"... DER REINEN VERNUNFT"

The Harvard Critic's second and latest issue has been the recipient of favorable criticism, and in general was an entertaining leaflet. In abandoning the proposed publication date, the editors were undoubtedly wise; this practice, however, should not be continued. In an "Apologia," probably the worst feature of the issue, the editors lay the blame for the delay on the student body; it is very probable that if the responsibility for publication were shouldered by the Critic's editorial board, and the issues were got out regularly, the final result would be more satisfactory. It has been said that the magazine is the site of student opinion, and that it is forced to wait for the expression of this opinion; actually, it is fairly certain that if the editors marshalled and urged out the material it would be at least as exact an approximation to undergraduate thought as it is at present.

In another manner, as well, the Critic has failed to maintain the policies which formed its original excuse for being; it has to a large extent, ceased "to criticize the University and its policies." While essays on general subjects of national or international interest are unquestionably readable, they do not represent the most efficacious mode of expression of a publication such as the Critic. It is the only undergraduate publication devoted entirely to articles and essays; it is in touch with undergraduate affairs; while comments on the state of the world are best to be found in such magazines as the Nation and its more conservative brethren, there is no organ more fitted for the probing of University questions than the Critic. If this estimable production can, in the future, treat of problems more pertinent to its environment, and institute a regular publication date, even by a reduction in size, it will more successfully fill its place.