DE VOTO FINDS FOURTH ESTATE LACKING SENSE

The desk editor, last night sent out a CRIMSON reporter to interview Bernard De Voto '18, one of the more prominent younger writers of today. Before the evening had grown old the reporter learned some interesting things about the gentlemen of the press, the which spoiled his entire evening.

De Voto Accused of Libel

"At the request of a friend of mine, a sporting editor of a Chicago paper," De Voto began, "I agreed to write an article on football. In this I mentioned the physiological fact that excitement causes adrenalin to flow through the veins of the athletes, deadening pain, supposing this to be a commonly known fact. Whereupon a Des Moines writer accused me of libel, saying that I had falsely accused Conference coaches of doping their men.

"Young writers of today should not allow their emotions to run away with them," he stated in a meeting of Advocate candidates last night in the Advocate building, previous to the interview. "Authors setting out in the field of literature should call to mind the fact that their subject is a small matter compared to the world about us.

"We should write of things we know best," continued Mr. De Voto. "A well written production concerning one's surroundings is to be preferred to a mediocre composition on a subject of a more romantic nature."

College Work is Too Solemn

Mr. De Voto went on to say that college authors should try to make their work less solemn, and more vibrant with the spirit of nature.

"Some," he stated, "value too highly the literary value of education."

Mr. De Voto, and also Professor R. S. Hillyer '27, who preceded him, strongly advised candidates not to adhere solely to their own field of literature.