The Institute of 1770 held an interesting debate recently on the subject: "Resolved, That an executive committee ought to be appointed from the college to confer with the faculty on subjects of interest to the students," and decided the question in the affirmative. This may be taken as showing the opinion of the students in this matter. The opinion of the faculty, or at least the more liberal and progressive portion of that body, it may be stated. is almost identical with that of the students. Several professors, who on all subjects affecting the interests of the students are appointed to prominent positions on the faculty committees, are strongly in favor of consultations between the instructors and the students, and even advocate that whenever the faculty take an action that affects either a student or the students in general, the reasons for that action be made known. At present it is not the custom to announce the "why and wherefore" of most of the movements of the authorities, and for that reason some of their decrees have seemed arbitrary, although in fact they were well-judged. In questions on athletics, however, consultations are now generally held between the students and committees from the faculty, and the success attending these consultations has doubtless led to the desire for combined action on all questions of interest to the students. With the present steady advance in the liberal spirit of Harvard it remains only a question of time when this final action will be taken. - [Boston Journal.