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BOSTON MUSEUM. - "Living for Show...
...publish to-day Columbia's challenge to the freshman class. Extended comment upon the challenge at this early date is hardly necessary. We believe that eighty-nine will show the energy and enthusiasm, shown by other classes, in their efforts to get a victory over the Columbia freshmen. '86 and '88 both won their freshman races with Columbia. And if there is anything in precedent, '89 should win next year. The Spectator very rightly says: "A reliance upon skill and strength, however, will be found to be more useful than precedent when they come to start next June." We believe...
...Yale Literary Monthly, the Nassau Literary Magazine, the Williams Literary Monthly and the Harvard Monthly are now before us. In looking over the numbers from abroad we are struck with the attempts at depth of thought and at real argument. In many cases the writers have opinions, and show a willingness to express them; in a word they are not afraid of being serious. As a result, the magazines become something more than literary, and please the thought as well as the taste of the reader. But setting them aside and taking up the "Harvard Monthly" we are inclined...
...exterior of the volume is really excellent. The covers are neat, but none the less attractive, and their lack of elaborate design is quite consistent with Harvard custom and taste, while it is in strong contrast with the show and elaborateness displayed on similar publications by other colleges...
...least it does not appear with the other clubs of its kind. The Theta Delta Chi has taken a policy exactly opposite to that of last year, for it announces only the members of the Society instead of only the officers. The societies for study and investigation in general, show marked progress by their increased list of membership. The Dining Association in particular, which may be regarded as an investigating society sui generis, has increased in numbers. The 740 of last year has become 753, the maximum number that the Dining Hall will accommodate...