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Content

Articles

Peter Taylor: The Return of the Native 7

Notes for the Election 13

Concerning Certain Investigations 14

Stories

Man in a Hurry, Evan Lottman 11

The Truth About Humphrey Oaktree 15

Poetry

Autumn, James Wright 10

News 5, 6. 8, 9

Editor, Ronald Sanders; Business Manager, Ethan Allen Turshen;

Literary Editor, Charles Alcorn; Managing Editor, Stanford Benjamin;

Art Manager, Hans Gesell; Exchange Editor, Thomas Crawford;

Circulation Manager, James Hughes; Ass't Business Manager, William

Humphrey; Contributors: Evan Lottman, James Wright, William

Goldhurst, Morton Segal, Paul Matthews, Michael Munn, Bob Hudes,

Dick Hadden, Bert Dulce, Jim Hunt, Jim Bruckmann, Seymour

Weissman; Sports, Gene Schrier.

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Editorial .John Milton once said something

about letting truth and falsehoodbattle sort of the classical man-toma- n

affair to find which is theworthier. That is the general Ideahere.

We have no particular policies ex-

cept quality. It would seem that,whatever an undergratuate has tosay, he should say it well and haveno qualms about it. If something inhere irks you, then by all means takeit to heart and write a worthy reply.

Some people have wondered wherethe old Collegian will end and Hikabegin. We would be the last to beable to answer that. There is no suchline of demarcation, nor is it partic-ularly important to have one.This is a new baby that mixes inde-finably the qualities of the parents. . . and is not quite like either ofthem. The new monthly schedulemakes it necessary to be a littlemore relaxed and retrospective, yetstill concerned with urgent and top-

ical matters. The form that this willultimately take is, once again, up toyou. For the moment, let the follow-ing pages state something of theidea.

Another thing to keep in mind. Ithas often been said that Utopia wouldalso have to have a few people tocriticize the status quo, or life wouldstagnate. This could apply anywhere,to a world, a country, a town, or apeaceful Academe on a hilltop.

Sincerely,

The Editors

OFFICERSThe fraternity officers for the

present year have been elected andare currently serving their terms.They are:

Delta Kappa Epsilon: Robert P.Hubbard, president; William P. Yohe,vice-preside- nt; Arthur E. Webb, Jr.,recording secretary; John Bradfield,Jr., corresponding secretary; PhillipsClark, social chairman.

Alpha Delta Phi: Alexander M.Griggs, president; Richard C Gerken,Jr., vice-preside- nt; Peter A Chalberg,secretary; John C. Lyons, Jr., Treas-urer; Albert H. Eastman, socialchairman.

Psl Upsilon: Vincent L. Guandolo,president; David E. Paul, ..1st vice-Pag- e

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president; Arnold Starr, 2nd vice-preside- nt;

John D. Hallenberg, cor-responding secretary; Paul B. Wolfe,recording secretary; George H. Dunn,treasurer; Harold P. Willias, socialchairman.

Beta Theta PI: Richard L. Thomas,president; Frederick R. Papain, vice-preside- nt;

Joseph A. Rotolo, secre-tary; Menefee Seay, treasurer; PhilipS. Holt, social chairman.

Delta Tau Delta: Edward M. Ames,president; Ronald R. Ryan, vice-preside- nt;

Carl L. Glaser, correspond-ing secretary; F. Ronald Fraley, re-

cording secretary; Richard E. Mc-Phers- on,

treasurer; Jack T. Gammon,social chairman.

Sigma PI: Donald T. Marsh, presi-dent; Dennis F. Hoeffler, vice-preside- nt;

John R. Williams, secretary;

John E. Trone, alumni secretary;Ward B. Gordon, treasurer; . John R.Williams, social chairman.

Phi Kappa Sigma: Thomas W. Mc-Carthy, president; .David T. Craw-ford, corresponding secretary; RogerD. Swigert, recording secretary; JohnF. Gans, treasurer; Ronald A. Petti,social chairman.

Delta Phi: Michael W. Brandriss,president; Gordon E. Brown, vice-preside- nt;

Boulton D. Mohr, secre-tary; Lewis M. Smith III, correspond-ing secretary; Walter E. Carey,treasurer; James G. Kennedy, socialchairman.

Archon: Joseph P. Pavlovich, presi-dent; James F. Hoyle, vice-preside- nt;

Charles A. Alcorn, Jr., secretary;David Reyburn, treasurer; Charles A.Alcorn, Jr., social chairman.

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A.F.R.O.T.C.

Due to the fact that on Thursdaysthe Campus has been deluged withsnappy blue uniforms, a word or twoon this strange phenomenbn is inorder. Since many men were havingtrouble with their draft status Pres.Chalmers thought it advisable toprovide, some measure of insurancefor the benighted brethren. On in-lestiga-

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it appeared that the AirForce was anxious to try out some-thing new, namely a system wherebyKenyon, Otterbein, and Denisonwould be given a so-call- ed "satellite"unit to be under the jurisdiction ofLt. Col. Kiefer, who is the Commandi-ng Officer at Ohio Wesleyan, and,Lo it has come to pass. A summersession was held at Wesleyan to pro-vide the opportunity for Sophomoresand Juniors at the three satelliteschools to catch up on the first yearof the AFROTC program and henceto provide a nucleus of men withsome experience around which tobuild a satisfactory unit.

The program is now in full swing.About 90 of the Freshmen are en-

rolled in Air Science I and altogetherthere are 163 men comprising theKenyon unit. As it is now set up,each man normally has three hoursof class work and one hour of drilla week. On Thursdays there is whatis known as Common Hour in whichthe whole unit drills collectively. TheAir Force personnel in charge of theunit, namely Capt. Nicholas and M-Sg- t.

Fred H. Lurding hope to whipit in sufficient shape to defeat Wesl-eyan in the Government Inspectionto be held sometime late in the se-

mester . There are two more groupsto be organized the Honor Flightcomposed of the 24 Sophomores inAir Science II, which will be thedress unit of our organization andthe local chapter of the Arnold AirSociety, a nationwide honorary or-gan zation of the AFROTC which hasjurisdiction over projects such as theMilitary Ball. This Military Ball ex-poses to the Campus-at-Larg- e themen of the AFROTC in full regaliaat a formal dance to be held somet-ime next spring. It is accompaniedby such interesting occurrences asthe Queen of the Ball and her date"marching through the sabers." In-cident- ly,

this dance will be open toall by subscription.

