Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...editorials are readable and the shorter articles, particularly the verses, are amusing; but, on the whole, in point of merit, the reading matter still lags behind the illustrations...
...Return," "A Friseurs Becken" by F. R. Dickinson, and "The Ingratitude of Mr. Woodsum" by R. W. Child are sketches of mediocre merit, of the type most frequently found in college periodicals...
...last number of the Advocate reaches a standard that should be most gratifying to its editors as well as to the readers of the paper. For the most part, the stories are of very even merit, and the number seems to be in a more serious vein than usual...
...distinction; travel in Europe is also required. It is entitled the Austin Fellowship in Architecture. The only other new fellowships offered are eight Austin Teaching Fellowships of $500 each. To the list of prizes have been added one new Bowdoin prize of $300 for an essay of high literary merit belonging to a special field of study, and a new Dante prize of $100 for the best essay on a subject drawn from the life or works of Dante...
...seems not unreasonable that better things should be expected in the Advocate than such a story as "Only Twice." The incident which the story develops seems hardly possible in the mind of the ordinary undergraduate, and any possible merit in construction certainly does not justify such a lengthy display of cheap and unhealthy sentiment. The poetry is better than usual. "Saint Catherine of the Oratory," by B. Fortescue, moves easily, and is simple, almost too simple, in fact. The other verses, "Street Songs," by W. Stevens, are of a higher level. The writer shows good dramatic power, having even...