From the tone of the copy turned in by our domestic correspondents for last week's zoo cover story, it seems safe to say that they had the time of their lives on this hot weather assignment. As one correspondent put it: "It was really refreshing to cover a story like this. No speeches; no fussing with the technicalities of chain reaction; no political talk about Russia or Harry Truman or John Bricker. Just people looking at animals and birds, and vice versa."
That probably comes close to explaining why adults go to zoos—and why TIME'S editors chose this universal summer pastime for...
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