Architecture, dismissed briefly in Webster as "the art or science of building, or construction in general," is the mother of all the arts, held by many to be the first among them all. Painting and sculpture have at many times in the history of art served in a distinctly minor capacity as the handmaidens of architecture, as enhancements of the central theme.

Architecture is the most practical of arts as well as one of the most aesthetic. A building that serves for centuries to house the religion of unnumbered thousands is beautiful with a spirit that has no equal in any other form of human expression.

For the lover of architecture there are two lectures tomorrow of sufficient note to star the day in every vagabond's calendar.

At 11 o'clock Professor Edgell will lecture at the New Fogg Museum on French and Renaissance architecture. He will touch upon the great monuments of the Renaissance period, bringing out the dignified consistency of the style.

Professor Conant at 12 o'clock in Robinson Hall will lecture on the Churches of St. John Lateran at Rome, of the Nativity at Bethlehem, and of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. This lecture will be illustrated with slides chosen with especial care. The discussion, dealing with the almost naive early Christian monuments, will be of particular interest in comparison with Professor Edgell's, which has to do with a highly sophisticated style of architecture.

Before ending this splurge of architectural enthusiasm the Vagabond strongly advises all his fellows to attend the lecture of Ernest Newman at Symphony Hall this evening. Mr. Newman, the music critic of the London Sunday Times, is considered one of the foremost authorities in the world, and has come all the way from England especially to deliver this lecture in connection with the Beethoven Centenary.

Other lectures of interest are:

9 O'clock

"Reorganization of the Levan Trade," Professor Usher, Widener U. Economics 10b.

11 O'clock

"Post-War Political Depravity at its Worst." Professor, Schlesinger. New Lecture Hall, History 32b.

12 O'clock

"The Problem of Poverty in Some of its World Wide Aspects," Professor Carver, Sever 17, Economics 8.