mmmmmmmml LYL rru MICHIGAN ' DAILY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1956 Am THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1958 ancoln's Travels Short Compared o Journeys of Modern Executives By DAVID L. BOWEN Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer If travel is what broadens the mind, Abraham Lincoln should dot have been one of the most en- lightened Presidents in American history. The man whose deep under- standing and tolerance guided this country through the Civil War was not much of a traveler. If you tried to trace the move- ments in the life of a modern President, you'd need half the globe for a stage. You can do it for Lincoln with a map of half the United States. Were it not for trips to New Orleans during Abe's youth, you could get by with only a slice extending from the Mid- west to the East Coast. Missed Convention During a modern presidential election campaign, a candidate is sure to visit every section in the nation at least once. Lincoln not only did not attend the Republi- can convention at Chicago in, 1860 when he was nominated, but he didn't step out of Springfield a single time during the campaign. Iincoln had made his mark on the body politic during the de- bates between himself and Ste- phen A. Douglas two years earlier ina nationally reported contest for a Senate seat-which Lincoln lost-and he was willing to abide by the tradition of that day that a nominee should not campaign in his own behalf. Even after his election, Lincoln didn't budge from his Springfield home until it was time to take the train to Washington for the in- auguration. Newspaper editors who clamored for a statement of the policies he intended to put into operation were politely di- rected to his earlier speeches. With the means of transporta- tion available today, a President is likely to turn up almost any- where on earth for meetings with chiefs of other nations. But dur- ing his five years in the White House, Lincoln was never more than 150 miles away from Wash- ington. Journey Begins Lincoln's life journey began near Hodgenville, Ky., where he was born 247, years ago today, 1809. "The shortand simple an- nals of the poor" is the way he de- scribed his childhood, spent help- ing his family wrest a living from wilderness homesteads in Ken- tucky, Indiana and Illinois. Abe had a total of only one year's for- mal schooling in his entire life. He was 19 when he mde his first long trip away from home, a trading voyage down the Missis- sippi to New Orleans with a yung companion. His first move after lie left the family hearth to strike out on his own three years later was another journey down that romantic waterway, with a cargo of barreled pork, corn and live hogs. For the next 16 years, his move- ments were almost entirely re- stricted to Illinois. He enlisted during the Black Hawk War of 1832. and got as far north as Wis- consin, but saw no active combat. His base for the first six years of this period was New Salem, where he operated a store and began studying law. He was elected as a representa- tive to the state legislature four times and emerged after the cap- itol" seat was moved from Van- dalia to Springfield as one of the leading figures of the Whig party in Illinois. Established in the state legislature, he moved to Spring- fi.eld, married Mary Todd and be- gan practicing law. Serves in House Always active in politics or on its fringes, he served one term as an Illinois representative in the House of Representatives but nearly destroyed himself political- ly by going against popular feel- ing in his home state and calling r ...............p Art Exhibits On Matisse, Religion Set, Two exhibitions, "Immaculate Heart College" and "Etchings by Matisse," will be on display in the Museum of Art in Alumni Memor- ial Hall during the month of Feb- ruary. The first will be hung from February 1 to 26; the second from February 11 to March 3. 1 ; r ::::'s::::.... .....:..... r '? /Tea r-yo? J 1 J AW ,- ~ ~ .-. !!Fl ............................... 'I Freept : 4Chicago s~~e G' b es.tz qave Linc 9" a 22cttc222a2 repuatio an pzz th prsdec Rihz hi eci *'. Religious Art The 55 examples of religious art from Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, will be shown under the auspices of the Western Asso- ciation of Art Museum Directors. Included in the exhibition will be nine prints, five oils, three water colors, three drawings, three mos- aics, and twenty-seven medallions. Immaculate Heart College has achieved a renaissance of art root- ed in religion. It has received wide attention in this country for the art produced by its faculty members and students, who have won numerous awards. Sister Magdalen Mary, I.H.M., chairman of the College's art de- partment, in explaining the ob- jectives of the art program, says: "Our work might be called Early Renaissance in organization, By- zantine in enrichment, medieval in its Biblical subject matter, Eastern in its two-dimensional, non-materialistic emphasis, and Western in its efforts toward an active apostolate." Show Matisse Work The Matisse exhibition, which consists of thirty prints selected from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Print Room, includes a few early drypoints of 1903 and examples from the important series of etch- ings which Matisse created during 1914 and in 1929. The etchings of 1914 are chiefly informal portraits of the artist's family and friends. The second series, done in 1929 presents stud- ies of professional models. U VALENTINES --STUDIO TYPE - ,:HALLMARK and NORCROSS NOWHERE BUT NOWHERE CAN YOU FIND SUCH A SELECTION O .ASSHOWN AT Chester R'obertsGIT O 12 SOUTH STATE STREET XC 4 --N ... .., ewsteatures 1 4 a Spanish-American War unnec- essary and unjustified.nHe was not nominated for a second term. It was the slavery issue that brought him from the sidelines four years later to challengt the position of Illinois' famous Demo- crat, Senator Douglas. Lincoln's developing powers of. oratory brought him such notice he found himself the Illinois spokesman for the new Republican party. He was called on to make several out-of- state speeches, but they attracted no great attention. In 1858 Lincoln won the Repub- lican nomination for the Senate and it was this- campaign which produced the great debates be- tween himself and Douglas. Al- though he. lost the election,; he gained a national reputation. Later he made a tremendous impression in the East with an ad- dress delivered in New York City. Before returning to Illinois from this trip, he made a swing into New England, speaking at the ma- jor cities along the way. Stays In Capital This set the stage for his nomi- nation and election is President. He took a zig-zag route to Wash- ington for the inauguration, but moved little after he once reached the nation's capital. With the on- set of the Civil War, his only trav- els were short visits to the battle lines, which he considere dvaca- tions from his responsibilities at the White House. An exception was a short trip to appear at dedication ceremonies of the battlefield cemetery at Get- tysburg, Pa., where he gave Amer- ica in 268 words one of its most classic documents - the Gettys- burg Address. Lincoln's last Journey was the short carriage ride from the White House, on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, to Ford's Theater in Washington for the final per- formance of "Our American Cous- in." It was there he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. He died in the modest home of a tailor across the street from the theater the following morning. 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