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The major arts. of painting and sculpture w.ei iniextricably bounid Lp vwith the minor arts c masonry, cabinet-making, potte.ry, fabrics, a the woric of the silversmith and goldsmith,, at th time of the Italian Renaissance, said Prof. Ulric A. Middeldorf of the art department of th U2niversity of Chicago in yresenting the third o a series of four lectures 'at Conimunjtv- i-ons last: Fridav nî'ght' under the sPàiisor- ship of the North Shore Art, league. Illustrative of bhis statements were nlany stereopticon, slides of Floren-, tine objects of art, architecture,. and craftsmanship, striking for their beauty. Works. by Celini, Leonardo da . Vinci, Verrocchio,' Pollaiuolo, Brunelleschi, anîd Leona Battista Al- berti prc.ved conclusivelv that these muen rose to, the rank of artist through the raniks of the artisan. An artjst wvas first a goldsmith. or a mason, aý painter of masterpieces first designed furniture. pottery, stage scenery of festival costumes. If theré is a lesson for us today in that richl period of the ReniaissanIlce, the speaker deduced, ht is that crafts. an(l the artist shouldl draiw côsr t4'- gethier. Already there is a healthiv tendency in this direction throughi the comîmercial use of fine deslignl ni motor cars, refrigerators, and other nmodern conveniences.. *The art of engraving,,for exampfle, grew by experimnentation> ont of the ratof silver and >goldsmith. This was aà happy parallel. drawn bv' the speaker, foInth vl1s of the studioa h Domntt as an - xhibition of etchings, aqua-ý int, ezzotints, and lit.hographis bv the Chicago Society of E.tchers. Thîe' organiza.tions lias Ioatied to the league i or two weeks (January 14 to 28) somne of the, best entries in. a recent prize comp-etition, aloîîg ivith the. $SO-prize-wvinner itself. Entitled "Ncighibors", it reproduces a few grea t trees *sheltering some "trailer" travelers. The -artist is4 a woman, Mîildred Bryant Brooks. This branch of-the major arts, wvhich had such a humble origin, has flowered until now, as this exhibition docs, -it can present gailors wvorking in the, rigging duritîg a stor'm, delicate flowvers and leaves, wild fowl in flight, summer and winter landscapes, City scenes, industrial. pictures, rural communities, animais and children 50 l 'ife-like they startle one, and painstaking portrait sttudies of aduits. *The sho\o includes etchings by artists ail over 1ILULL, so~pranom, \\vth~~e artmst for the musical program preseîîted Mondav afterntoolîî %ý1ien the Evanston Music club iîeld-a tea at the home of Mrs. *PhI1lip Fox. 81 Milburn street, Evanston. M rs. Sanders sang "Bois. Epais" by Sullv, "Nyîùiphs, and Shepherds" bý Purcell, "Plaisirs d' Amoutr" by martiîîi, and -Thîe ark Noiw Iuaves His, Watrv Ne byk-Horatio W. P1rke.r: Dancers jinftheIjindu Ballet Présents Compositions at Mlusicale, Sunday MUSIC Colnîlposed 1b3'Mar 1jorie JEllmott(rs Charles H-. Elliott) ivili be heard at a inusicale anîd tea to be held a-ier homle, .563 Oakdale avenue, Gleticoe, at 4 o'clock Suîijdayv afterîîooî, ,Janiary 23. MUrs. Elliott \vîIl l)e asise(lk Della Cook Çlark of Glenicoe, sopranto, Caroline ýHarnsberger of Winnetka, violinist,' and Elizabeth Weixel ,of Chicago, violinist, who ivill play obligatos. Mar- jorie Buchanan %vill be the acconpaist. The prograni wiII be as foilowvs Udclav Shani-Kar and b is Hindu Ballet, ()j, ,i il, 111()t untisual spectacles. on the Anicr!ia daitet stage todav, will give the next proVraîu » ofý Nortliwestern univer.sity's 'ilistory aiii(i ttrn:::>î::f of sîc eres at 3.30O'Clock1~~ a;tre., Bringîng witlî hini his sixteen(cjaI1CC*rý- ;iwdi isila st roni tb ks.Shanî- Kar *ivill îuaiNc h -1 last a'ppearaîcc.lîcre l)efore lit re- t'lir-ls to 1inlia to folind a (ýettr ot researcli on the' Hinidu _ dance art. Fifteeni years ago Shan-Kai-, an ti nk-noivin student at thé a Col.lege of Arts in~ London. The ls- cVil lance of India was, at the mo1- mnen t. n1. a moribund statv. i -i%-àJ :dit hft las nce taken la 1 , i-ý,duealcà niost 'entirely to his ù t.-r t i. lHorn i!Uday-puri after ni»ic Î., lIle(l. Shiat-Kar %%-as tht (.in o î * (lstin.l_2tl-.sle(I art 1patron. \ a yout h, Udav.w~as tauglît to IIpl-. a ria Ouis Findui, istrulîxeënts ;.anit 1dita I lle relhiions and fôlk <lanutc(of1* native .people. fl Lonîdon. lit 'Il caille dcepl v a bs orb1ced witlî 0l1Cias cal arts1 of fixula and nmadle ext e-hî * reseaÉ cîe. into tlieir tlîîchn,. a tradition. Hie was gra(ItuateI'w.i th lion,,rc rt thle cllefge, XVOn tvô first priz& s mn anit xlîilit ionilof 1bis paintîîiz, ~a t tt-.1 Arts Gallerv, andl colIaboraied .xvît ib lus fatlier ini the production o cd Oral 1-Ilidu plays and ballet sin 't of thul Chief r.ondid ,îteatre( Iltr ilvie madle Iis \Vestern debut a dancer ý%ihîsuch siiCCess that Amna Pvçx llîediatelv- ask-edf for lîis hielp in the produic!îion of lier "Radlia-Kriiîîrîa" ballet. Tt %vas îlot long before Pavlowa chose }a Kar as her frading mnan, dancing the romantic Krishnîa to lier own Radhia. But one ballet mva- lont enotiglî. Shan-Kar left Pavlowa's conî)a n.y, vent, to Paris and spent four frugal vearz coinj )1ltiIll.L bis eduicatiori in the lihraries amf!~u *enmjjs o teFren-cli capital.. Offer N .Suet FeIIo wshipsýun A rts I &îvear, Plii M Gamma, profesi ai l sanie two ai mlan' s held b home, ,wart at Creatve - abiltv-*'il i r 'e or 511e is f'ajoring. Crea)t1ve abli th is.stressed rather than scholar- slîp tougi te recipient must be carrying th' uiversit3' work satisfactorily. The chôice f the National Council Fiske Stu- d1ent award' will be announced in the vers- near future.r WILMBETTIE LIFE, her.