The Advocate.

The current number of the Advocate, appearing with a somewhat surprising but none the less commendable promptness, completes the 58th volume of the paper's existence.

An editorial upon the football question advances the argument, by no means novel, that football keeps its followers from "going to the devil." If the picture of that personage drawn for us by C. A. Pierce '96 in "Mephistopheles, Gentleman," is an accurate one we doubt if even the charms of football will prevent any of us from seeking his acquaintance, for he is a "gentleman" par excellence. The story displays ingenuity and imagination of no mean order.

The sonnet by Louis How '95 is an excellent bit of work and contains much real feeling.

Among the Kodaks the first is notable for its vivid word painting, the others being mediocre.

"La Balleuse," by Carl H. Hovey '97, is a decidedly good study of the quick-passioned Creole type of Louisiana and carries with it the murky atmosphere of the land of the swamp and palmetto.

A dainty bit of verse is "A Cup and Saucer Episode" by Bert Ross '96, though its refreshing piquancy is marred slightly by a few crudities of wording.

Other stories are "The Wrong Scent" by Arthur Cheney Train '96, and "Broken Eggs" by H. H. Chamberlin '95.

The number as a whole is a marked improvement upon the last.