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Bfraorral People Television Theaters Want Ads Comics 2C 3, 4C 5-10, 12C 11C ROCHESTER. N.Y.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1975 ci oses early, cifinig hard times Theater pi surprised at this closing as I'm sure everyone else is." Gianniny is chairman of the board of Rochester Community Players.

He said he had been out of town for periods recently and the theater's closing was never discussed in his hearing. GeVa's box office personnel will be in touch with subscribers to adjust their individual subscriptions. Most of the theater's company will leave Rochester shortly. An added reason for closing at this time is that auditions for summer theaters are held in New York City through March, she said, and company members will be free for those. "We just feel it's better to quit while we're ahead and in a strong position and not leaving debts all over town.

We wouldn't want to get into that kind of a situation," Ms. Mason said. "We just hope that meanwhile people won't forget about us." Mason said, but if they had continued with the season and shouldered new debt necessitated by MacKechnie's departure, "we would have become involved quite a lot of expense." The theater could have gone to the community "with our hats in our hands," she said. But GeVa has yet to appeal to the community in a fund-raising drive and "on balance we decided we'd rather store upcreditfor nextfall," said. GeVa has to date existed on earned income from box office, services to area schools and community projects.

This has been supplemented by the personal resources of the board and of Ms. Mason and her husband, William Selden, founders of the theater. One member of GeVa's Development Committee, Robert V. Gianniny, when contacted yesterday, said: "I am as plays, or even rearranging the schedules of GeVa's company members would have "involved GeVa in considerable additional expense," according to GeVa press release. "These are difficult times for everyone, individuals and organizations, and it did not seem to the Board that this was an appropriate time to add GeVa's needs to the already overburdened resources of the community," said Sterling Weaver, a board member.

MacKechnie, a citizen of Great Britain, recently violated U.S. immigration rules and chose to leave the country and re-apply for a permanent visa rather than face a federal hearing and risk being asked to leave. U.S. Immigrations' representatives have said he could expect to receive permission to return sometime this spring. GEVA'S SEASON, which began in tip' 13 iMMp? By MARY RITA KURYCKI Staff Writer GeVa (the Genesee Valley Arts Foundation) announced yesterday that it will end its 1974-75 season today with a lunch hour presentation of "The Marriage Counselor The season was scheduled to run through the end of May.

GeVa's board stressed that Rochester's only Equity resident theater will re-open next fall. The absence of Donald MacKechnie, artistic director of the company, is given as a major reason for the theater's closing. MacKechnie was to direct two of the remaining plays scheduled for the season. According to the evening theater schedule, "Hadrian VII" was to open March 13 and "Arms and the Man" was scheduled for a mid-April opening. Hiring someone else to direct the Art On buying fine art prints By SALLY WALSH Art Critic SCENARIO: you're on vacation when you discover a gallery filled with works by well-known artists.

Suddenly, you spot an "original print" by Salvador Dali going for what looks like a bargain price it 's only $400. The dealer just happens to mention that another chap is interest- ed and is expected back any minute with his interior decorator. He also tells you that the work is sure to increase in value and you ought to move on it now. What do you do Beat it or reach for your Master Charge Card? If you're smart you'll leave. Though the work may well be an authentic Dali, you can be almost certain that it's one of the many works he churned out with methods little better than for reproductions.

Dali can sell anything he signs, no matter what the quality, just by virtue of his name. If you love the work, of course, it is another matter, but the price is no bargain. Even without this knowledge of Dali's working methods, the buyer should have known to beware. Reputable art dealers don't use high pressure sales tactics. Another thing is that if the buyer is a vacationer he probably has no idea of whether the gallery in question is estab- A print by Joan Lyons mid-September, is longer than that of most regional resident theaters.

The theater has already been in operation this season longer than necessary to qualify for arts organization funding for next season. Having completed a second season GeVa is now eligible for national grants and increased funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. Audiences were small, sometimes numbering less than 20, in the early months of this season, but since Christmas many Friday and Saturday nights have been sold out, said Cynthia Mason, a member of the board and a founder of the theater. The theater, at 168 S. Clinton seats approximately 200.

The theater is not in serious debt, Ms. A print thousands of copies until he cancels the plates. The result is a multiple original which benefits both the artist and the public. The artist benefits because he can have his work dispersed over a wide area and thus be seen by many more people. For the collector, the price is right.

Many first rate prints can be had for under $100 while a quality painting goes for many times that amount. The logic is simple. To make $2,000 an artist would have to sell one oil for that price or twenty original prints at $100. Obviously it's not the clear cut since the printmaking process itself can be expensive. Many unknown artists spend School Today rision, president of the Eastman Student Association.

