Word: currents
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...exceptional growth of the Fogg Art Museum during the past five years both in the number and the quality of its works of art is the subject of an article by P. J. Sachs '00, Assistant Director, in a current issue of the Graduates' Magazine. Of the many paintings which have been added during this time perhaps the most notable are these: a highly important "Annunciation" by the 14th century Siennese painter, Andrea Vanni; three parts of an altar-piece by Spinello Aretino; a superb little picture of "Christ in Limbo" in an almost perfect state of preservation painted...
...current issue of the illustrated contains a large number of excellent photographic reproductions, as artistic as the writer has seen in any contemporary college pictorial. The work being done in this field by the members of the photographic department compares very favorably with that of many professional camera...
...With the current number the Illustrated begins its career as a fortnightly magazine. Having taken residence on the avenue among the barbers and tailors, the editors evidently intend to bring their magazine as close to the college as the editorial rooms are. The window display of pictures is a promising indication of the board's resolve to make the paper a sort of mirror of Harvard activities. This spirit is evident in the new number, although nothing is said about it; indeed, the only reference to the change in policy is an announcement that the next issue will appear...
Although no single contribution in the current number of the ADVOCATE stands out clearly above the general level of college journalism, the average is good. (The foregoing sentence was written before the present reviewer had seen the recent criticism of the Monthly in these columns...
Without containing anything extraordinary in either prose or verse the current issue of the "Monthly" gives an admirable reflection of the intellectual and literary interests of the College. It contains eight pieces of verse, two stories, an essay in reminiscence, three articles dealing with some of the most important themes now engaging the attention not only of this country, but of the world, an editorial, and a group of reviews, literary and dramatic. The range and versatility here exhibited should be pondered by those who are apt to think of the life of the undergraduate as overwhelmingly physical and social...