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LITERARY BOOK BRIEFS May Day has come and gone. Now examinations and gradu ation are ;rowding in to steal what little time there was for reading, I ut soon the mental agony will be over, and com mencement festivities relegated to our scrap books. Then we will slip into those lazy vacation days when we have promised ourselves to rest for a long, long time and, perhaps, catch up on our reading. First on the “must list for vacation reading is a book which is currently occupying first place on the nation’s non-fiction best seller lists. But We Were Bom Free is the first book in fourteen years by Elmer Davis, top news analyst for the Ameri can Broadcasting Company. This book offers in printed form some of Mr. Davis’ brilliant comment and analysis which was heard originally on the radio or from the letcure platform. In these days of conflicting ideals and competing propaganda, Elmer Davis can help to restore our proper perspective. The nature of Mr. Davis’ comments and the man himself is well expressed in a portion of his 1951 Peabody Award presentation which read: “In a year of great anxiety and bitter tension, it has been reassuring and edifying to hear the sanity, the horse sense, and that dry Hoosier wit with which Mr. Davis con templates a troubled world . . . .” POEMS BY MARY PHILBECK Rose and Pool In a shadowed pool. A rose so still, and soft, and Its petals were powdered a Dusty pink. A pale, satin bud Stooped its head to Two tiny leaves of Emerald green Whispered that the water Was crystal clean. A fragrance as tender as a Baby’s eyes Ascended, a spray, to Pierce the skies, Deserting its velvet bed in the To n n the folds of the gown of Short stories and short novels will doubtless be most popular. Mary L. Aswell has edited a collection entitled New Short Novels, which includes contributions of Jean Stafford, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Etnier, and Clyde Miller. Shelby Foote, by the way, also has a new book of his own. Jordan Country contains a collection of four short stories and three short novels. Mr. Foote is considered to be one of the outstanding younger Deep South writers. Another better-known southern writer, William Faulkner, is responsible for The Faulkner Reader, a selection from the writ ings of the South’s eminent Nobel Prize winner. Eudora Welty's latest novel. The Ponder Heart, should not be overlooked either. British authors are contributing their share of readable fic tion, too. Good for a cool summer evening is The Gypsy in the Parlor by Margery Sharp, who will be remembered for Cluny Brown and The Nutmeg: Tree. Watch for Mary Ann, a pre- Victorian novel by Daphne du Maurier, who scarcely needs in troduction as the author of Rebecca. TTiis will be the Book-of- the-Month Club selection for July. For those who want to find good reading at a price even the student can afford, a check of the latest reprints in paper backs will be rewarding. Especially recommended are Anchor Books, published by Doubleday at prices ranging from 65c to $1.00. Among the twenty-eight issued to date are such titles as: The Idea of a Theater by Francis Fergusson, Lafcadio’s Ad ventures by Andre Gide, The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, Loving by Henry Green, The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by C. Day Lewis, Mozart: The Man and His Works by W. J. Turner, Teacher in America by Jacques Barzun, and The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett. Write to Anchor Books, Department B-1, Garden City, New York, for a complete list. It will be worthwhile, also, to look into the titles available in the British Penguin Cassics. These, too, are priced under one dollar and are available in most good bookstores. Notable among these are E. V. Rier’s new prose translations of Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. Our choice for the cartoon of the month concerns television, not books, but we’ll mention it anyway. The patient is on the operating table around which five doctors and a nurse are as sembled. The chief surgeon pleads, “Let’s try not to make any mistakes—this is being televised.” Player; Pearson Thomas --- Saunders __ Dorman Smith Matthews . Pearson __ Swofford - Love's Comparison I saw it in your eyes I heard its vibrant truth In your voice. I sensed it in your Movement, And I knew that it was love. Eve must have seen it in Adam’s eyes, heard it from His lips, and felt it in his Touch. Eve must have known what Adam felt And like mine, Eve’s Lips trembled and her Heart swelled within her Breast. Eve must have known, But Eve saw love for her In Adam’s eyes. I look into your eyes and see Love for yourself. (Continued from page 7) Fielding Averages: Pitching Averages: Till V : meet again, happy vacation, happy reading! ER ERA W L Avg. 14 3.5 4 1 .800 12 3.0 2 2 .500 7 21.0 0 0 .000 1 4.5 0 0 .000 Page 12
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