Word: schnittkind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...edit a volume of college verse is a labor of love; to disparage a labor of love is an ungracious act. Yet it is impossible to commend unreservedly "The Poets of the Future: a College Anthology for 1916-17"--the collection of 165 poems that Mr. Henry T. Schnittkind presents after culling over the "several thousand" that were submitted to him by the poets of "several hundred colleges"! One can have nothing but admiration for the patience and industry of an editor who has performed so stupefying a task; also, one can only marvel at the enthusiasm that has survived...
...interesting. Surely here, I thought, will be poems that show the heart and imagination of our colleges astir and aflame. But the poems selected are all of a neutral tinge and most of them of a pacifist taint; possibly they reflect the personal prejudices and predilections of Mr. Schnittkind. There is not one that breathes the spirit of hearty indignation, healthy hate, and noble devotion that I believe animates most American college men in these days--and that must have been expressed in much college verse...
...student of an American college is eligible to submit specimens of his verses, whether or not they have previously appeared in a publication. Manuscripts should be sent to H. T. Schnittkind '10, of the editorial department of the publishing company. The Anthology will be made up after May 16, and no poems will be accepted for inclusion in it after that date...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE. "A Bit of Dream Folk-lore from Virgil's Sixth Aeneid." Mr. S. H. Newhall. "The Preposition 'sub' in Temporal Clauses." Mr. H. T. Schnittkind. "Quotations from Greek Literature in Recently Discovered Inscriptions." Dr. K. K. Smith. Harvard...