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EDITORIAL
Flight o' Time
Mcdlcd and Jackson County
History from tho tiles ot The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ego.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1952 (Friday)
George A. Coddinft, former
Jackson county district attor
ney, died in a Mcdfor! hos
pital today.
The California Oregon
Power company has announc
ed that it will resume its win
tertime cloud seeding pro
gram to increase precipitation
over portions of the Rogue
Umpqua drainage area.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1942 (Saturday)
Members of former Med
ford National Guard unit re
ported serving in Australia.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
autumn leaves were accelerat
ed by a fresh wind that blew
all the leading directions in
cluding up today. Many lawns
raked yesterday failed to look
it as a result."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1932 (Monday)
Football game between
Hood River and Mcdfort' High
school teams for mythical
slate championship called off
When Hood River star is ruled
ineligible.
East Medford residents ap
pear before city council to
urge widening of East Main
t. from Riverside ave. to
Almond si.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 14. 1922 (Tuosday)
New l'J2a model sedan.
'equipped with starter and j
acninuntauic runs m-iis iui
$702.80 in Medford.
City planning commission
receives mum-rims objections
to proposed construction of
new sawiu))) m uie vim id
West Main st.
j
SO YEARS AGO
Nov. 14, 1912 (Thursday)
Mrs. Mary K. Hrildy. leader!
In local suftragc club, an-!
liounces she will not tie a can
didate for mayor of Meriturd I
Harvey Richardson, defeat-1
cd candidate lor Jackson j
county coinnusit)iHT, reports J
campaign expenses of 50
cents.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five ot
sis is good.
1. In southern U. S. would
a "Yankee Dime" mean a hug ;
or a kiss?
2. Baton Rouge is the capi
tal of which slate? ;
3. Which word is incoi red
ly used: "There were two or!
three, or at the most, a dozen
people there."
4. Nain Ihe capital of
Egypt.
5. In which Stale Is Mir
famous St oqualmie waterfall' i
H. How many Jacks .showing
only one eye are in a standard
deck of 52 playing cards'" 1
7. What was the peace im
posed on the known world by '
Imperial Rome called''
8. In Its joui'iiev around the
earth, in which direction Hncs
Ihe moon travel1
It. How many inches arc in I
one mile? !
10. In w hat language was
the Magna t'harla written'' i
Answers: 1, Kiss. 2. Louis
Una, 3, All are used correct- .
ly. although old - Imhioned
usage would replace "people"
with "persons." 4. Cairo. 5.!
Washington, 8. Two. 7. Pax ;
Romana. 8. West to East, 9. j
83,360. 10. Latin. j
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CwfSV PUBLISHES
VaWiat.on
November m. 1962
Unusual Weather
The weather in the Rogue valley this year ha3
been (with apologies to San Francisco) "un
usual." We don't remember all the vagaries distinct
ly, but we do recall the slashing rains of early
October, the cyclonic winds of the 12th, and
other abnormalities during the year sufficient to
cause renewed speculation that nuclear bomb
tests might have been responsible.
We tend to forget earlier extremes in the
weather cycle, the floods and blizzards and winds
and dry spells and rain
'THE NATIONAL Observer has compiled a few
weather records from the United States, some
of which were also world records, and these tend
to remind us that there
al" weather.
Here are some of them :
Highest temperature 134 degrees in Death
Valley, July 10, 1913.
Lowest temperature Minus 78 degrees, Ft.
Yukon, Alaska, Jan. 14, 1934.
Greatest drop in temperature 100 degrees
in 24 hours, from plus 44 to minus 56 degrees,
Browning, Mont., Jan. 23
Greatest 24-hour rainfall
Thrall, Texas, Sept. 29, 1921.
Greatest 24-hour snowfall -Lake,
Colo., April 14-15, 1921.
Greatest seasonal snowfall
(83 feet, 4.3 inches), Paradise Ranger Station,
Wash., 1955-5(5.
Longest period of no rainfall 767 days
(over two years), Bagdad, Calif., October 1912 to
Nov. 1914.
Highest recorded suface wind 231 mph,
Mt. Washington, N. H., April 12, 1934.
rESPITE this reminder that "unusual" weather
is always with us, it should be noted that these
extremes all occurred in places where such ex
tremes might be expected to occur.
. It is in normally-placid areas, such as the
Rogue valley, where "unusual" weather really
gets noticed such events as the Oct. 12 storm,
and the floods of 1955-56.
