IN another column we publish a letter which has reference to the recent action of the Faculty in depriving a considerable number of men of the privilege of repeating English 2. The fact that entirely different plays of Shakspeare are read would seem to make it as independent a course as the second year of Greek 8 or 9 ; but the claims of the English language and literature are comparatively slight in the eyes of certain instructors. We do not think that our correspondent puts the case too strongly. The fact that the list of electives were handed in four months since; that no objections were then made, but on the contrary men were given to understand that English 2 would be regarded as a two-years' course, if desired; that the plans of a score of students are now arbitrarily set at naught, - all this is of no moment compared with a technical objection. It is but just to state that the instructors in English are not responsible for this unfair decree, but on the contrary have upheld the rights of their men, - a course which entitles them to the gratitude of the College. In this connection, it is to be noticed that similar injustice has deprived several others of the privilege of reading the remainder of Herodotus in a second year in Greek 3.