The first of the junior forensics is due on the first day of December. For the benefit of those members of the class who did not attend Dr. Royce's very interesting lectures, a few words will not be out of place. As to the length of the forensic; it must contain not less than fifteen or more than twenty-five hundred words, that is to say, it must have a length equivalent to from twelve to twenty pages of theme paper. In regard to the subject of the forensic; any topic may be taken from the pamphlet of 1884-85, provided it be not found among the fifty excluded topics given in the "Announcements Concerning Forensics for 1885-86." In case a students does not care to write on any one of the given subjects, he may choose one of his own, provided he obtains written permission from Mr. Gates. The essays must have an argumentative character and a literary form, and neither of these components must be slighted in order to enhance the effect of the other. By argumentative character is not only meant that one of two sides of a question may be upheld as in debate, but that both sides may be discussed, and it the arguments, fairly stated, tend to leave the question in doubt, the forensic will not for that reason be considered a failure. It is Dr. Royce's earnest advice that topics be chosen which bear directly upon the elective courses taken by the writer, and furthermore that the time which a man is to devote to his forensic work be not all crowded into the last week, but be distributed among several, as by this means far the best results can be obtained. Several of the excluded topics are such as any student can answer without a moments trouble, and therefore their exclusion will not hamper the exercise of his argumentative faculties. Such a question as, "Ought a University to attempt the moral guidance of its students?" is obviously too easy for consideration, while the question "Is Charity harmful?" is promptly and decidedly answered by those men who have contributed various sums towards getting a worthy engineer's "valuable surveying instruments" out of pawn. Lines of argument in the discussion of "What is the cause of volcanic action?" and "Are earthquakes the result of a single cause?" would be too easily suggested by the recent College House explosion. "Was the rush of October 8th premeditated?" might possibly admit of some doubt, but no one could hesitate in telling "What are the causes of climatic change?" - at least no one who has ever called upon his highness, the Chancellor of the (college) Exchequer.