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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.
