We gather from our exchanges that many people have an idea that to a certain degree co-education exists at Harvard. All fail to express just how far this degree extends, but it seems to be the general impression that Harvard possesses a department devoted to the instruction of women, and that that department is termed the Annex. It is difficult to see what should give rise to this thought; from the reports of the authorities certainly nothing can be construed, even by the liveliest imagination, to justify it, and it is well known that even the personal taste and desire of those in power is thoroughly opposed to the introduction of co-education at Harvard. It is decidedly not our purpose to discuss here the merits or demerits of the much-argued question, but we think that we but express the opinion of the majority of the university when we declare the wish that the day is far, far distant when real co-education will be countenanced by the authorities of the university. We can assure our exchanges that the annex is not the "female part of the college," as one paper puts it, but merely an institution of women who receive instruction from certain professors who are connected with the university.