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Sunday, November 11, 1962 Allegory & Freud In Neanderthalia THE INHERITORS. William Golding. Harcourt, Brace and ]Vorld, Inc. $4-50. 233 Pages. By W. H. SCARBOROUGH Readers have become leery of historical novels as a result of that avalanche of incredibly poor pot-boilers which hit the market after World War 11. It is not un usual, then, that a book such as this would be warily circled and sniffed before it is tasted. For in setting, at least, it prehistorical. A very few pages suffice in the discovery that the setting, the people, the events are irrelevan ces insofar as what Golding is writing about. The last eight Neanderthal men are following their way to doom along the path of a tradition, half instinct, half nebulous thought. They are a gentle lot—playful, free of inhibition, fatally inter dependent. The disappearance of a log over a spring torrent re quires the concerted thought of everyone in its explanation. They have left their wintering grounds by the sea to seek the ease and bountiful food of their summer range. The elder of the group has perhaps started them on the journey too early, for it is cold. Food is scarce and they must eat meat, to which they are un accustomed and of which they are afraid. Their deity, such as it is, frowns upon eating meat undrained of blood. The fire on which they depend for warmth is carried in a loaf of wet olay, since they have no means of starting another. That which they have “fell from the sky.” Scarcely have they attained the cave which they and forgotten generations before them have us ed as summer quarters before a new people who stand upright, with high, grotesque foreheads begin to decimate them. First, the old man who keeps their small hoard of wisdom and tra dition dies from the rigors of the An Indifferent Pile Os American Satire AMERICAN SATIRE IN PROSE AND VERSE. Edited bn Henry C. Carlisle, Jr. Ran dom House. $6.95. s6s Pages. By W. H. SCARBOROUGH As nations tend to favor cer tain weapons above others for personal combat, so is the na tional flavor of satire mounted on cultural concepts of wit. The English longbow find its counter part in the barbs of Pope and Johnson; the French, partial to epees and rapiers, found Voltaire, Moliere and a host of others equally to the point. Italian stil ettos flash in the dark, supplant ed now and then by a cup of cold poison. But if we arc to take the testi mony of this collection, the bulk of Americans put their trust in bludgeons, canes, damp macar oni and birdshot. Although a significant minority of American satirists have adap ted foreign weaponry to local use, and a very few have contrived highly original variants, they are swamped between these covers. Dorothy Parker, James Thur l>cr, Itobert Benchley, H. L. Mencken, E. B. White, Wolcott Cibbs in our own century, Mark Twain in the nineteenth, are pres ent, but outnumbered. There have been native wits who could flesh pretension and puncture fa tuity on the same footing with anyone in the world, but they have left it to others to record •heir sallies and Mr. Carlisle is not a recorder. The mordant wit of a Voltaire oi' a Swift crossed the Atlantic m leaden casks, and epigrams, with notable exceptions, almost weren’t imported at all. Mr. Carlisle’s anthology omits parody, though this may be a matter of necessity, and thereby excludes a number of fine satir isls. Peter DeVricss’s splendid ISM’s By George Matthews Jr. SOCIALISM COMMUNISM CAPITALISM COLONIALISM A Brief Modern Interpretation on a Timely Subject FOR SALE AT • Intimate Bookshop • Eubanks Drug • Bulls Head Bookshop • G,eß Eennox Pharmacy • Fowlers Food Store 50c pCf COpy Books journey. Their leader, whose ca pacity for “pictures” or half ideas is the group’s sole hedge against new situations, disappears mysteriously at the first encoun ter. The others, unable to accent his disappearance as meaning he is dead, search repeatedly at the precipice where his scent trails off into the river below. The re mainder go by ones and twos; the two children as captives, the women into the river. Two re main. They haunt the outskirts of the invaders’ camp, they plot to recapture the children, suc ceed only in terrifying; their ene my, to whom they, „ prg, i-gUftfcfV, natural monsters. Long before the last chapter of this melancholy little tale it has become apparent that facts and circumstances are secondary in struments. Golding is telling of a different oddyssey and a vast ly more complex decline. As do most authors, he would probably make vehement denial that he is dealing in allegories and para bles which are basically Freud ian, perhaps Jungian. With this interpretation, his Neanderthals become equivalent to the id—the unconscious, the in stinctual-while the high fore heads, the thinkers and artificers, have the ego all to themselves. 