Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1948 — Page 8

"“DEMIAN." A novel. By Hermann Hesse. Introd

‘Mann, New York, Holt, $3.

HERMANN HESSE, now 7

Nobel prize.

Thomas Mann, another Nobel prize winner,

became the foremost spokesman for German intellectual in- . . ¥

dependence, ‘though resident in the United States. Today Mr. Mann introduces Hermann Hesse's short, philosophical novel, “Demian,” in an essaf full of praise, both for the man and his work. “If an aside Thomas Mann makes a brief and bitter reply to the aged composer, presumably Richard Strauss, who criticized the two novelists for turning their backs on embattled Germany. - . - FJ “A WELL-KNOWN elderly com-

Hesse,

| THE: FIRST READER vu oBy Harry Hansen Mann Introduces Colleague's

NO SURRENDER—Hermann German novelist an Nobel prize winner in 1946, who "refused to knuckle under to

Hitler and the cult of brutality.”

uction by Thomas]

0 years old, was one of the great German novelists who refused to knuckle under to Hit“ler and the cult of brutality. In 1946 he was awarded the

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Describes Campus Scene “The Professor's Umbrella,” a-new novel by Mary Jane Ward of “The|versity,” by Frederic Lilge, will be Snake Pit” fame, will be published Feb. 16 by Random House. described as “a story of rivalries and jeplousies, of bigotry and in- : tolerance on an American campus, BUT WHAT- is self-realization?|t0ld with warmth, with spirit and

{with humor.”

Mr. Hesse portrays Emil successively as the slave ‘of debauchery

Ee tere Lo Anti-Semitism Theme “drink by the ideal of & girl He learns from “Demian”. that the|McWilllims, described -as '« brand of Cain has been placed on|“thought-provoking discussion of Cain by the weak, who are afraid|anti-Semitism in America,” will be to defend themselves and thus yield|the Book Find Club's April selecprivileged. position to. the. killer.ition. The hook will be published ter Emil recognizes other con-'by Little, Brown, ’

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This book is “The World Almanac Who won“ Iast” year's World Series Literary groups throughout the

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BOOK OF FACTS FOR 1948." BLOOMINGTON, Ind,

_ New York, the New York WorldTelegram; paper, $1; cloth, $1.75. EVERY YEAR at this time the

directors. “We would like to make it an

train butcher, who has been go-| Merely an Indiana ‘University one,” 7 : : faculty advisor, : ing through the New Haven local! said, “It will remain a publication

reciting something about peanut of the University’s department of brittle—and speaking every word | English and the majority of our|’ distinctly, too—drops that stuff to commend to commuters a fat pack-

!Dan Sherwood,

ripts probably will continue to come from student writers.” . . -

age of print that. will broaden their - JN LINE with the expansion,

knowledge and elevate their minds.

and Book of Facts.”

The 1948 edition is the 63d an-

of the Folio as a supplementa! nual-opus,-and -willdefinitely. settle Pp y

state: also-have-been-approached by invitations to participate in Felio editorial content. In a letter accompanying a copy of the magazine,

and bobsled racing by which Americans expressed their energy and re-

cities have the largest population, what rivers make the longest run to|in.chief, said:

ia office or took a sll up Sak your seniors can have upon entering

college next fall will be an ability to express themselves in writing. Indiana University, as well as nearly all other universities and colleges, stresses English composition strongly. We believe our magazine can help your students by showing them ‘how young collegiate writers have solved ' the problem of self-expres-sion.”