Most of the time we go along happily with the
temperature ranging (seasonally) between the
20s and 90s, the rainfall coming at a steady lb
to 20 inches a year, a few inches of snow once or
twice a year, and, happiest happenstance of all,
with four readily discernable seasons, each to be
welcomed for its own beneficences and qualities.
li.A.
Nixon, Again
r
It appears that Richard Nixon, even in politi
cal eclipse, is destined to remain a controversial
figure, as he has been for more than a dozen
years.
Following our brief comment on his defeat
in his race for governor of California last week,
we received a telephone call at home, during
which the caller accused us of "low, low" journal
ism. We had, as a matter of fact, thought that our
comment was fairly obvious, to the effect that we
were glad Nixon is neither President of the U. S.,
nor Governor of California.
Out, somewhat unsettled by the call, we were
glad to pick up the Klamath' Falls Herald and
News Tuesday and to
publisher, I
bweetland.
NOW BILL is a fine
the imagination can
He's about as conservative
, , . . . , . t )
l.v, and is a long-time, ardent Republican.
This was his comment:
"I've supported Dick Nixon 1001 per cent in his
run at the Presidency, and his masl recent attempt to
caplurc the Caliiornia governorship. Hut. from what I
hear and rend about his performance at his 'last press
ennterence.' denied if I don't have substantial second
thoughts about the stability of such a guy. And I'm in
clined lo think Ihe nalion is insl as well off th.it he is
not the While House occupant "
That's about what we said, and the reaction is
nearly unanimous among those who saw Nixon's
post-election blast.
h
I7K DIDN'T happen to tune in to that TV
' broadcast of Nixon's final appearance be-,
fore the press, but we have read a transcript of it.
It is a man not wholly rational speaking.
He had been without sleep for IS hours be
fore; he was naturally upset by his defeat; he:
was under great strain and pressure all these
things are true.
Rut his self-contradictions, his non sequiturs,
his admonitions to reporters and publishers to
write as they wished (in one breath) ami to
write as he suggested (in the next), his rambling
delivery, his repititions (he said "One last thing"
three times, the first about halfway through .his
remarks, and "The last point," once), all these
convinced us that here was a very human person
with whom we could sympathize but not one
we wanted making life-aml-death decisions for
the nation. -- K. A.
dcice
An old axiom about how to bo a suavss, a fa
vorito of Mayor John SniilorV, nuM its ivpoatinu.
It jLjors this way :
"Find out what you'iv doing wrong, and do
loss of it. Find out what yuu'ro doing right, and
do nioro of it."
Good advioo. K.A.
torrents ot earlier years.
has always been "unusu
- 24, 191b.
38.2 inches,
76 inches, Silver
- 1,000.3 inches
see the comment by its
guy, but bv no stretch of j
he be calied a "liberal."
as they come, pohtical-
MEDFORD
"How About 'The Star Spangled Banner'?"
WW mm tm
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contrary is often the case.
Ticket Sale
To the Editor: It would be
interesting to have a break
down of the distribution of
the 619 tickets sent to Med
ford for last Friday's Grants
Pass - Medford game.
We know that 278 of them
went on sale last Monday
morning at 7 o'clock. There
are the privileged few, (or is
it majority?) that are handed
four or six tickets. These are
the few who wouldn't stoop
so low as to stand in line.
Then there are the other
class of people that must real
ly love the Black Tornado, be
cause they got up in the wee
small hours of the morning,
braved the elements and
stood in line for three, four,
and yes, even five hours to
get tickets. Then there were
the hundred or so that ar
rived about 5 a.m.. to stand
in line, only to be turned
away, disappointed, as the
tickets were all gone.
The group who really de
serve tickets, the players, are
entitled to two apiece. But
then we saw the star quarter
back's father sitting on the 15
yard line, and it was pretty
obvious who the people were
sitting in the 40 yard line
seats. And by the way, not
many of them were standing
ill line on Monday morning.
I have always heard that
Grants Pass has a reputation
for playing a dirty game of
football. At least their way
of distributing football tick
ets was fair, and should set
an example for other cities.
A tolal of 1200 tickets went
on .sale in Grants Pass last
Monday morning. After the
players got their two allotted
tickets, it was first come,
first served and no favorites.
Well this is how I feel
about the way the "ticket
sale" was handled. I watch
ed the game with a clear con
science. 1 was one of Ihe
"Poor Peons" that stood in
line to get tickets.
Mary Shaw
1K05 Crown ave.
Medford.
