Modern Art First, Not Last

In the exchange of views on the historical value of modern art recently published in the College Art Journal by Mr. Barr and Professor Mather, I should like to add a few observations which are based on experience perhaps somewhat different from theirs. Professor Mather is probably right, speaking for students of the humanities, in insisting that the most scholarly discipline and the surest values are to be found in the historical past. But I think a good many of our colleagues in the teaching profession are likely