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...number contains several very good bits of verse. The light poem of Mr. Frothingham, '84, though somewhat long and careless, is perhaps the best of its kind. In a serious tone Mr. Lord's sonnet on the Grave of Pompey, and the stanzas of Rev. T. C. Pease, '75 called The Songless Singer are most noteworthy. Although the theme of the latter is by no means new, yet its smoothness of lines, and depth of feeling make it the best in the issue. Its fault is possibly lack of compactness...
...Hart has contributed a very entertaining humorous piece. The nine other light articles and poems are also very bright. The story of the change of the Harvard color from magenta to crimson, in 1875, is told in a witty poem of three columns in length. The more serious prose articles and verse are excellent...
...world bought the magazines as our little college world does, they would be better than gold mines to the publishers. We are interested in all the contents; in the clever stories, serious discussions, and love ditties even. No doubt many of our college mates will be editors and contributors before long. Some indeed have begun to contribute already...
...demand, the greatest care should be exercised by each student who uses it that it shall be in his possession no longer than is absolutely necessary. Many of the reference books are to be used by over a hundred students, and each individual delay will therefore result in the serious incommoding of the entire number. We trust that each will feel called upon to save his fellows all delay which may arise from his carelessness...
...gymnasium evidences the present strength of the athletic spirit at New Haven. We can hardly sympathize properly with a school which is not afforded exceptional advantages in athletics, for the reason that the excellence of our own accommodations has become so familiar to us. Yale has labored under many serious disadvantages, both in respect to her gymnasium and also in the situation of her athletic grounds. When it is brought forcibly to our notice that our opponents do not enjoy the same facilities which we enjoy in athletic work, the spirit which they have invariably shown in victory as well...