In this group of young writers, the editors present what
seems to them to be the best work done by students or young
graduates of the University while unquestionably under her
influence. They wish there were work by more such writers to
present. Possibly there is more that has not yet been brought
to their attention.
Berton Brayley has written extensively for newspapers. He has
facility in rhyme and the knack of "hitting off" a verse that
well fits an occasion. One has the feeling, however, that
there is a power and seriousness to the man that have not yet
found adequate expression. Perhaps in the next ten years the
qualities of ease, leisureliness, and reflection will assert
themselves more in his poetry. But from the first there has
been a wholesome tone about his work.
Horatio Winslow, son of Chief Justice J. B. Winslow, showed
marked ability while an undergraduate. He was a collaborator
in the writing of a play which was presented by University
students. As with Mr. Brayley, we would say of him that his
best work has not yet been published. There is power and
strength and grace latent in him that have not yet found
expression, but that are unmistakably foretold in the things
he has already produced.
Howard Mumford Jones is the youngest of these three men, and
comes from the spirit-haunted region of the Mississippi.
While his poems have not yet attained absolute surety of
touch and evenness of movement, yet of those presented in
this group they probably evince the most grace and music,
together with the highest and warmest poetic feeling. "When
Shall We Together" has real sweep and atmosphere and glow. It
is the production of a poet who loved the subject he was
writing about.