COLL ECTIONS ARf O A DOCU l ON PR 1.3:V 15/1966/V.3.3 tCAL R Ht.R AH E. I I IL .. A LI G lJ S T . I 9 6 6 " ERIE STANIEY GARDNER r>"--, "Encourage the Prison Writer" I Page 9 i \ . -���- .,... _:_..... / I( .,,--·-·-" ....,I �- � .. '/ ,,· �l r ,--, ( r&'·\ '\ ALBERT D. LANE . \ -- ·;·( ) . "') . :y -' I 11 j.;:· / .,,.., "Sinister Grins of Cats and Men -; (\ (fi·'. \ ��....___,, ... .... .. - ,,·.-.:_,.__ ,7_"·· :'.o. Page 15 V .. ·,:_-._:-:�:�-.,�- . .----. --=- -,·~ ":. .:: ..-· 1st Prize ••• The VANGUARD 1S 2nd / ,:~:sif:~1 Annual Literary Contest••• 11 THE ttMA:ZI� COYNE" � ';!Ji: ' Page 22 _ I MARSHALL SMITH COVER STORY (See page 4.) 11 The Big Man" I Special Editorial Feature: 11 EX-CON WRITES �10,000.00 11 U[KE BRADIEY PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL! Page 12 I "The Imprisonment" 7 / Ii Page 31 STATE OFFICIALS Sam Geddard GOVERNOR Darrell F. Smith ATTORNEY GENERAL Sarah Folsom , . ' SUP"T· OF PUBLIC· - · INSTRUCTION W. · W. Witt· · · ·. CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF PARDON and PAROLE - r •. · r . .. .. f .. If • I ◄ ... I t. _. I • • - • • • • • • j• DIRECTCR OF EDUCATION: · . jAJ:·K· b.· D·1LL .ARD ASS 1 T DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: . j'.::: .�.. ,J ERR Y . �: THO f\11 SONP 01 . • • • . • • • · ft.1 � EDITOR: ., , , . � , _ . , � ::::!:::' . CON" . RAD. HANS[N. ii{ .. , ::f?:,·•:•:-·❖=.:•Z•!•-•:O: ...❖y._:.- ·jJ ..:)\� };11,?t'�Nt•:':;.::\:t?��,:�::•�� ...>;:}:· ;::J; ...... .. .... 1t=•r�r-.�� ·. ·. - PR I.S.O N . O.F Fl CI A L.S. Frank A. Eyman " . SUPERINTENDEN.T • L. H. Hochstatter .•ASS. 1 T. SlJP. 1 T, CUST.ODI • 1 �� � • � . A • . E .• G omes • . • • • • ASS'T SUP 1 T, BUSINESS Laurence White SECRETARY TH. ��)...J.,-.,.-1 QUJ"'·••'•n, !Jt AJ.!.tl:\ . .,,-..1 ..... .._·7t..� -r }-J E VOL. 3 -- No, 3 An inmate publication or THE ARIZONA STATE PRISON, Box B, Florence, Ariz. (85232) Permission to reprint MY part or cont�nts may be obtained by writing to Mr. Jack D. Dillard, Superintendent or Education. Comments and suggestio�e are solicited. EDITCRIAL COM!vENT 3 Something to Think About. •• • • • • • •• . • •• • •• • •• • • The Edito1 COVER STCRY 4 O. Henry (Wil'liilm Sid�ey Porter)• . ... • •Vanguard Staff ARTICIES 5 The Prison Writer. •• • •• • •• •• • • •• • • • • •• • • Vanguard S tari 9 Let's Encourage the Prison Writer •••••••••• • Erle Stanley Gardne1 Now It's Good Business . ·•. ....... • . • News Reprini SPECIAL FEATURES 12 Ex-Con Makes Good (Special Editorial) • -• • •• • • • • •• • • Conrad Hanser 20 Ain't It The Truth? (Cartoons) •• •• • •• • •• • •• • • • • •• • • Var The Imprisonment, •••••• • •• •• • • •• • •• • • •• • Mike Bradlel 46 Vocabulary Test. • • • • • • ••• • •• •• •• •• •• • • •• • Library Staff FICTION ·7 Surpri�ei P.ackge. • • •• • .- • • •• •• • • • • • •• •• , Edward ApplebJ 22 The Amaz�·.Cpyne. • • • • •• •• • • •• • • • • •• •• Conrad Hanser 40 The. Big,·Iran. