Youngstown University - Neon Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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24fArt Museology, in the general sense, is the study of the various aspects and functions of a museum. However, museology takes on a different meaning at YSU where the course is the only un- dergraduate one of its kind in the coun- try. Louis A. Zona - Instructor in the Department of Art is the course's in- novator and instructor. Many hours were spent by Zona during the summer months of 1972 traveling to major museums in the country to video tape lectures with the finest experts in the field. 'With the realization that the field of museum work offers fresh alternatives to the understanding of a more com- prehensive view ofthe visual arts, an un- dergraduate course which serves to in- troduce the study of museology was designed and implemented? The tive hour course includes one hour of classroom lecture and an ad- ditional six hours per week serving in- ternship in either the Butler Art Museum or the Arms Museum. Zona is to be commended for show- ing an extreme interest in his students by innovating Museology as a part of the Art Department's curriculum. He certainly fits his own definition of a successful teacher. In his own words we give him applause - I've always believed that truly successful teaching is based upon two important premises. One, a teacher has got to be obsessed by his subject and, two, he must identify totally with the needs of his students. It almost sounds like a definition of 'love' - perhaps, that's what l'm talking about. E pl QW .,.. ' -Z ima !r,.il..v. in .. it ml. V11 it

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The Anthropology Department has recently been involved in several pro- jects, aimed at studying and understan- ding man in his natural environment, both past and present. Under the direction of Dr. Gary Fry, the students of the Archeological Field Techniques class engaged in a dig at a site along the Mahoning River near Lowellville this past summer. The group found an open camp site with several fire pits. The people who in- habited this area from 8,000 B.C. to 400 B.C. were hunters and gatherers. Dur- ing this period, the site was occupied by four main culture groups. Dr. Fry and his twelve students found cannonballs and other artifacts from the French and Indian War. Artifacts of the prehistoric period include butchering tools made of stone from a nearby quarry on the side of a hill, and projectile points Carrowheadsj. Classes such as this do far more than just educate on a dry classroom level - they serve as stimulating, practical experience for the student who participates. A second project within the depart- ment was undertaken by Dr. Gary Fry and Dr. James Adovasio. These professors conducted an archeological survey in northwest Cyprus, an island about sixty miles west of Syria. For one month during the Christmas season, they investigated the area for archeological sites. Searching along the Krysoukou River drainage, they found thirty-eight sites, including thirteen cemeteries, fwith some open gravesj, ten towns and numerous small oc- cupations, and a large amount of pottery. Their principle interest is in early farming during the Neolithic Period faround 8,000 B.C.J, and they found two farming villages of' this period which had never before been reported. The fact that Cyprus is even today a great earthquake area explains the ruins of buildings found in this area. Dr. Fry and Dr. Adovasio received funds for their project from three sources, one of which was the YSU Research Council. The two plan to return next year to the same location as an extension of their work. A third project in this same depart- ment concerns cultural anthropology. Dr. James Kiriazis, chairman of the Sociology-Anthropology Department conducted a follow-up study last summer on the islands of Rhodes and Symi. His main interest was cultural change, directed especially toward pea- sant societies. Knowing the Hellenic dialect spoken, Dr. Kiriazis went into the relatively unspoiled, clean villages of the Aegean Sea area to live with the people. He found that the people rely heavily on the food they pick themselves, along with some fishing in Rhodes. He also observed the peoples' religion, which is Eastern Orthodox, but contains some magic and supersti- tion and some rituals of the Moslemsg devotion to these beliefs is quite strong. The family, held in very high regard, continues as an extremely close-knit system. Marriages are still arranged by the parents. The inheritance system in this village is matrilineal, whereby the females of the family inherit land, a house, and various possessions. Anthropologyf23

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