"There are no major issues any more. Everything is filtering out in degrees of non-importance. The whole atmosphere is a lot more relaxed. "Everyone has mixed opinions about Freeman. I would hope everyone thinks he is trying, that he's not a malicious guy.

At least he's the most honest administrator in the university. He's been opening up a lot more, including students in his schedule." Robert Freeman is part of the future of the school, and as Miss Morrision said, opinions about him are mixed. Both students and faculty, however, are guarded in their comments about the new director partly because he is still new, and partly because of what one prominent faculty member has defined as "the paranoia around this place." "What we need desperately is a' respite," said Samuel Adler, chairman of the composition department and a well-known figure among contemporary composers. "We need to concentrate on the school. We need time.

We need five years of concentrated re-organization to build the school in an image that is ongoing. "I have been trying desperately to rally the faculty and students. We are engaged in a struggle. I hope we can work together. You know, I have always seen the faculty as the loyal opposition.

I'm hoping Bob Freeman will work with 'the faculty. AS FAR as I am concerned, he has listened. It remains to be seen what he does. The giveaway will be What kind of faculty will come in the future? There are many vacancies waiting to be filled, and many more will occur in the near future. The voice department is an example of how he can appoint well.

"One should wait before one makes a judgment on Mr. Freeman. That might sound kind of Pollyanna-ish, but it's the in she A is 4 Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian wins award Actor Hugh O'Brian, who rose to fame as television's Wyatt Earp, was among five recipients receiving major awards last night from the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Pa. All recipients were cited for "constructive words which support America, suggest solutions to basic problems besetting the nation, contribute to responsible citizenship and inspire love of country." O'Brian was cited for his work through the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, which sponsors 70 youngsters each summer on a trip to an area of political or scientific interest. Other recipients of top awards were: Martin Devries, a retired municipal judge from Long Beach, Calif.

Frank Harris, founder of the Homemaker Guild of America, Denver, Colo. Dr. George S. Benson, president of the National Education program at Harding College, Searcy, Ark. Dr.

Kenneth McFarland, Tope-ka, Kan. Opera star dead Private funeral services for opera star Norman Treigle, acclaimed by music critics as one of the greatest singing actors of all time, were scheduled for this morning. The bass-baritone, for 10 years a mainstay of the New York City Opera, was found dead in his New Orleans home Sunday night. He was 47. The Orlean's Parish Coroner's Office said the cause of death would not be known for about 10 days until it receives the report of a toxicology examination.

The coroner said Treigle's former wife, Lorraine Treigle, found his body beside a bed. Masons honor Ford President Ford has become the 14th U.S. president to be honored as a member of the Masonic order. Ford was on hand at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, yesterday for the unveiling of a medallion plaque. "When I think of the things right about America, I think about this order, with its sense of duty to country, its esteem for brotherhood and traditional values, its spiritual high principles, and its humble acceptance of God as the Supreme Being," Ford said.

Onassis improving Aristotle Onassis, 69, appears to be out of danger for the moment but will remain in the American hospital near Paris for at least another week, friends of the Greek millionaire said yesterday. Sources close to the shipping tycoon said "it's a good sign that he has gotten this far" foflowing his Feb. 9 operation for gall bladder stones complicated by jaundice'and muscu-. lar and heart ailments. Onassis' wife, the former Jacqueline Kennedy, continued to visit him daily in the hospital in suburban Neuilly.

From Staff and Wires Miss Nude says she's liberated see page 4C Television Live TV: like Jello? By BETTY UTTERBACK Television Editor Dick Clark running a live television special to holding a big bowl of Jello without the bowl. Clark will host the 90-minute live telecast of the second annual "American Music Awards" tonight at 8:30 on (Channels 13 and 9) and he's out to repeat the success of last year's pro- gram. In contrast to some of the fiascos we've seen on other awards shows, the first "American Music Awards" went off without a hitch and turned out to be ABC's highest rated special of last year. The secret is a lot of planning behind the scenes, Clark said in an interview from a recording studio in Los Angeles. "We had a lady assigned to each person who had any part on the show," Clark said, about last year's show.

"If they went to the bathroom, she went along. It was her job to get them on the stage at the right time and it went off perfectly on time until the last two minutes. Then we had some winners who are prone to orate a lot. "We had a tremendous organization, and a lot of good luck," Clark said. "I don't want to knock anybody but the Grammys were complete, unadulterat-, ed chaos." Clark thinks part of the appeal of the show for the audience is the simplicity of the awards.

"We have 15 neat, clean, easy-to-understand categories," Clark said. "The audience knows exactly what's going on. The winners are a reflection of ordinary lay people we have people singing their favorite songs. It's a people's poll, not the opinions of those inside the industry." CLARK HAS already had his first problem with holding that bowl of Jello together. Sly Stone, who was to share hosting duties with Helen Reddy and Roy Clark, fell down the stairs at his home and broke his shoulder.

