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But what was the "New Race" and whence did it come? From the various discoveries there was a general tendency on the part of archeologists to connect this wholly new phase of Egyptian culture with Libya, rather than to regard it as of native origin, or as sprung from Eastern influences. The matter was investigated principally by MacIver and Wilken with a rather contrary result than that which was expected.

A careful comparison of the modern inhabitants of Algeria and Professor Petrie's "New Race" followed. Whereas, the closest resemblance was found in regard to the general forms and technique of the pottery and its manner of manufacture, not so much evidence could be obtained in regard to the languages, and the facts that are known throw but little light on the subject. On the other hand, the burial customs of the two people differ essentially, and since primitive people are even more tenacious of such things than of their artistic traditions, this fact alone completely isolates these two civilizations. Again only three of the seven classes of Egyptian pottery are common to the Berbers, which shows that all the evidence to be obtained from pottery does not point to an Egyptian-Berber connection. Furthermore, the racial characteristics of the two people do not correspond, for while the prehistoric Egyptians were of a colored race, the Berbers are originally of a white race; in fact, ten per cent of them are blondes. And, lastly, by anthropometry it was found that the Egyptians belonged among the long-headed races, while the Berbers belong to those races having broad heads and noses and but little projection of profile.

It may be permissible to conceive the early civilization of the Mediterranean as originating from a center which may be placed in or near Egypt; or perhaps rather from two separate but not unconnected centres, one of which was in Egypt, and the other at some point in the Aegean, probably Crete. From each of these there extended waves of influence westward as far as the Pillars of Hercules, eastwards as far as Syria and the nearer regions of Asia. The Berbers were naturally from their geographical position midway between the focus of activity and its western radiations, and therefore acting as intermediaries, received much that originated in Egypt or the Aegean, and on the other hand, passed on to these latter any knowledge or art that might have been independently evolved by the races living at the western limits of the world.

But let us see what the remains of this New Race tell us concerning their culture. They seem to have been a race which had solved many of the problems of the time in which they lived and generally speaking stood among the more advanced nations. Internationally, their relations must have been extensive both in war and commerce, proof of which we have in pictures of large rowing galleys, and the influence they exerted on other peoples. Physically they were a sturdy hill race, by the massive legs and tall stature often found; and we also know them to have been right-handed. Hunting was a favorite occupation with them. In their home life they were comparatively highly cultivated. They were well skilled in spinning, weaving, and pottery. They knew the most useful metals-gold, silver and copper as rarities, but flint was their principal resource. They had simple marks which were probably personal signs, but never combined them to convey ideas. The remains of two games are left us and we even know that the New Race child had to have his playthings as well as any modern youngster. They were very fond of colors, but more especially of personal decoration. Of absolute form they had a very fine sense, their flints being exquisite, and their vases true and beautiful in outline, although they were strangely deficient in imitative forms, and fashioned men and animals in the crudest style. Of their religion we know but little except that they valued the dog as sacred and had fixed beliefs about the future and needs of the dead. At the burial the bodies were often cut up more or less, and in some cases certainly treated as if they were partly eaten. We should not let this last statement detract too largely from our opinion of them when we consider the age with which we are dealing, for many races in their infancy are known to have practiced this same rite, believing that by partaking of the deceased one could assimilate his virtues through his flesh.

In one of the prehistoric graves Professor Petrie found a fragment of unmistakably Aegean pottery. If this was contemporary, as everything seems to indicate that it was, with the race that made the grave from which it was taken, it will have more wide-reaching results than one can at first imagine. It already signifies that Aegean civilization was a much older institution that we ever thought it, and pushes back the earliest dates of Mediterranean history five thousand years.

THE COMMENCE-
MENT SEASON

EDITORIAL.

It was a notable commencement season just ended. Notable in its beginning-ushered in as it was by the production of "Comus"-the exercises of the week were of more than ordinary interest. Commencement day saw the conferring of the largest number of degrees given in the history of the college-one hundred and fifty-one in happy contrast to the three granted to the first class of forty-four years ago. Notable, too, in the granting of honorary degrees, in particular to Minister Conger of the embassy at Pekin.

Better than all, perhaps, was the return of so many older graduates. Men who came back like those of '61 and found the barren hill-top transformed to beauty and small beginnings grown to prosperity. These are the men who at commencement spoke from a living memory of the first days of the college. These are the men who remind Tufts of herself and the undergraduates of their kinship with those days of smaller things.

Commencement was fortunate in their presence: they make the past of the college a reality and the present an inspiration.