At the risk of sounding like a re-cruiting office, the requirements for

AROUND THE HILLjoining the AFROTC are as follows:the student must be in good academicstanding and must pass a physicalexamination. On joining the studentagrees to complete four years of AirScience and, upon graduation, accepta commission in the Air Force fortwo years. When this agreement hasbeen signed a deferment request issent to the student's local draftboard, entitling the student to a IDclassification. The draft being whatit is, it is expected that, world con-ditions remaining what they are, 80-9- 0

of Kenyon men will be in theAFROTC in three years time, all ofwhom will be trading the assurancethat they will complete four years ofcollege for a two-ye- ar hitch in theAir Force as an officer. Anotheradded attraction is the fact thatwhen the student joins the Advancedcourse (Air Science II and II) he re-ceives $.90 a day subsistance paywhich amounts to about $82 everyquarter. He is also required to go tosummer camp in the summer betweenhis Junior and Senior years, at whichtie he draws $75 a month. In addi-tion, the Air Force sends about 10of it's new officers through --graduateschool all expenses paid and full payto boot. All of which seems to in-

dicate that we are likely to be hear-ing "Hup, two, three, four!" more andmore frequently at Kenyon in yearsto come.

CHANGES

President Chalmers has announcedfourteen appointments to the Collegefaculty and staff for the academicyear 1952-5- 3. This year also sees thereturn of four facuty members whohave been on leaves of absence, andthe departure of five others who havereceived grants for research or teach-ing.

Among the new arrivals is PeterTaylor, (See "Return of the Native,"page 7, this issue) Kenyon graduate('40) and author of "A Long Fourth,""A Woman of Means," and storiesin The New Yorker, The Partisan Re-

view, and other magazines. Mr.Taylor, who will be an assistant pro-

fessor in the English department, hasbeen teaching at the University ofChicago. From Northwestern Uni-versity, where he has been a biolog-

ical tutor for the past year, comesHarold Wallace Manner, visiting as-

sistant of biology. After a year spentat Yale on a Cowles Fellowship inGovernment and another in France

on a Fulbright grant, Willard Yatesjo ns the political science departmentas assistant professor; and joiningthe chemistry department in the samecapacity is James Pappenhagen. Mr.Pappenhagen has been working onh s Ph D. at Purdue, and is a re-search fellow on a grant sponsoredby the U.S. Public Health Service.Erwin K. Mapes, after a long andoutstanding career at the Universityof Iowa, will be Whitney Foundationvisiting professor in the humanities.

Assisting athletic director BillStiles are Jess Willard Falkenstine,who comes to Kenyon after nearlysix years at Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, and Robert Louis Bartels,who received his M.A. from OhioState in June, and has been actingthere as graduate assistant in thedepartment of physical education.Both men will be assistant directorsof physical education.

The new College chaplain andrector of Harcourt Parish is the Rev.Alfred B. Starratt, formerly rectorof St. Paul's in Stockbridge, Mass.Rev. Starratt taught for three yearsat Central College in Wuchang,China, and his position at Kenyonwill include part-tim- e work in thedepartment of religion in the College,where he will be an associate pro-fessor of theology at Bexley Hall,and associate professor of religionin the College. Mr. Welsh, on leaveof absence, is studying at HarvardUniversity on a Ford Foundationgrant.

Irving William Kreutz has assumedthe duties of circulation and refer-ence librarian. Mr. Kreutz just re-turned from a year spent in Englandgathering material for his doctor'sthesis in English literature.

Dr. James C. McLarnan of Mt.Vernon, Ohio, has been appointedCollege physician. Dr. McLarnan re-ceived his A.B. and M.C. at OhioState and completed his internshipat Toledo Mercy Hospital in July.Dr. John L. Baube, who received hisM.D. from the University of Buffalo,will act as medical consultant, andDr. John Drake continues as con-

sultant in traumatic surgery.Wilfrid Desen, who replaced Philip

Blair Rice in the philosophy depart-ment last semester while Mr. Ricetaught at Cornell, returns for anotheryear. Mr. Desen's book, "The TragicFinale," a study of the philosophy ofJean-Pa- ul Sartre, will be publishednext year by Harvard UniversityPress.

In the admissions department JohnFurniss, a graduate of Kenyon in the

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June class this year, has been ap-

pointed assistant director of admis-sions, and George Lanning has beenappointed director of publicity.

Returning to Kenyon after yearlong absences are Denham Sutcliffe,John Chalmers, and William Transueof the departments of English, Eco-

nomics, and Mathematics respec-tively. Mr. Sutcliffe has been atHarvard on a Carnegie Internship, anew feature of the General Educa-tion Program at Harvard, YaleColumbia, and Chicago. Mr.Chalmers was at the University of

the Phillippines on a Fulbright grant,lecturing on monetary theory and fis-

cal policy. Mr. Transue, another Ful-

bright recipient, was attached to theUniversity of Pavia in northern Italy,where he did research in mathema-tics.

In add.tion to the Rev. Mr. Welsh,four other members of the Collegewill be absent all or part of the year.They are Charles M. Coffin of theEnglish Department, who is work-ing at the Huntington Library "inPasadena, Calif., on a grant fromthe Ford Foundation; James Browneof the modern languages depart-ment, also on a Ford grant, who isattached this year to the Universityof Mexico; Philip Blair Rice, who hasreceived a grant from the BollingenFoundation and will be away thespring semester finishing a book ontheory of value; and Charles S.

Thornton Professor of biology, whohas received a U.S. Education Ex-change Grant under the FulbrightAct, and will lecture at Fouad I Uni-versity in Cairo, Egypt, on experi-mental embryology.

BARTER

On Saturday, October 11, the Bar-ter Players of Arbingdon, Va. pre-sented Shakespeare's "The Merchantof Venice" at the Shaeffer SpeechBuilding. The play starred WoodrowRomoff as Shylock, and SlyviaShort as Portia, and was directed byMargaret Perry.

The performance was at 8:30. Theappearance of the Barter Playerswas sponsored by the Dramatic Clubat no profit to the club.

This event marks the first time a

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Miss Dinah Farr in the role ofNerissa in the Merchant of Venice.

visiting theater group has performedat Kenyon. It is the aim of theDramatic Club in the future tosponsor many such worthwhile pres-entations.

The Barter Players are the oldestrepetory company in America today.This unit celebrates its twentiethbirthday this year. The theater hadits beginning during the depression,at which time they accepted foodfrom the surrounding farmers asbarter for tickets. Thus the nameBarter Players.

Barter has the added distinctionof being the only state-aide- d theaterin the United States. The state ofVirginia provides the theater with anannual subsidy of $10,000.

Currently on nation-wid- e tour, theBarter Players give approximatelyfour hundred performances a year insome twenty-si- x states. Many grad-uates of Barter have risen to nationalfame, largely due to their Barter

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WASHINGTON STUDY

In the second year of its operationKenyon's Washington SemesterStudy program enabled three Kenyonmen to benefit from a semester'sstudy at American University inWashington, D.C. The three stu-

dents, all Political Science majorsnow in the first half of their Senioryear, attended seminars in whichvarious figures active in the judicialand legislative branches answeredtheir queries and engaged in discus-sion concerning legal, judicial, andadministrative factors involved in themechanics of government. Amongsuch figures were Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court Harold Burton,Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Main- e),

and David Bell, administra-tive assistant to the President.

