South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-14
FAMOUS ENGLISH
POET DELIVERS
LECTURE COURSE
To Give Series of Talks Be
fore Notre Dame Sum
mer School.

The biggest event of the Notre
Dame SUMMER session took place
Tuesday afternoon. when Theodore
MAYNARD famous English poet. de-
Iivered the first OF a series Of three
lectures. In washington hall For
the last five years he has been chief
contributor on the stan OF the
new witness" Gilbert Chester
toms internationally circulated mag
azine. having been intimately assoc
ciated with Chesterton and Hillaire
Belioc two outstanding figures IN
the literary world He Is author OF
four books OF poems with sale 81
more than Il copies each, IN THIS
country and England.
Nlavnard's life rs an exact model
Of Fl successful poets biography. lie
vas born .n Madras. India. I'm 1850,
the son of an English missionary.
At the age Of nine be was sent TO
school in England. and when ne was
rs he received "a degree from CAM
bridge. graduating from the school
Of Divinity. Possessed Of rowing
teu4perament. he immigrated 10
America. shortly after. and took an
Episcopal parish In Rutledge, Yer
mont
In this position he remained for
"a wear. Instead of being impressed
bv the stern character Of the New
England yankee. during that time,
ne was rather depressed by IL. the
financial returns being quite made
auate. AT length a reference 20 the
three kinds OF fools, silly FOOLS
stupid fools. and d--n fools, from
the pulpit. caused him 10 be con-
demned for heresy, and ne mad 10
resign. For several years following
ne worked in the cotton mills OF
Vermont and Massachusetts, barely
making expenses
COmpOoCs Poems.
I'm these years Of poverty, May
uard necessarily composed poems
by the ream, none OF which he
could ever dispose among the pub
fishers. After o years in New Eng
land. ne moved 20 Philadelphia,
where he took UP lie as a book
agent. and later biu-poster. Two
years in Philadelphia. without i'm
proving his condition, led him 10
return to England. Shipping as q
common sailor on cattle-Doat. he
landed at Liverpool, almost % years
after his departure.
BY a strange turn % fate. he be
came a Catholic convert soon after
his return 10 England and entered
he BeEedictine monastery at Wood-
burn. II was in the two years spent
there. he wrote his first book OF
poems. which were subsequently
published. Finding himself with no
vocation. he left ministry for a lit
srarv life His numerous cOntribu-
ions in prose and poetry 10 the var
Gus periodicals OF London made his
came prominent among the reading
public. In 1915. Cecil Chesterton
1rered place on the New Wit
ness" Since thai time, he has wrl.-
ZEN hundreds OF editorials for Ches-
.erton's pamphlet
When Gilbert Chesterton took
over the magazine at the death of
Cecil, in 1917. Maynard remained,
md became the companion of the
renowned British novelist The poet
also IS a close friend OF Hillaire Bel
,oc. an editor Of the New Witness. ~
The most representative English
nan living" is the estimate Of May
1ard with regard 20 Gilbert Chester
ton. HE is the most sincere and
progressive political worker in the
Isles" declared the poet His
opinion OF Belloc IS quite exalted.
4 think Hulaire Belloc is one of
!. he greatest literary genuises, Eng
and has produced in the last cen
fury, ne said
Throughout England and among
the cultured circles Of this country,
Maynard is known as the most
prominent exponent of the younger
school OF poetry. He figures in no
small way in the poetic renaissance
that began in Britain. during the
war. His work OF poetry are indiCa-
tive OF the new spirit and form of
verse.
How 10 acquire literary taste.
viii be the topic of his lecture Tues
day afternoon.