Word: wister
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...novel of society life in Boston and at Palm Beach, was begun three years ago in Professor Hurlbut's course of composition, English 31. It was continued under Dean Briggs in English 5. Henry has also been advised and assisted in his work by the famous novelist, Mr. Owen Wister '82, and by Mr. Robert Cutler '16, the author of two recent novels, "Louisburg Square" and "The Speckled Bird...
Under the circumstances, Harvard became liberal. The Gold Coast was reclaimed from river swamp and turned over to the newspapers, the Pudding branched out into mock trials, rowdy burlesques of classics now no better remembered than-their parodies, ultimately into musical skits (see Owen Wister) and so by the laws of gravity...
Winston Churchill's novel, "The Crisis," and Owen Wister's story, "The Virginian," were two other of the ten favorite books, and among the authors who received many votes were Jack London, whose "Call of the Wild" appeared to be the favorite among his novels; Lord Bryce, with "Modern Democracies," Thomas Hardy, with "The Dynasts," William Allen White, who owed his place to the vogue of his tale of "A Certain Rich Man," Louis Hemon, with his Canadian story, "Maria Chapdelaine," Ernest Poole, May Sinclair, Hamlin Garland, Zona Gale, and Rabindranath Tagore...
...makes it seem that many readers cast their votes on a basis of recency rather than of intelligent reflection. Although only two native sons are among the elect, and incidentally no daughters from any nation--it is extremely doubtful whether, had the vote taken, place in Great Britain, Owen Wister and O.Henry would not have yielded their places to Sir James Barrie and the creator of Sherlock Holmes...
...Owen Wister, author of The Virginian and other novels: "I refused an appointment to handle funds to be collected in Philadelphia for German children. I gave as my reason the lavish expenditures by German profiteers 'conspicuous for their eating, their drinking and their jewels' which I had observed in expensive Swiss hotels. 'May I suggest,' said I, 'that before asking American help, you invite these German profiteers to look after their own flesh and blood. ... Perhaps you are not aware what is being taught about the War to German children in Prussianized schools, but you can hardly have forgotten...