Lindsay

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

NICHOLAS VACHEL, an he Springpoet, born in Springfield, Ill., at Hiram He graduated from the Spring- High School, and studied at Hiram te of Chiand at the Art Institute of Chi- He spent several years in lecin the Y. M. C. A. and for the Saloon League. He made several tours throughout the United States, distributing his own verses and reciting them. In 1920 he visited England, where he was received with great enthusiasm. His works include "A Handy Guide for Beggars" (1916); "General William Booth Enters Heaven, and Other Poems" (1913); ; "The Congo and Other Poems" (1914); "The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems" (1917). He wrote under the name of Vachel Lindsay. LINDSEY, BENJAMIN BARR, an American jurist and social worker, born in Jackson, Tenn., in 1869. He was educated in the public schools and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1894. After practicing for several years in Denver, Colo., he was elected judge of the Juvenile Court. His administration at that court and his advocacy of improved methods in dealing with juvenile offenders, won wide attention and gave him international authority as to features of juvenile delinquency. Although strongly opposed, he was successively re-elected. He was the author of the Colorado Juvenile Court Law and also was the author of many laws passed by the Colorado Legislature. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Colorado in 1906. He lectured widely 1851. on children's problems and was the author of "Problems of the Children"; "The Beast and the Jungle"; "The Rule of Plutocracy in Colorado." 'During the World War he was engaged in war work, both in the United States and abroad.