AGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY U Ohio Students Sketch in Pitch Dark UNDERGROUND: Professor Uses Revolutionary Method To Achieve Art Unity Artists Draw Subjects From Memory; 'Phony Mystery of Art Is Destroyed' By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, O., July 21-Art students at Ohio State University, at- tempting to acquire the technique of the old masters, are sketching figures and landscapes in pitch darkness.t "Learning to see and draw with perceptual unity" is Prof. Hoyt I. Sher- man's explanation for his revolutionary method of teaching. His idea is that, by blacking out the classroom, the students won't be hamstrung mentally by a mass of confusing details and can regard their subjects as a whole. The pupils must draw from ' memory; they can't see even the chalk and' paper they use. By this step, Sherman says, "I think I've destroyed some of the phony mystery about art." Since he started his first experi- mental class in 1943 he has taught 2,500 students, many of whom nev- er had sketched before. He's just been awarded the University's Howald Scholarship which will en- able him to devote the coming year to research in his theory. Professor Sherman says "there isl a way of seeing peculiar to the rec- ognized masters." While studying in Europe, he noted that all great ar- tists had a common way of seeing- they saw the whole field, not a part of it. Artists call it "organic unity." Sheman brought home photographs of old masters' works for study. He set up an art laboratory on the Ohio State campus and began with 15 men students who had no drawing experi- ence. They had 22 class sessions of 15 minutes each. When the students entered the studio, all lights were turned off except one dim red light. They first relaxed by listening to recorded music. Then each placed himself at a drawing board, paper and chalk ready. Next, the studio was darkened totally, and a slide was projected upon a screen momentarily. There- upon each student, in total dark- ness, had to reproduce on his draw- ing pad what he had been. ,'They see the model but once, see it in a flash and see nothing else until they finish drawing," Sherman says. The first models flashed on the' screen alre simple blurs, black smud- ges easy to draw from memory. Thesej are intended to teach positional re- lationships. Size, brightness and color come later as functions of position. The students are coached to work rapidly and rhythmically, and they stand to get a free-swinging motion' "because perception of form is a sensory experience," the Professor explains. In succeeding lessons the models become more complex until the stu- dents are drawing human figures and landscapes. Sherman says that a student is sketching well long before he has completed the 22 classes in the blacked-out studio. After the 22 periods are completed, the students work outdoors or in a normally- lighted studio. Black-haired and stocky, enthu- siastic in speech, Sherman describes Note Downward Trend in Detroit Interracial Strife DETROIT, July 21-(AP)-A "mark- ed downward trend" in interracial in- cidents here this surpmer was report- ed today by the Detroit Interracial Committee. The report stated there were many evidences that relations between ra- cial groups were "somewhat better than they have been DREAM SEQUENCES: Art Cinema League To Show Three Surrealistic Film Shorts himself as "essentially a painter," and has no regard, for conventional theories about art. He is a defender of the humble folk who say "I don't know anything about art, but I know what I like." It is Sherman's belief that art is en- joyed by the senses, not by mental gymnastics on the part of highbrows. "There's no talk about art in these classes," he says. "Art deals primar- v ily with sensory activity. It's not an intellectual problem." Sherman contends that anyone can learn to draw by his method. He says his theory is applicable to teaching in other fields such as op- tometry, education, aviation, archi- tecture, music, surgery, athletics, and dentistry. His course is a require- ment for Ohio State dentistry stu- dents. i A University alumna who served as a member of the Philippine under- ground has sent a collection of sou- venirs of the Japanese occupation, Dr. F. Clever Bald, War Historian, announced recently. Winifred O'Connor Pablo received her A. B. degree here in 1921 and her M. A. two years later. She was an assistant professor of English at the University of the Philippines until the Japanese took over, when she joined the underground resistance. Among the articles of the collec- tion are copies of the Manila Trib- une, a collaborationist