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‘Time Begins At Forty A Bill Ahi u LI in Failure Cartoonist Hill Mauldin, in spired by the company of “Harry” Luce, “Art” Kulzbrrger and oth ers, recently stepped off his regu lar political beat just long enough to dash off the impressions at tached to Time Magazine’s 40th Anniversary party in New York. The Emerald publishes this arti cle as a special bonus feature. *- * • Almost two weeks have passed since Jack Dempsey, Jock Whit ney, Bob Feller, Morrie Fishbein, Jim Doolittle, Lev Saltonstall, Wally Reuther, Jim Byrnes, Dave Lilienthal. Stu Symington, Hank Medina. Ed Rickenbacker, Art Sulzberger, Matt Ridgway, Mort Adler, Ez Benson, A1 Dulles, Nate Twining, Gussie Busch, Avc liar riman, Jim Hagerty, Chuck Gor en, Ted Kennedy. Hu Humphrey, Doug Dillon, Ev Dirksen, and 1— along with several hundred other assorted fellows and ladies—sat around in the Waldorf lapping up refreshments and staring at por traits of ourselves from old Time Magazine covers projected on a screen 10 feet high Now I can talk about it. I need ed a little time to get my perspec tive back It all started with a letter from Harry Luce. He invited my wife and me to join other former cov er subjects and their wives**—or husbands, of course, if the sub ject was a lady—at Time’s 40th anniversary party in New York. Only a couple of months ago he was Henry R. Luce to me, and his letter began, ‘ Dear Mr. Maul din." But referring to him as Har ry Luce is the inside thing to do. Besides, it would be hard to speak formally about anybody after a blast such as the one we all shared at the Waldorf. ••Note to Editor: How about calling husbands of female sub jects “consorts”? It would add class. B. M. Note to B. M.; No dice. Ed. Actually, the blast, which oc curred on a Monday night, was preceded by two distinct earth tremors, either of which could have qualified as a pretty good af fair on its own. The first was a .Saturday night cocktail party giv en by Bernard Auer, Time’s pub lisher. Your correspondent didn’t go to this one. At the last minute, my wife had to change her plans and stay in Chicago, and I am no longer man enough to survive three whingdings in a row with out her dear, gentle, steadying in fluence. It was just as well that I saved myself The Sunday sociable was at the Westchester County home of James Linen, president of Time, Inc., who, with his firm's usual flair for logistics, had pro vided 150 or so chauffered Cadil lacs to bring his guests from town I had declined mine, with thanks, having elected to pile up some extra status points by riding out to the party in a Rolls Roycc. This magnificent machine belongs to my colleague, Milton Caniff, who purchased it out of a depen dency allotment from his child, an Air Force colonel named Steve Canyon The CanifTs had gone to the Auer party the night before, then Milton had stayed up the rest of the night to work on a story plot, so 1 ended up driving the car. It rained on the way. A mile or two before the Linens I stopped, got out, and removed several splash marks from the bonnet with the handkerchief. This en tire production was wasted. The cops at our host's gate waved us sternly past. We had to park the Rolls in a field down the road and ride back to the house in one of the limousines, which acted as a shuttle bus. When Time, Inc., ex pects you in a Caddie, that’s how you come. There were about a thousand guests in the house, the barn, and a couple of striped circus tents with clear plastic walls. The bar tenders were backed up by medi cal personnel, and there was a persistent rumor, never verified, that a USO troupe had been brought up to entertain the chauf feurs. All the cover subjects had a wonderful time staring at each other. I hoped Gina Lollobrigida would be there. She was. So were Jennifer Jones, Olivia deHavil Roilr 0u4S effolr't'* land, Althea Gibson, Ginger Rog ers, Bette Davis, and Margaret j Truman Daniels. Wow! It was a good party by anybody’s stand ards, but possibly the high point was reached with the arrival of Mortimer Caplin, director of In | ternal Revenue, former Time cover subject, and final arbiter of whether this deal would be deductible. His presence was re assuring, and the festivities con tinued far into the night. Nobody offered me a limousine \ for the Monday night banquet, but fortunately I was staying in a hotel only a block away, so I made it all right on foot. The din i ner was very elegant. It was en | livened somewhat by the chron j ieally unabashed Waldorf waiters, who approach Filet de Boeuf au Foi Gras avee Sauce Perigourdine with the same slam-bang aplomb as they use in handling plates of desiccated turkey for politician’s j testimonial dinners. “Who’s that character?” de manded a redcoat at my table, slowly flavoring my Consomme Fantome with his thumb as a prominent educator three tables away took a bow. “Beats me," muttered his part ner, whipping an unfinished dish from beneath the upraised fork of the lady on my left. Both worth ies then turned their ample backs on us to stare at a nearby actress. “I bet she sold more maga | zines,” the first waiter chortled ; knowingly. There were no U.S. presidents, past or present, at the banquet. iJFK was busy minding the store, but sent a long, constructive tele gram which told Harry what was wrong with his publication. Ike was busy playing golf in Georgia. