure that protects the record" conversation about the particulars of his The secrecy behind the Laos bombing raid was not "to those who havw money according to Lowenstein. Even criticism of Nixon and the prospects of his own politcal deceive the enemv but to deceive us." "The President the President knew how to work it Lowenstein said. future.
Nixon speaks on energy crisis By EUGENE V. RISHER measures. "But it will require business hours in shopping cies to draw up contingency pand deepwater ports for oil WASHINGTON WPI) -Pre- some sacrifice by all Arne centers, and curtailing Christ plans for rationing of gasoline tankers and begin a five-year, dieting the worst U.S. energy rians." mas lighting and other night and home heating oil if the $10 billion research program to shortages since World War II, Nixon proposed a "Project time outdoor illumination. situation gets worse. His top develop alternative energy President Nixon Wednesday Independence," mounted with "We must face up to the energy adviser, John A. Love, sources. night proposed reducing hi~h- the same national support that stark fact that we are heading told reporters shortages would "Let us set as our national way speed limits, lowermg went into development of the toward the most acute short have to get much worse before goal, in the spirit of Apollo and thermostats and -if the fuel atomic bomb and the Apollo ages of energy since World War the "horrendous exercise" of with the determination of the squeeze worsens -the first lunar · landing, to make the II," Nixon said. World War 11-style gas ration- Manhattan Project, that by the gasoline rationing since the United States totally self- "In our factories; our cars, ing is imposed. end of this decade we will have 19405. sufficient in energy resources our homes, our offices, we will The President ordered a 50 developed the potential to meet Nixon told the nation on radio by 1980. have to use less fuel than we m.p.h. speed limit for federal our own energy needs without and television from his White Among his other proposals, are accustomed to using," he vehicles, and thermostats set at depending on any foreign House office that the sharp some requiring congressional said. "Some school and factory 68 degrees in federal office energy sources," the President cutback in oil supplies from approval, were to prohibit c~al schedules may be realigned. buildings, and urged similar said. Arab producers in the Middle burning utilities and industnes Some jet flights will be voluntary steps by the general Aside the Middle East war, East war threatened a domestic from converting to oil, case-by canceled." public. He said he would seek Nixon said the basic U. S. shortage of as much as 3 case suspension of federal anti But he said his program of to make a 50 m.p.h. speed limit energy crisis was a product of million barrels a day. pollution standar
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By KIM WILLENSEN at this juncture, to take away resolution requiring only a defected because of Nixon's WASHINGTON (UPI) -By a was a "potential disaster." actions in the Watergate tapes A total of 86 Republicans and support from the President as simple majority of both houses four-vote margin, the House he works day and night with and not subject to veto. crisis and . alarm at possible overrode Wednesday President 198 Democrats voted in the U.S. involvement in the Mi House to override, while 103 the secretary of state to Rep. Samuel S. Stratton, D Nixon's veto of a bill limiting achieve peace." N.Y., argued that the bill would deast, and liberal Democrats his power to wage war. The Republicans and 32 Democrats who abandoned their previous voted to sustain the President. "We are not out of the woods actually have prevented Kenne Senate was expected to agree yet," Ford said. "We may be a dy from acting in the Cuban position that the bill gave the and thus give Congress its first Opponents in the House said President powers he did not it could damage U.S. policy in long way from being out of the missile crisis and would have override in Nixon's second woods. I'm very concerned that stopped Roosevelt from sending have under the Constitution. administration. the current Middle East crisis A White House statement said and would have tied the hands to override this veto at this destroyers to protect merchant The House vote was 284 to time could ... ruin the Presi convoys in the North Atlantic Nixon was "extremely disap 135, four votes more than the of previous Presidents like John pointed" by the action. F. Kennedy and Franklin D. dent's position." from German U-boats before necessary two-thirds, despite He added that while Nixon the United States entered World "He feels the action seriously impassioned pleas by vice Roosevelt in dealing with undermines this nation's ability foreign enemies. was willing to accept some kind War II. presidential nominee Gerald R. of war powers legislation, he But backers of the bill to act decisively and convinc Ford, R-Mich, and other Ford said the bill carried ingly in times of international "the potential of disaster for us did not want in the bill's two pointed out that nothing in it conservatives who said the bill provisions that he said in his would have prevented Nixon crisis," the statement said. Oct. 24 veto measure were both from acting as he did during "The confidence of our allies in unconstitutional and dangerous the recent Mideast crisis with our ability to assist them will Off-Campus shuttle to the conduct of U.S. foreign the Soviet Union. Congressional be diminished by the House's policy: consideration of military action action. -A 60-day limit on war