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Striking parallels exist between the concepts charisma and play. Both refer to a quality or an orientation rather than a behavior or an activity. Both are seen as innate to humans, yet scarce because of lack of opportunity and lack of cultivation, as well as lack of talent or "genius." Charisma as well as play is related to vital processes and is transcendent, featuring the extra-ordinary. Charisma and play are contrasted with the routine and reject it. Separateness and segregation are inherent in charisma and play; yet both become routinized, stylized, institutionalized. The elaborate and complex nature of these concepts is illustrated by exam ining a study of wilderness-camping in which qualities of experience are expressed that can be derived from the ele ments of charisma and play. These qualities are more readily experienced by persons who are trained to experience them; most leisure-activities are not felt to be so moving or touching, and outdoor recreation as well as the rest of the activities which occupy us during our free time are not usually endowed with transcendent qualities.

6 major parallels are found between the concepts charisma & play: both are nonspecific; their origins are similar; both refer to vital transcendent processes; both are extra-ordinary; & both become transformed over time. Both are in fact said to create a new order. These parallels are discussed & it is shown that the values of play & leisure are deeply embedded in our culture. Activities are ordered according to the degree to which they can realize these values. The conceptualizations provided by Johan Huizinga (HOMO LUDENS: A STUDY OF THE PLAY-ELEMENT IN CULTURE, Boston: Beacon Press, 1955) & Roger Caillois (MAN, PLAY,AND GAMES, New York, NY: Free Press, 1961) are used. The example of wilderness camping is used to further reiterate the charismatic element found in some forms of recreation. Wilderness campers valued their activity because it provided an escape from civilization, an opportunity to find harmony with nature & a sense of communion with God, encouragement of a pioneer spirit, easy-going compansionhip, & was health restoring & tensionreleasing. Extensive res is needed to establish the parametere of these dimensions & to develop systematic modes for uncovering other dimensions. Then a more general theory of leisure & outdoor play can be attempted. 1 Table. M. Maxfield.

A report on a study designed to determine the relations between the use of TV & other aspects of leisure. It is commonly believed that US TV is esp suited for those groups of the pop which have few resources for other leisure activities-the poor, the old, the little-educated. But there is a body of soc sci that would counter this common-sense hyp. There are actually 2 conflicting hyp's: (1) that since the poor have fewer other resources, they can be expected to watch more TV; & (2) that since the poor tend to be generally more withdrawn & apathetic, they can be expected to watch less TV. To test these hyp's, a nat'l sample survey carried out by Elmo Roper & the Nat'l Opinion Res Center in 1961 was used to construct measures to determine the level of leisure interests, the rate of TV viewing, & the degree of opportunity. Indicators of resources are presented based on: (a) N of indoor leisure activities; (b) leisure equipment; (c) org'al membership; & (d) MM behavior. From data presented in 2 tables it is concluded that, however plausible it appeared, the notion that poor people watch TV because they have no other resources was not supported by the data. Regardless of the way in which these other leisure resources are measured, those with more resources watch at least as much TV. Org'al membership, movie going, & book reading seem to have no effect at all in this income group; the viewing is high regardless of whether participation occurs here or not. But if a person whose income is under $3,000 has other leisure interests, owns other pieces of leisure equipment, or is a heavy newspaper reader, he is more likely to be a heavy TV viewer, not less likely. I. Langnas.