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Page 10 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978 Photos showed national image United Press International WASHINGTON — The process was invented in France by a Frenchman, Louis J.M. Daguerre, but Americans fell in love with it, improved it and embraced it. For a time — from 1840 to 1860 — almost every American with a quarter to spare posed for Daguerre’s marvelous portrait machine. The faces of distant kin popped up in fancy frame on every parlor table. Even the dead were photographed; many stories were told of the weeping widow at the bedside sending a child for the daguer- reo typist. The daguerreotype democratized portrait-making. “This was really something new under the sun,” says art historian Harold Pfister, who in the last three years has become an expert. “Heretofore, to possess one’s own image, someone had to draw it or engrave it or paint it or sculpt it. Now with a couple hours’ training he could make your picture.” Mark Twain commented on how “dim children, parents, cousins, aunts and friends” showed up “in all attitudes but customary ones, all of them too much combed, too much fixed up. ” (An uncombed youthful Samuel Clements posed, too, wearing a belt buckle that said “Sam. ”) Between 1840 and 1860, when other forms of picture making came along, uncounted millions of daguerrotypes were made, some by daguerreans who roved from farm to farm. ajiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiuiminiiiniiuiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiuiiininmiig 1 MAMA'S PIZZA] 1 DELIVERS f The process produced a picture on a polished silverplated copper sheet. Much like the original Polaroid, only one image was made — there was no photographic negative from which any number of prints could be produced, though a daguerrotype picture could be redaguer- rotyped. Pfister, an administrator at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gal lery, was assigned in 1975 to look into the prospects of a daguerrotyj show. No major museums had ever mounted one, because the image;I are small and mirrorlike: they demand to be held in the hand,nj mounted. |! Pfister, 30, became intrigued, and he travelled the country, trad.] ing down 110 evocative daguerrotypes. They are on display in ington until Feb. 4, a gallery of haunting images. Every family on American soil at the time of the claguerreotypfj probably posed. Millions of daguerreotypes remain, tucked away Often they are on sale at antique shows for a few dollars. But, he advises, never try to clean the silver plate. IfitJ hopelessly tarnished, get professional help. If you think yourdaguei j retype is of someone famous or of value, consult a museum p' raphy department. 11 A.M.-11 P.M. 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Thomas Associates Insurance Agency Local Office: 520 University Dr. East For An Appointment Call: 846-7714 United Press International WASHINGTON — Jewish groups conducted an organized campaign to keep an ABC-TV documentary about the Palestine Liberation Organization off the air, a network spokeswoman charged today. The hour-long program, broad cast in most American cities Monday night, was “Terror in the Promised Land,” part of the ABC News “Close-up” series. It gave a frank and occasionally sympathetic look at the PLO and some of the “suicide squads” of terrorists who attack Israeli civilian targets. Network spokeswoman Mary Fifield told UPI the program triggered about 3,000 protest tele phone calls to ABC stations around the nation, about half of them before the program started. The calls apparently were the re sult of “what we can only call a cam paign” by the Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai B’rith, Ms. Fifield said. She said most of the callers, when questioned, turned out to be young and Jewish, occasionally read pre pared statements, and said they were told to make the calls by their rabbis or teachers. The narrator of the program, an chorman Frank Reynolds, closed it with a personal commentary ex plaining that he participated only because he believed the program would increase American public understanding of a complex prob lem. program in advance of its broadtaj The documentary was prewdi and followed by disclaimerssayiij did not imply support or sym] for the PLO. The program was not coma! cially sponsored. The s[ said it was felt that “Close-up”ssj commercial sponsors should la been given more notice of then troversial nature of the program the network decided to remove paid commercials. He told UPI the commentary “was there at my insistence.” A press release put out by the ADL before the documentary was aired said the program “martyrizes the PLO” and that “it distresses us that ABC glamorizes these murder ous thugs.” Reynolds and other ABC con \ spondents were unhappy about! content of the program as iti originally prepared by prodt: Malcolm Clark. The ADL, in keeping with ABC policy, had not been able to see the As a result of their objectionir eral script changes were made an interview, giving an Israeli^ of view, was added shortly the broadcast. i«l| PROTECTIVE l_ll=E® IINISURAIMCE COIVIPAIMY WOfVIE OFFICE - BIRIVIIIMGMAIVI, ALABAIV1A Reading aloud can aid students United Press International BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A high school teacher who readsaU to her classes every day says it helps poor readers and improves thei’ capabilities. Kathy Schnier of Martinsville, Ind., told a recent reading confer ence on the Indiana University Bloomington campus that herdaih reading deliberately has no strings attached. “I’ll just say, ‘Here’s something neat I want to share with you, they can relax and enjoy the story because they know I’m not test them on it later today, tomorrow or next week.” She said she also devotes one class period a week to reading mate rials the students choose for themselves. “It’s like playing the piano or making free throws in basketball, takes practice. And, since they are poor readers, it isn’t very lib they’re going to practice at home.” She also recommends that teachers make reading materials suchai paperbacks, newspapers and magazines easily available to students in their high schools. « t'. LA' Cliff Ri< studies, Academi COOPERATIVE EDUCATION United washin < »rs good i bo may ha lb U'twcn id heart di: AN EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP THAT BLENDS THEORY AND PRACTICE COLLEGE COORDINATORS College of Agriculture Dr. Vernon Schneider Ag. Economics Bldg. Room 112 845-4911 The Cooperative Education Program at Texas A&M Univer sity is a program of work and study which allows students to gain practical work experience and a salary while at the same time pursuing their educational goals through their academic studies. Cooperative Education through participating colleges offers work opportunities throughout the year in: COLLEGE COORDINATORS College of Geosciences Dept, of Meteorology Dr. Ken Brundidge O.&M. Building Room 1204 845-6013 College of Architecture & Environmental Design Mr. Larry Priesmeyer Ernest Lagford Archi tecture Bldg. Room 103 845-1143 Federal, State & Local Government Professional Career Development in Industry, Research and Business. College of Liberal Arts Dr. Henry Pope Harrington Education Center Room 801 845-5141 For information on Cooperative Education in your chosen field, the Coordinator for each participat ing college will be at the first floor of the Rudder Tower on Monday, Nov. 6, from 10-2 o’clock to visit personally with any interested student. Written information will also be available on each of the college programs for you to take and consider. College of Science Dr. Dennis Cropper Biological Sciences Bldg. Room 315 845-7361 College of Engineering Mr. Steve Yates Zachry Room 204 845-6431 Additional information about Cooperative Education may be obtained from the Coordinator of each participating college or the Office of Cooperative Education. College of Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Science Dr. C. A. 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