would only begin when troops "Our potential adversaries has disappointing start making abroad without positive were actually engaged, they n1ay be encouraged to engage congressional approval, plus 30 noted. in future acts of international than driving too." more days to disengage the The votes to override came mischief because of this blow to Mike Flynn, a senior living off by Ken Bradford troops if they can't be from both Republicans who our deterrent posture." Staff Reporter campus for his second year, had no withdrawn earlier. comment on the bus service but -Authority for Congress to The Student Government Off suggested that "nixon should force an end to hostilities Campus Shuttle Bus made its first resign." before that by a concurrent runs yesterday morning and af ternoon. Universal Artists proudly presents in South Bend Acareer in law A disappointing turnout of eleven off-campus students made use of An Evening With without law school. the first two evening trips Wed nesday afternoon. What can you do with only a bachelor's degree? "It'll take a little while for the Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an students to find out about the bus," TODD undergraduate education and a challenging, respon Leroy Chambliss, the afternoon sible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do bus driver, said. work traditionally done by lawyers. Three months of intensive training can give you The bus, which leaves the Circle RUNDGREN the skills-the courses are taught by lawyers. You at half-hour intervals in the early choose one of the six courses offered-choose the morning and late afternoon, covers city in which you want to work. a six-mile route for ten cents. Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training The bus makes numerous stops has placed more than 500 graduates in law firms, along the route which covers SUNDAY, banks, and corporations in over 40 cities. If you are a student of high academic standing and concentrated areas of off-campus are interested in a career as a Lawyer's Assistant, housing southwest of Notre Dame. NOV. 11th we'd like to meet you. "We're supposed to stop at every Contact your placement office for an interview with corner along the way," Chambliss our representative. said. "If the students recognize 8pm We will visit your campus on the bus, it'll stop if they wave at it." Tickets available at Student TUESDAY,NOVEMBER13 Students riding on the bus ex Union Box Office, pressed their approval of the 11:30-5:00 daily. shuttle service. "It's exactly what I've been MORRIS CIVIC AUDITORIUM hoping for," said Mark Romzick. The Institute tor "It certainly beats bumming a 211 North Michigan Avenue ride." 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*The first bus does not leave from circle, *The last bus does not return to campus, but, instead, starts a_t~ Mi~c~ig,qra •.q{lq .Nav.c;ur.e.. but, instead, ends at Michigan and Navarre. ' 11 t;, '. ·. .1, '"· ,._ \ , • ' 1!1 .. • ..... " • • • • ~ . . ------;---·-···- " •••• '~ .• ,. • • ...... "'\~, .... "'loo ..... ;, • - ...... - ...... 6- • "- ...... ~ ..- .. .,.,...... ,...... ,.t. "P.i. • ~ . America's Children THE OBSERVER AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER Ramblings Jerry Lutkus Art Ferranti Editor-in-Chief Dan Barrett Executive Editor Executive Editor I .. f ' l :\ · ~ ;..-ry lutkWI NEWS: 283-1715 Lee Gentine EDITORIALS: 283-8661 John Kloos A few nights ago, Tom Snyder, the host of the NBC show Tomorrow Business Manager BUSINESS: ?113-7471 Advertising Manager admitted that many of his associates in the news business hated President Richard Nixon ... a statement that blares the obvious. Thursday, November 8, 1973 But when you hear someone who is in the business of objectively reporting the news, admit that, you begin to wonder. My reaction to his statement and my resulting reaction to the news that is written by these Washington correspondents is the same reaction I had when the We Need Direction White House revealed that two of the Watergate tapes were missing "Do you really expect me to believe that?" It is extremely unfortunate when a demands inventiveness and the representative body is forced to tem willingness to fail in order to later suc --The President's handling of the tapes and the entire Watergate porarily halt i~s process in mid-stream ceed. affair has been a mockery. He takes a firm stand and then slowly because of the resignation of its And most of all, the task demands the moves away from that stand. It's as if he's hanging by his fingernails recoginzied leader. Indeed, that is one of leadership of an individual with the from a cliff. When his grip lets go, he falls a little way until he gets the greatest fears that is presently daring to lead all of the halls into that another fingerhold. And slowly he falls all the way down the cliff- confronting the American government in never destroying himself, but simplyhurtinghimself as he haltingly stab at the darkness which has for so long makes it all the way down. the wake of continued calls for the characterized the social situation here. resigantion of President Nixon. And that l1eader's challenge will not end You know the commercial that equates truisms with aspirin?Well, The Hall President's Council, one of the there. it's time to add one to their list... "The Vietnam war is over." Last three arms of student government on the night our President even fell into that truism when he told the Notre Dame Campus, is currently faced In the spring, it is quite likely that the American people that the Vietnam War is over. There is an odd with much more than a fear of that campus will experience