Sunday, November 17, I94S
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
(pjD&ntA, (RwisuvA, Shod StoAisiA
Writing under the pseudonyms
of Conrad Pendelton, Padraic
Dublin, and R. C. Royce, Mr. W.
E. Kidd ,a new faculty member of
the university's English depart-!
ment, has gained widespread rec
ognition for his poems, reviews,
and short stories which have been
published in national magazines
and in over 20 antholopies.
Born at Kickinghorse Flat, near
Long Creek .Oregon, Mr. Kidd
has developed a background and
understanding for this "local col
or" type of literature. He received
his B. A. and M. A. .with highest
honors, from the University of
Oregon and studied for his Ph. D.
at the University of Iowa. He
, has taught English, journalism,
history and sociology at both, the
University of Oregon and Univer
sity of Iowa.
All during this time he has
studied and observed the people
of the west, preparing to express
the poetry of the Oregon folks and
their background in their living
speech, especially in such idio
matic phrases as "shading in,"
"dry driver," "thumb master,"
"tied to the ground," "totin stars
in his duds," "tornado juice,"
"pulling leather." "hack-trail, bell
mare," and "riding herd" in
rhymes., and in basic rhythm au
thentic to Oregon an irregular,
long-lined rhythm combining
swiftness with weight "a rhythm
that the landscape and the peo
ple have," and also in contribu-
tory rhythms and nuances indi
vidual to the various subjects or
moods.
Mr. Kidd is an individual who
knows exactly what he wants to
do and how he is going to do it.
His aim is to "interpret the sig
nificance of Oregon in the vast
procession of human creation by
expressing or implying what is
steadfast in the flux of existence,
especially in the days of global
uncertainty." In his native, Ore
gon cow-country he has found,
"the accumulated wisdom of gen
erations and an elemental har
mony which helps to give epic se-
quence and purpose thruout all
time and all change."
At present, he is working on a
novel, authentically interpreting
the cow-country oi eastern Ore
gon, which he hopes to complete
by 1948. He is also working on a
. book of poems, to be completed in
1947. Both of these works will in
corporate those guiding aims and
principles that he has so firmly in
mind and that so completely char
acterize his previous works.
When questioned on the general
topic of a "poetic nature," Mr.
Kidd replied, "A poet's more than
a fellow with a pulsing fire in his
head, he's also a guy with guts.
Hes got to be in order to battle
the frustrating restrictions of daily
life and to bear the deep and
lonely pains of the urge to create
authentically and dynamically
the human experiences that are a
part of his total past." '
Venturing a statement on the
feelings of a poet, it was Mr.
Kidd's opinion that "when de
pressed, a writer feels as if he
were an ass with tallow hoofs
walking thru hell."
During the past few years Mr.
Kidd has had works that have
appeared in "New Republic,"
'Commonwealth" "American Mer
cury," ".poetry, "voices, "prai
rie Schooner," "Sunset," "Ar
gosy," "American Prefaces,"
"Frontier Midland," and many
others. Among his various other
accomplishments are Phi Beta
Kappa, and the Editorship of "P.
H. S. T. A. Magazine," during the
years 1338-1940.
Guest Pianist
Will Perform
At 8 Tonight
A capacity audience of 1000 will
fill the Union ballroom at 8 p. m.
tonight to hear the first university
orchestra concert of the year,
featuring Pianist Mario Braggiotti
as soloist.
Emanuel Wishnow will conduct
the 68-piece orchestra.
Marking the first time that a
Union-sponsored artist has ap
peared with the orchestra, to
night's concert is the first in an
annual series of such conceits
planned by the Union.
Following the announcement
that Bragiotli would appear here,
the thousand free admission tick
ets printed for the event were im
mediately claimed. Admission has
been limited to these ticket
holders because of the size of the
ballroom. Union Director Patricia
Lahr explained.
Appealing Program
The program, which promises
a wide audience appeal, with one
exception is an All-American pro
gram listing works by such sig
nificant American contemporaries
as Aaron Copeland and Samuel
Varsity Dairy
Club Initiates
New Members
Twenty-three new members
were initiated into the Varsity
Dairy Club at a special meeting
Wednesday night The initiates
are: Eugene Jensen, William Gib
son, Max Kimmerling, Benjamin
Dart, E. Eugene Theobald, Stanley
Lux, Charles Pelton, Gail Peter
son, John Foster, Gordon Otte,
Dale Beckman, Lloyd D. Boyd
ston, Robert W. Hageman, Don
ald Perry, Jack Arp, Dwyer D.
Albert, James Mickle, Gordon
Sfbut, ' Sherman Throckmorton,
Willard Stowell, Donald Jensen,
Wayne F. Smith, and John A.Cor-bin.
Barber in addition to George
Gershwin whose "Rhapsody in
Blue" will combine the talents of
Braggiotti with those of the or
chestra. Also featured will be
Robert Addinsell's "Warsaw Con
certo." The orchestra's final se
lection is Tschaikovsky's "Ca
priccio Espanol."
Mr. Braggiotti will be heard in
a solo group including original
musical caricatures offering "Yan
kee Doodle" in the style of va
rious classical composers.
Dr. Ruth Leverton
Attends Purdue
Vocational Meet
Dr. Ruth Leverton, university
home ec instructor, has been at
Purdue University this week
where she spoke -and served as
counselor at a Vocational Guid
ance Conference. The meeting
were conducted by the Associated
Women Student of Purdue.
Specialists in each field of home
economics from various parts of
the United States were invited to
the conference to aid students in
selection of their vocations.
Dr. Leverton, who is in charge
of the foods and nutrition research
laboratory in the home economics
department at the university, rep
resented the field of research at
the Purdue conference.
Fellowship Group
Will Meet Sunday
The Ag College Fellowship will
meet Sunday evening at 5:30 p. m.
in the First Evangelical Church
at 33rd and Starr.
The group meeting at 6:30 will
discuss Christian Faith and will
be the last in this series of dis
cussions. A special Thanksgiving
program is being planned for the
following Sunday.
Current Event
Essay Contest
Rules Released
A SI, 500 prize for the best
, essay on "Roads to Industrial
Peace" has been announced by
Louis Waldman, chairman of the
essay committee of the Tamiment
' Social and Economic Institute in
New York.
Second prize will be $750 and
.three prizes of $250 will go to
those next in line. The contest is
oeii to all college undergraduate
students.
In announcing the contest,
Waldman stated that "our col
leges . are no longer cloistered
institutions, semi-detached from
reality. College students need
to be awakened to the implica
tions of current trends and
events."
The papers will be judged by
prominent editors, publishers, and
school administrators.
The rules of the contest are:
1. All undergraduate college stu-
dents are eligible. A contestant
may submit but one essay.
2. The length of the essay should
be between 5.000-8,(t0 words.
3. Xo manuscript will be accepted
unless typed, double-spaced, on
one side of the sheet.
4. The contest closes April 25th,
1947.
5. Send manuscript immediately
upon completion to Tamiment
Institute Contest. 7 East 15th
Street, New York 3. N. V. In
submitting manuscript, the
author should type full name,
college and home address, tele
phone number and name of
, college on a separate sheet of
paper clipped to essay. The
manuscript will be coded by the
Institute to insure anonymity.
Manuscripts must be original.
unpublished works.
6. Prize winning essays will be
announced and the prises
awarded with appropriate fere
monies at the 1917 June Con
ference of the Tamiment Social
and Economic Institute at
Camp Tamiment, Tamiment.
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