Ciol T
To i
J,11"1"
Got Together
Ihe Editor: May I con-
lie two Rogue Valley
lowns on one of the finest
displays ot sportsmanlike
competition I have seen in
many year . . . referring of
course to the football came
at Grants Pass between thai !
city's high school team and
Medford's tciun. I
Wc have lived in Med font
only since April of this ear.
but any mention of leavuig
I Ins v alley brings storms of
protest front my fatmly and ,
I can't say I disagree at all. j
Sure, there are many things ;
w hich need to be done, but j
in all my travels I have nev-1
cr seen any city without prob-!
i,.,,,.- u- -, r.. ..,......!. i
that our problems are minor !
as compared to those in count-
less other cities. 1 think my j
taxes on the home I just pur- (
iiM'd arc too luuh, hut whon
compnnnn notrs with my
fnmds in other Hrtis my
taxes are just as hinh, hut
look what 1 am Hi'ttmi; in
return.
Krotn where I stand, as a
new (.ouier without previous
knowledge of eonditioi and
other pertunnt intonnation,
I would like to make one mijj-liesti-mi
. . . let's tie I together
as a team to keep breast of
the ehaimuin tunes tnMead
of hukennn between our-
.-elves about minor problem.
And now, like all admen I
nuil sneak in the eommereial
I need a job so 1 tan slay
m Medlord.
("huek Met'orkle
P O Ho ti!4
Medtord
Self -Inflicted Dutast
To tiie Editor: 1 have read
many aitieles by doetors. lay
men and by several interested
people making inquir iej re
uardmtf Kmptnj-eina and what
Id do lor someone in iheir
immediate fanuh, but I have
et to read of anyone who is
the victim of this die,ide,1 dis
eao, the result of ciatettc
smokinp.
MAIL THIBUNE. MEDFORD,
It was my sad experience
lo smoke cigarettes for many
years and to develop a ciga
rette cough. I tried for several
years lo find a doctor who
could diagnose my trouble,
but to no avail; however, one
specialist after treating me
for about eight months with
shots and medication, came
up with the idea that if I
stopped smoking I would stop
coughing. I immediately
stopped sin' king and also
stopped coughing, but the
cigarette had found its mark
and I have been a victim of
Emphysema since.
I am writing this to help
others who are addicted, so
let us look at it from the
Spiritual angle, also. I would
suggest that you read I Co
rinthians 3:16,17 which states
that we "are the temple of
God," along with I Corinthi
ans 10:31. These scriptures
are proof that when we will
fully and deliberately go
against God's word, some
thing sooner or later with the
help of Satan and his aids
will result. And to the beau
tiful youth of our land, the
habit of smoking cigarettes
isn't at all like shown on T.V.
They are paid for what they
do and some people would
do anything for a dollar.
Please don't be moulded by
Satanic scenes, you will be
troubled enough by coming
events and think for yourself,
keep youi mind clear of any
dope habit.
I was in business in Port
land for many years, and
through the terrible harm
cigarettes have caused me,
my doctor advised that 1 be
relieved of all responsibility,
so in 1950 I was forced to
follow his instructions.
1 have conic in contact with
hundreds who are developing
the same dreadful affliction
for which there is no cure.
My activities and activities
of a great percentage of peo
ple will be definitely ham
pered by acquiring this dread
ed disease, which Is by far
more prevalent than cancer
of the lungs and just as dead
ly: however, it may take just
a little longer. I will say this,
that from the spiritual stand
point, God has been merciful
to me so that I have been able
to live this long and am still
able to relate my story. I am
the victim of cigarettes and
the future hold- nothing else
for me. Me .ical science
has I
iio cure for my case and only !
God could bring healing to
my self-inflicted disease.
II is my sincere desire lo
warn my fellow men. lest
they too find themselves in
the same predicament that
has come to me through the I
use of cigarettes. I
1 5l"'c 1 can lf -Vinl
arc d''' ' n"Hj
Al J. Hucnergardt.
Jj.' ox 451,
1 lU'Vlll.X, VM I
Lumber Industry ! Dilemma
To the Editor: A few more
references to consider in the
tycoon lumbermen's dilemma,
or plot. Remember the 54 men
who met in Chicago, Jan. 2
$22, and formed the Izaak
Walton I.eaKue of America, to
help safeguard America's nat
ural resources from private
special interests' exploitation,
destruction.
