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From Cochrane to Zorach. In their verbal war, both Kennedy and the bishops could draw deeply upon the obiter dicta of a Supreme Court that has carefully tried to serve the claims of two strong, and sometimes conflicting, principles. The first is the Jeffersonian "wall of separation between Church and State," the second, the modern-day belief that the "right" of all children to an education entitles any and all students to Government assistance on an equal basis...
...levied to support any religious activities or institutions." In 1948 the court further bricked up the wall of division between church and state: the McCollum decision rejected the Illinois practice of permitting religious education in public school buildings during the school day. But four years later, in the Zorach case, some of the bricks came loose when a six-man majority ruled in favor of a New York program that released public school children for religious instruction outside state property...
...been notable for their broad-mindedness toward their opposition-to which a legion of first-rate artists belong. "John Canaday," said Realist Edward Hopper in a letter to the Times this week, "is the best and most outspoken art critic the Times has ever had." Added Sculptor William Zorach in another letter: "He is an outspoken and healthy asset to the art world...
...main hall opposite the broad winding stairway held Rodin's mighty and miserable Adam, an 8-ft.-high study in human splendor and spiritual loss. Opposite him, Maillol's Chained Liberty strainingly strode. Scattered about the palatial apartments were figures by Archipenko, Zadkine, Zorach, José de Creeft, Koren Der Harootian, Nathaniel Kaz, Viani, and Reg Butler. The study contained a miniature judges' bench in rosewood, serving as a pedestal for eleven Judges and Advocates by Daumier. In the garden Antoine Bourdelle's huge, agonized bronze Warrior hacked and thrust...
...closed outer face deliberately belied the soaring drama of its interior. "It's like the Vati can," exclaimed one painter, staring up at the great dome. "You would need a piece of sculpture the size of the old Athena in the Parthenon for this place," worried Sculptor William Zorach. "Even when he made a mistake, he made a big one," opined Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. But, looking across the well at the opening show of 134 paintings and sculptures selected from the 2,500-odd works in the Guggenheim collection, most were forced to concede that the great curved ramps...