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COMMONPLACES must be uttered, and well-worn subjects discussed. The fact that a subject is well-worn shows that it is interesting. So we hope that with this little explanation we may be permitted to add our mite to the generous contribution of praise and congratulation which the Greek department, and more especially Professors Goodwin and White, are receiving. That they deserve it all, no one doubts, and least of all do the students of the University. The play was to be by the students. It remained to be seen whether it would be for the students...
...line of Shakspere study. It is very well to praise the slashing criticism which is so popular and so unsound; to magnify the merits of a certain Boston University critic, whose ignorance is only equalled by his audacity; to depreciate men who, like Dr. Furness, can really add something of value to Shaksperian literature; but we believe that those admirers and those critics will, in the end, be bitterly disappointed. Careful scholarship has been ridiculed as pedantry before this, but it has at last invariably won just recognition. We are sorry that the Advocate has been so grossly misinformed...
...pleasantry in regard to the sparring at our last winter meetings. If the Gazette desires to allow people to air their ill-breeding through its columns, we have no possible objection; but we beg leave to suggest that an occasional regard for truth in the articles it publishes might add some weight to the communications themselves as well as elevate the usual standard of the Gazette's news...
...theatricals that are to be given in town for the benefit of the Crew. This has always been a pleasant way of subscribing for the Crew, and we hope that a large audience may reward the efforts of those who have the matter in hand. It is needless to add that a large amount of money will be required during the coming year...
THERE are many societies in College, and the janitors - who are never known to fail in any thing except their work - have determined to add another to the list. The society which they intend to form has for its object not the pursuit of knowledge, but simply pleasure. The janitors and goodies expect to give a ball every year. They feel that they are overworked in taking care of students' rooms, and that they must have some relaxation to bring back their health, shattered by almost constant application of the broom and duster. There is another reason, too, which prompts...