Clark immedi- -ately sent out a call to get Isaac Hayes back from a Hawaiian vacation to fill in. Clark didn't mention one of the biggest factors in making the "American Music Awards" so successful last year his own expertise. He'll be celebrating his 23rd vear with the "American Band stand" in May, a good indication that he knows what the people want in music. "It's a great joy to look back at what I was once accused of doing lascivious pornography," Clark said witha chuckle. "Now we're handing out awards for those songs." Clark thinks we have only to examine Please turn to page 4C Dick Clark Wi.

T. 1 Robert Freeman and Eastman's future by Steve Poleskie more in making prints than they can possibly recoup. But the basic principle sound. A SERIES of four lectures are scheduled at the Memorial Art Gallery on many aspects of print buying conservation and appreciation. The first lecture given by Henning will be today at 8 p.m.

and will be what he calls "A Cook's Tour of Prints." February 25 will be a seminar on the how tos of print framing and care with demonstrations by experts. March will be a panel of dealers from this area. March 11 will be a panel of print collectors. Please turn page way I feel." Flora Burton was for 25 years the dean of students at Eastman. She retired in 1972 at the age of 65, a witness to the second quarter of a century of Eastman history.

She saw Howard Hanson in action, and was at Walter Hendl's right hand during his administration. "George Eastman let Mr. Hanson have complete control of the school," she said, "and Mr. Hanson had the utmost respect for Mr. Eastman." "Mr.

Hendl came in at a tremendous disadvantage because the faculty was against his appointment from the beginning. The fact that the faculty was against him and Wallis was for him gave the University of Rochester a controlling interest in Eastman School." Miss Burton, the widow of Arthur Larson who was for many years prominent in Eastman administration, is against moving the school. "I was on the committee to decide the move. I perhaps wasn't a good choice, because my mind was already made up. I never favored it.

I never favored it. "The quality of the faculty would be different if they moved to the campus, it would have to be. Oh, they say Eastman School will always be Eastman School but I've seen it happen before, when they moved the Women's College from Prince Street in the middle '50s. The Woman's College was a separate entity and the U. of R.

vowed it would remain separate. It lasted one year, maybe two." MISS BURTON said that "if the school is going to get back on its feet," it must pull itself together. "There has been a lot of administrative floundering. How long can that go on? She said that the school has benefited in some ways from its association with the university, chiefly in terms of salaries for faculty members, which Please turn page lished or a fly by night operation. SOME PEOPLE might have ques-' tioned the term "original print" wondering how a "print" could be "original." This is a logical question since anything printed can legally be called a "print." Money, stock certificates and newspapers are all "printed." A reproduction of Van Gogh's oil "Sunflowers" is called a print but so is an etching by Rembrandt.

According to the Print Council of America, an "original print" is one that is conceived and executed by the artist. The artist produces a limited edition which can range anywhere from one to The Eastman "We have always thought we competed with the top music schools, but some of our research has scared the daylights out of us that maybe we are slipping out of that category. We want to remain one of the top music schools in the country." Howard Hanson, the man who made the Eastman School preeminent among U.S. music schools, has said that "the Eastman School of Music should be a first-rate school of music leading into a realistic future for musicians in the last quarter of the 20th Century." With the announcement last fall that no decision would be made about moving the school, thanks to the economic situation, the biggest bone of contention disappeared, for a while at least. But the move question eventually will have to be answered, sometime in the "future." "THE STUDENTS are relieved the whole thing is over," said Audrey Mor- iflllllfiil: Howard Hanson Third in a series By MICHAEL WALSH Staff Writer At the Eastman School of Music, as at any educational institution, feelings run just beneath the surface.

Faculty members are circumspect, and even students are more discreet than they used to be. What University of Rochester Chancellor W. Allen Wallis has called the "campus craze" of the late 1960s and early '70s is over, the "campus craze" being the Chancellor's description of student movements from Free Speech to Kent State. The state of education on the Eastman School campus is still of as much concern as it was in 1972, the year Walter Hendl left. The day of the student movement at Eastman is over.

Activism never took root there, or even at the University itself, as it did on other campuses. But faculty and students are still aware, still care. With a new director, Robert Freeman, have come new questions about Eastman's future. Indeed, the word "future" crops up frequently in Freeman's conversation, a reflection of the University's preoccupation with the "future." IN HIS inaugural address, President Robert Lamb Sproull spoke of "the future of universities" in general and Rochester in particular. Donald A.

Gaudion, chairman of the board of trustees of the University, also is concerned with the future. During the discussions of whether the Eastman School should be moved out of downtown, Gaudion said, "We were trying to determine where music education will be 20 years out. "We were ready to spend multi-millions no matter what we decided. What kind of a school do we want for Eastman?.