New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
BOOKS FOR The YOUNG
Holiday Publications for Boys
and Girls.
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STORIES.

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STORIES
While not designed to encourage a love
Of study. the many stories of school and
college life that fall from the presses in
variably aim at the inculcation of the
ethics Of clean sportsmanship, of prin-
ciples of competition and endeavor that
lead to manliness i'm later life The
authorities on college sports are to the
fore again this season with new tales of
football and baseball, rowing and the
track. Mr. Walter Camp returns TO
Yale in "Old Rterson" Cd. Appleton &
Coz, his hero helping in the climax TO
defeat Harvard i'm the university boat
race.-Alr Ralph d. Paine places two
more stories to his credit, Sandy Sawyer,
| Sophomore" which is a tale Of what be-
fell man who worked his way through
college during his vacation, and THE
! Stroke oar" who was shanghaied i'm the
middle of his term on board a tramp
steamer carrying cOntrabard Of war 20
South America, but who returned i'm time
to take his place in the boat at the great
race. Both books are published by
/ Charles Scribner's Sons, and both are
spirited. wholesome reading A pre-
paratory school is the scene of two more
Of Ralph Henry Barbour's deservedly
| popular books, "Flnklers Field" which
celebrates the prowess and skill of the
/ Il L l..
chiefly with track athletics, but Incl
dentally tells of an exciting game of
baseball. ID Appleton &, Coz
great athlete of a few years ago
Arthur Duffey, the worlds champion
sprinter from 1901 to 1904 tells a good
all-around tale Of school life in "Oa the
Cinder Path" in which his own fay rite
sport is not allowed to have the lions
share of attention. Cd. Appleton & Coz
And still they come.-"Butt Chaner,
Freshman" Cd. Appleton & Coz. is an
other tale of preparatory school life. not
altogether devoted to athleticS-East
is East and West is most decidedly West.
for time at least. in Henry McHarg
Davenports The Likely Chap" CThe
Sturgis & Walton Company, which tells
of the progress Of a boy from Colorado
ranch at a famous Eastern school
Winning the Junior Cup" by Norman
Brainard (The Lothrop, Lee 6, Shepard
| Company, deals with the rivalry be-
tween "sophs" and freshmen for a cup
annually bestowed by the juniors on
/ ho ,c
wins it by superiority in athletics and
morals. The leader Of the "freshies"
| conducts campaign against cribbing
and other reprehensible practices
There is a lesson for both educators and
pupils in Arthur Stanwood Piers THE
Jester of St Timothys (The Hough-
ton Mifliin Company. It's hero is a
/ country lad who accepts a place as
! teacher in large school, and there re-
ceives the practical training for his
chosen career which study and exam
nations could not give him. \ sensible
story, we'll told.
| Freshman Dorm, Pitcher CThe Cen
! tury Company, entered college with a
good record as Il prep" school athlete
and corresponding amount Of self-con-
fidence. Mr.. Leslie w. Quirk tells the
story Of how he had to prove his merit in
! football, baseball and on the track ana
how his manliness helped him to over
come many handicaps Frank /.
Odell told the story Of Larry Burke.
Freshman" last year; this season. as "A
ventures and exploits Of Larry Burke.
Sophomore 0othrop, Lee & Shepard.
The book is not all athletics, but gives
spirited pictures Of other phases Of col
lege life as well.-Of THE Last Lap"
by Alden Arthur Knipe Harper &
Bros). it will suffice to say that it is a
capital variegated tale Of boys at school.