There appeared some days ago a communication introducing and recommending a movement towards the establishment of an Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association which was followed almost immediately by the announcement of the proposed foundation of a Shakespeare Club. Notwithstanding the Boylston declamations and the course in elocution, little interest is manifested in the study of the subject. And as is almost invariably the custom they who would receive the most benefit from the study and practice derived from a thorough course in elocution, show the least inclination for such study. It is only by awakening a popular interest and enthusiasm in oratory that it can be brought home properly to the students who neglect this branch of study. They can be induced to turn their attention to it. The Shakespeare club would be well calculated to arouse an interest among the students and bring before all in a very interesting, manner the power of properly applied oratory. While an Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association would be surrounded by many and great difficulties such a local organization as that proposed at present would receive immediate and enthusiastic attention. Such an enterprise cannot receive too great encouragement nor attain too high a success. We wish the club every good fortune, and feel confident that immediately upon its organization it will meet and fulfill the expectations of the many who look forward to its appearance as a Harvard institution.