To the commencement season, also, this issue of the TUFTONIAN is dedicated. It would be our choice to represent in the fullest the different departments of the college work and life. The professional schools would, then, here be included, but choices are necessary. We would mention from its omission the Class History by Arthur Maynard Boutelle. Excellently written, its local character makes it of greatest interest to the undergraduate.

R. B. C.

INDEX TO VOL. XXVI.

Address to the Senior Class. Elmer Hewitt Capen..
Adrift (verse). Ray Barton Manbert, '02....

Amor Inescans (verse). George Washington Fuller, 'or..
At Home and Abroad. Sara Mitchell Armstrong, 'oI...
The Biggest Disappointment in College. Arthur Maynard
Boutelle, 'o.. . . . . .

60

117

18

95

29

Book Review, "From Kingdom to Colony." Thomas
Whittemore, '94...

52

Boy and Some of His Characteristics. Kingsbury Foster, '01 227
The Building Beautiful. Frank Leslie Hayford, 'oI..
A Burden Bearer. Charles Darrow Kirkpatrick, 'oo...
By the Tavern Fire. Ruth Burleigh Dame, '02...
Carson. Kate Brooks Lewis, '02.....

A Change of Key. Kate Brooks Lewis, '02.

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215
127

203

183

130

25

20

The Character of a Rooster. Olive Arnold Dame, '03.....
"De Ole Ban'." Kingsbury Foster, 'OI....

Editorials. Arthur Maynard Boutelle, 'or...26, 50, 73, 101, 125
Editorial. Richard Bradford Coolidge, '02..

242

Editorials. Frank Leslie Hayford, 'or...

Editorial. Harry Adams Hersey, '03..

214

149

Editorials. Ray Barton Manbert.

Elements of the Modern Novel in the Sir Roger de Cover-

73, 102

ley Papers. Ernest Granger Hapgood, 'or....
The Ethical Reaction in Economics. William Hyde Price, 'oi
The Fenian Raid. Kingsbury Foster, 'o1..

98

80

Fragment of a Beautiful New Ballad of the Sailor Man. Ray
Barton Manbert, '02..

140

69

A Good Recruit. Charles Darrow Kirkpatrick, 'oo.....
The Greatness of King Alfred. Sara Mitchell Armstrong.. 235
In the First Snow. Walter Frank Thompson, '99.
Kidnapped. Ernest Granger Hapgood, 'or....

42

178

The King's Laugh (verse). Ray Barton Manbert, '02.....
The Kings in Hamlet. Sara Mitchell Armstrong, 'oi.
Kipling (verse). Ray Barton Manbert, '02..
The Line of Battle. Olive Arnold Dame, '03.

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Milton's Masque of Comus. William Abram Brade, '02.... 190
Miss Whitney's Romance. Arthur Maynard Boutelle, 'or... 118
Mistress Royall. Sara Mitchell Armstrong, 'oi.....

141

Notes on a Reading of Shakespeare. Ruth Burleigh Dame,

'02......

Nova Vita (verse). Ray Barton Manbert, '02..

210

... 197

An Old-Fashioned Country Dance. Bertha Alma Dodge, '02 146
On Mt. Kearsarge: 1865. Charles E. Fay, '68..
On the Road. Ray Barton Manbert, '02...
Overheard. Kate Brooks Lewis, '02.....

Parkman's Qualification as an Historian. Richard Bradford
Coolidge, '02......

Peace and Service. Frank Howe Benedict..

Prof. Holliway's Discovery. Kingsbury Foster, 'oi.
The Re-dating of History. Harry Chester Turner..

A Romance of Two Worlds. Ethel Gardner Reed, 'or...
The Romance of Engine No. 99. Lawrence Marsden Price,
'03....

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72

136

221

164

238

84

195

The Saving of the Choir. Richard Bradford Coolidge, '02.. 151
Sketch (no title). Kate Brooks Lewis, '02..

Sonnet to Charles Lamb. Ray Barton Manbert, '02.
A Story of Every Day. Ethel Gardner Reed, 'or..
The Strife. Edith Helen Stowell, '02..

Thirty Cents' Worth of Mystery. Ray Barton Manbert, '02.
A Tory Vanquished. Chandler Mason Wood, '03.....
Tribute (verse). Clara Ransom, '98..
'98......

Twenty-five Years of President Capen. Hosea Morrill

Knowlton, '67.....

The Vagabond. Ray Barton Manbert, '02.

Verse. Ray Barton Manbert, '02...

Verse. Kingsbury Foster, 'oI....

Why the Glee Club Sang. Sara Mitchell Armstrong, 'oI....

INDEX TO AUTHORS.

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