William Greeley's answer
to the Congressional Inquiry
Hoard's question. Dec. 12-Ki.
l!l.t!t, when a.-ked why such
destruction of Americas for
ests: "Fiecmise the owners of
that timber have no faith thai
it will be worth anything 20
years hence. And hetnj; bui
nessmcn tec! no other course
but to cul it and Ret the stuff
off their hands be lore it de
teriorates any more." Cireeley
was secretary-manager of the
West Coast Lumberman's as
sociation The Hiimo. Lake Michi
gan, meeting of some lumber-
men m July. Hi4t, passed re so-
lut ions to present to the Amer-
lean roresters Congress m Oc-
tober, one that thr federal j
OREGON
Potential
In Yemen
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
As wars go, the current
struggle for Yemen, legendary
land of the queen of Sheba,
isn t much.
But its poten
tial for much
greater trou
b 1 e through
out the Mid
dle East is
enough to
cause appre
hension in
Washing-
Newiom ton and Lon.
don. President Gamal Abdel
Nasser sees his best chance for
ser sees his best chance for
expanding his United Arab
Republic since Syria's defec
tion in September 1961 and
his own break with the Ye
men monarchy a year ago.
This new opportunity came
government should block out
11 million Michigan acres,
plant to forest trees and care
for till big enough to cut. An
other resolution that govern
ment lands should be turned
over to the slates as custodi
ans, as it is easier for private
industry to get the lands from
the states than from the fed
eral government.
Chief Forester Lyle Walts'
warning to lumbermen, Oct.
9, 1946 at the American For
esters' Congress in Washing
ton, D. C as to where their
practices were leading.
The utter disregard by lum
bermen to all pleas and warn
ings. And this one: The USCC, et
al, open threat to destroy, bit
by bit, all federally owned Na
tional Forests, parks, grazing
lands, etc. While on a speak
ing lour one Richard Smith,
USCC secretary, at the pub
lic meeting in Medford, Ore
gon. 12 1652. told an audi
ence of seven, of which 1 was
one, of the plan and how it
would be done. Smith said big
lumber industry will flood the
schools, the public, with prop
aganda to do these things. A
most ominous threat.
John E. Gribble,
139 Kenwood ave.,
Medford.
Straight Lines
To the Editor: Yes. folks,
years before the colonies be
came the USA, there occurred
a nasty little war between
New Jersey and New York.
Probably seven were killed
and seven times five wounded.
Hurriedly a joint commission
was selected, which settled
the things we call boundary
lines. For almost the first lime
in history a straight-line boun
dary was determined upon. In
this case they surveyed a line
from the Hudson river at the
41st degree parallel to the Tri
stale rock at the big bend of
the Delaware River.
That line exists today and
raids made (feudlike) to
snatch the choicest valleys are
looked upon as barbarian.
From then on the USA used
straight lines frequently;
through the Mason-Dixon line,
then on lo the Mid Wcsl. Look
al the map. See all the linear
boundaries. Wyoming und Col
orado are totally oblong.
From our maps we can prove
to all Ihe hostile world thai
we have been a nalion readv
for negotiation and are civil
mstead of war-like in our in-
ner nature.
Well might India settle its
strife with China; Katanga
with Congo: Yemen with
Saudi, and West with East
Germany. Straight lines may
be surveyed wilh instruments
other than bomb throwers.
Even in the New Jersey fracas
the raulers came out ot that i
"ST? ,.""",C,J, .
range, especially the "newer"
type like the Himalayas and
the Rockies, make boundaries
that are not practical and
stable. To follow the ridges is
too hazardous for the survey- j
to follow the valleys
just what brings on the feuds.
Lakes and deep, wide rivers
make good boundaries, bo-
I cause the center-lines may be
1 easily determined, as on Lake
Eric and the Detroit river. To
cite our successful boundary
, with Canada-every one knows
of that'
So. t lie re IS a way out of
the almost accepted dilemma
as to the walled barrier in
mid liciiin. Negotiation, more
negotiation is the thing. There
i no room for ra.-hness or im
patience as the papers head
line toda .
al'.er Gabriel,
51 Jamo st .
Newark, N, J.
Equality
i'o the Editor Everett Ack
hn s letter was very good. The ',
cry. "Den l change horses m
the middle of the stream."
worked m the
past and it
Money has
vv e hear on I
worked
again
spoken,
By Die way
Trouble From 'Little'
Involves Many World
on Sept. 19 when Yemenite
rebels under Brig. Gen. Ab- colony, its port at the tip of
dullah Sallal shelled the pew the Arabian peninsula, and
Imen off his throne in the the adjoining Southern Ara
medieval capital of Sanaa and bian Federation of sheikdoms
proclaimed a republic which j and sultanates which Britain
would be closely aligned with is pledged to protect.
