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Bernard A. De Voto '20 will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the John Leverett Society, to be held on Thursday night in the Leverett House Junior Common Room. The subject of his address has not yet been announced...
...Literary Discussion," Bernard De Voto, Sever...
...first chapter of "We Accept With Pleasure" is a model chapter, it is understood. Last spring the prolific Mr. De Voto lectured his students on what material a novelist should employ in the opening chapter. "I've read novel after novel handed in for English 31, but never have I found a really balanced opener," he declared, and to illustrate his point, read off a piece he said was written by a close friend of his. "This is the first which covers all the essential points...
...Voto tells his first class that those present are expected to get B's, otherwise they wouldn't have been chosen for the course. The C which rolls around at November may, therefore, dishearten the hopeful author and considerably deflate his ego. He will discover, however, that Mr. De Voto's bark is worse than his bite. Despite the wilting comments which decorate his themes the student will find his marks gradually improving, as he learns to purify his technique and eliminate errors of syntax which would, to quote an average comment, "disgrace a student in English...
...called for bi-weekly; after mid-years, when a fragmentary novel is usually attempted, the requirements are boosted to 4000 words. Most of the criticism is written on the returned themes; the class room periods are devoted to interesting and profitable discussions of contemporary literature. Here too, Mr. De Voto knows his ground and manages to relate the material under discussion with the course work. These informal discussions give the student an opportunity to air his views on almost any subject; views which will be eagerly received by the head of the course, especially if they are in contradiction...