overcrowding American view that as long as Americanboys are not dying, then unenviable position. situation very similar to the one that there is no war. occurred last year. And we need the leadership 1to avoid the chaos that con In thewake of the resignation of their Presently our country is pouring military aid into South Vietnam to chairman, the HPC must hesitate, three fused the entire on-campus population support the corrupt Thieu regime. S. Vietnamese-you know those poor months into the governing year, and during the ]past semester. sub-human beings that Americans believe exist there--are still dying, choose a new man to lead them in their supported in the war by American military hardware. But the war is But these issues are just the start. We over, right? efforts to offer direction through coor need a leader. Not for any specific cause, dination of this campus' dormitories. but just because we need direction. --Likewise Senator Mak Hatfield has fallen into the same rut. He And that choice is a crucial one, for the Throughout the first six week's con said that he was prepared to submit legislation into Congress that halls of Notre Dame are about to be troversy ov~er the revised guidelines, the would specifically prohibit any American soldier from setting foot into confronted with their most trying student body had no one who stood out as the Midesst War. That's a wonderful idea, but it falls too short. Why not extend it to prohibit America military aid from going there? Just problems since the inception of the stay representative of the student's interests. because no Americans are dying there, it does not mean that we are hall system. This is not to say that certain elected not supporting warfare that is killing people. officials didn't offer suggestions for If hall life is to suitably adapt to the revising the administration's proposals. During the height of the war, you could look at the pictures of the recent changes in the student manual But suggestions are not the mark of a guidelines, then we certainly need more downed aircraft and read the instructions off the side of them, because leader. They should rightfully arise from the instructions were in English. No, we are as much involved in that than endorsement by the SLC, the people who are led. war as we would be if we sent troops. Central Staff, or Fath~r Hesburgh himself. The HPC needs a strong leader because they need a person who can rise above the It struck me as remarkably ironic that a matter of days after the two Most importantly, Notre Dame needs student body as a whole and provide both major powers sent tons of military hardwre into the Mideast, they sat stong leadership that arises from the that elected group and the electorate with down and worked out a peace initiative. That's absurd. The greatest peace initiative that the two powers could write would be a piece of group that represents the students in the direction--moral direction--that this paper saying, "No More Arms!" halls where the guidelines are to be ef campus is sorely lackin~?; at the present. fective. Hall governments are the key to We need direction to help us face the And the American people must accept the responsibility for these successive social interaction based on the need for S(Jicial interaction. We need actions of its government. We are as responsible for the deaths of new guidelines, and that effort must be moral direction to help us face the need to Vietnamese and Arabs and Israelis as the soldier who fired the gun and coordinated by a strong central body--the house our felllow students both on campus as the politician who started the wars ... because we allowed it to HPC. happen. We allowed our government to send arms to the Mideast that and off. We need moral direction to help resulted in hundreds of deaths. us become what Notre Dame is supposed And successive social interaction is not to be educating us to become--men and an easy accomplishment; all past women able to provide moral direction to I know this sounds remarkably self-righteous, but like Thomas revisions of student life codes have failed More, we are victims of our silence, because silence implies consent. the world in which we are unavoidably a And we havebeensilent. Our silence is telling our government that to provide such interaction. It would be part. very easy for the newguidelinesto remain do not care what they are doing or we agree with them. In either case, a list of restrictions rather than realize If this is too much to ask of any what we are giving them is the carte blanche. Because we have member of the HPC, then perhaps we given them this free hand, we must accept both the consequences and their potential as the basis for social responsibility for what is done in our name. upheaval on this relationship-starved must look elsewhere. But for now, the campus. Hall Presidents have the opportunity to offer this campus what we sorely lack --If you think that things should be changed, you have one major weapon, the vote and the pen. Write your congressman now and make r But thattaskis a difficult one. And hall and desperately need. And that direction it clear to him that there are millions of students who now have the ~ governments without a doubt, spell the cannot arrive too soon. vote. And tell him that unless he gets off his duff and into gear that it I difference between the present stagnant For some of us, the time is growing just might be time for some house cleaning in Washington. You've got two basic powers, use them. situation and possible growth. The task short. Butch Ward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the observer daanesbury r:.arry trudeau ~------Nite Editor: Albert D'Antonio Y£5, 1'11 CtR.TAINLY. AN6t<.OR. WAT IN FACT; I 11/EU, If taRE Assn't nite ed.: Rick Blower ArR-410 YOUR. GOT IT A F!3W YEARS AGO. THINK Ill& CAN GOIN6 INTO Layout: Any Moriarty INFO's CORRECT, TA PROHM, THE AKY0/1 5T£P 60 7lJ ONLY A THE JIJN6t&, :! 60T SOME Sports: Peggy Lawler, Greg Corgan BOSS. MOST Or PYRAH/0~ TH/3 LATE KHMEr< COt/PtE Or 1HE ;: BETTER.. 110RG BAO Day Editor: Jack Kelly : 1H&SC PtAC&5 8VIUJIN65, !3V!3N 1HE ki~TE!?N 5161/TS /ERE. ANO R.EH l/P. NEW§, 8055. Compugraphic: Mike Goetz o PIER& O&C!/1.4TEO. 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rhursday, November 8, 1973 the observer 5 two centuries of art: the notre dame art gallery
