The Graduates' Magazine for April opens with an article on "Phillips Brooks" by Professor C. C. Everett of the Divinity School. It is a study of his character and the reason of his wonderful influence over men. It is a fitting tribute to the memory of him who has done so much for us. After the article is a short statement of what Dr. Brooks did for the Magazine. He presided at the first informal meeting held to discuss the desirability of founding such a magazine, he encouraged and supported it from the beginning, and he had promised to write an article for the present issue.
"A Serious Question" by C. J. Bonaparte '71 is a discussion of the evils which necessarily come to Harvard as it changes from a college to a university, the chief of which is the loss of class feeling and fellowship among the students. This is of course inevitable as classes increase so fast in numbers, but the author suggests that "nuclei of the quasi corporations needed for the functions once discharged by classes at Harvard may possibly be found in certain of the college societies, those consisting of students who come here to work and not to dawdle." Professor Moore contributes "The Study of the Fine Arts in Universities and Colleges." It is a very interesting article explaining that to undergraduates the Fine Arts should be taught only to "awaken a sentiment of beauty in the minds of educated men, and to lay the foundations for a discriminating judgment with regard to works of art." Anything beyond this is rather the work of a professional school. Colnnel Higginson's "Address of Welcome to the Harvard and Yale Football Teams" is printed in full. "Headmasters on Secondary Education" consists of a number of short articles by the principals of the leading preparatory schools of New England, among whom are D. W. Abercrombie. C. E. Fish, J. P. Hopkinson, J. S. White and others. "The College in Early Days" is an interesting description by A. M. Davis '54. "Anecdote and Reminiscence" consists of an account of Lafayette's visit to Harvard by Dr. Peabody and a description of the first Pudding play by L. Hayward '45.
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