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At 20, By DEW JAMES Gamecock Feature Editor , "All great art springs from sor row, pain, love and religion," says 20-year-old Sig M. A(beles, Caro lina junior and one of Souti Carolina's most promising young artists. The Myrtle Beach native's big gest award on a state level came last November when his "Religious digure No. 2" (one of a series of w our) won the top prize at the fourth annual Souith Carolina Artists Guild Show in Charleston The winning work was purchase< by Furman University for $100. The young artist has won umerous smaller prizes though he is an infant in the art world as far as years go. Included In his smaller wins are seven of the awards given during the last tw< years in the annual state fai1 competition. Predominantly an "expression istic" artist, Abeles remembers drawing at five, and later learn ing art for himself by the tria and error method employing a brush and box of paints from a mail order house. . Fortunately, New York artis Gerard Tempest came to Myrtle Beach to live when Sig was 16 and from him Sig received hii first real professional art lesson He became a pupil and co-workei of Tempest for the remainder of his high school career. During his senior year in high school through a contest spon sored by "Scholastic Magazine,' Sig won an opportunity to exhibi1 'his work at a national art exhi bition at Carnegie Hall in Pitts burgh and this automatically wor him a scholarship to the Atlanta Art Institute. However, when he learned that he had been accepte< by Pratt Institute in New York he declined the Atlanta scholar ship. At Pratt, he studied commercia art which was a compromise t< suit his parents. They had wante< him to do something that promised greater monetary reward. In the New York school he found ar understanding friend in -his teacher, Calvin Albert, one of the best known sculptors working in direct metal. He became Al AUTOMATI One of Western Electric's automatic tion lines used in making the revo& new wire spring relay. 3 2 1 So great was the departure in desij new Bell System wire spring relay pared with conventional relays that am major undertaking for developr gineers at Western Electric, the n turing and supply unit of the Bell Indeed, it was an undertaking the for new machines and new meti cause none was available to do Longer life, higher operating lower power consumption, and lov~ ufacturing cost were some of thc tages promised by the new relay Engineers reasoned that a lower n turing cost could be achieved greater precision in manufacture would cut adjustments) and thrc tensive use of automatic process< One of the products of this reas pictured at the top of this page. '1 tery of equipment, developed by' Electric product engineers, constiti phase of wire spring relay manu which automatically performs sev erations. Its function begins after< mental elements of the new relay cated. This element, known as a "c a multiplicity of small diameter wi ray imbedded for part of their h phenol plastic. These molded elements, of whii types used in the new relay, are line of machjne units in magazine matic means they are removed fro carried by a reciprocating convey of the several processes and, w placed into another magazine to a sembly. Between the first and final maj matic battery of equipment do Student Is Recognize bert's monitor-taking tie roll, - This brought Sig back home ing up as many art courses as running errands, etc., which and to his state university, and to he could and working with the brought with it a small financial another compromise with what brush, oil and canvas on the side. reward. Sig spent one semester he wanted and what his parents.t didn't take long for him to at Pratt and partially prompted wanted for him. He enrolled at find out he wasn't happy as a by the advice of his teacher, he the university as a pre-med pre-med major and the next decided to go into fine arts. student with the intention of pick- semester (Spring, 1953), he en ... .... PORTRAIT OF A COED-Sig M. Abeles, one of South Carolina's most promising young artists and a junior at the university, puts the finishing touches on a painting of Carolina coed Iarriet Allen of Bennettsville. In the background, to the left, is "The Nun," a member of the artist's religious series. (Gamecock staff photo by Dew James) ON at work A new design becomes a production reality produc tionary 12 11 ... e::10 - 9 4 1. sUPPLY MAGAZINE 7. SIZE CONTACTS 2. CLIP wIRE ENDS 8. SCRATCH BRUSH TERMINALS 3. CONTACT TAPE SUPPLY 9. FORM TERMINALS . 