» s 8 ALL THE YEAR round a group of experts under the editorial di-

lects figures and composes essays about what goes on in New York, the United States and the world, for one of the largest reading audiences any book gets—for the = ss » = “World -. Almanac” tops 600000, THE MAGAZINE'S directors hope that high school #nd any other interested writers will submit manuscripts. Since the Folio is a nonprofit venture which is subsidized by the university for almost 50 per cent_of its expenses, it does not

a best séller, considerably. above some of those fouted by the

Mr, Irvine,

caters to émbrye writers seeking publication of their work. ‘However, it does make use of articles by faculty members or professional writers occasionally, One of the first pieces by outside contributors was a-December issue en~ titled “Poetry and the Jackpot Age,” which was originally given as a lecture at the two-week Indiana University’s Writers’ conference last summer. The author was Rolfe Humphries, author. and editor, who was in charge of the Conference's Poetry

laws, wholesale and retail price indices, administrative organization, labor activities and a thousand other matters. Indeed, at any time, he is likely to break out with ‘reminiscence of how hick ice gets at La Cross, Wis, and that’s not a matter of statistics but nostalgia. (H. H)

Studies Reich Learning

* #The Failure of the German Uni-

published Feb. 3 by Macmillan. It is described as “the first objective |Workshop. analysis of the causes behind the| Although the Folio has not been

publication for new writers. Miles Waggoner, Bloomington, non-ticti in-chief; Anna Mae Mohr, Indianapolis, fiction

Churches Help s [Mold Opinion

"A FREE CHURCH IN A FREE STATE." By Frank J. Klingberg. National Founda-

Dan Sherwood, English Department member and faculty adviser; editor: Roseann Ball, Elkhart, art editor; William Bell, Otwell, editoreditor, and Gloria Kittell, LaGrange, Il., business manager.

11948 Almanac IU Student Quarterly Now Goes. on Sale Urges Outside Contribution

"THE WORLD “ALMANAC AND/|

letters have been sent to librarians 7 of Indiana high schools, urging use,

sent. to._all high school librarians, | fi William Bell, of Otwell, Ind., editor-| §

“One of the most valuable assets|}

pay for manuscripts. Instead it.

Times State Service Jan. 24-The Folio, Indiana University's quarterly, hitherto strictly an undergraduate publication, now is welcoming contributions from any Indiana writers. This announcement was made today by the magazine's board of

OLD SCANDAL—Raoul

Faure, whose new novel, "La

the ancient scandal of Covent Why did Lady Godiva ri bareback on that amazing da Mr. Faure, author of

Indiana literary project instead of

Godiva and Master Tom," just published by Harper, delves into

"The Spear in the Sand" and "Mister St. John," attempts to answer the question in his new novel.

IU EDITORS —Part of the editorial board of the Folio, Indiana University's quarterly for writers, discuss From left to right they are: iction

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'Man: Citizen of Universe’

“MAN: A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSE" By John O'Hera Cos j ie New York, Farrar, Straus, $2.75, :

“A FLASK FOR THE JOURNEY.” A novel. ByF.L Green. New

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Two Speakers Listed By LiteraryClub ~~

failure of German higher education, in existence long enough to pro-

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“The Gilded Hearse,” a ;novel by. Charles O. Gorham cerning a typical “dawn to

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Peter Abraham's Book

“The Path of Thunder,” by Peter \brahaims, {0 bé published by Harper's Feb. 4, has been selected : as the Harper “find” for this season. Mr. Abrahams, who was born in South Africa in 1919 in a segregated Negro slum of Johannesburg, became a teacher in a South Africa

about the world until he reached

Since then he has published three novels there. “The Path of Thun-

Three speakers are scheduled for

‘Gilded Hearse’ to Offer 'Hucksters Counterpart

{in the life of a publisher's bright | young man,” will be published early most choice morsels taken from the| | writer's diary when she was getting | | According to the publisher; Mr. | accustomed to the life of a minis{Gorham's novel “will. undoubtedly | | be described as a. literary counter-

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THE CITIZENS of the United I". |States: can thank the churches for § helping to mold American democ-

Frank J. Klingberg reaches back into European history to prove this point in his slim new book, “A Free! Church in a Free State.” He indicates the steps by which various neither alone in the world nor dedenominations threw off the L.