Yet, what appeared to be the prin-ciple benefit derived from the jointprogram in the eyes of the threestudents, Charles Doctor, Ed Davis,and Norman Nichol, was the oppor-tunity of being in the midst of the"hum-dru- m, bustling, dynamic at-

mosphere" that characterizes ournation's capital, of being able towork in association with the individ-uals, committees and factions cur-rently guiding the political course ofour country.

Charles Doctor worked in the of-

fice of Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D.-111.- ).

Ed Davis made a study of therole of the House Interstate andForeign Commerce Committee, whileNorman Nichol worked in the officeof Interstate Commerce Commis-sioner Atkinson, studying the work-ings of the I.C.C.

At a time when the training of thecollege graduate too often seems off- - j

set by his basic "naivete" in the j

world of practical politics the Wash- - j

ington Semester Study program ap- -

pears to be a welcome innovation in j

the attempt to integrate the class-- 'room and society, education and j

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Peter Taylor:The Return of the Native

It's a bit difficult for anyone, eitherthe Freshman or the new member ofthe faculty, to fall rhythmically intothe different pattern of life they findat Kenyon College. However, thetask must come just a little moreeasily to the English department'snew addition, Peter Taylor.

Mr. Taylor transferred as an un-

dergraduate from Vanderbilt Uni-versity to Kenyon in 1938, just oneyear after Professor Ransom's ar-

rival. "I followed him here," hereadily points out, and, in the courseof the interview, indicated that hewas not alone in his desire to studywith Mr. Ransom. The years 1938-4- 0

had some of the most productive tal-ent the school has seen in the pastfifteen years. Among his classmatesand friends were such men as RobertLowell, John Nerber, Robie Ma-Caule- y,

and David McDowell. All ofthese men, including Mr. Taylor him-self, have gone on to distinguishthemselves in the field of literature.Lowell is a well known and widelypublished poet. Nerber is a poet ofgood reputation, MaCauley a success-ful short story writer, McDowell aneditor at Random House, and finallythere is Mr. Taylor, who can add along list of his own credits.

His interest in writing began longbefore his stay at Kenyon. The me-dium that had always sat'sfied himmost was the short story, but at Ken-yon, his new environment subjectedhim to a different emphasis thatof writing poetry. Never havingwritten poetry before, he eventuallyfound that this new medium had en-

larged his scope of writing. He as-

serts that it has been an enormoushelp in enhancing the quality of hisshort stories. And he acclimatedhimself to the medium well enough tohave his poems published in theKenyon Review during his Senioryear.

In spite of his brief interlude withpoetry, Mr. Taylor remained primari-ly interested in- - the short story. Hewrote steadily while at Kenyon, andfour of the stories which were writ-ten here (one of which appeared inHlka) were published at some laterdate. The first story that he soldwas published in the Fall of 1940,

after his graduation from Kenyon.One year later, in June of 1941, he

was drafted and was temporarilyforced to stop his writing. He servedwith the Army Rail TransportationCorps in England and later in France.In 1945, after four years of servicein the war, he was discharged.

After the war, he "knocked about

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in New York for a while," workingfor several publishing houses, and re-

sumed his writing. In 1948 he pub-lished his first book of short stories,entitled, "A Long Fourth." His firststory for the New Yorker appearedin 1949, and he consequently signeda contract with that publication.Then in 1950 his first novel, "AWoman of Means," was published. Inthree short years, Mr. Taylor at-

tained a rapid-fir- e succession of"firsts."

But his energies were not limitedsolely to writing. Although he de-

finitely maintains that he puts "writ-ing before teaching,' Mr. Taylor'sservices have been sought after bythree of the larger universities in thecountry. In the last few years he

6y "WtoxtoH Se$lhas taught at the Women's Collegeof the University of North Carolina,the University of Indiana, and justlast year at the University ofChicago.

Mr. Taylor holds some very saneand sound views about writing. Es-sentially, he is out to create a workof art, something which satisfies hiscritical sensibility. He never thinksabout money, that is, the sale of thestory, while he is writing it. Moneyis important, but not importantenough for him to cater to the blue-penc- il

whims of his editors. However,he does not think that there is anyobjection to his trying to get the bestpossible compensation for his work.

Apparently, Mr. Taylor's opinionsabout writing have successfully kepthim from any estrangement with hiseditors. Since his first piece in theNow Yorker, he has had nine otherstories published in that magazine.At the moment he is completing abook of short stories (including aone-a- ct play) whose title he tenta-tively gives as "Death of a Kins-man." He's thinking of changing thattitle, since it does bear a slight re-semblance to the name of a play thatappeared on Broadway a few yearsago. At the same time, he is busilyworking on "two or three plays."The one nearest to completion, whichhe would eventually like to market,also has a tentative title: "UncleBrother."

He offers some very, sound adviceto the serious young writer. He be-lieves that his best outlet is notin a magazine like the New Yorker,although that magazine does takenew material once in a while, but inthe smaller quarterlies. Editors to-

day are desperate for "good" storiesand there definitely is a scarcity ofsuch material. He points out thatthis goes beyond the quarterlies andapplies to the bigger weekly maga-zines like the Post and Collier's.

After twelve years, Peter Tayloris back at Kenyon, where, you mightsay, the nucleus of his success began.He is teaching two Freshman Eng-lish classes, one course in creativewriting and another in playwritingwhere, no doubt, he should be of in-

valuable aid to his novice students.

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Our Alma Mater's pulse is growingweak and things are looking bad inGambier; The ivy is withering fromthe walls of Ascension, the mailcomes three hours late, the rats havemoved in Hanna, and the grass won'tgrow in front of the steps of OldKenyon. The signs of decay meet usat every turn. As a poet once askedme, Now that fall is here can winterbe far away? (It is all very depress-ing).

Along with this material decay hascome its familiar companion, spirit-ual decay. It first appeared a fort-night ago on the evening of the tra-ditional pajama parade. The numberof upperclassmen who came to leadthe freshmen was disappointing, andthe spirit of enthusiasm was com-pletely absent. As a saver the paradeturned into a Peep night; but thewhole evening turned out to be amiserable failure. Why? No spirit.

Since it is apparent that we arecoming dangerously close to losingour spirit of tradition, we must givethis matter some thoughtful consi-deration in the hope of restoring the

Later in the semester, the KenyonDramatic Club will present GeorgeBernard Shaws, "St. Joan. The falloffering is expected to be the group'smost expensive, most difficult, mostambitious, and most successful un-

dertaking since "King Lear," reputedto be the most perfect productionyet presented at Kenyon. To meetthe almost staggering obstacles of"St. Joan," the Dramatic Club Isputting into practice a differentmethod of planning and production.The new (for Kenyon) experimentis called "Project Able."

