beginning
of something, even if probably
the beginning of much worse. . . .
In a deeper sense, alas-a sense too
deep for excited little poems-it is, and
was, necessary to say: "now at last we
have our war."
PAUL GooDMAN
NEW yORK
CITY
SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS
The Trustees of the Cummington School
announce a competitive scholarship for
summer study in Writing, the conferences
being under the leadership of some of the
most eminent writers of our day. These
scholarships give advanced training on
the levels of professional, graduate and
undergraduate study. Candidates must
have completed secondary school and
have done considerable work in their
fields. Each scholarship provides living
and instruction for ten weeks. These are
open both to young men and women, but
only to those who cannot finance their
study without full aid.
All applications must be
filed
complete
before March 21, 1942. Candidates should
send for application blanks and instruc·
tions: they should not send examples of
work until notified to do so. Address
Registrar, Cummington School, Cumming·
ton,
Massachusetts.
THE PREVENTION OF MALARIA
..The mosquito
is
a definite host to carry mala–
ria
from one patient to another, and man
i1
an
il:termed.iate boat. The prevention of malaria
il
*u concerned
with
the extinction of the moe·
•aito.
"-Bulletin from Britain.
Watson, Gorgas, Ross, and Harvey
Fought the pupae and the larvae.
The godlike intellect of man
Has now evolved a simpler plan.
RoBERT DANIEL
NEw
HAVEN, CoNN.
WHO ARE THE 'IRRESPONSIBLES'7
Sin:
On my desk this morning, along with
the
full Roberts and Truman reports,
is
the
red·white·and-blue pamphlet, "Report
to
the Nation," issued by Archibald Mac–
Leiah.
I have long had a theory that the
br
to
his
deflection is to be found in
Ida
poetry-particularly the abruptly ter–
minated "Hamlet"-and I would like to
lee
this
handled, psychologically, by some
able writer.
One can keep from too great bitterness
about
politicians, and the 'pickers and
ltellers' who have moved in on Washing–
to
get their profits at the expense of
our sons. But when poets and writers
r~·
act as have MacLeish, Mumford, Brook;
and others-that is cause for despair.
They are the real 'Irresponsibles' and
I
hope you will continue not to let them
forget it.
RuTH RoBERTso:;
CHICAGO, ILL.
In his two articles on MacLeish in
PARTISAN REVIEW
last year, Morton
D.
Zabel analyzed the connection betlceen
.MacLeish's poetry
and
his politics.
Then~
are also, of course, Julien Benda's
The
Treason of the Clerks
and
Randolph
Bourne's fine articles in
Seven Arts
on
the conduct of intellectuals
in
the last
tear.-
En.
WHITTIER ON BROOKS
Sirs:
This should answer Van Wyck (Baclo;
to Whittier) Brooks:
"Too cheaply truths once purchased
dear
Are made our own.
Too long the world has smiled to he:u
Our boast of full corn in the ear
By others sown."
(J.
G. Whittier:
Anniversary
Poem,
1863)
KENNETH REXROTH
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
