The Anniversary Number of the Advocate is made up, with one exception, of contributions from graduate editors. The one exception is the article on "Old Numbers", which recalls an interesting bit of academic history. The article tells us that forty years ago the Collegian was suppressed, and the Advocate arose in its place. It does not tell how on midnight of May 10, 1866, three of the former editors of the Collegian posted announcements of the new publication, one editor working on the President's house, one on the elms in the Yard and one on University Hall. On Friday, May 11, 1866, the first edition of the Advocate was sold with a rush from Richardson's book-store. On Friday, May 11, 1906, the editors and their guests sit down to their anniversary dinner.

The covers of the Anniversary Number reproduce those of the first edition. On the editorial page is a tribute to Professor Shaler. Its reminiscent tone brings to the reader's mind a host of personal memories that carry him far beyond the printed page. "The Source" is a sonnet by Frank Dempster Sherman '87 on the east and the morning, which he handles with delicacy and sureness, and with entire success. "On the Return of a Graduate", by Richard Washburn Child '03 is a most gratifyingly deft and complete exposition of a rather intangible subject. It is bright and readable throughout, and free from any hint of triteness in material or phrasing. John Albert Macy '99 contributes a story called "John Anderson, Deputy." It is vivid and real from beginning to end, vigorous, and thoroughly worth reading. "June", a poem by John Corbin '92, is perhaps a little uneven in quality, but it is high praise to say that in many lines it comes very close to the spirit of its title. "The Salvation Army", by Witter Bynner '02, is a half quizzical bit of verse, which very aptly phrases the attitude of those "who stand aside and say, 'O, they accomplish good.'" The number as a whole represents well, if not so completely as one might wish, the literary traditions on which the Advocate has been standing for forty years.