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...verse I am incapable of criticising; the reviews and the editorials are well-written. I object bitterly to "Mater Felixissima";. perhaps some proof-reader was guilty. But why is it that the various articles produce the impression of being trimmed to a fixed length? Is it due to editorial excisions, or is it a habit acquired in the process of writing compulsory themes...
...reference in the telegram one needs only to turn to the Encyclopedia Britannica, page 33, volume 28, for ample proof...
...into, or more difficult to stay in once having arrived, than West Point, I have yet to learn of it. The entrance examinations are notorious for their severity and comprehensiveness, especially in mathematics and allied subjects. The number of failures among the candidates each year is ample proof of this fact. Furthermore, certificates admitting without examination are not accepted from high school or preparatory school graduates unless the average of marks is exceptionally high--I believe 80 per cent. is required; college Entrance Board certificates may be accepted, but the passing mark demanded is considerably higher than that required...
...Widener Room of the Widener Memorial Library there is now on view for a fortnight an interesting exhibit of first editions, manuscripts and autograph letters of Alfred Tennyson and Elizabeth and Robert Browning. Included in the Tennyson cases are an autograph copy of the first proof-sheets of "Gareth and Lynett," with many corrections by the poet, a first edition of the "Holy Grail," with 50 lines of original manuscript, a first edition of "Enoch Arden," and the original manuscript of "The charge of the Light Brigade...
Among the rare pieces by Robert Browning are the proof-sheets of "Bolls and Pomegranates," with numerous corrections and changes in the author's handwriting, and a similar edition of "Ferishtah's Fancies," and one of the first issues of "Pauline." The original manuscript and earliest printed issue of "Helen's Tower" completes the Browning collection. Mrs. Browning is represented by a rare first edition of "The Battle of Marathon" and "Sonnets From the Portuguese." There is also on exhibition an autographed letter of Tennyson...