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...contents, the latest Advocate is creditable but not remarkable. Once at least it ought to have been more carefully edited; the indefensible use of human in the sense of "human being" is allowed to stand in the first story-- a fault the more conspicuous, because the idiomatic phrase, "neither man nor beast" would so naturally occur to one in place of the ugly "neither beast nor human." But in general, the paper, both in its prose and its verse, shows the right feeling for style. If the authors had more to say than they have here, evidently they would know...
...Preparedness Number of the Illustrated is, within its self-imposed limits, a creditable example of this prosperous and popular periodical. It is, to be sure, somewhat surprisingly brief in content, but whether this be fault or virtue it is easily understood in a magazine which appears every fortnight. With the best will in the world, it is difficult enough at Harvard to produce a magazine once a month...
...great fault seems to lie in the lack of well-balanced teams. It has been the notable stars and point-winners who have kept up interest in track...
...work of the forwards has rapidly improved since the game with Yale last Saturday. Their principle difficulty then seemed to be an unwillingness, as well as an inability, to pass the puck; the work of the week, however, has corrected this fault to a large extent. The scoring ability of all four men is high, with Percy leading in total scored. They proved themselves faster on the ice than the Yale quartet last. Saturday, but whether this was due to their familiarity with the larger Boston Arena or merely to individual speed it is difficult...
...picture subjects are comprehensive and the prints sharp. Lack of action, their main fault, is due, of course, to corresponding lethargy among undergraduates at this of year. When spring athletics invade Soldiers Field again we shall doubtless get our due share of action pictures. For even a blindman gets more thrills from a picture of a man sliding into third than one of Harvard losing a chess meet...