Word: cowley
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dead Leaves," by Mr. Auslander, is a charmingly graceful bit of verse, while Mr. Cowley's clever "Nantasket" and Mr. Hillyer's "Interlude" are also praiseworthy. "The Brief Case," a page humorously setting forth many current doings, is a happy addition to the magazine. From the first editorial to the last book review interest but seldom lags, and with the increased incentive of prizes to be given for the best contributions, the Advocate seems started on a year that will be worthy of the proudest traditions of its past...
...excelent sonnet "End", by Joseph Auslander '17; a short piece, "Billy Sunday in Boston," by S. F. Damon '14, which shows at least that Mr. Damon is a clever son of Gertrude Stein by Donald Evans; and a couple of sonnets on "Bayonet Drill" by Damon and Malcolm Cowley '19, which are interesting souvenirs...
...Auslander invokes "the high, unheeding heart of beauty" melodiously; then, with a sense of return to actualities we read "Runaway," by Malcolm Cowley. Here is poetry stripped of every decoration. The technique is clever, but concealed; and the whole interest is thrown on the psychology of the country boy running away to make his fortune in the city...
...Advocate has announced the election of the following officers for next year: President, Malcolm Cowley '19, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Secretary, James Gore King '20, of New York, N. Y.; and Treasurer, Samuel Hanson Ordway, Jr., '19, of New York, N. Y. The Advocate has also elected to the literary board Elisha Whittlesey '18, of Pittsfield; Joseph Auslander '18, of Brookline, N. Y.; Ira Jewell Williams '20, of Chestnut Hill, Pa,; Stoddard Benham Colby '21, of New York, N. Y.; and Frederick Allen Thompson '21 of Washington, D. C.; and to the business board, Charles Burton Gulick '21, of Cambridge...
...book-reviews, all of which are good, Mr. Cowley's discussion of Siegfied Sassoon's poetry is the best: judicious, deliberate and well-poised. It rounds off an issue of the Advocate for which the editors may well be congratulated...