The opening article of the December number of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, entitled. "The Growth of the Graduate School" is the address delivered by Professor Goodwin '51, at the opening of the Graduate School for the current year. The address outlines the rapid growth of the School, its aims and ideals, and shows the differences between the Harvard School and the German and English universities. The article could hardly have been written by anyone better fitted to treat of such a subject and much of it is in a vein of personal reminiscence which makes it unusually interesting and animated.

Professor Emerson '71 has written for the magazine a sketch of the life and work of the late Charles Carroll Everett, Dean of the Divinity School. The paper tells much of Dr. Everett's work which is not generally known, and cannot but be most satisfactory to his many friends. The sketch is accompanied by an excellent picture of Dr. Everett.

One of the articles which will most appeal to undergraduates is "The Effects of Training," a continuation of the papers by Dr. E. A. Darling '90, giving some of the results of his observations on the men of the University teams, at the suggestion of the Harvard Athletic Committee. This paper takes up football training and gives some interesting additional observations on the crew squad. Though one could well wish that a topic such as this, which interests so many, had been treated in a less technical and more popular manner, the results given make good reading. It is conclusively shown that no ill effects which can reasonably be attributed to training were to be discovered nine months after stopping the training.

"A Freshman in 1845" consists of extracts made by Ex-Congressman Davis '49, from an old letter received by him from one of his classmates. It is full of the customs of the time, such as "kicking football in the Delta every evening." which will interest all who read it.

"The Muse of Athletics" includes a number of specimens of Harvard's football songs, written of late years, and also Yale's new song of 1899.

"The Autumn Outlook" and "Student Life" contain, as usual, adequate reviews of University activities, and many valuable suggestions on the salient points of new problems.

An excellent cut of the new boat-house is printed with a description of the building and an account of the ceremonies of its formal transfer to the Corporation.