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—Collegian Photo by Toni Browne
CASUALLY,CLAD POET and critic, John Ciardi, uses his hands
to emphasize a point while speaking on poetry and the writing
of poetry at a session yesterday of the Pennsylvania Contemporary
Writers Corflurence.
Seigels Will Study
At 'Sciences' Center
Mr. Sidney Siegel, research
profesor 'of psychology, and
his wife, Alberta, associate
professor of child deveopment,
have been invited to spend the
1961-62 academic year at the
Center for Advanced Study in
the Behavioral Sciences at
Palo Alto, Calif. Each has been
pranicd a year's leave from the
University
The Center was founded by the
Ford Foundation to provide a set
ting for concentrated scholarly
work by established behavioral
scientists, such as psychologists,
sociologists, political scientists,
and anthropologists. Fellow:, are
chosen by nomination, not appli
cation.•and come from all parts
of the world.
Mr. Siegel will devote his
lime to preparing for publica
tion reports concerning the re
search which he and his co
workers have conducted during
the past three years under grant
support from the National Sci
ence Foundation and the Ford
Foundation.
Mrs. Siegel will pursue reseAch
and writing concerning methods
f or the study of personality and
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SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
oetry Progress Report-4d
By JUDY SCAFFIDI
It is not possible to have nize that there is progress in I for the most part, according to
, o
age. poetry Ciardi said that poetry Ciardi, "organized by dinosaurs"
progress in the arts, accord-I changes from age t He
.
to be taught by fossils."
ing to John Ciardi, poet, poe-1 added that poetry in this cen- !
!"There tends to be a definite
fury is closer to the writing of !
try editor of The Saturday iconflict between academic and
17 h t than 1 - '
th e i cen ury an o writin
g i professional writers. Most aca-
Review, and director of the in either of the intervening cen- ! .
-demic writers are lousy writers.
Bread Loaf Writers Conference inl furies
i Instead . ofwriting •th a ''burst'However practically every poet
Vermont. wi .
;of language" .
as was t ypica l of is connected with a university."
"Poetry is always the concernkhe last century"the poet today, He added that this is a sue
of only a few people." he said. for the most part, says only that cessful arrangement "if the poet
"1 am not sure that this is the:
most fruitful age for the arts. We Concerning
which he is entirely convinced." doesn't take it too seriously." He
Concerning one of the pertinent said he would advise the poet to
have failed in many ways." i
i questions facing artists today ci_ "cheat the university for the sake
Ciardi is on campus to speak ardi said, "I am very power f t ffly , of his poetry."
to members of the fifth annual;oppoFed to state subsidation of Ciardi resigned as professor of
Pennsylvania Contemporary Lit-!the arts as far as poetry is con- English at Rutgers University as
endure Conference which began cerned. I don't see how any sound of the first of July. He said. "I
July 3 and will continue until artistic impulse can survive sena- can make a living as a writer
July 21. ;tonaln questions." :now so I'm through teaching."
Free Named Assistant Dean of Education
George J. Free, professor of
education, has been named as
sistant to the dean of the Col
lege of Education, effective
[ Sept. 1.
He will continue to teach on a
part-time basis.
Dr. J. R. Rackley, dean of the
College of Education, said Free
will be concerned primarily with ,
the administration of the student
personnel program in the College.l
Undergraduate enrollment in
the College has increased
in the past five years, from 1,275
in 1955 to 2.700 during the last
academic year.
Free has served on the faculty
since 1929 when he was named in
structor in nature education. Ear
lier he taught in the public schools
of Vandergrift.
He is a native of York and re
ceived his bachelor of science de
gree in forestry at this university.
His master of science degree in
natural science was conferred by
Cornell University and he has
completed work in education both
at Penn State and Columbia Uni
versity.
Although he doesn't recog-
In 1946, he organized the Penn-their teaching programs.
Sylvania State Conservation Lab Free is a member of Phi Delta
oratory for Teachers which has Kappa, professional education fra
continued as a program to ac- ternity; National Education Asso
quaint teachers with conservation : ciation; Pennsylvania State flu-
problems and practices, which;cation Association and the Amer
they in turn can integrate into ican Ornithologists Union.
THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1961
' Poetry in school systems is,