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...Swiss Family Robinson," by Owen Wister, which many will remember as a very bright travestry in the Lampoon last year, has been published in a neat form by Mr. Sever. The local hits are very clever, and the little work well deserves a place as an odd piece of literary bric-a-brac in every student's library...
...Nation thinks that "Owen Wister's 'The New Swiss Family Robinson' (Cambridge : C. W. Sever) hits the mark as a satire, but for sustained humor it suffers by comparison with Rollo's Cambridge adventures, that earlier trophy of the Harvard Lampoon. On the other hand, 'College Cuts' (White & Stokes), chosen from the Columbia Spectator, a college paper with a humorous corner or corners, compares well with the larger and more heterogeneous collection of designs from the Lampoon. There is more chic and a higher average quality in the drawing. Politics are altogether eschewed in favor of collegiate and social topics...
Prof. Paine has recommended Mr. Morrill for honors in Music, and Messrs. Burton and Wister for highest honors...
...Spanish Drinking Song.....Owen Wister Glee Club, solo by Mr. McCagg...
...McCagg and Mr. Howe. The Glee Club sang their new song, "Sir Cuckoo," which gave Mr. Pendleton an opportunity for a fine solo. Abt's "The Night" was omitted. Zellner's popular "Bill of Fare" was given by the Glee Club in response to numerous requests. Mr. Wister's "Spanish Drinking Song" with solo by Mr. McCagg elicited an encore...