An article which we printed on Friday last very effectively answers Yale's boast that she is more cosmopolitan than Harvard; that she is the national college, while Harvard is an affair of Boston, or at most of Massachusetts. It is furthermore shown that Harvard stands better in her own state than Yale in hers; for in twelve years the attendance here from Massachusetts has increased twenty-seven per cent., while Yale's increase from Connecticut has been only nine per cent. These figures alone are very gratifying. But we are still more pleased to find that the number from other states at Harvard is ninety-six per cent. larger than it was in 1873; while at Yale it is only seven per cent. larger.

If numbers are in any way a proof of progress, Harvard has certainly advanced. And we think that the day, if not now present, is surely not far distant when she will in every way be fitted to stand as the typical American university; when at Harvard can be found the most earnest students from all parts of our land.