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Banshee, whole no. 5, June 1944

Page 18

Sayings of the Spence
quarterly quibblings by PFC Paul Spencer

This time, for a change, methinks I'll indulge in the good old practise of "reviewing the mailing," Be warned that if I make no mention of your fond offspring, it's because it is neither excellent not poor, and containes nothing on which I wish to comment. Now, off to the races!

To me the most significant fact of the mailing is its demonstration that certain members, notable Messrs. Laney and Croutch, have reached puberty. That is, they have become vociferously aware that men are different from women and--tee-hee! giggle-giggle! buzz-buzz! 4e, of course, had been in a similar excited state for some time, but he and some others have restricted their ventures into the realm of the erotic to publication of not very attractive nudes; of such pictures I do not approve, particularly in the FAPA, but at least we have until now been spared the four-letter words and the leerings at sexual irregularities. PEOPLE STORIES started it in the last mailing, if memory serves me right, and now FAN-DANGO, ordinarily quite to my liking, gushes forth with filth. culminating in the suggestion that femme fans are to put it bluntly, whores. I believe that intelligent, generally charming people like Mr. Laney, whom up to now I have admired, are a greater threat to fandom as a whole than a dozen obviously obnoxious persons like Degler. Lslier Croutch is another chap I have always tended to like, without knowing very much about him. ut this mailing's LIGHT ends that; I suspect Croutch would feel very much at home in the Cosmic Circle.

I am in the army; I hear foul language almost every moment I'm awake; I've adapted myself to that environment; but when I gloat over the FAPA mailing I want and expect something more refined and intelligent. Those fans whom I and everyone else admire most--Widner, Chauvenet, Stanley, Speer, and so on--have refrained from such things, and it is my hope and belief tht these foul-mouths are in a minority group. I was pleased to nore in the FA the suggestions that the officials of the organizations censor material of questionable taste; this, of course will successd only if the officials are, as at prsent, persons of sense and discrimination. They should avoid being prudish, without going to the other extreme. You can understand why I am not likely to vote for Laney or Croutch should they run for office. Incidentally, those two are not the only offenders, but they--and to a much lesser extent, Ackerman--are the chief culprits in the present mailing.

Incidentally, while I believe Mr. Laney has a good mind, however bad his taste may be, this I.Q. of 183 (together with a waiging of claims to genius!) looks rather more than odd. Mayhap it should read 138?

The FA turns up next, so I'll dispose of the various suggestions confronting the organization. It would be nice to have a emblem more suggestive of amateur press activity, but since we have this one, let's put it to work. I agree with the majority that the membership should remain at 65, Maybe the fellows on the waiting list could start a separate organization of their own--though I think that would have more

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Sayings of the Spence quarterly quibblings by PFC Paul Spencer This time, for a change, methinks I'll indulge in the good old practise of "reviewing the mailing," Be warned that if I make no mention of your fond offspring, it's because it is neither excellent not poor, and containes nothing on which I wish to comment. Now, off to the races! To me the most significant fact of the mailing is its demonstration that certain members, notable Messrs. Laney and Croutch, have reached puberty. That is, they have become vociferously aware that men are different from women and--tee-hee! giggle-giggle! buzz-buzz! 4e, of course, had been in a similar excited state for some time, but he and some others have restricted their ventures into the realm of the erotic to publication of not very attractive nudes; of such pictures I do not approve, particularly in the FAPA, but at least we have until now been spared the four-letter words and the leerings at sexual irregularities. PEOPLE STORIES started it in the last mailing, if memory serves me right, and now FAN-DANGO, ordinarily quite to my liking, gushes forth with filth. culminating in the suggestion that femme fans are to put it bluntly, whores. I believe that intelligent, generally charming people like Mr. Laney, whom up to now I have admired, are a greater threat to fandom as a whole than a dozen obviously obnoxious persons like Degler. Lslier Croutch is another chap I have always tended to like, without knowing very much about him. ut this mailing's LIGHT ends that; I suspect Croutch would feel very much at home in the Cosmic Circle. I am in the army; I hear foul language almost every moment I'm awake; I've adapted myself to that environment; but when I gloat over the FAPA mailing I want and expect something more refined and intelligent. Those fans whom I and everyone else admire most--Widner, Chauvenet, Stanley, Speer, and so on--have refrained from such things, and it is my hope and belief tht these foul-mouths are in a minority group. I was pleased to nore in the FA the suggestions that the officials of the organizations censor material of questionable taste; this, of course will successd only if the officials are, as at prsent, persons of sense and discrimination. They should avoid being prudish, without going to the other extreme. You can understand why I am not likely to vote for Laney or Croutch should they run for office. Incidentally, those two are not the only offenders, but they--and to a much lesser extent, Ackerman--are the chief culprits in the present mailing. Incidentally, while I believe Mr. Laney has a good mind, however bad his taste may be, this I.Q. of 183 (together with a waiging of claims to genius!) looks rather more than odd. Mayhap it should read 138? The FA turns up next, so I'll dispose of the various suggestions confronting the organization. It would be nice to have a emblem more suggestive of amateur press activity, but since we have this one, let's put it to work. I agree with the majority that the membership should remain at 65, Maybe the fellows on the waiting list could start a separate organization of their own--though I think that would have more