(We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.)

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Your editorial on the Study of the English Bible was timely. By every standard the Bible is the most influential and important book in our language, and is therefore, a book which to educated man can afford to ignore.

It is of interest to note last the views expressed in your editorial are also shared by the Faculty. Semitic 4, hitherto known as a course on the "History of Israel, Political and Social," is henceforth to be entitled "The Old Testament, With Special Reference to the History and the Literature of Israel." In the Semitic descriptive pamphlet recently issued this course is described thus:

"The primary aim of this course is to secure a well ordered acquaintance with the history and the writings contained in the Old Testament. Success in this aim will result in some just appreciation of the influence of the Old Testament in the history of culture, an influence due to the pioneer and constructive work done by the Hebrews in religion, in legislation, and in literature. Such a course of study may also be made one of the best preparations for an understanding of the New Testament writings, which in form and in substance are so deeply influenced by those of the Old Testament.

"Added vividness and reality are given by visits to the collections in the Semitic Museum, and by reproductions of scenes in Palestine and of important contemporary monuments."

Others besides instructors and students are interested in a development of Biblical study in Harvard, as the following announcement in the Gazette of May 26 indicates:

"For the year 1911-12 a friend of the University offers a prize of fifty dollars, to be awarded to that undergraduate in Harvard or Radcliffe who shall show, in a special written examination, the best acquaintance with the contents of the Old Testament. This examination will take place just before the beginning of the final examination period in 1912." This prize is open only to undergraduates.