The Advocate.

The current number of the Advocate contains several articles of unusual merit and as a whole is one of the best of the year.

The first editorial gives authenticity to a story which has been circulating since the Mott Haven games, and which shows the captain and president of the Yale Athletic Association in a very unfavorable light. The proposals these "gentlemen" made are rightly condemned as "disgraceful, underhand" and the most "wretched circumstance" in the history of intercollegiate athletics. The other editorials urge more promptness in paying subscriptions, especially to the college papers; and an appeal to the class of '91 to send more contributions to the Advocate and increase their representation on the staff of editors.

Mr. H. A. Davis contributes an amusing story called "A Legend of Mugiwassit." It is successful as being in a new vein and is both interesting and readable. The gravity under which the improbability of the plot is hidden adds greatly to the effect.

"A Living Ghost" is a fairly good piece of description but not especially noteworthy.

The two communications deserve especial attention, as they throw some light on Harvard athletics. The first maintains that "we are not inferior to Yale in athletics," but that study receives more attention here than at our rival college, and that therefore "the real cause of our lack of superiority in athletics (not our inferiority) is the greater earnestness and higher kind of work done here." The second takes a different ground and attributes our ill success to our social system. It argues that the athletics of the freshman class have their interests turned aside by their election to a sophomore society, "which takes his time and strength away from his athletics." This leads to a state where "athletics are in the hands of a chosen minority-chosen upon a social basis," and demands a reform in our social system.

"The story of the Absent-minded Man and the Parasol" is interesting and amusing. The ending is unexpected, and in a happy vein.

"A Legislative Vision" relates a discussion over "a bill for the elevation of the lower class by means of advisers, for the higher education of the people by early rising, for the improvement of public morals, and for other purposes." Several of the hits are very telling.

The only verse of this number is a stanza, "The Place of Love," with little merit. Some rather unin-eresting Daily Themes and the Advocate's Brief complete the number.