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very pleasing, but if there wer no advertisements on the cover sheet it would be neater.
The Shamokin High School Review is very interesting, and it is especially good in "Athletics" and "Knocks."
The
principal defect is the absence of literary material, such as essays, vers, and longer stories. The short stories
ar proper, yet longer stories ad body to the magazine. It would be better if the students would change their themes to more serius subjects, and let sentimentality rest for a while. The typographical work of the magazine is beautiful.
Petersburg High School,
November
why
don't you respond to the
Of course but responding to it is quite a different matter. This is the best article in the magazine and shows that real ambition and spirit lie behind it. We heartily agree with you, Mr. Editor, in saying that the members of the staf ar not supposed to accomplish the work of the student body. It is up to the scool to hand in material, and we should like You hav to suggest that it be of a more substantial type. three short stories, all light and sentimental. They sound too much like our modern moving picture plays. The story cald "The Railroad Accident" is very deceiving. We would naturally expect a great deal of movement and color, but insted it is a narrativ without a line of conIt leads us from one event to the other without versation. any change just as if someone wer reading aloud in the same monotonus tone of voice. See if you can't liven up your editorial in the
you red
issue of the Missile?
it (?)
ritings a little more.
"Mr. Thom.pkin's Cuff Button" groes wearisome because there
is
so
much sameness
in all the points.
The humor
is
exaggerated.
There
The
is
lack of
as a whole.
not a single sketch or essay in the magazine.
any
serius
theme detracts from the magazine