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published seven times in September and five days a week during the school year, except dur ing examination and vacation periods by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per year; $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial frige arc those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or the University. EVERETTE DENNIS, Editor LARRY WILLIAMS Business Manager JANET GOETZE, Managing Editor RON COWAN, News Editor DOUG RAGEN, Editorial Page Editor JTM SPEER, Advertising Manager DICK RICHARDSON. Associate Editor JIM FRAKE, Assistant Managing Editor RAY MAST. Sports Editor CATHY NEVILLE. Assistant News Editor GEORGE BIGHAM, Photo Editor JO GRISWOLD, Women’s Editor CIIUCK BEGGS, JOE BERGER, PHYLLIS ELVING, SHERRY LUCAS Associate News Editors ALENE SHARFF Entertainment Editor NOMI BORENSTEIN, Exchange Editor EDITORIAL BOARD: Everette Dennis, Ron Cowan, Janet Goetze, Doug Ragen, Dick Richardsou Jim Frake, Jerry Utti, Ray Mast, Larry Williams, Pam Pashkowski, Doug Combs, Linda Brown, Cathy Neville, Pat Holt, Simeon Crowther. General MacArthur came. Several unsuccessful past presidential candidates were there, including Dewey and Stevenson. A whole covey of current aspirants came, and you had the feeling they would pose for another cover at the drop of a brush. Governor Rockefeller had meant to come, but was suddenly busy. Vice Pres ident Johnson made a speech. So did Dean Rusk. Everybody lis tened to them, and both men seemed to appreciate it. Bob Hope, Henry Cabot Lodge and Helen Hayes took turns helping Harry introduce cover subjects as their pictures were flashed on the screen. The most remarkable thing about this whole affair, as with the party at the Linens, was that the guests really had fun. You’d think that the very qualities of raw ego and ambition which drive people onto thrones and scaffolds in one era and magazine covers in another would preclude their enjoying each other's company. Maybe the answer lay in sheer numbers. Scramble 300 odd and NSA... (Continued fmm page 1) changes into effect. It states that all senators presently serving on the Senate will finish their elect ed terms of office and that any new seats will be filled as speci fied in the changed constitution. A PETITION asking that the co-op living group be given two representatives, a man and a wo man, will appear as a separate measure. McKeel said that an entirely re written constitution should be ready for approval by next fall. He criticized the current docu ment, saying “A constitution should be a declaration of pow ers and officers. Ours is this and by-laws and a lot of other things all in one.” He said he felt that the new constitution may not be more than a page in length. CORRECTION The “Wailers,” not the “Wal ters.” will be featured at the Sophomore Whiskerino Saturday night. The name was listed incor rectly in an ad in Monday’s Em erald. Meetings • Delta Nu Alpha, transportation frater nity, will meet at 1 p.m. today in 167 Comm. • Hiking Club meeting is cancelled for this week. Instead there will he a film. “Trout in the High Country,” at 8 p.m. Thursday in 150 Science. • The Hiking Club will be active this summer. The first meeting of the summer term will he at 6:30 p.m. June 20 in the SC. All members are inivted to attend whether attending summer session or not. • Profs Are People Committee meeting will he held at 7 :30 p.m. Wednesday in the SC. The room number will be posted. • A White Caps meeting will be held at noon Wednesday in the SC. Miss Olson, nursing advisor, will speak. • SU Games Committee will meet at 7:15 p.m. today in the SU. The room num ber will be posted. • The Alpine Club will elect officers at 6:45 p.m. Thursday in 737 Comm. fancy dishes into one pot and you get a sort of Mulligan stew, which is pretty good eating. Once again the party went on far into the night, with generals drinking with theologians and boxers dancing with gossip colum nists, and it might turn out that Harry Luce—for all his preoccu pation with individuality and achievement—will get himself known as the Great Social Level er. Freshman Dies In Local Hospital Bruce H. Niedermeyer, a fresh man in liberal arts from Medford, died Monday evening at Sacred Heart General Hospital. The 18-year-old student suffered a blood clot in the brain early last week and had been hospital ized since last Monday afternoon. He remained in a coma since Tuesday morning. An autopsy was to be per formed today and private funeral services will be held in Medford later this week. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Niedermeyer, Medford, and a sister, Nancy A. Niedermeyer, a senior at the Uni versity. Niedermeyer lived in McClure Hall and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Students Accepted For Italian Center Four University students are among the 42 who have been ac cepted for a year’s study overseas at the new Italian Studies Center in Pavia, Italy. The four students are Ross An derson, Junior in Pre-Law; Dean Chiotti, freshman in Business Ad ministration; Mary Ellen Patter son, junior in General Arts and Letters; and Kimberly Frankel, sophomore in Journalism. The center was established re cently by the State Board of High er Education to provide study abroad experience to students in the system of higher education. The center is arranged so that it costs the state system no mire than if the same students were studying on Oregon campuses. The students pay their own way. Five state institutions are rep resented by the 42 students ac cepted for the year. They will leave Portland by air Sept. 25 and arrive in Pavia in time for fall term classes beginning Sept. 30. Advertisement Aarrgh! It's Terrible The mere thought of staying in side on a nice day like this is, as far as ghastliness goes, perfect. It’s repulsive. It makes you un comfortable. Stay outside. Walk around in the nice weather. Buy a Dairy Queen in the nice weath er. They’re good for you.
