Next SuNDAY Is Easter. All over the Christian 
world the day will be observed by fitting services in the 
churches and by century-old customs in the home. Easter 
Sunday is probably the most significant of all days ob- 
served by the Christian church for it is celebrated in 
commemoration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It 
has been said that belief in the Resurrection is the most 
vital element in the Christian faith and in the consider- 
ation of what it signifies to the Christian it seems that it 
should be. Easter is the season of joy, the season of 
new life. In everyday life the season is marked by the 
renewal of social activities following a more restrained 
manner of living during the lenten season. Faster is the 
season of new attire, the season when we blossom forth 
in our spring garments, shedding our winter raiment. 
The parallel between our spiritual and material lives is 
thus marked in many ways at this season. Easter is the 
real beginning of Spring. 
HENRY WARREN Poor, head of the Art Department 
of the Boston Normal School, declares that New England 
landscapes are the equal if not the Ne of any ‘thing 
in Europe. In our blind patriotism we had always be. 
lieved it, but now the approval of the art critic has been 
placed upon our American scenery and it must be true. 
We also believe that our stretch of rockbound coast, 
which we call the North Shore, is one of the most beau- 
tiful bits of New England scenery. We cannot all be 
artists, but we can all appreciate the beautiful. We can- 
not all reproduce upon canvas our impression of its beau- 
ties, but we can preserve in our memories the wonders of 
its landscapes or we can resort to the mechanical, but al- 
most perfect device, the camera, to reproduce and pre- 
serve for us the scenery we love. 
Birds continue to come from their 
southern homes. Canadian geese have been heard going 
over at night. Flocks of the silent moving cedar wax 
wings with their curious brown head tufts have been 
seen feeding on seeds still pendant upon many shrubs. 
The purple finch have come and gone. The bluebirds are 
no longer rare and the robins are making merry. The 
juncoes are still about, as well as the purple martin, cou- 
sin of the swallow. So the season comes on apace. 
THE SPRING 
THis YEAR THE COMMENCEMENT’ exercises at Har- 
vard will be held in the stadium. The institution has 
grown so rapidly that for over ten years the Sanders 
Theatre has been too small to meet the demands of the 
day. For a number of years the Class Day exercises 
have been successfully held in the stadium to the pleasure 
and satisfaction of everyone. It is a practicable plan and 
will prove permanently advisable. 
THERE IS ONE DEPARTMENT of food products that 
should be thoroughly investigated and that is the manu- 
facture and sale of cheap candies. The conditions which 
prevail in many of the cheaper factories are unspeakably 
filthy in every way, poor sanitary conditions, improper 
cleaning of tools and disgraceful uncleanliness. 
Tur JAPANESE CrrizENSHIP question in our insular 
possessions has been adjusted satisfactorily. This ques- 
tion raises the other international citizenhip questions. 
After the war is over the United States government will 
have to see conditions with other foreign nations. 
Many of the European governments do not now recognize 
the right of citizens of their country rejecting their citi- 
zenship and taking the oath of allegiance to the United 
States: in the event of naturalized American citizens re- 
turning to those countries their American citizenship is 
not recognized. Such conditions should not continue and 
it ought to be possible through the proper diplomatic 
channels for the United States government to make treaty 
agreements that would do away with the possibility of 
dual citizenship. 
Ivy GERMANY ts To WrN at Verdun it must be done 
quickly, for spring is opening and transit in the Russian 
district will be possible and the Russian armies will soon 
be under way for an attack there. The Italian armies 
will be released for activities as soon as the snows are 
melted from the mountain passes. The allied armies at 
Salonika are prepared to make an attack. Great Britain 
is ready in the northern sectors of the French and Belgian 
line of trenches. Germany may be attacked from all sides 
soon and at Verdun the Emperor is trying to wedge a 
way through to prevent, if possible, a coalition of the 
great armies of Great Britain and Belgium. 
Tre NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES has awarded 
with justice, a medal to Gifford Pinchot for his services 
in conserving the forest and natural resources of the gov- 
ernment. Tie national awakening to the value of our 
national wealth was tardy, but ‘Gifford Pinchot with 
vigor, attacked the problem and won with credit to him- 
self and to the country. 
Ir Woutp Appear that Germany intends to make the 
present strife a Franco-Prussian war. Prussia is evident- 
ly endeavoring strategically to eliminate, the thoroughly 
equipped armies of Great Britain and the remnant of the 
Belgian army. 
Tur Orricers of the United States Navy who are 
driven to the use of cocaine because of the prohibition of 
liquors are unworthy of being officers 
States’ employ. The sooner they are relieved of their 
duties the better it will be for the morale of the whole 
naval system. 
Tre Sussex IncipEN’ does not seem to disclose any 
new spirit on the, part of Germany to meet the demands 
made by America for a cessation of its submarine aggres- 
sions. Germany does not intend to cease its under-water 
operations. Are we ready for the test? What will 
Arrerica do about it? 
Tur War Arter Tuts War Is ENDED will be a com- 
mercial war, and the terms of the fight will probably be 
agreed to at the “Treaty of Peace.” 
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