'What one group does to the other constitutes the nasty little psy chological schism in whose toils modern man has trapped him self. It is a skilfully told tale with few flaws, save those of technical details, with which anthropolo gists and certain schools of psy chology would find fault. These are easily written off to literary license. Allegory and Freud are out of vogue with contemporary fiction, but this not not the full substance of the book either. Mr. Golding has produced a pleasur ably melancholy evening's read ing. imitation of Faulkner, “Requiem for a Noun, or Intruder in the Dusk,” deserves inclusion in any volume that claims to be compre sensive. _ , Another inexplicable omission is that of Charles Erskine Scott Wood, whose “Heavenly Dte-' courses” of the early 1900’s made a shambles of Blue Noses, bigots, and politicians. These notwithstanding, Mr. Carlisle has included a moderate proportion of that which is mem orable. Washington Irving’s popular image, founded superficially on his authorship of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, should be enhan ced by inclusion of his homely portrait of 18th century American prudery. James Fenimore Coop er, so often frayed and worried by the hatchetry of Mark Twain, is allowed his say. Twain him self is sufficiently present to in dicate his true stature as the glory of nineteenth century pith. On the contemporary scene, much of the best satire would appear to be journalistic in orig in. Eric Sevareid, James Reston, Art Buchwald certainly their work is the most widely consum ed and appreciated, but we still wonder at the whereabouts of Richard H. Rovere. Perhaps Americans are still too sclf-conscious to turn out humor ous ridicule. The bulk of the selections included here carry a heavy burden of anger that be comes neither author nor writ ing. But it would be wrong to dis miss American satire on the weight of this evidence. It is more likely that Mr. Carlisle has edited an indifferent anthology. For best results use the Weekly classified ads. They work around the clock for you. i-- 'iH *' - V s ■kL, '.. ISisisl . ■ ■ w-/ Markoosha Fishcher AUTHOR OF ‘REUNION IN MOSCOW’ An Intimate Look At The Soviet Mind REUNION IN MOSCOW. Markoosha Fischer. Harper & Row. 240 Pages. $5.00. By CRAIG SMITH These days almost anyone who spends a few weeks in Russia as a tourist considers himself quali fied to write a book on the sub ject. Markoosha Fischer, how ever, has several advantages ov er most American tourists. A native-born Russian, she easily passed in Moscow as just anoth er out-of-towner; she lived in Moscow during the 20’s and 30’s, giving her solid grounds for com parison with the past; she has many old friends in Moscow with whom she talked intimately and through whom she met other Rus sians from many walks of life. Mrs. Fischer left Russia in 1939, utterly disillusioned with the Bolshevik regime she had once supported, having seen one after another of her friends shot, im prisoned, or exiled in Siberia. She returned in 1960 for the first time, curious to see if and how the Russians had changed since she lived among them. Here, set down in informal, often dis jointed style, are her observa tions from talking to old friends and new acquaintances, children and .ckambgj&ijuds, shopkeepers and scientists. Wherever she went—to friends’ homes, to the theater, to Boris Pasternak’s funeral, to exhibits, or just to sit in the park, she kept her eyes and ears open and was ready to talk with anyone. She introduces a number of typical characters —a divorced couple who continue to live together— with their in-laws—because sep arate apartments are impossible to find; a returnee from exile whose family, health and career had been ruined by years in Si beria; a group of university-edu cated students who hadn’t heard of Trotsky’s death; a college pro fessor who asked endless ques tions about freedom in America. The dominant characters in the book are the women—women of all kinds, with whom Mrs. Fisch er discussed marriage and di vorce, children, shopping, food, home decoration, and from whom she found