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THE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977 Hollywood parties not fun IT'dit is II that if the a credit u die taxlial be re ndid about n e faced ig the ot yet a he said d look at Jj constital vn," he s the Supi l>y closely lot looked ires that l thatw centuries uid wi our pul court will id. aid Moynik 41 cospons it is nos ire will lie Battalion photo by Gail Click. Joe Hutchinson and Ellisa Schob put together the tile mosaic for the floor of the Academic Building. The mosaic will he presented by the Class of 1978. hopes the ittee will al in Jar leasures n the past it to the . the pro] for it the ed at re Id extend 1-tiine studt lass of ‘78 gives seal THEATRE! STEREO iRS >R IN MINING )NE WINNER By JEANNE GRAHAM The hole in the center of the cademic Building floor will soon e filled with a replica of the Texas &M University' seal. Work on the seal is being done in he kindergarten section of an A&M iciitary, see Consolidated School building. The chool or at rrtist is Joe Hutchinson and his ieluding pd trtwork is a 160-square-foot, round nosaic. | The mosaic is a gift to the Univer- -j'ity horn the Class of 1978. It is ourteen feet in diameter with 26 lifferent colors of file. Hutchinson says he approaches he mosaic as he would a painting. The A&M seal is officially black and *'hite, so the color design of the project is Hutchinson’s own. Considering the blandness of the Academic Building., I want the de sign to be as strong as possible. 1 ptempted to make a strong con trast, but keep the colors organized lV 'th the interior,” he explained. fWIN The many different colors in the fliosaic give it a brilliance that should stand out against the black and white floor of the building. In the center of the design are a gray star and a white T outlined in yel- low. Both are enclosed in a maroon background. A multi-colored wreath stends on either side of the maroon and 1876 is centered in yellow aw it. Texas A&M University, e in maroon on gray, completes the outer circle. The commission to do the project .asgranted last spring after Hutch esons design was chosen from four submitted. Production, however, didn’t start tod this fall. The three 'nch square tiles were produced and Mpped from Cuernavaca, Mexico. °roe had to he sent back and re- or er ed because they lacked quality' 01 weren t the correct tch- P 1S0n explained. . o fo r thg ] ast (q lree yveekj putchin VARNING IX. :00 P.M IAY ECIAL 1 Beef 3 am “We work five to six hours a day, whenever we have time between classes,” Schob said. She is a history and biomedical science major at Texas A&M and Einhorn is in land scape architecture, also at Texas A&M Jenni Hutchinson, who doesn’t attend school, is 19. “It (the mosaic) takes an awful lot of skill — at least we tell ourselves that,” Hutchinson joked. Each tile has to be cut precisely to size, and it takes hours to place a very small sec tion together, he explained. Hutchison is an artist by profes sion, hut also teaches environmental design at Texas A&M. He has a bachelor of fine arts degree and a master’s in art from the University of Denver in Colorado. “I really became interested in art by' accident, Hutchinson said. “I took it as an elective at the Univer sity of Denver, and ended up spend ing more time on it than anything else. “There’s always a challenge avail able in art because nothing ever re mains the same” he said. “In an 8 to 5 world. I’d go crazy.” Hutchinson taught in California and Kansas before he brought his family to College Station in 1973. “There is real potential in Texas, he said. “A&M offers an opportunity for growth, and the new art cur riculum is expanding. “The department officials are great to work with, he said. “A&M students are bright, inventive, have their noses to the grindstone and know where they’re headed. “Once the mosaic is installed, T start painting again seriously,” he said. “First, I hope to take a trip to Europe with the income from this (mosiac).” The total cost of the mosaic was undisclosed by Hutchinson or by l;he Class of 1978. The mosaic is being pieced upside down and backwards on a large sheet of paper. A local contractor will inlay it in the floor of the Academic Building, and the paper will be peeled off to present the right side of the mosaic. Presentation of the gift by the Class of 1978 will be Oct. 29. Queen of Rings United Press International COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Queen Margrethe has been iden tified as the “Ingahild Grathmer who has drawn 70 illustrations for a three-volume collection of J.R.R. Tolkien s “Lord of the Rings.” ree weeks, nson and three helpers, El- H 1 r- °k’ Sally Einhorn and , 11 djison s daughter, Jenni, have een hard at work. Under the Grathmer pseudonym, the queen drew the illustrations for the 1,500-copy limited edition to be released Friday. The collection, with a face value of $180, is sold out. UNPLANNED PREGNANCY SER VICES. FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY CAN BE DIFFICULT. LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF TEXAS PROVIDES PROFES SIONAL COUNSELING AS AN AGENCY LICENSED BY THE DE PARTMENT OF HUMAN RE SOURCES. WE DISCUSS ALL AL TERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO YOU. WRITE 4007 AVENUE H. AUSTIN. TEXAS. 