Nasser's U. A. R. j On the Saudi Arabian side,
The Iman, at first thought ; the struggle is developing into
dead in the debris of the pal-! a clear contest between Nas
ace, turned up in neighboring ! ser and King Saud.
Saudi Arabia, and thus the Nasser has poured men and
stage was set for the current supplies into Yemen which in
conflict involving the U.A.R. ! turn has threatened to carry
and the rebel Yemen regime the war into Saudi Arabia,
on the one hand and Saudi Working for Nasser is a
Arabia and Jordan on the 'deep split within the Saudi
other.
There was no special
mourning for the fall of the
Yemen monarchy.
But neither the Jordanian
nor the Saudi Arabian royal
governments fancied a revo
lutionary government on the
flank. The United States and
Britain were concerned not
only over the stability of the
Middle East but for the rich :
oil fields as well.
Britain worried also about I
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Over the past week end,
Lakeview was one of Oregon's
busiest spots. It was host to
the Oregon Cattlemen's Asso
ciation. From all over the state and
from the fringes of the ad
joining states of Idaho, Nev
ada and California, they were
gathered al the historic capi
tal of the early cattle country
- and if you just happened lo
drop into town without a res
ervation you were out of luck.
Afler bracing all the motels
in town and learning that on
this particular week end
rooms were scarcer than ici
cles along the equator, you
wished fervently that you had
brought your sleeping bag
along.
But nobody slept in the
streets. When the hotels and
the motels ran out of rooms,
the hospitable people of Lake
view rallied around and took
the conventioneers into their1 GETTING back to the cattle
homes. I VJT nien wno were gatherec
Over the past three quar- in Lakeview. over the past
ters of a century, Lakeview : week end, they are changing
has changed in manv ways
but the hospitality of its peo
ple hasn't changed by so much
as a hair's breadth.
T AKEVIEW, of course, has
" seen many changes.
First it saw the cattle busi
ness recede enough to make
way for a burgeoning lumber
industry: Then both lumber
and cattle stepped aside
enough to make room for a
uranium boom.
Now it is oecomlng a tourist
capital. Highway 395 is an in-
creasingly popular tourist ! crease. His sport jacket is apt
route. During the summer, j lo be the envy of all the col
tens of thousands or Californ-1 lege boys in sight of it.
ians Dour over it on their wav .
to the Pacific Northwest and C-1 -Canada.
And now the Winnc- H
mucca to the Sea Highway has
been added.
It crosses 395 at Lakeview.
The result is an important
every side more and more -the
Bible says "thai all men
are created equal." Now I'm
asking some of these quotcrs
to give us book, chapter and
verse - no quotes from any
thing but a King James Bible.
All others are man's creation,
every reprint means a hun
dred other changes. Now
book, chapter and verse,
please.
Boy. we've got Cuba hem
med in tighter than a drum!
Any ship we can't board we'll
sink! There's one! There! We
sure got her picture.
Yours for America.
Ella Powell
Box ti2l
Central Point, Ore.
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I BjbIc ma'v 8ilv abm ' Hv
.) i ".- ' , ',
mereI . '
Dcclara.ton of Independence
! equal," and that the U.S. Con
stitution says that no person
I shall be denied "equal pro
I tection of the laws,"
Truth' Duality?
To the Editor:
Some say two truths
there cannot be -that
four is ever
one and three
or one and one
and one and one
or two times two
This do I own;
That one may cize.
regarding four,
i potentialities
galore -J
and fractionwisr
or subtrahending.
truths of four
are never-ending
Which equals w Inch
and which is fact -gauge
or integer
intact'
Can four or standard
bear subsidence
sans a state
of coexistence"
Thelma Carson
Star Route. Box fcO
Prospect. Ore
a possible threat to Aden
Arabian royal family, five of
whom have renounced their
titles and citizenship and
pledged to work witll Nasser.
King Saud has reorganized
his government and has
named his half-brother. Crown
Prince Faisal, to head it. Fai
sal has launched a scries of
internal reforms to channel
j more of the nation's oil wealth
into social and economic de
velopments.
The royal family and Ihe
JENKINS
addition to Lakeview's tourist
industry. New motels are be
ing built all over the place,
and the tourisl dollar is grow
ing in importance in Lake
view's economy.
