The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-21
ny JOE ROSS

u ehSiA uiyHeSS. thousands of really
valuable books are seldom read be-
cause the author failed to inject life
irto their pages.
1t is not impossible to convince a
child that certain mixture will cure
his cold, but 1t is impossible to make
4 him swallow that mixture willingly
lif he doesn't like the taste
80, In writing the serious article
/ or book, the writer should remember
that he can't force his ideas upon the
gtown-up as he would the cold cure
upon the child The child can be
made to take his medicine-his elders
irequire their doses of knowledge
sweetened, And many of them won't
take 1t unles it is.
Therefore. to be successful as
writer of serious matter one must not
only know his subject, but he must
also know how to present 1t attrac-
lively SO that his readers will fno
the ABSORPTION of his knowledge a
pleasant task He must know at
least one thing more than that about
which he is writing, and that is the
old adage about being able to lead
horse To water but not being able
to make him drink
1t is therefore refreshing to find
an author of serious articles and
books whose writings are not only
educational but enjoyable Such a
writer is DR.. Guy Il. Snavely, presi-
dent OF Birmingham-S Southern coll
lege.
DIR, Snavely. while yet a young
man, has gathered much knowledge
thus far in his journey through life,
and much of this knowledge he has
translated into the written word so
that others might have the benefit
of it. And he has succeeded in do
ing this in a bright attractive man
+ err. with the result that not only
has he written but he has written
that which is read
The list of Or. Snavely's writings
is long one. and is the more re-
markable when one considers that
during all the time he was writing.
DR. SnaYely was engaged in hard and
exacting work, work which would
have left the ordinary man but little
time for other things.
The man who has accomplished
what DIR. Snavely has could not fail
to be interesting. The man who has
gained his reputation. not only in
college work, but as an author of
worth while and interesting serious
works, is we'll worth knowing.
So, DR.. Snavely was born at Antie-
tam, Md. He received his A. B. de-
gree from Johns Hopkins, 1901; PHI.
\ D., 1908; Alliance Franchise, Paris,
the summer of 1905. During that
same year he exhibited sample of
that intelligence which has gov
| erned his actions through all his life
and was married to Miss Ada Ritten-
house of Kingsville, Md.
He was an instructor in the MarV-
/ land Nautical academy, Easton, Md.
1901 o.; vice principal. Milton acade-
my, Baltimore, 1902-05 Instructor
! 1906-o7; assistant professor, 10000;
professor of French, January, 1903;
romance language and literature,
1610-19; registrar, 190S-19, Allegheny
college. He was on leave of absence
as director OF the southern division
of the American Red Cross at At
lanta, during 1917-19, and was eas-
sistant to the general manager of the
American Red Cross at Washington
in 1919. DR.. Snavely became dean
of Converse college at Spartanburg,
s. c., In 1919. He was honorable
scholar in education, Teachers col
lego at Columbia, and visiting pro
| lessor of romance language, New
York university, during 1914-15. He
lis member of the Modern Language
association, American Societe des
Anciens Textes, Paris; Officer
d Academic, 1914; member Phi Gamma
Delta. And is, of course. a Metho-
dist.
Among DR.. snavely's publications
| are:
1e0S-"Johns Hopkins University
Doctoral Dissertation" i"Jehan de
| Vignay's Aesopic Fables" Reviewed
| 4
Der, 1908. Mentioned in Roumania.
1910, March--Review of "Buffum's
Les Mserables" and Short Stories"
In Modern Language Notes. Mem
toned in Romantic Review, Decem-
Der. 1910.
l911-"Fables in Jehan de Vignay,"
published in Memorial Studies in
honor of A. Marshall Elliott.
! 1911. September-"Jehan de Wig
| nay and Influence of Early English
Literature" Paper read before Mod
ern Language Association of Amer
lea, December, 1910, at City College,
N. Y. Published in Romantic Re-
view.
1913-"A Uniform Marking System
for College Professors" report read
at annual meeting OF collegiate reg
istrars, Salt Lake City, July 3, 1913.
Commented upon in New York Even
ing Post editorial, etc.
1914, August-Letter in MeadVille
Tribune Republican on War Expert
ences in Europe"
1915, April-"Poetry of Paul YER
lame" in the Colonnade. Mentioned
! in Poet Lore. Read at Andiron cluD'
New York.
1915, June 26-"College and Uni
versity Reports" in School and So
ciety.
1915, December-"rhe Poetry of
Becquer." in the Colonnade.
1916. June-"The Junior High
School and the College in the Edu-
cational Review. Quoted at length
in the New York Globe, etc.
1915, view of De-
Wits Spanish Grammar" in Modern
Language Notes
1917, March-Edition of "Alarcon
Eel Captain Veneno," with notes, IN
PRODUCTION, vocabulary and exercises
Allyn & Bacon.
1917. April-"Uniformity in Grad
ing" a report read to annual meet
ing of collegiate registrars, Lexing-
ton, Ky.
i 1917. April LIBERALIZATION of En-
trance Credits in the Languages IN
School and Society. Paper read be-
fore meeting of colleges ana schoois
of upper Ohio valley at the ON Ncr
sity of Pittsburg. Particle on Coun-
try Church." used as an editorial IN
The Independent.
1917, August-"Talk on REQ SloSS
Organization" published in report Oh
Kentucky Red Cross state cohVen-
ton, paragraphs 10S-ll5'
1917, September october - Haho-
T., Ped Cross" puD-