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By RICHARD REILLY Art Critic

- and the emotional complicity of both actors and an audience. To help this along somewhat, Pro- fessor Theresa Whitcomb,-who orga- nized this exhibition, has placed in the gallery a tape recorder which plays memorable songs from Zieg- feld and Earl Carroll productions, and many of them \\111 bnng back memories of happier times. Whitcomb also has written a sen- sitive and intelligent introduction to the exhibition. Try to ead it before looking at the art. (It's posted m the gallery.) John Wenger was highly innova- tive. He was the first theatrical designer to use gauze backdrops, which allowed for greater use of both atmospheric lighting and the play of shadows. He also designed the first laterally movmg scenery in 1928, for Oscar Hamme.stein's "Good Boy 1 " Despite the ephemeral qualities of theater designs, John Wenger's wa- tercolor and mixed-media pictures of his backdrop and prologue cur-

tams and set designs were saved, placed in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum and In the Museum of the City of New York. With the assistance or Wenger's Wldow and children, Whitcomb and the Uni rs1ty of San Diego were able to borrow some of these for this exhibition There appears ta be renewed ap- preciation of Wen 's designs the Arab state of Sharjah recently fea- tured his likenes§ on a postage stamp and the current Christmas catalogue from the Smithsonian In- stitution offers a commemorative record of George and Ira Gershwins' "Oh, Kay!," introducing Gertrude Lawrence, with theatrical designs by John We~. (Imagine being in the audience the first time "Some- one to Watch Over Me," "Do, Do, Do," "Ma)be" and Clap Yo' Hands were performed.) Founders' Gallery, University of San Diego, is opeq to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Admis- sion is free

Sketch by John Wenger for George and Ira Gershwin musical, "Pardon My English_" Sketches ore on display at the founders' Gallery, University of San Diego.

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curtain - by John Wenger. For ' Rhapsody " ng r de- ign d a curtain showing a montage of the city - the Statue of Liberty, the harbor with tugboats, with New York's skyline in the background, a pollceman carrying a billy club, a ballet dancer, theater marquees, an orchestra leader conductmg and a pianist at a grand piano 1 It . ounds hokey today, but it was extremely effective. This curtain design as well as prologue curtains for "The Golden Rooster," "The Bartered Brid " and several other production:;, are a part of the gallery exhibition . Theater buffs will enjoy a few small but highly detailed easel pic- tures showing Interiors of an English manor hou , created by Wenger for George and Ira Gershwin's "Pardon My English." (This little-known dia- lect show had an appalimg plot and died after 46 performances at the Majest1e Theater· however, two of Gershwin's most sophisticated com- pos1t1ons are classics from this dis- a ter "I m't it a Pity?' and "The Lorelei "J No matter what type or "entertain- ment" Wenger was called upon to de.sign, his sets had to be adapted to the requirements of the production. (In creating, Wenger began each project with detailed research, hlS notebooks rammed \\1th sketches of ~very kin of decorative details - from pieces of furniture, note on the stitching of sleeves, costum ha styles to color harm n e Balle ffered \\!nnao,,'h1i" challeng prec

stage floor free for the movements of the dancer H c ted coo ul, large painted backdrop curtains re- lating to the proscenium, with a few scenic units (wings and flats). In his hands, the backdrops ac- quired the values of a picture. Viewed from today's theatrical standards, however, som y be difficult to appreciate. What is really required before viewing this show is a knowledge or the musical history and social backgrounds of the time

