THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, March 29, 1940
Poetry
HuxSey gets
a 'luke warm1
once over
. . from Schooner reviewer
AFTER MANY A SUMMER
DIES THE SWAN,
By Aldous Huxley.
O THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER O
Schooner
features
appears in new cover,
"Best Short Stories O'Brien"
Aldous Huxley enthusiasts are
likely to defend his new novel with
a statement and a question, little
lealizing that their procedure is
not defense at all but admission
that "After Many a Summer Dies
the Swan" is not even first-rate
Huxley. The statement is this.
"You simply don't understand
Huxley." And the question which
immediately follows is, ' Have you
ever read 'Point Counter Point'?"
In this fashion the most zealous
worshipers at the Huxley shrine
unwittingly acknowledge the in
adequacies of his latest work.
Nothing is easier than to cry.
"Misundei stood!" And to justify
the shortcomings of a book by ex
tolling an earlier product of the
same pen is at best an inadmissible
strategy.
Not that this is a notably bad
novel. It has a better flavor on
second than on first reading, a
good indication. Some of the au
thor's thinking though it is aired
largely through the medium of
Mr. Propter, a lay figure all too
obviously dragged in by the heels
for just this purpose is of value.
But this thinking is enclosed in
large bundles of philosophical con-;
veisation, in at least one instance !
two full chapters of it; and the
theme, characters and plot are
simplv not strong enough to bear
such burdens. I
Mr. Huxley may be roundly I
scored for his failures in charac-
terization. Only Jeremy Pordage. j
who in his examination of the j
famed Hauberk papers inadvert- j
ently unearths the clue which leads j
to a possible gratification of his .
millionaire employer's desire for j
c-ttrnal hfc, and Dr. Obispo, the
physician retained by the mil- j
ijonaire to carry on research in
the field of longevity, possess life j
t'f their own.
The author Is hailed as a bril
liant satirist, yet his satire in this
book is obvious and rather heavy
ban led. This is especially notice
able in the early part of the novel, i
where Mr. Huxley tries his lance
en some cf the rru re transparently ,
ludicrous asp?cts of California '
i iv,l:nal ion. As for the pseudo
s.itr.tjfic thcir.e which runs
t'.roiigh the entire IxK.k, no sclf
lespecting editor of a scicre fic
tion pulp mag;..ine would accept
its development by Mr. HjOey.
Cor.sidei 3t: n of it confirms the.
iiriprfFfv.n that Harper's Maga-!
7inp, which be;; an the piintirg of,
the novel serially before its pub- ,
lication in book form, ws more
interested in the author's name j
than in the quality of his work.
LEO SONDERECGER.
Abandoning its "age-old" cover
format for a streamlined front,
the Trairie Schooner appears in
green today fillecf with twenty
stories, articles, poems, comments
and b'bliana ranging from spiritu-
alism to an estimate of Best-Short-
Stories - of - Each-Year-O'Brien.
Nebraska's literary magazine,
edited by Lowry C. Wimberly f
the English faculty, is issued quar
terly, and for the spring edition
leans toward humor and horror in
stories and the revival of the
"Bibliana' book review section un
der Xbe guest editorship of Leo
Sonderegger.
The "Edward J. O'Brien" ar
ticle, written by Robert White
j hand, a University of Iowa drama
! tist. takes the American-in-Eng-
land short story critic through
j several years of war and the
i world's fads, asserting that
I O'Brien maintains his poise as a
j dynamic optimist despite "the
J cults of muckraking and scoff -
ing. the age of garbage cans and
bad: porches.
Sherman, Grant, Lincoln and
Walt Whitman are given a "per-
Wilde's appearance there and the
results in sentiments expressed by
the Omahans. For example:
O Oscar Wilde,
Aesthetic mild
With hair well iled
And shirt front biled . . .
"The Truth About John Rogers,"
( J
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sonality sketching" in "Four Men
My Father Knew." an article by
Jennie Morgan, the daughter of
John S. Morgan of the Union
army. "Oscar Wilde in Omaha,"
bv Carl Uhlarik, is an account of
PROF. WIMBERLY.
Schooner editor.
the boy who loafed his way thru
law college by calling on his dead
father-attorney to help him thru
the exams, the dead father's con
science being over ridden by his
dead mother, stands out among
the stories. It was written by Fred
Koch, ex-University of Nebraska
student now in New Orleans.
