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Storm Breaks Over Christ of Epstein

IS IT BARBARISM OR RELIGION?

"Courageous,"

says

56,651 Fower In London Schools

*

Children in the L.C.C. elementary schools last April, statos roturn to ba sub- mitted to the L.C.C. Educa- tion Committee, numbered 543,611, A reduction of 56,651 on the 1935 total, compared with a decrease of 70,416 on the provious two 2 years.

Buyer of "Genesis"

Publication recently of pictures of Mr. Jacob Epstein's newest statue, "Consummatum Est" ("It Is Finished")-- a recumbent figure of Christ-brought the first rumblings of another Epstein storm.

Artists, sculptors and architects who had studied the pictures gave their views to the News Chronicle.

ture:

The divergence of opinion they re-pool University, inember of the Lon- vealed is likely to be multiplied when don Board of Architectural Educa- the Man in the Street becomes awuretion, sald after he had seen the pic- of this newest creation by the mast

"Epstein, you know, is an archi- talked-about sculptor of this genera-tectural scupltor. He should be

working with Mendelssolin, architect who is doing the new Uni- versity in Palestinc. Everything on architectural Epstein does has quality. He needs the background of enormous buildings."

tion.

Mr. Eric Gill, one of the foremast sculptors In Britain, looked hard at a large-sents photograph of the statue

and said:

of

BUYER OF "GENESIS"

the

Mr. Alfred Bossom, M.P., a Fellow

"If I had discovered this monstrous piece of sculpture on some deserted island I should have said: This is a of the Royal Institute of Architecture, Kreat jolly fine piece work. Though who bought Epstein's last even then I should have supposed statue "Genesis," said recently: that it was meant to stand upright: It seems to have the attitude of a person actively displaying himself- it has not the passivity of a corpse. "WHAT IS IT FOR?" -

"But I am accustomed to carve a statue to order, for a partietilar pur- pose and place. Therefore I and It diteult to criticise this statue except from this point of view: What is it

for? Where is it going?

Sir Charles Allom is head of a big Arm of architectural contractors, and Is a member of the Board of Eduen- tion's Advisory Committee on Art Education. He said:

have

"It is impossible to think that One who excelled all others in the world

should in mental alertness existed in a form So hopelessly b.sutted.

"The picture shows that this is a statu which Illustrates must powerfully the great sucrifice that our Lord made. It seems to me to be very courageour piece of toork. It is to be viewed from above. Do you know of any other piece of sculpture like it?

Main factora responsiblo were the fall in the birth rato and migration to areas beyond the Administrative County of London.

Heaviest reductions took

place in Southwark, Chamber- welf and Poplar.

Promotion Grievances In Army

DRASTIC ACTION TO BE TAKEN

Drastic action Is to be taken by Mr. Hore-Belinha, Secretary of State for War, to redress grievances caused by the present system

the of promotion in Army. The first step will be to end the system of regimental promotion.

Under the new rulings, shortly to "It will be attacked, of сотки be announced, all officers will auto- But I would say this: Strong stuff is matically obtain promotion after a typical of this age. The age of sweet

years in ranks stuff is over. Epstein has made axed number of every sculptor to-day think twice be- below that of Beut.-colonel, fore he gets to work."

What had Mr. Epstein to say re- cently?

He said: "It's no good trying to pet heads of the right ideas into the werongheaded people."

So unjust has the present three system proved that the senior captains of the Wiltshire Regiment have held that rank since January 1. 1917-more

than 20 years.

In a number of other regiments senior captains have put in 15 and 14

"Epstein is a great artist, but he Severe Winter Predicted years service in that rank.

Is simply throwing away his migh-

ty gifts for this hy mulern stuff.

It is equalled only by some of the

less distant-times-

Rhinelander, Wis.

On the other hand, in some units

wark of a few savages in more or Conservation wardens believe that of the cavalry the senior captains frequent-raids-by-northern Wisconsin have held their rank for only five "These moderns think they are bears on kitchens, gardens, orchards years. copying one another in reproducing and beehives indicates the coming of winter. Other wildlife the prototypes of some of the half- a severe

Insist, educated races."

students

however, that the Professor C. H. Relliy. Emeritus bears have been driven to the raids Professor of Architecture at Liver- by a shortage of berries.

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Sit-Down

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Tupolco, Hungary." A group of peasants staged a "alt- down" strike on a railway track

London. Plans to distribute a Bible to every British home next year to mark the

Firemen answering a call to the here. Protesting against the high celebrations of the fourth centenary of the Reformation are being drawn home of Mrs. William J. Runkinen price of whetstones to sharpen their up by the Rev. E. J. T. Bagnall, found her busy baking pics, smoke scythes, they sat down between the secretary of the London Free Church pouring from the electric range in rails and delayed traffic for more

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