4. WELD CONTACTS 10. TENSION BEND 5. CONTACT TAPE SUPPLY 11. FLUX a TIN TERMINALs 6. DRIVE UNIT 12. FINISHED PARTs nof the PfhSoL PeL''A ""'oC" as com-COC LCN it posed t rtent en nanufag- "''c BIUL,TETTEO System. "i4L*M* it called 5iiKZ3necooysuetOfJ the job. ~wiesuyn iele er man-busaotLci.Ma advan- V-. design. magn-corig"ot anufac- WaO---- Wke through Single WIre Comb with Percussion Welded Contacts,colg suvy.O eag (which Wire Spring Relay Designed hy Bell Telephone Laboratories tsebte.Te at ugh ex-One ty pe of "comb" element is showpa at top while a comn S. ~~plet'ed wire spring relay is below. T he small blocks of metalLck Stiemasfn .nn . on the ends of thme wiires are cut from a composite tape dlur-isoatdotsebter n sing the automnatic imultiple percussion welding opertation. his bat- "Contact conditions" are determined by the code of relayLuk Stiepo sst bNestern being manufactured and may vary greatly. ites one facture,tatn toac tomk eral separate op- operations: clips wire ends, attaches palladium con- cenr rse,sote me of the funda- tacts to wire ends by means of percussion welding, has been fabri- sizes contacts, forms terminal, tension bends wires, cgrte ,LcySrl >mb," consists of fluxes and tins terminals. res in parallel ar mngth in molded Most remarkable of all is the fact that thiis is a precision operation throughout. For example, the small block contacts, which arc percussion welded :h there are two to the tips of wires of one type of "comb," must be :lelivered to this located on the same plane across the twelve con I. By fully auto- tact positions to within a tolerance of ? .002". ii the magazine, r through each hen completed, iazine the auto-A whiloloigeU sVI* U vee NTODTIM 55 Atin 3 frefDie I Artist rolled in Carolina's fine arts school. Last summer Abeles spent sev eral weeks studying at The Art Students League of New York. His teacher was Harry Stern berg, one of the nation's most important graphic artists (etch ings and silk screen). One of Sig's classmates was the son of Nicolai Cikovsky (Nicolal,' Jr.), one of the world's most renowned artists. The older Cikovsky spent most of the summer away from New York leaving his studio to be used at will by his son and Abeles. Fortunately for the two young artists, Sternberg, their teacher, had a studio in the same building as Cikovsky and from him they received extra guidance outside classes. During the summer Abeles worked long hours and turned out some of his best artistic works, among them being his religious series. Abeles' art is for the most part, "expressionis,tic." As he puts it, "In all that I try to do, what is commonly known as beauty, prettiness, and sweetness are for eign." He attempts to present the evils and sufferings of humanity by the use of color patterns and distorted or exaggerated figures. However, the figures are not dis torted beyond understanding. They are " read able." The young artist has painted a number of portraits, though por traits are not his favorite type of painting. One of his favorite such works is a portrait of his mother. His most recent is a painting of Hariett Allen of Ben nettsville, a Carolina co-ed. "In art," Abeles says, "one finds his own ancestors." Among his early favorites are Renbrandt, El Greco, Gruenwald and Goya of the Medieval and Early Flemish schools. Abeles considers Pablo Picasso, an artist who is a Spaniard by birth but lives in France, the greatest artist of the 20th century. Picasso is an "ex pressionistic" artist. Seldom (oes the young artist corne up with a creation with which he himself is satisfied. "I've set a lot of high goals for my self," he says, "and have, thus far, barely touched the lowest 30KI LOOK WHAT'S THIS? alution see paragraph below. the above Droodle is: 47 >ying better-tasting Luckies ;. All kinds of students are ter of fact, college smokers ier brands-.and by a wide e latest and greatest of all in, the No. 1 reason: L1uckies better, first of all, because