-' -, A - -r .2 ~ f 4 i .¢ Sunday, March 2, 1958 ). i. - . x sem. -' - sy. T. Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE Sunday, March 2, 1958 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE a. CONTENTS, 'WINTER'S TALE Thomas Blues Page 2 THE MUSIC REVIEWER David Kessel Page 4 OUR GENERATION Dorald A. Yates Page 5 ARCHITECTURE Bernard Stollman Page 6 WHIZZ KIDS Michael Kraft Page 8 THE CAO DAI Richard Halloran Page 9 APARTMENT Vernon Nahrgang Page 10 RUMANIA TODAY __ Carol Prins Page 11 MARTY_'Ronald Kotulak Page 12 A WOMAN PRESIDENT? Rose Perlberg Page 13 THACKERAY -Vernon Nahrgang Page 14 PAPERBACKS ________Donald A. Yates Page 15 MAGAZINE EDITOR: Carol Prins PICTURE CREDITS-Cover: Photo of Mary Frances Greshcke by Bruce Bailey; Page 3: Daily photograph by Norman Jacobs; Page 4: Sketches by Robert Snyder; Page 5: Daily photograph by Norman Jacobs; Page 8: Daily photographs by Bruce Bailey and Paul Nida; Page 9: Map drawn by Robert Snyder and photograph courtesy of the Vietnamese Embassy;' Page 1 1 : Photograph courtesy of Ru- mania Today published by the Agerpres News Agency; Page 12: Daily photograph by James MacKay; Page 14: Pen sketch cour- tesy of the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.; Page 15: Daily photo by Fred Merrill. The Prevalence of Paperb A Cultural Sign of Our Tines 'Winter 's Tale': By THOMAS BLUES Daily Associate Personnel Director A FORMER University of Mich- igan philosophy instructor turned disc jockey has written and recorded a group of songs at- tacking almost everything from George Berkeley to Orval Faubus. "I got fed up with my disserta- tion," is Paul Winter's simple rea- son for deserting his PhD studies in 1950 and getting an announc- ing job with University radio sta- tion WUOM. Later he started working for Detroit's WXYZ, from which his noontime show, I cially acceptable manner. The rew "Curtain Calls," emanates. His songs, recorded last Novem- ber on the only record that comes in a "grey flannel jacket" are a culmination of years of satirical song writing under the title, A Winter's Tale. The oldest song in the album, "George Berkeley," was written in 1942, immediately following his Philosophy 34 final, which he later taught. "I COMPLETELY botched the part on Berkeley so I decided to vent my aggressions in a so- I sult was a tune which proceeds tO cut Berkeley down in a few short verses. "Please, pardon my becoming lyrical To sing in terms imperical With elements satirical Of Berkeley, George Berkeley." The song finishes with: "Now look here, to the termite this match has infinite ex- tension. But to us mortals it has lesser dimension. What can it be this substance, sometimes large sometimes small? You must have guessed by now my friends, it is nothing at all!" In those days, he went by his real name, Saul Wineman. He gained his Masters Degree in Philosophy, in spite of Berkeley, in 1948 and taught Philosophy 34 recitations. He recalls dismissing his classes early during the 1948 presidential Pick Gi Perfect Suit for Spring \ v}ti' /S: ';% y _ v.. r.,-SG:" ," f .. ' + * .. _: s;S;': i :> ,.,, ' ' v :'. of financial success with a mini- mum of concern over what the+ book in question does in the hard- back form. SOME PAPERBACK publishers have become completely inde- pendent and bargain competitively in the open market for the original material of writers. One firm offers $3,000 for original short novels. And an advance of $1,500 to the author of a paperback original is commonplace today. Accountable in great part for the success of the paperbacks is the fact that they satisfy a na- tional need. America is a relatively literate nation. True, we are be- hind Belgium, Holland, Germany, the Scandinavian countries and others in degree of literacy; but those of us who have learned to read make an almost constant and active use of the talent. The place of the paperbacked book on the campus is somewhat distinct. The college student buys more serious, scholarly titles than the average paperback buyer; but he reads less of those he buys thian does the common reader who almost religiously reads everything that he purchases. The use of paperbound books in classes points up one of the most admirable uses of the cheaply-bound volume. The conscientious student can come out of college with a handsome and meaningful library acquired at a cost that would have been unapproachable ten years ago. HERE IS AN example of what a literary-minded bookshop browser could pick up today: a copy of the late Erich Auerbach'; excellent Mimesis, subtitled