Excerpt from Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 84: April, 1919 We in college fondly believe that we are the world in mini ature, and would make ourselves as much like that world as possible. But, whereas in the outer world of literature men have already learned the technique of their art, the peculiarities and possibilities of their minds, and have acquired a knowledge of what a public is and what must be done to satisfy it, the young writer at college has no such power or knowledge. Also he has a limited supply of ideas, which come to him at strange moments, and in strange places, demanding expression. But such is the twisting power of the unfamiliar medium of words, that these thoughts appear queer and distorted, hardly recognizable at times, beautiful, with promise, if there be ability behind them - crude, none the less. The writer for the lit. Is a writer in embryo; his movements remain unsteady and uncertain until practice has made him sure of himself; and his literary efiorts, in this stage, interest but a limited public - mainly himself, other embryo writers and a certain group of older men who are watching for writers of promise. Just as the college is the cradle of learning, so the lit. Is the cradle of writing; and while babies are intensely interesting to friends and parents, they are apt to make but small appeal to the mere outsider. Each year the lit. Board takes up its duties and te-enacts the comedy of Mohammed and the Mountain. It would show to the world a new glory and greatness. We shall make the lit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page