Soon after the appearance of the catalogue this year one of the college papers called attention to a fact that, compared with Yale, and possibly other colleges, the number of students at Harvard from other than the Eastern States was small. This fact, which is evident when we compare the number of students here from the Western and Southern States with the number from those States at Yale and some other colleges, is, we think, sufficiently accounted for when we consider how few schools there are outside of New England whose regular course is advanced enough to prepare students for our entrance examinations. All those who have prepared for Harvard, outside of New England, recognize the fact. The standard here, though not perhaps so greatly in advance of Yale and Princeton, is about a year beyond the usual curriculum of preparatory schools outside of the Eastern States, and it is consequently very difficult for those living in other States to get a proper fitting for admittance to Harvard. It is therefore a matter of decided congratulation when a school to be preparatory for Harvard is established outside the classic ground of New England, as we are informed has been done recently in the city of Wilkesbarre in Pennsylvania. An academy has there just been endowed by a gentleman of that city with $20,000 besides grounds and buildings. The school starts out with the intention of being a thorough Harvard preparatory school, and will be supported well by new endowments when needed.