Coordinating various departmentsfor concentrated work on the pro-duction of a play has been an ideaand a hope of Professor-Directo- rMichael for a long time. Last spring,in a discussion between ProfessorMichael and some curious, the ques-tion arose, 'How do plays put on atKenyon compare with those put onat other colleges (i.e. Amherst, Dart- -

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most treasured aspect of college lifeto normal. The easiest solution tothis problem is through the use ofour most profound tradition, Peepnights. I select Peep nights because:first, unlike pajama parades, canerushes, white bucks, beanies, andgray flannel suits, Peep nights are atradition in which everyone can par-ticipate, and (2) Peep nights is thenatural inheritance of Kenyon men;

ST. JOAN & PROJECT ABLEmouth) ? Are they as good, general-ly?' Professor Michael said that acting-

-wise Kenyon plays were on apar with other colleges, and at timesbetter; but that production-wis- e

Kenyon plays were generally inferior,and definitely lacking, compared tothose of other colleges. He qualifiedthis by saying that many colleges(Amherst, Dartmouth) employ aproduction man as well as a director,whereas Kenyon has only a director(Professor Michael). Unavoidablythe' production of the play is usually,uncontrollably, left to be thrown to-

gether (quite literally) at the lastminute, and therefore, is never whatmight be called 'finished." Since, theacting leaves much less to be desiredthan the production, a means of per-fecting the production appeared tobe what was most needed. And hereProfessor Michael set forth his ideafor Project Able, and suggested thatit be tried in doing the fall play.

it is the only tradition absolutely in-

digenous to Kenyon College; the onlyschool tradition that wasn't importedfrom Dartmouth. So popular and sofrequent were the Peep nights of thepast that their intensity was com-monly used as a yardstick to measurethe morale of the student body.Those of us who have been at Kenyona few years remember with great af-fection the fun we used to have wad-ing through the hallways with abucket in our arms and the bottomof our trousers rolled. Thus to con-scientou- sly

revive this traditionshould naturally tend to revive thegenerally failing spirit of traditionon the Hill.

The last Peep night on the Hill wasmet with violent reaction, resulting,in some instances, in fisticuffs. Wemust eliminate this bad spirit bypointing out that it is as morallywrong to condemn Peep nights as itis to whip young children for suck-ing their thumbs. We must all sup-port Peep nights, for in this fine tra-dition lies our only hope.

Martinus Scriblerus

Concerned specifically with the pro-duction end of the play, "ProjectAble" is attempting to make thebest use of the abilities of a groupof six or seven individuals whosechief interest has been in dramatics.These people met with him in a seriesof discussions over the first twoweeks of the "producing period," toset up, in detail, the production ofthe play.

These meetings, which took placebefore the casting of the play, werevirtually a pooling of all the ideasof the project members, guided byProfessor Michael. Then each ofthese individuals, according to hisinterest and ability, was assigned byProfessor Michael to work out theproblems of one particular facet ofthe production, such as Lighting,Stage-settin- g (getting the most ef-ficient and workable floor-plan- ),

Scenery, Costuming, the list of pro-perties, and the cutting of the script.

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For example, the person in charge ofcostuming looked into the historicalbackground of the period in whichthe play occurs to find the types ofcostumes worn at that time. Prev-

iously all this planning, deciding,and probing has been done by Prof-

essor Michael alone. Project Able,therefore, offers three principle ad-

vantages: first, it makes it possibleto complete, or perfect, the (plan-ning of) production before the casti-

ng of the play, and gives the pro-

duction an early start, enabling it todevelop along with the rehearsals andnot at the end of them; second, ittakes a good deal of the weight ofthe work off Professor Michael, en-

abling him to concentrate moreclosely on the direction of the play.He is still producer-directo- r, but hasa great deal more help in the pro-

ducing of the play than formerly;third, it affords the good use of talentand experience otherwise wasted. Atpress time, although most of thactual physical and mechanical labor

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SOCCER

The Kenyon College soccer squadopened its 1952 season with a 2-- 1

loss at the hands of Earlham's well-condition- ed

Quakers. It was a hard-foug- ht

contest, with both teams havi-

ng many opportunities in the quar-ter without either side scoring. Inthe second quarter Kenyon took a1-- 0 lead when Pavlovitch scored bybouncing the ball off the leg of anEarlham player. This lead was shortl-ived, however, as Earlham's Gamblemade a shot from about fifteen feetout and the half ended with thescore 1-- 1.

The third quarter was evenlymatched, neither side scoring. In thefinal period, Kenyon became visiblytired, and with about eight minutesremaining in the game, Earlham's DeCou made a sensational shot from analmost impossible angle. Kenyontried desperately to tie the score,without the aid of Pavlovitch, whowas injured in the closing minutes,but it was to no avail as the Earl-ham defense held.

Despite the setback, several Ken-yon men were outstanding. Fresh-men Mike Taddonio and Nick Umerezshowed great promise, and the vet

remains to be done, Project Able hasbeen carried out, and the detailedplanning of the production is com-pleted and theoretically perfected.

In addition to being the first trialof Project Able, St. Joan is the mostdifficult and ambitious of the Dra-matic Club's undertakings, at least,since King Lear, in that it is a playof extremely unwieldy proportions.There are seven -- scenes in the pla,each demanding a distinctly differentsetting. There are altogether aboutthirty-thre- e roles, twenty-fou- r ofthem speaking parts; there will beonly twenty-nin- e in the cast, six ofwhom will double, i.e. take two smallparts each. The expense of puttingon St. Joan is also a difficulty. Therewill be approximately forty costumesrented, costing an average of $10.00a piece. Added to the expense ofroyalties, production and publicitythe estimated cost comes to $700.00.(These costumes, by the way, willbe rented from the Eaves CostumeCo., in New York, the same companywhich furnished the costumes for the

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SPORTSerans Pavlovitch, Cole, and Aulen-bac- h

played their usual good game.Goalie Ferguson made many brilli-ant saves.

FOOTBALL

Coach Bill Stiles made his debu'as head football coach of the KenyonLords in an opening home-gam- e withWooster College. The Scots extendedtheir winning streak to three bybowl ng over Kenyon, 35-1- 9. It wasevident early in tne game thatWooster had more experience witntwo games already under their belt.A siege of fumbles, which usuallyare present in a team's opening game,plagued the Lords through the entiregame.

