The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-01-12
Women Enjoy
Lecture On Art

AS splendid beginning to the
new year, the Libby Woman's club
held a program on Art for its Jan
uary meeting. held last Tuesday.
I A beautiful art exhibit had been
secured for the meeting from the
Montana State College at Bozeman.
The exhibit consisted of IS lovely
water colors and was the work of
Mrs. Olga Ross Harmon. Miss Edith
Airport and Mr. William Bodine. all
members of the art department of
the State College These artists
have received the highest recogni-
ton, not only in Montana but in
other states, some of their paint
lngs having been chosen for the
Northwest Artists show at Seattle
and the Carnegie exhibition at
Pittsburgh three years ago.
The program preceded the bust
ness meeting and was opened by
Miss lnez Ratekin playing the First
movement of Beethoven's Moon
light Sonata Mrs. Lou M. Joughin
who was the speaker of this pro
gram, had asked Miss Ratekin to
play this particular selection to show
that beauty of simplicity Is one of
the principles which is common to
all the arts.
Mrs. Walter Neils very beautifully
sang group Of songs accompanied
by Miss Ratekin.
Mrs. Joughin spoke to the club on
Art Appreciation and confined
her talk to an ANALYSIS of pictures.
presenting her subject from both !
practical and technical angle. She
gave such a clear Interpretation of
the requisites of good picture that
II was easy for the audience to un-
derstand why SO many of the paint
lngs OF both, the moderns and the
masters are enduring and are such
a priceless heritage Mrs. Joughin
SAID. The layman should. first of
all learn to judge picture aesthet-
lcally The average person sees the
subject but the beauty of design.
line and form are closed to him. F"
Art should be a part of every
day life and should not be confined
to the galleries alone. Just as we
study good English in order to speak
more intelligently, SO we should
study art IN order to better appreci-
ate the beauty that constantly sur
rounds US
s. Calvin Coolidge said, eThe prac-
tlcal side of art should be en-
phasized. We need to translate it
INTO our daily lives. If we could
surround ourselves with forms of
beauty, evil things would tend to
disappear and our moral standards
would be raised"
Mrs. Joughin also talked about
treasures she saw at the Hunting
ton Art Gallery in Pasadena. the
Chicago Art Institute, the Metro
politan Art Museum in New York
elty and the Corcoran Art Gallery
IN Washington, D. c.
In closing, Mrs. Joughin called at
tentlon to the magnificent beauty
N this vicinity. She said, I'VE who
i've IN Libby are in the midst of
such beauty that if we are riot big
people 1t is not Gods fault"
a. trio -of charming girls consist
ing OF Miss Lenore Martin. Miss
Mary Cornell and Miss Betty Baker
sang two selections. Miss Geraldine
Burke accompanied them at the
piano. 'iie
Mrs. Gordon Cornell efficiently
conducted the brief business meet.
ing. She announced that commit
zee consisting of Mrs. d. O.. Mount
MRS; X. n. Whitefield, Mrs e. j.
BARGE, Mrs. A. A. Wood and Mrs
H. \. Richards had been appointed
70 decide on the way the money
from the Seal Sale was to be spent
Mrs. Mount reported that after due
consideration, it had been decided
70 sponsor a tuberculin test in the
hlgn school and that the test would
De given IN the near future.
MRS: Erford E, Jaqueth was chair
man Tor the January meeting with
assistants, Mrs. ID. O. Mount, Mrs.
L. j. Olson, Mrs. c. w Winrud
Mrs. Grant Harley, Mrs. l.. O.
! kIenck and Mrs a Iica Earr;c