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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.
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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
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