EFFERVESCENCE AND EVANESCENCE We've found this Scott Fitzgerald chap A chipper charming child; He's taught us how the flappers flap, And why the whipper-snappers snap, What makes the women wild. But now he should make haste to trap The ducats in his dipper. The birds that put him on the map Will shortly all begin to rap And flop to something flipper.

Preston publiKeith Prestond four volumes of his humorous poetry during his lifetime and his wife publiKeith Prestond a collection of his poems after his death. After receiving his PhD in philosophy in 1914 he married Etta Shield another classics scholar. Born in 1884 Preston had a strong academic background holding a BA and PhD from the University of Chicago and an MA from the University of Indiana.