The Advocate.

One of the editorials in the current number of the Advocate suggests that the University insist upon a higher standard of scholarship than is at present required. The chief argument presented in favor of a change is that the prevailing rules do not demand enough of the kind of work that is permanently valuable to the student.

Of the fiction in the number "The Villain pro Tempore" is the best, and deals rather cleverly with the experiences of an amateur upon the professional stage. "Freshmen and Dreams" belongs to the class of "then-he-woke-up" sketches, which have long since ceased to be amusing.

Neither "The Wedge of Gold" nor "The Room Mates" are of particular literary merit. The first has to do with the pecuniary difficulties of a South American ranchman and senator, coupled with a bank failure. The second is only saved from being dull by the imaginative and novel style in which it is written. "In a Fog" is a lively bit of narrative. The two pieces of verse in the number are up to the usual standard of the Advocate.