MR. EDGELL RESIGNS

While Harvard takes pride in supplying the Museum of Fine Arts with a capable dictator, George Harold Edgell, her selfish interests must regard his resignation as a calamity.

Mr. Edgell's ability as a professor reflects itself fully and accurately in his survey course, Fine Arts 1b. Despite his understanding of the material, he has been forced to deal largely with un-adorned facts because of time limitations. Nevertheless, he has been able to inspire each man who took his course with an intense desire to see the buildings, paintings, and sculpture which he described.

Should Harvard let a teacher like this go? She has discovered a professor who can not only teach, but who has proved himself to be a leader in his field. Too seldom has this combination been found. Yet Mr. Edgell has won his way to a strategic post in the world of art, through the work which he has done at Harvard. This training must reflect itself in his new position and spread the University's influence through broader circles. Certainly Harvard must let a son who has made good in her midst proceed to other accomplishments, remembering pleasantly the share which she may have had in their attainment.