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • • •• Marshall Smitl 'ho_ Fat,.:Oeese. " . , . •• • • • • • • • • .... •••Walte r iH••. Wiei ESSAYS 15 The Sinister Grin or Cats and Men. •• • •• ••• • • • • • • • Al.Dert Lan, 44 From.Down td Up • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • • , _ • Roberta Bl.!ili POE'IRY 39 · i'wo �oema• • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • •• •• • • • Don Ramone Wooter DEPARTMENT$ 4 " 11 Chess Colwnn• • • • • •• • •• . ·• . • • • • •• • • •• Mike Pruit 1.3 Main Yard Library Briefs. • • •• •• • •• • • •• ••• .. Alec Burchfiel{ .30 I.E.R. Library Notes •••••••••••••••••••••• , Ted Wilsor • • • Art Work by Darnoc Nesnah • • • As evidenced, this issue of The VANGUARD is dedicated to writers and would-be writers on the prison level. And for our cover story we have chosen an author who epitomizes what can be accomplished despite ill health and ad­ versity. It is our hope that O. Henry's achievements will be an inspiration for every person here who aspires to authorship. With a few notable exceptions, every contribution in this issue was written by an inmate of this institution. Some are obviously arnateuris�­ others reveal signs of some previous experience. But all of these writers have one thing in common: a desire for self-expression. So as you leaf through these pages--perhaps reading a humorous story, an interesting article, or a few lines of verse--you are sharing their innermost feelings as they strive to communicate via the written word, We trust, therefore, that your judgments will be tempered with a measure of gentle understanding. As Erle Stanley Gardner points out ·in. his .article· "Nothing improves••• and encourages a writer more than seeing his stuff in print." The manuscripts which have been selected for publication represent only a portion of the many submitted during The VANGUARD'S two Literary Contes.ts held during the past twelve months. Some needed little or no editing; others required varying degrees of correction in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. But two very important facts became quite clear. (1) ��ny inmates displayed latent talent for writing and expressed interest in continuing and (2) there exists a vital need for an institutional program here that will help and en­ courage these people. It is true that on rare occasions a genius or 'natural-born' writer may emerge. But writing for publication is also·a craft--a profession--and most successful writers were obliged to study the fundamentals and learn how to use the •tools of their trade' in much the same manner a skilled craftsman (carpenter, electrician) or professional man (doctor, lawyer) is required to do... While a familiarity with the rules of grammar and at least a nodding �cquaintance with modern English usage is strongly recommended for the begin­ ing writer, his academic background is not all-important. Successful writers §uch as Hemingway, Jack London and many others, had but ordinary educations which certainly did not keep them from reaching great literary heights• . We understand that plans are .now in progress to make available a course in creative writing to all interested inmates. il'hether this will be in the form of textbooks, a correspondence course; or by classroom instruction, is yet to be determined. In any case, such an innovation will surely be met with appreciatiop and enthusiasm. Next, we hope that it will be.possible to establish a Writers' Workshop where practicing and novice -writers could get' together at regular intervals. We envision a room supplied with several typewriters; a shelf of reference books, writer's magazines, and other essentials. All types of writing--from short-short stories up to.novels, TV scripts, movie scenarios--would be ex­ plored in depth. As this activity progressed the group could expect visitors from the 'outside' (authors, editors, columnists, journalists, etc) to give advice and assistance as is presently being effected through such local organ­ izations as A.A., Dale Carnegie, and Toastmasters International. At least �t's something -to think about. To dream about ••• CH -.3- · .. • · : 1 '- ·. ,.. f"'. • ·- ·: • . • • . .J. · O. "Henry,: the.