‘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.
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Editorial Page Editor
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Advertising Manager
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Associate Editor
JIM FRAKE,
Assistant Managing Editor
RAY MAST. Sports Editor
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Assistant News Editor
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JO GRISWOLD, Women’s Editor
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Associate News Editors
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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
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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.
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