The third issue of Threshold well fulfills the purposes of its sponsor, the International Student Service. Designed to present "the best writing and thinking of students," this magazine gives most of its emphasis to the active role which college people can and are taking in national and international affairs. As the official ISS organ, Threshold undertakes to form a link between a large variety of political youth groups, while as a student magazine that includes among its editors such an outstanding liberal and educator as Alvin Johnson it, contains pertinent commentary upon contemporary education and national affairs.

Lead article is John Chamberlain's "Dewey, Hutchin's, Inc.," a fine comparison of the methods of the classical and modern educational radicals. Written with sympathy and understanding, this essay combines clear evaluation with a convincing case for cooperation between these two theoretically opposed schools. Myron Kaufmann '43, has contributed an excellent piece on the "Lull in Liberalism." Pointing out the depression in the liberal ideology due to the united front for war, this member of the Crimson and Guardian boards calls upon liberal leadership to recognize that the unity so essential now, is at best a union of opposites against a common enemy, and to preserve its ideals for the time of peace-making. Completing its literary function, Threshold includes two competent, though scarcely startling, undergraduate short stories, a number of poems, and a concise book column prepared by Max Lerner.

In its capacity of a student political organ the magazine contains many relevant articles on the active role of the student in war. An excellent summary of possible contributions to Civilian Defense is donated by Jane Seaver, co-director of O. C. D.'s youth division, who also includes an estimate on the proper balance of educational and defense activities in war time. Accounts of activities of the major student groups are written for Threshold by members of the organizations concerned, while Joseph Lash edits a column of ISS Notes. Also of fundamental interest of students is the description of the "New Deal for C.O.'s" which tells of the fine work done by the Quakers and others in setting up work camps for religious pacifists. Finally, Mike Levin's article on the high-pressure tactics of orchestra booking-agents should be of distinct value to anyone responsible for college dances, while his suggestion of a centralized board to handle orchestra booking for the colleges should, if feasible, provide an excellent method for future economics in finance and effort.

By and large the issue is full and well-rounded. If it has a flaw, it is the paucity of student articles on current affairs, for there is really but one in this issue, and additional interest might be gained by the substitution of a few articles on the order of the Guardian's for the magazine's stories and poems. These purely literary efforts seem beyond Threshold's scope, and they are not of a calibre to constitute significant contributions. But, in any case, Threshold remains readable and uncommonly constructive. Certainly it is a major contribution to student literary and political efforts.