out some surprising facts about the important role of the Grandmother and about the typical Soviet matron harrass ed, unglamourous, constantly busy, but never bored or lonely. Although Mi's. Fischer rarely Membership Drive Begun By Library The Friends of the Chapel llill Public Library have announced their 1962-63 membership drive in a Newsletter to old and new users of the library. The ‘Friends’ is an organization of interested townspeople who support the activities and aims of the library by. their time and contributions. Last year they contributed $950 to purchase new books. Individual membership is sl. associate $5, donor $lO and pa tron $25 and can be mailed to Harold Walters, treasurer, 115 EVERYTHING 111 BOOKS THE MM EECMHGE “The South’s largest and most complete Book Store” at five Points Durham, n. c. - ' - ■* - - ■— THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY discusses serious political mat ters, preferring to tell her story in terms of people rather than generalizing, her personal anec dotes give considerable insight into Soviet views. The reader cannot help but be impressed by the intense enthusiasm and pride in the accomplishments of their country that even the most crit ical Russian citizen feels. Mus covites will line up for hours just to see a new building going up, a new park opened, a redecorat ed train station ticket office. The fact that a family of five can now live in two rooms instead of one is a source of satisfaction— and the people are convinced that things will continue to get bet ter. A more frightening aspect of the Soviet mind emerges from Mrs. Fischer’s account of her few attempts to discuss foreign and international issues with the Rus sians. The people she spoke to knew every detail about Little Rock and could name the Amer ican teachers who were fired from their jobs because of Com munist leanings but the few facts they knew about Russia’s part in the cold war were dis torted, and they countered any criticism of the USSR with auto matic, stock denials “'Mrs. Fischer found herself pai ticularly embrarassed by the seg regation issue—embarrassed be cause the Russians confronted her with undeniable facts from the American press. She believes the racial problem to be one of the greatest blots on our national reputation, and suggests that one solution might be to send our rabid segregationists, who claim to be patriotic Americans, to Russia, where they could see (or themselves how much harm they are doing in their country. Reunion in Moscow adds noth ing new to our store of facts about Soviet Russia. It stresses the same characteristics that we hear from countless other obser vers—the Russians are charm ing, friendly, curious about the West; they love children, food, and the theater; they are pa triotic, dogmatic, convinced that their way of life is right. But Mrs. Fischer does contribute a personal, warm, human approach to these facts, letting her own experiences and the people she met speak for themselves. The result is as enlightening as many a learned sociological work, and far more entertaining. W. Franklin St., or left at the library desk. In spite of gifts and awards such as the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award of last year, the li brary has less than half of the number of volumes recommend ed for a community of this size and needs continued support. CHURCH MEETING llie women of the Presbyterian Church will hold their monthly luncheon meeting on Monday, Nov. 12. Mrs. Larry Isbell will be the speaker. BILLY ARTHUR After making four car-pool trips to Estes Hill in a single day, Mrs. Bill Friday was bushed. “I feel as if I’ve been in the car all day,” said she. “People used to think that only the under privileged rode school buses. But I hope today’s children who ride school buses appreciate how privileged their parents are.” * * « Our intelligence department in New York reports that an ingen ious manufacturer has come out with a hair tonic called “That Greasy Kid Stuff” and is selling it as fast as he can produce it. + * * Tony Jenzano is asking people if they know the definition of a bigamist. “It's a dense fog in Italy,” he adds. # * * Our West Franklin Street re porter tells of a post-football game drunk who got in p Tar , Heel cab at George Barclay’s fil ing station and asked to be tak en to the Carolina Theatre. The driver opened the door and said, “Come on, fellow, get out. You’re right at it.” And the drunk staggered out Palmatier