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LJl MONDAY. APRIL IS. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Kliltr ind Tfibuna Syndics!., 1M3) IV The Boom in Culture Young Actors, Singers, Dancers Hard to Convince Cultural Explosion in Evidence For several hours he had been conscious of a strange ness, a v e r y faint, suboued light penetrated his shell cov er. Also, for the very first time he was conscious of movement nearby; s e v e ral times he was Jolted, once ncarlv rolled over, and then the light was briuhter. Of course he didn't know the reason for the light; neither did he have any knowledge of whv he was tarred He was terribly cramped. His neck was bent and his legs were crowded against his sides. He didn't understand the pressure that held him on all sides; he didn't even know that he was a baby quail and that he was about to be born. He moved his head just the slightest distance, gained a tiny space and pushed his soft beak against the hard cover. As a chink appeared in the shell, the sound of the break scared him, so he re mained very still. Now he was conscious of a freshness as air entered the tiny opening his bill had made. Outside noises became a little louder. Freed From Prison He felt a strong push by his side as one of hjs nest mates broke out of its prison He braced his legs and tried desperately to s t r a i g h ten them. The tiny opening nt the tip of hi bill cracked and more warm outside air rushed Inside. Again he was badly fright encd when the shell broke part and his head popped out into the brightness of the sum mer day. Beside him other little heads began to appear. One baby quail, born a few minutes earlier, staggered and blundered over him, stepped right in his face as he passed. He didn't mind: it, too, was part of being born. He raised his head, put all his puny strength In his legs and pushed. The fore part of the shell fell away: he stag gered to his feet. Only min utes old, yet he could stand goggle-eyed by the brightness of the day, blinked in the sun light. The quails took tiny experimental steps they could walk. They little real ized the miracle of birth, couldn't know that less than a month ago they were liq uids inside a limy shell. Here they were now. living things, endowed with all the charact eristic and habit patterns of millions of quail ancestors; each a perfect organism, cap ble of recreating their kind, times without number. Left Thair Home The sun, high in Ihc sum mer sky, seemed to have moved but a little way before the quail family ventured out of the home nest. One little fellow walking with an effort, never questioned why he stag gered, didn't know how ridi culous he looked with half an eggshell still clinging to the rear of his body. It would fall off soon but in the meantime it marked him from his broth ers and sisters. It proved the seemingly impossible-thai he was born a-running. ah tne b a h y quails ran from (he nest, followed larger object their mother They had never heard her voice before, yet they knew what she meant, knew what to do when she sounded the alarm call. Each dove under the nearest leaf or behind the closest grass clump. Each obeyed a voice they could understand but had never pre viously heard. They remained hidden until the "all-clear" voice told them that "everything is all right, children, you can come out now." From their hiding places Ihcy emerged, baby quail that were almost horn running: little miracles of the meadow. JUDGE BURGLARIZED Newark, N.J. - IIIPD When Essex County Judge James Giullano entered his home here Sunday, he heard the hack door slam and thought even though he wobbled bad- it was his son. It wasn't. It ly on his little pink feet. was a burglar who got away Not much larger than a with $1,2110 In iewclrv and marble, the baby quail, along! $412 in cash after ransacking wtvn nis nrntnera nnn sisters, i the house. Home need decorating? I Get an HFC Householder's loan Don't let lack of money keep you from making the improvements your home needs. You can get that fix-up cash at HFC. Phone or come in. Thu table ihawt tampit loan plant. You can bor row any amount up h $'.Sno and arrange monthly paynwntt to fit $100 .too soo 1000 1500 MONTHIY PAYMENT PUNS B 5.W 11. SI 17.71 28.86 5.1 77.87 B 6.72 3.44 fl.lrt n 2 21 0 Id 10.05 20 08 SO 11 49 64 96.64 140,57 MS 18 M.9S 55.38 fll.fih 179. : .'titi.W HOUSEHO FINANCE jJi Itt tatt Main Sf.f 2nd Floor-Phone: 773-5301 Mni n flier 10 to 5 10 fn 10 to I f. . MMM ' J ' m4 IP By HARRY FERGUSON Washington UPC - It is difficult to convince young actors, singers and dancers that there has been a cultural explosion in the United Slates because an overwhelming number of them can't get jobs. The field of