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More serious was a lite rature panel attempting to discover " The writer in our society-what is he and why?" Panelists were Don Berry, James Dickey, John Greenway, and Alexander Scharbach. Dickey, of Reed College, also read and discussed his poetry. "La Dolce Vita," a contro– versial film analysis of contemporary Roman life and vivisection of society's decay and tragic over– civilization, drew large crowds to three showings. Thespians from Reed College, Portland State, the University of O regon , and Linfield College managed to squeeze into the busy program four one-act plays . 132