Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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S SSIO to find the booming popularity of John- nie Ray's songs and the sensationalisms of Micky Spillane. l'le was overcome, after a year abroad, by the health and wealth American people reflected. With everything from our comics to the best novels. We've Americanized Europe. They carry the true picture of America to Europe where we are much misinter- preted. Tourists, military men, and of- ficials give on entirely different opinion of America than the novelist, Dr, Fiedler returned to Rome to complete another yeor of teaching and study under the Fulbright scholarship. A participant in the Northern Rocky Mountain Roundup of Regional Arts using tongs and asbestos gloves removes a dish from Between the two weeks of Writer's Conference, the staff and me kiln' registrants travelled to Virginia City for a colorful week-end at the home of the Vigilantes. The Roundup of Regional Arts qave both amateur and profes- sionall talint ad chance to display itself in paintings, ceramics, Writer Von Wyck Brooks Ourogrophs hm novel! The Flowering mem WW ' on 'awe ry' of New England for Natalie Norby, Missoula Pow-Wow student At right is Henry Larom, director of the writers' Conference and Sonia Smith, high school student, I5 5 2 as VX.. I. if?T?'?f' X ll s W we . 4 5 . Y iii fi Q . V. NV X 5 i, . . , T X .ig f A Vi? H

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SUMMER Shortly after i952 grad- uates said good-bye and undergrads finished spring finals, students and teachers alike returned to MSU for a summer of study, confer- ences, workshops, and fun. MSU Writers' Conference brought many well-known authors to the campus be- tween July 30 and August 8. Headlining them were Van Wyck Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winner, David David- son, Hilde Able, and Dale White, magazine non-fic- tion writer. Dorothy Johnson, formerly of the Woman's magazine, now news editor for the Whitefish Pilot was another celebrated confer- ence member who spoke on magazine fiction writing. Norman A. Fox, featured speaker, lectured on Joseph Kinsey Howard, author of Montana, High Wide, and Handsome. Dr Leslie A. Fiedler, who attended the conference after spending a year in Rome, was amazed Students take time out from sum mer studies to enjoy water skiing at scenic Flathead lake.

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During summer session in July, three Hollywood citizens visited the MSU campus. Robert Wagner, star of What Price Glory, Donna Reed, star of Saturday's Hero, and David Diamond, inde- pendent producer and cinema veteran were on a good-will tour from Hollywood. They answered questions presented to them by townspeople and University students about the movie industry. Warm August weather brought a receptive audi- ence to hear the 78-piece band composed of Music Camp students under the direction of Uni- versity Band Director Justin Grey. The other sec- tion of Music comp that performed for the public was a 52-voice choir led by Lloyd Oakland. Professor Olaf A. Bue' demonstrates the art of tape recording to a few of the lOO high school students who attended the journalism Pow-Wow held between July 27 and August 2. These high school seniors will be responsible for their respective school newspapers and yearbooks for the school year l952-53. In addition to publishing the Camp Crier and the Summer Session Sun, under the direction of Prof. E. B, Dugan, Pow-Wow members enjoyed many recreational activities such as sports, dances, and picnics with Music comp students. These elected members from the summer's Music Campers form a dance band led by Paul Abel, instructor of music, Here they join in a lilting arrangement of Tenderly. From July 27 to August 8 one-hundred and five high school music students from all over the state worked under the direction of Professor Stanley M. Teel. l6