March 1959
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Articles
Our Ten Contributions to Civilization
A native of Ohio and a graduate of Ohio State, ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER was appointed to his professorship at Harvard in 1924. As a teacher and author he is internationally respected for his knowledge of American history, and in the paper that follows he reminds us that over the years this nation has made its weight felt more by ideas than by wealth.
Record Reviews
Inn on the Rhine
The Atlantic Report on the World Today: Washington
Science and Industry
Home of the Brave: The Young Poles
MARTHA GELLHORN, short-story writer (0. Henry prizewinner, 1958), novelist, and war correspondent, has recently returned from a visit to Poland, which she describes in this article.
Czechoslovakia
The Slip
A native of Chicago, ESTHER WAGNERdid her undergraduate work at Bryn Mawr and taught there before getting her Ph.D. Now married, she is living in northwestern California, where she devotes full time to the writing of her novel and short stories. In April, 1958, we published “ Beat Down Frigid Rome,” which won first prize among our Atlantic “Firsts.”
How to Get Along Overseas: A Word to Businessmen
Chairman of the board of Inland Steel and for five years its president, CLARENCE B. RANDALLwas projected into international affairs when Paul Hoffman invited him to be the steel consultant for ECA in its first year. Under the Eisenhower Administration Mr. Randall has served as chief of a special mission to Turkey and as presidential assistant on foreign policy.
Morning Song
The Wingless Icarus
Playwright, actor, and producer, PETER USTINOV has recently been starring in his own play, ROMANOFF AND JULIET,and making an unforgettable impression on television in the role of Danton. Simultaneously he has been uriting in longhand for the ATLANTIC a series of stories, each of which in its entertaining way invites us to scrutinize a particular area of contemporary society.
Schools for Everything
A native of California and a veteran of World War II, MELVILLE J. HOMFELD graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and look his master’s degree and his doctorate in education at Stanford. He has taught in grade school and in college, has served as principal of a junior high school, and since 1947 has been superintendent of Menlo Park city school district.
Short History
Cocktails for the Russians
DORIS PARKMVN.in middle life, found herself a diplomat’s wife in the most exposed city in Europe, Berlin. She accompanied her husband, the late General Henry Parkman, to Germany in 1946-1947, when he served as governmental adviser to General Clay. General Parkman returned in 1949-1950 as American representative on the Ruhr Authority, and again in 1954-1955 as Assistant U.S. High Commissioner. Throughout, one of Mrs. Parkman’s problems was how to entertain fellow diplomats, including the Russians — on a limited budget.
The Rise of the New Deal
It is a remarkable fact, as FRANCES PERKINS points out, that two ranking members of the Harvard faculty should now be engaged on extended studies of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Miss Perkins, who was Secretary of Labor from 1933 until 1945, is here concerned with THE COMING OF THE NEW DEAL, the second of a four-volume project by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published by Houghton Mifflin.
The Opposite Sex
Editor and author, CHARLES W. MORTON has been associate editor of the ATLANTICsince 1941. He came to us after having served a resourceful, sometimes hilarious apprenticeship on the staff of the Boston EVENING TRANSCRIPTand after a brief whirl as one of Harold Ross’s Miracle Men on the staff of the NEW YORKER.TO this scrutiny of John O’Hara’s FROM THE TERRACE he brings that quizzical touch of irony and humor which has long distinguished his essays in the ATLANTIC’SAccent on Living department.
The High Price of Daffodils
The Peripatetic Reviewer
Books the Editors Like
Reader's Choice
Accent on Living
Barbershops
FRANCIS W. DAHL is widely known for his books and cartoons and his daily drawing on the editorial page of the Boston HERALD.
Misc
PEG BRACKEN is the pseudonym of Mrs. Roderick Lull of Portland, Oregon. Her verse, articles, and stories have appeared in many magazines.
Letter to My Bank
I've Had a Superfluity of Yankee Ingenuity
Insipidology
SCOTT CORBETT is a frequent contributor to these pages, and our readers will recall “Where the Centaurs Graze" in the ATLANTIC’s 100th Anniversary issue.
