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...material in the current Advocate in creditable; some of it is excellent. The most interesting tendency in the number as a whole is the subordination of narrative. Until a short time ago, all college papers used to serve a regular repast of warmed over O. Henry, composed, at first largely, and at last entirely, of the condiment of Surprise. It is pleasant to remark that the influence of this absurd literary mountebank has finally waned, if not vanished. The two stories in the present Advocate, which I take as typical, are transitional; the old short-story formula is gone...
...Notice: All students in the first and second years of their sojourn here shall be required to bathe their faces and hands each day upon arising; their hands before each repast; and their entire persons once within each seven-day pan. Registration for the bath shall be made in the office of the water-commissioner at least one day in advance. Registration after the bath shall be made at once to the Faculty of Hygiene...
...obliged to go to the kitchen door (of Commons) with their bowls or pitchers for their suppers, where they received their modicum of milk or chocolate in their vessel, held in one hand, and their piece of bread in the other, and repaired to their rooms to take solitary repast...
...King Phillip," staunch and strong, will assume the burden. Creatore II, fresh from the St. Louis Exposition, and his famous band will discourse real music on the hurricane deck. Upon arriving at the Point the class will partake of Nantasket's choicest baked clams and lobsters, broiled. After this repast a corn-cob smoker will be held to prepare for the Senior field day sports. Three baseball games have already been arranged. The Heavyweights will cross bats with the Lightweights, the Quincys will meet the Oak Groves, and the Memorialites will battle with the Randallites. Men wishing...
Then he says of the banquet: "The hall at Harvard is a truly noble building which under some stress was made capable of holding 1200 guests. The repast was simple in the extreme; there was no wine on the table and the eating was soon over. It was a refreshing contrast to the uncomfortable grandeur of English public dinners. The audience had come to listen and did not waste time needlessly! (This exclamation mark is our own.) There was no formality, cigars were speedily lighted and every one prepared to endure the speeches as long as speeches were forthcoming. Even...