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\A/Krl"^>k,c T " I IIV^7 v By Lehman In Search of History by Theodore H. Wl Journalism is one of those [ great deal is written, because th writing. Tedious insights into th< are as common as bad journal refreshing to see a book like Theodore H. White ? it describe by being journalism itself. T. H. White is above all a joui covered more important stories lived through. In an age when ji else, tends toward the egocenti get-the-story approach to news r< In Search of History is more th U??l. T? 11Tl? * * J ' ' ? uuu*. in wuiie n description 01 r ... White tells everything about a his arguments with editors anc stories he reported, one sees a trayal of how ideas impact upon yet another story by showing h detailed flow of history. And the underlying theme of relationship of journalism anc describes the ultimate aim of } events which are of lasting imj may not seem so at the mor through his busy career, we see finer sense of the important; he present tense. The book is basically an aut< none of the self-consciousness usually marked. White is so can the events he reports, he i: proiession, mai ne puis nir fascination can shine through, when he interviewed Mao Tse-t for the figure of John F. Kenned; (Tlysteries-^ discoveries of Tom Lethbrid Lethbridge discovered tl specific objects (and even c cepts, colors, etc.) respond to l pendulum when held at differ* lengths on the suspending string For example, at ten inches I pendulum begins to swing in circular motion when suspenc over graphite, the color red, lif and a number of other objects concepts. At 20 inches, the p dulum responds to heat, ear white, south and electricity. 1 process continues up to 40 inch at which it begins to repeat itse thus the pendulum will respond graphite at both ten and 50 inche: At one point Wilson suggests y try an experiment with the p< dulum yourself: "Almost anythi will do for a pendulum ? a butt or a wooden bead on a thread . shorten the thread to about thi inches and hold it about an in above your left hand ... for mi people, it will swing in a clockw direction over the right hand, a anticlockwise over the left." Giving this experiment a I myself, I was shocked when t pendulum began to go into a c cular motion only moments afl suspending it over my left palm also noted that it responded c< siderably stronger towards t innermost area of my hand a weaker or not at all near r fingers. Checking back to the tc tn '.t 11 S ? : iu sw ii me penuuium was movi in the direction most probable found that it was. Much more is said about Lei bridge, such as his ability to loca objects underground with t pendulum, and his discovery th stone monuments such Stonehenge were virtually alwa constructed over intersecti >boo owes lite; Harper & Row; $12.95. >rofessions about which ; e profession itself involve j "meaning" of journalist] lists. That is why it is s< In Search of History b; is the nature of journalisn *nalist's journalist. He ha than most reporters hav< Durnalism, like everythini ric, White's old-fashioned sporting is refreshing, an a story-behind-the-stor lis reportorial adventures us absolutely story... 1 his personal views of tli history of the times, a poi events. White has reporte ow journalism exposes th the book, in the end, is th I history. The book's tit] ournalism, capturing thos x>rtance, even though the nent. As we follow Whil him developing a finer ar becomes a historian in th ^biography, but it contair ; with which the form ight up in the excitement < 5 so fascinated with h nself aside so that th We feel the awe White fe ung; we feel his fascinatic V>age 9 gc. underground river lat primitive man woul on- way of knowing exce the There is c( ent speculation on the s such stone monum< the Stonehenge is but < a France alone has ne; led structures. Wilson I ?ht monuments formed or part of man's first r< en- based on the po th, universe as they cor 'he powers of the earth, es, Mysteries is cho< df; teresting notions ab< to and significance c s. powers. But rather ou on these further, 1 2n- continue with the it ng such phenomena as on themselves inti philosophy, ee Literally every a: ich* in Mysteries reli [>st Wilson's original icn I IOV nd Russe ry he 'err "Breakfas Wedne he nd ny ;xt Reservat ng ? 