Ed. note: The following article is the first in a series by Mr. Pocius about the Notre casey pocius Dame Art Gallery. Future stories will focus government set up by Mussolini and Hitler. overnight during the course of the on temporary exhibitions as they open in an Braschi paintings are not what they were It is a testament to the man's courage as exhibition. Once the back doors of the main once thought to be. Still, some of the works effort to acquaint readers with the works on well as his intense creativity that he made gallery had to be removed to accomodate a can be exhibited today as fine examples of display. the preliminary drawing for· his "Pieta" particularly large piece of sculpture. Still, while imprisoned, using brown butcher less well-known painters, such as Francesco There's a wonderful, wonderful world these were minor inconveniences when Allegrini, Jacopo Vignali or Andre Leone. down here," said Steve Bennett, unlocking paper and charcoal that a sympathetic compared to the problem of locating By 1925 the collection had grown to about the vault door, "you could spend a whole guard had smuggled him. He was later Mestrovic 's "Pi eta "in Sacred Heart two hundred and twenty-four works, a lifetime here." This display of exuberance released as a result of Vatican intervention Churcy, for which purpose an entire section substantial part of which had been donated was nothing new for Steve, an art history and spent the latter part of the war in of wall had to be removed and then rebuilt a year earlier by Charles A. Wightman, for student at Notre Dame and a staff member Switzerland. after the statue was moved in. whom the Wightman Memoiral Art Gallery at its Art Gallery, but you would have To stock this exhibition the Gallery is These are problems, to be sure, but their was named. Numerous stories are told thought that it was the first time he'd ever borrowing several pieces on a "carte scope is indicative of a successful Gallery in about trips to the Gallery and its crowded been down to look at the Gallery's per blanche" basis from Syracuse University, operation. Today you can walk into the walls. Housed in four rooms on the second manent collection. He was showing me where the artist also taught, as well as some Gallery at any time and view several first floor of the old library (the present Ar around and, while I had been determined to pieces from the private collection of Mrs. rate exhibitions but this wasn't always the chitecture Building) one hears tell of give the collection a dispassionate look Mestrovic. Included in this exhibition, case.There had been a small group of paintings hanging above radiators, water over, his enthusiasm was infectious. As he according to its planners, will be a "big paintings at Notre Dame from the time of its fountains and beneath windows covered.by slid the large screen back and forth that surpirse" which will take the form of a very founding in 1842. In the spirit of John Car .shades. hold the paintings I got the impression that important large piece not previously seen dinal Newman's observation that the While the period between the two wars he was showing me his personal collection by the general public. university as a center ofexcellence should . was not as fruitful as the preceeding era had instead of one worth over five million The problems of running a university art have "a place for seeing galleries of first been, the University collection took a dollars and kept in temperature and gallery these days are numerous, but as rate pictures," the University had started dramatic upswing in the years following humidity controlled vaults. Still, these Dean Porter, the Gallery'sCurator, puts it, an art collection when most of Indiana was World War II. In 1952, an art gallery was works of art belong to Steve and me just as "the student body here deserves being still a wilderness. Little is known about the included in the plans for the new College of they belong to the Notre Dame community worked for." And throughtout the year, nature of this collection because the records Art and Letters and the name was changed and the forty thousand visitors who tour the there is plenty of work for Gallery Director and most of the pieces were destroyed by a to the Art Gallery of the University of Notre Art Gallery each year. Father Anthony Lauck, Curator Porter and fire in 1879. Dame. This new structure provided The late nineteenth century marked the professional care and a controlled en "Today you can walk into the Gallery at any beginning of serious art collection at Notre viroment for the growing collection. It also Dame. More than anyone else, Luigi · made it more accessible to both the student time and view several first-rate exhibitions Gregori was the man responsible for this body and the general public. No longer but this wasn't always the case . . II new start. Gregori, the artist who painted · tucked away in cramped quarters, the the