·writer who .first�. �ew-York City--a familiar ·plaee ·ror mfll1�:ns ot pfople beyond .its rea�Q,,· was born�William Sidnet Porter '-ih ·1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. There he spent his youth, encouraged t_o read by his teacher. aunt with. whom he lived. -HEt wqrked in his uncle's 'drug· st·ore after he · · · · · · · ·,, · ' left .�chool ii:t tifte�n. .. · · · · . ..,�- \; 'As .a young man, ·o. �y.�s.-threaten�d ,�:Lth .tuberculosis: hlid he went to live on a ranch,· ,in Texas £.or ,two yeau-s- t<>. re:cover hls health,-iater;going' . to work in �he <;}eneral, la.rid Oft�e in A-ustin·• ., .. After. hi.s . marriage he took a job as .- ·�teller , in a_. bank which., lu.s biograppere s�-, was run; wi'hh· "-astoni'shing luity." _. � - - ,, - , .. .' _·: Slior·tages were.,ftiuhd. in O. He�y•_s a�Qf;>\lnts. ·rne�i.tably ae 1 ·1ost'his'job, and mO"l/$d on to Houst'on where he worker:t.on,.the Houston'fg§l,; -sometim$· later, when he was ordered to stand trial ., he left via New Orleans for Honduras. There he remained until his wir.ers illness: called· him back to·Austin,· where he had to stand· trlaL · o'. HE3pry. made n� attempt O tp defend himself, and bis f'ligh� was regarded as positive eyidence Q� �is _guj.lt.. · ,.,-, · .. , , ..·,, ; . it was w}:li.le serving his term in. tbe.-ie<1era.Lpenitet1ti:ary at ·'ColumbliS:, Ohio, ;:c·tha.t o. Henry took his pen·.name from Or,rin Henry,·a:guard at the prison ., '-and began · · · · ' · · · · · �o write· seri�sly. On the basis of the stories he had sold to magazines while i� prison, o. Henry came .to Ne:vv Y:Qrk in... 1902. , 'Dlere he ·wroter prodigiously tor various mag- .. azines"'and 'the N�w Yor_k•W9!:ld� -�arc�ly -able· .tO!ikeep Ul)•With- the demand for his stories� Barely eight years later, Q •. Henry- was .the ·moat: wide1.y read author in the ce>un't?ry. � 1lr) spite . o!' his\i'aQ\llous, suca.es·s, O. Henry remained a quiet·,: con­ siaerate· )�n whose favo,rite pas:tiima w�s r.oa.ming the;_ city's· streets,. ga the:ring · with his kes.n repo.rter's . ey:e t�e:;det�ls .0£: city lUe·wbioh· · made hiis.stories -· : ";_j • · · �h ·mqre•" " t�:\,' cleligllt!'Y.lly_.. : • . contrived• • puazle.s. •• '"·1·: i . • ,• . , i ', . Million� or, been:'amsed by o. Henry'�'•,hu�or and charmed with his adr9it development1"ea'3,ers)1av�,r;n.d. aoincid�ce _. , :�o bring, about:- desii-ed re su1ts • ·.An in­ dispensable ingredient·of the modern short story in our literature has been added as a resu,l.t of O •. Henr1��-s;un¢n«ly effective ·l'lS(t or ,:the 'surprise e�ding 1 whi.eh has, in fact, QOIJle. to be.::k»� as the 11 0 •. Henry· twi§t. 1 He ·was'an:ex­ tremeiy, prolific writer and p�Qd\lcecbbundreds-of short atori-es . peopled with wonderful• characters pl.ac,c;i.in.�&i,�,cal eituati�s and one ot the m�st widely popnlar writers ever to come from thEt Anieribian scene•is•. : · · · · , · · ', f . o. He� was one-o.t the. firs� :YQi'iters·,td,.:fal:t ifl;lot.,e4:ltl"'.,New York City.
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