Delectations

Your high-minded and incorruptible editors have met to judge the Second Annual Delectations Contest, which consisted in matching the titles of familiar books to familiar persons. Competitors were asked to send in at least three titles. But before I name the winners, a few generalities. The contest proved to be extremely popular, and many contestants sent in dozens of entries. For the pleasure of it, many said in their letters, and because they found it impossible to stop. They also thanked us for the sheer fun of the whole thing. There were more male contestants than female ones, and among them, a surprising number of doctors. As in last year’s contest, national review readers proved to be both literate and very neat. Their typing is excellent and, I am glad to report, their handwritings are most legible. Many entries were extremely funny, but were we to print them, your editors B, B, S & H would have to go to jail for libel. Many entries were repetitive, such as Grapes of Wrath by C. Chavez, Great Expectations by T. Kennedy and A Farewell to Arms by Venus de Milo. It was obvious that our readers like books very much, but do not care for John Lindsay or Teddy Kennedy. Finally, a heartfelt thanks to all the people who said such nice things about “Delectations.” I am extremely touched. I also wish it were possible to thank each contestant personally for his or her effort and to print many more of the splendid entries.

First Prize of La Cuisine by Raymond Oliver to Carl T. Berkhout, South Bend, Indiana for: The Red and the Black by Angela Davis; Ship of Fools by Simas Kudirka and A Dissertation upon Roast Pig by Ramsey Clark. Mr. Berkhout also sent in other nice entries such as We Bombed in New Haven by William Sloane Coffin; A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Edward Kennedy; How To Avoid Probate by Mao Tse-tung and Far from the Madding Crowd by God.

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Your high-minded and incorruptible editors have met to judge the Second Annual Delectations Contest, which consisted in matching the titles of familiar books to familiar persons. Competitors were asked to send in at least three titles. But before I name the winners, a few generalities. The contest proved to be extremely popular, and many contestants sent in dozens of entries. For the pleasure of it, many said in their letters, and because they found it impossible to stop. They also thanked us for the sheer fun of the whole thing. There were more male contestants than female ones, and among them, a surprising number of doctors. As in last year’s contest, national review readers proved to be both literate and very neat. Their typing is excellent and, I am glad to report, their handwritings are most legible. Many entries were extremely funny, but were we to print them, your editors B, B, S & H would have to go to jail for libel. Many entries were repetitive, such as Grapes of Wrath by C. Chavez, Great Expectations by T. Kennedy and A Farewell to Arms by Venus de Milo. It was obvious that our readers like books very much, but do not care for John Lindsay or Teddy Kennedy. Finally, a heartfelt thanks to all the people who said such nice things about “Delectations.” I am extremely touched. I also wish it were possible to thank each contestant personally for his or her effort and to print many more of the splendid entries.

First Prize of La Cuisine by Raymond Oliver to Carl T. Berkhout, South Bend, Indiana for: The Red and the Black by Angela Davis; Ship of Fools by Simas Kudirka and A Dissertation upon Roast Pig by Ramsey Clark. Mr. Berkhout also sent in other nice entries such as We Bombed in New Haven by William Sloane Coffin; A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Edward Kennedy; How To Avoid Probate by Mao Tse-tung and Far from the Madding Crowd by God.