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FAMOUS "FAREWELL ADDRESS"
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PRESERVED ON COPPER PLATE

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Address" and nrtlstlc decoration
nnd viencttes designed by Thomns
Sully, the distinguished nrtist who
painted "Washingtons crossing oi
the Delaware" has been discovered
nnd acquired by Henry Woodhousc.
President of the Aerial League of
America, who discovered the plate
while searching for the original of
the first air passport, issued byd
George Washington to J. P. Man-charon January 9, 1793. when the
latter mndc the first balloon flight
ever made on the Western Hemisphere.
The historic plate is 38 Inches
high by 28 inches wide, and represents the work of the four artists
whose names are engraved on the
plate, who must have spent several
years in the execution.
Washington's Farewell Address Is
engraved under an artistic decorative heading. The address, comprising over 6,000 words, Is engraved
in clear script in two columns of
114 Inches each, the lines having
from 25 to 30 words each.
Washington's characteristic signature is engraved at the end of the
address, with the date when it was
made public, September 19,1796.
The artistic allegorical vignette
in the center of the bottom of the
plate, drawn by Thomas Sully, is
9x5 inches in size.
It shows the
figures of Union andv Peace, with
the American Flag and the em
blems and symbols of peace, union,
agriculture, art, science, literature,
engineering and other factors emphasized by Washington In ,the
Farewell Address.
Th names of four engravers are
signed to this monumental piece of
engraving: Gideon Fairman, B. H.
Rand, Charles Toppen, and Chnrlcs
H. Parker.
That it was engraved prior to
1819 is established by the fact that
Parker died in 1819. Fairman died
in 1827, Rand in 1862 and Toppen
in 1868.
Their signatures Indicate that the
took turns in
four artists-engraveworking on the historic plate. The
names of Parker and Toppen, signed
just below the decorative heading
and laurel wreath, each followed by
"Sculpt," indicate that they engraved those sections of the plate.
Gideon Fairman must have engraved the allegorical vignette designed to It as "G. Fairman Sculpt,"
on the right side of the vignette.
The name of the painter is signed on the left of the vignette, "T.
Sully Del." That may Imply that
he delineated the entire plate.
At the bottom, on the right, are
signed the names of G. Fairman,
B. H. Rand and Charles Toppen.
In the lower corners of the plate
axe engraved the following: "Paper
by T. Gilpin Co., Brandywine," and
"I Coffin, Printer."
Thomas Gilpin was the pioneer
and
Quaker paper manufacturer
publisher who constructed the first
machine for making paper continuously. He published a collection
of documents connected with the
banishment of his father and other
Quakers to Virginia during the
Revolution.
Researches indicate that the plate
was executed in Philadelphia and
that Sully designed it between 1810
and 1818, while he was planning
his historic painting of "Washington's Crossing of the Delaware,"
which he painted in
That point has been deducted by
Mr. Woodhouse from an unpublished biography of Thomas Sully in
his possession, written by the dishistorian, Benson J.
tinguished
Lossing, who recorded that Sully
lived in New York in 1806, in Boston in 1807, when he studied under
Gilbert Stuart (the painter of the
famous George Washington portraits, and in Philadelphia in 1808.
Then adds Lossing:
"He soon made arrangements for
visiting London, when he was introduced to Benjamin West, the President of the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts. Mr. West, as Sully expressed
it, 'behaved like a father' to him.
Other distinguished artists gave
him their advice.
"He returned home in 1810 and
speedily became the fashionable
portrait painter, In Philadelphia,
from which he received a fine income."
Sully remained in the United
States until 1837, during which
the leading
time he painted
personages of that period from
among them the portraits of
life,
and Andrew
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Jnckson, which are now nt the
Cnpltol, in Washington, nnd James
Madison, John Marshall, James
Monroe, Charles Carroll, Gouvcr-ncu- r
Morris, Lafayette. He was emporployed to paint the
trait of Decatur by the authorities
of the City of New York. Then. In
1837. he went to England to paint
Mie portrait of Queen Victoria.
Sully lived until 1872, to the ripe
age of 89, and the last photograph
taken of him, In his studio, which
is in Mr. Woodhousc's possession,
shows him painting his last portrait
of Washington.
He had apparently
become Interested in painting
Washington when he studied under
Gilbert Stuart, in 1807, nnd his
interest continued until his death.
1872.
Mr. Woodhouse believes that
it wns Sully who conceived the idea
of reproducing Washington's great
masterpiece, the "Farewell Address."
The four engravers, Fairman,
Rand, Toppen, and Parker, land
Gilpin, who supplied the paper, appear to have been Phlladelphlans,
therefore Mr. Woodhouse feels safe
In deducting that the plate was
engraved in Philadelphia.
The work may hnve required between two and five years, each engraver taking his turn in doing the
share for which he was especially
fitted.
Specialists have advised that engraving Is still a specialized art
today, and it would require from
three to four different specialists to
engrave such a plate and that it
might require several years from
the time of planning to the completion.
Unless writings are discovered to
disclose the Information, It may
never be known who had the honor
of starting to engrave the huge
plate. But the fact that Parker
died in 1819, and his name is signed to the plate, Is an indication
that he finished his share before
1819.

