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OUR EXCHANGES.

The OEstrus comes out strongly in favor of women's rights, and its "editorial affairs" are to be managed, in part, by young ladies of the University of California. After co-education comes co-editing. The gentler sex is, according to the OEstrus, "an acknowledged superior element in the college." The OEstrus is apparently conscious of its own defects, as the following observation shows : "This acquisition will tend to add dignity and tone to the paper, and prevent it from possibly falling into that low strain which we have seen in some issues of our contemporaries."

THE Abbott Courant is published by the young ladies of the Abbott Academy at Andover, and has no resemblance whatsoever to its namesake at Yale. The articles are all short, and very amusing. We are very sorry, however, to find the young ladies of Abbott Academy admiring the "Story of Avis," for, although Gail Hamilton's severe attack prejudiced us in its favor, we consider it one of the most absurd of recent novels, which is saying a good deal.

THE Berkeleyan now appears in the form of a magazine, managed by five editors, two from each of the societies, and a fifth, who is described as being "originally a convenience to prevent the possibility of a tie." The position of a convenience may be an agreeble one, but we should think that the fifth editor would object to having such a statement of his capacity printed on the cover of the magazine.

THE Nassau Lit. for March shows, and acknowledges that it shows, "an irritated sensibility" in regard to the troubles at Princeton. It is especially severe on Cornell in general, and on the Era in particular, and calls attention to the disturbances at Cornell some time ago. The Princetonian also uses the "tu quoque" argument as a weapon of defence, by complaining of the daily papers' silence in regard to the Yale men's reception of Count Johannes. The Princetonian is entirely occupied with the pistol-fight, and contains accounts of the affray, editorial comments, words for the Freshmen, words for the Sophomores, etc., ad infinitum. All that is wanting is a word for Dr. McCosh and the rest of the College Faculty, who should have had the courage to hand over the offenders to the civil courts as soon as the disturbances occurred.

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