If the object of the visits is to judge of the effects of the compulsory system upon the students, we have one suggestion to make to the visitors. We have noticed in the strangers who have recently been present at Chapel, that they occupied themselves solely in following the service. They joined in the psalm, listened throughout to the reading from the pulpit, and added their own vocal contribution to the singing of the hymn. Now, if these gentlemen were the visiting overseers, they evidently did not attain the object of their visit, for they were too much taken up with their own devotion to notice how many others were in an equally religious frame of mind. Therefore, we recommend to the overseers that in their visits-if they wish to see how much good the students get out of compulsory chapel, they neither pray, nor sing, nor read. They need not fear that their conduct will be out of place, for, we assure them, they will find plenty of others who do not make Chapel their place of worship.

The gambling rooms at 146 A Tremont street, are pronounced by the Advertiser to be "the rendezvous for young men of wealth and education.' The "Royal," as the establishment is called, is said to count among its best customers the undergraduates of Harvard and other colleges. "The freshmen and sophomores of the colleges, and those upper classmen whose taste for miscellaneous gambling outlives their verdancy, make the "Royal" the centre of their senseless and criminal amusement. It is reported that gambling at Harvard and other colleges has increased rapidly within a few years, and although most of the older students who gamble play mainly among themselves, the fact that they play for money at all is largely due to the habits which early acquaintance with such places as the "Royal" has inculcated."

Whenever a number of independent young men of wealth come together, more or less gambling will be carried on as a mere pastime. To say that "gambling at Harvard and other colleges has rapidly increased," implies that the number who gamble has become considerable. As regards Harvard, our stay here is not long enough to decide whether there has been an increase in the numbers of these men. We can, however, confidently state that the sentiment among the undergraduates is strongly opposed to the practice, and that this "amusement" is limited to a small and unpopular set in each class.