News Scrapbook 1980-1981

DAILY CALIFORNIAN

SAN DIEGO UNION

SAN DIEGO UNION

DEC,

6 1980

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

Sunday, December 7, 1980

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CHOIR CHRISTMAS CAROL FESTIVAL - un/,:~i:~~~ss:~t~~!nd Sa t u rd ay at 8 P.m. In the lmmaculata, ~~r!! 8 ~~B~E d An afternoon of traditional chamber music will Diego•, F'::nch ;.:::.day at 12:15 p.m. in the Univertily of San The choir WIii sing

Indians Of America Curtis Photographs At USO

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fou nd •,.• O • Hery: Ind/ans· The p C~rtls. Tomorrow through Dec 19 U h?towaphlc Images of Edward S. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 P.m 291-6.480·. n vers,ty of San Diego. Monday -

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back - sometimes wearing ceremoni~l headress, and usually photograp~ed m lonely places, against sharply deh~eated rocks, scraggly bushes, and blurry skies. This exhibition is intended for the gener- al public, but will mean a great d~al more to those already familiar with Curlis' work. Some of the photographs will be difficult for today's gallerygoer to. "read,". unless they have been. indoctrmate~ , m the aesthetics of Indian lore. Curlis photo- graphs definitely constitute a special "."orld of their own. Showmg the everyday hfe of the Indian, noting various n~ances_of the different tribes with somethmg akm to a lover's passion, illustrating the stark isola- tion, the great expanse of open desert, the distant mountains, the harshness, as well as the absolute individuality of each person he has photographed, Curtis' accomplish-

By Richord Reilly Art Critic, The Son Diego Union

Although the past is not a package one can bring out of cold storage, old photo- graphs allow us to review moments forev- er frozen in time. A University of San Diego exhibition does just that, taking us back to the turn of the century, showing us Western native American Indians in their own time and place - a time before dis- ea e decimated their numbers and civiliza- tion changed their way of life. Exhibited at USO' Founders' Gallery are 50 consciously wrought photographic images by the leg- endary Edward S. Curtis, plates extracted from the rart! %0-volume limited edition set belonging to the university. Curti (1868-1952) was one of the few men m the early 19th century passionately ~on- cerned with the plight of North American Indians, despite the fact that the most re- peated phra e heard during his youth was "the only good Indian is a dead Indian." Curtlli was appalled by the herding of Indi- ans onto reservations, and shocked by the government's systematic obliteration of all trace ·of their customs and ceremonies. He began takmg photographs in 1896, and w~s accepted by the Indians because of ~1s straightforwardness, honesty and readily apparent concern for their plight. Becau e or Curtis' rapport with Indians, railroad·millionaire Edward H. Harriman contacted him in 1899, asking that he be- come part of a large group of ethnogra- phers, biologists, geologists and an~h~opol- ogists scheduled to make an expedition to Alaska (ceded to the United Stat_es by Rus- sia 30 years previously) A whiff of gold was in the air and the government wanted to know ''just what was up therei' For the first time m his hfe, Curtis came mcontact with the Eskimo Indians; he wrote that they were "exceptionally happy because they have been little affected by contact with civilization." From 1900 for a period of four years, Curtis traveled among the tribes west of the Mississippi, recording what he saw in a clear and precise manner. He was deter- mined to obtain some facts about each tribe's origins, voc~bulary, meth?d of ob- taining and preparmg food, hous1~g, arts, games, clothing, custo~s. ceremomes, leg- ends, duties and pnv1leges of the ruling clans, enemies and allies, religion .and myths. (Curtis didn't accomplis~ all this by himself - he was assisted by the mvalu- able services of Mr. W.E. Myers, a rapid shorthand writer, a speedy typis~ ... a man with an uncanny ear for phonetics .. . and in spelling - second only to W~bster_:• On Curtis' return to c1v1llzat1on, his_ pho- tographs were received with .enthusiasm; and he was invited to the White House _to photograph the legendary Apache chief Geronimo By this time Curtis had accumulated 40,000 photographs and financier J. Pier- pont Morgan advanced the sum of $75,000 (payable over a period o! five years) s~.that Curtis' prints could be mcorporated m a set of handsome books," limited to 500 sets. Written, illustrated and published by Curtis, with additional field research con- ducted under the patronage of Morgan, the sets were published in 1907, with a forward by Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt wrote "The Indian as he has hitherto been is dn the point of passing away. His life has been lived under condi- tions through which our own race past ~o many ages ago that not a vestige of_ the1r memory remams. It would be a veritable calamity if a vivid and truthful record of these conditions were not kept . . . Mr. Curtis, becau e of the smgular combination of qualities with which he has been blest, and because of his extraordinary success m making and using his opportunities, has been able to do what no other man ever has done." Despite their initial success, within a decade, Curtis' photographs were among the best-kept secrets in the world _of pub- lishing - the pubilc was interested m othor things - primarily World War I. I~ ~as not until a dozen years ago that Curtis ph?to- graphs once again began to reap attention, and sets when available, sell for $100,000 and upw~rd. .., Professor Terese Whitcomb has selected 50 sepia-toned plates. Exhibited are pic- tures of Navajo, Pima, Sioux, Spsaroke, Arikara, Piegan, Flathead, Kutena1, .Nez Pierce, Makah, Hope and Nunivak Indians. Viewers will see Indian women carrying wood on their backs, hauling water in deco- ralive clay vessels, reving a beached whale and harvesting saguaro cactus. Men are shown hunting, spearing salmon, on. sentry duty and as night scouts, gettmg ready for a sealing expedition, paddling a canoe "past a dread point," and on horse-

