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so. 9. Enrron's TAHI.K. 602 EDITOR'S TAIJLB. Tlio majority of tlio exchange editors Imvo shown little or no umhition in their reviews, ami Unit department of u college jntin.nl, to which wo have always turned first, lias usually given us nothing for our pains and preference. Even the rampant Niagara Imlcxhns iicoiiiaral!v(ly meek, unassuming, unambitious reviewer. Strange to say many of the papers have foiled altogether in this common act of courtesy and good will towards their ex change friends. A word of advice, appre ciation or just criticism is the means of bringing the dill'eient paper all over the country in a close bond of fellowship, and should by no means be omitted. The Berkeleyan with its motto, "West, ward tin course of Empire takes its way," Imils from the University of California. It is a very proper and dignified periodi cal. The articles are heavy and, on the whole, well written, but there should he something to brighten up a paper. Even the locals partake of this staid sombre charncter, and, while we would caution the Berkeley an from Imitating the weak wit and poor taste of their fumous(Y) con temporary, the Oestrus, yet we must com plain of the prosy nature of the Berkeleyan for November. The Packer girls are evidently given to poetry, or at least the present senior class that presides over the the columns of the Packer Quarterly are. They also seem to accept as true the statement that a woman succeeds best in writing when she thinks that she is talking, for.theii articles all partake of this stylo and character. The range of subject matter is not very great all being very much of the same cast. We notice a change in the reviewers depart ment, for now the college papers receive their share of notice, along with Seribners, Atlantic Monthly, etc. Heretofore the mere college journal has been neglected and unappreciated. This change is no doubt in keeping with the remarkable Senior Hass in charge, who seem to have more than usual claims to originality and innovations. The article on "A new kind of Shopping", is a poor disjointed affair rather unintelligable on the whole, what idea the writer wishes to convey is not to he seen very plainly. " Doings at Pack er" is an interesting department and the ar. tides ar.o written in an easy graceful style and natural manner of expression gives it a peculiar charm and makes one feel very much at home with " Packerites " in gen end. The Omaha High School Journal is with us once again, and gives evidence of being managed in a practical business like manner. While we approve of the Journal in many respects, yet we must proclaim against the insufferable conceit that calls the High School Journal "The only Literary and Educational Journal in the state," while to the knowledge of every one, there exists three others, each and all more truly devoted to Education and Literature than the Journal. It is a well known fact that the Journal is only nominally an exponent of the High School and that it does not represent tlio interests of the school as much as the financial interests of the editor and publisher. It partakes more of the nature of a reposi tory of fashion and society notes than of a Literary Journal, and wo have always regarded it in very much the same man nor as The Central Collegian wh says: "The High School Journal is more like an ordinary county paper than any-thing else." CLIPPINGS. A Kentucky woman has married a Mr. Calico lias wedded a prints, as it were. And Ananias stood forth. This is said to have been so that some modern liars could stand llrst, second and third. " Look at the baste, will his two tooth picks sticking out av his mouth I" was how the first sight of an elephant affected Bridget MuhUuui. Boston Transcript.