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Show EDITORIAL I Faith, foresight and respect j Nearly thirty years ago this city became the proud j owner of an art building in which to house its $500,000 art I collection. At that time many believed it was about the j nicest thing which could happen to a town the size of I Springville. It was indeed something of which to be proud. : Townspeople worked hard to raise the necessary $25,000 j soliciting every possible means to match a federal grant of j $54,000. 1 Today something just as fine, certainly more costly and j surely as much needed as it was in 1935, is being given to j Springville. It will be a new west-wing addition to the art - building to be erected through the generosity of the Clyde Foundation of which W. V. Clyde of this city is president. j It is to be in a sense, a tribute to the local high school and Springville, as every member of the foundation attended school here, and while each went on to higher institutions arid positions of prominence, it is their love of their home - town, coupled with respect and a desire to honor their pioneer heritage, which prompted this most generous offer. I Springville, school officials and students will ever be grateful. Expanded facilities at the art gallery will furnish an incentive for bigger and better exhibits and will, without doubt, add to the prestige of the national art shows and the importance of the art gallery and Springville as a cultural center. ; Decision of the Clyde Foundation to add a memorial wing to the present building is not only an expression of their faith in the future of Springville art, but an exhibition of keen foresightedness. When work began November 23, 1935, on the art gallery, gal-lery, which was termed a WPA project, townspeople believed be-lieved it would provide ample space for present and future -, art displays. But today, when a national April art show is in progress, pictures belonging to the permanent collection must be taken down and stored during the art month. It is als'o necessary to store many other paintings in the basement base-ment of the art building because of lack of display space in present facilities. After plodding along gradually through the years, adding add-ing bit by bit to the permanent collection with pennies from popcorn sold by students and other means' of raising art funds, the proposed new addition takes on mammoth proportions pro-portions in the "eyes of art lovers and the entire citizenry looks on with approval, pleasure and gratitude to the generous gen-erous gesture of the Clyde Foundation. The new addition will consumate a cherished hope of long standing. It will provide appropriate -space to exhibit more and better pieces of art and at the same time be a lasting memorial to a leading Springville family. |