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By PETE IVEY
Special To The DTI I
Amid the commotion of the
celebrated Paull Squall, Ray
mond Adams has found the
time to write a poem about
his troubles.
An authority on the works
of Thoreau and a teacher of
American literature here for
the past 45 years, 68-year-old
Adams was inspired to verse
by a message from a kins
woman. Adams has a niece who saw
his picture in Life magazine
and she wrote him a saucy
bit of verse about his role as
acting chairman of the Eng
lish Department which inves
tigated assertions about grad
uate student instructor Mich
ael Paull. A Raleigh TV sta
tion reported Mr. Paull had
assigned freshmen students to
write a poem on "How I Would
Seduce a Girl" based on a
17th century poem by Andrew
Marvell entitled "To His Coy
Mistress." A faculty investi
gating committee has cleared
Mr. Paull and returned him to
his classroom.
KEPT POISE
As those who know him best
would expect, Prof Adams has
kept his poise despite the
swirl of newspaper interviews,
one phone call after another
from counselors and interro-
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tioning him for instantaneous
action on a variety of mat
ters. During the past three
weeks he has confronted dai
ly newspaper reporters, TV
newsmen and cameramen
and magazine reporters. He
called the campus cops when
a Life photographer tried to
snap a picture from over a
classroom transom. He has
been on the hot spot and ad
mits he may be the "fall guy"
in the publicity and contro
versy. To commiserating col
leagues, he said, "I'm rather
enjoying it."
Here is Dr. Adams' reply
(also in the language of Mar
vell) to his niece:
Thank You, Peggy
"Had we but world enough,
and time,"
I'd thank you, Peggy, for that'
rhyme;
"But at my back I always
hear"
The news reporters drawing
near,
Or LIFE men wanting word
of Paull,
"Coy Mistress" holding me m
thrall.
"We would sit down and think
which way,"
Except, "like amorous birds
of prey,"
No one will give me time to
plan
Where to consign the TV man.
"The grave's a fine and pri
vate place,"
I'll let him go to hell apace.
Adams said that the Paull
issue takes on all the charac
teristics of a literary plot. "We
have here the dramatic clash
of opposing ideas, sex, mys
tery, academic freedom no
tions, suggestions of in loco
perentis, TV-press squabbles,
instigations by campus acti
vists." He added, "The only thing
I haven't been able to detect
in the drama is the role of
heroine."
ARCH TYPE
Raymond Adams looks like
the archtype of the peda
gogue: countenance . solemn
and , s slightly shy; shoulders
stooped; speech soft, cultivat
ed, voice well modulated. He
wears a tweed coat, and a
muffler in cold weather. His
bulging brief case goes with
him everywhere. Looks are
often deceiving, and Adams
is one of those docents who
may appear the absent-minded
professor type, but he is
seldom absent and never ab
sent - minded. With a poker
face, he can utter unexpect
edly comic phrases, shafts of
wit that lighten the conver
sation when he sits down at
coffee with colleagues in Le
noir Hall. One day he picked
up his individualized coffee
mug from a shelf on which
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the name "Adams" was print
ed for his daily use, he filled
up the mug with coffee and
walked to a table where oth
er faculty members were as
sembled. There he was intro
duced to Chancellor Paul F.
Sharp, who also had acquired
a coffee mug with the name
'Sharp" on it. "I am glad to
meet you," said Prof. Adams.
"I would know that mug
anywhere.
Over 40 years ago in Chapel
Hill, Adams, then a young in
structor, suddenly found he
had no chalk in his classroom.
The University was economic z
ing on supplies including
chalk which was rationed to
departments, and the English
Department's supply had run
out.
Adams dismissed the class.
He then walked to .the South
n men waucea io me uia
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tary of the University, Robert
B. House, what he had done
and why. ,
Years later, over coffee in
Lenoir Hall, Chancellor Eme
ritus House reminded Prof.
Adams of his indignation at
that time.
"Is that what Thoreau would
have done?" asked House.
"That is exactly , w h a t
Thoreau would have done,"
said Adams.
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Adams was once President
of the international Thoreau
Society. He owns the world's
largest collection of works of
Henry David Thoreau, includ
ing over 2,000 volumes. When
Thoreau's bust was unveiled
in the Hall of Fame, Adams
was invited to deliver the eul
ogy. He admits to a certain emu
lation of his hero. But he
doesn't carry it too far. He
says he doesn't live near a
lake, like Thoreau lived near
Walden Pond. "But I do have
a bird bath in the yard," he
said.
One day a friend accosted
him in the super - market.
"Would Thoreau approve your
buying these fancy groce
ries?" asked the colleague.
"Yes," replied Adams. "He
would have liked the do-it-yourself
aspect of marketing."
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Prof. Adams is also a fre
quent lecturer at gatherings
of Unitarian Church congrega
tions. Once in a sermon, he
quoted Henry L. Mencken's
advice: "If you want to make
my poor ghost happy, forgive
some poor sinner and wink at
some homely girl."
A wink at some homely girl
may be more Christian than
you think, Adams told the con
gregation. "It could even be
called The Art of Christian
Winking."
He concluded: "There are
moments in anyone's life
when to have shortcomings
overlooked and be regarded
as a worthwhile person is life
itself . . . Perhaps we can
not forgive the sinner and
give him a new change. Say
to him: I'm not concerned
about wbat aiiav done buthuSbanwho Cwas rejected thit
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FORT LOYON, Colo. (UPI)
An unpublished manuscrpt
and notes written by a 19th
Century soldier and cattleman
have shown that a 1868 - 69
winter campaign pitted an
all star lineup of Indian fight
Commanche and Arapaho
tribes.