Nemed As RTI Governor Everett D. Palmatier, professor and chairman of the Department of Physics at the University, last week was named to the North Carolina Research Triangle In stitute’s Board of Governors. Dr. Palmatier’s appointment to the board came at a Research Triangle Institute annual meet ing. Others joining the 25 man Board are W. Bailey Sellars, vice president of research and development, Burlington Indus tries, Greensboro; and Herbert T. Randall, former vice president of research and engineering and now director and consultant of Champion Papers, Inc., Hamilton, Ohio. George Walts Hill, chairman of the board, said, “The exten sive research these three men bring to the Board will be invalu able to the Institute’s continuing efforts to expand its role of serv ice to industry and government.” Dr. Palmatier, an expert in cosmic ray research, joined the faculty of UNC in 1949 and has been chairman of the department since 1956. He is the author of numerous technical papers and has participated in Atomic Ener gy Commission cosmic ray re search expeditions on Mt. Mitchell and on White Mountain in Cali fornia. A native of Winnipeg, Canada, Dr. Palmatier attended Manitoba University from which he re ceived a B.S. degree in physics and chemistry in 1938. He re ceived a Ph.D. degree from Cor nell University. UNC Faculty Club To Hear Pearsall Thomas J. Pearsall of Rocky Mount, a member of the Univers ity board of trustees executive committee, will address the Fac ulty Club here Tuesday at l p.m. “An opportunity of the Univer sity for Rededication and Lead ership” will be Mr. Pearsall’s subject. He recently headed a commit tee of trustees and University of ficials who went to California to study the state-controlled system of higher education and com munity colleges. He served in the General Assembly and was au thor of the “Pearsall Plan" re lating to school assignment laws following the Supreme Court de cision in 1954 on school segrega tion. A graduate of the University and its Law School, he also holds the Honorary LL.D. degree. The meeting will be held at the Faculty Club. Luncheon is served from 12 noon. The program, pre sided over by Professor John Kunstmann of the Germanic Languages Department, will be gin at 1 p.m. For best results use the Weekly classified ads. Now On Display At The Intimate • 5c Christmas Cards • Tinseljy Advent Calendars • 1963 Engagement Calendars • Our Handsome Christ mas Catalogue. Ask for it. The Intimate Bookshop 119 E. Franklin St. Open TiU 10 P*M. and said, “Next time, don’t drive so fast.” • * * Overheard in the Rat: “He’s the kind of a fellow who borrows money to buy beer and then drinks it for courage to bor row.” * * * Ruth Faison Shaw has added a third gold fish to her pond al ready occupied by two named Mr. and Mrs. Billy Arthur. And she has named the new comer Jealous Lover. * * « A pre-election story going the rounds among Orange County Democrats was about two birds flying high over Chapel Hill. One asked, “Who you gonna vote for?” And the other said, "Blackwell Robinson, because he’s for us." The Republicans got hold of it and inserted Horace Korne gay’s name . ’ * * * This report from Parkwood sounds like a joke, but I’ll pass it on. Seems as if a lady was bath ing early one afternoon, and the door bell rang persistently. She rushed to the door dripping wet and called, “Who is it." The an swer came, “The blind man.” She figured as long as the man was blind there was no need for precaution, so she opened the door and the man asked, “Where you want your blinds, lady?” * * * With Thanksgiving coming there are many things for which to be thankful. Most important is to be glad you’re not a turkey. Come to think of it, why doesn’t someone cross turkeys with kan garoos so you can stuff them from the outside? Friends Official Will Speak Here Colin W. Bell, national Execu tive Secretary of the American Friends Service Commute, and internationally rccogiized as a leader in Quaker search for non violent resolutions of the tensions between nations and people, will be principle speaker at the an nual meetin gos the AFSC’s southeastern region, to be held here next Saturday. Claude Shotts, chairman of the regional Executive " ’ComrKittee will preside. B. Tartt Bell, the executive secretary for the south eastern region, will also deliver a major address. He will speak on “The Service Committee’s Role in the Region.” Mr. Bell will speak on “The AFSC’s Response to Internation al Crises." A