Jettes Donate Twelve Portraits to Art Museum

$1 million gift Jettes dona te twe lve po rt raits to art museum by Anne Phaneuf Mr. and Mrs. Ellerton M. artists of the 18th and 19th Hugh Gourley, Colby that the gift will increase John Singleton Copley, Twelve new faces have Jette, for whom the gallery centuries. The gift, valued Museum curator, claims the value of the collection Ralph Earl, Rober t Feke , been added to the Colby is named, have brought over one million dollars, is that works from the field of and with this increase in John Greenwood, Charl es community and are on view these new faces to campus so far the largest con- American painting, of which value, the college's assets Willson Peale, Gilbert in the Jette Gallery of the by donating to Colby a tribution to the Colby 2000 the gift is a part, are the will also grow. Stuart, and John Wallaston. Colby College Museum of major portrait collection of campaign which begins strength of the Colby President Cotter pointed Badger's portrait of paintings by American officially April 16. A1X. ¦ collection. Gourley added out that the Jettes' gift was Colonel Lithgow, the i nn i n consistant with the en- commander of Fort Halifax dowment campaign's in 1754, has great historical emphasis on developing value and is of particular Colby's cultural life. significance to the Ken- Jette, former and now nebec Valley and to honorary chairman of the Waterville. board of CF. Hathaway A portrait of Mrs. Metcalf Company, is an honory life Bowler, whose husband was member of the Colby board a reputed informer for the of trustees. He has served British, depicts the woman Colby as chairman of many in her early 20's. Another successful campaigns. later Copley portrait of Mrs. Edith Kemper Jette is an Bowler is in the collection of interior designer by the National Gallery in profession. As an Overseer Washington D.C. of Colby, she chaired the Stuart's and Peale's overseer visiting committee works, depicting people for the art department and from prominent American the museum. A member of families, are husband and the Colby museum com- Wife sets. mittee, she co-founded the "The entire Colby com- college's Friends of Art and munity is very grateful to is former chairman of that the Jettes for the third group's advisory council. major gift of paintings to The Jettes have helped the college," Cotter said. build the museum's "Edith and Jet have done collection through their more over the years to previous presentations to develop and support Colby's Colby. In 1956, they con- art museum than any other tributed the American individuals and have, in Heritage Collection which addition, always led Colby's fund raising campaigns included primitive paintings with enormous The por trait of Colonel Wi 1 Ham Lithgow painted in 1 7&0 by Joseph Badger and watercolors, and in 1975 » of Boston (left) and the portrait of Mrs . Metcalf Bowler painted in generosity . Cotter added the museum gained the that the gift will increase 1 758 by John Single ton Copley are part of the collection recently Jette collection of American Painters of the Colby's assets, and in turn dona ted by Mr. and Mrs. Ellerton Jette. The gift , wh i ch is the Jettes ' Impressionist Period, a gift the worth of the college. consisting of 95 works. The paintings are t hird dona t ion to Col by 's ar t collec t ion , is one of t he con t ribu t ions presently on exhibit and will alread t The Jettes most recent y given o Colby 's $25 million Capi tal Campa i gn Drive wh i ch will donation is comprised of remain on view at the Colby kick off this weekend . paintings by Joseph Badger, college Museum of Art until June 6.. (AmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmWLmmmmmWLWLWLmWkWkVWin ter sports facili ties may expand to Sugarloaf. Sixty-five response does not justify by Marc Carey Nicholson, Administrative percent said they would use the necessar y tuition in- Vice-President , these would this service and Nicholson creases. Less than ha l l In an effort to enhance take the form of a ski sees this the resident ial life of Colby, waxing hut , increased as a sufficient of those responding ex- Colby represents increased winter sports mandate to institute it next pressed interest in a Colby • trails and trail main- year. Buses would run facilities on campus as well tainance t around campus skilodge. Given the large during Jan Plan and certain such Hungary at UN- p.6 as a bus service to and a warming hut for days dur ing capital required for Sugarloaf are expected to skaters on Johnson Pond. second projects, $60,000-$100,000, be instituted for Colby semester next year. The the administration has no According to the