Page Twelve Cartoonist Coplivoies Audience — Draws. Talks. Jokes at Lecture By Pam Clay r “My normal working day starts at the office at 9:00— just in time to take a coffee break at Bishops," said Frank Miller, cartoonist for The Des Moines Register and Tribune. “1 try to return to the office in Lime to leave for lunch; then I go back and draw for about two hours!" Mr. Miller said that this ”daily schedule" does point up one important thing about editorial cartoonists, “To {lave an idea one must have omething to say; 90% of the work and time is getting ideas." Mr. Miller was graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in fine arts. He went on to study at the Ram Ens City Art institute. He came to Des Moines about ten years ago after working on the Kan< flas City Star. To prove that his artistic tal- Dnts have never been ignored, Mr. Miller explained how he ainted everything possible dur- g his five year stint with Uncle Sam. What artistic cre< Btion it took to stencil names on thousands of helmets, to stencil stripes, oak leaves, and stars for the officers; the air Iorce (unofficially) even do- manded pin-up girls on the noses of their planesl ”The armed forces have this neces- sity called a latrine, and every time we moved I painted a sign “LATRINE CLOSED OUTi" .Why, my art work is in Ger- many, France, Korea . . .1” Mr. Miller used visual aids to the best advantage through- out his lecture. The first car- toon he drew showed the typi- cal image of a cartoonist: be- ret, long hair, sunglasses, and landals. He has received vari- ous comments about his career such as: “You don’t look like one,” ”You actually make a living doing that?” and, “Why don’t you say something fun» ny?" He demonstrated some typi- cal commercial cartoons and then gave his own version— en- tirely different but much more truthfull Mr. Miller said his cartoons are drawn “the way I see life" “The editorial cartoonist gets lots of help from world lead- ers." he said. To illustrate his point he mentioned Castro’s beard and boots, and Johnson‘s ranch and hat. The beginning of a cartoon of Khrushchev was guessed by sophomore Phil Bernstein. He got to keep the original but per- haps guessed a little too soon; all he got was one line indicat~ ing a bald crown. Mr. Miller said that he and other cartoonists have been at- tacked by members of the John Birch society because “humor is a luxury we cannot afford in th e s e terrible times.” He claimed that Americans have always had humor and that it is now a necessity. Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin were the first American editorial car- toonists. but even the cave drawings. which record how people lived, are editorial car< toons, he pointed out. Mr. Miller’s technique is the old-fashioned one of pen and ink 9“ smooth paper; he is not tech- nically correct but feels free to dream up his own images of a locomotive, character, or set- ting. ”We must think, read, lis- ten. and then speak and act,’ he said. ”Everyone must do this, not only the cartoonists and reporters. In Russia the press is a tool of propaganda— it can happen here.” Reading from former Pres- dent Kennedy’s tribute to Rob» ert Frost, Mr. Miller quoted, ". . . art established the basic human truths. . ." ”Drawing cartoons is a job I love; I can’t think of any- thing I would rather do." GOP Campaign Chairmen Begin Drive_ for April Mock Political Convention Several campaigns for the Mock Political convention have begun their drives. Grinnel- lians for Goldwater, a group organized to win the Republi- can Mock Convention nomina- tion for Barry Goldwater are establishing campaign head- quarters in tile basement of Burling Library. The headquar- ters, which will be open every night from 8-9 beginning Mon- ‘day, will provide information and campaign materials. Any- one interested in learning about Goldwater and/or working on the campaign are urged to drop by the group’s chairman, Rob- in Converse. Ken Adelman, who is chair- man of the Romney campaign, says that the telephone drive conducted last week on Young Republicans was very success- full The Citizens for Romney committee has adopted the 510- flan “Roll With Romney." The next meeting of the commit- tee is to be held Wednesday in the basement of the library Laurie Houdek, chairman of the Scranton campaign, says she is very confident about her group’s chances. An organiza- tional meeting for the Scranton campaign was held on Tuesday. 'A campaign for Mark Hat— field was organized this week. Margaret Ehrig and Ann Lous- in. co-chairmen of the cam- paign committee, announced that they are in communication with the Oregon governor who will act as keynoter for the Re- publican convention, The com- mittee is working on obtaining a special meeting with Hatfield during his Visit to Grinnell. All those who are heading campaigns encourage any stu- dent who is interested in work ing on the camapigns to con— tact them as soon as possible. SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March 5, l964 The Orchestra San Pietro of Naples. under the direction of Renato Ruotolo. will be in concert in Roberts The- atre this weekend. The per- formances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 pm. Praised world-wide 'beuuty of tone. su- perb expressivity, and per- fect sense of ensemble," the orchestra is now in its third coosMo-coasr tour of the U5. and Canada. The Italian group represents one of the newest developments on the contemporary music scene— lhe chamber orchestra at virtuosl proponions. ‘Week in Washington’ Goes to RogerFerris Grinnell's Roger Ferris, jun— ior, is among 16 Iowa college students a w a r d e d one-week trips to Washington, D.C., this spring to observe politics and government in action. The “Week in Washington" program is conducted by the lowa Center for Education in Politics in cooperation with the Democratic and Republican parties of Iowa. While in Washington, the par— ticipants will be guests of Rep- resentatives Neal Smith (Dem) and Fred Schwengel (Rep). SALES - REPAIR - RENTAL Underwood — Olivel'l'i See Us for Party Goods Grinnell Office Supply Acron from the Post Oiiico In Our New Store Building “Now you can whoop. it up In colorful mocs’f Handsewn Vamps? of course. Latest rugged or open looks? Naturally. Waxed and antiqued treatments? To be sure. 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