78751. OR CALL 1/512/ 454-3524 FOR AN APPOINTMENT EITHER HERE OR IN AUSTIN. )es and other and Bu«ef ea ssing . 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Students apply systems approaches to such problems as the control of automotive emissions, energy con servation policy, the use ot automation in manufacturing, and the lite-cycle design of goods. The program may be particularly appropriate tor professionals with practical experience. For information write to Prof. Richard de Neufville School of Engineering Room 1-138, MIT Cambridge, Mass. 02139 for Chuck, Hank, and Greg United Press International HOLLYWOOD—There’s no bet ter way to put a damper on a Hol lywood party than to invite Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck and Henry Fonda to the festivities. Chuck, Greg and Hank fail to lend a devil-may-care flavor to any congregation. All three are ham pered by legendary characteristics, partly their own, partly the accumu lation of the roles they’ve played and the honors that have befallen them. To be sure, none of the three ac cept all that many invitations, else they’d he going out three or four times a night. But they are as misplaced at a typ ical swinging Hollywood soiree as redwoods in a bonzai garden. Fonda is more socially active than Heston and Peck. But then his wife, Shirley, is young and popular with the party-giving set. Both Lydia Heston and Veronique Peck are immense assets to their husbands socially. When Hank Fonda does attend a private party he generally can be found alone in the library or den in specting the host s book collection. Peck usually stands in a corner look ing self-conscious and flushed of face. business and the arts, but they are strangers to gossip and trivia. They have excellent analytical minds and communicate brilliantly on a one-to-one basis. But put them in the swirl of a cocktail party or a cattle call buffet and they die on the vine. Their Herculean reputations in timidate some people, but the bot tom line is that they are born gen tlemen, and all three suffer terminal shyness. Heston, his famous face wreathed in a grin, said, “My son, Fraser, told me the other day he d finally dis covered I was shy. That took some insight. I thought I’d concealed it behind a cool and collected facade of professionalism. “He said I do better at parties at which I’m not supposed to have fun. Those would be the banquets and formal affairs I attend for the Motion Picture Producers Association, the Screen Actors Guild, The American Film Institute, The Motion Picture Academy and the Center Theater Group. “No matter how square and un comfortable Greg and Hank and I are at parties, we go when asked. It goes with the franchise. “They don’t give you a percentage of the gross just to make a picture. You have to sell it too. You’re not just promoting your own films. You have a vested interest in the on going success of all movies. “My criticism of some of the young stars today is that they feel they’re compromising their integ rity if they do an interview. They feel burdened if they attend an academy function. That’s self- indulgent and deceiving. “I don’t attend many private par ties because Tin involved in five or sLx industry events a month. And, to he honest, I really do feel uncom fortable at a social gathering unless I ve known the people for 20 years. Hank, Chuck and Greg are great front men, heavyweights to adorn a dais for visiting VIPs. Inevitably they are called to participate when visiting firemen are being feted. Henry Kissinger visited Hol lywood recently, and for three nights in a row, Heston was present at dinners honoring the ex-secretary of state. But it is part of my work. “Prince Charles of England is coming to town soon. There will he a formal dinner and lunch given in his honor. I was called to attend Ixxth. “With all this activity, I can’t be called a social recluse. But like Greg and Hank, I’m not a social butterfly either. “I can hardly wait to become a full-fledged character actor profes sionally. Then I can become a cur mudgeon and sit in a corner and have the host bring me drinks. “Then when people come up with their tentative questions 1 can poke them with a walking stick and say, You young uns, what do you know?” Heston cackled like an old man and polished off a glass of noonday wine. He will soon be seen in “The Last Hard Men,” his first horse opera since “Will Penny” back in 1968. “I’m sure Henry was sick and tired of seeing me, Heston said, laughing. “And I was tired of him. “I like doing westerns, he said, “and I’d like to work in more of them. I ll tell you one thing, the so cial amenities were a lot simpler in those days. Heston tries to circulate but gen erally fidgets on the periphery of groups eavesdropping rather than participating. Their presence at parties does no thing to encourage the open snuf fing of cocaine or firing up of pot. Not a soul remembers seeing any of the trio tipsy, much less roaring drunk. All three superstars are benefit of small talk. 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