INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / APRIL 17, 1990

 

 

Wrestlers pin top
spots in Canadian
Championships

Wrestlers Walter McLean,
Cory Kwak and John Melling
moved up to Senior level of com-
petition Saturday, April 7th to par-
ticipate in the Canadian
Championships in Abbotsford.
Walter McLean, 62 kg. — 1st place
John Melling, 62 kg. — 3rd place
Cory Kwak, 68 kg. — 4th place

The Western Canada Open
Wrestling competition will be held

Athletic Update

 

 

 

 

 

Walter McLean

 

at Douglas College Saturday,
April 28th.

Stop into the gym to watch
some great amateur wrestling! ml

 

 

 

If you believe this...

Following on the heels of the National Art
Gallery’s recent purchase of a magnificent painting
by Thomas Hart Benton (STRIPE), Douglas College

for an outstanding, if extremely large, painting that
consists mainly of one wide red stripe. As Rowan
points out, the Committee’s acquisition is roughly

 

Arts Exhibition Committee
takes pleasure in announcing
the purchase of a similiar —
although smaller — painting
called "The In Thing."

The painting is valued at
$50,000 and represents the
first of a collection to be ac-
quired by the College.

"No price is too high for
great art," says Helen Rowan,
chairperson of the Douglas
College Arts Exhibition Com-
mittee. "That’s why the
Douglas College Arts Exhibi-
tion Committee had no
qualms about spending

 

 

similar, except, of course, that
the stripe is black.
Unfortunately, adds
Rowan, the painting is too
valuable to be shown unat-
tended, but "The In Thing"
may be viewed upon request
in the library. "Special view-
ings can be arranged by con-
tacting our Committee
beforehand," says Rowan.
Rowan says the painting
is a good investment. "It cost
us $50,000, but we think it will
be appreciated," she says.
She hopes the purchase
will inspire others to get in-

 

 

$50,000 on a painting by an
unknown American artist.

across Canada."

 

"This is the first selection of outstanding art in
what we expect will become a collection famous

The National Gallery recently paid $1.8 million

volved in putting together

what will surely become an important collection of

beautiful art. "We encourage faculty and staff to
donate to our Purchase Fund. They should also feel

free to contact me, the Chairman, if they have sug-

gestions as to where the collection should hang."