The Graduates' Magazine.

The Graduates' Magazine for March, which appeared yesterday, will command widespread attention both in and beyond the university world, not only because the subjects of the principal articles are of especial interest at the present time, but also because they are ably treated by men whose opinions will be thought much of. The articles referred to are "A Professor's View of Athletics," by Professor Taussig, and "Needed Football Reforms," by R. W. Emmons '95.

Professor Taussig's article can unhesitatingly be called the best criticism of college athletics that has yet appeared. No student can read it without being impressed with the eminently just but sympathetic attitude which Professor Taussig represents.

The article by R. W. Emmons is a very practical and straightforward statement of the direction in which football reforms should be made. After a very fair enumeration of the acknowledged evils of football, he points out three lines of reform: (1) Reduction of excessive training; (2) reduction of notoriety, publicity and expenditures; and (3) elimination of the objectionable features of the game itself. The most radical step which he urges is that of limiting admission to games more closely to graduates and undergraduates. "Let college matches," he says, "be college matches, for college people on college grounds."

Lack of space prevents the extended notice which these and the other articles deserve. The latter are "Robert Charles Winthrop," by William Everett '59; "The Fogg Museum," by M. Brimmer '49 and E. W. Hooper '59; "Music at Harvard," by Professor J. K. Paine; "Volunteer Charity Work," by R. Calkins '90; "Are Our Athletic Teams Representative?" by E. L. Conant '84; "The Bacteriological Laboratory," by H. C. Ernst '76; "Thomas Hollis, " by A. M. F. Davis '54.