The June Graduates' Magazine

The June number of the Graduates' Magazine, which has just appeared, contains an usually comprehensive summary of University activities. The place of honor is given to an interesting comparison of the physical qualifications of various classes of students, under the title of "The Physique of Scholars, Students, and the Average Student," by Dr. Dudley A. Sargent. Dr. Sargent holds that an excessive attention to athletics is an evil not nearly so serious as over-attention to studies on the part of the high-stand men. From statistics of physical examinations he shows that the standard of physique of the athlete and of the average student has risen surprisingly in the 28 years covered by his records, while the scholarship man is considerably below the standard of 1880. The conclusion which he draws from these facts is, that just as strength test is required of athletes, so conformity to a physical standard should be imposed on all men competing for scholarships and other forms of academic distinction.

In the second article Professor George F. Moore discusses from the Harvard standpoint the alliance which will go into effect next year between the and over theological Seminary and Harvard University. An excellent cut of the buildings which the Seminary now occupies in Andover is used to illustrate the article. Arthur P. Stone '93, who coached the Harvard debating team that won from Yale this year, has written a short tribute to the Harvard system of teaching public speaking and debating.

The part that Harvard men take in Massachusetts political affairs is the subject which Robert Luce '82 has chosen to treat under the title "Harvard Men in the Massachusetts Legislature." He finds that over 100 Harvard men have served the State in the last ten sessions of the legislature and from them have come several of the best political leaders of the present. An article of historical value is "Cambridge and Harvard College in 1817," by Charles Warren '89. It is a description of Harvard University at the period when the winter store of wood was brought from "down east" by the University sloop "Harvard."

A needed statement of the organization and purposes of several new clubs of Harvard men is a valuable contribution to this issue. Most important is the new Harvard Club of Boston, which started only a few weeks ago but has grown with astonishing speed to a membership of 700. O. B. Roberts '86 is the author of this sketch. Professor W. M. Davis '69 describes the Harvard Travelers' Club, an organization dating from 1902, whose membership is limited to men who have had unusual opportunities for travel. The Cosmopolitan Club, described by J. D. Greene '96, is familiar to the undergraduates but of special importance to only a limited class. The same limitation of field narrows interest in the recently formed Association of Harvard Engineers, which is explained in the final section.

Athletics, both theoretical and applied, has occupied so much attention this spring that several articles on its various forms are naturally included for the information of the graduates. A quotation from President Elliot's annual report opens the discussion, which is carried on at length by Professor R. B. Merriman '96 in the University notes. A special article by A. W. Hinkel '08, entitled "An Undergraduate on Curtailing Athletics," and the "Student Life" department present the popular view of the matter. The records of current athletic events which the Graduates Magazine supplies, are more for reference than for news value and so are of necessity given in condensed from. The important sections of President Eliot's report are given separate from the quoted paragraphs on athletics. Reviews of recent books by Harvard men, class news and University notes occupy the remaining pages of this varied and interesting number