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appeal \\ nger wa born in Rus~ia (1 6) and studl d at the Art Academy in Petrograd On migrating to this country ln 1908, h be ame a theatri- cal de. lgner in ew York r:1ty By the late 1920s, Wenger had created d igns for numerous important mu- s1ca 1 productions V1ctor Herbert's "Babes In Toyland"; Vincent You- man · 'lilt the Deck" and • Tip Toes' ; "Oh, Kay'" "Funny Face" and "Pardon My English" (music and lyrics b~ George and Ira Gershwin); Rogers and Hart's "Spring I Her ", Oscar Hammer- stem's '·Good Boy"; and veral of Z1egf Id S "F lhe " Not all of WPnger's designs were created for mu cal. His talents were a part of ball t ("Petru hka," "Romeo and J let" and "The Sleep- ing Beauty''), operas (' Prmce Igor," "Hans I and Gretel," "Caval- lena Rust1cana,' "Aida" and 'Faust"), a d drama (Eugene O' eill's "lie and Shaw's "Saint Joan." Not a bad run . At one time or another, Wenger created sccni d 1gns for the Roxy, Cap tol and voll theaters m ew ork City, their art director, where h d ned pectacular cur- tam used as backdrops for musical presentatton. In tho e day , theater owners and managers did 't thmk patrons would be content "just slttmg." ilstening to a pianist and orchestra You couldn't ju.st give them '"Rhapsody in Blue" you also rovlded a backdrop

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High-strung and pm exhaustion, Virginia JOI 4 with Leonard in printing and publishing books on a hand press they called the Hogarth Press, partly as occupational therapy. But it wasn't until after she finished her third book, facob's Room (1922), that Woolf's experimentation with the novel brought her to the forefront of the literary world of Georgian England, leading to subsequent works that were noted for thelr delicacy of style, psychological penetration, evocation of place and mood, and background of historical and literary reference. Then and there, the seeds of Woolf cultism were sewn, only to be nourished by her self-willed death in 1941. That Woolf devotees are thorough as well as zealous will be in evidence this weekend when this city's Forum of the Arts - following in the tradition of the Bloomsbury Group which so revitalized culture in England - collaborates with the University of San Diego in sponsoring the Virginia Woolf Festival on that school's campus. Highlights of the event will be the playing of an actual recording of Woolf's voice, and a presentation by Richard Kennedy, author of A Boy and the Hogarth Press and an early manager of that press and associate of the Woolfs. Other talks will be delivered by USIU's Anwar Oil, author of The Precious Sanity of Virginia Woolf, and SDSU's Suzanne Henig, editor of the Virginia Woolf Quarterly. But perhaps the most intriguing elements of the program will be the post-lecture dinner menu, which will consist of foods mentioned in Woolf's writings, entertainment that includes a trio's performance of the author's favorite music (Beethoven and Wagner), and actress Sarah .DeWitt's impersonation of Woolf herself. The Virginia Woolf Festival, free to the public (with the exception of the dinner), will be presented Sunday, November 5, at four p.m., in De Sales Hall, University of San Diego campus, Alcala Park. for additional information, call the Forum at 459-5879. to nervous

USD Grid Win novels. Thirty-seven years after Virginia Woolf - depressed by the Second World War and fearful of another m a series of nervous breakdowns brought on by overwork - committed suicide, her fanatical discipl~s speak and write of her as one would a close and very real friend. In retrospect, Woolf's singular life and art It was supposed to go off tack.le, but there was no hole, canbe interpreted in any one of anumber of so I went around end," Maynard related. "One guy had a ways. She can be viewed through feminist shot at me, but I saw him hesitate just a little and I knew eyes as an outspoken and courageous when he did that I could get around him." woman who held her ground in the The 47-yard jaunt with a screen pass was a thing of male-dominated and intellectually . beauty, though much of it was wasted on Maynard. shark-infested wa_ters of ~ost-Edw_ard,an "When the play came in from the bench I thought 'Right London. Academ,c,ans might outline her on a chance to get outside "'Maynard said. "The guards awesome powers as a novelist _wh~se . ' . . ' . . expenments with the form easily nvaled m front did a good Job knocking down the first couple ~f those of James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence in guys, then I Just cut back ~gamst the flow. I really don t bnnging about a revolution in early remember too much about 1t after that." twentieth-century fiction. Romantics see ,.

