Thiel College - Endymon Yearbook (Greenville, PA)

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, A,,, I 1 n I I I I , ,, 7 ,ns-'f, 1 I - I, , - I -I I-.L .5 Dr. Joseph Auslancler, winner of more priies than any other American poet, has been variously called the white hope of American poetry and the I-lomer of our clayf, Still in his thilfties, he has been writing poetry ever since his unclergracluate days at I-larvard. VVhen asked what compelled him to his' task he replied: I suppose one writes poetry because one has to or bust. But the process is not an easy one, for he goes on to say: It kicks up a te1'ril'ic rumpus insifle of me . . . black Ere and hell's cats and a creche of gohlin infants in the agonies of teething! But that docsn't mean I clon't sweat over it, I do! lVI1'. Auslanclei' has published seven volumes of verse: Sunrise Trumjzens, Cyclops' Eye, Sreel, Hell in I-Izzrness, Letters to Wamcllg No Trzzvelcr Retmws, and his latest, More Than Bread. Steel is from Cyclops' Eye, published by I I-larger :X Brothers.

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GN I ll ON T is with mixed feelings of trepidation and pleas- ure that the 1938 Endymion is presented. Never before has it been the aim of a Thiel publication to devote its pages to the furtherance of poetry, or the arts. However, to the Class of 1939, publishers of this volume, the task which we have undertaken has been both a pleasant and a worthy one. It is, therefore, with sincere pride that we dedicate this book to Mr. joseph Auslander, and to Steel , the work of his pen. Both the poet and the poem are worthy of far more tribute than we can pay here. Mr. Auslander is one of America's outstanding younger poets--a man whose art and whose vitality have been hailed by those themselves great. I-le is a man who sees and feels much of the truth of the world, and in his presen- tation there is power. It is little wonder that Joseph Auslander was chosen to fill the post of Consultant in English Poetry, recently created by the library of Congress at W3Shi1lg'fOH. As for the poem itself, our enthusiasm for it is only natural, for in its hne social idealism there is a strong appeal to youth. No further praise is needed here. It is our conviction that Steel speaks for itself .... 10

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If you have ever ban' to do with steel: The operzflaenrpla, the blooming-mill, the cranes Howling under zz ffty-Lon land, . . .