tobacco. Then, that tobacco " It's Toasted" - the famous nes up Luckies' light, good it taste even better . .So, enjoy the better-tasting e. Luckles... ER, SMOOTHER I Players To Hold Drama Workshop Here Tomorrow The University Players will be host to the Dramatic Workshop of South Carolina tomorrow. Caro lina, Furman and state high schools make up the membership of the Workshop. Two plays will be presented, each one twice. First, the plays will be presented as they would appear at a rehearsal and then as they would appear opening night. After the first presentation, lec tures will be given concerning the director's approach, lights and set, and costumes and makeup. "A Minuet" will be given from 10 to 12:30 with lectures by Geddeth Smith, Lawrence Weaver and Dr. Richey. In the afternoon "Aria da Capo" will be given with lectures by Rose Weldon, Mr. Weaver and Dr. Richey. The plays are being presented by the extension division and drama department of the univer sity and the speech department of Furman. Players Re-elect Rast Spring Term President University Players re-elected Jack Rast president at a meeting last week. Other officers are Rose Weldon, vico-president; Pat Arant, see retary; Newton Neely, historian and Geddeth Smith, business manager. ones." Some of his canvases con tain as many as three works, one over the other. lie explains this is due first to his dissatisfaction with the , original painting and second to the expensiveness of canvas. Abeles plans to get his B.A. degree in fine arts and then if possible study in Boston or Eu rope. Hoston, he says, is the center of "expressionistic" art in this country, and will therefore offer the best training available in this country in the field in which he is most interested. Much of Abeles' present work is pur chased by university students and local patrons. LUCKY DR 0 HOLE IN ONE IdLeonad Wi. INozLfn PAINTBRUSH FOR PAINTING BARBER POLE Eugene Ileller QO o OO ALL.DAY SUCKER FOR DETERS Ji,t/h Lee Miedgley A meriecan lIniwrsityif TUDENTS! EARN *25! ,ucky Droodles* are pouring in! Where re yours? We pay $26 for all we use, and ir many we don't use. So send evorv riginial Droodle in your noodle, with ils escriptive title, to Lucky l)roodle, P. O. ox 67. New York 46. N. Y. DROODL.ES. Copyright 1968 by Roger Price USC Band Plans Spring Concert Tour In April A spring concert tour is planned for the USC band in late April, according to Director Rich ard Zimmermann. The band is also tentatively planning to appear in the Iris festivals in Sumter and the Azalea festival in Charleston. A large well-trained band is desired for spring term to promote interest among high school stu dents planning to attend Carolina next fall, thereby building up the possibility of larger and better bands at the university in future years, Band President Buddy Millard said. Qualified students and old band members are asked to register for band next semester. Interested musicians can do this by contact ing Professor Zimmermann during registration or going to the band room at the corner of Main and Green Streets Tuesday, February 8th, at 6 p.m. Math Department Opens Colloquium A mathematics colloquium has been established at the university, Dr. Wyman L. Williams, head of the mathematics department, has announced. To consist of a series of lec tures on advanced mathematical topics, the colloquium will fea ture research reports by members of the university mathenfatics de partment and guest speakers from other institutions. The first session was held yes terday at 4 p.m. in Room 207, Sloan College. Dr. Tomlinson Port of the university - faculty was scheduled to speak on "Ap proximating the Sun with an In finite Series." A second session is scheduled for Thursday, February 10th, with Dr. Eckford Cohen of the univer sity faculty speaking on "Some Topics Concerning Arithmetical Functions." Other scheduled speakers are Prof. Alfred T. Brauer of the tniversity of North Carolina, Prof. J. H. Roberts of Duke Uni versity, Prof. J. D. Novak and Dr. David T. Strebe of the University of South Caro-lina. OODLES! PHOTO FINISH OF HORS RACE ST sLOW CAMERAMAN .Joh n D)avis lBucknell University FLY swaTTER DESIGNED TO GIVE FLY SPORTING CHANCE Alan M. 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