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...seat. In consequence the rowing is so little developed that nothing can be said of the merits or faults of the oarsmen. Newell and Shaw are singularly strong men and have both done very well at foot ball, but labor under the disadvantages of being totally inexperienced, and being rather short and chunky for a 'varsity crew. Powers, Watriss, Jones and Rantoul were substitutes on the crew last year and are well known as fairly good men. Vail, Cummings and Earl rowed in the freshman boat last year and seem strong. Kelton '93, who rowed 6 on the crew last...
...stories, "An Unwarranted Inspiration," by Mr. W. F. Brown, is the best. It is carefully written, yet is very easy and smooth. In view of the rather slender plot, the interest is well kept up to the end and the surprise comes in effectively...
...amusing. It may be queried whether the ejaculating narrative with parentheses addressed to the hearer, is an improvement to a story. Is it not as well to avoid an absolute imitation of a conversation even when one is reporting it? Do such expressions as "and I-well, I rather liked her-you needn't smile, I didn't care much about her" or "and dignified!-by George ! I've never seen anything like it" help the flow of the narrative any ? This is merely a suggestion, not an implication that the use of the expressions in this story...
...entertainers was to show the undergraduate players that the graduates at New York were not less enthusiastic in their good wishes towards those who had won a victory for Harvard than the undergraduates at Cambridge. Indeed it seemed to the fortunate guests that the college feeling was rather intensified that diminished by time, so hearty was the greeting of grey haired men who in their college days had never seen a foot ball...
...Swinburne contributes a criticism-an enlogy rather, of Victor Hugo based on descriptions of his travels as published in his posthumous works...