Kenyon drew first blood by scor-

ing early in the opening quarter ona 22-ya- rd pass from QuarterbackDom Cabriele to Don Marsh. Theextra-poi- nt attempt failed. Woosterimmediately roared back with theaid of its two big guns, halfbacksJohn Siskowic and Jerry Behringer.Before the "green" Kenyon elevenrealized it, the Scots had tallied twoquick touchdowns, highlighted with a45-ya- rd jaunt by Siskowic. PeteHershberger of Wooster kicked bothextra points. The first quarter endedwith Wooster holding a 14-- 6 lead.

recent broadway production.)The part of Joan will be taken by

Betty Cropper, of Mansfield, Ohio.Mrs. Cropper has appeared on theKenyon stage twice before, in theleading roles of Golden Boy (1950)and The Playboy of the WesternWorld (1952). Recently she has beenacting on television in Cleveland.

Being the only female speakingpart of the play (except for one line,spoken by another female), St. Joanis. so to speak, a female 'tour deforce.' The success or failure of theproduction, therefore, depends verylargely upon this, the leading role.For this reason the part of St. Joanis both highly considered and highlycoveted among professional actresses.

Performances will be held onThursday, Friday, Saturday, andMonday, the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8thof December.

There will be one extra perfor-mance of the play, Wednesday,December 3rd, if the demand fortickets is great enough.

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The second quarter revealed Kenyon'sbest playing for the entire afternoon.Early in the period, Kenyon madefour quick first-down- s. Two beautifulpasses by Cabriele followed in suc-cession and the Lords hit pay-di- rt

when Ron Fraley cracked over fromthe 2-ya- rd marker. Paul Schuttera,a freshman from Ashland, Ohio, con-

verted for the point. The half ended:Wooster 14, Kenyon 13.

Kenyon took the lead when shiftyfreshman halfback, Bill Lowry, ofChicago scored from the eight. TheLords were aided by a 15-ya- rd per-sonal foul penalty against the Scots.The extra-kic- k was wide and thePhilander Chasemen led 19-1- 4. NedMartin, hard-plungin- g fullback of theScots, then took over and with fineline bucking gave the Scots a touch-down. The "educated" toe of PeteHershberger again booted the extrapoint. The third quarter ended withthe Presbyterian school leading, 21-1- 9.

The final quarter proved a night-mare to the Lords as numerous,costly Kenyon fumbles led to twoScot touchdowns, one each by theWooster "touchdown twins," Siskowicand Behringer. The extra pointswere both good, giving kicker PeteHershberger a perfect day in fiveattempts for Wooster. The finalscore was: Wooster 35, Kenyoon 19.

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AUTUMN

The change of scene. Soon the change of mind.No longer man will stand with fingers creasedA.nd curse the smug stagnation of the wind.For now the clouds are running down the east,The apples drop the yellow rindAnd plop it down the tender mouths of girls.The fog is playing games with curls.'

Shadowing, the lake where I swam all summerSmooths the parched roads of the rutted Bky.Daemons of earth that shocked the human dreamerSpider and worm entangled, clay on clayLumped high at dusk to emulate the glimmerOf ghosts are fading from the woods today.Too weary to endure the sound of hornThe earth is tracking all her hunters down.

Carved in my attitude of cool reposeI see the leaves are drifting all apartAnd I am glad because the air that blowsIs anything but death. The smallest birdThreading the hem of heaven knowsHow peace is fuel for the charging heart.Water winds through the dam of stoneIn the brook. The crawfish meditates alone.

It is not only tiredness that imploresThe soul of man to drop its leaf and bloom.It is not anger or the sun that luresMan from the suffocating room.It is peace, fought for and found, dusk beyond doorsOf furious noon.There the sun's tendoned fist broke the moon's teethAnd choked the hot stars to death.

Underneath the sun the marvel manKills his brother and praysThe periect peace discovered by the sun.The god has hid his face on autumn daysIn forests where the demigods are gone.Yet man the murderer hasHis moment for releaseAnd follows the natural burning sun to peace.

And should I pray to heaven for man who liesSilent and at restAbove the earth or under it, his eyesClosed in a dream or death. What god is bestThe daemon gr the dinger of the cross ?

The beggar and the lover and the restWill hear no prayers,And earth and man sleep on together,Flesh and furze.

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Man in

a Hurry

The October rain had softened thesky. Now it was dusk and the murkyshadowless frame houses seemedgracefully simple in the waning mist.The rain had stopped but the fallenrainwater still babbled and tinkledas it rushed into the gutters. Thatwas the only music.

The man stood nervously on thecorner. Gil seemed to sense that theman was tense; he couldn't stand stilland his cigarette had burned quicklyto the last quarter of an inch. Helooked up and down the street withdarting birdlike glances.

Gil walked slowly to the corner andopened a newspaper but now it wastoo dark to read the print and aftera moment he folded it carefully andplaced it under his arm.

"Does it stop here?" the man askedGil. "Does the bus stop here?"

"Yes," Gil said."I mean the bus to Public Square.""That's right," said Gil."How often does it run ? I've been

waiting for that damned bus for overa quarter of an hour." He cocked hishead and looked at Gil closely. Likea sparrow. He had bushy red hair,a tight youngish face, and irregularyellow teeth. A red-haire- d sparrow.

"In round figures, I'd cay it runsabout every twenty minutes."

"To hell with round figures. WhatI'd like is some round coins in mypocket." He opened his mouth slight-ly and laughed; a short hackinglaugh that wisped thinly between hisstained yellow teeth. "Thing is," hecontinued, "I've got to get to Public

Square. I don't know Cleveland. Areyou from Cleveland?"

"No," Gil said."Well, I'm not from Cleveland

either. I'm from New York. This isone town I don't know. Where thehell are we now?"

"This is Shaker Heights." Gillooked up at the hazy yellow streetlights which had quielty snapped onand he gazed at their reflections onthe wet-shin- y street.

"All I know," the man said, "isthat I got to get on Euclid and godowntown. If I get on Euclid I'mall right."

"This is Euclid," Gil said, still look-ing at the lampposts.

"The thing I don't like about thistown is that it's too easy to getloused up. I mean with the transpor-tation and everything. Did you eversee so many damned busses? Imean busses you don't want. Youcan always get on a bus you don'twant." He fumbled in his pocket andbrought out a crumpled pack ofcigarettes. "Have a cigarette?" Hepushed the pack in front of Gil's face."Here, have one."

"No, thanks," said Gil."Go on, have a cigarette," the man

coaxed."I don't smoke," Gil said."Oh, you want to live longer, eh?

What the hell do you want to livelonger for? You can do a lot ina short time." Gil looked annoyedand the little man noticed it. He litthe cigarette and took a few nervouspuffs, and then he went to the corner

and looked for the bus down thedark street. "I think it's coming,"he announced.

The bus came to the corner andcreaked to a stop. Gil got on andsat down and the man sat down nextto him. The interior --of the bus wasbright and warm.

"I got to catch a plane out of heretonight." The man's tone seemedthoughtful; almost apologetic. "Igot to get to Philly."