Columbus murals in the Administration collection could be viewed in a wing of its This year the Gallery has planned a total their staff. Almost all college ad Building, had been commissioned by Father own, off the main entrance to the largest of nineteen shows, ranging from an ministrators today would acknowledge the Sorin in 1874 to come from Italy and paint hall on campus. exhibition of ancient and medieval objects importance of maintaining art collections the Stations fo the Cross for Sacred Heart to the experimental photography of Dick and exhibition areas in their institutions, but Church. He brought with him a large group At this time an enormous conservation Stevens and Todd Walker. Starting in late to do so is becoming more and more dif of Italian drawings whcch he utilized in ·problem existed involving paint loss, dirt October, the Gallery will featyre a show ficult. The past few years have seen an executing his commission. THis group of . and indiscriminate over-painting. Professor entitled "The New Portfolio of Josef Albers: upswing in museum construction and more than two hundred drawings represent Hans Tietze was asked to study the FormulationArticulation." The core of this acquisition of art works by America~ the University's earliest surviving collection and make recommenations as to exhibition will be formed by a set of thirty universities. While this recognition of the benefaction, important because they reflect which paintings should be kept and which three prints donated by the artist in memory importance of art is heartening, it has also the artistic heritage of eighteenth century sold. Although his program was never of Father Howard Kenna, the late caused colleges and universities to compete Italy. carried out completely, his notes have Provincial of hhe Congregation of Holy with municipal art museums in an in Apart from his work as a painter, Gregori formed the basis for the coming of age of the Cross of the Indiana Province. Albers is creasingly spare and inflated market. was also active as a conservator while at Notre Dame colleciton. Not only has this noted for his .dramatic fustion of color and Works of art from earlier periods of any Notre Dame, During a stay in Rome, program of conservation saved numerous form, especially in his "Homage to the quality are becoming more expensive and Gregori had worked as a cataloguer and works from permanent loss but has also Square" series, and his show promises to be .hard to find. Unless supported by generous resotrer for the Vatican, a practice he brought to life many works previously the highlight of the fall. In January, the collectors or some kind of special fund, the continued at Notre Dame. One account hidden under years of dirt and paint ac Gallery is scheduled to present the second in college or university that had not started an tells of how Gregori, while cleaning a cumulation. an annual series of exhibitions focusing on art collection of any historical dimension painting with acid, accidentally discovered Presently, the Art Gallery occupies an works by the faculty of a neighboring in before ten or fifteen years ago is going to be the underneath the top layer of paint was an entire wing of O'Shaugnessy Hall. The stitution, this year the University of Min faced with the nearly impossible task of old master painting which he promptly facilities include a large gallery used nesota. As was the case last year, Notre building a collection now. attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyek. primarily for continuously changing olan Dame will send the work of its faculty to the Unfortunately, no endowment fund was Although this labeling was later found to be exhibitions and four adjacent galleries in participating school. In this way the established for the purchase of art objects·at erroneous, Gregor's influence and guidance which portions of the permanent collection students and faculty of both institutions are Notre Dame. Consequently, the Art Gallery of the budding Notre Dame collection are exhibited throughout the year. Beneath given an opportunity to see what their must rely almost exclusively on benefactors cannot be overlooked. the gallery itself is the curator's office, a contemporaries are doing. to add to its collection. In 1951, for example, By 1917 Notre Dame had acquired "a laboratory and the three vaults where the Perhaps the biggest and most important the Gallery received as a gift some im collection of twenty-five canvasses by permanent collection is stored when not on exhibition of the year will come in the spring portant paintings from the Fisher collection notable painters, fourteen drawings and display. A lot of people, I suspect, take all with the unveiling of the Ivan Mestrovic in Detroit. The addition of this fine group of three pieces of bronze." according to the this for granted as they pass the Gallery to show, a major exhibition of drawing and paintings gave the Gallery a lorge core of preface to the first catalogue of the ·and from their classes. For some, a quick sculpture by Yugoslavia's celebrated son first-rate works. Similarly, the Kress collection. Also in 1917, the President of the look through the glass doors is as close as and Notre Dame's first artist-in-residence. Foundation's gift of seventeen paintings in University, Rev. John W. Cavanaugh, they come to the "wonderful world" that Mestrovic came to Notre Dame in 1955 and 1961 helped brpaden the permanent C.S.C., made a large purchase from the awaits them just a few steps beyond. Then worked and taught here till his death in 1961. collection as well as adding an impressive Braschi collection in Rome, which