Up lifting article and story. Thanks for the memories. On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 4:34 PM Katherine Arens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jerry asked me to repost! > > > On Apr 24, 2020, at 3:16 PM, Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, everybody, > > Here's the cartoon in question in the attached pdf. It's not the best > quality but it's the same as was in the 1994 UT Grotto Reunion publication. > I couldn't find a better copy on the internet without considerable effort. > I have also included some of the correspondence with Walt Kelly that the UT > folks had when requesting permission to use the cartoon. Enjoy ! > > Jerry Atkinson. > > > On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Carl Kunath <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What about the Pogo cartoon? > > That’s an obscure question and has caused several rather ill-informed > conjectures. > Without delving into detail, here’s the core of the story: > > That cartoon was a brief moment of fame for the UT cavers. When the guide > book was in preparation for the first UT Grotto reunion in 1994, organizers > Mona Hanna and Bill Cronenwett contacted Walt Kelly for permission to > reproduce some of those cartoons in the guide book. Permission was granted > with no significant strings attached. > > There is a copy of the 1994 guide book in the TSS archives. A photo of > the 1994 reunion is on page 136 of the book *50 Years Of Texas Caving.* > > There were two subsequent UT caver reunions in 2004 and 2015 but no guide > books were prepared. There is a significant photographic record of the > events. The 2004 Reunion group is pictured on page 498 of the *50 Years* > book. > Of that group, five are known to have recently died. > > Although Bill Helmer was around at the time, he was not involved and the > topic of his photographs is an unrelated sidebar. > > ===Carl Kunath > > > > *From:* kara posso <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2020 7:48 AM > *To:* Cave Tex <[email protected]> ; [email protected] > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Historical Question > > Hello Everyone, > > Below is a message i received from a fellow through the grotto email the > other day. I thought that he would have better luck solving his mystery > with the help of all of you since my institutional knowledge does not go > back this far. Ross is included on this email, please reply to hum or > remember to hit REPLY ALL to keep him on the email chain since he is not > signed up on the listserve. > > Also Ross, if there is anyway you can share the comic strip (or part of > it) i am sure people would be interested to see! > > Thanks folks! > Kara > > > > My name is Ross Burns, and several people on Facebook suggested that I > post this question to your group.It concerns spelunking in the Austin area > in the period of 1953-54. > > I am a fan of the old Pogo comic strips by Walt Kelly. He frequently > mentions real people. events, and groups in the strip. I have been reading > a recent re-issue of the strips for 1955 and 1956. In a storyline he > published beginning in January of 1955, he repeatedly mentions the > University of Texas Spelunking Team. Partly I know that he loved to play > with words including spelunking. However the repeated mention of UT and > Texas over 2 or 3 months, makes me wonder if there was a particular event > that he was referring to. Some of the characters are trying to reach the > team to help rescue a frog that was swallowed by Albert the alligator. So, > it may have been some sort of rescue or similar event. > > Since Kelly wrote the strips well ahead of publication date, he probably > started this storyline in November or December of 1954. > > I would appreciate any information that you might be able to shed on this > mystery. > > Thank you for your time and attention. > > Ross Burns > > > ------------------------------ > > > ************************ > Katherine Arens, Professor Phones: Office(512) 232-6363 > [email protected] Dept. Phone: (512) 471-4123 > Dept. of Germanic Studies FAX (512) 471-4025 > 2505 University Ave, C3300 Bldg.Location: Burdine 336 > University of Texas at Austin Office: Burdine 320 > Austin, TX 78712-1802 > -. .- > _..-'( )`-.._ > ./'. '||\\. (\_/) .//||` .`\. > ./'.|'.'||||\\|.. )O O( ..|//||||`.`|.`\. > ./'..|'.|| |||||\`````` '`" '` ''''''/||||| ||.`|..`\. > ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||. . |||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\. > /'|||'.|||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| ||||||.`|||`\ > '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{ }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.` > '.||| ||||||||| |/' ``\||`` ''||/'' `\| ||||||||| |||.` > |/' \./' `\./ \!|\ /|!/ \./' `\./ `\| > V V V }' `\ /' `{ V V V > ` ` ` V ' ' ' > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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