EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON :-The study of the classics is a favorite theme for discussion nowadays. I do not wish to express myself on either side, but simply wish to call attention to the relation which existing facts have to the undergraduate. Most students have spent three years in Greek, for instance, before entering college. They decided in the first place to go to college; Greek was one of the requirements for admission. It may have been a wise or unwise requirement,-that may be left to wiser heads to discuss. However, the three years were spent on Greek. It consisted mainly of fundemental mechanical work. The freshman year in Greek seems to be a transition from this condition to a better appreciation of the thoughts of the author and the beauty of the language. By the end of the freshman year one is supposed to be quite familiar with the language. Four years have been invested, so to speak, in Greek. From merely a profit and loss point of view, is it better for one to go on a year or two more reading masterpieces of the literature, or to let what he has acquired go to oblivion ? Let freshmen seriously look at this view of the case before deciding to drop the classics after the first year.

K.