Lansingburgh High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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THE ODYSSEY The customs and manners of preuous c1v1l1zat1ons have been shovwn in the11 at The Egyptian pyramids dlsclose the method of bu11al used ages ago The carvlngs of the Chinese explaln thelr mys t1c religion The pure beauty of the Parthenon shows the intellekltual ideals of the Greeks The well constructed roads and brldges of the Romans llldlflate thelr practlcal nature The Gothic architecture was a result of the dogmatlc control of the Church IH the Mlddle Ages while the paintlng of Raphael and da V1nc1 show the new freedom caused by the Renalssance Thus It 1S posslble to lnterpret any nation through 1tS alt Europe IS iustly proud of her fine tradltlon centuries of definite progl ess ln the field of art Yet the fact that America has no back ground of achlevement need not discourage us We should reallze oul advantages we do not have to bear the weight of a glorious past there is no monopoly held by government rel1g10n or classes of society and gleatest of all ou1 fresh vigorous country offers an opportunity to the dexelopment of a distinctly national taste Howex er this does not mean a complete breaking away from the old traditions We may avoid many mlstakes by referring to the knowledge of the Europeans accumulated by much experience Also thele should be no nationalism 1n art lt should be 1nd1v1dual and un1 wel sal Foreign countlies have set a good example by provldlng open closer together One ot the worthiest proJects today IS the attempt to cause a mole unix ersal appreciation of art Some wealthy people mistake a mercenary and purely xaln sentiment for a love of beauty Oth61Q complain that they haue no lelsure for art-as lf it could be enjoyed only at certain tlmesl The truth of the matter IS that the busy un cultuled classes may be more easily elevated to a desirable perceptlon fOl they ox eilook small technical faults 1n seeing the artist s meaning In literature we do not reject Chaucer and Shakespeare because then spelling IS unusual and difficult to understand we admlre then splendid ldeas So It should be in art Avoiding first lmpresslons and 1flX6St1g3t1Y1g the soundness of new works we may find that the fault IS 1n ouiselx es because we have not elevated ourselx es to the level of the artists meanings The 1nc1eas1ng appreciation of art IS shown by the large enroll ment in art schools and the crowds frequentlng art museums and Lttendlng lectures Thls qualifies the theory of Charles Eliot Norton '1 Haixard professor that only through the study and knowledge of fine ants can the imagination be cultivated and reiects the general 1de1 th it am one who has never painted knows nothlng about painting Modeln art the subject of so much dlscusslon IS not so new as lt sums I1 thc tlame IS icmoved from a modern palntlng and the lines 20 l n:l-1 l:I 5 l:l I 7. . . . . Y 7 . 7 7 . 77 - 7 7 L77 . . 7 1 .R , y A1 Z . 7 . 7 , . 77 7 . . . I 7 7 . . v 7 . ' 7 competitions for public designs. This should tend to draw the nation 7 . 7 . . . 7 7 . . 77 . 7 - 7 . . 7 n, 7 ' ! . 7 . . 7 . . 7 7 7 7 , . . , . - U . N 1 4 v 7 . . . . ,, . . 7 C , . I 7 7 7 7 . 7 . . . 7 7 7 7 . .7 . 7 . 7 7 Lv , , L s ' x ' . ' 1 , . ' ' l xl

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THE ODYSSEY being Raven established lakes and rivers He taught the people to trap fish to construct storehouses to build canoes and to weave blankets He restored the sun and the moon when the light had been stolen from the sky As he flew back Wlth the ball of fire he broke off DIECSS of light thereby creating nlght and day The mrracle of the c eatron of the mountain krndles imagination and from the oldest times men have associated the mountalns with wlsrtatlons of gods Magnitude and grandeur suggest the power of Drety God s majesty and mystery By the stairway of the mountain slope the Great Splrlt first descended from the sky upon the California mountalns From there he established all the earth The Catskills and the Adirondacks we e the abodes of powerful beings and rebelllous spirits The White Mountams were homes of blessed and great spirits with Mount Washington as O15 mpus and Ararat in one for God stood upon its crest Who can say he does not enjoy mythology? Let him seek the legends of the northern Hudson those of hrs own region the t adltronal storles of the Scandrnavlans or the Indians Let hrm delve lnto myths for pleasure forgetting the educational value Mythology will then be as fascinating to h1m as an any modern novel or history LENA M HANSEN In 'Defense of eibffodern cyflrrw A gg.. HAT rs Art? Some have defined rt as a medium of communi ki catlon a unrversal language by which the artrst may tell 9 ,A .m hrs thoughts to his fellowmen and by which men may under stand