Show Articles in Pen Pei Show Shaw Promising Ability Liuk Lck of in Verse is Marked The first itsuo Itsue of ot the Iho year car of tho University Pen appeared on the campus cam cam- i pus this week The Tho Issue Is notable I for the a excellency nc of oC Its contents and andI I for tor Its new form Tho The pt pre present ont ent form of ot tho the Pen is far superior to those 3 of at other years yearn Tho The small email cop copies os always alwa's Mario the tho publication 6 seem seem om very ery The Tho present form Corm Is I but Jf It It had been b on somewhat smaller approximately that of Harpers or Scribners It would meet tho the standard form torm of other other oth- oth er cr current literary magazines Tho The cover or drawn by MI Miss 5 Verne Verno Lamouroux is a n fine Jno d design well well- wo woven won n together It presents present three different distinct features tho seagull seagull sea sea- gull gun tho the beo beo hive both symbols of at the state able and tho the lamp of oC learning by b classical figures 8 According to tho the different professors Ears sors of or tho the English department the tho contents arc very ory much above the average orage of ot college magazine Tho The articles ar ar- tidies s all an show pro promising ability The rhe quality of or the articles makIng articles making due duo allow allowance for or i our aur pride pride-is p pride Is s. s excel excel excel- lent According to Professor l Marshall it is even better belter than th that t of oC Oxford lane Ono One of or the chief chlof differences between our own magazine and those of ot other schools not to tho the discredit of or our out own is that tho the others fill flU their space with expository articles dealing with current problems Our own confines itself to short stories e poems poem and familiar ossa essays Perhaps the tho b best Sl article of the collection cot col col- col lection ia Is that of at Ruth Musser on Rudyard Kipling I ng as I 1 I l' l Know nosy V Him mm According to Professor Marshall tho the article is not only an admirable bit bitof bitof bitof of criticism but it presents it in such sucha a way that In itself it is Us a bit of art In tho the form of a n. familiar essay eSMY It I has hns merits other than just those thOM of or a critic Riding in An Ambulance admirably admirably ably portrays tho the subjective consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- of a patient on tho way to toa tott a tt hospital The Tho artl article lc is 15 extremely clover er but bul It does hot reach the standard standard standard stand stand- ard of or Mrs KInder's KInders work in that there thero seems to be a a. conscious effort a cleverness The Tho effort Is a n. little too apparent but jud Judged c by other standards than Mrs rs r's own the I artl article le is a very fine fino thing The structure and spirit of Hal by Miss Tolton aro are of ot really really really real real- ly very ry high order Only Onh two criticisms criticisms criticisms have havo been made by Professor ProCessor Marshall and Professor O lvcy The first fault tault lies Hes in 10 tho and such n n. criticism applies not only to this but to all dialect stories The writer could not be minutely familiar with any anyone one English so that she was not ablo able either to uso use it Il consistently con con- or correctly Tho The other critIcism criticism criticism crit crit- lies in the tho fact that tho the ending is a bit forced and unnatural But the tho theme and the tho way it is worked out more mora than balances 8 such minor faults and Miss Mies Tolton Teflon Is to bo complimented com com- upon her work Tho The Little Blue God by Phyllis McGinley Is splendid in color and design According to lo Professor Lewis i it is not only r realistic but it Is also atO Impressionistic As AR a n. short stor story It Itis itIs is perhaps lacking JackIng in t technique but the characterization is excellent Tho Thu author makes the characters stand standout standout standout out very clearly Tho The po poetry try of ot this nUmb number r Is very promising Tho The verso erso seems to bemOre bemore be bo mOre moro free from tho the morbidity of at other other other oth oth- er college collese publications than is usual The Tho subject matter malter of ot tho the poems show a tI great variety arl t Moonlight Is tho the most excellent of or any of tho the poems so far as ns real art Is concerned d. d It is wonderful in its suggestiveness In its mood and atmosphere Tho The poems of Forn Fern Jorgensen cst es especially especially es- es t In Retrospect aro are next In excellency This is la written in a a. special spec spec- ial French form torm the tho rondeau The chief characteristic of or Pretty Face is 18 Its Ita ly and irregular rhythm In the Desert Dellert contains I I I good description and ancl atmosphere but butI III I it Is d defective technically as to toI rhythm I Tho The University Pon Pen deserves far tar moro more support on tho campus than it itIs Is receiving The Tho students should b be b.- I 1 I como come better bolter acquainted with It The Tho I i Pen ranks ronks with tho the very vory best college college- I magazines of or tho the country countr and its I I work Is truly commendable |