Maynard Key By HANK WESCH Sloff Writer, TIie San D1e90 Union Bits and pieces on sports at San Diego's small colleges One could build a case that Dave Maynard was the pivotal player in the University of San Diego's 38-20 victory over United States International University ;t weekend. Maynard did, after all· -Keep one touchdown drive alive with a first down run on a fake punt. -Score what proved to be the most 1IDportant touch- down or the game on a finely-executed 47-yard rumble with a screen pass. -Deliver a path-clearing block on another USD toutji- down scored by backfield mate Nils Ericson. Maynard, however, shrugged off the suggestion that his contribution was particularly significant. - "I thought it was a good game for the whole team," said faynard. 'Our quarterback (Jim Valenzuela) pa~ well, the offensive line did a good job or blocking. Defensively we made some big plays too. "It was a real team victory." Maynard, a 5-10, 175-pound junior, played linebacker at Southwestern JC in Chula Vista and he is still in the proress of becoming comfortable running the ball. "I'm starting to see the holes better as they open and I'm realizing what cuts to make," Maynard said. "I didn't play too much at the first part or the season, but the re starting to show confidence in my running, and I'm getting more confident the more I play." The fake punt play which led to the Toreros' second touchdown, was installed in the USD scheme specifically for USIU, Maynard related, but it didn't develop as pianned.

Woolf as a strange, ethereal woman of unusual sensitivity, whose works exquisitely captured the sense of loneliness and individual consciousness one experiences living in a great city, as well as the ineffectual reaching out for human solidarity, the moments of bliss and metaphysical despair that come to us all in time. But a true Woolfian would, Isuppose, be unable to separate the analyses. Woolf wa•, before all el~, Adeline Virginia Stephen, daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, one of the most prestigious Victorian men of letters, whose first wife (not Virginia's mother) was Thackeray's daughter. Hence, she grew up in a highly literate atmosphere, receiving much of her education in her father's own extensive library, where she met many of the day's outstanding authors. She was related to a number of England's distinguished families, including the Darwins. Upon the death of her father in 1904, Virginia settled with her sister Vanessa -a talented artist in her own right in the Bloomsbury section of London, where the two Stephen women became the nucleus for aclan of artists and intellectuals later known as the Bloomsbury Group. These extraordinary young people, most of them graduates of Cambridge, included, at one time or another, the novelist E.M. Forster, the biographer Lytton Strachey, the art critic Clive Bell (who later married Vanessa), the

A quartet of four-year srhools showed interest in him after his final game at .:)QUthwestern, Maynard relates, but he opted for USO in orr!er to stay in the San Diego area and hasn't regretted the dkision. "I'm really happy here," he says. "We're going to be pretty good next year. We've got almost everyone bac , and we're starting to get things together. • • • USIU will meet Cal Poly Pomona In the fifth annual Toys For Tots Football Bowl at 1 p.m. Saturday at Valley Stadium in El Cajon. The Toys For Tots Bowl is sponsored by Leatherneck Charities in cooperation with the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Proceeds go towards the obtaining of Christmas gifts for needy children. USIU carries a 1-7 record Into the contest while Cal Poly-Pomona is 2-6 . .. USD closes out its football season Saturday at 2 p.m. at USD against St. Mary's In the Toreros' homecoming game. USD (4-4) will be gunnmg for a victory which would make the 1978 Toreros the school's first winning team since 1973. St. Mary's is 6-2, the best record for one or its teams since 1946.

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by the Kingsmen, who are ranker! I 5th m the country in Division II of the Nat1on- a: A iational of Intercol- legiate Alhlet!Cl'. "They e!' eager and want to play," the coach said. Deniston has been cheered by the return of his o. I qJarterback, Wayne Adams, out of action the last •wo weeks because of a swollen hand "Adams e nit el helps our chances, ' Deniston said. ' He's a good boy and a fine passer Gerry Thom- as runs better but Adams .JS the upenor passer '' Ada. ha rompleted 20 of 44 passes for 311 yards. In onr game he hit o IO of 18 for 152 yards. Thomas has connected with 22 of 71 ards. Bill W mams, roach of the Tor ros, looks for the usual • tough battle ' tomor- row ' They have an explosive team," he said "I hope they save therr fireworks for the followmg week They have Jo some close passes for 3

UniversJt)' of San Diego and U.S. International Um versity football teams col- lide tomorrow at 1 at Mt. Carmel High in their annual big game. The Toreros will be tr)tng to repeat ·ast year's 13-7 tnumph over the Western- ers but Coach Shan Dems- ton thinks USil' can win "i.f we don't mak any

games in the last quarter Believe me, we respect them • WUli?ms said he was Qlle loo mg USIU's land- slide de1eat to Cal Lutheran "becau,e the K.agsmen are tremendous." While USD won last year's clash, the Toreros d1dn 't fare well in three meetings before that. They bowed 29-0 in 1974, lost 48-0 in 1975 and were tied at 30- 30 m '75. USD's record is 2-

