We have been glad to see the enterprise of the Harvard Shooting Club. The recently arranged series of matches, with the large number of entries, cannot fail to be interesting We hope that the proposed match with Yale will also be held, for we are sure that such a match would win the careful attention of the members of the colleges concerned. The Shooting Club has thus far confined itself pretty much to matches at home. Some shooting between the colleges, however, would be a most pleasant novelty.

It is gratifying to learn that the suggestions and criticisms on our Elective system contained in Mr. Brearley's pamphlet, which we took occasion to mention in our columns, are meeting with very little sympathy and support among the alumni in New York. The impression generally abroad among the New York graduates seems to be that the working of the new system is entirely satisfactory, and that there is no call for a serious change in the regulations regarding the choice of studies. Although we agree in the main with these views it would be wrong if the students at Harvard were to shut their eyes to the numerous faults and short-comings of the system as it now stands. About the only criticism of Mr. Brearley's which deserves very serious consideration, is in the matter of examinations. The fact that the students are examined "on courses and not on subjects" or branches of subjects, must be patent to everybody. A man who attends his courses at all regularly and keeps his eyes open can go into the examination and retail all that has been poured into his ears during the year and get a high mark without any earnest work of his own. The idea of having examination committees, however, for the different branches of study deserves the careful consideration of the students at large, and especially of the Conference Committee.