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Over the years, Bernard DeVoto did indeed strike wildly, but more often than not he struck home. On speakers' platforms, in his books, and from "The Easy Chair" in Harper's Magazine, he lectured the nation on everything from its airplane service to its conservation policies to the...
A former English instructor here, De Voto made one of his last public appearances in the Kirkland House junior common room last Thursday. His lecture, "The Damnedest Country Under the Sun", urged a greater consideration of conservation in the West.
Since the West exists on the "knife-edge of natural sanction," DeVoto said, "there is no margin of flexibility in violation of conservation laws." The former Pulitzer prize winner in History spoke before over 100 people in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room.
DeVoto, former English instructor here, will discuss Turner's Thesis and its application to the West as he relates recent developments in the West. He is expected to include an analysis of conservation in his talk.
Ample Venison. This year big game of all kinds is more plentiful for U.S. hunters. Conservation laws and the adaptability of the animals themselves against the encroachments of man and his machines have reversed the steady downward trend in the wild life population of the U.S. This year, the supply...