the arts is so overcrowded that the U. S. Labor Department urges young people to read ils ref erence guide on the subject before choosing their careers. Having talent is not enough. You have to have luck, loo. George London, the noted op eratic singer, says he became so discouraged about his pros pects in the United States that he went to Europe and within a week was hired by the Vi enna State Opera. "Since then," he added, "close to 200 American sing ers have been engaged by Eu ropean opera houses. They wore forced lo go abroad be cause they lacked opportuni ties in their own country." Acting Jobs Scare There are about 6,000 mem bers of Actors Equity Union seeking jobs on the Broadway stage. No more than 750 of them find engagements each year and unless they are in a hit they can be out of a job wilhin a week. "The modern dance field is a terribly overcrowded pro fession," says Miriam Rosen, inslructor at the University of Maryland. "In New York you can throw a penny up in the air anywhere and hit ten dancers. Your only hope is to be in the right place at the right time and from then on it's luck." More books are being pub lished than ever before and the paper backs have opened up a wide field, but the odds against an unknown writer making a living at his pro fession are almost prohibitive. To attain the best seller lists he must sell 70,000 copies and the law of averages dictates his book will not sell 1,000. Worse lor Poets Poets are in even a worse position than writers of books. Robert Frost worked as a cobbler, farmer and school teacher. William Carlos Wil Hams practiced medicine in Rutherford, N. J., to earn living. Cassius Marccllus Clay has the right Idea. A poet must have a sideline. There are about 6,000 plays registered in the Copyright Bureau here each year. The measure of the long odds against Ihe playwright is lhat this season only 50 plays were produced on Broadway. Prices Too High The Broadway theater has been pricing itself out of ex istence,'' says Jack Gaver, UPI drama critic. "It's $n to $10 for musicals and $6.90 for dramas and $7.50 on week ends. It hasn't the slightest thing to do with culture. 'Bui there has been a great ihcalcr-mindedne.ss grow i n g throughout the country. If theater culture is lo mean anything, it will have to be at this community and re gional level. The University of Michigan has a resident company of prominent New York actors in repertory. Miti eapolis will open a new Ihe alcr in May, headed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie, and with such stars as Hump Cronyu, Jessica Tandy and George Griuard. The Miller Theater repertory project In Milwau kee has been hiring Broad-was- name players, "Houston. Dallas, San Francisco. Boston, Los An geles and many othen are hot beds of cultural theater ac tivity. The conceit circuit has become a big thing for well known actors women's clubs, universities, etc. The aclors give readings of plays or lit erature or simply talk about their own careers or the theater." Rogue River Student Gets Nomination Rogue River Terry An drews. Rogue River High school, has been nominated for the annual Achievement Awards program sponsored by Ihe National Council of Teach ers of English For the sixth year, the council is conducting Ihe awardi program throughout the nation to grant recogni tion m outatandlng lugii school seniors for excellence In English The wining abilt tics and literary awareness of each nominee will be fudged by local and stale committees NCTE will announce the finalists at its annual Thanks, giving convention, and will send their names to every US college and university MU the recommendation thai Ihe students be consid ered for scholarship assist ance A There are not many indi-! Attempts to get the federal ! viduals in the United' Slates i government lo support cul- willing to sponsor the arts. ; tural activities have been un but the big foundations have dcr way for more than a dec contributed ecnerously. ! ade without success. Sen. Ja- The Ford Foundation has been especially active in sup for the arts say there is a massive indifference and even resentment against them in Congress. porting theater projects and last year distributed Sol mil lion to theater companies in New York, San Francisco, Stratford, Conn., Washington, D. C.) Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. cob Javits (R-N. Y.) intro duced bills in 1949 for sup port of theater, ballet and opera and he still is trying. His present bill calls for a National Arts Foundation which would spend $5 million the first year and $10 million each year thereafter. Persons seeking federal aid Next: Jackie Kennedy lakes command. 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