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...word of general criticism may not be out of place here. Although the essays are good in content, there is a noticeable lack of style in them, a defect surely worth remedying. Again, verse of a higher quality ought to be procurable in a college as well provided with poets as Harvard. This issue of the magazine is above all, lacking in stories of compelling interest, although "Chowder" is an approach to what might be done in this direction...
...most obvious defect in the show is the utter lack of substantial music. Tunes there are in plenty, but none carries a rhythm that lends itself to memory; several start out promisingly enough, but after the first few bars, falter and lapse into inconsequential airs. Notwithstanding this handicap, however, which is quite offset by a wealth of Billy Van comedy, the piece provides a non-brain taxing, enjoyable evening. And as for the French joke on the red card,--something not new but done in a different way,--it must be heard to be appreciated...
...first clash in basketball between the two colleges ever held. In a game with Colgate, the first of the Purple five's season, the New York university won 25-19. Lack of team work was the chief cause of Williams' downfall, but since then hard practice has made this defect negligible. Each man on the five is a letter man, to whom Coach Shanahan has had to waste no time teaching fundamentals. Captain Beckwith is the steadiest player, and he and Fargo excel in the short, quick passing game. Wightman is a power in the offensive. Beckwith...
Lack of Variety Only Defect...
...such defect is the proposal of having two parallel complete systems of education at Harvard, the present system and one based on what the supporters of the Educational Association would term the English system. Such a duplication of effort would be impossible to maintain at any University. A second, and more surprising fault is the expression of opposition to a scheme whereby tutors may grade the examination papers of their own pupils. No such scheme exists at Harvard now, or ever did, so far as can be ascertained...