The Representation of Reality in West- ern Literature. The book, origi- nally published in 1953, is to be had today as a title in Doubleday's Anchor Book series for $1.45. A specialist would find Hispano- phile Gerald Brenan's worthy vol- ume, The Literature of the Span- ish People on the list of Meredian Books. Originally published in 1951, it is sold today for $1.95. A student of American literature could add the following books to his library at a minimum of cost: The Modern Novel in America by Frederic J. Hoffman, listed among Regnery's Gateway Books, sells for $1.25; and representative of the books that make their original ap- pearance in paperback form is. an- other Doubleday Anchor Book, Richard Chase's The American Novel and its Tradition, $1.25. . .. IVY WASH-TROL tip 02 95 ar This same browser, in the ence of the increasing num paperback racks at his boot would be able to confirm tl observation to be made her market is still growing and day the paperbacks are incrE It would appear safe to sa: are here to stay for some until something ingenious vised that will eclipse thei mendous simple and direct a For the student population 1 ularly there's unmistakable ASS S A ' 1221 By DONALD A. YATES ' HE PAPERBOUND book, a rel- atively recent innovation in publishing, is rapidly becoming a cultural sign of our times. From the point of view of the reader, the inexpensive paperback is a boon. From the publisher's stand- point, it could be regarded as a form of suicide. However, to judge from the large number of front- line publishers who have cleared out the spare office, picked up an- other editor and jumped into the paperback trade, it is a healthy sort of suicide. It is undeniable that the im- plied promise of a cheap edition to follow within months of the original hardback edition of any given title will.have a depressant effect ors that book's sale in the initial three-dollar bracket. Yet this is not so serious a problem as one might think. On the contrary, as we shall-see, the paperback sales are giving life to many a hardbacked book. The paperback serves as a great) stimulant to reading. We suspect that it is winning over a new audience as well as gratifying the mass of inveterate book-readers. Comic book sales are on a decline, noticeably so. It does not seem unreasonable to think those read- ers who were not lost to television have moved on up the line to a type of printed material made available in paperbacked form. Publishers have observed that the paperback audience is so large and responsive that it can virtually guarantee a financial success for a book which, in hardback edition alone, would not have made money. So it is that many hard- back books are making print on the basis of the earnings envisioned in the subsequent inexpensive edi- tion. In fact, it is not uncommon today for an author to get his contract with a publisher only after a fixed agreement has been made between the publisher and a paperback editor regarding the reprint rights. In this fashion, the publisher establishes a guarantee SAM J. BEN SPECIA . . . N A T IO N Al ADVER LEA ever) at around 0 t~t ° f':~ .M~N,:1.- " N /' N4 4 ( t /: R / ,,,,. 4-. > '4, tr. AI: Ya )k J ;' " !ij} 1 EX-PHILOSOPHY STUDENT to disc jockey campaign to go out on The Diag and argue with leftist Henry Wal- lace sympathizers. His humorous retaliation to Berkeley is a far cry from a song that he dashed off last fall dur- ing the Little Rock integration crisis, "The Ballad, of Orval Faubus." An excerpt from the tune succinctly illustrates his at- titude toward racial hypocrisy. "He figures that democracy is civil and its right, As long as it is Faubus, free and white!" HIS SONGS are for the most part bitter satire with an oc- casional show tune thrown in. "I've been compared to Tom Lehrer," Winter says, "and the only two people who agree we have nothing in common are Lehrer and myself." Winter ex- plains that Lehrer satirizes well known and respected social insti- tutions such as the Boy Scouts and deer hunting. Winter's songs are protests against society's cur- rent phenomena - the organiza- tion man and the reputed remedy for "tired blood." Winter. often. satirizes in his songs his own profession, for in- stance, one called the "DJ." "Everybody loves the DJ, with his happy, radio and TV per- sonality, The DJ, peddles Jukebox re- ality.. . THE GREATEST RECORD VALUES IN TOWN ARE TO BE FOUND AT. . * BROWN * BLACK The #(,u41c Center' A new American look in fashion-accelerated suits. 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