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Neither "The Wedge of Gold" nor "The Room Mates" are of particular literary merit. The first has to do with the pecuniary difficulties of a South American ranchman and senator, coupled with a bank failure. The second is only saved from being dull by the imaginative and novel style in which it is written. "In a Fog" is a lively bit of narrative. The two pieces of verse in the number are up to the usual standard of the Advocate...
...taken aboard the "King Philip." Here a third meal awaited them, which was followed by some impromptu singing and a few speeches on the part of the Information Committee; but before the rest of the carefully prepared programme could be run off the steamer struck the wharf with a dull thud and the field day was over...
...last number of the Lampoon should be a source of pride to its editors. There is scarcely a dull page in it. The editorials are well written and do not force the laugh too much. The drawings--particularly the centrepage--are executed with exceptional ability and are appropriate to the subjects; and the quibs and longer pieces of satire possess a sort of spontaneity that has become of late very rare. The "Guide to Courses," "Baedeker's Harvard" and "Chem. 3," although none of them are essentially new, nevertheless are more than justified by the originality of their treatment...
...crews could be trained with the view of rowing a waiting race, the four-mile contest would usually not seriously increase the strain and exhaustion. By a waiting race not such dilatory tactics, of course, are indicated as often render the beginning of bicycle and foot races tame, dull, and almost ridiculous; but that due preliminary husbanding of reserve force which leaves a reserve to be drawn upon for later spurts. As a matter of fact, however, one crew or another is likely to start at top speed, particularly when several are in the race, and therefore the crews must...
...favor of "The True Story of Sampson," which is undeniably funny, if rather long-winded; and of a caricature sketch, by far the best thing of its kind that has come out for a long time. The editorials are prosy and excited no false hopes. A great deal of dull poetry, together with the approach of the Yale game, accounts for the dearth of short jokes and stories. Of the illustrations, only the cover, "Back Numbers," and the already mentioned caricature are noteworthy...