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The fourth number of the Advocate appeared on the 22d of November. On the whole the number is good; the editorials are clear and to the point, the stories are fairly interesting and the poetry is good.
A number of editorials are devoted to the result of the mass-meeting of the 20th of last month. Considering the rotten condition of college athletics the action of Harvard in withdrawing from the Intercollegiate Foot Ball association was not untimely, and if her motives are pure, she deserves great...
"Elise" is concluded in this number. The story is not up to the usual standard of the Advocate; it is weak and perhaps a trifle too sentimental.
Under the head of "Topics of the Day," the new gate is discussed. According to the writer, "the new gate is the embodiment of the idea that Harvard is not in every way public property." The imitation in architecture is, however, no cause for pride and not worthy architecture. "How...
The leading article in the Century for December is the Selections from Wellington's Letters, by Mrs. Davies-Evans. The extracts are from his correspondence with Mrs. Jones of Pantglas in 1851-2 and reveal a side of the Iron Duke which his biographers have hitherto left unnoticed. The second...