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Show CHRISTMAS IN SPRINGVILLE ART GALLERY By MAE HUNTINGTON Each year as Christmas time approaches, many people are becoming be-coming impressed with the idea that the Spirit of Christmas is greater than any material gift can possibly toe. Each year mankind 1 and 'nis various organizations and societies are attempting to follow the example of the Wise Men of j old, and are laying their gifts at His feet. They are giving tl.'j gold of understanding, the frankincense of faith, and the myrrh of loving service. The students of the Springville high school want to cio their bit in spreading the Christmas spirit of good will and kindliness. In those days when physical discomfort, due to a recklessly-falling mercury is added to the mental unrest caused by ' the commonly-voiced complain! of depression's ills, n visit to the Springville high school art gallery is a welcome panacea. Here we may rise from the harassing, har-assing, discouraging, depressing things about us, to a world of beauty, of imagination, and of joy. Lord Rosebery's tiibute to books is equally applicable to the satisfaction satis-faction to be derived from these works of art: '"iViere is a time when art is an end in itself and th'jt is to refresh and recruit after fatigue, depression depres-sion of spirit, or suffering. When t he object is to refresh and to exalt, to lose the cares of this world in the world of imagination, then a work of art is more than a means. It is an end in itself. From any work, manual or intellectual, intel-lectual, the man comes in tired and soured and falls under the spell of some great master, win1 raises him from t'ne ground and takes him into a new h'eaven and a new earth, where he forgets his bruises and rests his limhs, and he returns to the world a fresh and happy man." A remarkable instance of the elevating, refining influence of art has been demonstrated by a Chicago Chi-cago school teacl.vr, who fitted up iji her school a "beauty cornel" cor-nel" for her pupils. It was furnished furn-ished with a stained glass window and a few fine photographs and paintings, among which was a picture pic-ture of the Sistine Madonna. The children took great delight in tteir "beauty corner," and insensibly their conduct and demeanor were i affected by the beautiful paintings with which they daily associated. They became more gentle, more refined, re-fined, mere thoughtful, and considerate. con-siderate. A young Italian boy, in particular, who had Ibeeen, incorrigible incorrig-ible before, became, in a short time, so chunged that the teacher was astonished. One day she asked him what it was that made him so gocd lately. Pointing to the picture of the Sistine Madonna tire boy said. "How can a feller do bad things when she's looking at him?" Tl.'cn there is the story of the I ttie boy in the second grade of one of our own schools, who was so very much interested in the painting, "Song of t'ne Lark," which his teacher had hung on the wall, that be would sit and gaze at it for hours. Sometimes tlee teacher would surprise such a look of intense in-tense adoration upon his pinched little face that finally she asked him v.'.iy he liked the picture so much. 'Oh," sighed the little fellow, fel-low, "it just makes me forget everything even that I hvrve to c::i ry in the wood." Such an opportunity to forget the soldi Iness, the unpleasantness, and the discomforts about us awaits ns in a visit to the art gallery. gal-lery. Who can doubt, when con-i con-i (rumbling Kli'.ab.'l'.l Washington's "'Jill at the Hale." or llafen's "Hol'yhieks." Kinilo Waller's "Spring Morning," that lhouil skies are ih.ik and gray clouds hung all about us, brighter days' lie just ahead? Who can visit th,. oi cu : pad's revealed in "Quaking Asp. 'us" and in "The Tepees" without with-out a son-:e of exhil-u al ion and o! '" -being? Frieseko's "Breakfast ."ime" and "The Itoy and the l;un" breathe to t'.ie soul the hope and faith' of childhood; Jonas Lie's "Ml face" instills a sense of jsli-'Pglh and of courage; the im-l im-l n,t nsity of virion in "Sierra Pawn" iand the houndliss strength in "t.'i a: t'.ing Harmony" give us an I assurance that there is a divinity who is wisely planning and effectively effec-tively shaping man's destiny. To this galaxy of fine paintings, (Continued on Pafje Seven) CHRISTMAS IN ART GALLERY l I ! (Continued from Page Three) j the students of the high school are I planning to add others each year. In spite of seemingly insurmount-! insurmount-! able obstacles, plans are already laid for the 1933 annual exhibit, the twelfth of the series. Already letters have been sent to lending ::i tists whose contributions have farmed a valuable part of former exhibits, and it is expected that t'nis year's show will equal that of any previous year. Tl.v students ore exhibiting a tcreaier zeal and determination than ever before. They do not wait for opportunities; they make them. Nor do they wait for facilities fac-ilities or favoring circumstances; they seize whatever is at hand, work out their problem, and mas-tor mas-tor the situation. Determined and willing they will find a way, or make one. "Through losses and crosses be lessons right severe. Since there's wit theie, they'll get t.iere, they'll find no other where," |