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Scandinavians fought on skis, and won, in 1555 as well as in 1940, according to illustrations from books on the history and development of skiing, on exhibit in the Widener basement...
...engraving from a sixteenth-century book, a Latin tome on the history of the northern races by a Norse bishop called Olus Magnus, shows fighters on skis driving ski-less pike-men before them. But according to a Runic stone, a cut of which is on display in the exhibit, men of Upsala, Sweden, hunted on skis as early...
Bearded Zdansky was a pioneer in modern skiing technique. According to the Widener exhibit he invented the Lilienfeld binding, which is allegedly the first efficient harness. Zdansky, moreover, was an ardent exponent of the Alpine School, which came to blows more than once with the Norwegian school. At the turn of the century the dispute between the two schools was partially mitigated by a mutual acceptance of the telemark and the open christiania as the only proper turns. A photograph of the Kandahar race of 1930 shows innumerable different schools, all acceptable...
...consequence. The earth still turns round; everyone defecates; only Zola bothers about it." Now the name of George Grosz might perhaps be substituted for that of Zola in the light of many of Grosz's paintings which are being shown in the current Dunster House exhibit of contemporary watercolors and lithographs...
...battle field. Grosz is not entirely without justification, for he has much to say; his method of communication is far more subtle than a cursory glance at his work might indicate. A further discussion of Grosz and of the other artists whose works are included in the Dunster House exhibit will be found in next week's column...