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CAROLINIAN CRITICISM BY ACADEMIC JUNIOR (Continued from Page 1.) equal of some of the best in Brander Matthews's collection, and the char acter drawing and especially the humor and pathos of Old Noah, the "grandpop" of the wild urchin "Siinon Peter," who is almost the counterpart of Kipling's "Mowgli," is superb. The one or two appar ently typographical errors are prob ably due to haste ahd hand-writing; but with these polished off, the story would be simply a gem. It is only fitting and proper that the Resolution Adopted by the Student-body of the University of South Carolina, January 9, 1913, in sympathy with the friends and fam ily of our former fellow student, B. F. Burch, be incorporated in the January issue of The Carolinian, whether or not the resolutions were worded to that effect. In passing, may it be nlentioned that the con mittee appointed to draft these reso lutions represent admirably, in order of their signatures, the literary man, the college-spirited man and the man of influence and executive ability. In the November Carolinian an editorial entitled "Coming" heralded the near futurity of the first of the four articles on the "Work of the Fourth Estate," called "What Is News ?" And were it not that many suspect its perpetrator and that Jan uary number's editor to be one and the same person, another sister edi torial entitled "Becoming" would not have been out of place among its pages. It might he vell to quote the definition : "News is any incident which awakens a sense of interest in the mind of any person." It is hoped that the other three articles will be thus entertaining and enlightening. The poemn of eighty-four lines with the hit inappropriate title of "To \Vestward" proves that Caro lina's wild-eyed western Irishman, together with Mr. l)udlev, will one (lay outstrip Bret Hlarte for local color, and this is not sarcasm either. "To Westward" is the best narrative poem seen in some time. It, too, is swift and conpact, almost possess ing atmosphere as well as local color. But again, why "TO Westward" ? "Upon the Occasion of Returning to a Lad)' Heir Glov'es", though uin signedl, is in fallibly stamlped with lthe wvriter's style, and it is hopedl the author will take no offense if an uni sp)oken guess is hazarded as to wvho the lady is. The qjuotat ion from the 1 7th Century poet Edmund Wai ler is highly ap)prop)riate, and the wvhole is exquisitely dainty. "Two Sonnets of Hleine," "To My Mother," tranislated b)y L. P. C., o.ne might say wer.e all kinds of a sonnet, containing-Oh, may the gentleman give his pardon ; foir the (lash sep)arating it into two( sets of 14 lines each, has b)ecome visible? But why the groups of four and three ? 1However, the sentiment is p)urest and sweetest of all. The criticism entitled "Rossetti's Jenny: An Appreciation" is far be yond the pale of this critic's crft icism. It reminds him strikingly of Poe's Poetic Principle, and is cer tainly more enjoyable. more under standable, if not more complete and instructive. As to the editorials, "Ladies We Love" is very amusing, and more or less realistic. "Our Expansion" is well clone, but could be more attrac tive. "1913" is a perfect sketch in itself, meaning a musical piece of prose giving in condensed form any mood or thought-resulting in a unified whole. The editorial on "Basketball" is by no means en thusiastic or full enough. The others are. all good, and especially should be noticed the one called "College Critics", for it's rich. The exchanges, which are ru mored to be the work of the best known of the two J. B. M.'s (that is, by the initials), are the very best ever seen. The preamble is a corker, and no doubt many look with inter est for the University of Virginia's acknowledgment of it. Note further that nine magazines were repre sented this month as compared with only two last month. Except that a certain fair one at St. Mary's caught it rather too hard in the neck, as thusly: It is said of her Christ mas contribution that "The dialogue is stilted and unnatural, and the whole 'sketch' inane and silly." On the whole, this number of The Carolinian is more than creditable. Note finally that too much of the work has devolved on too few men. iU At the Alumni Dinner Make the old grads feel home. 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