Though novel in design, the dismembered Pegasus on the cover of this month's Advocate is not fully appropriate to the content of the magazine. Since half the stories deal with children, a rocking rather than a flying horse would have been more suitable.

The first of the issue's journeys into the juvenile is Nathaniel La Mar's story of Lonny, an albino boy. Writing in the first person, the author poignantly follows the boy's state of mind from pathetic loneliness to sadistic happiness. Mr. La Mar connects the incidents of the story smoothly and his expression underscores the precocious nature and introspective personality of the boy with marked finesse.

Also about children but more elementary is Patricia Aren's "Johnny. Written with spare imagination, the piece is little more than commonplace circumstance with obvious dashes of suspense and awkward, often unnatural, dialogue.

From sailboats the Advocate shifts to speedways with Erik Amfitheatrof's "The Day of Giants." Expect for a few reflective paragraphs which seem superfluous and some strained metaphors like "The flat, heavy sunlight squirmed inside his head," the writing is fast-moving and clear. The author is stronger near the end where he flavors the story with much of the vigour of a motor marathon.

The final piece of from Elizabeth Marshall's true account of her trip to Africa. Entitled "The Bushmen," it consists mainly of an interpreter, Gani's, personal narration of his life story. Miss Marshall has taken care in organizing the native's speech, but she has not included the description which would have added depth to her account.

On the poetry pages, Derry Griscom's "What Passes Upon the Journey," not only rhymes but very nearly scans. The poem, however, grows more obscure in each verse and his fifth stanza is marred by a series of strained images. Peter Junger's four-line verse, "Billet Doux," is not obscure but its clarity is its only recommendation. Although erratic in its rhyming scheme, David Chandler's "The Paradox," shows a forceful imagination and a facile handling of his subject. The poem moves from earthy allegory to the metaphysical with a minimum of roughness.

Also included this month is Richard Eder's translation of Garcia Lorca's "Song" from the play Dona Rosita La Soltera. Light in metre and ethereal in imagery, the piece is too frilly to be effective.

As has been the case in recent months, the Advocate Notes seem as carefully composed as anything in the magazine. Providing diversion among the ubiquitous advertisements are lines like "David Chandler, an Eliot House senior, is familiar to many of our readers. Last summer, he published a joke in the Saturday Evening Post and was paid $100.