The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1915 Page: 4 of 4
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COLLEGE MEN ARE
OPPOSED TO MILITARISM
(Continued from page one.)
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the result is similar. Six colleges
report that such lectures already
form a part of the curriculum.
Four of these report a sentiment in
favor of their coneinuance. Of the
thirty which do not have tactical
lectures only four announce in fa-
vor of their introduction.
The President of the League says
that while the figures cannot he re-
lied upon absolutely, because of
the haste in which the canvass was
made, the cumulative evidence es-
tablishes the overwhelminfg senti-
ment of the college men of the
United States against militarism.
"The militaristic student," says
Mr. Kfirsten, "is more suggestivr
and more likely to publish his
views than the pacificist student.
Except for this fact, J believe our
investigation would have shown
a still stronger opinion against mil-
itarism in colleges than the present
proportion of 4 to 1. The general
sentiment seems to be to wait until
the issue of the war in Europe has
been settled and the world lias a
chance to see where it stands. Few
of the young men questionsd were
ready to have the United States left
defenseless. They werely went on
record as believing that the exist-
ing status of the army and navv
t fy**-" J * '
was sufficient for the present. They
are opposed to any agitation now
for heavier expenditures in arma-
ment:
"The attitude of the students
seems to follow, to a great extent,
that of the American press. There
is a general belief that the end of
the war will determine whether the
Unitd States will be compelled to
follow in the beaten path that lias
so often proved the fallacy of the
use of rifles and cannons as peace-
makers.
"One of the most significant
facts revealed by the letters is that
no jingoistic sentiment exists in
the students questioned. There is
nothing of a desire tp build up an
army prepared to conquer foreign
territory. The possible fate of
the Philippines arouses no particu-
lar anxiety. The demand for a
greater America is barely present.
"Above all things that the sr-
swers have shown," is Mr. Kars-
ten's further statement, "is the
fact that the home of the chauvin-
ist is not in the college and univer-
sity. One in ust rather, look for it
in the secret chambers of 'dollar
diplomacy' and in the executive
offices of the manufacturers of
shrapnel and 14-inch guns."
POETRY AND POETS.
| mon sense. We may speak of
breezes whispering, flowers nod-
request of some four ding their heads, and waters mur-
among them one of muring. But to give the power of
Eng- speech to the 'sands of time"
At the
Mood I In llers
the best-read students in the
Iish Department, the editor has
permitted a criticism of S. U. Mag-
azone's poetry to be published in
this issue. The editor and the read-
er is assured that nothing personal
whatsoever is intended. Mr. Boone
e may say, on the side, has been one
of the most faithful and valuable
contributors to our college publica-
sounds ridiculous. You might as
vvel say that the hourglass of time
stretched its arms and yawned,
which, by the way, it would do if it
should read this "poem." Hut we j
must criticise the author too severe- j
ly. lie was probably under such
stress of emotion when he wrote the
"poem" that he could only gurgle
and snort. He was in what Prof, i
tion. It is hoped mat this crit-
icism will not only call attention to Axton calls an "inarticulate" state
some of the defects of our own col- He could not expres shimself, so
lege poetry, but also call forth ef-
forts from several students who
have not heretofore tried their
skill.
<s>
Hades, May 10, 1915.
Dear Editor:
1 know that 1 am somewhat out
of date, but, perhaps, I have some-
thing to say that wil linterest anti-
quarians. Times have changed
wonderfully since 1 have tread
your mortal coil, but 1 have been
especially interested in the great
change that has taken place in the
conception of poetry. My name
has made some little noise in the
past, and therefore, I take the lib-
| deep was his emotion. There is
: nothing wrong in writing such
"poetry", but the proper place for
it is in the waste-basket after your
feeling has subsided. If you think
that your "safety valve" poetry is
good enough to publish, for the
sake of the public make your safe-
ty valve into a caliope. The latter
is more harmonious.
I will now pass over to another
"poem" entitled "Spring." It
was signed "ilAB," which I be-
lieve is an abbreviation for labora-
tory.
The "poem" consists of six lame
and very sick stanzas. They are
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erty of making a critical analysis supposed to be quatrains with the
of some of your magazine verse. ; second and fourth verses rhyming.
I have a good friend at Mood , Only one-half of the entire poem
Hall who condemned the poetry of j has incorrect rhyme. Pronunci-
tlie April issue of the Southestern ; ation may have changed since my
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But as the ^erse is unfortunately
attached to the magazine, I came
into the possession of your excel-
lent monthly. My letter is written
on the assumption that the things
that I am going to criticise are in-
tended to be verse. If they are
not my time will have been wasted.
I recogngized them as poetry by
the following methods: Firstly,
the table of contents classifies them
as verse; secondly, each line in
them begins with a capital letter.
