ae) ora - ‘The award of the 1961 ulitzer forr poetry to Phyllis McGinley is described — as the first ever made toa writer ot light is " larly fine compliment a as a particu- be regarded | This ee to Miss McGinley | _ since good light verse is not easy to write. It requires great technical skill, wit and, &, — of course, inspiration. Contrary toa com- mon belief,’ light verse “dashed CoE is ae not simply es: fie ‘Miss McGinley is the ‘third tonne Utahn to receive a Pulitzer Prize in liter- ature. (The other two: Merlo Pusey and the late Bernard DeVoto.) She was born in Ontario, Oregon, educated in Ogden and graduated from the University of /Utah if _ where she was editor of the Pen, literary magazine, in 1925. Soon after leaving Utah, her poetry began appearing in magazines, among them the New Yorker, and the latest collection, “Times lected Verses from Three published last year. © Three: Se- _ was | Decades,” 3 We are proud of Miss McGinley and, had we the ability, would salute her with a neatly turned couplet or so. This. being ’ impossible, we will simply say: “Hear bi SORE TATRIRMONS » —— ~ a eG ba 4