To those who believe that collegebred men ought to take an active part in politics, the following sketches of the members of President Cleveland's cabinet who are college graduates will prove interesting reading:

Judge William Crowninshield Endicott, secretary of war, graduated from Harvard in 1847, studied at the Harvard law school, and was admitted to the bar about 1850. He remained on the bench until 1882, when he resigned on account of ill health, He is a member of the board of overseers of Harvard college.

Mr. William Collins Whitney, secretary of the navy, was educated at the preparatory school in Easthampton, and entered Yale college in 1859. He was a classmate of Prof. Summer, with whom Mr. Whitney divided the first prize for English essays. At graduation, he was chosen to deliver the class oration. He graduated from the Harvard law school in 1865.

Hon. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, secretary of the interior, was graduated from Emory College, Georgia, in 1845, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1849 he became professor of mathematics in the Mississippi State University. In 1866 he was elected professor of political economy in the state university of Mississippi, and a year later, law professor.

Col. William F. Vilas, postmastergeneral, was graduated from Wisconsin University in 1858, and two years later at the Albany law school. Col. Vilas is one of the professors of law in the University of Wisconsin.

Hon. Augustus H. Garland, attorneygeneral, was educated at St. Mary's and St. Joseph's College in Kentucky, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853.

Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard, secretary of state, was educated at a private school, with a view to mercantile life, but later studied law with his father, who was then a member of the Senate. He was admitted to the bar in 1851.

Mr. Daniel Manning, secretary of the treasury, is not a college man, but has obtained a liberal education in his experience as a journalist, having been for many years connected with the Albany Argus.