Saturday night, the Harvard Club of New York held its annual dinner. In his speech, President Eliot said some very hopeful things about Harvard. She is, he declares, turning out better scholars to-day than she was twenty years ago. The elective system, he says most emphatically, has not been a failure. We have gone steadily onward; and though the system has been broadened, the requirements for admission have never been lowered, but are gradually being raised.

This last statement will, we hope, correct much misapprehension in regard to Harvard. Many think that if Greek is no longer to be required, it will take less study to get in here. But they forget that the man who does not learn Greek will have to pass at least as severe if not severer examinations in subjects equally hard. This process of raising the requirements must sooner or later have a very beneficial effect upon our common school system. The higher our colleges are, the better will be our academies and high schools.