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...style which may be attributable to the fact that all the work in this department has been done by a small number of men. The literary department the paper, in contrast to most of its previous issues, is decidedly better than the pictorial. "The Woman Hater," told in natural slang, is a new and enjoyable illustration of an old subject. "The Commentator," and "In Chem. 1," re deserving of mention...
...best rhymed translation of "La Couse des Grands Masques" a poem on automobile racing, written by Gaiten do Moauine for the Paris "Cadet." The first prize of five hundred francs has been awarded to George Allan England '02. A second rendering by the same author using American slang terms, was given honorable mention...
...literary contributions in the number, a poem, "Poor Little Chap," and a parody on "Fables in Slang," entitled "The Fable of the Crimson Candidate and the Frying Pan," deserves commendation...
...series there have appeared recently several valuable articles on slang at the different colleges. After reading them no one can see much cause for surprise in the increasing number of people who incline to regard the college man as a consummate idiot. Some of the "slang" which is attributed to us we are able to recognize as our own, but there is much of it that sounds strangely foreign...
...most interesting articles should have been the two on Paderewski, one "A Critical Study," by William Mason, and the other "A Biographical Sketch," by Fanny Morris Smith, but unfortunately the former is so technical in its vocabulary as to be almost unintelligable to one not familiar with musical slang, while the latter, though it contains most interesting facts, many of which have not before been in the possession of the public, is little more than a catalogue of the events of the past life of the great pianist. Mr. Gilder's poem on "How Paderewski Plays" simply states that...