addedone again, some might be walking by with Steve Regarded as an outstanding sculptor of dimension of quality. Through the hundred and thirty-six more pieces to the or another staff member, in which case religious subjects, his works pave been generosity of Mr. G. David Thompson, the collection. Although the original inventory they'll make a slight turn and end up included in international exhibitions for Gallery was able to add the work of such glowed with famous of the spending a wholelifetime. over fifty years. Among them is his seven contemporary artists as James Brooks, ton "Pit!ta," which was shown at New Alfred Jensen and Karel Appel. THe York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for Thompson gift was also a strong incentive to several years and which now rests in Sacred build up the twentieth century collection, Heart Church on the campus. Mestrovic, which now boasts works by Chagall, Leger who the great French Sculptor Rodin once and Picasso (all on extended loan from the called "the most talented young sculptor Stern foundation) as well as numerous I've ever seen," was the first living artist to American works of significance. Until have a one-man show at both the recent years, the artist has also been able to Metropolitan Museum of Art and London's donate his won work and declare. for tax prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum. purposes, the market value of his work at Mestrovic's sculpture is contemporary, the time. Recent legislation, however, but it bears unmistakable pre-classical and permitting the artist to declare only the cost classical influence. His works in stone, wood of his materials has seriously threatened and bronze can be seen in numerous future gifts by artists to university art ' museums, private collections, churches and galleries. Despite this unfortunate parks from Belgrade to Chicago. Honored legislation, some artists continue to donate many times for his artistry, Mestrovic their works or else encourage their received the Gold Medal for Scuplture from •collector to do so. Artists like Josef Albers, the National Institute of Arts and Letters in Alice Baber, Robert Goodnough and Paul 1956 and the Fine Arts Medal of the Jenkins have all given their works to the American Institute of Architects in 1955. Notre Dame Art Gallery. After you get the pieces, though, there are His early exhibitions marked Mestrovic the logistics of planning, organizing and as a Croation nationalist, but he was a hanging a show. The Vasari exhibition of a patriot rather than a politician. When few years ago, for example, took over four nationalists were threatened with arrest at years in its planning and organization. Also, the outbreak of World War I, Mestrovic fled the value of the works being shown was so to Italy. During the early part of World War high that the insurance company stipulated II he was imprisoned in Zageb by the puppet that an armed guard be hired to stay .. 1(1" • I ~ .t I 0 I ~ I , I " • ' • • • • • . ;
------~~------~~ 6 the observer Thursday, November 8, 1973 ND guard faces murder charges Uhe WirWjammer by Tom Kruczek beginning on September 12 this position. HAIR STYLING FOR DISCRIMINATING MEN Staff Reporter year. He was suspended tem Fr. Schlaver noted, "James was porarily last Sunday for a very religious man who was in Crittendon County, Arkansas disciplinary reasons, but was due the process of becoming a lay Police have reported the arrest of back to work the night of the deacon. All who :knew him spoke Avoid the Sam James, Jr., a Notre Dame shooting. very highly of him as he was the security guard, in connection with James, 43, had never been a guiding light behind one of the area the alleged shooting of his wife, considered a problem in the past. poverty pr9grams. He was just Thanksgiving Bonnie Mae. The arrest occured Arthur Pears, director of security one of the nicest people you would late Wednesday afternoon, with at the university stated that he had ever want to know." James coming to South Bend on recommended to hire James this Fr. Schlaver continued, "If I was rush! Thursday to face possible murder year by his parish priest and by prone to speculate, Sam did have a charges. Father David Schlaver C.S.C., fear that he was not able to provide The shooting occured at 9:30 coordinator of volunteer services for his family enough because of AI/. Services by Appointment - No Waiting p.m. Tuesday in the James home or theuniversity. Both have known his ill health, and this might have at 50561 Kenilworth Rd. in South James for a number of years and played a role in the shooting. He Bend. It came in the aftermath of recommended for employment by added James's job may also have an argument between James and the security police. worsened the situation. CALL NOW his wife. He then fled to Arkansas James formerly was employed Schlaver stated that during the where his relatives reside until he by the Pinkerton Detectives, but two years that he had known 1637 LincolnWay W. 232-6622 was apprehended yesterday. was forced to quit because of a James, he had never known him to James was employed by the back ailment that prevented him drink. Security Force of Notre Dame from doing the large amount of South Bend Sheriff's police chief where he worked the night shift driving required by the Pinkerton Myers, when contacted at his home Wednesday, to comment on the extradition proceedings, stated, New Jersey Club Plans for student "You will have to get everything 'b d ~' from the station tomorrow." U •n e James and his wife were long- General Meeting Party h 0 Usehe said. .