Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-23
T|sH SCHOOL SYSTEM
5 ATTACKED BY AUTHOR
II only Seventeen, Alec Waugh
created Sensation With
First Novel.
WRITTEN IN TWO MONTHS
me Writer Is Son OF Famous
'o'shcr, anu Classes Method,
Idlcncss and Foster
Z immortality.
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M HAlDEN CHuRCH.
'HD'tN March 22.-iIere is rec
On 'he part Of u youthful british
vi winch IL wou:d probably be
w 10 duplicate anywhere. This
VI Is Aiec Waugh, VINO, some
'''is ago. when IL. was not yet
zen wrote. IN only two months.
Isi no.e! called The Loom Of
IT, which made AN instant and
tordlnary sensation.
lnc Loom Of YOUTH" its juvenile
or hlmscii public school boy,
heu the iniSlcadinSly named pub
chocI system" OF this country as
an seldom. II ever. been attacked
lie declared til;,t. among other
s' u iostcrcd immortality a,nonS
oUth OF Britain, that the pursuit
81 ihS vas everywhere subordi-
70 lhc worship Of athletics, that
U'hs which means the use of
10 tcAtbooks-was rampant
u"fc. mat the masters. general
peak KING, were unit 20 be instruc-
Oh youth. that the bullying OF
boys ~ older ones known AS
'hS amounted TO positive terror
anu ihuch more TO the same effect
:" Eng!and's public school system.
INC pubic school spirit" which il
"pp"sel I" "ns"nd.r. are TWO OF
i"l'"hhl assets Of Which this couu-
~ pToudest Hence tn. sensation
u j
OF iout't. IN which. 1lndcr the
OF notion. chapter ana vers. was
ioT Aiec NaIsh's sensational
e controversy which /, aroused
heu th.s maiden novel as few iirst
- 49, poonied In this country IN
~ years. ana II has now gone into
"ch'leth thousand edition.
TIES POEMS N nus
PRISON IoI, ,E,,,
Ter writing H.. Alec Waugh. who's.
IcF. Arthur Waugh, is managing
Tor o. the publishing firm .!
man ana nan. dickens publish
ana "e!.-Hnown man 81 letters.
med commission in tn, arms.
"ehI!E year IN Il German prison
~. Nhiir there he beguii,d his i'm
|'hH!"ht hy writing poems OF quite
|'Ga! Iuhhis which. SHOP pub
20 mere "a i'w months ago. con
led the original Impression That
MAS young writer of iar more
/ ordinary gifts.
being released, Waugh who is
on!y twenty, comes home ana
PSF Immediately became engaged 10
81 IN: attractive daughters OF w.
Jacobs o! Many Crasocs" fame.
|nighi have bcen expected thai the
experiences OF the young author.
is now living under his fathers
in Hampstead. would have made him
ct al! about the serious defects
pri,isl u''iT !" ne view, cN'st IN
NJ ~ $500 achoo! system. but
'ne case. what he observed OF
reno" prisoners in Germany cs-
ally made Waugh more than eve.
|ress.d with the evils which he al
IN the system under which the
er o!ass youths OF this country are
e resumed his crusade in striking
umstances Still wearing Ehnki
looking the mere boy" which III.
rman described HIM as bcjnr
Han Hail. London. Il quite extra
nary lecture. ia which ne attacked
public school system in the same
as and WITH thc same vehemrnce
tis novel
DiI!NCE INCLIDt.S
FtNOIS i:nI,..rnuS
me- ,.t,di.rc.. ,,dr.s., "
INN ,,,,.''I,i,.J 80. ,os ms
10" .tm"ttin,,.,lists !, - M ny ,nvs'
s'rt.o!'''.'A.a "a 'l!n couhtr!'
~" ~: nS"." some nome
iir., .sS,,ris 80 ~, u!
Ice OF ms Criticisms NV. 49,. 'nS
tHle"s -, uen'ea bE such autnoritics
S,,,,I,s,, ana
-, I'ciu
,,,,n H.,s 49,, mana.
"eInr"n1is'np si,i,,tn,,ars , hu
,p W,ush SAID. had iau,.hi t En-,
I, the boosted English public schn"i
.ein had done notninS TO cable
I!sh prisoners TO iind distraction in
osopmy, or IN any exercise OF the
d. Thcy mostly. he declared
med about the place longing Tor
'ubl!c schools, he declared. ought
nave CONGRATULATIONS IL crickct
football. whether IL IS modern
tics, poetry, sculpture or faith"
, !, ana ne rest learned 10 re
letc) as some magnificent giant.
Ice among mankind and the. hope
the rae re Illustrated the
fanny OF athletics at the expense
study py the case OF shy little boys
, were cantd Tor siackncSS on the
.ba hcid' ana cited the dictum OF
eadnIaSier that ne ala not expect
N Worh 10 re aome during the
ere with Briiish headmasters as
y. Whose No,ceS' ne SAID droned
,otonouS ~; Wniis thcir boys IN.
,ntiveiy discuSSea hnsny football.
any IAN r sGhop'S an m,hieI ser ,n would
't han maj OF letters or 81. sta,c q ioT
u, '' "r drink or r be m inmc ,rfe ,I 10
,nc Ma in ,i 49, '' ne anu
n ID" '"'''''ee o'e' Tue young
,,,.,,,.,
ERlCAN ~ ~ nEns
Hhf SID "At''iI book
leo WauGh's publisher tells me that
offered The Loom OF Youth" to al
It every leading publisher in the
ted states. and that they. one and
declined II on the ground that its
rest was too local No doubt this