Only too often does the Vagabond find it difficult to augment his hasty morning perusal of the daily newspapers with lectures on subjects which attempt at a comprehensive view of some development of contemporary history. Professor Karpovich's lecture on "Bolshevism" at 10 o'clock this morning in Sever 20 offers one of the few opportunities of this kind which occur during the year.

Although Professor Karpovich himself admits that he is slightly prejudiced against the present regime in Russia, nevertheless any summary of the eleven years of experimentation which has caused so much comment should do a great deal to clarify a highly involved and perplexing innovation. For after all, whether one sympathizes, with or violently opposes Bolshevism, and in a larger sense Communism, the field is not one that can be ignored by anyone interested in social experimentation.

In spite of what seemed to be overwhelming opposition, and a flood of derogatory comments, which is gradually taking on a much more even and less impetuous flow, the Bolshevists have maintained their control in Russia for eleven years, and bid fair to continue as many more. Whether Communism has held its own along with the Bolshevist party is a much more doubtful question, and those capitalists who had most to fear from it and were most active in their attacks against it, are already beginning to hope that by a gradual process of change Russia will slip back to capitalism and with it, the brotherhood of nations. The New Economic Policy, started in 1923 was the first definite indication of this gradual tendency away from the extreme views of Kar! Marx, and the exile of Trotsky, one of the few leaders to staunchly maintain Marx's ideas through this period, marks the last phase of this same development. Professor Karpovich's lecture will undoubtedly help to clarify the multiplicity of events in this period.

TODAY

9 o'clock

"The Restoration", Professor Whitney, Harvard 6.

"Action", Professor Boring, Emerson D.

10 o'clock

"Bolshevism", Professor Karpovich, Sever 20.

"Some American Novelists since 1870", Professor Murdock, Harvard 2.

"Rationalism", Professor Perry, Emerson A.

"Nineteenth Century Novel", Dr. Starr, Sever 18.

"The Franco-Prussian War", Professor Webster.

11 o'clock

"Hans Sachs", Professor Howard Sever 6.

"The Treaty Making Power and the Doctrine of Political Acts", Professor Elliott, Harvard 2.