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...court " with teeth in it," and those who believe we should join the League as well as the Court. Those who make this objection, according to Mr. Hoover, " are the ones who would have complained on the Wednesday night of Genesis, and would have gone to bed with a grouch because the Creator had not yet made a finished job of the sun and the moon, and would have called a mass meeting on Thursday morning to demand more forward action...
...unfortunate that this matter should be brought up just at this time when the marks are being returned, because it makes it sound too much like the result of a grouch arising from the receipt of a postcard bearing unfavorable news. It is only one of the cruelties of fate, this disappointment of the student who is led to take a course by the false impression that it is going to be a snap, and is quite overcome by finding that it isn't, but that he really is expected to know something about it. We all, I am sure...
...third number of the Advocate, which appears today, contains the following articles: "Editorials;" "Autumn Song," by J. Hinckley '06; "Harvard Types: I, The Grouch;" "Being Proctor," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "Four First Nights," by A. S. Locke '07; "A Homeopathic Treatment," by L. G. Miller '08; "Off Dog's Teeth Ledge;" "A Matter of Confidence,' by M. S. Winpenny...