Show Hovcy as an Art Student The late Richard Hovey during his residence in Washington some years ago became a member of the Art Students Stu-dents league of that city and worked during one eason in Its life and sketch classe His studies usually made In charcoal and crayon were not distinguished distin-guished by cither strength or grace but the future poet If he realized the shortcomings of his drawings said nothing about It With his head thrown back his black hair parted = In the middle mid-dle and falling In heavy locks over his temples he approached kin subject with the ease and assurance of a master I mas-ter Young Hovey had a1 that lime apparently no wellclellnul Ideas as to his career A fewVf his poems had I been published and these early efforts I were more promising nj future achievements achieve-ments than were his drawings I was his delight to write now and then for some special occasion a few verses which he would have printed on small classmates slips of paper for presentation lo hit I dont know exactly what I want to do or be he was wont to say but I I shall give everything a try and perhaps per-haps I will strike the right idea ntl last His leaning toward the stagi1 I and his I onetime Intention of entering1 Ihe church were in line with his youthful vaclllallon New York Truth |