The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 15, Issue 18 - May 14, 1962

NEW MUSIC STARS MANNE ижВЯвэздя8аа8888ВШЯУ>иД*||в||Я||||1Д||1НД|^^ x 1Ш Vol. 15— No. 18 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES May 14, 1962 Pasternak's Art Highly Praised By R. O. CLEYMAET Chairman of Foreign Language Dept. The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash in¬ flicted is a tongue of flame; every burned book or house enlightens the world ; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side . Yes, most of us remember it: it was late in October, three and a half years ago, when the Royal Swedish Academy eclipsed the names of Alberto Moravia, Karen Blixen, ahd St. John Perse by awarding the 1958 Nobel Prize for literature to Boris Leonidovich Pasternak in recognition of his “significant contribution both to contemporary lyric poetry and to the field of the great tradition of j the Russian prose writers.” Eliot, Faulkner, Lagerkvist, Mauriac, Hemingway, L a x n e s s, Jimenez, Camus, Pasternak . . * A Dr. Cleymaet will give a lec¬ ture on PASTERNAK and DR. ZHIVAGO on Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Robert’s Auditorium. thank-you cable, great in its sim¬ plicity, holy in its naivete, reached Stockholm: “Immensely grateful, moved, proud, amazed, unworthy.” Did Pasternak believe in fairy tales? “Dark clouds,” says Gerd Ruge, “hung over the autumnal landscape at Peredyelkino.” The shadows deepened when the slave press shouted “shame and dis¬ honor,” “traitor, swine and Judas.” The dead souls of the Soviet Writ¬ ers* Union (the term is Sholok¬ hov’s) unanimously joined the hate campaign and the Pasternak case, Delo Pasternaka, was born when the author of Zhivago, as once Karl von Ossietsky under Hitler^ “vol- From Emerson9 s essay, Compensation § - - - — - - — untarily declined the undeserved award.” The depth of human tragedy and the fortitude in the soul of this lone defender of spiri¬ tual values clearly speak through the lines of The Nobel Prize, one of his new poems, written in 1959. By the end of May of the follow¬ ing year he joined that “caravan of centuries” to meet his God. “The turn along the road was shining and bright.” * * * Pasternak was a poet, first and foremost. Even Dr. Zhivago is a poetic novel: symbol and contem¬ plation consistently prevail over action. This highly sensitive son of a talented painter and his musically gifted mother devoted himself entirely to literature. His early philosophical schooling, and the music in his blood, gave his poetry that peculiar flavor which is so exclusively his. Here is a very striking, rather original definition of poetry: It is — a rich, full bodied whistle; It is — cracked ice crunching in pails; It is — the night that numbs the leaf; It is — the dual of two, nightingales It is — the sweet pea that has run wild; It is — Creation’s tears in shoulder blades. When in grave danger, as a result of his steadfast refusal to write politically doctrinaire drivel This illustrafion "Pathos of Pasternak" was especially drawn for the Loyolan by Bruce Russell of the Los Angeles Tames. in socialist-realist fashion, he stop¬ ped producing original work for many years and translated Shakes¬ peare, Keats, Goethe, Schiller, Ver¬ laine, Pet of i, as well as Georgian lyrics. Quoting Pasternak would never end. One passage from Dr. Zhivago, however, is so typical of his vital- istic philosophy and of his aver¬ sion for new conventions of false¬ hood, that it should be stressed: “All herding in groups,” he says, “is a sign of mediocrity, whether it be allegiance to Solo¬ viev, Kant, or Marx. Only isolated individuals seek the truth, and they break with anyone who does not love it enough. Is there any¬ thing in the world that deserves allegiance? There are few such things. I think one must be true to immortality; . one must be true to Christ.” $ $ $ The reaction to Dr. Zhivago in the non-Marxist world, as is fit¬ ting for a free society, was delight¬ fully heterogeneous. The vast ma¬ jority of top names in contempor¬ ary world literature praised it: moderately, highly, exceedingly. A few people labeled the work un¬ even, loose, dragged out, shallow, insignificant, trivial. Too much pathos, too ... From the position of annoyed rejection to the one of wholehearted admiration and praise, a full gamut of opinions is covered by the vast literature of Pasternakiana. The varied evalua¬ tions, of course, tend to gravitate around the poles of either an im¬ pervious, proud Animus-attitude of analysis - to - choking - death, ever ready to point at technical weak¬ ness, or a receptive Anima- willing¬ ness to listen to its gentle mes¬ sage. Harmonious souls, while gladly rendering to Animus the things that are his welcome none¬ theless the grace of Anima, and remain, as E. M. Kayden, “filled j (Continued on Page 4) Wilshire Ebell Hosts Concert Shelly Manne will top the list of five of the most important person¬ alities in the field of modern pro¬ gressive jazz on May 19, at the Wil- shire Ebell as Delta Sig and the ASLU present another addition to the New Music Series. Accompanying Manne on bass will be Red Mitchell, Conte Can- doii on trumpet, Teddy Edwards on the baritone sax, and Victor Feld man holding down the rhythm sec¬ tion. Big Miller Also on the program will be Big Miller, a 6’10” singer that critics have called a musical giant as well as a physical one. Marty ingles will be master of ceremonies for the concert. He has appeared on such shows as Ed Sul¬ livan and Steve Allen. Belles Present 'Hawaiian Day' The Loyola Belles have set Lake Enchant о in nearby Malibu as the scene of their first annual “Belles Hawaiian Day.” The event will be held this coming Sunday afternoon and evening, May 20, from 3 to 10 p.m. It is open to all of the Cath¬ olic Women’s Colleges, Loyola and any friends who wish to attend. “New Luau” It will be quite a change from last year’s Luau in two ways: 1) Lake Enchanto is only 30 minutes away from Loyola whereas last year’s traveling distance took an hour and a half. 2) The price has been reduced from $2.75 to $1.75 which will include use of all facil¬ ities, food, and beer. The afternoon will begin at 3 p.m. with volleyball, swimming, football, baseball, etc. During this time six cool kegs of tap beer will (Continued on Page 4)