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...influence exerted by each upon athletics is of course an important one to those who are interested in the development of this side of the college. Contrary to what might be expected, most of the leading country colleges, such as Amherst, Cornell, Dartmouth and Williams are decidedly inferior in athletics to Yale and Harvard; and Princeton, the most important country college is certainly not the superior of these two, both of which are near cities. It seems that location has less influence than enthusiasm and college spirit in keeping these three universities in the lead in athletics. The determination...
...smoking woman, shattered by the insidious habit which has mastered her. As such, it immediately invites comparison with Rud-yard Kipling's "At the Gate of the Hundred Sorrows," to which it bears much similarity in conception and to which, it is almost needless to say, it is infinitely inferior. And for several faulty English constructions in the opening paragraph, there is not the excuse of delineating an opium eater's vagaries of thought. In general, this kind of writing demands a power which very few college men possess, and too often lures men beyond their depth...
Although the "College Kodaks" of this number are inferior to those in number 6 - notably the tale of the bishop and his introduction of Easter customs, - yet they are by no means dry, and some of them, especially the second and third, will bear more than one reading...
...Njala is generally esteemed the most perfect of Icelandic Saga. As a work of art, however, Professor Smith thinks it is inferior to the Eigla. The Njal is not like the Eigla, a single picture. In it we meet with a multitude of personages all thoroughly individualized, and the phases of Icelandic life are described with sympathy and richness of detail...
...been at this last point that Captain Trafford has had the most trouble. Throughout the season the centre has been inferior to Yale's, and Yale has adopted, throughout the season, a style of play intended to take advantage of Harvard's weakness at centre. Harvard, in her turn, has been generally considered stronger at the tackles and ends than Yale. The work of her individual men has been brilliant, but critics have united in saying that Yale's team play is far superior to Harvard...