Margaret Sanger’s trial is set for the twenty-fourth of this month. She is under three indictments, based on twelve articles, eleven of which are for _printing the words_—“prevention of conception.” It is these words which are regarded as “lewd, lascivious, and obscene.” Many “radicals” have advised Mrs. Sanger that the wisest thing to do is to plead guilty to this “obscenity” charge and to throw herself upon the mercy of the court—which would mean that she could get off with a light sentence or a small fine. And what would become of her object, which has been to remove the term “prevention of conception” from this section of the penal code, where it has been labelled as filthy, vile, and obscene? No revolution has ever been started by evasion. No one wants Margaret Sanger to be a martyr. _The point is that every one must see to it that she is not made a martyr._ There is no other way out of these issues. You can’t really believe in a thing without knowing that some time you will have to fight for it. Margaret Sanger is taking the stand that her type always takes—just because it is the type that insists on believing hard. _We_ should do all the rest. If you will wire your protest to the District Attorney, office of U. S. Marshal, Post Office Building, New York City, it will help. You may write Margaret Sanger, or send contributions to her, care of Ethel Byrne, 26 Post Avenue, New York City. Please, please do it! _The Russian Literature Group_ The introductory lecture, which took place January 14 and was rather well attended, will be followed by a series of talks on characteristic features in Russian literature. The pivots of the discussion will be Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the moderns. Mr. Kaun presents the point of view of a Russian, not that of a foreign student. The next lecture will be Friday, February 11, at 8:30 P. M., in room 612, Fine Arts Building. American Art (An Indefinite Comment) I report, without regret, my inability to present a definite article about the Annual Exhibit of American Painters and Sculptors. Not that the exhibit is vague—American art is a definite thing: travelling collections, annual exhibits, “friends” and organizations have made it so. But visit after visit left me without words. The feelings I did have were alternately those of amusement, anger, disgust, indifference, mild excitement, and most of the time: “Oh well, what’s the use?”