& ' ~~~; ~~~~~:n~nd residents who had Ed Rahill commented that when by David Lee new disciplinary measures and the· concerning Staff Reporter like began to dominate SLC SMC votes Plans for a student party house meetings, the discussion of a party ue in a state of limbo because the house became a low point on the Jroposed site, the old red barn on council's priority list. * Club Dinner Bulla Road, burned down. However, according to Rahill, to serve Ed Rahill, a member of the SLC, the SLC has recently been forming Membership felt that there had been adequate, committees to handle various UFW lettuce * favorable student response to projects; so the idea of having a having a party house before the party house has been rejuvenated. by Peggy Frericks fire and the SLC had started plans Other proposals relating to the * And Other Calendar Plans Staff Reporter for one. But when the proposed party situation have also been site for the party house, the red brought to the SLC, Rahill com At dinner last night Saint Mary's barn, burned down, the SLC was mented. But these proposals have students voted to stop the purchase Thurs. Nov. 8 7:30 pm left with the problem of finding a not been adequately discussed yet., and service of lettuce from the new location for the party house, he added. Teamsters Union and serve only · lettuce picked by the United Farm Rm. 303 Engineering Bldg. Workers. Foreign student number Of the 1,005 people who ate, 683 or about 68 per cent voted. Of those last year that voted, 637 or approximately 91 drops from percent voted yes while 46 voted A program of education in no. Three hundred and nineteen engineering is the overwhelming Since only United Farm Workers foreign students from 56 countries favorite of the 200 graduate lettuce, which is not as readily are enrolled during the current students and 119 undergraduates. avilable as Teamster's lettuce will Arts Commission semester. This compares with 344 There are 101 enrolled in this Notre ~ultural be used, lettuce will not be served students from 56 countries last Dame college, compared to 77 in as . often. According to Reb. DANCE &DRAMA SERIES presents year, 342 students from 57 coun science, 66 in Arts and Letters, and Thomas Stella, who headed the tries in 1971-72, and 319 from 49 58 in Business Administration. lettuce boycott effort, "Most of the nations in 1970-71. Seventeen of the undergraduates people I talked toseemed willing to are members of the Freshman accept the sacrifice that their yes Impeachment Year of Studies Program, 28 are~ vote entailed, namely, that lettuce sophomores, 37 juniors, 31 seniors, will be served less frequently . and six are enrolled in a fifth year favored This affirmative vote IS a step in • Thursday, November 8, 1973 the observer I HPC meeting planned 'The finest in -Steaks electing a chairman is to nominate Cantonese The Hall President's Council April don't know the system of the 3 the observer Thursday, November 8, 1973 Eighth-rated MSP" hosts No.2 ND · (1490) at 7:30p.m.). Next season, take_s odd ?o~nces. . . by John Fmeran the Spartans huve promised to Shl_l, S~mth s team ~nows very .· If you haven't seen Michigan open a modern ice facility, and we_ll ~t wtll not be playt~g th~ old .Hate's archaic Ice Arena, you are Smith, for one will not be sad bml~mg. Rather, the Insh wtll ~e really not missing anything. The seeing the old building deserted. playt~g a very tough Spartam ,;eats are narrow, the lights are "I think I can safely say I am not sq~a .· . . . "..im, and the plexiglass around the going to be unhappy to be playing t Mt~?tgan_Sttatetts a vehryKqm~k ·:>oar d s ts· non-exts· t en t . our last senes· th ere, , snn 'th sat'd · Heam, assts .d an"Th coac'll t k evmad Lefty Smith and the Fighting "It is a tough rink to play in. "It is oene sat · e~ a e - 1rish hockey squad will be visiting shorter than normal and it seems a vantage of your m~stakes, and the ancient landmark in East lot wider. The lighting is dim, and when they do, they re tough to '~ansing for the last time tomorrow the screen around the boards gives be.~ih . f' t r . . . . :1ight and Saturday evening (both you unusual bounces. It could be a ~-tr ttrs ~~~s stmt 1art~n P1 ~Y .!ames broadcast over WNDU problem for us the way the puck to 0 ';lr Irs me, . oene con _mue · • "It ts good breakmg out of 1ts own vlC Dorr ::;:::::::;:::::::::;:::::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;::i:i:i:i:::::i:::::::::::::::::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;: end.'' Sophomore center Steve Colp heads that first unit and is also leading the Spartans in scoring The Irish Eye with one goal and five assists. Hoene, who saw last. Saturday's MSU victory, thinks Colp is "as .::=====:;:======:::::=:=:=:::=:::::::::A whole new ball game good as any center we'll face this season." What a difference four years can make. "Colp is a good skater, has a Four years ago the Texas Longhorns were the nation's top-ranked good shot, and is a good ··ollege football team, with Notre Dame second and Ohio State's playmaker," Hoene said. "And ... Buckeyes rated third. most important, he'll win the Four years ago Terry Shields, a Pittsburgh native, was a Notre Dame important faceoffs when they are .