The "Advocate."

The tenth and last number of the 44th volume of the Advocate appeared yesterday. With this number the senior board hands the paper down to the '89 editors. They may be well satisfied with their work. Never has the paper been better than during these last two volumes. It is now the turn of the '89 editors; may they do as well. In this issue announcement is made of the election of J. H. Sears, as president and C. Warren, as secretary.

The number opens with a short poem, the verse of which is much better than the subject. The first prose article, 'The Man Without a Name," is a highly interesting piece of writing, and the author does not hesitate to embody in the plot some startling details. The story threatens to border on the sensational, but its sudden and unexpected ending forbids such doubtful promise.

"A Responsibility of the College" is one of those really serious articles which occasionally make their appearance in the Advocate. The writer makes a plea for mission work to be carried on by the students of Harvard as it is by those of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh. Whether such a plea is likely to have any effect on the men at Harvard is a matter of grave doubt. There are a few, no doubt, who would be willing to make the sacrifice, but most of us are too selfish, too securely bound up in our own petty lives, to give much thought to the unfortunate beings who make up the North End.

"Zeke" is an admirable bit of description of a tragic incident. It is impossible to bring any charge of diffuseness or lack of clearness against it.

"Rhesos, King of Thrace," is a long story, the plot of which is laid far back in mythical times. It begins in a very attractive way, but its power to interest is seriously harmed by its length, and the ending is disappointing. A more dramatic close is needed.

Some book notices and the usual items make up the number.