SUNDAY OCTOBERS,191THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
Donal Hamilton Haines Helps Young Writers
(By . P. d.) brought closer together through bet- I given in 1908, was from his pen, and A Tale of a Walled Town
After 12 years of free lance writ- ter standards of creating and writing in 1909 he wrote both the book and Shut away, behind the walls of one
ing, including feature, magazine, and in newspaper work, with the conse- lyrics for "Culture," with the excep-
book work, a Michigan graduate has quent elevation of news standards. tion of one song. of the great eastern penitentiaries,
come back to the University, bring- He is endeavoring to aid the stu- After receiving his degree from the is a poet, whose long confinement and
ing with him the net result of his ex- dents in casting aside the academic University, he took up free lance writ- knowledge of the heights and depths
Jperience to place at the disposal of feeling-the feeling that their work ing. He wrote several serials for the of life, have inspired him to produce
students who are interested in any is being done merely as a class room American Boy that have later hp- a poetic cord of his life and the lives
phase of the writing game, from the exercise. Rather, he hopes that they peared in book form. In the early of other dwellers in "the city of a
mere journalist who may spend his will give as much effort to their pro- part of the World War he wrote the thousand cells." He is B 8266, and the
days collecting items for a country ductions as if all were to be published. review of the military situation pub- record will be published this fall-by
paper to the literary light who has al- Students will be encouraged to send lished in that "paper. He has also the J. B. Lippincott Company, under
ready secretly begun his first novel. their material to publishers when it contributed extensively to McClures, the title of "A Tale of a Walled Town."
That man is Donal Hamilton Haines, is of sufficient interest and merit to Everybodys, Scribners, and Cosmo- This human document has received
'09,a who is assisting Prof. John L. deserve further attention. They will politan. For the last four years most the highest praise from William Stan-
Brumm, in the presentation of two be made familiar with marketing con- of his work has been done for The ley Braithwaite, by whom the book is
courses dealing with interpretative ditions in the literary world. Although Outlook. introduced.
news and magazine writing. In speak- they will be aided by suggestions as
ing of his work. Mr. Haines stated to the best place to offer their pro- Advanced SLEEP ANYWHERE, BUT
that he hoped to be of assistance to ductions, they will be expected to SECRETARIAL TRAINING EAT AT REX'S
students whose ambitions lead them market their own material. One of for Stenographers THE CLUB LUNCH
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material. place two articles in publication. Any
To accomplish this end, he believes student who succeeds in having his
it is necessary for the writer to ap- work accepted is eligible for an "A"
preciate the signficance of the facts grade in the course.
as well as the bare facts themselves, In the selection of subjects, Mr.
and to be, able to interpret correctly Haines urges his students to get away
the significance of these facts to the from trivial stories or stories strictly
people he reaches through the news- local in their appeal. Since most of
paper columns. Mr. Haines stresses those taking the courses are juniors"''
the personal element in journalism, or seniors, he believes them capable I C E C R E A
especially the daily experiences of the of undertaking large subjects which
individual writer which furnish ma- may involve a large amount' of indi-
terial for stories ,of general interest. vidual research work. A considerable Feeds Body and M nd -
Yet while part of his attention will portion of his time is devoted to con-
be devoted to those pursuing news- sultation with students and considera- It is a decided help in
paper work, Mr. Haines' main interest tion of subjects upon which they may
lies in magazine writing, since that is be anxious .to write. making your work at the
the field to which he has devoted a During his undergraduate days, Mr.niversity a succes
large part of his time. However, he Haines, contributed to the "Inlander,"
does not believe that there should be a campus literary publication, and
so strict a line drawn between the two helped produce two of the Union op-
classes of writing. Both should be eras. The book for "Michigenda,"
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