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...turning from personal experiences, he compared the spirit of different ages, the ancient, the mediaeval, and the modern. The one thing that makes each succeeding age better is simply that men have grown more and more to think of others rather than themselves. In the middle ages a banquet-hall might be built over a dungeon by the best men of the time, but now the world has out-grown that...
...Harvard Types" is continued by Louis How in an overdrawn and at the same time rather weak sketch of "Harry Whooper." It is to be hoped that those outside the college who read the "Types" will not think that they really do describe typical Harvard men. There are three "College Kodaks." The first and last are poor, while the second is very pretty. "My Wall Paper" is a pleasant story by Knoblauch. "A Long Time to Wait" is one of the best things that Chamberlin has written this year. It is a rather pathetic story and is very well done...
...Sofa Cushion" by John Green Jr. is the best story of the number. It has a good plot and is simply and pleasantly written. As a whole the Advocate is rather better than usual...
...last number of the Advocate is a fairly good one. The editorials are far above the average, being on interesting although rather old subjects, and being written in a plain and straight forward style. With most of them we agree, but the one dealing with the "refusal of a local barber to shave a member of the University" is a rather flippant treatment of a serious subject. The "College Kodaks" which in this number follow the editorials are unusally bright. There are only three of them, but none falls flat and the second is really a very good story...
...yards low hurdles the men were rather unevenly matched. In each heat the winner seemed to have little trouble in getting away from the other runners. The final heat was won by Stevenson, op. Hallowell, Hop., got second place and Bigelow third. Time 27 3-4 seconds...