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Winter 1957

UA68/6/2 Voices, Vol. II, No. 1 Western Writers

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Western Kontuclo on e r d();) s br l ...;ht ve r dLtnt Spr in.; appe" r Than Summer' 6 cireaJ.as Gre glo.v i ng eve rywm r d An d AutUlllD ' S 00 lor s t a r n i sh thoU,J'h 1 ~ d ho l d 'lhe 1 r 1U.das t ouc hed shean of ,sl.:.ddene 0 ...."'0 ld-1 wonde r than ut t h is my f ll i li ng t a .. r o Old, Ol d year, n ew On y e st or n l ~ t e Rel entless Cronu s spe d you 011 t o di e ; All Na ture berNs ... nd yi e l d s a t HI s c Olflnand . M!.ke moJ to bow a nd gu ide ~' st eps a ri ght , ~'hile Old Yea r g oe s llke wino with soft es t Sigh , .ADd Father TI me t DkeS l1tt le New Ye a r vs hand.

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ROO TO FLY Robert Smi thSOD

Now, 1 know what you o r e thinking .

a l so , you must develop the le g s in much t he s ame wa y t h t you d i d tm o nns . Thl s i s imp or t a nt beca use JOu mus t move your l ~ s i n a fro g- llko IOOvement when flyin g .

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thlnkh:g , '''iell . first , you got t a hire yerself 8 f ly ln' teacher and get 'im to teachcha. t o (I),." You a re wrong. ',v tt hout mechanics l aid I s the on l y p ro-

per way to fly and I s th e way 1 propose t o teach.

The e o luproent you will need for thes e cond1tion i ng e xerCi s es is a healthv' body ; an off-ba lanc e d mindi 8 pa r aChute ; rope , fo r han g ing b y your thumbs 9 for hangLng b~ you r hands , or f or hang ing by yo ur neck- -if you !IlUS t ; rubb ing a leohol i l1n8m.ent i food , Via t el' i ta r and feathe rs and a shotg W1 9 for dri v ing off stupid ne ighbo rs who think t b0 J I f or Li SbOD n

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told him {She talks r a pidly I:lIld breathbought he WL! S Il'Il:lr.inH' a mlstLlke calliDg

(GroaniD6oJ Oh. Oho ,Very abo · Yo ) And when I ld him" he wan t off h3 handle" he told lIS I rod Dot been wo l'king hare lon6 " an d t ,bBt. 1 was not. smar t an d t hst 1 was to tend to my own busines s , and t h!;.t 1 was not SUpp059d to t dll him mVi to make r eserv otl ons 0 He Just jumped a ll over 100 . HAG: He jumped, d i d he? 'Jell " he cnn jump out t he wi ndow.. lRI ; excuse me far i n t e rr u p ti ng, sir (S t ops typ i ng" J.1 bu t t h is le tt e r s houl d be sl g re d rl .;ht away. HAG , (1'a ki ~ t he le t t dr " j '~hat ? &.sn't t h is gone ou t'l {Gr onnlo,;. J Oh . Oh. I RI: It was t o be t.ype d t.h is morn ing .. It was i n t he r egula r co r r e spon dence fil e . HAG; Regu l a r ~orrespo n d e nc e fil e? 1 t o l d t ha t ~ r on

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"Brilliant 6eduo t loD g featherhead ," 1 cleve r l y re tort edo Sure enough e there we re bare foot ma r k8 leading from the front door to the door of Ule bedrocm o 1 was busily oogage d studyi ng thei r ch a raeter i.!tlcs {fa ll en ure hes g ob vi ous l Y9 and a wlde gap betwaec the big toe a m one next} when 1 sa w HeleD on a ll- fours crawling to w i c ti on of . :rob 16m::, p roVO ked by ::O;s t w... r d-cl' eejli.n,g .. est ern Clvili u.. t.i Oll , uS a smog of deca de nce , harshne ss &Cd 1; 1 n e r ness r olls ove r the l and, l oo villg It blIJck wi thcyn l c ism. Osamu Daza i hbs distil led i n th r ee c m r acte rs 1-ys, t IB ) uppe t t he ... t61' , the kLlbuki , n d t h e mo d ern d r ama . 1'he no v.., 1, ,\h i ch has a lo n..,;u r h i stor y in J :.;p s n than in !.Ill y olm r cooD t ry , is illustr .... te d c h i e fly by excer.fl ts fr om The '1' .ls!.. ~hc r chQ ..!l!.l TelnQs Perdu. 'l'he J p3c1Bl ::' tuden t Bowl1ng li-reell, Ken tuCk~ 5ell lor Soci a l Science Major Evan svi lle\! lndi sna Fresr~ n

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Shanghii, Uh i na Bobbe Go ri n Long • •••••• Sen Ior Yus i c Majo r Ca ve City. Ken t UCky

1.l...rybe Lh ,i ll son • • • 00 J unior Enc: l1sh Majo r BO'ul1ng i.lr een . KeIl tucky

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