The Jester Classic Reprint

Author : Columbia University
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332942667
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Jester, Vol. 12 written by Columbia University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jester, Vol. 12: March 20, 1912 Very day during Varsity Show week we have discovered on the front page of Spectator a spread on the show, which is as it should be, for, at least to us literary men, who read Spectator, the show is the main event of the week. We have, however, yearly at this season wondered what would be the ideal form and tone for these articles to take. Is it best to praise everybody in turn, dividing the number of names on the program by the number of days in the week, and then exercising the editor's ingenuity in finding new terms of commendation? A chap to whose opinion we are always willing to listen, although not always moved to follow it, asserts that some such support is a debt of loyalty owed the show - Boost it during the week and then go ahead and knock it the Monday after if you want to. It seems to us, however, that this is hardly a fair thing for a paper to do unless it is generally understood that its praise is a matter of loyalty, but in that case it would hardly accomplish the end in view. Another plan which suggests itself is to have a different able critic review it every night; in that case the articles ought to be signed, for criticism, even of Varsity shows, is largely a personal matter. A third plan would be to limit the articles during the week to the news aspect of the Show what prominent professors and Others attended that night, what songs took best, what changes were made, what interesting accidents happened; in fact, anything which could not be written up before the Show actually took place that night. Then on the Monday after we could have one or more signed and serious reviews. We have pro pounded these queries in no Spirit of hostility or criticism, but merely in hope that they may form the tiny grains of dust around which student Opinion will crystallize, for we are convinced that the editors of Spectator will gladly put themselves to some pains to give the students what they want, if only the students will make up their minds as to what that is and then ask for it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.