LOS ANGELES TIMES DEC 1• ,., . - Pl1yla1 In Solltuh Sa -=o:--,--- basketball tearn, met ·th n lego two major colll'ge battle for the Mayor's Tr~p~her ~tght In their annual Up at the Sport, Arena Ev ih an all of 3,092 showed •, San Diego State, the· 60 _ 5~ .c mayohr was I~ absentia. terms of talent b t th winner, ad a wide edge in Pline. Smokey GaJ~es t~t;:fse: lack polish and disci- Cruiter as he did as H most as much as a re- A.rnerfca's Team thanaSa;rlem ff 1obet~tter. It Is more . time to get it together. Diego s. and it figures to take USO wu more fundam tall together by a scrappy 11[t~e sl round and patient, held Stockalper. lt managed to stay c1 or rard named Mike lll a row, but didn't quite have thei~ o~ the second year This was a gam . en to win. football game betw~~'3~7:f;;~t 0 ~ ~e Monday night eeeme<1 Inclined to ive h an enver. One team seemed disinclined~ tak~ i~ game away, but the other In the aftermath one of th A umphantly acros., the court a~d ~~:e1:il~er.:iwal~ed tri - phy in front or the stands By th he ayor Tro- emp~y. You would have th~ught th~nc,ltl e stands were playing. PJ>ers had been

LOS ANGELES TIMES

DEC 9

Faces Chicago Circle DIEGO-The University of San Diego's basketball wfll shoot for its second win in three games when ays host to Chicago Circle or Illino1s tomght at 7:30 the USD Sports Center. Mike Stockalper haB led the oreros, averaging 18 points a game.

SAN DIEGO UNION

DEC 9

USO Plays Host To Illinois Team _The_ V. of Illinois (Chicago Circle) Chikas W:Ill ~1S1t the University of San Diego to- rug~t m a 7:30 contest in the Toreros' gym. The. Toreros (2-1) will open with the same hneup they did last week ag ainst UC Santa Bar_bara - Mike Stockalper (6-0) and Rusty Whitmarsh (6-3) at guards; Bob Bar- tholomew (6-7) and Gerald Jones (6-6) at forward, and Dave ~eppell (6-8) at center. Stockalper,. wh? is shooting more fre- quently than m his prior three seasons at USD, leads the team in scoring with an 18.0

ments were extraordinary. Considering the enormous hazard and d1fficulties under which he worked - the cumbersome photographic equipment hauled by wagon or pack horse, the hostile climate, the primitive methods of preserv- ing his glass plates, the suspicious n~tur~ of. many Indians and their reluctance to give their face to the camera - his difficulties appear insurmountable, but he kept going. Toward the end of his life, Curtis admit- ted that'his work had not been easy (he spent a total of 30 years in the field) but that it had been necessary. And because he worked with an intensity of purpose, lav- ished attention on every aspect of his work's form and content, Curtis' distinctive photographs impress the scholar, historian and collector. The Founders' Gallery, University of San Diego, located in Alcala Park, Just off Morena Boulevard, is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • • •

'Proirie Chief,' o photograph by Ed- ward Curtis, is includ- ed in on exhibit ot the University of San Diego Art Gallery.

