WE have received a well-written contribution on the Index, but through lack of space are unable to print it in these columns. The general tone of the article is by no means flattering to the editors of the Index, and the writer comments severely upon several features in the book which are justly censurable. He complains that the Index is published simply for the purpose of making money, and not to provide students with correct lists of the members of the different societies and accurate records of the athletic contests; deplores the lack of any good management in the book, and the omission of the alphabetical list of students which appeared last year; and points out a number of faults, especially the insertion in conspicuous places of societies which ceased to exist some time ago.

There is one point in the book which is positively disgraceful, and on which the writer is especially severe, and that is, the insertion of advertisements in the body of the book, and the printing of one on the back of a page devoted to the societies of the Law School. If the editors intended it as a directory of tradesmen, then this insertion of advertisements is perfectly proper; but as the ostensible purpose of the book is to afford students information regarding societies, etc., it is as unpardonable as it is unnecessary.

In future, we would recommend that a little more time and care be taken in compiling the work, and a little more attention be given to the wishes of the students, than to making the book an advertising medium.