discussion period will follow his presentation. A native of Liverpool, England, Mr. Bell has just returned to this country after a two months’ trip to Europe, the Middle-east, and Africa (including Algeria and the sub-Saharah region'. While abroad, he visited With high of ficials of government and con sulted with AFSC staff on the or ganization’s on going programs in foreign lands. He has been a staff member of the American Friends Service ommittec since 1946, and associ ated with work of the Society of Friends in a professional capaci- Grant Johannesen Performs Tuesday The second presentation of the Chapel Hill Concert Series will be a piano recital by Grant Johan nesen Tuesday evening in Me morial Hall at 8. Unanimously recognized by the critics for his mature mind and mature interpretations, he can give concerts "remarkable for an intimacy of feeling” yet he is also capable of evoking a "tre mendous storm of pianism rare ly heard today. A specialist in romantic music, Mr. Johanucsen’s program will include Mozart. Beethoven, Faurc, Schumann, Milhaud and Debussy. Ethridge To Join Journalism Staff Mark Ethridge, chairman of the board of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, will join the staff of the UNC School of Journalism next September, Wil liam B. Aycock, Chancellor of the University, and Norval Neil Lux on, Dean of the School of Journ alism, announced today. He will teach one course, News paper Management, each semes ter and will lecture in other jour nalism classes and at institutes and short courses held under the sponsorship of the School of Journalism. He will also be avail able for consultation by students and staff members. The Ethridges plan to build a home on acreage they have pur chased some twenty miles from Chapel Hill. "We are most fortunate in be ing able to add such a dis tinguished publisher to our staff," Dean Luxon said. "Mr. Ethridge's long experience in all phases of newspaper work on small and large newspapers in Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, New York, the District of Columbia, and Kentucky will afford our students an unusual opportunity to study under one of the acknowledged leaders in the newspaper pro fession." Mr. Ethridge has spoken a number of times on the Chapel Hill campus before academic and newspaper audiences, most recently in October, 1960. at the dedication of Howell Hall, home of the School of Journalism. In addition to his newspaper work, Mr. Ethridge has served the government in various capaci ties including a IMS visit to the Balkans for the State Depart- f. - aS COLIN W. BELL ty since 1943. He served as as sociate secretary of the foreign service section of the AFSC in 1948, after which he served for two years as administrator of the AFSC work with refugees in the Gaza strip. From 1950-1955, he was direc tor of Quaker International cen ter in Geneva, Switzerland and represented the Friends world committee at the United Natios European headquarters in Gen eva. He was associate executive secretary of the AFSC from 1955 to 1959, when he became na tional executive secretary. The annual meeting of the re gion will be held at the Com munity Church beginning at 11 a.m. The program will include a panel discussion on “Education for World Peace,” and a panel discussion on “New Frontiers in Race Relations.” The meeting will adjourn at 4: L 5 p.m. It’s Children’s Book Week Come and Celebrate • Heart-warming display of the books Santa will favor this Christmas. Conic twice once with the youngsters and once with your Christmas list. • Free little book for every pre school youngster who comes with his parents. • We’ll promise not to tell if you get, ail sniffly and romantic. Children’s books make us feel that way too. • If you haven’t a child, borrow one and come along. Everybody should have fun during Chil dren’s Book Week. THE INTIMATE BOOKSHOP 119 Ea&t Franklin Street Open Till 10 p.m. Page 3-B 4a MARK ETHRIDGE ment, American delegate on a United Nations Commission to Study Greek Border Disputes in IM7, American representative on the Palestine Conciliation Com mission. and as chairman of the U. S. Advisory Commission on Information, 1948-1950. He is a trustee of the Ford Foundation. Mr. Ethridge’s newspaper ca reer began on the Meridian (Miss.) Star in 1913. Later he was a reporter on the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer Sun; city editor and managing editor. Macon (Ga.) 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