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...Mouse"--an effective story, with some thing of Poe's grim despair and situations full of horror; the tone is different from Poe's, but a result like his is gained. In "Will Ellis" a situation is described in which a tragedy is inevitable--the passionate protest of an ignorant mountaineer against the invasion of his domain by a railway; the tragedy comes quite naturally. "A romance in red" is an anecdote, full of quiet humor, with an undercurrent of sadness. All three of these stories have the quality of realness--an encouraging fact. The poetical pieces have refinement...
Personally, I must acknowledge that I am more partial to the major sports; but this lack of fair play is what brings forth my protest. Is the man who runs on the track every day during the winter supposed to do his college work conscientiously, while the basketball player neglects his? Such a supposition is ob- viously absurd. Either both athletes will study, or both will not do any work. If one has to give up his athletics while the other keeps on exercising, the result would be that he who had no incentive to keep off probation would...
...testy guardian, who calls for the license at John Littlewit's. Mrs. Littlewit conceives a violent craving for roast pig, and Dame Purecraft, her mother, and Rabbi Zeal-of-the-Land Busy, both hypocritical Puritans, agree to escort her to the fair, where it may be obtained, although they protest loudly against the vanity of such shows. The Rabbi salves his conscience for going by promising to eat to the fall of the wicked and to "eat exceedingly." Overdo, a justice of the peace, appropriately disguised as a fool, comes to the fair on the scent for "enormities" which...
Against one "Black Hole of Calcutta" we wish especially to protest--the chemistry lecture room in Boylston Hall. Lack of proper ventilation, combined with the action of chemicals, makes the atmosphere unendurable long before the hour has elapsed. The course that meets here is necessarily large, for it is required for further study in several departments. It is an initiation to the Medical School that should render its sufferers absolutely impervious to disease. Possibly with more stimulating and less drugging of the senses, Chemistry 1 would not distribute each year its high proportion of wretched marks...
...another column this morning we publish the protest of a Senior against the so-called two-sport rule, which, it is claimed, seriously handicapped the swimming team in its recent meet with Yale. Without the services of an experienced swimmer, who had played football during the fall and wished to take part in the more important contests of the spring, the team was undoubtedly at a considerable disadvantage. We are inclined to doubt the extent of injury that the rule has done, but here certainly is a specific instance of its harmful possibilities. Our contributor is right in stating that...