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...position. The choice had repercussions no one foresaw: while the Henri group wanted to put on a huge exhibition to call attention to "progressive" American art, Davies happened to have an instinctive appreciation of the experiments going on in Europe. One day he sent to his friend Painter Walt Kuhn the catalogue from a show of modern art going on in Cologne that contained works by many of Europe's comers. "I wish we could have a show like this." he wrote, and Kuhn enthusiastically agreed. Within two weeks, Kuhn was off to Europe to make a selection...
...works sold, the French outnumbered the American 4 to 1. When Walt Kuhn submitted the sales report to members of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which had started the whole thing, the grand disillusionment set in. One after another the American artists read it, and one after another they resigned. As Painter Jerome Myers sadly explained: "Our land of opportunity I was thrown wide open to foreign art, unirestricted and triumphant; more than ever ! before, our great country had become a colony; more than ever before, we had become provincials...
...gramophone records I listen to in Parma," the 78-year-old professor explained. "I have been to America only in my dreams. I will be happy if my opera is performed again, but I must admit that my greatest ambition is to write music for the films of Walt Disney...
Stowell noted that the team does not have the individual standouts that it had last year. Instead he characterizes the present squad as having "quite a few real good men." High jump and broad jump specialist Chris Pardee, hurdler Tony Lynch, and miler Walt Hewlett were all consistent winners during the indoor season. Pardee currently holds the University high jump record at 6 ft. 51/2...
Running through mixed rain and snow, freshman ace Walt Hewlett covered 26 miles in 2 hours and 53 minutes to finish eighth in New York's annual Cherry Tree Marathon on Sunday. Hewlett was the Ivy League's freshman Big Three Champion in cross country competition last fall...