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...South House student who wished to remain unidentified said yesterday that Minar and Spier--the two students still in South House--are "completely innocent...
...rooms of the two students--Edward Minar '77 and Jeff Spier '76--were among those on a list sent yesterday to a South House resident seeking an empty room...
...Foote and Sheppard collaborated in producing a section devoted entirely to children's books; it includes an article (by Sheppard) on Maurice Sendak, who has just illustrated a collection of Grimms' fairy tales, a four-page color insert of illustrations by Arthur Rackham, N.C. Wyeth and Peter Spier, plus brief reviews of a few of the year's best juvenile books...
...STAR-SPANGLED BANNER illustrated by Peter Spier. Unpaged. Doubleday. $5.95. Author-Illustrator Spier, 46, an academy-trained artist who grew up in Holland and migrated to the U.S. in 1952, is one of the finest creators of children's books alive. He researches historic subjects (The Erie Canal, London Bridge Is Falling Down) for months, then meticulously re-creates an era in delicate pen-and-ink with pale watercolor washes. This time, with his customary blend of beauty and utility (opposite page), Spier presents the 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry...
...text mainly consists of lines from the song's forgettable and often unsingable lyrics. Spier first switches back and forth from the British fleet to the American defenders, then moves on to scenes from American history or contemporary life to illustrate the closing stanzas. Spier's pictures bear long study and show everything from the new Congreve rockets used in the attack, to gunners' swabs, sextants, belaying pins and the running rigging of a fleet of British...