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CURRELL REVIEWS GONZALES' POEMS "Poems and Paragraphs" Re cently Issued in Book Form There recently came from the press a volume called "Poems and Paragraph," being a collection of the poems and paragraphs of Robert Elliott Gonzales, the founder of the gamecock and paragrapher of nation-wide renown. The following review was writ ten by Dr. W. S. Currell. "The foregoing noteworthy volume recently issued by The State should be of especikl in terest to the students and alum ni of the University of South Carolina. Mr. Gonzales was graduated from the university with the degrees A. B. and A. M. in 1909. While a student he not only shone in the class room, especially in the lan guages, but was a leader in athletics and in various other college activities. All but two of the poems published in the present volume had appeared in the university publications, the Carolinian and the Garnet and Black. I have been in touch with college periodicals for more than thirty years, and I have never seen in any of them so many poems from one pen of such a high order of ex cellence. If the nascent poet had not turned paragrapher, he would doubtless have occu pied, in time, a secure place on the higher slopes of Parnassus. "However, the world at large, to whose blurred vision, "the ''ght that never was on land or sea" is only a dimly discerned ray, will not regret that Mr. Gonzales turned from poetry to prose when he became a member of the staff of The State in 1911. He soon distin guished himself in his new po sition as a writer of crisp, sparkling, epigrammatic para graphs, which were widely quoted throughout the United States, as many as ten some times appearing in one issue of the Literary Digest, a periodi cal conspicious for its selective sagacity. "The volume before me con tains fifty pages of poetry, and 174 pages of paragraphs. The remaining pages are devoted to biographical details and to tributes of well-merited praise from various sources. The price is $2.00 a volume . "The University of South-Car olina commends most cordially this interesting volume which perpetuates the memory of a brilliant Troung poet and para grapher, one of her most gifted sn." UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS MEMBER VIGILANTES Eugene H. Blake of Green wood Author of War Articles Alumni of the University of South Carolina will be inter ested to learn of the popularity of a series of articles prepared by Eugene H. Blake, of Green wood, for The Viglantes. Mr. Blake is an alumnus of the uni versity of the class of 1907. The following article from the Greenwood Journal tells of Mr. Blake's success as a writer of war articles: Readers of The Daily Jour nal, who have been reading the articles by' Eugene H. Blake which have been running in this paper for some time, will be interested to hear that this series is appearing all over America. The articles are ap pearing in daily papers as widely separated as the New York Globe and Los Angeles Tribune, Columbia State and Spokane Spokesman-Review. In 1914, when the war start ed, Mr. Blake began studying everything to be had on the theory and history of kultur and frightfulness. As soon as this country was drawn in he began writing on different phases of the war from the American viewpoint, with the result that much of it, especial ly this series of satire, has been presented to the public by the Vigilantes, the national society of war writers. The last of several letters of appreciation to Mr. Blake from the headquarters of the Vigi lantes in New York said i n part: "The Devil to the Kaiser series has certainly been ex ceedingly popular with the edi tors and we are mighty grate ful to you for giving it to us." To A blank Verse Poem JUDGE SEASE Enr1 of Poem. THE STATE/ BOOK STORE IS NEAREST TO YOU Carolina men are invited to drop in here for Pens, Pencils, Ink, Rul ers Examination Pads, or anything in Stationery. We carry a stock of Fountain Pens and feature the two best lines made. WATERMAN'S IDEAL, THE CONKLIN AND PARKER PENS We do Printing THE STATE BOOK STORE In the State Building THE CLEMSON AGRI( South Carolina's School of i FOUR YEAR DEGREE COURSE Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, neering, Textile Engineering, Architcc1 SHORT COURSES-One Year I Course in Textiles. Summer courses for farmers and othi For information regarding scholarshi W. M. RIGGS, JEFFERSO] JNO. .1. CAIN, President ABSOLUTELY ". 150 Rooms---Every * IEUROPEA University of S Founded by the State in 1 The University is organized N I. School of Arts and Sci of study in Languages, Histc to the degree of A. B. and I worth from $100 to $150 each II. School of Education, w sons to serve the State as superintendents of schools. the degree conferred. III. Graduate School, witt to the degree of Master of Ai IV. School of Civil Engi V. School of Law, with co of LL. B. The presence of 1 use of the State Law Librar ties. VI. Military Science and times a week. Class-room i Equipment furnished by the U Officers' Training Corps. VII. Courses in Red Cross and Dietetics. College fees for the year, $: tion. For women college fee, paying tuition, $40 additioni service, $18 a year. Loan funds available. For catalogt W. S. CU RR EI Columbli Let Us Do Your Altering Owen & Paul MERCHANT TAILORS CLEANING PRESSING REPAIRING ALTERING All Work Done in Our Shop 1123 Wash. St. Phone 1963-J ULTURAL COLLECE Igriculture and Engineering S-Agriculture, Chemistry, Chemical Electrical Engineering, Civil Engi ture, General Science. "ourse in Agriculture, Two Yera ers interested in Agriculture. ps, etc. write to PRESIDENT, Clemson College, S. C. N HOTEL R. W. 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