Gil opened the paper and the manbusied himself by peering out of thewindow, trying to make out signsand cars and people in the darkness.It began to rain again. They heardthe soft tapping of raindrops on theroof of the bus. Gil looked at thepaper but he didn't read it. He hadan appointment downtown with hisbrother's friend and he would arriveearly. Gil always made appointmentsas late as possible and would al-ways leave to meet them as early aspossible. He liked to walk by him-self.

"I've been trying to get reserva-tions on a plane all day," the manbroke in when he tired of lookingout the window. "I don't knowwhether I'll get them or not. Andthen this rain " He looked out ofthe window again and watched theraindrops hit the pane and thenspread out and blot into a patternafter they struck the glass. Gil triedto make out figures in the irregularshapes as if they were part of apsychological inkblot test.

"This damned rain," said the man."I'd hate to have to take a train.That'll take hours from here. I haveto tane a train. That'll take hoursfrom here. I haven't all that time."

Gil folded the paper again and de-

cided to be friendly although hewasn't interested in the man. "Whattime does the plane leave?" he asked.

"It leaves in about three hours.I'll get a reservation if somebodycancels their's at the last minute."

"When will you find out?""I have to call my hotel and see

if the airport called them while Iwas away. The airport was supposedto call me."

They got off the bus and the manasked Gil if he wanted to go to abar and drink with him. Gil had anhour to spend and so he said hewould, mainly because he didn't wantto walk in the rain for an hour.

Gil had to walk quickly to keepup with the little man and soon theyfound a bar. They sat down at atable and the man called across tothe bartender for two beers. Thenhe looked at Gil with that sharp wayof his. "What's your name? Myname is Londschig. Irwin Londschig."

Gil introduced himself and then the

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Iins party. Post-danc- e refresh- - tions to conduct a determined don t do none ot the things wrong-aoi- n. ino

little man began his story all overagain.

"You see, I got to get to Philly.I'm in a big hurry to go there. That'swhy I got to get on a plane."

"Yes," said Gil, patiently."I've been all over this past month.

All over the whole damned country.St. Louis last week, Kansas City theweek before, today Cleveland. Nextweek it'll be Philly. But I live inNew York. That's where my motheris. I live there."

A young girl brought them twobeers. She put the glasses before themen.

"Say," Londschig said, confident-ially. "How do you like the girls inthis town? You know what? They'rea helluva lot better than the girlsout west. That stuff about Westerngirls is a lot of bull. Believe me,"he said significantly, "I've beenaround. You know what I mean?"

"Don't you think you'd beter callthe hotel ?" Gil asked.

"What?" Londschig asked. He wasstaring at the door through whichthe young girl had gone into thekitchen.

"You said you had to call yourhotel," Gil said. "About the plane."

"Hell, yes. That's what I have todo." Irwin Londschig got up andwent to the phone booth. A juke-bo- x

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dreamy but still the cafe seemedstrangely quiet. Soon the small manreappeared. "The lousy goddam air-line. They didn't call the hotel yet."He was very angry and he lit acigarette only after several attemptsat striking matches. Gil saw thathis hands were shaking.

"Oh, Jesus," Londschig said. "I'vegot to get a reservation. Those air-lines! You know what happened tome in Texas? I'll tell you what hap-pened. They grounded the planemiles from San Antonio. Groundedit, and they didn't do a damned thing.I had to pay for transportation andhotels and everything. I sent themthe bill, but they didn't pay thedamned thing. It came to nine sixty-seve- n.

Almost ten bucks! I had topay all that myself." He sat backand squinted at Gil through the thicksmoke. "I forget the name of theairline. It was a Texas outfit. TexasSouthern or Central Texas or some-thing."

"That's too bad," Gil said.Londschig sipped the beer. "This

stuff needs salt. I always take saltin my beer. Especially this lousyOhio beer." He asked the girl forsalt and she brought him a smallcrystal shaker. He poured in a largeamount and both men watched thefoam rise thickly and swell over thetop of the glass.

"I'm always in such a hurry. Sucha damned hurry. That's the trouble,"Londschig said. "Always on the go.You know what I mean? Here, oneweek; there, the next week." Hesipped the beer again and then lookeddirectly at Gil. "Next week it'll bePhilly."

'"You must be a pretty busy guy,Gil said.

"It's not that. It's just that Idon't have any time." He sat backand ran his long fingers through hisbushy red hair. There was perspira-tion on his forehead. "Always some-thing to worry about. Now I'mworrying about getting on that plane.That's what I'm worrying about rightnow."

"Why don't you call the airport?"Gil said.

"What?""Well, the airport didn't call you.

Maybe if you call them up they'llhave some news."

"You think so? Do you reallythink so?"

"They might have forgotten. Whydon't you call them up?"

Londschig pushed his chair backand got up abruptly. "Yes," he saidloudly, "I'll call them up." He wentto the phone booth and almostknocked over a chair.

Gil sat back and listened to theout of the phone booth, grinning andmusic. Sad and dreamy music. He

didn't think about Londschig and thelittle man startled him when he burstshowing his yellow teeth. "Well, ;

what do you know," he said. "They've j

got a seat on the plane. I've finallygot a seat!"

"That's great," Gil said."Well, what do you know! I got !

to get out of here. I got to get j

picked up by a limousine. An airport !

limousine. Gee, thats great!" j

"It's a good thing you called them." j

"That's right. I got things to donow. I got to get my things to- -

gether at the hotel." He finished j

the beer and then motioned to the !

waitress who brought over the check, j

Londschig figured it up carefully !

and paid half of the bill. "Well," he ;

said, turning to Gil, "It's been good i

to make your acquaintance, but Igot to go." ,

"Sure," said Gil. "Have a nice :

trip." i

"Yeah. I'll have a nice trip. If it I

weren't for that damned rain "Gil i

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Notes for the

Election Year

The most notable event of thispresidential campaign has takenplace already. At the Republicanconvention last July, .Senator Taftwas spurned in favor of a more lib-

eral candidate, thereby silencing thenation's chief advocate of the not-so-go- od

old days. For a while atleast

The result may be disturbing to astaunch advocate of the two-par- ty

system. It would seem, to many ob- -servers, that the campaign has be-

come one of individuals rather thanideologies. Some of our leading publ-

ications have been struck quiteschizophrenically, making themselveslook very much like that now famouselephant in midstream who is tryi-ng to swim in both directions at onetime. It is quite possible, however,that the new liberalism of the Re-

publicans and the new conservatismof the Democrats are both beinggreatly exaggerated.

What is more important to investi-gate is the nature of this quality,Liberalism now .so indispensible, bywhich, with Senator Taft at least "momentarily in the background, aman is measured as having more orless of it. For this is one of the tagsapplied to that subtle force whichhas turned so many Republicans intowhat their counterparts of only thirtyyears ago would have regarded asdangerously radical. In short, whileon the surface it is a contentiouspolitical catch-phras- e, it is really oneof the names that we have for Pro-gress.

