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Show Exhibit, Lecture Well Received Interpreting and commenting on the thirty-one paintings of the Utah Artists' Council Traveling Exhibit Ex-hibit being shown at the Pleasant Grove high school Little Theatre this week and next, Miss Mabel Frazer of the University of Utah art department addressed an appreciative appre-ciative audience at the local P.-T. A. program Wednesday night. She said in part "The greatest craving of the human soul is to know that it has some permanent part in the divine scheme of life and to express itself. Art is one form that gives that happy creative expression. In these days of emotional emo-tional stress and uncertainty, wc need something like art to give us rest from turmoil and strife." The speaker was Introduced by Mrs. Lurena Warnick, vice president presi-dent of the high school P.-T. A., who was a former student of Miss Frazer. Other numbers on the program included selections by the Timpanogos Timpan-ogos stake ladies chorus directed by Irwin Jensen, with Jennie Gleason Glea-son as accompanist; and community commun-ity singing -of P -T. A. songs led by Mr. Jensen with Mrs. Genevieve Wright at the piano. The theme of the programs for 1941 is Happiness- A poem by Walter Wal-ter Pitkin carrying out this theme was read by Ray S. Merrill, vice president of the Central school P.-T. P.-T. A. The schedule of programs as outlined was read by Mrs. Warnick. War-nick. Room Mothers of the high school were presented by Mrs. Lena Pearson, president. Announcement was made by Principal Prin-cipal Karl Banks that the exhibit will be open to the public every day after 9:40 a. m. until February 1. Paintings in the exhibit are by 18 representative Utah artists. Two canvasses of Miss Frazer's are in the collection. One of them, a large still life theme was sent to the Breckenridge exhibit at New York to represent Utah art. Other artists of note, whose works apear are Cornelius Salisbury, Bertrin Ande-lin, Ande-lin, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Fletcher, and William J. Parkinson. |