‘The book is published in Indi-| F, anapolis by the National FoundaME tion. - Press, a. division. of the Na- « (tional Foundation for Education in ‘ |American Citizenship. - -

THE AUTHOR is professor of history in the University of California at Los Angeles, Samuel R. Harrell of Indianapolis, wrote the preface|* for the book. Mr. Harrell is chairman of the foundation's board of

“Authority

ah institution or ecclesiastical body. The greatest single religious force in colonial America was Calvinism.”

and their growth and establishment ss =» =»

Catholic Church, he comments: - “To the Irish Catholic, the state had been in instrument of persecution, had robbed him of his land, and had forced him to set up many of “his educational institutions in France and in Spain. “He, as the chief leader of the Catholic Church in this country, became a bulwark

TREMENDOUS RESEARCH is reflected in the writer's discussion| mw.are's more -— { of the country’s expansion, her var- s Io ihe sory = fous wars, slavery, immigration and the rise of liberal thinkers such as ly Clube t |Paine - and Ingersoll. How the ] ng the Fortnightly Literary Club's two/ American churches thrived thro universities and German scholarship | has given starts to some with %' pebruary meetings in the Propy- missionary effort overseas and ugh integration of the Negro also.come Verna Palmer Sterling will talk|in for mention. : In the end his remarks on the pe dei philoso A Bill.of-Rights-echo-the whole. spilt soply Phical of the book, stressing -the Ameri ‘Wize lcafi's.” inallefible right” td" free ards,” and. Elizabeth Carr Rans- speech, free press and freedom of “Trends odern Drama,” at the meeting at | picture of

THE YOUNG BRIDE, Anna Laura) ; hearts snd. lives of Her husband a SPRING SEMESTER in the small book, | “Rural Parish.” It represents the

The book is full of] truth giving the bitter along with, It will strike many a familiar chord for persons familiar| with life in a parsonage.

Patman Writes Book “Our American Government: The Answers to 1001 Questions on How| It Works,” by Rep. Wright Patman| of Texas, will be published Feb. 20| by Ziff-Davis. It is described as a tisan handbook on fhe op-|

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AWARD-WINNER — Kathleen Hughes, 23-year-old author of "Not Quite a Dream," for which she has received the Avery Hopwood Award, will be published Feb. 5 by Doubleday.

It is her first novel. |

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“Mary Ovington Book Rated Tops

“The Walls Came Tumbling Down,” by Mary White Ovington, has been selected by a panel of 100 citizens for the 1047 Chicagoland Honor Roll just released by the Chicago Council Against Racial and Religious Discrimination. : This” autobiography of Miss Ov- |

must face the- truth that we are

void of obligations, that we don't

last, sum is a history National n “fof the Advancement of Colored People, of which the author was one of the founders.

'Circus in the Attic’ Due Next Thursday “The Circus in the Attic” a novelette and Robert Penn War. ren's first work of fiction since “All the King’s Men,” will be published

next Thursday by Harcourt, Brace. story, the forth-

*® » » GREEN'S worrying about here below is in the form of a philosophical story. “A Flask for the Journey.” I should guess it will disappoint a great many of the who enjoyed “Odd Man

12 short stories by Mr. Warren.

'Foxes' Leads Reprints

Prank Yerby's novel, “The Foxes of Harrow,” has led. reprint best sellers from March through November, acco to Publishers’

is little point in it except

Weekly. In the “Dial edition, the novel has run up & sale of over 112,500 copies. ($1.49.)

"Incredible Crosby’

“The Incredible Crosby,” a biog-

and the German com-

AFTER THE evidence of what happened in Nazi prison camps, we are not prepared for what Kaspan puts over. His attitude stumps the Germans. When he escapes, shooting one man fatally and assaulting others, he gets a trial, but is saved from execution, not by his own efforts, but by the Germans, who think him insane. ‘The commandant; -however;, -un-|-derstands him, and appropriately

Ulanov, phy of Duke Ellington, is announced for May publication by Whittlesey House.

philosophy creates more madness. And then there is the -parallel of| a British girl who had married a German, and who drove another; lover to suicide by her secrecy. A bit farfetched, and too literal to

“Tie veterence to" Chries Mors gan's “The Fountain” on the jacket shows what this book lacks. Fan-| tastic tales of this sort should not! partake of the élements of thrillers.| Freedom, no doubt, is found within | 4s many earlier writers have said, but that doesn’t wipe out the ma-| terial evidence of Nazi cruelty. - | TH

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