To those who have breathed fire

on it in the political arena, it hasmeant ten giant-step- s toward thedictatorship of the proletariat. Butlabor legislation is only a small partof the much more general trend ingovernment over at least the pastsixty-fiv- e years. The broader devel-opment is, and always was, the in-

creasing amount of governmentalparticipation in economic activity,for the sake of the general well-bein- g

of the American people.Even the Wagner Act of 1935,

Labor's "Magna Charta," stated thatits specific aim was to do awaywith wasteful contention and delayin interstate commerce due to uncon-trolled Labor-Manageme- nt disputes,which were harming the well-bein- g

of the nation as a whole. The regu-lation was of course turned in favorof Labor at that time, qu'ite neces-sarily and justly. But the historicalimportance of the act lay in its draw-ing labor activities into the sphereof governmental jurisdiction. And soit goes with all activities cherishedas private which become too big togo on unchecked by federal legisla-tion.

This doesn't mean the downfall of"individualism." On the contrary, itis the reassertion of the rights ofeach and every individual against theover-obstrusi- ve influence of a specificinterest. This is a way of preaching"the greatest good for the greatestnumber of people,'' which has longbeen a fundamental tenet of democ-racy, but has fallen into disreputeamong some sophists because by aperverse coincidence Fascists and

communists also use it. It depends,of course, on your definition of"good."

And so, the individual regains hisrights by the universalization of.some activity of major importance,placing it in balance with the com-mon walfare. This may not be theindividualism that Daniel Booneknew, but he is dead. In our morecomplex and interdependent societythe only other form is the one thatallows some not particularly God-kiss- ed

individual to run the lives ofthousands of others without reserva-tion. It is unfortunate that whatwas once highly commendable activ-ity and, in truth, an indispensableelement in the making of a prosper-ous nation, has come to that. Butthe tragic thing about Time is thatit goes on. To those who are stillof the pioneer spirit, I venture tosay that there's still Australia anda few such places.

This tendency of increasing govern-mental participation has been termed"inexorable" by some more romanticwriters. This is perhaps too extrava-gant, or at least unscientific, but itis significant that even the apparentreactions to the tendency have beenfundamental contributions to it. Mosteminently, I mean the Taft-Harle- y

Law, which while written of "Liber-alism," is one of the most detailedstatements we have of governmentparticipation in hitherto privateactivity. This is ironic, because ithas made these men contributors toa state of affairs which some writers,even those who favor it, term "soc-ialistic."

Now, this is an unfortunate littleword, having received the sort ofbrutal treatment that is inevitable inan age that relies on social and poli-tical catch-phrase- s. As an "ism" ithas been coupled with such question-able adjectives as "Utopian" and"Marx an," which is an injustice tosuch level-heade- d and eminentlypractical users of the term as JosephA. Schumpeter. For, as Mr. Schum-pete- r

points out about the unblem-ished term in his brilliant study,Capitalism, Socialism, and Democ-racy, we are getting it, we shall getmore of it, and this isn't bad at all,since it is really quite compatiblewith a democratic way of life.

Most worthy among those who sayit is not is Professor Friederich A.Hayek, who, in his famous Road toSerfdom, hurls a bunch of jeremiadsagainst the collectivistic tendenciesof England and America, both ofwhom, he warns, are going the wayof either Nazi Germany or SovietRussia. These two interchangeableextremes, he points out, are virtualcomplements of one another, and the

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logical conclusion to socialistictendencies in any nation. But it isnot quite scientific of Mr. Hayek tospeak in the abstract of political sys-tems when the problem is very mucha sociological one. It is possible thatany kind of "ism" might have hadequally devastating results in Ger-many and Russia at that time.Neither of these nations had a work-ing democratic tradition, an advant- - ,age which the Anglo-Americ- an fam-ily has possessed for at least twohundred and sixty-fou- r years.

Mr. Hayek also points out thatmonopolies are not inevitable. Hesays that they have been formed uponother foundations than mere bigness.This is interesting. Nevertheless, wehave monopoly.

There are, however, less intellectualarguments against the tide of evolu-tion, and these are the dangerousones. Since the threat of Communismhas loomed large in this country, thereactionaries have tried to tint redevery liberal idea in the nation. Thereis no doubt that Communists have in

filtrated many liberal organizations,since they have made liberalism theirtrade-mar- k. But we would be suf-fering a great defeat if we let thistop free inquiry, precisely whatmany a fanatic is crying for today.We would be killing the whole animalfor simply one sore spot, and suchanimals, at that, as racial and religi-ous tolerance, fair labor practices,and virtually any contribution thathas been made to the greater goodof man in the past fifty years.

Martin Marprelate

CONCERNING INVESTIGATIONS OF TEACHERSAs you may know, a Senate sub-

committee for the investigation ofsubversive activities settled down inNew York City last month, in orderto discover which school and collegeteachers in that area were or hadbeen communists. Some of the na-tion's leading educators, from Colum-bia University and elsewhere, werebrought before the committee to tes-tify. A good many of the replieswere non-committ- al.

Those who were employed by anyof the city-owne- d colleges C.C.N.Y.,Hunter, Brooklyn, and Queens weresubject to dismissal for refusing totestify, and there were numerous dis-

missals as a result. Moreover andthis is the most important aspect ofthe affair to those who are inquiringinto the problem or academic freedom

there followed a large number ofresignations in protest to the methodsand regulations of the investigation.People who denied having any affilia-tion with communism, who wereknown never to have introduced anysuch ideas into their lectures, andwho, above all, were not called orgoing to be called by the investigat-ing committee, thus forcefully de-

monstrated . their attitude to whatwas deemed to be a violation of dem-ocratic principles. It would seem,then, that we owe it to these disin-terested protestants in particular, asfellow members of the academicworld, and more significantly, as fel-le- w

members of the human race, todiscover and evaluate the particularnature of their complaint.

The entire situation brings to minda somewhat similar occurence at theUniversity of California two yearsago. That action involved a loyaltyoath promulgated by the universityauthorities themselves, a point thatperhaps makes for a basic differencefrom the above mentioned situation.But in this case, as in the other,those who refused to comply weresubject to dismissal. The result was

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a great exodus of worthy men wholeft for no other reason than that ofprinciple.

The common denomnator in boththese cases is the question, should aperson, regardless of the situation,be forced to incriminate himself ? TheFifth Amendment specifies that aman may not be forced to testifyagainst himself in a criminal action,implying that the reference is onlyto judicial procedures. The New YorkCity Colleges and the Board of Re-

gents of the University of Californiaonly claim the prerogative of hiringor firing a man according to a stateregulation. This is, in all likelihood,a matter that is not strictly withinthe scope of the Constitution, but thisnation owes is success as a democ-racy to a good many things not dealtwith by that document. This wouldseem to come under the apocryphalheading of "fair employment prac-tices," or something of that- - sort,and we ask of it, is it an importantelement in a democratic way of life ?

