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BOOKS OF THE WEEK
Country to London.. .
Wonder Hero. By J. B. Priestley.
Harper & Brothers. $2.50
The light satiric vein so preva-
lent in J. B. Priestley's previous
stories is concerned here with the
blatant methods of newspaper
men. The story transplants a
young country fellow and girl to
the bustle and roar of London.
He is the "wonder hero" of Utter-
ton; she the winner of a provincial
beauty contest. They meet, are
run ragged by irrepressible news-
paper men, and fall, true to Priest-
ley's method, wholly in love with
each other. They retire to the
non-descript existence they knew
before they became worthy of
publicity and exploitation.
Priestley inevitably establishes
a contrast of good and bad in peo
ple and he adds Ida Chatwick and
Charles Habble to the long gar-
land of characters who are in part
latter-day emanations from the
pen of Dickens.
The satire of Priestley is never
very biting nor does he mean for
it to be. His attacks are done
humorously rather than detri-
mentally. The manner in which
he moves his puzzled characters
throughout the book at times ap-
proaches the ludicrous.
The character of Ida Chatwick
the heroine is drawn in proportion
with life itself. There is an ex-
cellent touch of pathos in her
helplessness and worldly inno-
cence. We felt her uneasiness as
we turned the pages and found
Mr. Priestley spinning his inter
esting tale.
Although the author's methods
are mechanical, he fabricates
plots and situations with a great
degree of skill. He has cut down
the number of words necessary
for him to tell a story without sac-
rificing in any detail his famed
knowledge of how things are go-
ing on in the world.
Psychological Self-
Appraisal .. .
Homecoming. By Floyd Dell.
Farrar and Rinehart. $3.00
The more careful reader is al-
ways interested in knowing how
much of his own life a fiction
writer projects into his work and
how m u c h he manufactures
synthetically. By c o m p a r i n g
his autobiography "Homecoming"
with Floyd Dell's novels we see
that certain incidents have been
juxtaposed and remodeled to fit
the situations he has created in
his novels.
"Homecoming" not only reveals
the sources of his novels but ex-
presses his philosophy as well.
We see him as a helpless child in
a sinister, overbearing world. His
poor parents can do very little for
the infant who can do less for
himself. When he arrives upon the
threshold of maturity wholly un-
prepared, and faces two major
problems, work and sex, he strikes
a bargain with life, only after
many struggles, mistakes and sor-
rows.
For those who are still caught
in this maelstrom, Floyd Dell's
honest self psychoanalysis should
prove worthwhile and comfort-
ing.
NUDISM INVADED the
Columbia University cam-
pus when the frosh suc-
cessfully ba t t led the
sophs in the annual flag
rush. The freshmen, se-
cure in the safety of their
numbers, stripped t h e
second-year men of vic-
tory-and their last shred
of respectable attire.
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TEAS ARE IN ORDER
when co-eds get together
fall summer afternoons,
and frocks are the order
of the day for the smartly
dressed collegienne. At
the left is an easily-
tailored frock with ex-
tended shoulders and a
decorative f r o n t panel,
while at the extreme
right is a semi-tailored
frock with an unusual
epaulet trimming and an
ascot scarf. In the cen-
ter are two popular de-
signs for the modern
miss.
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University when they opened their own "Curb Market" on their campus. Barter figured largely
in all of the transactions, despite the fact that many cash sales were made. Following the open-
ing of the "Exchange" students hurried from group to group in a mad effort to find the highest
bidders for their belongings, while customers resolutely stuck to their low offers. The photo
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pressors, fly out into Biscayne Bay to search for rare fauna. They fly to class eacl morning in this 22-passenger plane.