Colonel Gideon Fairman, who engraved Sully's vignette, was a noted
Philadelphlan,
who shared with
George Murray the distinction of
having elevated the art of engraving.
B. H. Rand was a famous "writing master" of Philadelphia.
He
was the father of Benjamin Howard
Rand, M. D who was born in
Philadelphia in 1827, graduated at
Jefferson Medical College in 1848,
was Professor of Chemistry at
Philadelphia at the Franklin Insti
tute, Professor of Chemistry at
Jefferson Medical Institute In 1864,
and author of "Medical Chemistry
for Students" (1855); "Elements of
Medical' Chemistry," 1866, etc. His
sister, Marion H. Rand (1824-184was a poet.
The plate is in perfect condition.
An inquiry sent by Mr. Woodhouse
to collectors brought the answer
that original prints from that plate
are scarce, that the price would
probably be from $2,000 to $5,000
each, being ranked in their rarity
with the lithographed copies of
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the last copy of which brought
$3,100 at the Anderson Gallery last
February.
The scarcity of prints from this
plate is attributed to the fire that
took place In 1832. destroying the
works of Thomas Gilpin, where the
plate was kept. It was stored away
with other things saved from the
fire, and was forgotten until recently, when it was brought to Mr.
Woodhouse's attention, who bought
it to add to his Washingtoniana
collection, which includes upward
of 20.000 original records.
On account of the great length
of Washington's Farewell Address,
which involved a monumental task
to engrave It, no other engrossing of
it is known to exist.
A school for yell leaders has been
established here where prospective
cheer leaders will be given instruction in voice, drama, and how to
handle crowds.
Dear me, these universities are
professionalizing. There are schools
of crime, courses in lovemaklng,
and now a course in yelling, in fact
a college student has every opportunity to get a broad education.
He can learn everything from which
fork to use to how to make the girl
friend give yes for an answer when
he pops the fatal question.

II. HnjjRin Memorial
Essay Contest Awards Arc
Presented to Five Auricul- -

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ttiral Students

Keith Vcnablc, Murrny, a student
of Agriculture, was
announced winner of this year's
James B. Hoggin memorial essay
contest at n special assembly of the
College
of Agriculture, Saturday
morning, nt the Judging pavilion.
Malcolm Lyons, Frnnkfort, won the
second prize; W. C. Scott, Guston,
third; Scott McClnin. Taylorsvlllc,
fourth, and Ivan Jett, Richmond,
fifth. A total of $150 in gold coins
was divided among the five students.
The contest was founded In honor
of the late James B. Haggin, who
owned the famous Elmcndorf farm
of 15,000 acres, and Is held annually
at the university. Any student in
the College of Agriculture may participate by writing an essay on the
agricultural topic assigned. The
subject this year was "Changes that
Should be Brought about by Kentucky Farmers as a Result of the
recent Drouth and Agriculture Depression."
The Judges were Profs. E. S. Good,
H. B. Price, and E. J. Kinney. Professor Good announced the winners
of the contest and Introduced them
to the assembly.
Following the announcement of
the winners, Dean Thomas P. Cooper, of the College of Agriculture,
introduced William H. Danforth, St.
Louis philanthropist, and the
of the American Youth
Foundation. Mr. Danforth gave an
address on the subject, "I Dare
You."
Mr. Danforth Is the donor of an
agriculture college scholarship and
several H club scholarships each
year. H. P. Klrkman, a Junior in
the College of Agriculture, won tne
scholarship offered last year.
Four-club memoers attending
the American Youth Foundation
camp on Lake Michigan last year
were Sarah Margaret Land, of Lexington; Clyde Reeves, Georgetown;
Curtis Farley, Haran; Guy Arnold,
Frankfort; Carnelius Hager, Nicho-lasvill- e,
and Ed Robinson, Georgetown. The delegation was in charge
of Carl W. Jones of the College of
Agriculture.
in the College