Most likely it is.

It is important to remember thatthe reason a person has for not sign-ing or testifying is immaterial, andthat, if the question is forced, it isquite often not a mere matter ofself-defens- e, as was proven by themembers of the University of Cali-fornia faculty. Many of them wereobjecting to the broadest implicationsof the action, it's potential stultifi-cation of free inquiry by condemningall of its inevitable errors and vagar-ies. A good many were more partic-ular in their objection, protestingsolely against the ex post facto re-quirement that those teachers whowere already employed be subject todismissal for refusing to sign. Thisdoesn't seem to have been made apoint as "yet jn the case of the NewYork City Colleges. Many of theCalifornia professors even went onto sign their own unofficial loyaltyoath after refusing to sign the other.

Some even approved of including theloyalty oath as a requirement fororiginal appointment for a positionat the University, since, in that case,a person moved by conscience net tosign was not losing something whichhe already had. This is considerablyweaker than the position whichothers took, but it serves to demon-strate how truly conservative can bean argument which too many irra-tional citizens are prone to squint atthrough red-color- ed glasses.

Many who even signed the oathlater found that it was contrary totheir convictions. One of the mostpenetrating analyses of the situationwas made by Dr. Joel Hildebrand,Dean of the College of Chemistry,and himself a signer of the oath, inNew York City on April 15, 1950.He pointed out what a danger itwas to democracy to adopt the totali-tarian technique of leaving it "up toan accused man to clear himself." Ifsomeone says I ought to do a thing,"he went on to say, "the burden shouldbe on him to show why I should,not on me to show why I should not."

The question involved is evident toany serious thinker. Affiliation witha foreign power is, of course, intol-erable, but does that justify such ex-

pressions of deep internal suspicionand hostility, a state of affairs whichcould easily undermine the institu-tions we are trying to uphold? Ifa number of otherwise respectablepeople in this country have thoughttheir way into an idea that is es-

sentially repugnant to us, why notuse the classical methods of disting-uishing right from wrong, truth fromfalsehood, and let them test oneanother in the intellectual arena?It's bad enough that we have to re-

sort occasionally to force with ourenemies abroad. Perhaps we canbetter demonstrate the possibilitiesof enlightened civilization on our ownsoil.

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The Truth about Humphrey OaktreeFew of us knew him personally

those who did can hardly claim tohave known him well. I have, how-

ever, managed to piece together fromvarious sources, enough significantfacts to form what is, in all prob-

ability, the truth about HumphreyOaktree.

We must take care not to fall preyto the error of futile regret for whatcan never be the information,though scanty, is sufficient to shedlight on certain aspects of a seriesof unfortunate incidents which hither-to have been veiled in the darknessof ignorance and misunderstanding.Let us proceed, therefore, with thelong-anticipat- ed revelation in thesame spirit of humility demonstratedby that indominatable and most be-

loved of all mothers in literature,Mrs. Wiggs, who on learning that herfifth child had perished as a resultof cabbage poisoning, wisely andgently reflected: "nature's way, Ireckon."

Humphrey's father, Pythias Oak-tre- e,

had long been known in thecommunity as the only man on re-

cord who had been indicted by apetit jury for piscatorial sodomy. Ispoke to a member of that same jury

he is now a venerable octogenarianand in answer to the expression

of incredulity which made its way,despite my efforts at suppression, tomy face, he replied s.mply, "Fish runmighty big up this way." A twinklerose to his eye (he had, incidentally,only one eye). When I left his officea few minutes later in a state ofgratification at having uncovered thisinformation, a feeling not unmixedwith admiration for Pythias' fecundimagination, the eye had not ceasedto shine. Perhaps it twinkles stillthe old rascal!

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Humphrey's mother, Agatha Oak-tre- e,

nee Onion, was still living quiet-ly there amid the ruins of a oncesturdy pup tent. One look at the des-titute woman was enough to assureme that the unfortunate creature hadseen better days. Oh, Agatha Oak-tre- e,

nee Onion, how unmistakablythe moment of Humphrey's concep-tion foretold the anguish of his ul-

timate misfortune!Humphrey was conceived on board

a fishing smack at sea during aviolent thunderstorm. A peal ofthunder! a flash of lightning! (itseems that Nature itself, in that des-perate moment, had confused its ac-customed order) and Humphrey waswell on his way to existence.

But Agatha lived calmly amid theruins of an illustrious past (she hadbeen given to nymphomaniacal ex-cesses) and memories of her only son.

So dear was his memory that shewas reluctant to diminish it byspeaking of him. Nothing could in-

duce her to relate the obscure cir-cumstances of his fatal setting forth.I was as persuasive and eloquent as,under the circumstances, was hu-manly possible (she was a trifledeaf, poor thing), but she remainedadamant.

"Perhaps she knows best, olddear," I reflected, taking my kneefrom her stomach, and permitting herto raise from the ground. And then,moved as I Was by her unwaveringadherence to a cherished ideal, Imanaged to suppress the flood ofemotion which came surging up frommy heart, and turning for one lastlook in her direction (she had anidiotic grin plastered on her face), Ideparted, without pausing to lookback.

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As I left, however, I heard hercackle (oh, time! her tinkling laugh-ter had, at one t:me, made men'spulse race!) Through the hideousgurglings of her mirth emerged asingle statement which summarizesHumphrey's youth (and perhaps hiswhole life; who can say?) with aneconomy of expression native only toa mother's close understanding:

"That boy he was always gettin'into something."

And here the road ends. The onlyother local citizen who rememberedHumphrey has long since been ban-ished to some psychiatrist's couch,and we must accept the inevitabilityof our learning no more concerninghis formative years. The informationwe have accumulated, however, isnot altogether unilluminating. It is,in fact, infinitely suggestive of ex-planations for some of Humphrey'shitherto inexplicable behavior.

We can understand, now why hejourneyed to the far reaches of theearth in a passionate quest for wis-dom which only death shall satisfy,why men shunned his company, whyhe bore his exile so courageously,and why, finally, he nourished andsustained a fervent adoration forCynthia Oatmeal, in spite of hershiny handle-ba- r moustache.

Well, perhaps he was right. Afterall, does love, such as Humphreyknew, ever see the moustache whichwe all, in one form or another, pos-sess ? I hardly think so. In the finalanalys's, what right have we, whosee with the optic nerve, to scoff atone whose vision proceeds from theheart?

It is not for us, the true myopics,to scorn the Humphrey Oaktrees ofthis world, who seeing not, see all.

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