art, music, literature, and every other phase of
human endeavor. Author of "Education for Industrial Workers." First
short story, "Arthur McQuaid, American," Outlook, May 23, 1917. At
present, living in Washington, working in the Ordnance Department on
industrial service problems.
Shaft of Light, A.
SHEPHERD, WILLIAM GUNN, is a war correspondent in Europe, who was with
Richard Harding Davis at Salonika when the incident occurred which
suggested to Davis the idea for his short story, "The Deserter."
*Scar that Tripled, The.
SHOWERMAN, GRANT. Born in Brookfield, Wis., 1870, of Dutch and English
stock, his grandfather, Luther Parker, having in 1836 driven the entire
distance from Indian Stream, N. H., to Wisconsin, where he was the first
permanent settler in his township. Educated in Brookfield district
school, Carroll College, and University of Wisconsin. Fellow in the
American School of Classical Studies at Rome, 1898-1900. Married, 1900.
Now professor of classics, University of Wisconsin. Interested chiefly
in literature and finds his diversion on the Four Lakes. First short
story, "Italia Liberata," Scribner's Magazine, January, 1908. Author of
"With the Professor," a translation of Ovid's "Heroides" and "Amores,"
"The Indian Stream Republic and Luther Parker," "A Country Chronicle,"
and "A Country Child." Lives in Madison, Wis.
*Country Christmas, A.
(123) SINGMASTER, ELSIE. (MRS. HAROLD LEWARS.) Born at Schuylkill Haven,
Pa., 1879. Graduate of Radcliffe College. Her first story, "The Lese
Majeste of Hans Heckendorn," Scribner's Magazine, November, 1905. Author
of "When Sarah Saved the Day," "When Sarah Went to School,"
"Gettysburg," "Katy Gaumer," "Emmeline," "The Long Journey," "Martin
Luther: the Story of His Life," and "History of Lutheran Missions."
Lives in Gettysburg, Pa.
*Christmas Angel, The.
*Flag of Eliphalet, The.
SMITH, ELIZABETH C. A. (_See_ "BRECK, JOHN.")
(23) SMITH, GORDON ARTHUR, was born in Rochester, N. Y., 1886. Educated
at Harvard. Studied architecture in Paris for four years. Now a writer
by profession. Chief interests: aviation, architecture, and music. First
published story, "The Bottom of the Sea," in Black Cat at age of
sixteen. Author of "Mascarose" and "The Crown of Life." Now an ensign in
the U. S. Navy Flying Forces, "somewhere in France." Home: Rochester, N.
Y.
*End of the Road, The.
Friend of the People, A.
(23) SNEDDON, ROBERT W. Born in 1880 a
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