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Satirist Still Idealist at Heart...
...into fame almost overnight. Robert Nichols, a brother poet, has described the change in the following words: "The poetry of Siegfried Sassoon tends to divide itself into two rough classes--the idyllic and the satiric. War has defiled one to produce the other. At heart Siegfried Sassoon is an idealist." "Counter Attack" and "Picture Show" the poet's latest books, have still more increased his fame...
Because Hoover is not a politician, and places the public interest above his own; because he is a practical idealist; and because he is trusted and respected by Europe, Professor John Livingston Lowes, A.M. '03, Ph.D. '05, of the department of English, supports the former Food Administrator as the candidate best fitted for the Presidency of the United States. He says...
...Idealist with his Feet on the Ground...
...Because he is an idealist, with his feet on the ground. He has consistently translated his ideals into action, not-into words. His broad sympathies are tempered by hard common sense, and he is also the possessor of a sense of humor, which (one may safely believe) will keep him from regarding himself as the repository of all wisdom, or the sole spokesman of his one hundred million fellow-citizens. He seems so far never to have lost his head, with abundant opportunity to do so. He has showed the ability to carry out vast measures of relief abroad with...