Communications.

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - Allow me to say a word about the way that the English Department has managed the junior themes. The first junior theme was a criticism. Last year the instructor of sophomore rhetoric in his lectures on criticism laid great stress on the necestity of giving an outline of the novel or article which was to be criticised. This fall the instructor who lectured on junior themes again emphasised the need of such an arrangement in a really good criticism. Almost every junior in writing his first theme this year followed this advice and wrote a synopsis of the work criticised. When the themes were returned the following was written upon almost every theme, "Why tell the story; this is not criticism. Re-write." To rewrite a theme simply because the plan advocated by some instructors was followed is an injustice, to put the case mildly. Further comment upon the able management of our English Department is unnecessary.

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