That the House system can serve as an excellent means for presenting art to the general student has been proved tine and again by the various House exhibits which have been held at spasmodic intervals during the past few years. Next week, however, the college will witness the first student art exhibit ever to be seen in any of the Houses. This exhibit, which will be found in the Winthrop Common Room, is, in effect, the public inauguration of an informal movement based upon a common interest in painting on the part of a small group of students, some of whom have attained more than an adequate degree of proficiency in the handling of their medium. John Cumming, a Junior, studied for a while under Diego Rivera; Weren, a Sophomore, was an illustrator for various school publications while at Andover; and Elliott Richardson is rather well known around the college because of his drawings and desigus for the Lampoon. These men, in addition to Fetcher and Hollister, form the nucleus of what will very likely become a rather comprehensive working ground for other students in the University whose interests follow along the same lines.

A great deal of credit should be given this group because it happens to fulfill a long-standing need. Harvard has always been developing a culture of its own; publications, dramatic clubs, music societies, and countless other organizations dealing with particular aspects of the Arts have more or less become integral parts of the University. Until now, however, there has been no concerted attempt to formulate, even partially, a movement to promote the active interest of those who wish to paint, or the passive interest of those who might wish to see the work of other students. With all due respect to the muscums around Boston and Cambridge, now that members of the University have begun to exhibit works which they themselves have executed, perhaps the rest of the students body will have an opportunity to see some genuine, first-rate art.