A correspondent of the Boston Traveller lifts up his voice and cries out against the tendency he thinks he observes among the officers of Harvard College "to exert a controlling influence in politics." "It may be questioned," he says, "whether this inclination of those connected with Harvard College to exert a controlling influence in politics may not inure to the benefit of General Butler, and give him many votes. He did not graduate at Harvard, was not born on Beacon street, and does not own a lot in Mt. Auburn; but the story goes that 'he is a brick and made the Southern traitors sick,' and his election might tend to induce the officers of old Harvard to devote themselves to the legitimate duties of their positions, keep out of politics and keep up and maintain the high standard of the college, instead of degrading it with party politics." The attempt "to exert a controlling influence in politics" is, according to this correspondent, a highly reprehensible offence in a college man. "Politics," forsooth, belong entirely with the man of affairs, the "politician," and the man who is not biased in his opinions by the unfortunate disadvantage of a college education. A fallacy truly illustrative of the popular prejudice against the interference of men of letters and education in public affairs! It is manifestly an opinion beneath argument, but may be cited as an example of the opposition that all college men must meet in entering upon the field of popular politics. May the officers and graduates of Harvard College never abdicate their active interest in politics in deference to the plaintive and puerile complaints of such as the correspondent of the Traveller.