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...other hand there have been, of course, stories both wholesome and interesting. These have presented the bright and attractive sides of college life, or of the life without the college. If imagination, they have been legitimately so, as is the sketch "Out of the Night," in the present number. In short, they are of the cheerfulness for which the Advocate now appeals. College life abounds in experiences that can be made much of. There is no reason why these should be looked at gloomily or written of morbidly. If the Advocate will keep to the standard it now sets...
Harvard won the toss and sent Haverford to bat. Through the steady batting of Lester and Wistar, with 19 and 10 runs respectively, the score rolled up to 43, when Lester put his foot in front of a ball bowled by Adams. With Lester out, things now looked bright for Harvard, but Tatnall with 25 and Hawson with 14 runs, made a long stand which Harvard was unable to break until, with the score at 101, Carleton bowled both men with two successive balls. The last four wickets brought the total up to 117, of which Haines made...
...Pickering, director of the Observatory, has lately devised an atteachment to a photographic telescope of such a nature that eight plates, eight by ten inches each, can be exposed in succession without disturbing the telescope. The telescope is regulated by clock-work and is designed to photograph all the bright stars that cross the meridian during the night. This instrument is much more powerful than the one of similar construction which has been in use at the Observatory during the last few years...
...remarkably clever piece of work and should make a decided hit among people acquainted with Cambridge. But from an artistic point of view the Nieu Amsterdam public square scene (the first and third acts) is the better of the two. The colors in this scene are bright and the arrangement is graceful and effective...
...Lampoon contains some material rather above the average, though other parts perhaps are hardly as bright as usual. Considerable space is devoted to deriding a well known book in one of the required courses, which, though possibly poor taste, is still moderately well done. A portion of the editorial rather picturesquely expresses the objections to a prolonged Class...