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...lapse into seriousness in the number, although crude, has promising strength. The author might read Joseph Conrad to advantage. "The Strength Test," by S. Ervin '08, is the kind of article one likes to see in the Advocate. Such light, satirical essays on College subjects, on matters which obviously need reform, but which are perhaps not of sufficient importance to demand more serious treatment, are worth while from all points of view. Nothing is more important in reforming abuses than well-directed and kindly ridicule. Of the verse, the "Ballade of Lost Editors," by W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez...
...literary expression. The works show haste, carelessness, and a willingness to be content with a product far short of that of which they are capable. And may it not also be asked. do those who write about college life endeavor to see penetratingly before they write? We do not need to go far afield for models. Flandrau's "Harvard Episodes," although dealing, as he says, with but a small corner of a very big place, show a keenness of insight which the undergraduate writer, even though he may not attain quite to it, would do well to strive after
...workers in societies for organizing charity, child-saving agencies, social settlements. But there are some calls for probation officers, welfare managers, in large stores and factories, and workers in agencies which are chiefly concerned with civics or with applying the advances of medical science to relief and prevention of need. The positions are generally subordinate ones, but sometimes head workers are wanted...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences announces that four scholarships will be awarded, shortly after the beginning of the second half-year, to Freshmen who are deserving and in need of assistance. These four scholarships are two Crowninshield Scholarships, the Scholarship of the class of 1867, and the Mary L. Whitney Scholarship. In awarding the Scholarship of the class of 1867, preference will be given to children or grand-children of members of the class...
...Appointments Office has received circular from the Bureau of Insular Affairs announcing the need of teachers for the Philippine service. About 120 teachers will be needed for this work, and it is desired to secure them in time to permit their arriving in the Philippines before June 9, 1907, when the next school year begins. The civil service examinations for these appointments will be held in Boston, December 27 and 28. Full information may be obtained at once from the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, Washington, D. C. The circular may be seen at the Appointments Office, University...