administration also plans to students next year . questionnaire , 90 percent plan to pursue these op- continue., working in con- tions. expressed a desire to skate junction with Sugar loaf • Capital Campaign These new policies, and 80 percent said they to results of the Winter Sports provid e low priced lesson would use cross country packages for While only one fourth of previe w p.9 Questionnaire put out by the facilities were a wider Colby administration in January , students . the student body filled out variety offered. Nicholson the questionnaire , responses still have to be ratified by sees another advantage in Guys and Dolls ' the Board of Trustees While these ideas met reflected a wide variet y of • that the maintainance of with a positive response attitudes. Comments ranged during this weekend's these new facilities will up comin g ' p. 76 meetin g. No increase in from students many others from offers of support to increase student em- were not as popiilar. Two shar p criticism. Negative tuition would be required to ployment . subsidize these policies. thirds of those responding comments included m Men's lacross e Recommendations includ e Another popular expressed some interest in questionning the validity of increasin g cross-country suggestion , which will reopening the Colby Ski an overall tuition increase gets outside p. 18 skiing and ice skating probably require _ slope but given the fact that to support the activities of a facilities on campus. subsidation according someto only 407 students returned small percentage of the ' ' ' population . Li ' ' • I . ;. ' ' - - Accordin g to Stan Nicholson, is theJniB service the questi onnaire , such Chi Om ega 's prop osal rej ected by a vo te of fi ve-toJhree Nixon 's 'delicate condition ' by Deborah Fantcn Accordin g to McArthur , are also concerned that Chi doubtful prospects , O'Neill the proposal was rejected at O's request for this space is said that Chi Oihega will Accordin g to an article written by Seymour taking away these living not give up, ''If we' re scheduled to be printed in the May issue of Chi Omega 's proposal for the Thursda y meeting for Hersh , sorority housing was two reasons. "We are just facilities from other non- refused housing this . year , the Atlantic Monthly, President Richard M. Nixon rejected on Thursday by the beginnin g tp sort out the sororit y women." we'll petition again next was drunk so often in the White House that when Select Committee ori implications of co-ed Despite the proposal's year ," she said. late-night cables arrived Henry Kissinger Housing. The proposal , housing," McArthu r sometimes told aides, "There 's no use wakin g him which was defeated in a five said.uThis is just not the up-he 'd be incoherent. " to three vote , will be right moment for Chi 0 to The same article said that Nixon regar ded his move ahead ." Sarton visits Colby chief aide Alexander Hai g as " a double-dealer who reviewed this week at a had ingratiated himself with Nixon and H.R. joint committee meeting of the Student Affairs Com- McArthur went on to say April 21-24 at Haldeman and other senior aides by savaging that the Chi Omega May Sarton will be writ er-in-residence Kissinger behind his back and spying on him!'' mittee and the Select Colby College as part of the "Feminist Fortni ght" Committee on Housing. situation was part of the the establishm ent of the Women's Studies Kissinger , at one time in the article was larger problem of ex- markin g ¦ described as " more and more subservient , even Last week, Chi Omega Program at the college. • submitted a proposal to the clusionary . housing. He and poetr y and fauning, to his patron " yet "increasin gly vicious pointed out that committee She will conduct classes on her novels Select Committee on on the relationship between aging and the creative and outspoken outside the oval office." Housing requesting members disagreed about the value of exclusive process. " Marriner Hall as special The aut hor will give a public readin g and comment on interest housing for 1962-83. groups which already in Lorimer Chapel. No tax cut for now control certain housing her works at 7 p.m. Frida y, April 23, Accordin g to Acting Dean A recept ion in the community room of the Heiglrts of Admissions Robert facilities. book signing at Maine will probably not be getting a tax-cut Darilynn O'Neill , Chi dormitor y will follow. She will be at a McArthur , who chairs the 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 24, in the Colby bookstore. packa ge this year. The Republican leaders in the Select Committee on Omega president , was are "Whs.

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