It is a source of regret that better opportunities for the study of instrumental music are not offered by the university. Many men do not appreciate the value of musical accomplishments until they have spent some time at college, and when they have come to recognize the undoubted advantages and pleasures accruing therefrom, they are only too desirous of devoting some time to acquiring at least a little skill in playing some instrument. There are many reasons, and obvious ones, too, that prevent a man from carrying out his wishes in this matter; but the most potent one is that very often he cannot devote the time to it to allow him to go to Boston to meet an instructor. It would be an easy matter for the university to obtain some teacher of the piano to be in Cambridge on certain days to meet students desirous of receiving instruction, and the authorities could readily grant the use of some room in Boylston. It may be said that this does not properly come within the province of the university; that it savors too much of a boarding school; but a university ought to provide every possible advantage for the intellectual advancement of its members, and we cannot but look upon a musical accomplishment as so much energy added to a man's working capabilities.