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...reasons. Their current number is not in the least "high brow." It is entirely and frankly unpretentious, and frank unpretentiousness is not invariably a characteristic of undergraduate writing. Also it seldom offends by incorrectness of expression. To be sure, one is obliged to ask himself in reading the review of Mr. Masefield's "Good Friday and Other Poems," whether usage has sanctioned as English idiom the illogical phrase, "centre about"? One must also ask himself what the reviewer of Mr. Conrad's "Within the Tides" means in speaking of the author's "usual superlative style." Apparently the reviewer does...
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the collection is the volume of Defoe's Review lent by Mr. A. W. Shaw of Chicago. The volume is probably the most valuable of the works on exhibition...
Adverse criticism of the Musical Review has been voiced recently by such men as the musical critic of the New York Tribune and by Mr. Francis Rogers '91, chorister of the Harvard Club of New York City. Both express the opinion that as an authority on art the Musical Review has little value. The majority of articles are contributed by undergraduates, and the views supported are the product of minds inexperienced and without breadth. A student cannot have developed any real power of discernment in music; hence his opinion can have but little weight. Music is, according to the point...
...opening for a student periodical in this field undoubtedly exists. The present Review came as a logical sequence in the series of steps which began with the organization of the Pierian Sodality in 1808, and was continued by the admission of the study of music to the University curriculum. The founders recognized such a need in 1912 when they conceived their initial policy. To quote from the first issue: "A magazine which holds itself aloof from all trade connections, which does not aim to supplement the work of music teachers, and which can bring to a large number such lofty...
...proposing a remedy, the methods of the Law Review may be cited as an example of what might be adopted. The principal contributions to this periodical are made by men who are authorities in the profession, and the views given are of value to the law students who subscribe to it. The editors of the Musical Review would find ample opportunity to show originality in selecting and editing articles by men of reputation, preferably alumni, and by writing short reviews and notes. Harvard has produced many men of distinction as composers, critics, and teachers. Upon these the Review might call...