newspaper. There are also posters representing the Japanese as "liberators," a prop- aganda pamphlet on "The New Or- der" and a copy of an address to the Filipino people by the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to the Philippines. All this material pictures the Jap- anese as liberators and lays the blame for destruction by bombing on the United States. Mrs. Pablo has also included an The Art Cinema League will pre- sent a private showing of three sur- realistic films at 8:30 p. m. EWT (7:30 p. m. CWT) Thursday in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The shorts, produced by Maya Der- en and Alexander Hackenschmied of Payro To Talk OnGauguin Prof. Julio Payro, visiting professor in the fine arts department from Buenos Aires will speak on the fa- mous French painter, "Paul Gaug- uin" at a meeting of the French Club at 8 p. m. EWT (7 p. m. CWT) Thursday in Alumni Memorial Hall. Prof. Payro will illustrate his talk with slides. A social hour in the grill room of the Michigan League will follow the talk. WASHINGTON, July 21 -(I)-- Secretary of the Interior Ickes said today the first complete train carry- ing Japanese Americans home to California will leave the Rohwer (Ar- kansas) Relocation Center next Thursday. Hollywood, are entitled "Meshes of the Afternoon," "An Experimenta- tion in Choreography," and "On Land." The movies are a new approach to cinematographic creation and art form. They are symbolic and their interpretation is an individual mat- ter. The first and third films are dream sequences; the second is a two minute dance solo. Although this showing is on an invitational basis, a limited number of invitations have been left open to the public. Those interested in sur- realistic art, new techniques of pho- tography, and movie production should call Herbert Otto, Art Cinema League manager, between 12 noon and 1 p. m. EWT (11 a. m. and noon CWT) today through Wednesday at 22218 for admittance. Disciples, Methodists To Have Joint Meeting The Congregational Disciples Guild will hold a joint meeting with the Methodist Guild at 4:30 p. m. EWT (3:30 p. m. CWT) today at Riverside Park. There will be a picnic, and recrea- tional games. A Vesper service will be held. r i 1 w t ' I 1- J'u, a e4-~ {Y ;:.: ' 1 f i r or " on lips and over the land! er to harmonize too! 'heron 75 D C o . Olt,,~ IgttPS EDUCATION SCHOOL NEWS ki's eDynA mauee 'Tink Lightnin fingertips all Face Powde Natl namela nd Ad The Sixteenth Annual Summer Education Conference of the School of Education will open tomorrow and continue through Friday. The theme of the conference will be "Paths to Better Schools." Major themes will be stressed on each of the different conference days. The major topic for the lectures and roundtables tomorrow will be: "Strengthening the Teaching Profes- sion;" "Elementary Education" will be Tuesday's topic; "Structural Re- organization of Education," Wednes- day; "The Mental Hygiene Needs of Pupil;," Thursday; "The Education- al Needs of the Armed Forces," Fri- day. During the week there will be ten major lectures given by members of the University staff. These will be given at 11 a. m. EWT (10 a. m. CWT) and at 2 p. m. EWT (1 p. m. CWT) in the University High School auditorium. Also to be held are 12 roundtables on important issues in elementary education at 9 a. m. EWT (8 p. m. CWT) every day of, the Conference week. Other roundtables affording an opportunity for participants to ask questions and exchange opin- ions will be held at 3 p. m. EWT (2 p. m. CWT). An extensive exhibit of textbooks and other instructional material will be provided by Michigan representa- tives of publishing companies. The exhibits, 52 in all, will include many books in newer fields of instruction. The Men's Education Club will meet Monday evening and will devote its program to the topic "Trends in the Preparation of Textbooks." At the 'Textbook Trends' To Be Club's Topic "Trends in the Preparation of Textbooks" is the topic for the Men's Education Club meeting to be held at 7:15 p. m. EWT (6:15 p. m. CWT) tomorrow in Rm. 316 of the Michi- gan Union. L. S. Gray will discuss elementary school books; Carl S. Sorenson, jun- ior high books; and Judson C. Ben- nett, senior high books. Chairman of the meeting will be E. D. Wagner, Superintendent of Schools at Charlevoix and president of the Men's Education Club. The discussion will be led by S. P. Cush- man, Superintendent of Schools at Vicksburg. meeting a special exhibit of children's books will be provided by Miss Edith Thomas, director of the University Library Extension Service. 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