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...critic in the Saturday Review little thought what distress he would cause among our "very English" students when he wrote the following about Professor Hill's Rhetoric: "Into the higher arts, whether of oratorical or literary expression, the author scarcely pretends to guide his pupils; and it is needless to say that American tastes in both departments differ so widely from those of the best English speakers and writers, that no aspirant to success in this country would look for instruction to a professor even of Harvard College...
...appeared in the last Advocate upon the subjects given out for the next Junior Forensics. It hardly seems probable that a teacher who has had so much experience in this matter should assign subjects wholly beyond the capacity of his class, or should expect them to write "North American Review articles." The criticism not only is a reflection upon him, but is not sustained by an examination of the subjects. That they are subjects which cannot be written upon without some knowledge and thought is evident, but that this should be urged as an objection against them seems nonsensical...
...November number of the Cornell Review is much better than usual; the articles are shorter and more interesting. Perhaps this may be due to the fact that there is now a lady on the editorial board. On boating matters the Review says: "The latest from Harvard is that our challenge will be accepted on condition that the race be rowed at New London. Our directors will agree to this, and at once put into training a score of the best oarsmen in the University...
...articles in the Cornell Review for October are chiefly written by alumni, so that we cannot judge it by the same standard as other college papers. There is nothing of which to complain in the perfectly impartial account of the Freshman race, excepting perhaps the remark that "as usual, Cornell had won"; and that is too harmless a piece of self-deception to call out any reply...
...review of Professor Hill's Rhetoric the Literary World has the following remark (the italics are our own): "Mr. Hill illustrates his treatise by copious citations from the works of others, - in a large part, rumor says, the theses and other exercises in composition of Harvard students; but not wholly so, for he is obviously a watchful reader of all best literature, and has read pencil in hand." Besides the compliment to our literary productions, what a vivid picture those last lines bring before...