each other It rs an abstract idea put into a decora the concrete form rn the simple wet comprehensrxe words of the child First I think and then I dravw a llne around my think Some anclent races have left no lrterature in the wrltten sense of the word but their art has told us more about the trmes than any story could It has been an rndrcatron of the climate In southern Europe where nature prowlded comforts for dally hung the people had lersure for developlng beauty for its own sake They delighted rn frescoes and statuary but were indifferent to the coarse workmanship shown rn their fu nrture and utensils In Italv clumsy rll made carriages have been found profusely cox ered vsrth artistic designs In the North hovx exer the sexere weather made necessity the first consideration so comfort and utility were cultnated to a high degree with art of sec ondary rmportance 19 A, I , IF A III l:I 1 y - J s V . ' Q ' 9 , . I' ' v uv ' ' '- , . v. . . . 1 1 . , . Y . . , . x . . . 1 . . A I' - s . . ' . , L 9 y r . . V. . . . , . . . . i . 0 24? - fps: I I . I I- x 'xr AVA x ,-A , . . . 1 . N yQ .n Z ,Y L I 3 'J V . . . 5 L. 72- . .- . f f ' v 6 li I . . Q J .D . . . - . Y ' . . . Y ' . Y Q r 1 . 9 ' ' as ' ' , , , ' , Y ' rv 1 , . . I . Y v - v v. . . Y. . v . . . . ' . ' I v I 1 . v ' ' ' 1' f ' - 1 f ' - rx r x q U i , 5 . v - v' 1 ' ' ,U . ,- - 9 v 1 V V 1. 1 l ul ' V r - v ' - ' v Y 1 ' 1 . Q 7. 1 I - v

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THE ODYSSEY 'lre contlnued we have only an abstract symbollc Clfidlgfl Pattcln are as old as art ltself' Marchand the young French lltlst palnts all hls landscapes ln the dull neutral hues whlch haxe alwavs appealed ln nature yet hls works are accepted as decldedly new The confllct ln the art world today seems to be over the qucstlon of followlng art for lts own sake or for that of utlllty The latter slde seems to be wlnnlng fortunately Should not art be put wlthln the leach of ex eryone lnstead of belng the mere whlm of a small H'l1I'l0lltj '7 Now the modern note IS found not only ln art gallerles but ln thl adxertlslng pages of magazlnes dlsplays ln shop W1IlCl21WS blldgcs streets lnterlor decoratlon and archltecture Formerly every bulldlng had to conform to a certaln style such as Colonlal Louls XIV and Emplre Now lf the lndlvldual 19 soclally lndlfferent he may bulld a home accordlng to hls own taste and lncome All that IS requlred IS lntelllgence ln regard to propor tlon value and proprlety Thus h1S home Wlll look dlstlngulshed when all styles have gone out of fashlon Many people lament the fact that ln thls hlghly lndustrlallzed country artlstlc expresslon IS becomlng less lndlvlduallstlc and molc organlzed Art and the machlne are so IH harmony that the result IS dupllcatlon and a lack of lndlvldual touch There IS an opportunlty ln thlq however to wlden the scope of an ldea and to put lt wlthln the reach of many SCIENCE has contrlbuted much to art ln the way of proportlon and the chemlstry of color hal mony Is lt to be legrettcd that thls leaves the artlst more tlme to develop hls splrltual technlque P Examples of th1S self GXDTBSSIOH are found ln the works ot the Cublsts and the Futurlsts Certaln llnes stand for SDGCIHC ldeas glvlng the artlsts a language of thelr own Any one who stlll dlsllkes modeln art mlght try to translate the plcture language of such noted modeln 1StS as Dana Cole and Ralph Armstrong At any rate let us glV6 them a chance to express themselves LORNA MALLARY fllaledzctory OW classmates we ale about to take that step whlch Gra X fig uatlon sy mbollzes QF Pauslng a moment we reallze the debt of gratltude we K 1, owe The support of the Board of Educatlon the 3dVlCQ of our Superlntendent the encouragement of our parents and the patlence of our faculty these are glfts whlch we can new er fully repay Durlng, our four years ln Lanslngburgh Hlgh School we haw acqulred knowledge and formed many fllendshlps As we take oul separate ways now lnto the larger world may we always uphold the ldealS of thls lnstltutlon Alma Mater the class of 1932 bldS you an affectlonate farewell' LORNA MALLARY 21 ':' ' . l .,L u!g,, i , . Y . . . X. A , , , . . , rl ' 1 I 1 . . 1 I 1 . , 1 n , l ' , ' ' 9 H 4 V .1 L w . Y . Y . Y , . ' ' v 1 ' . . . . . - X L , 1 K . . Y. . , . . Y . . . . '. ' , . . . . . X 9 9 ' v . . . . . v. Q. Y xv ' , 1 1 ' , lv 9 9 ' - - , ' 46 99 , ,T . . . 7 . . K 9 9 - 9 . . . . . . N , l . Y . . . . . . V 9 9 - na 99 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x . l 1 u 1 1 . 1 1 I l '9 9 . . I . ' . . ' . Q S . I I N . . . . . . . , l . cs L1 . ' . . . . . . . 1 . , r - . C ' - 9 . vfx JA, 4'x, 4 v - le, i , , d- ? , Y evj , A , . Q -? Ax, . . . . Y A-rw U 9 V 'A , . . fc xp 1 l -0 - 9 l-.VA 'Lax' . 9 ly xii Y Y V l . r 7 . . . i v r V l l l Y 1. . v 1 1 . l. . v 7 . 1 l l , , w . . 7 , .