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1 (Continued from page one) about his wife's new love and yet
i Thompson in the opening
ment.
s eg - 'conveys the hurt he feels.
(This is the first student written Gogh to name a few) Wilson el-than, early in the book, dismiss
I Although obviously working!
I Mimi Bensinger as the good
art;ele to he published in this draws the conclusion that "The Camus as a sort of pre-conceived hard on the role, Fischer damageslmeaning friend who uses inappro
column established for students to Outsider wants to cease to be cohort of the subjective nihilist some of the feelings the audience ,priate examples, Mary Miller as
write (a contemporaru literary. an Outsider ... he wants to be Sartre. Camus, I think, providesi
; should feel for the character by!a friendly and equally unhelpful
.eelit;rel. social or intellectunl balanced." another avenue ' of possibility ineighbor and Leslie Preston as
tepics Writings shoed he less than: The point at issue seems to beoverplaying.the
which Mr. Wilson, in this work,i part. i ,
the kid sister infatuated with her
700 words. and submitted to the the inability for the Outsider to has not explored.
"In a world. without values, 'and moving
1 In contrast, he is enchanting sister's husband's manliness add
Editor. Selection for publication come forth, from the depths ofwhen he modulates:much to the production.
lei/ be et the cilscretion of the his latently creative being, - with man must create value(s) .. . , i . s .
i i voice. At these times he as-i * *
Editor.) 'CAE definitive act which will. in I revolt, therefore we are" are . Bishop has given some nice
In Colin Wilson's THE OUT-'a sense, "make life worth liv- two of the kep phrases of
'sumes the sincerity Miss Thomp-1
!touches to the comedy scenes in
• ~ Camus. Not fear, nor diefica- son exhibits and is able to win ,
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Von Gogh and Lawrence both lion of that fear (which - Wilson the audience.
* . * Inight and tomorrow at the, play-
Fos lon, J 956) I found many :committedsuicide,
:committed the former seems to suggest); but revolt 'house in Neff's Mills. His handling
things that. usuallv. I expect iPilYsicallY and the latter mental- within the limits of this strange , Excellent performances by most' ,„. ,
earth in which we find our- of ; the supporting cast does much; familyand
'of fife scene where
.I.y. They could not give of them- neighbors ogle the manufacturer
!to enhance the production. Zena '
( , n1 , . , in a work of fiction. selves in a creative and self-deli- selves exiled.
i is delightful..
The keling of "The Outsider."nitive act. Wilson realized an excellent Ginsberg as the manufacturer's
However, in the direction of
thoush comples: and erudite, does Wilson spends the better part conclusion to 'The Outsider" on Psycho-analyzing daughter (male,
the hysteria and argument scenes,
p 279 when, quoting from G. B. year older than her father's sweet-1
not s'. cm. to ins, to he so demand- •of a chapter on the novels of con- "s'haw'she has overplay . ed the character's .
in; that I might not attempt to temporary Swiss-German novelist Lilith says sa y,
"Back To MethuselalCheart) gives one of the best per
"l • let themformances. Her entire range of !emotions. This is most noticeable
convey part of its message--for I Hermann Hesse, the winner of above,
all things dread stagnation." ;emotions is strong and her rap i d at the show's close when the hap
think that this book has a mes-,the Nobel Prize for his magnum It is a book well worth read -:changes from anger to sympathy YY manufacturer dances what ap
eage that is important. ;opus. "Magister Ludi." ing—regardless of whether youiare smooth and convincing. ipears to be an imitation ring
'around-the-rosie.
Granted, the work is that of " Wilson shows well how Hesse accept the hazy conclusions of, In one hectic outpouring of rage:
a young pedant. It is also rid- .. has, literarily, passed along a the author. I'll lend it to you . . ~oyei:. his wife's concern for her:
(Nee with quotations from the : continuum which has looked at —Stephen R. Blum ifAilier and disconcern for their;Students Receive Award
Rhineland Mystics to some con- ' the various ways of making --, elmarriage, Frank Browning is ex-! Two students, Stephen Feair
temporary thinkers such as "life worth living." I fully agree 'Swift Retires As Head 1-1:;" plosive and exciting. He leaveaheller, senior in chemistry from
S. artre, Whitehead, and Albert with Wilson's commentary that, i . the audience as startled as his :Philadelphia, and William Ward,
Camas. Wilson does, however, ', so far, Hesse has not "found the Of ' Animal Nutrition v !wife, and more pleased.
sust a i n several worthwhile ' answer that seems to suit him." Dr. Raymond W. Swift, head of. Anne W. Grant is wonderful, junior in chemical engineering
points through this maze of ; It is here that I repeat an earlier the department of animal nutri- as the deserted mother who can't.from Glen Rock, N. J., received
quotations.
~ point: Wilson is almost conclu- tion at the University, will retire understand or cope with her chil-'Merck Index Awards for high
Wilson starts the reader by,siee in his statement that theon July 1 after 37 years of service.:dren. Her timing and delivery fit scholarship in the chemistry and
identifying just who and what the-Outsider wishes to stop being an He has been named professor . the role perfectly. chemical engineering curricu-
Outsider is. Taken as a s.ocial • Outsider. The last several chap- emeritus of animal nutrition. ; As the husband who wants to lums
problem the D u t s id e e \ i e he whnters of the book express the idea Dr. Swift came to Penn State'
save Wilson quotes from that, save his vanity as much as his The award- is an encyclopedia
says land l
somehow, Wilson seems to in 1923 from the Massachusettsrmarriage, David Frank gives a of chemicals and drugs inscribed
Ba”busse's UNDER FIRE), "I am feel that only through a cogni- Agricultural Experiment Station nice performance. He is flippant with the name of the recipient
not et peace as I had hoped . . . zation of a religious "faith" (or and in 1946 was named head of
It is as if I could not see things desire) to live. can - man re-affirm' the animal nutrition program. He
as they were. I see too deep and himself and thus live with him- completed his undergraduate work
I see too much." self. - at Massachusetts State Univer-
Although the author never ex
plicitly says it, I think it dear
that this care of over-clear per
ception can easily be seen to be
the feeling that has been de
scribed by Sartre as Nausea and
by Cairns as the Feeling of Ab
surd.
The Outsider is an exile; a for
t igner in what he at one time
thought was his own land—the
Earth. Perhaps the best way to put
it in simple language is (most)
"things just don't seem to make
Funw anymore."
Now that "anymore" seems
to be an important factor for
Wilson. Of all the Outsiders that
he cites (T. E. Lawrence,
Neitzsche, Nijinsky. Rilke. Van
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Religion, Wilson is quick to
point out, does not mean a spe
cific creed: but more a non
specific, yet basal, credo involv
ing acceptance of a non-literal
idea such as The Fall, and the
recognitibn of much of the fu
tility by which human effort is
- characterized.
In this respect I think Mr. Wil
son might have done well to re
read Camus's "The Rebel," nth
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