Planning Second Fresco
Discussion of plans for the murals to be painted in the west wing of Baker Library's reserve room by Jose Orozco, famous Mexican fresco artist, has been thrown open to the college community. The general scheme of what will be portrayed in this wing has already been worked out, but the specific design of each panel has not been decided upon. In general, the fresco in the east wing will depict the history, ideals and contributions of the white man to Western Civilization, and will be entitled The Return of Quetzalcoatl. Many of the panels will be the modern counterpart of those in the west wing, where Senor Orozco is depicting the culture of native Americans before the advent of the white man.
A panel of Eleazar Wheelock and Samuel Occom, representing Dartmouth's contribution to American culture, is included in the general outline for the east wing. Students' suggestions as to just how these figures shall appear are expected to be very helpful. Other panels will depict Cortez and the Cross, Arts and Crafts of the White Man, Utopian Ideals of American Idealists, Evil Forces in American Civilization, The Prophecy, A Symbol of Industrial Culture, Modern Human Sacrifice, Modern Nationalism, Explorers, New England Settlers, The Winning of the West, and Nineteenth Century Immigrants.
In the west wing, where his pre-Colombian fresco is half finished, Senior Orozco plants to complete one more panel before terminating his present stay in Hanover. This panel, to left of the west wing entrance, and across from the Sacrifice scene, will depict "The Migration." The center panel on the long wall will be left blank for a time until the whole fresco series may be balanced in color harmony.
Dartmouth News on Location! Shooting a Carnival scene for new movies, ready for showing this month. Director Bentley and Cinematographer Brown '34 at left; Dan Richardson '91 and Mrs. N. E. Gilbert, cast in roles of father and mother of W. S. Cumings '34, are shown at right, inspecting Max Waldsmith's snow sculpture on the campus.
