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DO THEY COME New professors at the University of Alaska are con- fronted with many questions. One most often asked them is: Why did you come up here? PAULETTE SMALLWOOD They give many answers. Some came to savor the challenge and adventure of this relatively virgin land. Still others said that they just wanted to see what Alaska was like. Many others said that they just wanted a change from the hectic pace of stateside living. One new professor had an amusing answer. He said he had read all about this place, how cold it got, the hunting, and the high prices, that he couldn ' t believe it, so he came to try it out. Another professor said that when he was deciding where to apply, he happened to read of the University of Alaska and since it sounded interesting he sent in his application. This same professor said that he and his family were surprised to find it in the high 80 ' s and low 90 ' s in Fairbanks when they arrived in June. He had heard that it stayed cold here all year around. He also said that despite the fact that his new home was destroyed by the flood, he and his family have fal- len in love with Alaska and that they were determined to stay in Alaska. 13
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Brody ABSTRACT INSIDER This is William Brody ' s first year as a teacher as well as his first year in Alaska. He has always more or less been interested in art, and started paint- ing in oils when he was fifteen. I still can ' t handle a brush very well, he says. I work for pre- cision, and oils are good because they can be redone until perfect. He had intended to graduate from Harvey Mudd College in Clairmont California with a math degree. By working in this field until he was about thirty, he could make some money, retire at that age and turn all his efforts to painting. I felt I could wait that long because the great painters didn ' t paint their best works until they were older anyway. Brody realized he wasn ' t as inter- ested in math as he was in art and teaching, so he went to two years of graduate study at Clairmont Graduate School and University Center. You have to go to grad school to teach, so I went, he said. He received his Master of Fine Arts in June, 1967. Of 150 some places he applied for teaching positions, Brody was particularly interested in the Uni- versity of Alaska. A friend who had been stationed at Eielson AFB had first told him of the U. of A. He had wanted to be in a new place and was especial- ly interested in teaching University level students. The students are better, and once you teach at a state university level, it is pretty easy to continue at that level. As far as an artist is concerned, stressed Brody, if you aren ' t in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, or San Francisco, it doesn ' t matter where you are. He enjoys the Alaskan country side even though he is not an out- ' door man-- I ' ve only been fishing] twice in my life. Though he likes to look at them, The idea of painting glacier covered mountains bores me, he said. Some of the colors and shapes of the hillsides, the rounded ones, reminding me of the backgrounds I use for his paintings. Brody is a teacher because he likes to work with people and enjoys giving his knowledge for others to use. His style is one which he says is not popular now and may or may not be in five or ten years. Brody feels his paintings while not exactly didactic do teach. They will be a good experience for Alaskan students. He leaves the door between his office and class- room open so students may feel free to come in, look at his work, and talk if they wish. He instructs classes in painting, print making and drawing here at the Univer- sity. Brody does not know how long he will remain in Alaska. He is in- different towards the coming winter. My interests are inside, reading, music and of course painting, and if you ' re inside, once again it doesn ' t matter where you are. 14
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