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...most delightful character sketches which has appeared in the Advocate for some time is "The Awakening of Benjamin Franklin" ("last name, Jones," as the author himself parenthetically states). It is a little darkey of thirteen years, for whom heroine-worship does wonders, that the author describes and the touches of local color are carefully laid on. It is distinctly the best piece of prose in the issue...
This is eminently a program of some of "the good old songs." Five out of the thirteen are taken from the Yale College song book, and are familiar to everyone. There are very few ridiculous, rollicking songs such as have characterized of late the programs of the Harvard Glee Club...
...made only one. Last year he kicked goals from two-thirds of the touch downs made. This year he has kicked goals from three-fourths of the touch downs. In the ten games last season, previous to the Yale, Trafford kicked eleven goals from the field. In the thirteen games of this year he has kicked four...
...that the Yale and Harvard elevens have played all their preliminary games, a comparison of the scores made by the two teams will doubtless be of interest. Harvard has played thirteen games, scoring in all, 588 points, and having 22 points scored against them. Yale has played eleven games, scoring a total of 466 points, and having no points scored against them. The list is as follows...
There were eighteen students of English, thirteen of German, eleven in French, eight in Topography, four in Anglo-Saxon, four in Railroad Surveying. Twelve attended the lectures on Methods of Instruction...