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was inte ted five times and fumbled three time;; TI:,, Westerners are 1-6, compar d to USD s 4-4 slate

Sexist reporting s en Editor_ Once again The Tnbune (10-31-78) has provided me with an example of sexist reporting \\ith which I can supplement my high school curricula. I refer to the an- nouncement of the appointment of several new USD trustees. Describing the professional responsibilities/accompllshments of each new trustee was informative and undoubtedly relevant. To de- scribe Joan Kroc, hoy,,ever, as "wife or Padres owner Ray Kroc and founder of Operation Cork, an organ- JZation aimed at helping alcoholics" is a Journalistic practice that rein- forces and perpetuates the existing stereotype 1n which a woman is defmed first by the accomplish- ments(s) and/or identity of her hus- band, and only secondarily on her own merits. That Ray Kroc owns the Padres is certainly newsworthy - in an article about Ray Kroc In an article about Joan Kroc, the indi~1dual respons1-

bJe for founding Operation Cork, an organization aimed at helping alcoholics, the identity of her hus- band is only as "newsworthy" as is the identity of the wives of the other two gentlemen also named to serve as trustees with her. -JOSIE RHODES Social Science Department Mount Carmel High School Poway Unified School District

\ John Dean- White House counsel for !he Nixo adminis1ra1ion ,aiks again , Nov. 9 at 7:30. Salo- mon Lcclure Hall, USO. S, 0, aa.\,ll~

Work Starts on Housing at San Diego University

1, 1 11, nml, ,ind impecc,1bly well- Author Huf;hes tll()k Auf;Ust IY71, ,n ,in 1·r,1 of ~tr, in 011 pr1v,1tc univcrs1tiL•s wh1(h w,,., topplin>; chief ,1dm10 1s tr,itors ,1 11 ov1•r the country. c., 1 ncc then, he h,1s ,, !most mir,u:ulously m,1<.lc f;OOd his f;Pills h• compll-t1· the s ·p, r, ti()n of th,· un1vns1ty's ftn<1nC1,1I ,md li·g,1I ti1•s w11h th1• , tholic D10 CL' 1• of S,,n Oi!'i;o, boost th· un1versily f,n,1nn,1lly, ,rnd rn•ate ii priv,1t1• 11n1vprs1ty tn S.in Dll'f;O of ;1<,ldt mi( qu, lity nd pn•stig1• .

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uled for completion tor the beginning or the 1979 academic Y*· Designed by the San Diego ar-. chitectural firm Schoell & Paul Inc., the residential units will Include two free-atanding structures with the rest clustered to form a central pedestrian mall and private courtyard& A aeries of patlol and balconies will overlook Tecolote Canyon and Miaslon Bay to the west of J,JSD's 190-

Work is under wa:, on a 256-bed student housing comp.lei and 8,000- aquare-foot atudent lounge at the University or San Diego, a private, Catholic educational fadlity. The $3.5-milllon project will in- clude a dooen three-s!Dry structures and the two-story lounge. The M. H. Golden Co., headquar- tered in Mission Valley, is construct- ing the buildings, which are ached-

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acre San Dlego campus. The free-ll.lnding loonge will fea.1,"' I! 5 ture a lounge/game room, srtU. Jaun- ~, dry room, 11,lldeQt of and cont.er- /V~ t'_ / 'J.. enceroom. Mlchell-W ebbr, Aaeoclatee I, com- pleting mechanical and electrtcal en- gineerlngi Bennett ilngineen, ~- tural engineering, and Kawaaakt, Tbellacker tee. landlcape architecture. · ·

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FOUNDEl{S <1ALLERY: 35 paintings by theatrical designer John Wengei·, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Whof s JJ•.-.. .,1\,Tonuay through Friday, 291-6480, ext. 4296.

University of San Diego, Alc::tla Park. Admission free.

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