~r game average. He is followed by Bar- olomew (12.5 and 8.0 rebounds) and H pell (9.0). ep- Il!inois, coached by Tom Meyer the o~ DePa_ul's Ray Meyer, arrives' in J;: Diego with a 1-4 record. The Chikas sole ~1ctory was a~ainst defending NCAA Divi- s10n III champion North Park College ~er's club is led offensively by for- war Andrew Cooper (6-6) and Tim Ander- }on (6-5), and guard Tommy Edwards (6-3) he other ~tarters are Van McCarty (6-0) and Paul W1!off (6-9) at center.

EVENING TRIBUNE

uesday, Dec. 9, 1980

Toreros have couple of things going for them l'he University of San Diego's basketball [ . ttam knows what it's like to win. The Toreros ' Collene basketball ] also know how to play defense. _ ::, ' over. We're going to have to be very careful with the ball."

"That plea~es me more than anything," said USO Coach Jun Brovelli, whose team will go after its second straight win tonight when it ~osts the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle m a 7:30 game at Alcala Park. WinninJ! apparently wasn't in the cards for two _otner area teams last night - with UCSD bowmg to University of California 81-56 at Berkelef and U.S. International falling before Umvers1ty of Idaho 78-56 in Moscow, Idaho. Center Mark McNamara scored 22 points for the Bears, while Sherman Johnson count- ered with 17 for UCSD. Leading scorers for Idaho were ~en Owens and Dan Forge, with 20 and 18 pomts, respectively. Don Robinson got 11 for the Gulls.

. Brovelli has been getting good play from Just about everyone. Against UC-Santa Barba- ra, senior guard Mike Stockalper was the hero, putting in 25 points. And 6-foot-7 forward Bob Bartholomew, playing against much taller men, shoved in 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds Br?velli, whose club finished 6-19 a year ago, 1s happy. Thus far, his club has avoided the injury bug, which cost him six front-line players a year ago. And, thus far, at least, the Toreros have managed to stay out of foul trou- ble. "That's a key," said Brovelli. "And we're h_ealthy. We're practicing very well. If we con- tmue to play the way we have, we should be okay."

"We playeo excellent aetense last week against Santa Barbara (a 74-57 win). We he1<, them to 24 points in the second half" Brovelli said. "And we didn't beat San Diego'State, but we played good defense against them too. "I've told our players that if they ~an con- tinue to play defense that way, they can be very competitive. They can be in most games." Chicago Circle scares Brovelli. The men from the Windy City are 1-3 but the NCAA Division II club has lost to the likes of Brad- ley, Northwestern and Morehead State.

"They have good size and they're very quick," said Brovelli. "They'll press you from ~---the start and try to get you to turn the ball

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DAILY CALIFORNIAN DEC 1 0 18> Whitmarsh helps lead USD past Chicago Circle SAN DIEGO (AP ) - Forward Bob Bartholomew scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds Tuesday night, leading the University of San Diego t_o a 68-62 victory over visiting Illinois-Chicago Cir~le m a non- conference college basketball game. Guard Mike Stockalper added 12 points for the Toreros, who are now 2-1. Also in double figures for San Diego were guard Rusty Whitmarsh, former Monte Vista star, and center Dave Heppell with 11 points each and forward Gerald Jones with 10 points. Andrew Cooper paced Illinois-Chicago Circle with 18 points. Nick Brown added 12 points for the losers, who dropped to 1-5. . Illinois-Chicago Circle led 31-27 at halftime. The second half was close most of the way. San Diego took the lead for good by scoring eight straight points.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

All Five USO Starters Contribute to 68-62 Win From a Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-All five starters scored in double fig- ures as the University of San Diego defeated Chicago Circle of Jllinois, 68-62, in a non-conference basketball game Tuesday night at the USD Sports Center. Bob Bartholomew scored 13 points fo r the Toreros. Mike Stockalper 12, Rusty Whitmarsh and Dave Hep- pell 11 apiece and Gerald Jones 10. Heppell had a team- leading 13 rebounds and Bartholomew collected eight rebounds. . The Toreros, 2-1 overall, had trailed at halftime, 31- 27. They shot 71 % from the field in the ~econd half and were 27 of 50 overall for 54%. Chicago Circle hit on 28 of 67 shots from the field.

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