| Show i. i CAN CAW A AJames liFER COME BACK BACi James cI Shock Shock-ley a n Literary Genius Grinds Out Copy in in His Prison Cell IN I N the narrow confines confines' of the Utah state 1 prison James Jamee McPherson sho Shockley serving ing a n life sentence for tor the tho murder of two street car cur men for more than eight years lars has struggled against thc tho handicap of prison life lif e in iii an nn endeavor to realize an ambition to a rIter Despite the thc obstacles ob oh encountered has worked with sith a n. determination which has ha s brought him to a point where hero his stories torIe are arc sought by eastern publishers Twenty one articles written by In his hi hours of or leisure have o been bee n submitted to eastern literary bureaus since last Jast April le s writings are arc of a philosophical nature with forceful pleas for Cor higher morals Some of o his efforts have been directed along the lines lInc of ot fiction and an have ha met with encouraging comments from rom editors He also ulso has two books under tinder course of or construction The desire to become a writer has hag possessed him ever since he was wal sentenced Tho The early years ears of or his confinement were spent in study tudy and research Warden Arthur Pratt has taken a decided merest In Shockley's Jeys Jey's work and has assisted him In lit every ery way possible to bring out the tho latent qualities Shockley was given permission t have havo a typewriter in his cell a privilege denied other prisoners In ge n Shockley speaks in the highest highest high huigh- est eat terms of oC Warden Varden Pratt saying that h ha ho finds Mr Pratt anxious to assist all of o the t Inmates n of the prison 11 in l advancement d I. 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I along chosen lines JInes IL Ul JUlo a 1 J- J E of oC our greatest men has said O ONE You cant can't becloud your stars Mars Mars- ultimately they'll the shino through obscurity and display their brilliance To those who are arc In the thick of at the fight those who are down In the arena where the opposing forces of rl right ht and wrong strike swords those who struggle on toward the end of ot self realization and that irrespective of or the thrusts of the da dagger lagger cI of or In Ingratitude In- In gratitude to to to all such uch the tIle o abo w must necessarily h. h un- un lifting Inspiring But nut m may they Lucy me mean n anything to the lie man who has through the workings of or the law w been heen put a away from rota his fellow-beings fellow for the rest of oC his natural life If IC a man should find himself In a I situation which Is generally generall believed belle I to be bc beyond the realm of oC hope and at the same time should dall dally daily hear the voice of ot that better self within If It he lie should hear that voice olce continua continually urgIng ng Ing that despite environment and an enormous transgression of oC the tOO past pasi hc no flU ought then to take the first step lookIng looking look look- Ing In- Into to real ral J progress along the line lino of oC his destiny what ought his lila action to tobe tobe be If Ie a community has been outraged by a n. mans man's wron wrong and even though thought there I la is a possibility that the members members mem mom bers of ot that community are arc BO 80 completely completely com com- In the dark as to his true character character char char- character acter as to condemn in him what the they would praise In another even another even then If tr the silent voice still keeps whispering whispering- to I. I him tn to 1 do in should ho he he heed ell It not and g go jo gor or iii on groping Sr In the shadow oc or om utu I sins and cultivating in his heart henrt the seeds of at bitterness and hatred or should he face about look honk UI up and enter the fight In III order to determine to his bis own satisfaction whether or not one ono ma may In truth work out ones one's own salvation salva sal tion Almost eight years ears ago the writer turned his back upon liberty that liberty that greatest r of at a all ble blessings It was not the end of or a criminal career It was wast but G t the 1 end nf ot n a n season of or travel along the lines Unes of least resistance the tao the bordel bor our border der del line of at crime When hen tho the crash did come however it came unexpectedly and und with stunning force torce and in a manner man man- ncr ner that would of or Itself naturally cause one to ask later on In a cooler moment moment mo mo- ment meat How n was It possible for tor me to do that thing But the act had been committed and retribution must quickly follow fallow That law which Is much greater grenter than an anything anything any any- thing thing- written in the statutes s and which sooner or later must reach one and all alike had to be fulfilled for lor whatsoever a man that shall shaH he also reap It was left for tor the transgressor to learn throughout years ears of ot pain an and labor that even though men may talk of ot the ends of ot justice being defeated the working of ot that greater law Jaw Is sure nut BUt the star In the east arose aros and andall andall all down through the ages It has been beena a star of ot hope for tor this world of ot pain strife envy Jealousy and hatred hatrell It has put Into the hearts of ot men a desire de desire do- do sire to be fair and even compassionate compassion compassion- ate It