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PAGE POUR THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1956ARN0LDBUT EVERW* THEto*e muwv always.convìnce M£/HUT w mT00 IM.TO bET TO CLAMQta-m)Set Deviates front NormBut You Never Can TellCalendarTodayInter-Sorority CouncilGlidden Galleries FeatureArchitect Sullivan's WorkWednesdayStarting Sunday, November 11,Canterbury Club, 7:15 p.m., Howellan exhibition of major architecturalworks by Louis Sullivan will beby Bonnie GrossHallIn creating a set for the coming are slatted. The frames will play Business Club movies, .12:30 andFootlight Club presentation *of on a diamond shape. One of their 4:00 p.m., "The O'Sullivan Story"shown at the Glidden Galleries inBernard Shaw's "You Never Can unusual aspects is that they are (the manufacture of shoe parts) Alfred. Seven of the architect'sTen," designer Joan Ftschman was reversible and can be turned aroundand "Big and Basic" (a story of greatest buildings shown in hugesteel)confronted by two significant problems.They are also interchangeable and ' ThursdayAmerican architect's finest work.from one scene to play in another.photographic panels present theThe first is that the Alumni Hall thus aiford the actors a variety of Psychology Club, 7:30 p.m., SouthPrepared by the Museum of ModernArt in New York, in consul-stage, which is 24 ft. by 10 ft., is heights to play against.Hallproportionately much too long fortation with Henry Russell Hitchcockof Smith College and VincentEach act is primarily monochromatic.The first act, ¡set in the HallNewman Club, 7:15 p.m., HowellIts width; the ideal stage is squareor almost square. The second problemis that of working on a limitedal-aize enlargements highlight theScully of Yale University, the mur-waiting room of a dentist's office, Assemblyis blue; the second, depicting anStudent Senatebudget. Shaw's plays, indeed, mostwork of a great pioneer,outdoor daytime scene, is yellow;-farces, are usually designed realistically,which involves expensiveFridayWith Henry Hobson Richardsonand the third, which shows the interior' of a house, is red, denotingCross Country, Buffaloand Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan(1866>-192'4) is one of thescenery and furniture that a collegecannot often aiford.elegance. A yellow backdrop is vis-SaturdayHillel, 1:30 p.m., Howell Hall great names in the history of Americanarchitecture and one that hasThese problems have led Joanible throughout the play.Sunday-to devise, therefore, a set containinga non-realistic background Morris, is gradually being complet-International Club, 4:30 p.m., How-development of the skyscraper. HeSet construction, headed by Davidbecome synonymous with the earlyand whose realistic elements are ed. The main problem at the pre-, ell Hallwas* the leader of the ChicagoIntroduced in the furniture, which sent time is to locate some wrought Alfred Student Christian Fellowship,6:45 p.m., Howell Hfell of the 19th century and the begin-School of Architecture at the endis Victorian and in details. iron furniture, particularly iceThe design — a variation on the cream chairs. Joan Fischman or French Club, 7:30 p.m, Kenyon Hall ning of the 20th, which pioneeredbox set — features a background Professor Smith may be contactedMondayin the structure and design of theof angular frames, some of which if these are found.Faculty meetingmulti-storied building.STUDENTSThroughout his entire life, Sullivanfought fashionable revivalismand attempted to define the newarchitecture that industrial growthand structural advances had madepossible. His battle was wonbythe men who came after him andwho recognized his genius and builtupon his achievement.The buildings shown are theGage Building (1898-99), the Schlesingerand Mayer DepartmentStore (18994904), the AuditoriumBuilding Tower (1887-89), McVicker'sTheater (1890-91), the Tomb ofMartin Ryerson at Graceland Cemetery(1899), all in Chicago; theWainwright Building in St. Louis,Missouri (1890-91) and the GuarantyBuilding in Buffalo (1894-95).All of these buildings except thefirst two mentioned were done incollaboration with Dankmar Adler.A preview of the Sullivan showwill be given Sunday, November11, from 2 to 6 p.m. Refreshmentswill be served and the publiccordially Invited.isSave SO percent ondeveloping and printingof your filmAn eight exposure costs only 35c and twelve exposure only55c. All high gloss quality prints in the Jumbo Size.Prices for color on requestSend card for free mailers or send money and film toHORNELL PHOTO SERVICEP.O. Box 218Hornell, N. Y.