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Allan Armstrong Hunter, California student at Union Theological ,Seminary, has found a voice. A contributor to magazines, he makes (in The Forum) this point: the young priest or preacher is not interested in debates about theological dogma (virgin birth, etc.); the young priest is interested in questions which he scarcely dares face, and those are the questions of " social justice." Are the rich too rich; the poor too poor? Since the church does so little to educate young men and women to marry intelligently, has it a right to forbid divorce? Birth control? Perhaps H. G. Wells is right...
Stephen Benét has read constantly and rapidly from cradle days.He has assembled to his mind an extraordinary array of facts and fancies. His poetry bristles with them. Simple, honest, retiring, he is a phenomenon not often encountered among the literary young men of our time. He is a contributor to these pages...
...Boston Evening Transcript, a contributor recounted his impressions of Portugal: "I had the benefit of just four interviews, or contacts, on the subject of politics, with Lisbon men during the day. The first was with a grave middle-aged senhor, of superior appearance, who checked our hats at the Monumental Club. I ventured a Viva la, Republica as I passed in my hat. He looked at me in a manner positively icy, and said nothing. I made up my mind that he was a Monarchist.* "Next in conversation with the castellan at the Royal Palace at Cintra. This expansive gentleman...
...Benchley has long been known as the brightest contributor on the staff of Life. He is the author of a number of books of humor, of which Love Conquers All is the latest and best. He is a Harvard graduate, class...
...York until 1895, when he became an instructor of English at Yale. During his 27 years of teaching, he became one of the foremost authorities on the English language in the country. He was the author of several text books on English verse and versification, and was a contributor to many well-known periodicals as well as editor of the "Yale Series of Younger Poets...