The first poem-that met my eye
was entitled "Why?" written by
some one unknown. I take the lib-
erty of quoting it:
"Oli why (loos doubt arise in me?
Oli why does thought of death 1
What is acros sthy waves oli sea
To give eternal rest.
"How broad is thy expanse o hseaf
How treacherous is thy way?
When shall J cross thy crest and see
Mv master far away?
"Oli sands of time down by the sea,
Why do you as you lie
Softly murmuring speak to me,
That-man is born to die?"
day,, but I have never haerd of
"dripping" rhyming with "chirp-
ing," or "rising" with "chirp-
ing," or "reason" with "reason."
The gentleman seems to be labor-
ing under the false impression that
unaccented "ing's" rhyme. In
double feminine rhymes as these
are supposed to be, the preceding
syllable should also dhyme. For
instance, "dripping' and "clip-
ping' 'are rhymes.
I wil (|note the first verse only of
this poem, for which you may be
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'The spring'
dress."
all dressed in vernal
Miss Booth, who has been visit-
ing lie" brother. Rev. Cullom II.
Booth. returned to Corpus Christi
last Saturday.
Students: The Palace Barbers
will give you the best service.
Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Nichols vis-
ited relatives in Temple last Sat-
urday and Sunday.
A great line of soft shirts for
the young chaps.
Strornberg-Hoflfman Co.
Miss Lucy Hamilton, who had
been visiting Miss Media Ryan, re-
turned to her home in Smilay last
Friday.
Bring your friends to The Pal-
ace Barber Shop.
Mrs. A. A. Booty and daughter,
Miss Grace, were in Austin Tues-
We see now the awful fruit that
doubt produces. I believe that the
stanzas are intended to be quat-
rains with alternate rhyme. I will
first take up the simple matter of
rhyme. In the first stanza the sec-
ong verse ends with "death" and
the fourth verse with "rest." They
rhyme almost as well as "turnips"
rhyme with "cabbage." That
much for the first stanza. The sec-
ond stanza does not contain a sin-
gle correct rhyme. "Sea" and
"see" are homonyms. In the
words "way' 'and "away" the last
vowel "a" is preceded by the same
consonant sound. In my day two
words that rhymed were supposed
to have the last accented vowel
sounding similar, and preceded by
consonants of unlike sound. Thus
"way" and "day" and rhymes,
but "way" and "away" are not.
In the last stanza the rhymes arc
correct!
I will now consider the substance
of this "poem". The title is very
appropriate and will apply to the
author's reason for publishing it.
There is no strict law regarding
the use of personification except
joyernong custom and corn-
Read this line aloud and notice
how awkward it sounds. It is due
to the two words "dresse" and
"dress" in the same line. Substi-
tute "clothed" for "dressed" and
see how it improves the verse. This
illustrates the lack of care in revis-
ion—if it was ever revised. I will
not enter into a thorough discus-
sion of the meter of the two poems.
It is nedeles sto say that almost ev-
ery law of rythm is violated. In
the poem "Spring," the meter
makes a pretension of of being
iambic. Yet the first verse of the
second stanze is trochaic. Another
poem entitled "To the Maid of,the
Dance," turned out by the same
laboratory' is a jumble of words in
which the author shows his" original
mind by disregarding all the laws
of prosody. But let us not judge
it too harshly, because the author
may have intended it to be a sort
of incantation or riddle.
The master poets only are privi-
leged to violate the laws of prosody.
They seldom, in fact, ever do vio-
late them. The amateur versifier
should try to make the mechanics
of his verse as perfect as possible.
His subject matter should not be
beyond him. He should not try
to bake a cake when he only knows
how to fry bacon. At least, is your
pride will not keep your nonsense
from being published, let your
sense of loyalty to the college pre-
vent you, as long os your verse con-
tains neither rhythm, rhyme, mel-
ody, harmony of matter. Try
reading a few good boks on pro-
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Yours truly,
William Shakespeare.
P. S.: Mr. Shelley said, that
though he did say it himself, he be-
lieved that the thought in "All's
Love" in the March issue was exx-
pressed better by he himself.
W. S.
Sam Wilcox and baby arrived
last Friday from Silver City, New-
Mexico, and will spend a month
with relatives and friends here.
The Senior Clas sof the George-
town High School, on invitation of
Auditor W. W. Jenkins, came to
the court house Tuesday with their
teacher, Miss Hattie Love, and vis-
ited the grand jur.Y room and the
district court, where they listened
to a case. The class greatly enjoy-
ed the experience.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Belford were
in Austin Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Taylor
were Austin visitors Monday.
Mrs. Belle Chreitzberg was in
Austin last Saturday visiting
friends.
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Woods, R. Bliss. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1915, newspaper, May 14, 1915; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth401174/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.