A VICARIOUS HONOR TO A DEAD SOLDIER OF THE FRENCH ARMY With a sentiment that is peculiar to the French, their heroic dead are sometimes honored by the bestowal upon a surviving relative of a medal which they have merited but cannot receive. In the scene reproduced above both the mother and the wife of the deceased hero are the recipients of this military distinction
THE SOPHIA SMITH HOUSE
This typical New England house at Hatfield, Massachusetts, was the home of Sophia Smith, whose bequest resulted in the establishment of Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts. See editorial comment
THE NEW HOME OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
The "Tech," as it is familiarly called, is now splendidly housed on the banks of the Charles River, in buildings which make the institution's old home in Boston seem commonplace. See descriptive comment elsewhere in this issue