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by Andrea Deakin
’ Terrace Book Reviewer

“After the first World War the use of psychiatry as a

Cway:to, help the battle-shocked- victims ‘of the war

developed rapidly,

_, Interest in its use, and the potential for dramatic
representation of the subconscious mind, fueled
movements in both art and literature. | ;

Before the war painters like Chagall, Paul Klee and
Chirico had made use, of a similar interest in the sub-

conscious...After the war the Surrealist. Movement, --

‘manently disorganized, disoriented. ‘The only dif-
ference between me and a madman,” he said, ‘‘is that I
am not mad.’

_ Dali went on to indulge in cynical self-promotion,
Prints bearing his signature flood the market, yet sell
for astounding prices, -- Pe

Meryle Secrest has written a riveting biography of the
artist, ‘‘Salvador ‘Dali’? (Fitzhenty and. Whiteside:

_$34.50) in which she examines his bizarre childhood as a

sensitive child, the second son, his name, not even his

believing it was vital to release the subconscious: mind

from the restraint of everyday behaviour, tried.to match

the ‘therapy of the psychoanalysts by painting, in a.
‘Sense, under the influence of the subconscious mind. .

'-' Salvador ‘Dali, who became prominent in: the move- —

ment during the Twenties, tried‘ to. capture.the hal-
lucinatory clarity and vividness of these dreams in a
series. of paintings, of which . ‘‘The Persistence of

Memory”’ is perhaps the best known. :

He spoke of a “paranoic and active advance'of the.

mind”; proposing a state of mind that would be per-

reincarnation of that

insecure.

own, but that of a dead older brother. | -

_ His family, while he was small, spoke of him as the’
at child so that he was never'sure who

he was. He grew up gifted, certainly unbalanced by this

experience,:demanding and aggtessive, yet'a coward and-

He married Gala, a strong woman, also demanding -
and aggressive, who was determined that everything
‘should revolve around Dali, and that he should make

every possible last cent out of his work. co
Together they. made an unpleasant couple. Meryle

” Secrest quotes a-.close. aquaintance (pg. 234) “They.

Manual Macedo, accompanied by his wife Elvira,
Citizenship Day in Terrace. The Macedo family have been residin

from Portugal, took an oath of alleglance on
ig in Terrace for 17 years. “We

finally took the step,” they sald.

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RCMP Constable Bruno Saccomani presented citizenship
candidates with legal papers involving their newly pro-
claimed Canadian status. The ceramony to pledge allegiance
te Canada was performed in Terrace Court during a recent:

Citizenship Day.

_.. HONOR ROLL
ELIGIBILITY GRADE

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. All eight ‘subjects are
considered. Ail students
must have a grade point a-

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calculated on the basis of
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Official recognition

Each new Canadian citizen was given legal documentation

_ proving their status as Canadians.

Janet Lennex*, Anil
Deol*, Jennifer Dow’,
Kelly Pegg*, Jeremy
Smith*,; Theresa Taron*,
Selena Tank‘, Meldnie

O’Brien, Rick Yip, Ed-.

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Andy Davis, Michelle
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Krista Soules*, Corinna
Adams*, Boa Lanh
Diep*, Carolle Michaud*,
Vicky Sainis*," Ryan Ste-
venson*, Sandra Lopt-
son*, Joanne Ogawa,
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seemed to enjoy corrupting people. They liked to see

these very simple people adopting all the pretensions of
the rich. Fhey selected people of great ambition and
limited means and threw them into the arena. It amused
them, but it was rather ugly to watch.’”. Ciae tbe
The biography is packed with vivid scenes; Dali, hav-
ing decided that his signature alone was worth money,
Signing a stack of blank print sheets, his secretaries
Standing by to pull the sheets away so that he ‘could
work more quickly. - _ co. be

. Each sheet with its signature earned him $40 in 1960
money. He earned $72,000 an hour. He did not ‘ask
-what would go:above his signature. Now prints and
lithographs with these signatures proliferate in. the
forgeries, Ce

Meryle Secrest’s book is fascinating for its: portrait of
the Dali’s, its view of an extravagant and disordered
life, and its value as a source of information about the

.aftist’s work, and his business practices, which should
make collectors take care. oo

Twenty-one people recently eppeared in Terrace Court to
pledge allegiance to Canada. The event took place on Cana
dian Citizenship Day. The ceremony was performed by Judge
Cecil Chapman and was attended by a representative from
the Terrace Detachment of the RCMP.

Lien Huynh was one of 21 candidates to take an cath of
allegiance on Canadian Citizenship Day in Terrace Court,
Judge Cecil Chapman welcomed the new Canadians, ac.

companied by a. Royal Canadian Mounted Police from the
Terrace Detachment.

_. Skeena Junior Secondary honor roll _

Kelln*, Theresa New- Lisa Chen-Wing, Jason

house, Heather Inglis, Krause*, Scott Loptson’,
Jody Popp, Matthew David Shepherd*, David
Shinde. Wolfe*, Prem Deol", Rick
HONORABLE Dhami", Karen Erstling*,
MENTION © Aralyn Lutz*, Shelley
Brian Anderson, O'Brien*, Jim Hansen*,

Danny Scarborough,
Alison Slemens*, Frances

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