Modern Book Forum Speaker Calls Agee's New Book Modern Classic
"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" is a moving experience into the bowels of an unimaginable way of living" said E. L. Ruhe, assistant professor of English, at the Modern Book Forum yesterday.
Prof Ruhe added that the book by James Agee is to be considered one of America's contemporary classics because of its powerful emotional impact on readers.
THE BOOK portrays the Alabama tenant farmer as "a social editor in the criminal economy of the depression years." It was originally written for Fortune magazine in 1937. Agee found he could not condense his material into an article, so expanded his collection of experiences into book form.
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KU Pianist Named To Germany Panel
Angelica Morales von Sauer, professor of piano, has been invited to serve on the panel of judges for an international competition conducted next September by the Radio Network of the Federal Republic of Germany in Munich.
Prof. Ruhe pointed out that although the style offers crisp, neat diction, the complete picture is given by the hundreds of details combined with the author's personal commentary.
Mrs. von Sauer, a concert pianist of international reputation, will be on the jury for piano. She also will play several concerts for the Radio Network. The name of the competition is the Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschesland.
A faculty member since 1955, Mrs. von Sauer plans to ask for sabbatical leave for 1961-62. She will return to western Europe where she played many recitals and concerts with leading orchestras in Vienna during the late 1930's and '40's.
Foundation to Equip Snow Hall Addition
A $66,800 National Science Foundation grant has been awarded KU to provide furnishings for the new biological research laboratories addition to Snow Hall.
Mr. Ronald L. McGregor, professor and chairman of the KU betany department is director of the NSF
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"Agee had extraordinary sensitivity, and he combined this with an elaborate structural makeup to purposely condition the reader to receive his thoughts. For instance, preceding the book proper are photographs, a preface, two epigraphs, a quotation, a table of persons and places involved in the
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"IHIS PERSONAL beliefs shine through his comments emphasizing that all men are created equal, and all deserve an equal chance in life to succeed."
"Agree proposes we contemplate the daily existence and the whole meaning of these people crushed in ignorance and misery."
Prof. Ruhe concluded:
"A thought provoking, challenging book to read, and certainly one that sheds light on a contemporary social problem."
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