The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1984 Page: 3 of 24
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BEYOND THE HEDGES by Frances Egler
Britain leads Europe
in Spot the Loonie
According to an article in the
Houston Chronicle this Sunday,
which was based on a report in the
London Daily Telegraph, Britain
is the most neurotic nation in
Europe.
A mental disorder characterized
by anxiety, compulsions, phobias
and depression, neurosis is the
leading diagnosis by family
doctors in Britain. More patients
are diagnosed as neurotic in
Britain than in any other European
country. The Office of Health
Economics, financed by the
pharmaceutical industry to do
research on the economic aspects
of health care, conducted the
study.
The study says the annual
diagnosis rate for neuroses in
Britain is 355 per 1,000, compared
with rates of 248 in Italy, 127 in
Spain and 272 in France. The
lowest rate is in West Germany,
where doctors do not list neurosis
as a leading diagnosis.
The study also found that
British patients consume relatively
higher amounts of tranquilizers,
sedatives and anti-depressants. In
other areas, the study revealed that
Italians seem to suffer from
indigestion more than people of
other nationalities, and the British
appear to be relatively free from
colds.
Thesis exposes fake
Princeton painting
A senior at Princeton proved
last month that a painting in the
Princeton University Art Museum
is a forgery. As a result, the
painting was removed from
display last month, reported the
Daily Princetonian.
Anne Marie Belli proved in her
senior thesis for history of art that
"Park Scene," attributed to
Theodore Robinson, is a fake. The
painting depicts the Louvre in
1892, and has been at Princeton
since 1959.
Before writing her thesis, Belli
had not done any "hands-on" work
in her field. "I wanted to do my
thesis on a museum project, rather
than just straight research," said
Belli, "Other people saw the
painting and felt something was
wrong with it that they couldn't
judge. They had a gut reaction that
there were problems with the
picture and said I should do
technical tests of it."
The initial research included
visits to art museums in New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, in
search of information on
Robinson and his paintings.
Robinson was the first American
to sail to Paris to learn the French
Impressionists' style first-hand. He
is known for his brush technique
and work with light.
After studying the man and his
works, Belli began to notice
differences between "Park Scene"
and the rest. The painting is the
only one attributed to Robinson
that portrays urban Paris. Along a
more artistic line, the painting had
an unusual technique for
Robinson. The brushstrokes and
scope of vision were unlike those
Belli had seen in his other works.
Belli then examined more
technical aspects of the painting.
Using a stereobinocular
microscope, she saw that the
signature appeared to have been
added between 10 and 20 years
after the painting was completed.
The crowning discovery came.
when she and Norman Muller,
conservator of the Princeton
museum, found that the painting
was glued to another canvas. This
usually means that the painting
had been cut from a much larger
original.
Many officials at Princeton were
impressed with Belli's determina-
tion in her project. Jona Johnston,
chief librarian at the Baltimore
Museum of Art and aid to Belli
during the study, commented,
"Ms. Belli is pursuing it (the
research) in a most professional
way."
Commodore caught
dealing cocaine
A Vanderbilt University senior,
along with two 1983 graduates of
the school, has been convicted of
on-campus dealing of cocaine,
according to an article in the
Vanderbilt Hustler.
Senior Adam Trachtenberg and
alumni Brent Chambers and
Andres Ibanez were convicted last
month of conspiracy to sell and
deliver cocaine. Trachtenberg -
pleaded guilty to selling one-fourth
of an ounce of cocaine on two
different occasions to Lee
Gustavson, then a Vanderbilt
junior. Gustavson, an informant
for the Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation, paid $1,100 for the
cocaine.
The convicted senior received a
four-year term at the county
workhouse, said Assistant District
Attorney Richard Fishert*
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probation after he has served 20
percent, or nine months, of the
sentence, but he was not granted
any educational or work release,
despite Fisher's recommendation.
Chambers was convicted on two
counts, and received concurrent
four-year sentences. He will be
eligible for parole after he has
served 25 percent, or one year, of
his term. According to his
probation officer, Chambers was
consuming $200 of cocaine daily at
BLOOM COUNTY
the time of his arrest.
Ibanez received two three-year
sentences which will run
concurrently. He had earlier
agreed to plead guilty to felony
charges and to testify for the state,
but was later permitted to plead
guilty to the lesser charge of
attempting to commit a felony.
Gustavson, the TBI informant,
reportedly made contact with the
agency through Officer Jerry
Kitchens in a karate class. Fisher
claimed that Gustavson was then
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Mitchell, Mark M. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1984, newspaper, February 24, 1984; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245553/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.