INCIDENTALLY, the Win
nemucca to the Sea high
way is an important addition
to Oregon's tourist business.
Highway 40, one of the big
East-West Main Streets, turns
sharply to the south at Winne
mucca, and in the past that
has resulted in draining a
heavy share of lis west-bound
tourists down into Central
California.
ft is now possible for these
tourists to continue on across
Southern Oregon to the Ore
gon beaches by a short and
pleasant route. In increasing
numbers, they are doing just
that. Lakeview is a natural
for their first slop in Oregon.
too.
It has always been possible
to spot a cattleman at least a
block away. It still is. But the
distinguishing marks are
changing. There was a lime,
for example, when one noted
a tendency to a bow in the
lower limbs, acquired by long
and close association with a
cow pony.
No more.
In these days, the cattle
man's well-tailored trousers
hang straight from the belt to
the shoe, with a Derfect
in these later days you
want to locate a cattleman,
just look for the best-dressed
man in sight. The modern cat
tleman looks more like a big
city banker than anybody
else.
The world is changing, and
the cattle business is changing
along with it. But it is still
big business in Oregon, and
wc love it. We love it all the
more because the cattlemen
have resisted stubbornly the
efforts of Big Government to
get its nose under the edge
of the cattle lent.
More power to these stub
born free enterprisers.
Zurich, Switzerland - i:PP -The
International Press Insti
tute published Tuesday a
cable to Ghana President
Kkame
"shuck
Nkmmah expressing
and dismay" al his
government s takeover of the ate predecessors lived their
country's o n 1 y independent j professional lives on the open
newspaper. The message said seas: like the buffalo and the
the 1.400 members of the in- j whooping crane, thev are a
stitute hoped that the "eman-1 vanishing species on tho
cipation of Africa" would be American scene. The oreani
marked by "the growth ol a ; zation man is now grazing
thriving and indigenous ! peacefully even in the groves
Press" I of Academe.
"Never mind about ralim
many G.I. i who remember
War
Capitals
government believe the Saud
is will rally ta their side. Nas
ser's actions indicate he u
fomenting and expects a rev
olution. Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Karris
(c Field Enterprises Inc.
LAST OF THE BREED
I When John Steinbeck waj
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature this year, his
award prob-
rVffrrl ably marked
the end of an
era in Ameri
c a n writing.
Steinbeck is
about the last
of the "self
made" wri
ters. After be
ing graduated
from h i e h
Harris
scnooi in Salinas, Calif., Stein
beck spent a year or so at
Stanford and then left to go
into newspaper work. With
the exception of Sinclair
Lewis, who received a degree
from Yale (and then also join
ed a newspaper staff), most of
the older generation of wri
ters did not have the dubious
benefits of a college educa
tion. Ernest Hemingway left
school to become a cub re
porter; he had no college
training al all. William Faulk
ner spent less than two years
at the University of Mississip
pi, and then quit. Eugene
O'Neill took a year at Prince
ton, and left hastily. All these
men were Nobel Prize win
ners. In ihe generation of lha
1920s and 30s. such pre
eminent writers as Sher
wood' Anderson; H. L.
Mencken. Carl Sandburg
and Ring Lardner were ut
terly divorced from the aca
demic community indeed,
much of their literary satire
and scorn were heaped
upon the American colleges
and universities in those
decades.
Today, all this hai
changed. Not only do ihe
bulk of writers take their
degrees (and often go on Jo
graduate work), but most of
them continue to be associ
ated with colleges as lec
turers, instructors, or
"poets-in-residence." From
year to' year, they travel
the academic circuit, gen
erously subsidized for the
prestige of Ihe university.
It is still too early to tell
how this new relationship
will affect the output and
the quality of their creative
work. The old class of pro
fessional writers was inde
pendent, irreverent, and
sometimes militarily
anti-
intellectual. Heresy
their stock-in-trade.
was
The new breed has been
quietly domesticated: they
lecture, they preside at sem
inars, they patiently partici
pate in writers' "workshops."
They lunch with the Dean,
dine with the President, and
parade before the trustees on
ceremonial occasions.
Creative writers should, of
course, be the critics of their
society; when they become a
part of the Establishment, it
is moot whether they have
gained more than they have
lost. Certainly, a university
should harbor talents; but
does a talent do best in a
harbor or on the open seas?
' Steinbeck and his immerii.
after 17 yean, then aren I
what it really wai like . .