U. K. Campus Views
Available on Slides
Publicity Bureau Announces
Views Offered Free to
Clubs, Theatres
The Publicity Bureau announced
yesterday that it is prepared to offer a number of slides illustrating
buildings and campus scenes of the
university, to all theaters, clubs,
schools, and other institutions desiring their use. The only conditions are prompt return of material
and sufficient advance notification
to prevent a conflict in bookings.
The slides consist of a set of 32
in black and white, containing pictures of the university buildings,
both interiors and exteriors, as well
as several campus landscapes. A
mimeograph explanation of each
slide accompanies the set.
The building scenes include: Administration building, White hall,
university museum. Mining Engineering building and laboratory,
Basketball building and Men's gymnasium, Men's dormitories, Boyd
hall, Patterson hall, Armory and
Women's gymnasium, Mechanical
hall, Henry W. Wendt shop, Interior
Wendt shop, Johnston sun laboratories, rear view College of Engineering, Art Center, garden at the
rear of the art .center, (Natural
Science hall, the Law building,
view in the arboretum, experiment
station. Stock judging pavilion, re
plica of first railroad in Kentucky,'
Neville hall, C. and P. building,
Drive near Kastle hall, the Esplanade, McVey hall, Serving tables,
University Commons, Memorial hall
and Memorial amphitheatre.
FRENCH CLUB TO MEET

The next meeting of Le Cercle
Francais will be held at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon in the recreation
A fair young girlish Russian was room of Patterson hall. Miss Mae
loved by a strong-arme- d
Prussian. Bryant, president, will preside, and
From the sofa one night came a Miss Dorothy Teegarden will have
scream of delight, the Russian, the charge of the programs. The guests
! will
Prussian, was Crusslan.
play French card games.

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The theater tree of Lexington
bore a bumper crop this week but
It seems that the pickings will be
few next week. Nothing of outstanding worth Is on top.
TLR ,
Probably the most potent threat
for money next week Is Joan Crawford's new opus bearing the sedate
title, "Dance, Fools, Dance." Al
though it Is nigh impossible for
them to actually dance, the muggs
will roll their money in the b. o.
The shop girls will gape and the
drug store yaps will enthuse.
"Dance, Fools, Dance" is a Metro- Goldwyn-May- er
picture which opens
at the Strand Sunday. The plot
concerns a girl newspaper reporter
who, in order to get the inside on
an underworld gang, gets a job in
a night club as an entertainer. Miss
Crawford's position on the screen
is an enviable one as the majority
of hqr productions have earned
money for their producers. As you
probably saw "Our Dancing Daughters", "Our Blushing Brides", etc.,
etc., you know the quality of her
histrionic ability without us telling
you.

TLR

star left the set
in anger the other day because the
moustache of her leading man
smeared her makeup. When you
can get away with that, you're
famous.
TLR
"Cimarron" is continuing to thrill
(and, in some instances, bore) Ken
tucky theater audiences. This pic
ture should be seen but lay aside
an afternoon or evening for it is
entirely too long. "Once a Sinner",
at the Ben All, presents Dorothy
Mackalll and John Halllday in
splendid performances. The plot is
none too original. "The Easiest
Way", starring Constance Bennett
is holding out for the week at the
Strand and the picture has met
with wide approval.
TLR
Paramount has done much for
Nancy Carroll. Starting her as a
thoroughly untalented imitator of
Clara Bow, they have gradually
built her into a substantial name
through the medium of good stories,
directors, and supporting casts. She
appeared in "Laughter", one of last
year's best, and almost did brilliant
acting. Her latest vehicle, "Stolen
Heaven", opens at the Kentucky
tomorrow and advance reports
speak well of the production. Phillips Holmes, the lad who did so
well in "The Devil's Holiday", is
"Stolen
cast in the male ilead.
Heaven" tells of a pair of crooks
everything on one big
who stake
splurge. Of course, with the Hays
code of screen ethics in effect, they
must lose in the long run. George
Abbott directed "Stolen Heaven."
TLR
Much comment is heard these
days on the sound animated cartoon
comedies. This form of entertainment is the only original idea that
America has contributed to the mo
tion picture. For your information,
about 7,000 separate drawings are
required to make one reel (approxl
mately 750 feet) of film. Corps of
copyists who are usually art stu
dents work on each subject.
TLR
Touted as the most sensational
discovery In years, Ellssa Landl
makes her American film debut
opposite Charles Farrell in the Fox
picture, "Body and Soul." Miss
Landl was a popular stage and
screen star before coming to this
country to play the lead In the
Broadway production, "A Farewell
to Arms." Myrna Loy and Humphrey Bogart are also featured in
"Body and Soul" which comes to
the Ben All Sunday. Alfred Sentell
directed. The popular tune bearing
the same title has no connection
with this picture. ,
A certain screen

Ohio State University is
upon the advantages of
companionate engagements. They
are quite popular there. This idea
must have been started for the use
of freshmen girls who cannot resist
the temptation to show their great
power over men. It should be a
great aid in helping freshmen get
around and go places and seeing
things. Mother always told us that
an engaged girl had many privileges
that an unengaged one could not
have.

