The new number of the Advocate is without exception the worst for several years. Not only are some of the articles without merit but several have grave faults, and the number as a whole has no redeeming features.- except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought not to make fun of it but defend it, and bear in mind the words of Mr. Bacon, 'Harvard, may she always be right, but Harvard, right or wrong.' " This savors too much of the "win at any cost" spirit, and does not give any good reason why we should not criticize the recent action. It seems also to distort our attitude somewhat. The second editorial urges Harvard's withdrawal from all athletic leagues as the best proof of her earnestness in reform.

A long clipping from Dr. Lyman Abbott's contribution to the Christian Union, though interesting, looks much out of place in "The Week," if in fact it ought to be inserted in the Advocate at all. Dr. Abbott gives an account of his experience at Harvard, and shows that he received a very favorable impression of the college. He says that the average attendance at chapel during his stay was about three hundred, and that over fifty men visited him at Wadsworth House. He concludes that "this is pre-eminently a religious age, and especially thoughtful young men are thinking on the problems of religious life."

The last editorial censures the decision of the faculty on the Glee club's petition, but does it in such an undignified and even childish spirit as to lose the force the Advocate's opinion should convey.

"As Others See Us" is a collection of clippings from various college papers on the football question. It presents in three pages what might have been presented in a column by judicious condensation. It may be of interest to those who do not see any outside college papers, but is wholly outside the class of articles the Advocate professes to devote itself to.

"April Mopes; A Condensed Novel in Eight Spasms,' is an attempted parody on Howell's "April Hopes." It is lacking in wit and literary value, and descends to passages of more than questionable tastes. A few flashes of successful realism do not redeem it from a position far below the Advocate's former standard.

The verse of this number shows no marked originality, but is the best part of the issue. The election of Mr. T. G. Bremer, '92, as business editor is announced. The Advocate is brought to a close by a list of books received and the Brief. Several misprints mar the appearance of the paper.