Rare Opportunity to See Famous Paintings.

(We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.)

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I desire to call the attention of students and other members of the University to an exhibition at the Fogg Museum of paintings by H. G. E. Degas. The painter was born in 1834, and is still living. Some of the most important works of the master are exhibited, with reproductions of other pictures and drawings. As we all know, Degas is in many respects the ablest French painter of the past generation. The Ballet and the Race Course were his favorite subjects. What interested him most he painted best. The pictures have appealed to the public because of the popular subjects painted and the excellence of the painting. They have appealed to painters as examples of technical ability, seldom if ever surpassed. This is the first exhibition of the work of Degas in this vicinity, and it is sure to attract many visitors. It is interesting to note that Harvard is for the first time giving an exhibition of modern paintings. This is certainly a step in the right direction if the standard of the present exhibition can be maintained.  DENMAN W. ROSS