CRITICISM OF MAGAZINE

Hitherto latent interest has been aroused among the student body over the Dartmouth Magazine, because of the recent critical reviews given it in TheDartmouth by members of the faculty. Dr. A. H. Licklider, on being requested an interview on the February number, complained first of the attitude of the College in "praising the Magazine with faint damns," and urged instead of this attitude a cordial support and constructive criticism He found much that was bad but praised other parts. He advised, "simple, pure English, well-chosen and carefully phrased, the only legitimate, as well as the only powerful, effective, and distinguished means of communication," in place of the many "verbal makeshifts" appearing in the pages of the "Lit."

Prof. E. B. Watson, also of the English department, is a reviewer of the March number. After remarking that the Magazine has been "prodded out of its long sleep," he expressed his sympathies with the present management, and stated that the March number at least should give its editors no cause for discouragement. The review hit the commonplaceness of one or two efforts, but commended a good bit of description in verse.

The April issue is reviewed by Prof. H. E. Keyes, who doubts whether the opinion of any outside reader is as important as that of the undergraduate on this subject. Mr. Keyes commends the balance and variety of subject matter, and finds the treatment sincere and workmanlike.

The result of the whole controversy, which for features in addition to the reviews had two communications printed in the columns of The Dartmouth along with two or three editorials, was a wider circulation of the Magazine, an effort on the part of the editors to turn out their very best work, arid a larger list of proffered contributions.