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ensemble composed of 150
pieces of the girls, concert, nnd
basketball bands will make up the
band which will play at the
basketball game,
Friday night at the Men's gym
nasium. This will mark the first
public appearance of the season of
nana.
tne university uo-e- a
They will be combined with both j
the basketball and the concert band.
who will be included in the
ensemble are:
Trombones, Mary Cooper Carter.
Mary King Montgomery, Velma
Dervers, Slstan Amcrson, Henry
Baker, Eric Bishop, Beryl Bogar-du- s.
Carl J. Boone, John F. Day,
Elden Durand, William Holtzclaw,
Robert McDowell.
Baritones: Helen Carnell, Hugh
Adcock, Charles Gaines, Wcls Walrd
and Boyle Wheeler.
Cornets: Imogene Young, Ruth
McFarland,
Ann O'Brien, Ethel
Whitlow, Flossie Minter, Sara Bethel, Harold Ashley, Edgar E. Boyhoo,
C. S. Blackburn. J. W. Buskie, Wesley Carter, Joe Gartln, Norman
n,
Hainsey, Earle Hays, Hume
Elmer Hubbard, Robert
Jcnnett, Robert Lowrey, Joe Mc-- 1
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A contest will be held

20. 1931

Uni-

versity of Kansas to find the most
ideal pair of swethearts on the
consideration will be among the
campus. Fidelity, compatibility and
qualities will be sought after.
What would happen if we should
do this? The Kampus Kat might
have something to talk about. In
fact, Kampus Katters, here is an
idea for you; why not conduct such
a contest?

Women's Rifle Team
Wins Second Match
Co-ed-

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ford, C. H. Struble, W. F. Thomas,
Joe Vaughn, J. L. Watson and W.
L. Wolpc.

Piccolo: Prcwltt Jones nnd Oayle
Tudor.
Bassoon: Earl Mlckcl.
Saxophone : Catherine D r u r y,
McDowell, Mabel Fish- Mnry
cr) Hlnden BladcS( w, Ri Engiei
Gnyle Hammond, Ray Hahn. Bruce
Kutzd, Fisher Markley and
lM,r. wnrrpn
Mack Offutt, Helen Stark, Ralph
B. Boyd, Fred V. Crowley, Leroy
Hedges, Wade Jefferson, Horace
Lynn. Ralph Parr, F. C. Peters, J.
C. Polsgrovc, Benn Stark, and H. J.
Tcmplin.
Bass: Loretta Bltterman, Jane
Bland, Blair Hughes, Elmer Neu-ma- n,
Jimmic Randall, V. H. Reneau,

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Warren Tcmpcl, Paul Thurman and
Daniel Watts.
Alto: Hortense Carter, Mary Galloway Griffith, Mary Prultt, David
Bates, Stewart Boh en, Carson
Moore, Robert Palmorc and Eugene
Wilson.
Oboe: Clara Inncs and G. H.
Morsce.
Flute: Lcnora How.
Clarinets: Bcuna Mathis, Mary
Margaret Howes, Mary Latham,
Sara Ann Irvine, Roberta Hulctte,
Elizabeth .McDowell, Clara Fort,
Helen Sutherland,
Joe McGurk,
William Myers, Edward Barlow,
Robert Binford, Robert Chrisman,
Ralph Cornett, J. C. Eanes, Frazler
White, H. S. Fish, Wesley Forman,
Harry Gibson, Joe Norwell, R. W.
Poynter, Theodore Stern, Orba
Traylor and Alvln Vlnopal.

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II

Defeat University of

Depauw Shooters by 485
to 483 Score

rifle team of the uniThe co-e- d
versity won its second match of
the season by defeating the University of DePauw girls 485 to 483. The
high individual scorer of the girl's
team was Georgia Bird with 98 out
of a possible 100.
Individual scores follow:
98
Georgia Bird
97
Mae Bryant
97
Dorothy Gould
97
Gertrude Hehman
96
Sallie Johnson
Next week the girl's team fires
against the strong teams of the
University of Wichita and the University of North Dakota. The team
now has won two matches out of
its last four starts, which after considering that the team is composed
of new members who never fired
in intercollegiate competition before
this year, is a rather auspicious be
ginning.

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PITKIN CLUB MEETS
Members of the Pitkin club held
at noon Weda luncheon-meetin- g
nesday in the basement of the Maxchurch.
well street Presbyterian
Joe Ruttencutter, president, presided and opened the meting with
several business announcements. He
introduced Dr. H. M. Morgan, pastor of the Presbyterian church,
who spoke to the group on "Campus
Life in Reference to the Bible."
Approximately 80 men and women
students and a few faculty members
were present.

noon drowsiness that comes from over eating.
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man was born in a tenement full
of Wops.

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