THE NEW FOGG MUSEUM

Even those unskilled in art or architecture can appreciate the beauty of the New Fogg Museum. Its very simplicity and its proven capabilities in adequately lousing an art collection have attracted the praise of the uninitiated. Now comes Professor Maclagan, of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, who seconds by professional criticism the verdict of the general public. What he has to say concerning the new Quincy Street building may be accepted as authoritative, for surely there is no better authority for such criticism than a man who has been beset by many of the problems which the planners of the New Fogg have met and overcome.

Professor Maclagan dwells on the unobtrusiveness of the building. As the director of a large museum he realizes that often the forest cannot be seen on account of the trees, that the pictures and sculptures are quite overwhelmed by the surrounding magnificence. Therefore he compliments the men responsible for the structure on the restraint and foresight they have exercised. The student of the University may well join with him, in the eulogies he bestows. Assimilation of a large number of pictures is a laborious task. It is ameliorated, however, by the presence of the best possible facilities for viewing those pictures.