The number of the Advocate which appeared yesterday is consistent with the last few numbers in the attempt to decry Harvard and her methods. The leading editorial is, to say the least, exceedingly unpatriotic. The tone of complaint is almost childish. It is quite evident that the Advocate has ceased to express a fair public opinion. We quote one of the most striking sentences: "We must confess our belief in the existence of a strong body in the faculty, headed by a personage of great influence, the aim of which is ultimately to confine Harvard athletics within the limits of Harvard college." The editorial then accuses this faction of working secretly against intercollegiate athletics and of making the athletic committee a cats-paw. This accusation is almost absurd. There are undoubtedly many members of the faculty and overseers who do favor the abolition of intercollegiate games but they have never concealed their hostility. A majority of the faculty, and of the students also, we believe, are in favor of restriction and of the abolition of the abuses of the present system. It is this large faction working openly, which has brought about the changes which the Advocate considers so disastrous.

The last paragraph is the most memorable of all. It has been pretty thoroughly proved that Harvard is not becoming provincial. How the new regulations show a tendency to provincialism it is difficult to see. Men do not come to Harvard because the nine plays Princeton twice a year in New Jersey; nor because thirty men compete in the games at New York every spring. The influences which make Harvard a national university are much broader and deeper, and will be little affected by the restriction of athletics to a reasonable area.

The most interesting article in this number is the communication on the comparative growth of Harvard and Yale in the west. A careful reading shows that the charge that Harvard is becoming provincial is wholly indefensible. Taken in connection with the long article in yesterday's CRIMSON, it is most reassuring to all who are jealous of Harvard's reputation.

The literary part of the number is made up of several short stories of fair merit. The first is a sketch of backwoods life called "The Captain of the Rocket." Some of the descriptive parts are well written but the style of the piece as a whole is a little crude. "Number 749" a matrimonial bureau story, is well written, but would hardly pass as realistic. "Henry Dunster" invests that historic old character with sentiments which do not ordinarily do him credit. "Tom's Story" is effectively told.

There are two pieces of verse in the number, "Of all the things her voice bath seemed," and "Whither?" Both are conventional but both are decidedly above the average. The second one in particular contains sever 1 delightfully musical lines. A book review and the Brief complete the number.