Show n to 1 en en A i VY The November Pen greets us in anew a anew new dress who whose ef color scheme is as pleasing as it is daring and whose chrysanthemums are suggestively appropriate appropriate ap for the holiday season The first article A Sketch deserves deserves deserves de de- serves the place of honor It Is strongly conceived and firmly ed Its very strength makes us wish it were here couched in the form of an essay instead of In the form of a let let- ter As a matter of fact neither in real life nor In novels do girls girlS' write Uncles that kind of a letter As an essay then it gives promise and leads us to hope that the writer will remember the Pen often Molly Lizbeth is far below the standard the author set for herself inThe in inThe inThe The Magic l Teakettle which appeared in the October number In this last story the writer touches scrappily on several phases of Thanksgiving and fails to arouse our interest in any anyone one phase of this celebrated anniversary Our old rhetorical friend Unity has been ignored and the result is dis dis- The Room of Inspiration is thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- satisfactory Theme writers who enjoy dabbling in description would do well to profit by this example and hang their inv inventories of natures nature's charms about some well known ob oh- Pure description is indeed dif dif- T T I but description done on this plan of comparison rarely fails t tc please The writer of 01 The Lamentations o oa oa of o ofa a Shoe deserves commendation for his quaint choice of a subject his lively i imagination and his for fora a graceful phrase A little better plot or a finer arrangement toward a climax cli climax climax max would have strengthened the fancy and made of the piece a more substantial story The lone bit of verse on November is made more lonely by the unfortunate unfortunate nate position of the dog howling up at it from the bottom of the paC pa r The metrics of the verse are correct and the imagery is truly poetic poetic- Beginners Beginners Beginners Be Be- in verse however need all the help that rhyme can give and we would urge them all to avoid blank verse and keep to the simpler lyric forms The editor concludes the number with a well phrased appeal for Christ Christmas mas material We Ve wish the editorial staff in addition to the brief editorial each month would conduct an Exchange Exchange Exi Ex Ex- change i 1 department and an Easy Chair department Then we we would know what the other college monthlies monthlies monthlies month month- lies are writing and be privileged to enjoy each month a page or two of literary chat and comment C. C. C W. W S. S |