Word: athenoeum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Argo is a venture in college journalism that commands our hearty approval. Its first number has placed it distinctly above the average run of such papers, and it promises to prove no despicable rival to the Athenoeum. What the causes are that have led to its foundation we do not know; but its founders have, we understand, already gained valuable experience upon the other paper, and are, we do not doubt, fully competent to carry on successfully the work they have begun. We expect the Argo to take rank with the Acta, the Spectator, the Amherst Student, the Vassar Miscellany...
...Acta Columbiana, to degenerate into vulgarity. Of the Spectator, with its admirable illustrations, we wish to speak in terms of unqualified approval. It is suggestively humorous rather than broadly farcical; the little delicate touches that lighten the general effect are added to advantage. . . . The Orient (Bowdoin), Dartmouth, Athenoeum (Williams), Brunonian, and Student (Amherst) have much in common, each being the only representative of its college, and each being industrious in the accumulation of locals. We may be pardoned for preferring the Student above the rest, mainly for its manly and sensible editorials, its generally courteous tone, and the really witty...
...condition of affairs in Oberlin, and the Review is disposed to resent the insults of its cotemporary, - very properly, as we think. But the Index can at least claim to be amusing, and what more can be said of the best of us all? . . . The Student and the Athenoeum pursue their straight-forward ways, and represent public opinion at Amherst and Williams very creditably. . . . We learn from the Tablet that Trinity is to have a new paper, the Ivy, which will probably be green and flourish. The Niagara Index is on the war path, and scalps the 'Varsity...
WILLIAMS is to have a new gymnasium, but there is very little enthusiasm on the subject, to judge from the Athenoeum, which takes great pains to assure the college that the new gymnasium will be fully as good as the present...