Anything that will tend to beautify the grounds of the college, which truly lack adornment so far as any works of art are concerned, will be received with due appreciation by both undergraduates and alumni. It is certainly remarkable that no statues of the past benefactors of the University have ever been presented to the college, though indeed, the busts and portraits in Mrmorial Hall are not to be forgotten.
A move in the right direction has now been made, and what statue of John Harvard, which is soon to be placed in the Delta, will most fittingly inaugurate the era of better things. It is to be hoped that the improvement will not cease with this gift, but that our grounds may. within the next few years, receive monuments of the many illustrious men whom Harvard is proud to number among her dead.
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