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The Spike: or, Victoria University College Review, September, 1922

Answers to Correspondents

page 64

Answers to Correspondents

All Mss. submitted will be read {where possible) and returned if unsuitable for publication No criticism will be offered or discussion carried on outside this column. Personal appeals to the Editor will not be accepted—unless substantiated by cheque, to cover cost of reading same.

Sketch of men standing in a row

B.E.M. We can't print that stuff. This is a literary paper, not an English-Irish dictionary… P.J.S., We can assure you that five hundred medals wouldn't convince us that that speech is worth publishing…, Alfred S.K., Very feelingly told, but the plot is obviously from the story of Dido and Aeneas. H.E.M., Wait till you grow up… P.W.R. We are not interested in your soul. Wilfrid L. The dainty thing collapsed on its way to the basket… J.C.B., This paper isn't an In Memoriam column. T.A.H., A psychological study of a librarian is not suited to lyrical expression… Peter S., You certainly do inspire an echoing apprehension in our breasts

"The fresher feels him full of feelings fearful
Who frightened fares to fast from feasts of fashion
And comes to clutch cold, clammy cups of culture
From prof's who preach with profiteering passion."

F P.W Try the Ladies' Home Journal with your 'Love's Labours Lost.'… C Quentin P., This isn't the Triad. Hugh .Mack., We don't like the rime Durham-worm… A.D.McR. We have no use for amorous confessions. J. Rankine B. "Spring" doesn't… E.C.M., Parodies have to be very good indeed. Try something original next time. A poem has to be either funny, caustic or artistic:… Chem. Notes. Too laboured. R.F.F Nothing new Hundreds of better poets have described those orts of scenes. G.G.S.R., We daren't publish that. This paper is read by the profs… Vryn People whose pictures I have seen," doesn't cut much ice. but the other, "Men I have talked flown," is slightly better. Keep at it… Exec. Stud-Ass. Your article "Editing a paper." fails to attract You need a lot of experience before you apply even for a sub-editor's job… J.G.M "The Benedict is too full of palpitating sentimentality… Jadamson, Your style is rather flippant, e.g.. in your Scenes from Arcadia": "Here one might hear Maine arguing with might and main… D.M.Y.S., Couldn't, make head or tailor-Relativity."Anyway the subject is played out. Personally we have heard enough of (and from) mothers-in-law-Ron. S.. Alcoholism doesn't make us merry. (let away from the classics and use your own imagination… Lord J. Try the "Worker."… E. Mars., "Montessori in the University" doesn't attract us. Enter it for the Haben 's prize. Rev. Horatio W., We crossed out all that was unfit for publication and then discovered there was nothing left to print… M.C.G. Too controversial… D.R.W., You are quite wrong. We don't "welcome that sort of stuf.." nor do we know of any paper that does… Eileen A.. "What is love", is palpably insincere… F.H.H., Only gives us a headache. Vivian H.P. We refer you to Omar:—

"For I remember stopping by the way
To watch a Potter thumping his wet clay
And with its all-obliterated tongue
It murmured ' Gently! Brother, gently pray.'"

Dulcie "A Flapper's Paradise." is rather too outspoken for our readers… R.W.C.… Political satire too pointed… C.A.C Don't cotton on to your Girls I have known. "Interesting but rather too hind… M.M. Naughty! naughty! We are not interested in anatomical details… Lionel E.B. Quite nicely done, but parodies (unless very amusing) are not of much use Try something original next time… Inky X., Oh yes, it rimes, but so does the dictionary if you read far enough… Edwin J.B.W., Tins is a respectable magazine—keep it for the Tramping Club… Student, We'll admit it a possible to couple Hunter with punter and Brookie with bookie, but in your "Day at the Races" aren 't you sacrificing your friends on the altar of rime?… G.G.G.W., Not interested in your autobiography.