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...poet does not write according to the English department, but maintains that "when English becomes a dead language and nothing survives but the 'Leaves of Grass,' Whitman's style will be above criticism." He asserts also that Whitman teaches one to see in things their intrinsic nature and life, rather than the utility they may have for one another, and defends the poet from the charge of immorality...
...Parsons Lathrop, is partly a reply to Mrs. Amelia E. Barr's "Corversational Immoralities" in the April number, and wholly an acknowledgement of woman's continually increasing position and power in fiction and the upon the whole salutary influence of that position. "The Hatred of England," by Goldwin Smith, rather exaggerates the extent of that hated which most of the readers of the Review doubtless find restricted to the ignorant masses. General Greely of the Signal Department, or as he is called, "Chief of the Weather Bureau," writes of the Mississippi Floods. Archdeacon Farrar in his paper, "A Few Words...
...degree of skill is by means of form. He thinks that for steady development a fixed standard or ideal is necessary, and a system which the experience of each year will tend to improve. "A full and complete realization of this standard constitutes skill, and is attained, or rather approached with a college crew by thorough and careful adherence to the requirements of form...
...score of sixteen to five. The game was characterized by Harvard's hard batting. The men also played a clean fielding game. The Williams nine fielded loosely, and their pitchers were far from effective. Cummings was in the box for Harvard in the first four innings, and he was rather wild, giving five bases on balls. Downer was substituted in the fifth inning and he held the visitors down fairly well. The Harvard team was considerably changed from the last game; Mason was tried in left field; Soule, who has been lame, was at short-stop, and Alward went...
Yale's long delay in answering the challenge of the Cycling Association had almost discouraged all hope of her accepting. The letter received yesterday, though rather ambiguous, shows that the matter is receiving attention, and will, we hope, be satisfactorily arranged. Harvard left "choice of course, distance, number of men, and date" to Yale. If Yale's choice is a two mile race between teams of three men, at the Elm City Driving Park, on June 9, Harvard will, according to the terms of the challenge, be glad to accept. The letter from the Yale Athletic Association does not appear...