The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-13
ANOTHER YOUNG AUTHOR
FROM THE HARVARD COTERIE

Erenin1 Post, Pictorial Repiew. Smart
Set. McCIure'S, &c.
Mr. Porters home Is White Plains,
and he is one OF the officers of the A.
u. Porter Company, publishers.
The announcement of the Century Com
pany that Holworthy Hall. author Of
Henry of NaVarre-Ohio," IL In reality
Mr.. Porter calls TO mind the fact that
during tho past seven years the under
graduate publications of Harvard Uni
Nersity have produced no less than
twenty-five authors Of established repu-
tat!on, men SIN In their twenties, who
have already achieved prominence in
their chosen fields. Seventeen of these
men were actively associated with Mr.
Porter on either the Lampoon or the
advocate.
Perhaps tho most prominent OF the Ad-
rocdte graduates IL Edward b. Sheldon.
who while still Junior In college wrote
salvation Nell" in which Mrs Fiske
starred six years ago. In senior year,
produced The Niger" and since then
The Boss I9lD, THE Princess Zim-
Zim' t9lD, Egypt" u9l2), The High
Road ,l9l2) and "Romance" G9l2)
Sheldon was president OF the Advocate,
and had ms his right hand man John
Hall Wheelock 1908, who has since writ
ten three volumes of poems, THE Human
ture" I9l2) and Love and Liberation"
Qsl0. a classmate OF theirs was Joseph
Ii. Husband whose "a Year in a Coal
Mine created much comment two seasons
ago, Husbands name is not infrequently
found In the Atlantic Monthly.
on the Advocate board OF 1906 was
Julian Hincklcy, whose novel, "E." was
published this spring, The 1907 board
had as Its secretary Wilder Goodwin.
author of 1.-THE Up-Grade," published In
1910. and numbered among it's members
Biggers, Stoddard, Streeter, Mcintyre
and Ilagedorn.
Earl Derr Bggers was selling short
stories to the magazines during his
| early days at Harvard and by his Junior
year had accomplished much His
Seven Keys TO Baldpate," which is still
Included in the lists of new fiction. has
been tremendous success both in book
form and In the dramatic version bv
George NJ, Conan. Mr.. Blggers produced
in 1912 "A play III You're Only Human
and has n Klaw & Erlanger production
next season. william Leavitt Stoddard
Is Washington correspondent and
feature writer for PedrsOns and Ererp-
OodDs Alfred Il. M,Intyre at 2g il
general manager of the publishing house
of Little. Brown and Company. Dam
, lei w. Streeter Is special writer. Her
mann Hagedorn is the author OF many
poems, man generally considered among
the most promising of the younger gem
Grafton OF American poets, His latest
volume Is entitled Poems and Ballads. "
OF these men BIggers anc Streeter were
also editors of the LdmpoOn.
In the class Of 1903 were Porter, Powell
and Carb, Carb Is playwright and
Powell n special writer for Lite, vogue
and Vanity Far, Porter has been n
magazine writer for several years and
has recently been engaged to write ex-
clusvely for McClwe's Md0dsine at "A
price probably the highest ever paid In
this country to man OF his age
John Silas Reed, 1910, was on the
Ldmpoon and Monthly, This Is the young
man who served In Mexico az war cor
respondent for the Metropolitan Magd-
sine. went to Colorado to settle the strike
In behalf of Harry Payne Whitney and
last year was involved in the Paterson
riots during the strike of the silk work.
ers. lie has been associate editor OF the
american Md1d.ine and real editor OF
the Masses. In the same class was
Walter Lippman, socialistic writer for
Erorvbody's MdgaSine ana others and
| author OF new book to appear this
! spring; t. T. r. Hunt. a versiher OF