But there is no indication
that Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hic
kock, Buffalo Bill Cody and
met that year.
Notes left by the late Luke
Cahill say the campaign was
the idea of Gen. Kit Carson.
Oahill said Carson convinced
President Andrew Johnson and
a reluctant Lt. Gen. U. S.
Grant that 'a winter thrust like
the one he used to defeat the
Navajos in 1863 was the only
answer to the Indian prob
lem. But before Carson's brain
child was transformed into ac
tion, he died at Fort Lyon.
Cahill, claims in his manu
script that he was holding the
great frontiersman's head
when he 'fareathed his
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RALEIGH What it was
was a "Prank."
That is. the title of a big,
vertical (79-by-34 1-2 - Inch
painting of splotches of color
on a dead white ground. Done
by J. P. Huggins of Chapel
Hill, it is in the North Caro
lina Artists Annual Exhibition
at the N. C. Museum of Art
through Nov. 27.
Then the show moves to
Winston - Salem for Culture
Week, and the awarding of
prizes at the second opening
of the show Nov. 30. Rumor
has it that J. P. Huggins will
win a $500 purchase award for
her work. : '
Brief biography of ; J. p;
(for Jo Pat) Huggins, wife of
L. V. Huggins Jr.:
Born in Herford, 28 years
ago.
Professional training, Watts
Hospital School of Nursing,
Durham.
Total painting experience to
date: the 20 minutes it took
her to paint "Prank."
Jurors for the show select
ed 58 works by 51 N. C. art
ists from 600 submissions. On
the jury were Theodore Sta
mos, New . York artist repre
sented by the Emrich Galle
ry, Gertrude Rosenthal, cura
tor of the Baltimore Museum
and Fred L. Messersmith,
chairman of the art depart
ment at Stetson University in
Florida.
Color Ben William's face
red.
Williams, curator of the N.C.
Museum, has been factotum of
the Artists Annual for years.
The statement from the jur
ors declared all the works in
the show "highly profession
, al." At the recent vernisage
in Raleigh, Williams was ob
viously discomfited by my in
terst in "Prank," and defend
ed it as a splendid example
of avant garde colorism in a
contained poured style. Then
he ran for the back room to
inquire who had let the cat
out of the bag.
But Williams need not be apo
logetic, for anyone can do
one good painting. The fallacy
comes in judging a per
son's artistic ability on t h e
basis of one work.
Mrs. Huggins said she was
going to try to do some more
prize winning paintings. Her
last" May 23, 1868.
The plan devised by Maj.
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan that
summer had Custer moving
south from Fort Dodge,
Kan., with his column: Bre
vet Lieut. Col. A. W. Evans
was to march from Fort Bas
com, N. M., and a third col
umn under Brevet Maj. Gen.
Eugene A. Carr was to set
out from Fort Lyon, Colo.
Cahill said Buffalo Bill was
a scout for Carr's column and
Hickock was a scout for Bre
vet Brig. Gen. Penrose, who
coirimanded Carr's advance
element.
Cahill's manuscript then
deals only with Carr's column.
Cahill said the troopers never
shot at an Indian that winter
and became hopelessly slowed
by. a bitter blizzard that swept
bogged in the resulting mud.
Cody became a hero in the
campaign, staying with the
column and providing buffalo
meat wit hhis hunting skills.
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Mrs. Huggins did the work
on raw unstretched canvas,
which was laid out on a ta
ble. She was using a surface
tension break which Helen
Frankenthaler had paint man-
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velop for her. She put on the
water base acrylic paint with
a big brush, and the way the
medium soaks into the can
vas, there are no brush marks
left, but a smooth unified sur
face as it if were a piece of
fabric.
It is basically the same tech
nique used by. Kenneth No
land, Morris Lewis, or Miss
Frankenthaler. The big differ
ence is that Noland and Lew
is used it in a hard - edged
style, while Miss Frankentha
ler and J. P. Huggins let the
transparent wash bleed out to
give the contained poured
style.
The end result is that in her
extremely brief career . Mrs.
Huggins has turned out an ex
ceedingly good painting, which
is likely to win a prize. ,
We were also authoritative
ly told that George Bireline,
who lives here and is teach-'
ing this year at UNC will win
the $1,000 purchase award.
Bireline, whose previous work
has been hard - edged color
ist, has loosened up again,
and his imagery is off center,
his brush work broad and ap
parent, and in general the
style is freer. Bireline is re
presented in New York by the
Emrich Gallery.
Taking up where Bireline
left off is Russell Arnold of
Wilson, whose big diagonal
hard - edged shapes lead one
to believe he has seen Eire
line's prize - winning work of
two years ago.
SUNDAY PAINTERS
Although, as usual, a few
Sunday painters made it, the
rage that the one ! two years 5
ago was, when only 34 works
were chosen, and a number
of them were pretty dread
ful. HCAA, 1966, is basically a
good show. It's varied, and
there is a great deal of first
rate work in it.
Chapel Hill dominates the
show, with 25 per cent of the
works. This is quite a contrast
to the Art on Paper show cur
rently at UNC-G, which has
not a lving soul from its bro
ther campus represented.
Greensboro is represented by
Horace Farlowe of Bennett
College with two masterful
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