1 of th<=> Pii "w i % i i i \ w de First Com he at - 19 spa as ys no ? I k mixes a ; '"Theodore i JN * \r OF 0 ! HIS le >e I A Personal ie is is I of is White accomplishes this is storytelling style, a style tl It nalism into mythology. In refL >n stories to an intriguing, susf their fullest meaning. Never s, something selves" theory. E d have had no takes on a new si| pt by dowsing. longer a questioi >nsiderable lost Faculty X, b significance of is simply limited ;nts, of which rungs of the lad* one of many; temporary man h arly 6,000 such and satisfied to LKMieves mese tremely low level an intricate In fact, this is eligion, a faith of Wilson's evol wers of the sees Western mai respond to the suffocation: "Wc time in a state ck full of in- tension, as if exp 3ut the history are full of pockel >f our latent negation." than expound We have, in would rather ability to ascen ^plications of focus our vision they integrate sorbed in anythi o Wilson's tired and bored, present, like a fly spect exposed Maslow's not ates back to experiences" alk "ladder of our deeper self, I II House University Uf announces .I A * t with president hole ?sday, fipril 25 7:30 7:30 A.m. ions accepted in coo ssell House m e, First Served ces available. rui ; history howe H. White | unrel f focus govei _ Chiai A T fee ^KUH : St 0 TTY?V ? lUKl ? nearl Am A 1 is the Adventure rr has i philo unive 3 In ! pens by way of an engrossing finds lat almost transcends jour- courj ection, White has crafted the withe >enseful polish that realizes how is there a question of what histoi Iven his Faculty X the actual deptl Ejnificance. It is no human conscious] i of why we have must be asked, c; ut that Faculty X life to such a heij to the uppermost sustain it? aer ana tnat con- Wilson sees th las become sedate lack of motivati exist on an ex- ourselves to be ! of consciousness, dermined by bo the current basis activate these lev ving thought. He an immense amc n in real danger of pressure of cc j spend too much higher than we of unproductive present moi ecting a blow; we "heightened pr ;s of mistrust and sciousness," acci "is the key effect, lost our evolutionary driv d the ladder, to , to become ahng: "When I am I am stuck in the | on flypaper. . ." I ;ion of "peak- ij wire? lie rflimncae Li /*TO UO ^UllipOVO U1 brief insights into lion M lerman" ! fl.m. ^ ? m209 s nmm Hi! 2 I DIN* 5 sen house ? | )^221 1 - ----- Jourr ver, for its astonishing I ;ly everything about a stc eported it. This candor giv uman thought process. W nfluenced White about a a ted facts are brought tog a viewpoint. example, White's experi< > observation of the famir agedy that could have nment action, the fam ig Kai-shek's Nationalist hina experience, White's 3 wiin tne memory ot tnis < White's old-fas ry approach to efreshing... ite recognized that in reali tive, especially when the s as White was. The cen i's view is deciding what :ed by. This discrimin :ted throughout White's \ y impossible to disbelieve i White's most treasured 1 t ideas are the forces the wining of these ideas tance is the history for w iccomplished that most < ?ophy and realitv to fori rsally understandable woi Search of History deals w and at the same time in meaning in every face iging and refreshing view ut pretension or falsehoc the things that happen y. In Search of History is, i and range of It he less. Why then, it two or in we not project "a few [htened level and the pu self-re s problems in a thinkii on and allowing own s so easilv tin- tivitv redom. And "to of inne els would require iunt of energy, a Wils nsciousness far alter possess at the aware nent." This "cons< jssure of con- this p< jrding to Wilson, develo to the human "const p." energi m\ *nL ;.v Ti ita.uxa.nt / < riving C J N.-FRI. U SO SAT ? f IIR 6:00 8:00 PICKENS ST. 't lalism lonesty. White tells us ab>ry and how he reacted to it 'es the reader an insight into e know exactly what it was story, and we can see how ether by a good journalist to mce with China was marked le of 1943 in Honan province, been avoided by prompt line turned White against government For the rest of thought and reporting were event. ihioned, get-thenews reporting ity no reporting can be truly reporter is as entangled in itral issue of journalism in ideas and events to be inating eye for honesty is vriting. The reader finds it what White says. >elief in In Search of History it shape human action. The with personality and cirhich White searches. White difficult task of integrating m a uniquely personal but rid view. ith the real world as it haptprnrpts thp hannpninac It i ? t-r" I of human action, an en. By truly reporting events, d, T.H. White has revealed around us become part of journalism in its finest hour. is only been within the past * three thousand years that r human beings realized that rsuit of knowledge can be a warding activity," that ig c ould be "enjoyed for its ane ana mat sucn an ac"could produce a sensation r freedom." on believes that we must our view of our own ness; we must realise that :iousness is intentional." At )int, a new stage in human ipment will be attained, and piousness will recycle its es into its own evolution." ?"~1 fr fall I.. A / /? VahixaL "DooJ cStoxc & [ Quid Sax ^ON. SAY. f71-9353 J