Jefferson College - Vikon Yearbook (Hillsboro, MO)

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At five a.m. on April 24, thirty-three hardy students and faculty sponsors boarded a V-K bus for the Col- lege's first cultural trip to Chicago. The six hours of riding required to travel the three-hundred-thirty mile distance to the Windy City were spun away first with chatting, then later with singing and ioking. Finally however, at noon, the group arrived in downtown Chicago, and after lunch at The Art Institute cafe- teria, went to see a variety of contemporary exhibits in ten small galleries on the Chicago north side. Then back at the Institute Mr. George Schneider of the museum staFf gave the group a special tour of the galleries on Post-Impressionist art. At 3:00 group members were free to explore the Loop area down- town on their own. The evening was filled with a large dinner at The Pickle Barrel where an entertainer made balloon ani- FACUUY STQZSENT SENATE mals for everyone, with a viewing of the brooding British suspense film Seance on a Wet Afternoon, and with the attendance of The Oxford-Cambridge Revue at the spotlessly witty Second City. Back at the hotel later, the sane of the group dropped into bed while others, aiming to live Chicago to the full, stayed up to watch TV, in some cases to wake up the next morning still in their chairs. Cn Sunday, the group went back to explore The Art Institute more fully and to hear a discussion of modern painting by Mr. Gerig entitled Wit and Modern Art. Later at The Museum of Science and lndustry, we all wandered through the galleries un- til we were lost and looked at operating exhibits until we were blind. Needless to say, the trip home was quieter than the trip up, most everyone slept or tried. L56 Wm : fM.,gf?qffeg?2gv,wiis42ts2sfz11sffS1,fi 3 A, my 5.0 mr, , , be .. . s - V-J-KWOM'

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rw-V-'X pam i i l if pi But what makes it great? Explanations by a staff member Look for the poise of the shape. Mr. Gerig discusses a painting in Wash makes the visit to the St. Louis Art Museum more meaning- ington University's Steinberg Hall. ful. The proportion is not the same. Gail Church and Donna Horton. TRIPS The awakening of cultural appreciation is an important goal in a truly liberal education. In order to accomplish this goal, the Art Department sponsored a cultural tour to St. Louis on November 7, 1964. The tour included the St. Louis City Art Museum, Steinberg Hall at Washington University, the McDonnell Plane- tarium, and the film, Beckett The tour, open to all students, was a popular success. Feel the texture on that edge. Ernie Fair.

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CHICAGOI Above and across: C is for click. Wooden sculptures by Sandra Beal at The Holland Gallery not only moved but binged, gonged, and chattered at each other. H is for hats. When it started to rain, some students hunted out hat shops and bought wear for their hair. I is for individuality. Angry, bear-ded faculty members paraded in front of The Art Institute protesting the dis- missal of their dean and handing us leafiets crying Bring Booth- by Back. C is for confetti. Mr. Gerig points out the ice cream cones, paper hats, and other quasi-party symbols in Marisol's paintings at The Frumkin Gallery. A is for aircraft. While a plane descends on them from behind, visitors to The Museum of Science and lndustry gather by a wall to press buttons and watch mov- ing displays operate. G is for gorge. From Grant Park, Chicago's narrow streets and crowded buildings appear like soaring moun- tains and steep canyons of steel. O is for out. Riding the iet- speed elevator to the observation Deck of The Prudential Build- ing makes one feel the compartment is going to finally open into outer space. X - A V gy -'.. . ,L .. -...M ,.fsf-- 1, X-at - i 'f W ..,,n 5-....,, t-more-:fc gu y.:- jft fv' Below Far Left: Gee, I wish he'd talk about that Monet. With gems of art hanging on every wall, we had trouble keeping our eyes fixed extendly on single paintings as Mr. Schneider dis- cussed them. Below Middle Top: The street where it is always night. When students set out to explore the downtown Chicago area, Jay Dee Farris, Steve Brackman, Bob Boyer, and Larry Myrick fwho took the picturel went towards Wabash Street, which is completely covered and darkened by the sprawling subway system overhead. Below Middle Bottom: Hey loddy loddy, loddy la Though some students sang or studied on the way home, faculty sponsors one by one yielded to exhaustion and conked out. Sponsors were Miss Erlich, Mr. Cook, Mr. Gerig, Mrs. Gray, and Mr. Askew. Below Right: I talked on Edison's phone. Troop ascends the steps to enter The Museum of Science and lndustry. Among other exhibits was a phone that reproduced one's voice as it would have sounded on the first telephone. 1? tif' 5 --Q5 1 fr U f. 5' we-..,. g t ki