-enior and was sports editor of The Observer. And four years ago Ara needed." :>arseghian was preparing his undefeated Fighting Irish football team for The Spartans' second line of Tom t November home game with the enigmatic Pitt Panthers. Ross at center between John Shields with ' t.h · n which would befit any Pittsburgh resident, , en ustas 1 . . th I' h H k II th Sturges (left wing) and Brendon attacked the Notre Dame--Pttt game wt re IS . e new we e many Moroney is both a defensive and :>trengths and few weaknesses of the Irish gridders, and he knew fairly physical one. The trio is, however, well the many weaknesses and few strengths of coach Carl dePasqua's capable of offensive flashes of Panthers. excellence. "For the past six years," he mentioned, two nights _before ~he ~all "Ross is a quick center," Hoene ~ame, "every Pitt football guide has had some catchy httle saymg hke said. "Sturges and Moroney are 'This is the year the Panther begins to growl.' This year the phrase was Goalie Mark Kronholm and the rest of thelrish hockey team will be also quick breaking off their wings. travelling to East Lansing this weekend to take on the Spartans . 'The Pitt Panther is back.' The line could give us heavy "Of course " he continued "every knowledgeable fan would chuckle DeLorenzi scored the two goals in front of goalie Mark Kronholm. pressure." the Irish 2-2 tie Saturday night. The senior netminder was brilliant :1uietly to hin;self while reading those phrases ... but now the i~possible The third line also presents !las happened. Six weeks into the season and lo and behold the mfamous With Ian Williams still sitting out in both Tech contests and will problems. "Darl Bolton (center), carry a 2.77 goals against average Pitt Panthers are rated Number One in the East. Something has to be Dennis Olmstead (left wing) and his four-game league suspension, wrong somewhere." . . freshman Brian Walsh will play into tomorrow's game. Michael Chaurest are potentially "Michigan State is one of the top Something was wrong, all right, but the Panther_s made the mt~tak~ m good hockey players," Hoene said. right wing on the Pat Conroy line. the way they approached Week Six. They were htghly touted gomg mto Both players tallied twice in the five clubs in the WCHA," Smith "Although the line is not concluded. "We recognize we'll that weekend's game with Syracuse, but the Panthers were shallacked by cohesive and consistent yet, it'll opening 8-4 win, while linemate the Orangemen and then crept into Notre Dame Stadium with their tails Eddie Bumbacco, a consensus All have a tough series against them. kill you if taken for granted." "Anytime you play them, between their legs. On defense, both Smith and America selection last season, "Possibly," chortled Shields, "a combination of things led to the assisted three times. especially with the strong Notre Hoene believe the player to watch Dame-Michigan State rivalry, you Syracuse debacle. The Orangemen are definitely an improving ball club, is Norm Barnes, a 6-1, 190 lb. The defensive pairings will be md maybe,just maybe, the Panthers were cocky enough to overlook a_n can expect a tough weekend:" junior. "Barnes is an excellent seniors Steve Curry and Bill Michigan State is indeed a Jpponent and envision what an upset over Notre Dame would do to thetr defenseman," the Irish head coach Nyrop, another All-American last c;tature. powerful sextet, and the Irish know said. year, and Les Larson with Pat they must come up with an equally "Unfortuna!:ely," concluded the senior sports scribe, "Pitt is not a good "Barnes is a good,big player who Novitzki. Freshman Jack mough team to overlook even Slippery Rock. They simply can't look past powerful performance to gain skates well," Hoene echoed. "He Brownschilde, who along with momentum for their series with 1 team like Syracuse and hope to win." takes charge much like Jim Nyrop was impressive last Four years later, Terry Shields is again following the progress of an Wisconsin at home next weekend. Nahrgang of Michigan Tech does. weekend, will be the fifth man. And if Notre Dame plays the Ice mbeaten Notre Dame football team--but his perch this year is not the "The other defensemen, Novitzki and Mike Tardani, last .Jress box atop Notre Dame Stadium but a residence in the Steel City. Arena rather than the team inside however, lack quickness," Hoene season's penalty-killing heroes, it, it could be a long weekend for ~nd this year, as Irish coach Ara Parseghian prepares his fifth-_rank~d added. "They can be beaten with will see similar action in East club for Saturday's tussle with the upstart Panthers, Terry Shtelds ts Lefty Smith's sextet in East speed and heavy forechecking." Lansing, trying to keep the puck in Lansing. viewing ND's opponent with much more respect than in 1970. Michigan State's colorful coach, "Saturday's game," he said, "will probably be the game of the year for Amo Bessone, almost echoed =>itt. It's going to be a sellout (the last tickets were snatched up late Hoene's words when he said, "The ruesday afternoon), and the radio and TV stations have been giving it a Irish have speed to burn, and they '>ig buildup. turn mistakes into goals." "There hasn't been much in the papers yet, but they've all been busy Hopefully, the Irish can use their Ni th the Steelers and the Redskins. I'm looking for a big buildup to start speed and forechecking to dent the ·.omorrow in the newspapers." Spartan net. MSU lost its top And there's good reason for the furor Saturday's game is stirring up in OBSERUER goalie, freshman sensation Gerry =>ittsburgh. The 1973 Panthers aren't the creampuff team Notre Dame Carr, last weekend with a severely 1as devoured in past seasons. They are currently 5-2-1, and most recently slashed forearm. 1ave defeated Navy (22-17)nand Syracuse. And against Syracu~e, coach Still, the Spartans have two SPORTS Johnny Majors' club gained over 500 yards of total offense--~1th more capable veterans in seniors Ron han 200 of those yards being collected by freshman sensation Tony Clark and Tom Bowen. Irish fans )orsett. will remember Clark was the "Their strength is Dorsett and