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This subject was proposed by the CRIMSON in order to bring out constructive criticism. That the subject has succeeded in the purpose for which it was drawn up is shown by the titles of the essays it has evoked. By the use of the caption, "What's the Matter with Harvard?" the headline writers of various newspapers have been instrumental in putting the CRIMSON competition in a false light...
...drawings the best is the one illustrating the Lampoon's advertisement; the most interesting is the one with the caption, "St Patrick's Day Is Greeted by Appropriate Ceremonies." This latter is in the manner of the Dial artists--full of exotic emotion and of strange technique (can the artist be satirizing?). The majority of the sketches, though, are amateurish originals or uncomplimentary copies. Often the jokes seem made to fit the drawings; or at least the one seldom fits the other. The ideas in the cover drawing are clever, but the drawing itself is careless...
...Thomson's article is that the Pierian Sodality Orchestra is rapidly on the decline. This I know is not the case--in either case this matter would seem not to be within the jurisdiction of a "musical critic." It would seem that he draws his conclusion from the absurd caption "unskilled instrumentalists cannot rival professionals"--a statement the fallacy of which in connection with the Pierian Orchestra, made up of students, would at once be apparent to even an "adenoidial moron." Furthermore, were the Pierian Sodality in any such state of affairs, as Mr. Thomson describes, the Music Department...
...have, however, one request to make. Please do not publish under the caption ARMY AND NAVY any more of the Veteran Bureau scandal. The Bureau is not a part of the Army and Navy. Although certain officials connected with it have carried military titles, they were not Army officers at the time of their connection with the Bureau. They were, in fact, officers who held temporary commissions during...
...times, news of this scandal was the only item appearing under the caption. In the minds of those uninformed, it might create an unjust prejudice against the military service...