South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-23
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WRIGHT FAVORITR
AMONG STUDENTS
Young Intellectuals at Uni
versity State Preferences
In Ballot.

LOUISVILLE. KY. oct. EFF
mar can DE Judged by the books he
reads as some sage once wisely re-
nhrfcd. tLen what manner OF young
intcIcctuaIs the freshmen OF the un-
iversitles this year. the iiterati are
Ikely 20 ask
\ vote taken by the 100 freshmen
at Che University Of Louisville 20 de-
tereline what authors, both stand
ard ANA modern. were their favor
ties gave % Charles Dickens first
place among is classical nOvelists
and out o. a field of 80 modern
writer. which included such men
as Arnold bennett. Winston Chur-
chill John Galsworthy. James NJ.
Barrie and Rudyard Kipling. Har-
old Bell Wright was voted the IA
vorite
Cooper Betrayed" Nature
John Fox, Jr. and Zane Grey tied
for second place. while four Ken
tuclSy writers wee among the pop
uIar authors named. They were
James Lane Allen. Charles Neville
Buck. Mr. Fox and Mrs. Fannie
Caldwell MacCauley.
Some of the reasons given for the
selections made were
II adore Hugh Walpole," one
young miss cried out, while another
said. Il love Kipling's stories, for
some OF them are true"
A very young member Of the
Eentler sex remarks she likes Ar
mold Bennett because his ideas Of
tust what Is worth while agree with
mine"
cooper" a young man states,
swrote on nature. That Is why he
betrayed nature so we'll in what he
wrote"
II vote were taken Of the most
orisiaal reply received TO the ques-
tionnaire submitted the prize I'M
doubtedly would be given TO the lit
erary enthusiast who declared his
fav,orite was George Eiot's An
cient Mariner because it is written
in blank verse and il causes one to
be on the alert in order to grasp
the meaning"
Can't Criticize Kipling.
Another freshman said he liked
winston Churchill because he deals
with subjects interesting 70 US all
even yet Mr.. Churchill is 40 years
old
'lKipIing writes in a way deserv-
ing no criticism from me" one
student said And another said. Il
like SCOTS Ivanhoe because il is a
| bit exaggerated In regard to real
nfa and therefore is interesting"
''Charles Dickens is my favorite
present day writer. David Copper
Geld is one OF his books that he
wrcte." some one else said.
~ think the chief reason I like
LFark Twain so much is that l think
he us a great hUmorist." a subtle
| aspirant 20 a b. a. degree explained.
The votes pOlled for the standard
novalists were as follows:
Dickens, 50; Cooper, 10; Scott.
12S Stevenson, II; Eliot, 9; Thack-
| erfty. 6 Jane Austen, Hawthorne.
Mark Twain and Henry James, 2
each. and Edgar Guest. SwinbOurne,
Victor Hugo. Tennyson, Hardy and
Bulwer-Lytton, one each.
Alexander Dumas. reported by
the Louisville Public library TO be
more widely read than any other
one novelist. year in and year out,
didn't receive a single vote.
MAIN Street" Trails.
The freshmen modern novelist Sc
lection follows:
Harold Bell Wright, 10; John
Fox, Jr.. and Zane Grey, 10 each,
Ruiyard Kipling, 9; Mark Twain. @,
l Several votes put Mark Twain as
a Standard novelist also): II. c.
Wells, 8; Winston Churchill, 4; Viii
liam J. Locke, ]. NJ. Barrie and Sin
claire Lewis. 3 each; Booth Tark-
ington, Hugh WalpOle, James Lane
Alien. Jack London. and Edgar
i Burroughs. p each. and Arnold Ben
nett, Diana Craik. Irwin 5. Cobb
Mary Roberts Finehart. william
Dean Howells, John Galsworthy
Ethel NJ. Dell. Marion Crawford
Charles Neville Buck. Kenneth
Craeme, George Barr McCutcbeon
jeffrey Farnol. Beulah Dix and Mrs
Fannie Caldwell MacCauley. one
each.
Sinclair Lewis Main Street" re
cehed only three votes. but It is tn,
outstanding popular novel OF TN,
year In the public library. accord
Ing TO George 7. Settle, librarian
Forty copies Of the book are in con.
stand demand and many person.
have been waiting months TO read it
hessays
corne Of the largest lcconoti,c.