Rather morbid and biological is
the "Insect" story of a boy terri
fied by houseflies, written by
Thomas Polsky, whose "Night to
Howl" appeared in the last issue
of the Schooner. The other story,
"Homecoming," is written by Earl
Guy, a new writer at present har
bored in Stillwater, Minnesota
prison, according to a note au
thorized by Mrs. Guy.
Wimberly claims he writes the
"Ox Cart" section in the back of
the magazine to fill space. Actual
ly there are gathered into it all
kinds of interesting whatyouma
callit. For instance:
First Lady: Did you go to the
show last night?
Second Lady: No, I didn't
have nobody to go with.
First Lady: Well, if I'd a
knowed that you'd a wished to
a went, I'd a either come and
biung you or saw that you'd got
to git to gone.
Poems for the spring issue of
the Schooner number ten, include
many authors, such as George
Feinstein of the University of
North Dakota, who says he has
written 75 poems since hearing
the lectures of Robert Frost and
Paul Engle and hopes to publish
them under the title "All this and
Hell Too." Nebraska students are
represented in the poems of Eliza
beth Armstrong and in Eleanor
Eiche's translation from French
poetry.
Religious leader
scheduled to
address students
Luther Tucker soret.irv of the
u . j . . t- j i Eddie Klostermeyer has charge of
World Student ChnsUan Federa- anJ effect ,n
tion, will address university Chris
tian groups here April 2, in be
half of the Far Eastern Student
I Service Fund.
Mr. Tucker is one of the out-
standing figures in the World Stu-
dent Christian movement, and has
; recently returned from a trip to
(the far east. In his talk he will
' discuss conditions in China and
; Japr.n.
i The Far Eastern Student Serv
ice Fund is being raised to aid
I the students of China and Japan
Iowa State proxy
to address SAE's
Annual nears
completion
Yearbook to go on sole
in a month says Hager
The Cornhusker is in the hands
of the printer and will be on sale
"very dose to Ivy Day." Orval
Hager. yea i book editor announced
Thursday. Six beauty queens,
chosen by the editors of all Big
Six yearbook", have been selected
and will be announced at a spring
party in the near future, Hager
said.
"We expect to get the Corn
husker out two to three weeks
earlier th;.r. it has l-cn the last
couple of years." the editor said.
He spoke enthusiastically of the
scarlet. g. : i ar.j mam covers who are in financial difficulty be
whiih h:tve been received, pointing cause of the war. to do college
out the contrast to less colorful work in the United States,
shades used lxfoie. They are I
trimmed in gold and have a large !
S embossed on the fiont.
The beauty outers, featured
each year in the Cornl.uskcr. were
chc.ff-n ly year rock editors of Ne
braska, Iowa, the two Kansas uni
versities, Oklahoma and Missouri.
Bargain - -
(Continued fiom page 1.)
Dale Theobald. Genevieve E. Wild,
Elsie Mae Tomich. Lenore Alma.
Orville Indra. Mildred Dodrill.
j Kenneth Bayne. Robert G. Rupp.
and Irene Jensen.
I Director is Christine Hoffbauer.
Prose
Book talk
takes notice
of Sandoz
. . . in Schooner "Bibliana"
CAPITAL CITY, by Mari Sandoz.
One reads Miss Sandoz's novel,
which reveals and attacks "The
Ripening Fascism of the Corn
Best," with considerable active
sympathy. But the story she has
to tell of the "Little Hitler" and
the "America for Americans"
group becomes, rather than a
concentrated attack, an open war
fare on widely disparate fiords.
Miss Sandoz severely shakes scv
eral traditional strongholds but
in no instance strikes a crushing
blow. Deploying her action, she
sacrifices the importance of indi
vidual activity, filling her revel
with too many names and too few
characters.
The story is told in a series of
incidents made up of journalistic
reconnaissance, vitriolic forays,
and the final advance of narratirn,
but the continual recurrence of
the journalism and the rather
self-conscious investive gainsay
the brilliant explosion promised by
the iacket illustration. Rather
does one seem to be watching a
sparking fuse flaring omincusly
as it winds from Blue Ridge to
Herb's Addition, but spending
self finally in its own flame.
Loosely knit.
