The first number of Vol. LXVIII of the Advocate established a standard that succeeding issues will have difficulty in keeping up with. It is to be regretted, however, that the subject matter in many of the articles strays so far from Cambridge. Thus there are, dealing with a different hemisphere: a noble sonnet "Rhine," a sketch, "The Symphony," whose technique leads one to believe its author a virtuoso with his fingers rather than with his pen; and an excellent Irish story told in the author's very human style.

One welcomes even such a hackneyed theme as "The Cox'n," and a tale so slight as "Old Kearney," for their contrasting nearness to the College. "The Conversion of Cavendish" does not deal with religion, but is an overdone burlesque on golf containing a swear word and nothing else to speak of.

An agreeable surprise are the long looked for "College Kodaks," which it is hoped the editors will continue. The best of a very successful issue is the second editorial, in which the writer throws aside cold, editorial parlance and speaks from the heart, counsel such as all first year men and others, too, ought to remember.