has been the thc means of or causing even those thole who have ha not been tempted beyond their powers of or endurance to become more forgiving for tor the ones weaker than themselves es and It has begotten begotten be be- gotten otten In the strong men who ho ever e stand out as champion champions of ot the right a desire to reach out a helping hand band to the tho It under dog who through h his own eVil ting nas gone Jone down to defeat rather than to kick him when he ho is he helpless I pi ess 1 nd And so so with a belief bellet that that In In- In Influence fluence Is in the world that there Is isn In i n human humanity It more good than evil J and anI that with v a n reverence for tor the things thing's that are truly good and pure and with the proper motives In view one ma may Tabor labor in the tho hope that the thc law of oC c com cOin m- m will vIlI In time assert Itself Itsel the writer turned from tram tho those so things which are beh behind Ind The contest has been a most unequal one and at times the odds have havo loomed up UI forbidding and fearful But nut the star of ot hope cannot be dimmed and we hear the lie echo of at the wor words s of at the ancient preacher Whatsoever th thy hand to do do It with thy might From day to day dar then th the struggle lc Is renewed and there Is Js In reality a measure of comfort to be bc found In It I For or through h the cleansing power ower of oC pain and labor one ono ma may come conic from darkness unto light tight and may be brought ht to a knowledge of ot this truth Still to ourselves In er e every place consigned con con- signed Our own felicity we wel make or find And even en here in this prison home Inure thore arc external conditions that help to cheer one on the way conditions which bespeak the eternal progress of oC the age conditions which tell of ot tho the presence of that same calm cool cooJ com COIn passionate thought that con continues to go o O on steadily throughout the tinie-the the thought upon which is based our existence as a v tt p M very ery i. i 10 for evidences of ot the tue d lawn dawn w- w of ot a new w era penal institutions and we know that in this fair land Jand the voices of ot those who would go So back to the methods meth meth- of the dark a ages es are little heard and we wait walt and watch l In the meantime the star of at over 01 shining shining- and anil the question hope Is remains open OJen Can I a lifer make good S I SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIP'S HANDICAPS Two or ai three years of or regular colle col col- le lege c work are now required to enter the schools of ot law medicine divinity and education An un undergraduate who looks forward to entering these pro schools too often otten sees this period of colle college e work as a necessary but troublesome evil which must b bb Lb gone one through as speedily as pos pos- sible In his headlong rush he lie is apt api to slight his work or synthesized take a badly l cour course e of or studies or n effort to an I get all he lie can while the he lie is in iii I college e. e to gorge orge himself a a L mass of ot material be dl digested ested Now that the cannot possibly of course coure only prescribed college work Is I In Jn order that thai the tue I background professional proCessional round of ot general man ma may have a broad L he be begins to specialize culture before I Any hurrying ln through defeats this purpose rind and ders dora this run ren preliminary worn wor worse e than useless A college course I chance must have a a L to digest if It It is to be bc at all I profitable to a man and takes time Between the digestion I of the business I youths who utho have no nc particular Interest In the Impetuosity scholarship and an I of ot the prospective pro man who tool tools the ordinary wants scholar to who get et at his hit wants Of ot to learn culture to In I In think an rm nr to got et a n robust sort a way and feel his hh mental J growing grow grow- Ins Ins- month by month ets the It Or at least has little worst of at to him The Instructor attentIon paid Iii is so busy drumming on the laggards or restrain lug the r that the tho sJ scholar has bas to work ranch much 01 o his own salvation out November Atlantic SURVIVAL 0 OF 01 i orP The charge charse made malic in an Illinois a cross bill bin lied flied In fn n court that the plaintiff in divorce suit had boasted n a an cause death Ileath ability to by occult power is not surprising as It would have been so 80 a few years cars ago The Tho recent propaganda or of the doctrine ot the subjection sub sub- ot of matter to huH developed de somo old superstitions as well as new fancies aud among the somo older 1 lIets Is that ot of the power of wItchcraft the power to cure or kill front from a distance b by the tho exercise e ot of occult force A A. dread of witches Is seated deep In the darkest depths of lie tho human li h art It 11 exists seemingly among all races There Thre was wag a or or nr time Black nic In Mass Europe when the Sabbat a worship of ot the devil IJ I through witchcraft was almost as potent as tho the church Itself Princes nail and even en cardinals were suspected of or practicing it The cult survived I down to times com com- recent and at one time Ume in New England the fear tear of or It amounted to a I panic that let led to cruel persecutions of harmless old women women NewYork New York World orld 1 b 7 J tA n. n |