With all proper deference te
excellencies of journalism, as
"Fairly complete scrapbook . . .
on . . . the state's labor and farm
problems," one finds that the Mcy
is too loosely knit to make for a'iy
it-
it
a
rery intense sustained inter-
staging
charge of properties is Laurence i very
Tremain. Other dramatic club even v
members are assisting. Admission est.
is 15 cents. There will be a dance j Regrettable, for had it citalt
in tr.e same DUllding aiier me i mure specuieu.i;. nun nimi-s-i y
1 one of the characters, left so k.rpe
j ly to implication, and disclose! t ie
j alarming fascistic trend in tfie
' Middle West through that c .ar
j acter and through his problem,
fine might realize more Maeiiiy
that "It is to . . . boys from the
farm and the small town. Decon
taminated by the p-amsitism ( f
our Midwestern capital cities. and
to the young hb-ials from the
industrial centers of the East, t at
we must look for the presei v;.:nn
of our democracy."
I SMITH DAVIS.
play.
Convo - -
(Continued fiom page 1.)
of Phi Beta Kappa will announce
the new members of TDK. Trt sid
ing at the dinner will be Dr. M. G.
Gaba who is president of Sigma Xi.
"Geology and Strategy in the
Present War" will be the subject of
an address to be given by Johnson
j Saturday at 10:30 p. m. in Morrill
j hall auditorium. This meeting is
open to the public.
Reporter
Lcntz to solo
with symphony
I Though it was originally an
nounced that the last concert of
the Lincoln Symphony orchestra
(Continued from page 1.)
about the number of dates they
have.
Bill Allison. art inH arirnrx
freshman. ,viouia oe JHsrcn io, this date has j brief talks.
Glamour boy, so I could go with ! n t'nanP'a to Monday. April l, Approximately 175 are expected
Dr. Charles E. Friley. president
of Iowa Stale College at Ames is
principal speaker at the Sigma Al
pha Epsilon's annual Founders
Day Banquet tomorrow night at
the Cornhusker. Dr. Friley is a
close friend of Chancellor C. S.
Boucher. Tom Schaffer, active
chapter head. Dr. Paul Ludwick.
Ellsworth DuTeau, and Rex Smith,
new alumni advisor, will also make
with Don A. Lentz. of the univer
: sity school of music faculty, as
guest soloist. The progiam for
j the April 1 concert will also be
played for a children'g audience at
jthe Stuart theatre in the morn-
glamour gills.
Joy Miller, biz ad sophomore.
Beauty Queen. It would be nice
to know yoJ are that beautiful,
and think of the publicity.
Ma Wilson, engineering freshman.
Innocent. You can pull lots of
Mrings and get in control of plenty
f campus political events.
Bill Anderson, arts and sciences
freshman.
AU-Ameriean athlete. I've been Dean J. E. LRossignol of the
fissot iated with sports and inter-1 college of business administration
sled in them all during my life has a discussion of John Stuait
Jind'it haa always been my ambi- j Mill's philosophy of tec hnology
tion to succeed playing football. published in the current number
waiiy French, arts and sciences of the American Economic Re-
I iv auena. a oeiegaiion or t
alumni from Omaha will be pres
ent, as well ai alumj from all over
the state.
LeRossignol writes for
'economics mogoiine
view. The dean points out that
many writers on the subject have
erred in branding the economist
Mill a disbeliever in the machine
as an ally of the working classes.
freshman.
Phi Beta Ktppa. I think it would
help my campus prestige and
would be useful when applying for
a job. You have to have person
ality and the ability to Dolish the
apple with teachers. Also, those) XAlJCIf" m m
who succeed as PBK's are usually i '"''all
successful at other activities. (Continued from page 1.)
Janet Helm, teachers student. Herbert Schmidt. Earnest Har
Mortar Board. If you're in Mor-j rison. Marguerite Klinker, Frank
tar Board vou can be practically ; Cunkle. Alma Wagner. William
anything else because of the polit
ical pull. Those who are in it
usually have personality and
brains.
Ed Graham, extension studenL
All-American athlete. There's
more futuie in it. You get fur
ther socially, physically, and fi
nancially and the publicity Is
worth a lot.
Moore, and
Tempel. Wishnow,
Marjone Shanafelt
A complete instructional pro
gram has been arranged, includ
ing not only private instruction on
all the instruments and training in
enseir.ble playing, but opportuni
ties for appearing on radio rro
tramn and narticinntinff in indi-
IviduiJ and group recitals.
TT
note
Lornhusker
TOWNE CLUB
DANCE
Friday night
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