Keith Preston (September 29, 1884 - 1927) - Preston began his post collegiate career as a professor but left after a few years to work as a columnist at the Chicago Daily News. For years he had published poems in the Chicago Tribune under the pseudonym “Pan,” in “A Line O’ Type or Two,” a popular column in the Chicago Tribune. Preston wrote five books, including “Pot Shots from Pegasus” and “Splinters.”